The electorate soundly evicted Ken Sim and his ABC cronies, and yet here's our new progressive mayor, Pete Fry, gifting power to the hard right. Meanwhile Fry expects COPE to abandon its demsoc programs and fall in with his hopeless anti-politics. Does COPE have the strength of will to resist?

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Mike Klassen as Metro Van rep. Sean Orr as Deputy Mayor. Ken Sim hugging Sean Orr. And Sarah Kirby-Yung regretting an ABC campaign that went too negative. Here's my video recap of the final Vancouver council meeting of the Sim administration.

substack.com/home/post/p-... Vancouver mayor-elect Pete Fry's signalling toward an anti-politics of procedure and frictionless technocracy is at total odds with with COPE's campaign messaging and perceived political goals. Will the left resist? #vanpoli #vanouver #petefry

'LOYAL DOG' MAYOR PETE VOWS TO DISCIPLINE COPE, STRONG-ARM CITY HALL'S NEW 'PROGRESSIVE MAJORITY'

The mayor-elect's signalling toward an anti-politics of procedure and frictionless technocracy is at total odds with with COPE's campaign messaging and perceived political goals. Will the left resist?

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As COPE and the Greens drift rightward toward the realpolitik of pragmatic governance, it is incumbent on us to (re)define the Vancouver left, determine which class fractions of the city we belong to and struggle for, and formulate our strategy inside and outside of City Hall. #vancouver #vanpoli

UNTIMELY THOUGHTS ON THE SOCIALIST TAKEOVER OF VANCOUVER CITY HALL

As COPE and the Greens inevitably drift rightward toward the supposed realpolitik of pragmatic governance, it will be incumbent on us on the ground to (re)define the Vancouver left, determine which cl...

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