Leftnews.org (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
–Cameron talks about the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation’s Regina Manifesto. The document is still relevant and should still be seen as the progressive past that the NDP should go back to.
Devin Johnston (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
I would like to join Buckdog in celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Regina Manifesto . Contrary to popular belief, the Regina Manifesto was not the founding document of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation ( CCF ); the party was actually founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta. Nevertheless, the Regina Manifesto was a significant milestone as it established...
Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Saskatchewan New Democrats, take heed. I see that either Murray Mandryk has been reading my blog, or at the very least reading my mind. The Regina Manifesto is a very frightening document. It calls for the ‘eradication of capitalism’ and basically calls for a socialist economy. In my mind, nothing would be more terrifying than to [...]
They Call Me "Mr. Sinister" (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
The NDP would be wise to listen . I especially like the last few paragraphs: Ever since the Regina Manifesto, many CCF/NDPers have cherished the fantasy that it was only a matter of time until we formed a government. But since our share of the national vote has varied from 8 per cent to 20 per cent, that hope has always been a delusion. For me, being an influential opposition party has...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
EDITORIALTheStar.com | Opinion | 75th anniversary for CCF/NDP75th anniversary for CCF/NDPWhither the New Democratic Party'The question is timely because this weekend marks the 75th anniversary of the first national convention of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), forerunner to the NDP. In Regina in the summer of 1933 – the height of the Great Depression – representatives of unions,...
