1/ The NDP has a rich history in Canadian politics.
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1/ The NDP has a rich history in Canadian politics. We were born out of a movement of farmers, trade unionists, and feminists in an era where fascism was knocking on the door, and social solidarity was essential to resisting its rise.
Today, we are releasing our plan to make the NDP the Political Instrument of the People.
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1/ The NDP has a rich history in Canadian politics. We were born out of a movement of farmers, trade unionists, and feminists in an era where fascism was knocking on the door, and social solidarity was essential to resisting its rise.
Today, we are releasing our plan to make the NDP the Political Instrument of the People.
2/ The NDP’s power comes from dedicated members who turn out every election, or year-round, to knock on doors, make calls for local candidates, and donate whatever they can.
Yet, too often, these core members of our party have felt undervalued and underutilized.
To grow our party, we need to build trust again. And to do that, we need to trust the party’s grassroots first, and let them lead our party from the ground up.
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2/ The NDP’s power comes from dedicated members who turn out every election, or year-round, to knock on doors, make calls for local candidates, and donate whatever they can.
Yet, too often, these core members of our party have felt undervalued and underutilized.
To grow our party, we need to build trust again. And to do that, we need to trust the party’s grassroots first, and let them lead our party from the ground up.
3/ Our power is rooted in people. To compete with our political opponents, our party needs to prioritize organizing and training.
We will build power through a renewed culture of organizing and community building.
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4/ It is not enough to win elections: we must win change itself.
We will win by building a broad coalition once again. We will stand shoulder to shoulder with labour and social movements and be a party of the many.
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5/ Together, we can build the biggest tent the NDP has ever seen: a true party of the 99%. Our party’s best days are still ahead of us.
Join us: https://lewisforleader.ca/
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1/ The NDP has a rich history in Canadian politics. We were born out of a movement of farmers, trade unionists, and feminists in an era where fascism was knocking on the door, and social solidarity was essential to resisting its rise.
Today, we are releasing our plan to make the NDP the Political Instrument of the People.
@avilewis I think we can say "general strike" in that origin story:
…for a period of 25 years after the general strike, the business-supported Citizens League never lost dominance in city hall. And the polarity of the general strike was transmuted to city politics for that entire period, at least on the issues of social welfare and working conditions.[39] In part to calm the waters, Winnipeg adopted single transferable voting to elects its city councillors, and at the same time STV was adopted for election of Winnipeg MLAs as well.[40]
Woodsworth was elected as a Labour Member of Parliament for the Winnipeg Centre riding in 1921 and was repeatedly re-elected to the House of Commons until his death in 1942. In 1932 he helped found and became leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, a forerunner of the New Democratic Party.
and part 2 because Labour and Left were still at odds
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