New Democratic Party Socialist Caucus
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The New Democratic Party Socialist Caucus is an unofficial[1] left-wing faction within Canada's New Democratic Party.
Quick Facts Formation, Purpose ...
Formation | 1998; 26 years ago (1998) |
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Purpose | Promotion of democratic socialist policies within the New Democratic Party |
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Chairperson | Barry Weisleder |
Main organ | Turn Left |
Affiliations | New Democratic Party |
Website | ndpsocialists |
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Its manifesto maintains that the New Democratic Party has moved too far to the right, and is in danger of becoming indistinguishable from the Liberal Party.[2] Consequently, the Socialist Caucus also opposed Tony Blair's Third Way policies and their adoption by the NDP because they "[leave] the basic class and economic structures of capitalism unchanged."[3]