Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy: Is this 1888 vision of a year 2000 utopia still relevant?

Forty years after the Communist Manifesto eviscerated capitalism and predicted its demise, a relatively unknown American writer shot to fame with a fascinating blueprint for its replacement. Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backward 2000 – 1887 was a literary, cultural, and political sensation. First published in 1888, it was an international hit and only the second U.S. novel to sell a … Continue reading Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy: Is this 1888 vision of a year 2000 utopia still relevant? →

To avoid another Afghanistan, Canada must leave NATO

Wherever they go on the campaign trail, federal political leaders are asked about the Afghanistan crisis and Canada’s failure to evacuate all those who risked their lives to support our soldiers, diplomats, and aid workers. But reporters seem unwilling to press the party bosses on the broader implications of Canada’s military and moral defeat in … Continue reading To avoid another Afghanistan, Canada must leave NATO →

Does the left really hate the working class?

The Labour Party’s dismal performance in the 2019 UK general election has generally been attributed to its incoherent Brexit policy and the shortcomings—real or perceived—of its former leader, Jeremy Corbyn. But according to trade unionist and party activist Paul Embery, Labour’s worst electoral showing since 1935 also stemmed from the decades-long alienation of its traditional … Continue reading Does the left really hate the working class? →

Canadian MPs denounce their country’s failure to sign nuclear weapons ban treaty

Federal politicians from three different parties participated in an online event last week protesting Canada’s failure to sign the United Nations nuclear ban treaty. NDP MP Heather McPherson, Bloc Québécois MP Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe and Green Party MP Elizabeth May spoke to hundreds of virtual attendees during a November 19 webinar hosted by the Canadian Foreign … Continue reading Canadian MPs denounce their country’s failure to sign nuclear weapons ban treaty →

Trump’s defeat should be celebrated. But Biden’s victory is less of a cause for joy.

Stability. Civility. Respectability. If nothing else, Joe Biden will restore some measure of these qualities to the US presidency. He will be less combative with the media than his predecessor. He will be more collegial with his political opponents. And he will even institute token reforms that alleviate, however slightly, the suffering of the burgeoning ranks … Continue reading Trump’s defeat should be celebrated. But Biden’s victory is less of a cause for joy. →