Book launch: Against the People /w Bryan Evans and Carlo Fanelli

The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is thrilled to host the official launch of the new book Against the People: How Ford Nation is Dismantling Ontario, with editors Bryan Evans and Carlo Fanelli. The election of the Doug Ford–led Progressive Conservatives unleashed an aggressive and undisguised market fundamentalism. Ford’s government has taken the assault against the social welfare state, labour and environmental protections to new and unprecedented heights. Maintaining a permanent era of austerity has not only steadily reduced the public sector as a proportion of the provincial economy but has also reduced the social protections available to Ontarians. 0:00 Introduction by Simon 2:28 Bryan Evans 12:08 Carlo Fanelli 19:25 Discussion with Chris Chandler, Ryan Kelpin, William Paul, Maria Rio, and Venai Raniga Recorded in Toronto, 18 February 2025.