Socialist Project Fredericton (SPF) is a local committee of the Socialist Project (SP) concentrated in Toronto.
Socialists share the informed conviction that humanity must find a way to abandon the profit-driven capitalist system. We envision a future with an economy shifted to producing goods and services aimed at meeting genuine human needs. A shift from a ‘profit-based economy’ to a ‘needs-based economy’ is the fundamental goal that unites all socialist activists.
New Brunswickers are perennially confronted by many crises: weak labour laws, anti-worker practices in both the private and public sectors, a corporate media stranglehold on information flows, anemic regulations on business practices in all economic sectors, political lethargy around Indigenous reconciliation, privatized and gutted social services, and a political culture that protects power and privilege.
In recent years, more acute crises have emerged including short-staffed hospitals and long-term care, the toxic drug crisis, homelessness, affordable housing and tenant protection, the erosion of LGBTQIA2S+ rights, migrant worker abuse, and the erosion of reproductive rights.
Through the generations socialists have argued that these problems are part and parcel of an economic system singularly devoted to maximizing profits—capitalism.
SP Fredericton embraces an inclusive political strategy centered on respect and solidarity. We are democratic; we are pluralistic; we embrace the struggles against war and ecological degradation; we stand in solidarity with those struggling against oppression in New Brunswick and around the world. We support struggles aligned with working class emancipation, anti-oppression, democratic self-determination, planetary sustainability, and the quest for peace.
We do not propose a fast path out of capitalism; we do not suggest that there is a ready-made alternative to replace capitalism; we do not extol the merits of any one tendency on the political left. We are abundantly aware of the concrete limits and possibilities of emerging struggles within and against capitalism as it stands today—but this savvy does not extinguish our desire for a different kind of future. We are optimistic.
The struggle for social justice across the province is inspiring. Solidarity means that these various struggles for social justice are our struggles. In this spirit, SP Fredericton is committed to fostering a political discourse that draws connections between our struggles and the all-too-typical features of capitalism. Another world is possible!