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    The federal NDP's "free tuition" pledge is much ado about literally nothing
    Michael Laxer
    • Mar 31
    • 2 min

    The federal NDP's "free tuition" pledge is much ado about literally nothing

    Singh announces student "debt relief" plan, March 20, 2021 - video screenshot I will give Jagmeet Singh credit for one thing: He has...
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    Niki Ashton turns the tables on Twitter
    Michael Laxer
    • Mar 13
    • 2 min

    Niki Ashton turns the tables on Twitter

    NDP MP Niki Ashton takes aim at the Broadbent Institute and her critics in a truly splendid Twitter "touché" moment. Image via You Tube...
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    Niki Ashton events moving forward despite brouhaha
    Michael Laxer
    • Mar 6
    • 3 min

    Niki Ashton events moving forward despite brouhaha

    A Palestinian solidarity event March 7 and an event featuring Jeremy Corbyn March 20 -- both involving Niki Ashton -- are moving ahead in...
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    Forget hypocritical personal trips, the CEWS scandal is far worse
    Michael Laxer
    • Jan 3
    • 5 min

    Forget hypocritical personal trips, the CEWS scandal is far worse

    While it is perfectly understandable that Canadians are upset at the hypocrisy of individual politicians, the boondoggle that is the CEWS...
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    2020: The year in review on The Left Chapter
    Michael Laxer
    • Jan 3
    • 6 min

    2020: The year in review on The Left Chapter

    It is hard to overstate how momentous a year 2020 was. Among so many other events, it was the year of the Black Lives Matter uprisings,...
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    Taxing the billionaire class is nowhere near enough
    Michael Laxer
    • Dec 2, 2020
    • 7 min

    Taxing the billionaire class is nowhere near enough

    Building a "fairer" capitalism is an illusion. The most important thing any of us can do to begin a serious fight to end inequality and...
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    NDP and Greens back Trumpian Conservative motion on China
    Michael Laxer
    • Nov 19, 2020
    • 3 min

    NDP and Greens back Trumpian Conservative motion on China

    Progressives should not be supporting a Conservative motion tinged with anticommunism and Cold War style nationalism that could have been...
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    A Green-NDP merger makes perfect sense...but not for the left
    Michael Laxer
    • Oct 16, 2020
    • 5 min

    A Green-NDP merger makes perfect sense...but not for the left

    Any clearheaded analysis makes it obvious that for a real anti-capitalist, left movement a Green-NDP merger is irrelevant. As is...
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