Orange Isn't Red: On the Logic of Radicalizing Reformist Organizations
Submitted on October 7, 2011
By Alan Wai Kiat Tang - Common Cause
On September 3 2011, the Ontario New Democratic Party (ONDP) rescinded the candidacy of Barry Weisleder, who had won the provincial nomination for the riding of Thornhill...Much to the surprise of the NDP establishment, Weisleder defeated their preferred candidate; responding to this unexpected turn of events, the party brass decided to overrule the results of the nomination process...This is not the first time the NDP leadership has intervened to quash gains made by radicals working within the party's rank-and-file...
