David Lethbridge
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David Lethbridge is a professor, anti-racist activist and research director of the Bethune
Institute for Anti-Fascist Studies and director of the Salmon Arm Coalition Against Racism.
Lethbridge teaches psychology at Okanagan College
in Salmon Arm, British Columbia
. He lists his research interests as "the application of Marxist Theory and Existential Theory to human personality. Psychobiography and psychohistory. Antifascist and antiracist theory and practice.".
As the Bethune Institute's research director, Lethbridge has published a number of articles and papers on neo-fascist organization, recruitment and activities. He has also been active since the early 1990s organizing protests against far-right meetings succeeding in several cases in having them shut down or relocated.
A member of the Communist Party of Canada
, Lethbridge stood the party's candidate in Okanagan—Shuswap
in the 1997 federal election
and again in the 2000 federal election
.
Norman Bethune
Henry Norman Bethune was a Canadian physician and medical innovator. Bethune is best known for his service in war time medical units during the Spanish Civil War and with the Communist Eighth Route Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War...
Institute for Anti-Fascist Studies and director of the Salmon Arm Coalition Against Racism.
Lethbridge teaches psychology at Okanagan College
Okanagan College
Okanagan College is a public, post-secondary institution with over 120 certificates, diplomas, degrees and programs including Apprenticeship & Pre-apprenticeship Trades programs. It is located in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada...
in Salmon Arm, British Columbia
Salmon Arm, British Columbia
-Climate:- Education :Public schools in Salmon Arm are part of School District 83 North Okanagan-Shuswap; within the city limits, there are currently five elementary schools , one middle school , and a secondary school with two campuses...
. He lists his research interests as "the application of Marxist Theory and Existential Theory to human personality. Psychobiography and psychohistory. Antifascist and antiracist theory and practice.".
As the Bethune Institute's research director, Lethbridge has published a number of articles and papers on neo-fascist organization, recruitment and activities. He has also been active since the early 1990s organizing protests against far-right meetings succeeding in several cases in having them shut down or relocated.
A member of the Communist Party of Canada
Communist Party of Canada
The Communist Party of Canada is a communist political party in Canada. Although is it currently a minor or small political party without representation in the Federal Parliament or in provincial legislatures, historically the Party has elected representatives in Federal Parliament, Ontario...
, Lethbridge stood the party's candidate in Okanagan—Shuswap
Okanagan—Shuswap
Okanagan—Shuswap is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988.-Geography:...
in the 1997 federal election
Canadian federal election, 1997
The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government...
and again in the 2000 federal election
Canadian federal election, 2000
The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons of the 37th Parliament of Canada....
.