Why a social justice warrior is defending himself against antisemitism and the ‘left I’ve been aligned with for decades’
He is a paragon of equity activism, a social justice warrior long before the concept was conceived, and a self-described raging lefty.
For those whose memories extend back to the 1970s and ’80s, when Toronto had not yet awakened to societal injustices, Dr. Philip Berger was a hero: Among the first to operate an AIDS clinic, to provide clean syringes for intravenous drug users, to press for methadone treatment for addicts, to champion the poor and marginalized, to condemn police brutality, to oppose extra-billing by doctors. For all that advocacy and much more, Berger was invested with the Order of Canada.
