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The New Democratic Party Socialist Caucus is a left-wing group in Canada's New Democratic Party. Its members believe that mainstream New Democrats have moved too far to the Right, and is in danger of becoming another Liberal Party. It also opposes Tony Blair's Third Way policies claiming they alienate the working class. Image File history File links I made this picture myself based on images from http://www. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Socialism is a social and economic system (or the political philosophy advocating such a system) in which the economic means of production are owned and controlled collectively by the people. ... This article is about the Canadian political party. ... The Liberal Party of Canada (French: ), colloquially known as the Grits (originally Clear Grits), is a Canadian federal political party. ... For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born May 6, 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the Labour Party, and Member of Parliament for the constituency... The Third Way, or Radical Middle, is a centrist philosophy of governance that embraces a mix of market and interventionist philosophies. ... The term working class is used to denote a social class. ...

The NDP SC was founded in early 1998 in Toronto, Ontario by political activists Barry Weisleder, Sean Cain, Jorge Hurtado and Joe Flexer and soon had branches in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia, as well as supporters in Manitoba, Quebec and Nova Scotia. It is active at both the federal and provincial levels of the party. Joe Flexer (March 23, 1933 - July 31, 2000) was a trade unionist and communist activist in Canada. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area [1] Ranked... Motto: Fortis et liber(Latin) Strong and free Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Official languages English (see below) Government - Lieutenant-Governor Norman Kwong - Premier Ed Stelmach (PC) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 28 - Senate seats 6 Confederation September 1, 1905 (split from Northwest Territories) (8th [Province]) Area Ranked... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo - Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 36 - Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area Ranked 4th - Total 944,735 km... Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Latin: Glorious and free) BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL YT NT NU Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard - Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 14 - Senate seats 6 Confederation... Motto: Je me souviens (French: I remember) Capital Quebec City Largest city Montreal Official languages French Government - Lieutenant-Governor Pierre Duchesne - Premier Jean Charest (PLQ) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 75 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area Ranked 2nd - Total 1,542,056 kmÂ² (595...

The group is a socialist faction and advocates economic democracy and workers' control, full employment, the nationalization of large industries and the eradication of poverty and homelessness. Socialism is a social and economic system (or the political philosophy advocating such a system) in which the economic means of production are owned and controlled collectively by the people. ... Nationalization or nationalisation is the act of transferring assets into public ownership. ...

The Caucus is "anti-Imperialist", and condemns many of the actions of the United States' government. It supports the Cuban Revolution and the withdrawal of Canada from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), the independence of Quebec and is opposed to Zionism. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... The Cuban Revolution refers to the revolution that led to the overthrow of General Fulgencio Batistas regime on January 1, 1959 by the 26th of July Movement and other revolutionary elements in the country. ... NATO 2002 Summit The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for defence collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, DC, on April 4, 1949. ... NORAD Headquarters Building. ... The Quebec sovereignty movement (French: Mouvement souverainiste du QuÃ©bec) is a political movement aimed at attaining independent statehood (sovereignty) for the Canadian province of Quebec. ... Zionism is a political movement that supports a homeland for the Jewish people in the Land of Israel, where Jewish nationhood is thought to have evolved somewhere between 1200 BCE and late Second Temple times,[1][2] and where Jewish kingdoms existed up to the 2nd century CE. Zionism is...

The NDP SC views itself as the successor to the Waffle of the 1960s and '70s. The Waffle (also known as the Movement for an Independent Socialist Canada) was a radical wing of Canadas New Democratic Party and later an independent political party. ...

In 2001, the Socialist Caucus ran Marcel Hatch in a leadership challenge against Alexa McDonough. Hatch won 120 votes out of 765 ballots cast. Bev Meslo was the Socialist Caucus' candidate in the party's 2003 leadership election, winning 1.1% of the vote in the party's first One Member One Vote leadership election. Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Marcel Hatch is a graphic designer and political activist based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ... NDP leadership conventions are the process by which the Canadian New Democratic Party elects its leader. ... Alexa McDonough (born August 11, 1944) is a Canadian politician, and former leader of the New Democratic Party. ... Bev Meslo is a Canadian socialist, New Democratic Party and political activist based in Vancouver. ... The 2003 New Democratic Party leadership race to replace New Democratic Party of Canada leader Alexa McDonough ended January 25, 2003 with the first ballot victory of popular Toronto city councillor Jack Layton. ... OMOV, an acronym standing for one man, one vote or one member, one vote, is a term used to support wider and more equal participation in political systems. ...

Speakers at Socialist Caucus meetings have included John Clarke, Tarek Fatah, Ali Mallah and Peter Kormos. The Trotskyist group Socialist Action, led by Weisleder and the late Joe Flexer, has encouraged its members to join the NDP and the Socialist Caucus, in what may be characterized as entryism. John Clarke is a Canadian political activist and the founder and leading figure of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty. ... Tarek Fatah (born November 20, 1949) is a secular Muslim Canadian political activist, writer and TV host. ... Longtime Ontario NDP MPP Peter Kormos Peter Kormos (born October 7, 1952 in Welland, Ontario) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. ... Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. ... Socialist Action is a Trotskyist political group in Canada. ... Entryism (or entrism or enterism) is a political tactic by which an organisation encourages members to infiltrate another organisation in an attempt to gain recruits, or take over entirely. ...

The Socialist Caucus also publishes an eight-page newspaper named Turn Left, edited by Sean Cain, for each federal and Ontario provincial NDP convention.

External link

Socialist Caucus official website

Categories: 1998 establishments | Canadian political movements | Canadian socialist organizations | New Democratic Party of Canada | Political party factions

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