Introduction I was surprised to read an article from Kiri Vadivelu (December 31, 2024, "No to Legislative Strikebreaking! Victory to Postal Workers!") in The Red Review, a "Socialist Action journal." [Socialist Action is an allegedly socialist organization]. Vadivelu was a candidate for mayor in the last municipal elections in Toronto--and I voted for him since he … Continue reading Fair Wages: Another Example of Ideological Rhetoric, Part 8: The Council of Canadians
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Class Harmony and Social Reformism: The United Way as a Reformist Organization, Part Two
This is the continuation of a previous post. In the first post, I looked critically at the web site of the United Way Centraide Canada. The following post looks critically at one of its branch publications, Rebalancing the Opportunity Equation (May, 2019), by United Way Greater Toronto. The publication contains many implicit statements that illustrate … Continue reading Class Harmony and Social Reformism: The United Way as a Reformist Organization, Part Two
The Limitations of Social Democracy, or Social Democracy as Possibily the Lesser Evil
John Clarke, fomrer major organizer for Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, posted on Facebook yesterday the following: John Clarke Watching social democratic parties operate today, makes you appreciate that the political tendency they represent was at its most effective at a time of relative class compromise, when they could give working class people some of what … Continue reading The Limitations of Social Democracy, or Social Democracy as Possibily the Lesser Evil
Class Harmony and Social Reformism: The United Way as a Reformist Organization, Part One
This is the first of a two-part post. The first post will look at some of the limitations of the United Way (a charitable organization) as expressed on its website. The second post will look at some of the limitations of the United Way as expressed in one of its publications, Rebalancing the Opportunity Equation. … Continue reading Class Harmony and Social Reformism: The United Way as a Reformist Organization, Part One
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