Perspectives: A Canadian Journal of Political Economy and Social Democracy
Perspectives is a Canadian journal for political economy and social democracy by the Broadbent Institute. Our publication brings boldly left-wing ideas and inquiry into public debates and policy fora for building a Canada that is just and equitable, based on the Broadbent Principles for Canadian Social Democracy.
We present commentary, long-form analysis, interviews, and other content to help inform strategists, organizers, academics, and policymakers of the theory, practice, and tactics that can be used to advance an egalitarian economy, dismantle systems of oppression, and build social movements based on justice and equality.
Perspectives: A Canadian Journal of Political Economy and Social Democracy
Amazon Labor Union's Chris Smalls at Progress Summit 2023
Chris Smalls is taking on billionaires and organizing workers for justice. Smalls is the founder and president of the Amazon Labor Union, an independent, democratic, worker-led labor union at Amazon in Staten Island. Smalls was formerly an Amazon warehouse supervisor, but was fired in 2020 after organizing a protest against the company’s unsafe pandemic conditions. Both his firing and the unsafe conditions have become the subject of an ongoing lawsuit by New York Attorney General Letitia James and the impetus to start massive working-class organizing.
Smalls has been profiled by media outlets worldwide, including The New York Times, USA Today, The Guardian, and spoke with federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh at the Broadbent Institute's 2023 Progress Summit about how we can empower workers to fight for better working conditions, better wages, and a better world.