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Geoff Russ: Don't underestimate the appeal of Avi Lewis's Third Worldism

If establishment parties fail on the cost of living, the door opens for hard-left radicalism

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Avi Lewis was elected leader of the New Democrats on Sunday with a smashing first ballot win, inheriting a skeleton of a party. Only six NDP MPs sit in the House of Commons after Nunavut’s Lori Idlout’s recent floorcrossing.

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However, this is a time of revived left-wing radicalism in the English-speaking world. Do not dismiss Lewis, as many have. If he plays his cards right, he will not be a punchline for long.

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Last year in New York City, Zohran Mamdani came out of nowhere to topple NYC’s Democratic Party machine. He used the city’s astronomic cost-of-living as a springboard for millennial socialism and anti-establishment rhetoric to build a winning platform. He is now mayor of the world’s top financial centre.

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