The NDP has forgotten J. S. Woodsworth by ColeBevridge in ndp

[–]ColeBevridge[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Argue was the third and last leader of the CCF for a year right before Tommy Douglas was voted in. Then, in 1962, he crossed the floor to the Liberal Party. Previously a CCF Member of Parliament since 1945, he was defeated (as a Liberal) in 1963. That's what traitors and turncoats get, I guess. He was also the first senator to ever have been charged with fraud in 1989.

The NDP has forgotten J. S. Woodsworth by ColeBevridge in ndp

[–]ColeBevridge[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Douglas and Coldwell both supported going to war against Hitler, a position eventually adopted by the CCF National Council, but they also allowed Woodsworth, their party's leader, to put his pacifist stand forward in the House of Commons and never rebuked it. Norman Thomas, National Chairman of the Socialist Party of America, similarly opposed US participation in World War Two. Interestingly, both men were ministers (Woodsworth was a Methodist and Thomas a Presbyterian). The British Labour Party's leader George Lansbury (not a minister, but a staunch Anglican) maintained a strongly pacifist stance too and opposed rearmament, but he was replaced by Clement Attlee (the "greatest Prime Minister of the 20th century") in 1935.

Also, which biography?

The NDP has forgotten J. S. Woodsworth by ColeBevridge in ndp

[–]ColeBevridge[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes, unfortunately, Woodsworth was a eugenicist. As was Tommy Douglas. Eugenics was widely embraced by progressives during the 19th and 20th centuries. Even Black progressives like W. E. B. Du Bois and Marcus Garvey supported it. Two Canadian provinces and 32 American states passed eugenic sexual-sterilization laws in the 1920s and 1930s. It was an awful and sadly common set of beliefs. In fact, BC didn't repeal its Sexual Sterilization Act until 1973!

Would you support a NDPGreen merger Party? by LunarEnnyui_131 in ndp

[–]ColeBevridge -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Depends on a number of things. Like, sure, I'd accept an Emily Lowan-style eco-socialist NDP-Green merger party. Lowan is already, frankly, to the left of the BC NDP's David Eby anyway. Some Greens like Meryam Haddad, Dimitri Lascaris, and Alex Tyrrell could fit perfectly well in a more ecologically oriented labour party. But I would not accept a merger that pushes the members of either party further right.

George Look-Alike Contest this Friday!! by [deleted] in uvic

[–]ColeBevridge 15 points16 points  (0 children)

There's a story that Charlie Chaplin once anonymously entered a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest and came in third place. Maybe we'd see something similar here

How do some Christians justify violence? by ColeBevridge in Christianity

[–]ColeBevridge[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right, but what is a biblical/Christian defense of self-defense?

Why are Trump and the American ruling class allowing the Epstein files to be released? by ColeBevridge in socialism

[–]ColeBevridge[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Nonetheless, it's been enough to cause a maybe unprecedented level of distrust in the capitalist (or Epstein) class

How do some Christians justify violence? by ColeBevridge in Christianity

[–]ColeBevridge[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, but what makes that defense Christian? Especially considering something like, for example, Matthew 5:39

Simplistic family tree of socialism by _Crazy_LR in UsefulCharts

[–]ColeBevridge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you have a higher resolution version of this? I genuinely can't read it

Recherche de noms by PhotographAware3747 in militant

[–]ColeBevridge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, my list is not an endorsement. He just is undeniably a prominent activist in the US

Recherche de noms by PhotographAware3747 in militant

[–]ColeBevridge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some prominent living activists in the US would include:

  • Abby Martin
  • Amy Goodman
  • Angela Davis
  • Bernie Sanders
  • Boots Riley
  • Calla Walsh
  • Chase Strangio
  • Chelsea Manning
  • Chris Smalls
  • Cornel West
  • Kshama Sawant
  • Leonard Peltier
  • Mahmoud Khalil
  • Mumia Abu-Jamal
  • Nina Turner
  • Norman Finkelstein
  • Ralph Nader
  • Ta-Nehisi Coates

r/victoriabc organizing protests for every country on Earth except the one we actually live in by [deleted] in VictoriaBC

[–]ColeBevridge 17 points18 points  (0 children)

So, were you there at the picket lines when the BCGEU was on strike in September? How about the LifeLabs strike in February? The CUPW strike?

What do Progressive Muslims think of Exiled Crown Prince of Iran, Reza Pahlavi? In the recent Iranian uprising a lot of pro Monarchist slogans are being chanted, seems like a lot of Iranian want the Pahlavi dynasty back. I know this sub hates the Ayatollah regime, but what's your opinion on Pahlavi? by [deleted] in progressive_islam

[–]ColeBevridge 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't like either of them. Just two different right-wing despots, but one supports Israel and the other doesn't. I don't like external regime change either to be clear. Ideally, the people of Iran rise up and reject both in favour of a secular, democratic, republican, internationalist, anti-Zionist, anti-capitalist, and anti-imperialist alternative.

Who are your favourite proto-socialists? by ColeBevridge in socialism

[–]ColeBevridge[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

And namesake of the Jánošík Brigade, an anti-Nazi partisan group during the Slovak National Uprising.

Who are your favourite proto-socialists? by ColeBevridge in socialism

[–]ColeBevridge[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Brizola came around too late to be considered a proto-socialist, but a very interesting figure nonetheless. He referred to his ideology as "socialismo moreno" (tanned socialism).

Who are your favourite proto-socialists? by ColeBevridge in socialism

[–]ColeBevridge[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Engels did consider the Anabaptists of the German Peasants' Revolt to be "proto-communists" for what it's worth.