RADICAL LEFT POLITICAL PARTIES AND MOVEMENTS IN CANADA
Keywords:
radical, left, neoliberalism, protest movements, Occupy, CanadaAbstract
The global financial crisis of 2008 and the subsequent austerity measures, which affected the well-being of the middle class, provoked an upsurge of the radical left parties and movements in Western European and North American countries. Canada, unlike other western states, was the least affected by the aftermath of the economic crisis; nevertheless, it has also experienced a surge of radical left protests. The article analyzes mass protest movements of 2011-2012 in Canada, including the Occupy and Maple Spring. Historically, the radical left protest in Canada developed in the shape of mass movements (for instance, student movements) rather than parliamentary political parties. Mass protests during the Occupy were initiated less by difficult economic conditions and more by the blurring of the middle class and the decreased social mobility for young educated European Canadians. Local protests in Canadian cities neither developed into broader social movements, nor led to the increased support for left-wing parliamentary political parties. The protests were mostly ignored by the unions and political parties. The future of radical left movements in Canada is unclear: conservatives are leading in the polls for federal elections, whereas the Yellow vests movement in Canada has become a radical right movement.DOI: 10.17072/2218-1067-2019-4-58-66References
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