Yeah, he writes some interesting stuff about the more questionable aspects of Canadian foreign policy. But pronouncements like "Discussion about Turks and Caicos joining Canada constitute a continuation of our complicity in British imperialism" are a pretty desperate shoehorn.
And, in the era of Trump, selling a pro-Russian stance to the mainstream left is a non-starter. It's pretty clear to me that Putin PREFERS having the right as his team.
Yes I mean Engler. He is the candidate of the so-called Socialist Caucus, by Socialist I mean Trotskyite. The SC used to be good for a laugh, now they're just annoying and sad.
Their slap line is introducing themselves as "I'm X and I'm a a Socialist" to which the customary reply is "We have a support group for that."
Yes I mean Engler. He is the candidate of the so-called Socialist Caucus, by Socialist I mean Trotskyite. The SC used to be good for a laugh, now they're just annoying and sad.
Their slap line is introducing themselves as "I'm X and I'm a a Socialist" to which the customary reply is "We have a support group for that."
Is the joke that socialists need a support group, or that people who announce it as their first greeting need a support group?
FWIW, outside of real-life entryist arguments (which were usually tense but still polite), the trotskyists are by far my favorite faction of leninists. They have by far the strongest grip on reality,
because they don't think themselves obligated to follow the capricious logic of foreign dictators,
and were pretty early among the 1917 club in adopting and maintaining progressive stances on LGBQT rights etc(by contrast, the Moscow-line forever boys and the stalinists/maoists) have nothing but shame in this regard).
I mean, do yourself the favour of a lifetime and duckduckgo "Fourth International Posadist International". There just has to be something great about a bolshevik tendency that can give rise to THAT.
I had already heard of the Posadists through a YouTube video I watched.
In all sincerity, that's probably the best place to learn about them.
I also liked the Spartacists, who in the early 1990s took an active role in championing the adult-entertainer turned teansgressive performance-artist Annie Sprinkle. Though overall, the WSWS, the on-line organ of one of the major 4th Int'l groups, is the best place for thoughtful applications of permanent revolution. They actually have a pretty good film review section.
"Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said Monday he was only doing his duty as an MP when he wrote letters supporting an alleged terrorist group member’s immigration application.
Responding to reporters’ questions about the matter for the first time, Anandasangaree downplayed his involvement in the national security case as the routine work of a Member of Parliament."
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"Although the CBSA had rejected the man as an immigrant on the grounds that he was a former member of a listed terrorist group, Anandasangaree asked officials to reverse their decision.
Without knowing how his office operates, my guess is that a staffer in the constituency operation, not having a clue as to what they were doing (if not AI, as good as), prepared a standard note to the minister, clearly oblivious that the minister would be writing to the minister. The first check against stupidity, that of the chief assistant for riding work, clearly did not operate. And that of the chief of staff, a role which has become dangerously important in the post-1984 era, makes one wonder if they were asleep that day/still on drugs/dangerously inebriated.
Again, I don't know of their internal procedures, but much constituency correspondence is signed by an autopen (this was the case in the Harper and Trudeau ministries, and I knew of documents pulled back with hysterical shrieks when paperflow went awry). I always felt that this was foolish for riding work, as often it was only the MP who could put things together from their canvassing experience, but I have often been told that I should keep my nose out of others' responsibilities.
In short, I see how it likely happened, but it's still no excuse. With such failures, it would only be the bureaucrats preparing the response that the error would come to light.
Again, much like the Rota affair in which a simple question of "What Army did you fight for during the war" combined with a Google Search would have saved a political career. ISTM that riding staffers aren't given the credit they are due seeing as errors in their work so easily detonate careers.
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Ah, you mean Engler?
Yeah, he writes some interesting stuff about the more questionable aspects of Canadian foreign policy. But pronouncements like "Discussion about Turks and Caicos joining Canada constitute a continuation of our complicity in British imperialism" are a pretty desperate shoehorn.
And, in the era of Trump, selling a pro-Russian stance to the mainstream left is a non-starter. It's pretty clear to me that Putin PREFERS having the right as his team.
Their slap line is introducing themselves as "I'm X and I'm a a Socialist" to which the customary reply is "We have a support group for that."
Is the joke that socialists need a support group, or that people who announce it as their first greeting need a support group?
Ah, missed that precise echo. Thanks.
I mean, do yourself the favour of a lifetime and duckduckgo "Fourth International Posadist International". There just has to be something great about a bolshevik tendency that can give rise to THAT.
In all sincerity, that's probably the best place to learn about them.
I also liked the Spartacists, who in the early 1990s took an active role in championing the adult-entertainer turned teansgressive performance-artist Annie Sprinkle. Though overall, the WSWS, the on-line organ of one of the major 4th Int'l groups, is the best place for thoughtful applications of permanent revolution. They actually have a pretty good film review section.
http://globalnews.ca/news/11296843/public-safety-minister-gary-anandasangaree-letters-terror-group/
"Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said Monday he was only doing his duty as an MP when he wrote letters supporting an alleged terrorist group member’s immigration application.
Responding to reporters’ questions about the matter for the first time, Anandasangaree downplayed his involvement in the national security case as the routine work of a Member of Parliament."
...
"Although the CBSA had rejected the man as an immigrant on the grounds that he was a former member of a listed terrorist group, Anandasangaree asked officials to reverse their decision.
Again, I don't know of their internal procedures, but much constituency correspondence is signed by an autopen (this was the case in the Harper and Trudeau ministries, and I knew of documents pulled back with hysterical shrieks when paperflow went awry). I always felt that this was foolish for riding work, as often it was only the MP who could put things together from their canvassing experience, but I have often been told that I should keep my nose out of others' responsibilities.
In short, I see how it likely happened, but it's still no excuse. With such failures, it would only be the bureaucrats preparing the response that the error would come to light.