Quote:They came, mostly young people, to fight for justice. They came to support the rule of international law, to help solve a longstanding injustice through non-violent means; they came to tell an oppressed people you have not been forgotten; they came to do what is right for a left wing political party; they came to speak truth to power.

And how did the left wing party respond? By using the “machine” — orders from on high, backroom arm-twisting, opaque block voting and procedural manoeuvring — to prevent debate. Silence in class!

While NDP insiders probably feel they dodged the “Palestine Resolution” bullet at their recent convention, many party apparatchiks may come to regret their undemocratic moves. Their naked suppression of debate might stir rage against the machine they’ve proved to be. At a minimum it has provoked many to ask why.

Why, when the Palestine Resolution was endorsed unanimously by the NDP youth convention and by over 25 riding associations, did the powers that be not want it even discussed?

Given the resolution mostly restated official Canadian policy, except that it called for “banning settlement products from Canadian markets, and using other forms of diplomatic and economic pressure to end the occupation” one can only assume that the party machine either supports the indefinite Israeli occupation of Palestinian land or has some sort of problem with boycotts and economic sanctions. Clearly the NDP is not against boycotts and economic sanctions in principle since they’ve recently supported these measures against Russia, Venezuela and elsewhere.

Quote:Why would the party establishment risk turning off so many young activists, exactly the sort of member new leader Jagmeet Singh claims he wants to attract?

So that's who Jagmeet Singh is..the leader of the federal NDP. I did not know dat. and if I did I forgot.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: imagine dat.. A SIKH SOCIALIST!!!
interesting! that seems an existential contradiction to me something like this illy: illy: illy: illy: illy
and leader of the party too! sweet! this development suggest to me that even the previous pretense at socialism of the NDP is over.

the NDP has now become a trap for people on the left, the actual opposite of what the say they are, and claim to be as politicians. Jagmeet as leader establishes that clearly.

all hell is breaking loose in Canada as Sikh and Hindu take over..in a Jewish Indo Alliance.yes there appears to be such an alliance in Canadian reality Canada becomes hell from here on

chairman post=360263 Wrote:Canada is not a socialist country, it is a social democracy. A social democracy is a blend of capitalism and socialism that seems to work well.

chairman post=360262 Wrote:where is justin

ketchim post=360293 Wrote:

chairman post=360262 Wrote:where is justin

meeting with Sikh separatists in Hindia.....leh Mapoui know