This No Power Panel episode features our first-ever guest, radical author and activist Yves Engler, as he takes the mic in a full-length interview. Engler—nominated by the NDP Socialist Caucus for the 2026 federal leadership race—dives into what the party

needs to do to reclaim its working-class socialist roots and resist both corporatism and imperialism.

Highlights include:

Why Yves is running: "Democratic socialism, de-growth, economic democracy, and anti-imperialist solidarity" are at the heart of his campaign platform

Policy roadmap: Ending Canada’s military complicity, rejecting NATO, public ownership of key sectors, university deregulation, and building co-ops and worker-led economy

Internal party critique: How the NDP drifted toward centrism and why member-driven democracy is essential again, including Yves c ...