Generations of progressives paid their respects to former NDP leader Ed Broadbent and celebrated his legacy and accomplishments during a state funeral held in the nation s capital on Sunday afternoon.
Being on the left will never be easy given the forces we confront, and that pessimism of the intellect must be fused to optimism of the will. Few understood this as well as Canada’s perennial optimist Ed Broadbent, and that is why the new book, Seeking Social Democracy: Seven Decades in the Fight for Equality, is an inspiring read.
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Neoliberalism and ruthless privatization has brought us dire inequality. The antidote lies in a strengthening of the social and economic rights that flourished in the postwar years