r/canadaleft • u/rbdk01 ACAB • Apr 03 '19

porpoise of the sub | TLDR: have fun, strengthen the left, share left voices, shitpost, save canada 

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raison d'être:

This sub was created to promote Canadian leftist content not allowed on other subs like YouTube videos, memes, and shit-posts.

CanadaLeft is a place to organize the new wave of Canadian creators, journalists and thinkers seizing the memes of production for the betterment of all Canadians, so please promote and encourage yourself and comrades.

Please see this thread for a list of Canadian left voices.

Why aren't there more? There should be more. Create something and add yourself to the list asap plz. Thx.

current objectives

  1. Started on April 1st, 2019, our goal is to have

    10 25 50 100 2,000

    readers before the October 2019 election is announced to ensure a force for a left Canada exists. This is primarily done through xposting to other subs, and mentioning reddit.com/r/canadaleft when relevant on social media and other websites

  2. Figure out CSS to make this place better for y'all

  3. Strategize for moving Canada's 2019 election conversation to the left. No such thing as a dumb post/question/idea.

    Obvious targets:

    • Pharmacare
    • Dentalcare
    • Election Reform
    • Tax the 1%
    • Anti-corruption

le rules

  • Be excellent to each other!

    You're a leader. Be chill. Be an example.

  • Follow reddiquette

  • Report content that is hateful, spam, or off-topic

  • Message the mods when you report something. It can be difficult to tell why something was flagged

Is this sub bourgeoisie subterfuge against the Liberal Party of Canada?

Non. The Liberal party made enemies of true progressives after lying about election reform and privatising public infrastructure projects.

This sub is an effort of the International Department of Citizenship to empower citizens through collective action. The IDC is a dumb podcast by me, Matt. If you have a project to empower citizens, hit me up for +1 free ally. Disclosure: I was a member of the CPC as a teen (sorry), then the LPC to get Harper out (sorry x2), and now the NDP before I move further left.

Question? Idea?

@ me anything/anytime. Here or wherevs. You'll always have my complete love and respect - even if you're a CPC fanboy, because I was you, broseph.

o7

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u/rev_tater Apr 05 '19

Canada is a settler-colonial state that dabbles in foreign interventionism. It is a a product of genocide, land theft, slavery, and immigrant exploitation.

No need to save Canada when there ought to be no 'Canada' as it currently exists.

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u/rbdk01 ACAB Apr 05 '19

What would you suggest be done to positively move on from such a history?

How can we support a population that educates themselves on such a history and uses it to ensure such crimes are acknowledged and never again carried out?

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u/rev_tater Apr 05 '19

People who are still living with the memory ought to have more say in how we run our society.

On the reform side: Transform the Senate into a assembly of band councils, or pull an NZ and reserve seats in HoC for remaining First Nations and Inuit communities.

On the rev side: Seize and dissolve the bourgeois Canadian state, open dialog for renegotiation of treaty rights from scratch and in good faith, [an as-yet-unspecified miracle occurs], and did I say dissolve the Canadian state?

The brackets are only a bit of a joke. We don't really have a good pictures of what to do that's truly radical and goes above and beyond making small concessions.

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u/MSHDigit Apr 07 '19

Hell yeah. This sub has me fired up!

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '19

What if the NPD but capible of winning elections?

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u/rbdk01 ACAB Apr 08 '19

Sounds good to me. Go on...

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u/Zalakbian Dec 02 '21

Is there a Discord for this subreddit?

If not, I could maybe help make one, if people weren't interested