If you are a progressive in Canada you've probably been inundated with stories surrounding the controversy of the Green Party's new leader Annamie Paul and her former senior adviser Noah Zatzman.
If you aren't caught up (and even if you are), Canadian Dimension has provided some valuable commentary and summaries of the situation.
A recent history: https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-green-party
On Noah Zatzman and the smears of anti-semitism:
https://canadiandimension.com/artic...aign-at-the-centre-of-the-green-party-debacle
https://canadiandimension.com/artic...arty-leader-annamie-paul-is-not-anti-semitism
Annamie Paul faces a non-confidence vote at GPC national council July 20th, and regardless of the outcome, the Green party has a lot of work ahead of itself if it wants to regain any semblance of the trust and momentum it had in 2019.
The runner-up of the 2020 leadership race, Dimitri Lascaris, is a lawyer, journalist, and eco-socialist who ran on a much more progressive platform, acknowledging Capitalism as the root cause of our ecological crisis (unlike Annamie Paul), and is also anti-imperialist, pro-indigenous sovereignty, and is committed to economic, social, environmental, and racial justice nationally and internationally.
He and 7 others recently founded an organization called Green Left Canada.
From their website: "Growing numbers of people in Canada are seeking a forum for the development and promotion of policies and grass-root campaigns that are situated at the intersection of environmentalism and socialism. Canada needs a non-partisan, eco-socialist movement that is action-driven and offers comprehensive solutions for the social, economic, political and ecological challenges we face."
From the outside, this development seems extremely exciting, to have an organization that pushes all parties and other orgs to recognize the interconnectedness of our current crises.
They are still in their infancy so I encourage anyone taking the time to read this to check out their website and see if you like their vibe, and maybe sign up to be notified if they do events/campaigns in your area that you'd like to get involved with.
At the very least I see this becoming another organization similar to the Courage Coalition, which motivates for progressive policies to be debated and agreed upon at the NDP conventions, as well as putting pressure on leaders to act in a more progressive way.
So if you are put off by traditional party politics and are looking for social movements to put pressure on existing governmental systems, then look into Green Left Canada and the Courage Coalition to hopefully find a home.
If you aren't caught up (and even if you are), Canadian Dimension has provided some valuable commentary and summaries of the situation.
A recent history: https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-green-party
On Noah Zatzman and the smears of anti-semitism:
https://canadiandimension.com/artic...aign-at-the-centre-of-the-green-party-debacle
https://canadiandimension.com/artic...arty-leader-annamie-paul-is-not-anti-semitism
Annamie Paul faces a non-confidence vote at GPC national council July 20th, and regardless of the outcome, the Green party has a lot of work ahead of itself if it wants to regain any semblance of the trust and momentum it had in 2019.
The runner-up of the 2020 leadership race, Dimitri Lascaris, is a lawyer, journalist, and eco-socialist who ran on a much more progressive platform, acknowledging Capitalism as the root cause of our ecological crisis (unlike Annamie Paul), and is also anti-imperialist, pro-indigenous sovereignty, and is committed to economic, social, environmental, and racial justice nationally and internationally.
He and 7 others recently founded an organization called Green Left Canada.
From their website: "Growing numbers of people in Canada are seeking a forum for the development and promotion of policies and grass-root campaigns that are situated at the intersection of environmentalism and socialism. Canada needs a non-partisan, eco-socialist movement that is action-driven and offers comprehensive solutions for the social, economic, political and ecological challenges we face."
From the outside, this development seems extremely exciting, to have an organization that pushes all parties and other orgs to recognize the interconnectedness of our current crises.
They are still in their infancy so I encourage anyone taking the time to read this to check out their website and see if you like their vibe, and maybe sign up to be notified if they do events/campaigns in your area that you'd like to get involved with.
At the very least I see this becoming another organization similar to the Courage Coalition, which motivates for progressive policies to be debated and agreed upon at the NDP conventions, as well as putting pressure on leaders to act in a more progressive way.
So if you are put off by traditional party politics and are looking for social movements to put pressure on existing governmental systems, then look into Green Left Canada and the Courage Coalition to hopefully find a home.
