The War Room

DOSSIER #1: AN INTRODUCTION: THE NEW LEFT

Welcome. The War Room was conceived as a means to give support to ideological conservatism with a splash of libertarianism thrown in for good measure. As I have studied the political landscape over the past decade it has become more and more apparent that conservatism in the West is having a more difficult time achieving power. With the possible exception of the United States, other Western countries are finding it difficult to implement governments that reflect conservative philosophies. With respect to Canada, this has been exacerbated ten-fold.

Part of the problem goes back to those age old concepts that are studied in the art of all war-fare-(and it is that)-be it political or physical. The first step to defeating one’s enemy is to understand one’s enemy. Thoroughly. This is where the Americans have succeeded and Canadian conservatives have failed. Our goal at The War Room is to look at the philosophy of the New Left several times a week with an eye on the current issues of the day.

Too many Canadian conservatives simply do not understand the New Left’s political philosophies and how they relate to culture or the future of our democracy. Canadian conservatives have a hard time getting traction with ideas and too often seek political favour with the left to the chagrin of the right. Primarily, our goal here will be to help Canadian conservatives by deconstructing the New Left and helping those involved understand what they are up against in a better attempt to defeat it. It will ultimately be the obligation of The War Room to dispel the myth that the Liberal Party of Canada is a centrist political party any more.

Too many confuse the New Left with classical liberalism. As a contemporary conservative/libertarian, I am a classical liberal. The New Left, however, that generation with its genesis in the counter culture of the sixties baby boomer generation, has its origins in something very different. These are not the typical ‘chicken in every pot’ Liberal/Democrats of the WWII generation. Indeed, the New Left’s ideology has it roots in Marxism. It has a veritable neo-‘communist’ philosophy if you will, that migrated through the west at the beginning of the depression. Not content with just the mere economics of Marx however, they seek to impose Marxist philosophies on issues of gender, race and sexuality in order to erase the human being of any individuality whatsoever. To them, this brings complete equality.

The New Left’s goals are indeed very different than that of which they say and as we will continue to demonstrate on a regular basis, virtually every malady that they accuse conservatives of doing, is exactly what they practice, right down to exploitation and fostering of class divisions (the wealthiest in both America and Canada are Liberals and Democrats), tolerance of high crime amidst poorer communities and racism. They see it as means to an end. The War Room will seek to present a cohesive argument that these are in fact the values represented by the modern New Left and as such the Liberal Party of Canada and its philosophical partner, the NDP.

TO BE CONTINUED

posted by Nicol DuMoulin @ 4:39 PM