John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), recently posted the following on Facebook: A common front of public sector unions in Quebec are engaged in a strike of historic proportions [my emphasis]. Anyone with a smattering of knowledge of the class struggle history of Quebec will appreciate the possibilities of … Continue reading Radical Leftists Should Not Exaggerate the Degree of Class Consciousness and Organization
Tag: Mr. Clarke
An Example of a Likely More Effective Way of Challenging the Genocidal Actions of Israel Against Palestinians
John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, recently posted the following on Facebook (for some reason the photo did not show. I am including a link to a related story): Challenging the shipping of weapons to Israel in Sydney, Australia. https://bnn.network/watch-now/sydney-protest-against-israeli-shipping-line-a-powerful-display-of-solidarity-with-palestine/
Skepticism About the Efficacy of the Protests Against the Israeli Genocide Against the Palestinians
John Clarke, former major organizer of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), wrote the following recently: It's fantastic to see vast Palestine solidarity actions in the major cities but pay close attention to the numbers taking to the streets in smaller centres. This is a powerful indication of the depth and potential of the movement … Continue reading Skepticism About the Efficacy of the Protests Against the Israeli Genocide Against the Palestinians
Swift International Coordination of the Working-Class Might Have Prevented the Genocide in Gaza and the West Bank
John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), posted the following recently on Facebook: Mining workers in Colombia call for the government to “suspend the shipment of Colombian coal, or any other metal or mineral to Israel.” Such efforts, if they had been coordinated, could perhaps have stopped Israeli's genocidal efforts … Continue reading Swift International Coordination of the Working-Class Might Have Prevented the Genocide in Gaza and the West Bank
The Need for Protests Against the Genocide in Palestine to Be Connected to the Labour Movement
John Clarke, former major organizer of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), recently posted on Facebook the following: John Clarke I see voices raised to the effect that massive rallies aren't enough to force Western leaders to stay the hand of the Israeli killing machine. In my view, this is a consideration that must … Continue reading The Need for Protests Against the Genocide in Palestine to Be Connected to the Labour Movement
Israel as the Junior Partner of the United States
John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, recently posted the following on Facebook: If you want to understand the ability of Washington to decide the parameters of the murderous brutality being unleashed on Gaza or the relationship between US imperialism and the garrison state of Israel, take note of this comment. … Continue reading Israel as the Junior Partner of the United States
Social Democrats or Social Reformers Fail to Recognize Their Own Limitations: The Bullshit Asymmetry Principle Once Again
Tracy MacMaster commented on John Clarke's post This exactly. Thanks John Clarke . To what was MacMaster referring? To Clarke's post concerning the "bullshit asymmetry principle." I quote from John Clarke: A FB friend put up a post that deals with the 'bullshit asymmetry principle.' This holds that 'the amount of energy needed to refute … Continue reading Social Democrats or Social Reformers Fail to Recognize Their Own Limitations: The Bullshit Asymmetry Principle Once Again
Legality Involves the Legitimation of Many Appalling Actions
John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, recently posted the following on Facebook; it expresses well the reality of the rule of law and not its rhetoric. John Clarke The real scandal isn't lawbreaking by people with political and economic power but all the appalling things they are able to do … Continue reading Legality Involves the Legitimation of Many Appalling Actions
The Radical Left Have a Responsbility to Challenge Questionable Assertions from Their Own Ranks
John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), recently posted the following on Facebook: John Clarke With even greater intensity than the pandemic [my emphasis], the impacts of climate change are running along the fault lines of social, racial and global inequality. Our resistance must be taken up along just those … Continue reading The Radical Left Have a Responsbility to Challenge Questionable Assertions from Their Own Ranks
It is Not Just Far-Right Views that Need to Be Criticized–but Also Social-Democratic or Social-Reformist Views
John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), recently posted on Facebook the following: John Clarke I just came across another person I had accepted as a FB friend posting really horrible right wing material. Yet again, it was focused on the notion of Justin Trudeau as a conspiring globalist, … Continue reading It is Not Just Far-Right Views that Need to Be Criticized–but Also Social-Democratic or Social-Reformist Views
The Abolitionary 