tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post4252364371240059558..comments2024-03-15T04:54:41.407-04:00Comments on thwap's schoolyard: More About Hilary-Bots n' Stuffthwaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-76827515893570426192016-09-24T08:42:47.538-04:002016-09-24T08:42:47.538-04:00lagatta,
Wasn't it the case that Quebec Solid...lagatta,<br /><br />Wasn't it the case that Quebec Solidaire helped elect a PQ government that ended up hiking tuition rates anyway? (Before said government got tossed from power by the corrupt Liberals?)<br /><br />(I don't know if this is more an indictment of extra-parliamentary action or of parliamentary action. Maybe it's all hopeless.)<br /><br />Yes, CounterPunch is infuriatingly "radical" (as in doing no more than sneering that everything not as left-wing as they are is worthless). CommonDreams however still publishes crap about how the poor Democrats are trying to do good but are hampered by the evil Repugnicans.<br />Ythwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-45643964299751111472016-09-24T08:12:17.760-04:002016-09-24T08:12:17.760-04:00I disagree that extraparliamentary action doesn...I disagree that extraparliamentary action doesn't change anything, probably because here in Québec we did have the positive examples of the HUGE mobilisation against the Iraq war, even in tiny villages, and the massive Québec Spring mobilisation which started as a protest against a major hike in tuition fees, but became a much broader and deeper movement. <br /><br />That said, I do believe in parliamentary action too, and am a supporter of Québec solidaire. I also vote NDP and Projet Montréal despite some differences with the NDP's outlook (FAR too moderate under Mulcair; fortunately my MP Alexandre Boulerice is much further left and also a longstanding supporter of Palestinian rights, though Mulcair kept the entire caucus on a very short leash - let's hope that there will be more of a move to speak out. <br /><br />It is more Counterpunch than Common Dreams that has gone completely off the rails. Common Dreams has featured reports that were very favourable to Sanders and Corbyn.lagatta à montréalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02610410709900333230noreply@blogger.com