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drwhat posted:

getfiscal posted:

although i shouldn't make fun of fightback too much because i consider the ndp 'my party' insofar as it's the official party of the labour movement. i've voted for it every federal or provincial election since 2006.



i have done this as well for my entire voting life, i wrestle with it every election and it always seems like the correct choice. my local NDP candidates have always been very good. I voted for Linda Duncan when I was in Edmonton-Strathcona and convinced a few other people to do it too and she won by only a few hundred & it was a pretty big deal. felt good

this is what i do instead of smash capitalism, i file into a school or church and mark an x for the mildly left of centre party. i'm pretty hardcore


linda duncan is the last person i ever voted for, she's a nice lady. i attended the pre-mulcair leadership debate at the university thinking it would be a good laugh but came away feeling dirty and hollow

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so the SDS in america has decided to push for in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants in a bunch of states that dont have it. they started a campaign in florida and apparently it worked, which is sort of shocking. the next targets are utah and arizona, which are much tougher nuts. the tuscon SDS branch is brand new and doesn't know wtf they're doing, their idea was to ask SDS chapters in other states to start boycotts/protest at arizona college sports games in those other states. my frso pal here wants to do that and asked for criticism at the meeting we had and I said something like "that seems like red meat for the sort of people who go to football games, to protest tuition inequity in another state by bothering people during their game" but he said that we can craft the message so it doesnt seem like we're against the players, just applying pressure to the schools, and, that if we get like one out of every hundred people at a utah football game against arizona to think about calling the dean and saying 'threaten to boycott arizona until they reverse their discriminatory policies' that probably has a big effect.

no word on when we start collectivizing and expropriating though.
#123
YUNG JIRO AKA SHOWA STUNNA AKA
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rule numero uno for successful Communism: Don't Fuck With Football
#124
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canadian socialism and the Rider Nation both originate in the same province... coincidence? i don't think so!!!

#125
Mike Nelson here.
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now that the platform is out a bunch of people have come out and said they won't vote NDP unless something changes, which includes Stephen Lewis' wife and such.
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there was a leftist coalition party in alberta that coalesced out of actual willingness to mobilize against the rise of the koch-funded Wild Rose party, they didn't manage to get a platform together until like a week before the election, and for some reason decided to also not distribute any campaign materials (even signs which would have nothing to do with platform points) until they had a platform. it was funny.

after a lightning fast skim the ontario ndp platform seems to be a "attempt to phrase leftist policy as conservative rhetoric" snoozefest that won't excite anyone actually on the left and won't fool anyone on the right because they still know it's the ndp, confirm/deny?
#127
objekt-a.tumblr.com
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getfiscal posted:

i forgot to add that that trotskyist organization is the same one that elected kshama sawant in seattle



Hmmmm ne Conection to the jacobin?

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mt.real
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shriekingviolet posted:

after a lightning fast skim the ontario ndp platform seems to be a "attempt to phrase leftist policy as conservative rhetoric" snoozefest that won't excite anyone actually on the left and won't fool anyone on the right because they still know it's the ndp, confirm/deny?


good stuff

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Mike Nelson here.
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#130
Kurdt
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does canada have a characteristic regional variety of pizza? thanks in advance
#131
Mike Nelson here.
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gyrofry posted:

does canada have a characteristic regional variety of pizza? thanks in advance

there is "canadian", which is (usually) pepperoni, bacon and mushroom. also "hawaiian" (ham and pineapple) was first invented and sold in canada. i don't think canada has developed any sort of crust technology.

#132
Kurdt
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is that american bacon, british bacon or canadian bacon
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Mike Nelson here.
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gyrofry posted:

is that american bacon, british bacon or canadian bacon

good question. it's really just any pork product. there are 'canadian' pizzas with peameal bacon (canadian bacon), but also ham or just (american) bacon. really depends on the restaurant. i don't really like mushrooms all that much so i never really get that. if you're ever in canada though, why not do like the romans.

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Kurdt
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thank you as always for your thoughtful and detailed exposition of a thorny issue
#135
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Owing to the Staples thesis, Canadian pizzas are actually wheat only. With some coal. And their official motto in Canada is, also owing to the Staples thesis, "Canada: we've got that."
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Common contenders as the Canadian national food include:

Poutine
Butter tarts
Kraft Dinner

According to an informal survey by the Globe and Mail conducted through Facebook from collected comment, users considered the following to be the Canadian National dish, with maple syrup likely above all the other foods if it was considered:

Poutine (51%)
Montreal-style bagels (14%)
Salmon jerky (dried smoked salmon) (11%)
Perogy (10%)
Ketchup chips (7%)
Nova Scotian Donair (4%)
California roll (1%)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_cuisine

#137
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is your national dish really macaroni and cheese?
#138
chickeon
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montréal bagels but no smoked meat wtf e: G&M is king turd of dogshit mountain that is canadian newspapes
#139
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the culinary heritage of the brits plus the bounty of the northern wastes. thank god for immigration
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Until the NDP starts pushing for $19/h minimum wage im voting communist party of ontario.
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Dargydoof posted:

Until the NDP starts pushing for $19/h minimum wage im voting communist party of ontario.



They should run under the name they used when the CPC was banned during WW2:

The Dominion Communist–Labor Total War Committee

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tomorrow is eleection day in toronto and i just want to say fart
#143
chickeon
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It's the whoel dang province and I also want to say fart
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Poronto
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i got a communist party of ontario flyer thru my letterbox and they actually had the nicest socdemest platform yet. f'in trots
#145
Poronto
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based on my cursory research the leader is a sad old fat woman and the most its ever polled under her in a single riding is like 200 votes donald pls confirm thx
#146
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itheres not really any good indie parties running in my riding except the none of the above party and that seemed stupid to vote for so i voted ndp caise cheri di nova is attractive blonde female
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Poronto
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cheri dinovo condemned israeli apartheid week as an antisemitic hate speech event. coincidentally my jewish boss is voting for her ass. also you live round the corner from where i work and future widow goes to buy "oregano". (i do not sell future widow or anyone else "oregano" for a living)
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tardy on these heaters
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littlegreenpills posted:

based on my cursory research the leader is a sad old fat woman and the most its ever polled under her in a single riding is like 200 votes donald pls confirm thx



ladies of the forum please read this and know ur future

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littlegreenpills posted:

cheri dinovo condemned israeli apartheid week as an antisemitic hate speech event. coincidentally my jewish boss is voting for her ass. also you live round the corner from where i work and future widow goes to buy "oregano". (i do not sell future widow or anyone else "oregano" for a living)



your jew boss is cool and voting doesnt matter anyway

#150
tardy on these heaters
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u sell weed for a jewish boss thats weird
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Mike Nelson here.
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cheri di novo is a united church minister (canada's biggest protestant church). the united church has a minister in toronto that was like yeah umm i don't believe in god anymore. so the united church debated it and were like yeah okay you can still be a minister.
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thats chill

however, death is certain for all
#153
Toronto
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i am not voting, boycott the elections!
#154
tardy on these heaters
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as an american i am also boycotting the idea of a representative canadian government
#155
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the coolest thing is to have a parliament but also a king

stuff like kings and queens are not outdated, theyre very cool and modern
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wrap it up liberialures, ipsos has a poll saying the ndp are within the margin of error of forming a government in ontario!

http://www.ipsos-na.com/news-polls/pressrelease.aspx?id=6532

liberal 33%
pcs 31%
ndp 30%

omg what will happen tomorrow holy shit?!
#157
UNUSUALY COOL
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RBC posted:

omg what will happen tomorrow holy shit?!



socialism

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http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6abc91b.html

afghan communists should form the cadre of the canadian revolution imo
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tardy on these heaters
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oreganoville