Antifascist Dad Podcast UNLOCK 23.1 The Future of Socialism in Canada w/ Jasmine Peardon pt. 2
In part two of my conversation with Jasmine Peardon, we trace her path from UBC to federal public policy to a master's at Concordia, and the radicalization that travel through the Global South and October 7 accelerated.
We share a moment of recognition about India: how white spiritual tourists and white activists alike can move through a country absorbing deference without understanding colonialism.
Jasmine identifies intergenerational socialist mentorship as her core source of resilience — the older comrades who remind her that none of this is new. We work through Kshama Sawant's lesson on concrete demands: "pull out of NATO" beats "anti-imperialist" every time, because it forces a defence. Jasmine also has some advice for 12-year-olds to read freely and build practical skills — let political consciousness develop without urgency.
In the coda I return to the Regina Manifesto of 1933 and the Lewis family dynasty to ask what threads of socialist history have survived to reach us now.
Sources:
The Great Depression in Canada
Great Depression — The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan
The Arid Years — Legion Magazine
Unemployment During the Great Depression — The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan
The Regina Manifesto at 90: lessons for the Canadian left
Thomas Clement "Tommy" Douglas (1904–1986)
Rise of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Regina Manifesto — The Canadian Encyclopedia
Moishe Lewis — EBSCO Research Starters
David Lewis — The Canadian Encyclopedia
Lewis family (Canada) — The Canadian Encyclopedia
The Regina Manifesto (1933) — Socialist History Project
Capitalism Can’t Be Fixed—Onward to a Socialist Future
All music by Kallie Marie.
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