Social Democrats of the North: Moses Coady, Antigonish Awakening
Moses Coady’s ideas about collectivism and co-operation represented the first real challenge to the conservatism of Nova Scotia’s political culture.
Moses Coady’s ideas about collectivism and co-operation represented the first real challenge to the conservatism of Nova Scotia’s political culture.

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.

From Terrace, BC, to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories to Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canadians have organized themselves in solidarity with Palestine.

The longshoreman and leadership hopeful shares his vision for Canada’s NDP as the party of workers and everyday people.

The NDP leadership hopeful reflects on her roots in student organizing to usher in a new era for progressive organizing in the federal NDP.

Heather McPherson is channeling value-driven politics in her campaign for NDP leadership.

Tony McQuail is channeling decades of grassroots activism to platform rural issues and a green progressive vision for the federal NDP.

Peggy Nash is bringing conversations from the campaign trail to Activists Make History, speaking with candidates running to be the next leader of the federal NDP.

The “embers of the mass party” may still smolder, and this policy debate shows that there is a desire to reignite those flames.


