For Socialism and Democracy in the NDP

By Hans Modlich, Toronto Biden’s provocative February 20 trip to Kyiv – nine years to the day after the bloody Maidan coup — is a clear signal that this war is no longer about Ukraine’s (or [...]

The federal NDP Socialist Caucus is holding an online Zoom event this coming Sunday, February 26. We will vote on the resolutions recommended by the SC Resolutions Sub-Committee, and possibly [...]

Par Giovanni Princigalli Compagni e Camarades Je voudrais commencer à parler de l’utilisation au sein des partis socialistes et communistes des termes « Compagno » et « Camarade » Commençons par [...]

Par Giovanni Princigalli Pourquoi le NPD n’a pas encore gouverné le pays ? J’ai émigré au Canada en 2003 à l’âge de 35 ans. Je viens d’une famille politiquement engagée. Ma tante Anna Maria [...]

The SC demands that a new election for leader be held as soon as possible, without financial or other barriers to the participation of any ONDP member who wishes to run for leader. Most [...]

The meeting was called to order at 12:05 p.m. Eastern time, on December 10, 2022. Presentation of the Indigenous Land Acknowledgment. Barry Weisleder volunteered to chair. Agreed. Trevor Cook was [...]

by Barry Weisleder, chair NDP Socialist Caucus Does Marit Stiles merit the title Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party? Stiles, the NDP MPP for Davenport, won the uncontested race to lead [...]

You are warmly invited to participate. See you there. Zoom Link Here Download Proposed Resolutions Saturday, December 10, 2022 12 noon Eastern time 9 a.m. Pacific time 10 a.m. Mountain time 11 [...]

by Barry Weisleder The text below was the basis of Barry’s presentation in a debate hosted online by the New Brunswick NDP Socialist Caucus on November 7, 2022. The dictionary definition of [...]

CUPE Ontario and the Ontario Federation of Labour held Solidarity Saturday rallies, for the third weekend in a row, across the province on November 19, 2022 to demand a just settlement for 55,000 [...]

by Julius Arscott Fifty-five thousand education support workers, members of CUPE Ontario School Boards Council of Unions, took mass strike action, labelled illegal, on Friday, November 4 after [...]

The democratic right to strike is at stake as confrontation escalates between 55,000 Ontario school support workers and the Conservative government of Doug Ford. Rallies, protests, and walk-outs [...]

Originally Printed in National Observer, October 20, 2022 By Avi Lewis There were no pets, dead people, or ghosts involved. Nonetheless, the B.C. NDP has disqualified leadership candidate Anjali [...]

By Barry Weisleder NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh found a way to avoid a federal election, and to gain a vague promise of health service reforms. This came at the cost of huge increases in military [...]

The BC NDP Socialist Caucus has developed an outstanding candidate program for its leadership race. It includes socialist proposals in 15 key areas, including health care, social infrastructure, [...]

Written by Canadian Author and Activist Yves Engler Has a leading Canadian politician ever shifted so dramatically on a major policy issue? Eighteen months ago, Jagmeet Singh refused to utter the [...]

By Barry Weisleder Efforts to rebuild the New Brunswick New Democratic Party as a socialist, labour-based, working class party made considerable progress at a convention held at the Lions Club [...]

by Barry Weisleder The zoom conference hosted by the labour bureaucracy on June 20, it’s so-called review of the June 2 Ontario election, along with a look at the future of the unions, [...]

In the lead-up to the June 2, 2022 provincial election, Conservative and Liberal leaders are scrambling to align with public opinion by pledging ‘progressive’ policies and big spending.  Tory [...]

By Gary Porter and Barry Weisleder, members of the NDP Socialist Caucus federal steering committee NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh found a way to avoid a federal election, and to gain a vague promise of [...]