#avilewis — Public Fediverse posts
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#AviLewis goes into "the lions den" at right-wing media outlet HUB Canada for a one hour interview.
He handled himself quite well I think.
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NDP Leader Avi Lewis speaks of his meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney.
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Whether it's legal depends on whether they refrain from impersonation, and whether any content constitutes libel.
The solution is for @avilewis to publish better information, using terms Canadians are likely to search for, and telling stories Canadians are more likely to share. As a first necessary step, he and his team are overdue to stop having avilewis.ca redirect to his nomination campaign site, and immediately make it a site with far more specific information, tailored to the general election, candidly addressing everything Canadians who aren't already #NDP supporters or didn't already support #AviLewis would want to know about him.
Google, Bing, and the average Canadian voter sharing stuff on social media must be made to find that site far more relevant than the Rebel News smear site.
The profile about him on the party website is necessary but grossly insufficient. Every topic addressed on the Rebel News website, the Lewis team must cover on avilewis.ca with better information, in voter-friendly language. There are two groups to whom the language must be tailored:
- The blue/orange voter, including many unionized industry and trades workers in rural ridings. Most of them don't get any of the social justice issues, and have no patience for the performative grandstanding of the Liberal party, whom they see (accurately) as disingenuous elitist snobs. Explicitly diffuse divide-and-conquer bullshit by it calling that (euphemizing "bullshit" though, to avoid offending the fragile sensibilities of group 2, below). Tell of why Avi cares about issues the blue-collar types care about: not by talking at them, but by showing him listening to an learning from them, and reflecting back their concerns in practical language, tied back to economic and life (food, housing, transportation, healthcare, etc.) concerns. Examples abound from successful #WFP and #DSA campaigns to our south. (Example: see AOC listening to former Trump supporters about the data centre polluting their well water, and bringing jars of that water to Congress.)
- The reluctant Liberal voter, who was afraid of splitting the vote and letting our wannabe-Trump take power, who'd normally be swayed by a socially progressive message. To avoid alienating the privilege-unaware, in denial about their unconscious prejudices, in group 1, use dog-whistle social justice language: Show Avi understanding these issues and communicating about them without the trigger words Rebel News and CTV and other rightist media have tied to fabricated phobias and thought-stopping clichés. (Example: review Wab Kinew addressing social justice issues effectively as matters of human dignity, without alienating too many white rural blue-collar working-class voters through academic equity language that's often counterproductively misunderstood.)
Regarding group 2: Dog-whistle politics works in the inverse. A liberal arts postgrad understands, due to systemically prejudicially sustained demographic correlation, that when you speak of a rigged system or corporate greed, you by implication speak of white privilege, but the former, unlike the latter, doesn't alienate the blue/orange white working class. When you speaking of having "a fair shot," you indicate equity and inclusion, without using words rightist media has turned into trigger words. Similarly, "postcode discrimination" implies systemic racism (because demographics cluster geographically), and "working families" implies marginalized communities (because dual-income or single-parent households are usually marginalized by class, identity, or both).
Drinking water puts Indigenous reserves in the same political side as rural farmers downstream of coal mines. Broader messages of dignity and infrastructure, likewise. Housing security—particularly, homes for people, not for corporate speculators—puts the rural industrial worker on the same side as the new Canadian of colour who barely survived the state-sanction labour trafficking industry that was our immigration policy under Trudeau. Right-to-repair and right-to-own puts the prairie farmer the same camp as the hyphenated Canadian computer technician in Toronto. Expanding healthcare training puts the rural citizen whose hospital was closed, or downgraded to an "urgent and primary care centre" with limited hours, in the same camp as the urban citizen whose hospital is constantly overloaded.
Show Avi hearing voters' stories, listening, empathizing, and validating their anxiety or frustration, and promising to do all he can to help (while not making commitments beyond capabilities). Cut together similar stories from groups on opposite sides of divide-and-conquer lines, interleaving Indigenous and white, rural and urban, blue collar and white collar, without spelling out that you're doing so: show, don't tell. Never correct the voter's language. Empathize, reframe in your reflection while validating the underlying concern, and edit out the most offensive word choices with the appearance of an edit for brevity, not censorship. Use visual, tangible metaphors ("kitchen tables," not "discourses"). And target the oligarch, not the neighbour, as the bad guy.
After telling these stories, showing the common ground and common interests, create events to literally bring people together across those divides: Per Irvin Staub, create occasions designed specifically to inculcate positive intergroup contact. Have leaders from each group ready to facilitate and ensure exactly this outcome. Do something usefully pro-social—something practical, not merely symbolic—at each these events. Build houses. Fix infrastructure. Grow food. Start tutoring groups and fundraisers to get people from both groups into the same healthcare and trades classes. When people start cross-identifying, the divide-and-conquer strategy start backfiring against its perpetrators.
Instead of speaking of decentring, perform it: have Avi literally off-centre (in frame) and figuratively off-centre too, being the one who brings together those whom he previously listened separately, facilitating, and demonstrating servant leadership.
At local events, without committing a verbal analogue of Trudeau's costumes—”How do you do, fellow kids”—consider some code switching to the speak those with whom one's speaking (e.g., more academic or overtly social justice focused in a Students' Union event at a liberal arts campus), within limits of avoiding anything that, taken out of that context, can be used against you in other audiences. (Cory Doctorow)[@pluralistic] talks have some good examples: talking differently about the same topics to hacker conferences, gamers, and PC builders than to government officials, university faculty, and mainstream journalists.
If the real Avi Lewis website becomes more truthful, more informative, more interesting, and most importantly, more emotionally resonant, the smear site will get pushed down in search engine rankings and social media news feeds.
Meanwhile, of course: remind everyone that the Rebel News is owned and controlled by a rich corporate CEO, and backed in large part by ideologically driven wealth funds, including a lot of foreign oligarch money. American oligarchs such as the multi-billionaire Mercer family are major funders, as well as American oligarch-funded think tanks like the Middle East Forum. Ezra Levant is thus not only rich, but serving the interests of the super-rich, including foreign oligarchs: he is not on his viewers' side. He's part of the oligarchs' divide-and-conquer strategy: exactly the strategy Avi would be opposing, because it's exactly what he'll have been showing is the real cause of all the problems those oligarchs would have Canadians erroneously blame on their neighbours.
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Good interview with Avi Lewis in Pivot Quebec. It's in French; those who don't speak French can use translation software (Firefox browser comes with such a utility).
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Chemistry professor Jesse Greener speaks with Eric Mailhot on the EricZone podcast. Below is a clip with a discussion on the impact of Avi Lewis' election as leader of the NDP, marking a historical breakthrough for progressive and anti-Zionist Jews within Canadian power structures.
The full podcast, which focuses on Jesse Greener & Independent Jewish Voices, is available here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqOX-pBFQb0
Another video is on Meteo, where Avi Lewis himself touches on these topics (see link below, at around 14:45):
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I find the willingness to be unpolished in an interview kinda refreshing. Avi Lewis and Shannon Devine speak of the by-election in Beaches East York, with former Toronto city councillor Janet Davis giving an endorsement.
While the odds favour the big-business first Carney Libs in this by-election, the community may realize who's really on their side in this one.
#cdnpoli #BeachesEastYork #canpoli #AviLewis #MarkCarney #nojetsTO #topoli
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Avi Lewis in Quebec speaking of Canada Post and the NDP's plan for postal banking.
#cdnpoli #canpolitics #canpoli #avilewis #canadapost #postalbanking
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Interview of Avi Lewis on CFAX 1070 about a recent Angus Reid poll that shows a bit of an increase for the NDP. Focus of the interview is climate change.
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Avi Lewis is in Quebec learning French and reaching out to the Québécois.
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The global economy is overly dependent on U.S. tech giants for digital infrastructure, data, and artificial intelligence. U.S. laws and corporate dominance threaten external control over digital systems, putting sovereignty, privacy, and democracy at risk.
Speakers:
#AviLewis leader of the NDP (Canada)
Aisén Etcheverry, Broad Front (Chile)
Nancy Okail, President/CEO, Center for International Policy
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#AviLewis chides #Miller for saying rights #museum should change #Palestinian wording
#Canada
https://ground.news/article/avi-lewis-chides-miller-for-saying-rights-museum-should-change-palestinian-wording?utm_source=mobile-app&utm_medium=newsroom-share -
#AviLewis chides #Miller for saying rights #museum should change #Palestinian wording
#Canada
https://ground.news/article/avi-lewis-chides-miller-for-saying-rights-museum-should-change-palestinian-wording?utm_source=mobile-app&utm_medium=newsroom-share -
Here's an article about Martin Lukacs recently released book, "A NEW Democratic Party: The Comeback of the Left".
https://jacobin.com/2026/06/canada-lewis-ndp-democratic-socialism
It's not yet at my library; so, I may have to order it:
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Avi Lewis was on CBC's Power and Politics recently. Housing/the PM's condo buyout, Venezuela/Cuba, budget priorities, Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie's by-election, 24 Sussex Drive, do people want a two-party system in Canada(?), were discussed.
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A bit of a gain for the NDP in Winnipeg, where some voters are shifting from the CPC to the NDP.
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A Progressive Vision for AI & Digital Sovereignty?
With: NDP Leader #AviLewis & Aisen Etcheverry, former Chilean Minister of Science & Tech.
Thursday, July 9th, 2026
6pm – 8pm EDT
Doors Open: 5pmToronto Metropolitan University
George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre,
245 Church Street Toronto#Canada #digitalsovereignty #AI #cdnpoli #Toronto
https://broadbentinstitute.ca/events/progressive-digital-sovereignty/#register
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I see Rebel News has set up an attack site against Avi Lewis.
As a supporter of Avi Lewis and the NDP, I find it hilarious.
It's at AviLewis.com
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The latest poll from Abacus Data (which has traditionally shown the #NDP on the low side) also shows an uptick in support from 8% to 11%.
This is consistent with the polling from Liaison Strategies that showed a bump from 11% to 16%.
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Meet Canada's Anti-Zionist New Democratic Party Leader
"In a riveting, can’t-miss interview on ‘Mehdi Unfiltered,’ Lewis talks to Mehdi about becoming anti-Zionist, how he plans to rebuild a party that now only has five seats in Parliament, why he didn’t run in a recent by-election in Quebec, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s “mixed signals” on Trump’s war against Iran, among other topics."
#Canada #cdnpoli #NDP #socialism #AviLewis #Palestine #politics
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NDP Support Spikes Up As Avi Lewis Begins To Connect
Discussing some recent polling showing the federal NDP beginning to gain traction under new leader Avi Lewis and Liberal PM Mark Carney moves further right.
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St. John's: All in for Avi!
Mon, Mar 16, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Spirit of Newfoundland Productions at Gower Street United Church - 208 Gower Street, St. John's, NL#NDP #NDP2026 #Canada #CanadianPolitics #cdnpoli #StJohns #nlpoli #NewfoundlandLabrador #AviLewis
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@leftylabourtech @wbftw @renatarocha @pluralistic The only political candidate in anglo Canada I’ve heard raise a related issue (#RightToRepair) is Bonnie Critchley. Although the Battle River–Crowfoot outcome was a foregone conclusion, because Pierre re-ran in the most singlemindedly partisan-tribalistic federal riding in the country—so he wouldn’t have to take “no” for an answer—Bonnie’s R2R message resonated with the portion of voters there who think enough before voting that they wouldn’t elect a rock of it were painted blue. There are a lot of orange/blue ridings in rural Canada, and a lot of gamers, technicians, mechanics, farmers, and so on who could be led to the orange side with a pragmatic, informed, and authentic message.
For example, if you want to make headway with the voters who follow the likes of “penguinz0” (on YouTube), #AviLewis (and why hasn’t your team created an account for you here yet, btw), start by watching the GamersNexus GPU smuggling documentary and the follow-up videos about the Bloomberg DMCA abuse. Share those. Then watch a bunch of Louis Rossmann advocacy videos, contribute to the Consumer Rights Wiki, and join the Consumer Rights Discord: but do NOT make like Jagmeet, when he was riding AOC’s coattails, cargo culting her Among Us fundraiser (for Texas freeze victims) without bothering to learn the game before showing up on a livestream with her and pro gaming streamers to an audience of millions who’d already raised > $100,000/h. Don’t present with a “How do you do, fellow kids” like that, but rather, respect your audience by knowing before you speak or act, or by watching, asking questions, listening, and reflecting when your host knows better.
Play your cards right, Avi, and you might be able to appear with Cory or Lina on GN or on Louis’ show, talking about R2R, #RightToOwn, monopolies and oligopolies, and the power they wield against us due to their abuse of market dominance. Defy all PR training about talking points, but be sure to give good faith answers to every question asked of you. Don’t bother mentioning the party unless asked—the Canadian viewers will figure it out—but shows like Steve’s (GN), and similar high-integrity journalism about other topics such as cars, medical devices, tools, and so on, can be your version of Mark Carney appearing on American comedy talk shows. A lot of Canadians watch those, and they’re currently not entirely enamoured with the entitled-snobbish Liberals or DARVO-whinging Conservatives.
Btw, Cory, you could probably get some favourable coverage of your latest book on Steve’s and Louis’ shows. It’s right up both audiences’ allies.