The Waffle and the NDP

Mount Royal University's Roberta Lexier joins The Alberta Advantage podcast to discuss the history of a radical push within the NDP

May 14 2018

Remember that one time the youth tried to make the NDP rad?

Calgary-based Team Advantage (featuring Kate Jacobson, Trevor Alvin, Bodie Rousseau, Karen Jeane Mills, Patrick Henry, and Amir Ouyed) are joined by Mount Royal University’s Roberta Lexier to discuss the Waffle, the 1969 Waffle Manifesto, James Laxer, Mel Watkins, economic nationalism, and much more.

The Alberta Advantage is a bi-monthly podcast providing commentary and analysis on local and provincial politics from a left perspective. Questions? Hit them up on twitter at @BertaAdvantage.

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