Charlottesville didn’t come out of nowhere

“The violence we saw this weekend was an aftershock of the U.S. school integration battles of the 1950s… In theory, the American left won those struggles against the far right; in practice, it settled for an armed truce…

“The moral for Canada is pretty clear. The Canadian left has also largely deserted the workers while supporting minorities. The Liberals pretend there is no working class, only hard-working folks trying to escape it. The Conservatives’ scare themes, like hijabs and ‘barbaric cultural practices,’ distract attention from workers’ real problems.

“Canada’s left should focus instead on creating an educated, resilient working class — of all ethnicities and genders — that can demand its fair share of the nation’s wealth and respect.” Story here. —Crawford Kilian