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James Laxer

Actor, Writer, Additional Credits
Born December 22, 1941Died February 23, 2018 (76 years)
James Robert Laxer, also known as Jim Laxer, was a Canadian political economist, historian, public intellectual, and political activist who served as a professor at York University. Best known as co-founder of the Waffle, on whose behalf he ran for the leadership of the New Democratic Party in 1971, he was the author of more than two dozen books, mostly on Canadian political economy and history.

Known For

  • In Bed with an Elephant

James Laxer Filmography

1987
At the Crossroads · as Written By

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