Anti-war demonstrations are a form of militant lobbying. Even radical direct action and civil disobedience aim to convince power-holders to do something different. This faith in government is misplaced.
Anyone who thinks that racism in Canada is more benign than it is in the United States, or that Canada has left its genocidal policies in the past, must read this book.
The presumed conflict between marxism and Indigenous struggles results from two factors: capitalist efforts to drive a racist wedge between Indigenous and workers’ struggles; and the destructive role of ‘managerial marxists’ who promote a ‘socialism’ that promises freedom and delivers the opposite.
Socialism is the Best Medicine