A-Infos (en) Canada, Collectif Emma Goldman - (Federal Elections) "Everything must change so that nothing changes" - Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

Since the beginning of the confederation, two parties have exchanged 
power. One party alternates between wielding power and the other 
embodying change, since their main quality is not being the other. 
Poilievre was therefore convinced that his turn was imminent, but he 
hadn't anticipated the threats emanating from his southern neighbor, nor 
that his more than 20-point lead in the polls would vanish as quickly as 
snow in the sun. What better than a banker, more conservative than 
liberal, to replace a prime minister whose main quality was initially 
being the son of a former prime minister? The business community is 
reassured, the status quo is preserved, and the illusion of change is 
fulfilled. Some will tell us that Carney's arrival may have saved us 
from a mini-Trump. Although rather beige and far from breaking with 
neoliberal policies, he won't question abortion, and the LGBTQIA2S+ 
community can certainly breathe a little easier. But what about 
everything else? What program will he cut to increase the defense budget 
to 2 percent? How will accelerating energy and mining projects help us 
respond to the climate emergency? Some will be content with the fact 
that at least he's not a climate skeptic, but still. And what about his 
position on immigration, reduced to a mere labor force... and on the 
Israeli-Palestinian issue, which he pays little attention to, the 50,000 
people killed by bombs from Tel Aviv government planes? (At least he's 
not threatening to defund universities by exploiting anti-Semitism.) 
History will judge them for doing nothing in the face of what has all 
the hallmarks of genocide. We cannot resign ourselves to choosing 
between more or less environmental consequences, between more or less 
government and more or less repression. Democracy, true democracy, is 
direct; it doesn't consist of choosing the lesser of two evils. We have 
nothing to expect from these elections. In the aftermath of this 
election, tenants, workers, and the working classes must become 
essential. Let's make sure our voices are louder than those of the 
business community, that they are heard beyond this 36-day period.

by Collectif Emma Goldman

http://ucl-saguenay.blogspot.com/2025/04/elections-federales-il-faut-que-tout.html
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