Happy International Workers' Day and 5 year anniversary to r/CanadaLeft (subreddit update)

[u/eric_is_a_tool]

Hey comrades, happy May Day!

Today seems like as good a time as any to make a "state of the sub" post since I missed CanadaLeft's real anniversary last month.

tl;dr We will remain based as hell; we need more mods; we want ideas on how to improve the subreddit.

Re-affirming what we stand for

CanadaLeft will continue to be:

• anti-capitalist
• anti-imperialist
• anti-fascist
• anti-racist
• anti-settler colonialist
• anti-z!onist
• fiercely and unapologetically supportive of our trans and other 2SLGBTQIA+ comrades

Finding new goals

Over the past five years we've all been through a lot: a pandemic, economic uncertainty, wars breaking out, genocide, the list goes on. But through it all, amazing people are still working and organizing to make the world a better place. And this makes me ask, as a moderately sized internet forum, what can we do more to help?

My first thought goes to becoming a better platform for directing activist energy into protests, strikes, organizing, etc. But what do you think?

What we need

Between our glorious leader getting suspended, enshittification making reddit less appealing, and general life stuff, our mod team has slowed down a lot over the past year and which leaves us underpowered for a sub of our size. So we're asking for mod volunteers. If you're interested at all, just send a mod message and answer some questions!