The Waffle Movement for an Independent Socialist Canada | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Mel Watkins and James Laxer |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Dissolved | 1974 |
| Split from | New Democratic Party of Canada (1972) |
| Newspaper | Waffle News |
| Ideology | Democratic socialism Canadian nationalism Quebec sovereigntism Left-wing nationalism[1] |
| Political position | Far-left |
The Waffle (officially known as the Movement for an Independent Socialist Canada after 1972) was a radical wing of Canada's New Democratic Party (NDP) in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It later transformed into an independent political party, with little electoral success before it permanently disbanded in the mid-1970s. It was generally a New Left youth movement that espoused both Canadian nationalism and solidarity with the Quebec sovereignty movement.