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Avi Lewis wants to rebuild the NDP — starting in Toronto the city that votes stupid

Avi Lewis wants to rebuild the NDP — starting in Toronto the city that votes stupid

Much has been said since March about how Avi Lewis has finally and fully landed in the family business, following in the footsteps of his father, Stephen, and his grandfather, David, who also were leaders for the New Democrats.

But Lewis has always been in a family business. His mother, Michele Landsberg, wrote for this paper for more than 25 years, and journalism runs in Lewis’s blood as much as politics. It was his first career and many people still know him from his broadcasting days, hosting the CBC TV show Counterspin and farther back, on City TV in Toronto.

Toronto is up to the challenge. There is no bottom to this town’s stupid.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inNDP

Here’s the ‘experiment’ NDP Leader Avi Lewis is trying to run in Canadian politics

Here’s the ‘experiment’ NDP Leader Avi Lewis is trying to run in Canadian politics

While standing outside the House of Commons, Avi Lewis recalled that it has been five decades since his grandfather — former federal NDP leader David Lewis — stood inside the chamber to advocate for the Canadian left.

After David, there was Avi’s father, Stephen Lewis, a former leader of the Ontario NDP, Canadian ambassador to the United Nations and a longtime journalist and environment activist. He passed away last month at 88, shortly after his son was elected federal NDP leader.

Now, it’s Avi Lewis’s turn to take on the mantle. And going the federal route is a very intentional choice.

My head hurts at the thought Canada is so fecked Lewis may strike a nerve.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inNDP, WTF?

Avi Lewis won the NDP leadership. Now what?

Avi Lewis won the NDP leadership. Now what?

OTTAWA—Avi Lewis concluded nearly four decades ago that the NDP had lost its way.

He was a 20-year-old roadie on the Ontario New Democratic Party’s 1987 election campaign, helping leader Bob Rae in an uphill fight to take credit for the NDP’s policy wins under a minority Liberal government.

It didn’t work. Premier David Peterson got his majority and the NDP lost six seats.

The media are still trying to breathe life into the commies Carney must want it so.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canadian Politics", NDP, WTF?

Amy Hamm: How the NDP’s equity cards turned the convention into a circus

Amy Hamm: How the NDP’s equity cards turned the convention into a circus

Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP) held a convention and elected their new leader, Avi Lewis, over three days last weekend. The convention made the NDP famous — perhaps “infamous” is more like it — and drew the attention of pundits from across the world.

All of this happened at a time when the party is in its death throes: it has lost its official status in Canada’s House of Commons, and has a measly six elected members of Parliament.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canadian Politics", NDP

Federal NDP doomed after abandoning traditional, big-tent labour roots

Federal NDP doomed after abandoning traditional, big-tent labour roots

Don Davies, the Vancouver New Democrat MP who served as his party’s interim leader until the election of Avi Lewis last weekend, cautioned party members last December that if the NDP wanted to avoid another drubbing at the polls, it should focus on working people’s issues instead of becoming obsessed with identity politics.

The party didn’t listen.

They’re BIG Tent Woke Nazis.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inNDP

Mulcair: Avi Lewis has big ideas. In politics, that’s not enough

For dreams to become reality, you first must get elected. That’s going to be a challenge for the NDP’s new leader.

The NDP put its best foot forward at last weekend’s convention, and the opening speech by Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew was a highlight.

Deeply experienced and wise, Kinew represents the best of the NDP. He shone in both official languages, very much at ease on his home turf in Winnipeg.

His speech contained a strong message of hope, as one would expect.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canadian Politics", NDP

Avi Lewis may have a shot at knitting the NDP together, despite a troubled start

Well, as honeymoons go, that was brief.

Avi Lewis may well have set a record for honeymoon brevity in Canadian politics. He wasn’t even done accepting the great prize of winning the leadership of the federal NDP last Sunday before two key figures in his own party denounced him over his resolve to move the country beyond fossil fuels.

Lewis may also have set something of a record for sheer cheerfulness in the face of such speedy backstabbing.

No shortage of media trying to make us believe Avi isn’t a complete commie nutter.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canadian Politics", NDP

Geoff Russ: Don’t underestimate the appeal of Avi Lewis’s Third Worldism

Avi Lewis was elected leader of the New Democrats on Sunday with a smashing first ballot win, inheriting a skeleton of a party. Only six NDP MPs sit in the House of Commons after Nunavut’s Lori Idlout’s recent floorcrossing.

However, this is a time of revived left-wing radicalism in the English-speaking world. Do not dismiss Lewis, as many have. If he plays his cards right, he will not be a punchline for long.

You gotta pray Canadians aren’t that dumb. Pray a lot.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canadian Politics", NDP

‘Equity cards’ arguments take over NDP Leadership Convention: ‘CANADA IS COOKED’

As you already know, the New Democrat Party over the weekend elected a new leader in Avi Lewis.

But prior to him stepping into Jagmeet Singh’s Gucci loafers, there were some other events that took place during the NDP Leadership Convention in Winnipeg.

My suspicion is the Juno’s and the NDP Convention are the same event rebranded.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, NDP, WTF?

The NDP has a new leader. What does Avi Lewis’s arrival mean for the party?

Newly named NDP leader Avi Lewis promised to bring back the party from the political wilderness after its dismal showing in last year’s federal election.

“The NDP will start winning again because we will become that beacon to the 99 per cent — illuminating the darkening sky of these terrifying times with the energizing light of collectivism,” he said at the convention in Winnipeg on Sunday, after it was announced he had won the months-long leadership contest.

Lewis came out on top of a field of five leadership candidates that included Alberta MP Heather McPherson, union leader Rob Ashton, farmer Tony McQuail and social worker and municipal councillor Tanille Johnston.

Good Lord

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canadian Politics", NDP

With finish line in sight, NDP leadership candidates try to win over voters

The five candidates vying for the NDP’s leadership into the next election gave one final appeal to members before the party chooses its next leader.

Each candidate was given time at the party’s convention in Winnipeg on Saturday to sway any voters who are still undecided.

The contenders are: MP Heather McPherson, activist and filmmaker Avi Lewis, union leader Rob Ashton, farmer Tony McQuail and social worker and municipal councillor Tanille Johnston.

Avi is so progressive he’s a NAZI!

Avi Lewis Is About to Make Jew-Hate the NDP’s Official Slogan

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canadian Politics", NDP

At historic low point, New Democrats descend on Winnipeg to choose a new leader

The NDP will have a new leader by Sunday afternoon — and whoever comes out of the party’s convention in Winnipeg with the top job will be tasked with bringing the party back from a historic low.

Five candidates — MP Heather McPherson, activist and filmmaker Avi Lewis, union leader Rob Ashton, farmer Tony McQuail and social worker and municipal councillor Tanille Johnston — are looking to replace former leader Jagmeet Singh.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canadian Politics", NDP