Derrick O'Keefe: [url=http://thelasource.com/en/2014/07/07/with-trudeau-riding-high-its-time-f... Trudeau riding high, it’s time for soul searching on Canada’s left[/url]
The obsession with winning at all costs reflects a long-term depoliticization and withering of the democratic mechanisms within the NDP.
Thanks for the link, interesting stuff! O'Keefe writes:
Is it time for people who consider themselves on the left to abandon the NDP? At the very least, it’s time for soul searching about what to do now that the NDP has abandoned us.Canada solidaire?
OK wait... obsession with winning electorally "at all costs" has caused a "withering of democratic mechanisms" in the NDP. Fair enough. But isn't it a little contradictory to frame this analysis in terms of the prospects of the NDP winning the next election because "Trudeau is riding high"?
If the strategy were manifestly working, it would be ok if the "democratic mechanisms" withered in the NDP?
Now is the time to consider "Canada Solidaire" not because it is important to form an electoral party with a distinct socialist or social democratic vision, but because the NDP might lose the next election? Talk about framing analysis in terms of electioneering, winning and losing, as opposed to political goals.