tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post6422490095629748776..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Our Democratic Deficit Begins In Canadian NewsroomsThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-47224993260389273872013-10-30T14:55:58.499-07:002013-10-30T14:55:58.499-07:00If we could somehow get us some PR I'd be unam...If we could somehow get us some PR I'd be unambiguously in support of that.Purple library guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930984683714519212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-85471871684801803802013-10-30T14:53:26.336-07:002013-10-30T14:53:26.336-07:00You know, PLG, maybe it's time for a new, genu...You know, PLG, maybe it's time for a new, genuinely progressive federal party. Since the NDP weighed anchor and slipped its moorings the whole political balance in the country has shifted to the right.<br /><br />The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-37292869463806668192013-10-30T14:24:20.839-07:002013-10-30T14:24:20.839-07:00Yeah, sigh.Yeah, sigh.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-5787622444789660672013-10-30T13:47:07.302-07:002013-10-30T13:47:07.302-07:00I've noticed that NDP higher-ups are absolutel...I've noticed that NDP higher-ups are absolutely enthusiastic about movement building and solidarity with the grass roots . . . until you get to that part where the pesky grassroots movement membership start having opinions of their own.<br /><br />Very similar to the Reformatory commitment to the grassroots that way, actually. Purple library guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930984683714519212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-8099714835757882802013-10-30T12:34:46.308-07:002013-10-30T12:34:46.308-07:00It's a daunting challenge, to be sure. It may...It's a daunting challenge, to be sure. It may well be impossible absent a progressive reformation. Sadly, corporatism is the order of the day in Canadian politics, the NDP not at all excepted. It's nice to dream that progressivism can be resurrected. Perhaps it is a thing of the past and gone for good. Yet, without clamouring for its restoration, our democracy is screwed.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-54967744176376911672013-10-30T12:28:32.201-07:002013-10-30T12:28:32.201-07:00Unfortunately, the irony there is that any such co...Unfortunately, the irony there is that any such commitment would lead to a media pile-on the likes of which we have never seen, and the one making it would have sealed their electoral fate. It'd be Saddam Hussein "Hitler" Mulcair, the man who can't get so much as a temp to his press conferences.<br /><br />Before a party could contemplate doing that, they'd need to have taken steps to reforge themselves, using mass movement organizing and technology to get around media dependence. The NDP, sad to say, has been moving in exactly the opposite direction.Purple library guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930984683714519212noreply@blogger.com