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 mean political education in the context of organizing, not in a general sense. I think organizers have to spend the time to explain the mechanics of our capitalist system, and why we need structural changes. People need to understand what the problems are, and on general approach to solving them. We need a unified labour movement that’s rooted in strong unions, community organizations, and mutual aid. The working majority has to start building its own power structures that answer to the workers.
I mean political education in the context of organizing, not in a general sense. I think organizers have to spend the time to explain the mechanics of our capitalist system, and why we need structural changes. People need to understand what the problems are, and on general approach to solving them. We need a unified labour movement that’s rooted in strong unions, community organizations, and mutual aid. The working majority has to start building its own power structures that answer to the workers.
Ah I see, makes sense.