Messy Cities with Zahra Ebrahim
‘Messy Cities’ highlights the imperfections of community design, and how the scrappiness of cities and urban diversity are what make these areas strong, vibrant, and liveable.
Rights and Democracy
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Defending Democracy Across Borders with David Adler
To defend democracy across borders, we must understand the global right-wing network and build the power to confront it.
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Social Democrats of the North: George Hara Williams
Learn about the the oft-forgotten architect of the Saskatchewan CCF, who laid the organizational groundwork that brought the first social democratic government in North America to power.
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New Leader, Same NDP?
“I look forward to the day, when socialist governments and policy prevail across Canada, to say, ‘yes, it happened in our lifetime.'”
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Suturing Solidarity
Sutures hold together open wounds that would otherwise come apart, while leaving visible the fractures that made their application necessary. This metaphor departs from more conservative formulations of solidarity that privilege cohesion over contestation.
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Organizing Solidarity in Rural Canada
From Terrace, BC, to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories to Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canadians have organized themselves in solidarity with Palestine.
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Floor-Crossing vs. Party-Democracy
To minimize floor-crossing episodes, mass parties can leverage existing political institutions to make Canada’s democracy more deliberative and participatory.
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Facing Down the Far-Right in East Germany
“We social democrats always talk about how the fight against right-wing extremism is part of our political DNA. However, many rightly wonder what exactly that means.”
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Efficiency at What Cost? Bill C-5 and the Risks to Canada’s Regulatory State
The Cabinet’s authority to designate projects and override recommendations by regulatory bodies creates a new form of political uncertainty.
