A Practical Radical Politics
How can we navigate the tension between practicality and radicalism in political activism? Professor Robert Jensen discusses.
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Canada Struggles with Secularism. What Can We Do? – A chat with Dave McKee, Communist Party of Canada
Despite being a secular nation, Canada struggles with promoting secularism, as schools and hospitals are highly influenced by religion. An interview with Dave McKee, Communist Party of Canada, on the country’s problems with religiosity in the public sector. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What stereotypes do you often hear about communism in Ontario and Canadian discourse? Dave […]
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Trump, Corbyn, and the Trouble with Condemning ‘Both Sides’
Donald Trump’s equal condemnation of violence on ‘both sides’ following the protests in Charlottesville highlight the inadequacy of such denunciation. Similar considerations apply to Jeremy Corbyn, who generically condemned ‘violence’ by ‘both sides’ in Venezuela, failing to distinguish between the government and opposition. If there is an asymmetry in wrongdoing, power, or the wrongness of […]
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Left vs Liberal: It’s Radicals Who Offer Realistic Solutions
If you want to be realistic about today's political problems, there's only one solution- look to the analysis of the radical left.
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