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NewDemoChat
@NewDemoChat
Quirky, cheeky, occasionally controversial, unsanctioned left-wing fun. #NewDemoChat [email protected] DM to join our Slack


ACORN members and tenants at 211 York Rd + 72 James St N held a press conference today to bring attention to the financial difficulties facing their landlord of 2 years Forge and Foster and opportunities for preserving #affordablehousing in #HamOnt.

@AnjaliApp Appropriately @AnjaliApp takes a moment to talk of her own personal experience in being courted into politics only to be punished for taking a stand. This is what they do. This is what they will continue to do if we keep guiding people into those spaces.

I'm mortified for Marit Stiles' riding of @DavenportNDP Their President (a good friend and colleague of @MaritStiles) tells members to be quiet and make a donation to absolve their guilt over Palestine. You can't fix a Party when people like this are leading the way. /1



“Membership…has almost become a relic” Called up to “retweet Jagmeet Singh on social media. Promote the party. Volunteer on elections. 👉But they really don’t want an active, independent-minded membership at all.” Author @matt_fodor w/@Jessa_McLean player.captivate.fm/episode/7797ff…


Inside the NDP: Corporate Lobbyist Control An interview with investigative journalist @Martin_Lukacs pod.fo/e/192938


What is an NDP Convention all about? It depends on who you ask…



NDP Convention will be in person despite best efforts of members to get Anne McGrath to give a damn. You will need to travel to Hamilton in you want any say in the future of the Party, despite all the tools available to make it accessible to everyone. Shameful. Yet typical.

So, we spoke to the party’s paid organizer, and asked what was up. The reply? “There was no action necessary from the Riding Association.” Necessary! Like we’re Borg drones, to be activated only when needed. That’s how the @ontariondp really views grassroots organizing. 6/?

After endless calls for her to resign, Ontario NDP Provincial Director Lucy Watson finally steps down. We object to this statement’s characterization of strengthened riding associations under her reign. 1/3

After endless calls for her to resign, Ontario NDP Provincial Director Lucy Watson finally steps down. We object to this statement’s characterization of strengthened riding associations under her reign. 1/3

@NewDemoChat I don’t dislike Lucy personally, only the power centralized in the role she has - but I am VERY amused to hear anyone talk about having strengthened riding associations over there.

