Across the Canadian left, politics is increasingly reduced to a familiar routine: open Canva, draft a statement on the issue of the day, post, and repeat. Yet these statements share a defining feature: they offer no plausible path to changing the conditions they describe. It feels like meaningful political action, but it isn’t.
I was really happy to hear Lewis say on multiple occasions that the NDP strategy should be low-level, community organising. Getting people to come out and make signs, knock on doors, and talk about policy is how the Left is built. Slactivism has hollowed us out, and it’s great to see some push back here.
I was really happy to hear Lewis say on multiple occasions that the NDP strategy should be low-level, community organising. Getting people to come out and make signs, knock on doors, and talk about policy is how the Left is built. Slactivism has hollowed us out, and it’s great to see some push back here.