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What does Alberta’s election have to do with socialism?

What does Alberta’s election have to do with socialism?: Salutin What would the great Toronto socialist Abe Rotstein, who died last week, have thought of Rachel Notley’s Alberta NDP? By: Rick Salutin So what should we make of the NDP victory in Alberta? What does it mark politically and does it proclaim anything new about social democracy or democratic socialism? And what would Abe Rotstein — U of T economics prof emeritus who died last week at 86 — make of it? Abe was the last person I knew who smoked cigarettes through a holder elegantly held between his fingers…. View Article