Canada's NDP chooses Green Party strategy of self-immolation

You remember the Greens, don’t you? Well, maybe not… I for one had high hopes for the Green movement generally. I was especially enamored with the leader of the German Greens, Petra Kelly, but there were ominous signs even then that they’d end up in bed with NATO. In Canada we never had a Petra Kelly. We had Elizabeth May instead. Realizing her political career had run its course, Ms. May tried to retire seven or eight years ago. That brought one Annamie Paul to the fore. By now the Green Party was fully signed on to the woke agenda, to the point where they were way more woke than they were ‘green.’ Ms. Paul seemed to tick a few more boxes than Ms. May. For one thing, she was Black. There are voters who think that’s important. Unfortunately for Ms. Paul, she made some comments deemed antisemitic by prominent Jewish donors, and that was the end of that. Annamie didn’t last long, and was replaced by the most impressive box-ticker in Canadian political history, Amita Kuttner. They were, in no particular order, the first transgender leader of a Canadian political party, first south-Asian person, and first person with a Ph.D. in astro-physics to lead a national party. With Woke bonafides like that you won’t be surprised the party got wiped out in the next election. What does surprise me is the NDP’s just-released 23 page guidance for their upcoming leadership contest. Right away I’m out of the running. I might be able to manage the non-refundable “vetting fee” of $1,500, but that $100k “application fee” is far beyond the means of this retired former member of United Steelworkers, the UAW, the CAW after Bob White delivered our independence, the International Woodworkers of America, and the Ontario Secondary School Teacher’s Federation, and I think I missed some… clearly, democracy is out of reach for the working man. Nevermind working men; the party rulers (ie big donors) are even discriminating against the cissy men. Check out paragraph 6 (clause 2) on page 8, wherein the ruling elite of the workers party decree; “at least fifty percent of the signatures must come from men who are not cissy men.” Holy shit! Even if I could snag some big donors, how could I ever find so many non-cissy men in the NDP? The only name I recognize among those who have declared their intention to contest this election is Yves Engler. He’s probably right that he’s got the most progressive take on NATO and the current wars to preserve the American Empire. He’s also the candidate who makes potential big donors most uncomfortable, if you know what I mean. Gaza genocide? BLOOD LIBEL!