INTERVIEW: Ecosocialism and the Canadian Election w/ NDP candidate Avi Lewis (Patreon)

Filmmaker and broadcaster Avi Lewis is widely known for his work on both Al Jazeera and Canada’s CBC. His recent projects, such as the 2015 documentary This Changes Everything and the 2019 short A Message From the Future, cowritten with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, have sought to draw attention to planetary climate crisis and the urgent need for a rapid green transformation of the global economy. Having spent his career at the intersection of media and movement politics, Lewis recently announced his candidacy for Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP) in the coastal riding of West Vancouver–Sunshine Coast–Sea to Sky Country. Here, he talks to Luke about the cautiously hopeful political moment, his candidacy, and the prospects for a green transformation of the Canadian economy.