by Ashley M. Claudia Jones: Beyond Containment Edited by Carole Boyce Davies 241 pages. Ayebia Clarke Publishing. $24.95. Picture this. It is 1948 and at the age of 23, your citizenship is denied to you because of your political activities since you were 18. How would you feel? Claudia Jones, activist of Trinidadian origin, was …
by Kevin Edmonds Imperialist Canada By Todd Gordon 432 pages. Arbeiter Ring Publishing. $24.95 ($16.46 from online retailers). Most Canadians tend to view our country as a force for good in the world — we have even been subjected to beer commercials trying to convince us that we are a nation of peacekeepers, not soldiers.
by Noaman G. Ali The Communist Manifesto (Illustrated). Chapter One: Historical Materialism Edited by George S. Rigakos, illustrated by Red Viktor 29 pages. Red Quill Books. $12.50. The Communist Manifesto (Illustrated). Chapter One: Historical Materialism The crew at Red Quill Books has decided to put out a comic book version of Karl Marx and Friedrich …
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Maté, MD (2008). by Susan Rosenthal www.susanrosenthal.com/ first published by -International Health Workers for People Over Profit: www.healthworkersinternational.org Gabor Maté’s latest book effectively demolishes the belief that addictions arise from chemical imbalances, genetics, or bad choices. As in his two previous books, Scattered Minds: …
BAYAN Canada and BASICS Free Community Newsletter present… A public event and book launchThe Collected Works of Jose Maria Sison, Vol. 2: FOR DEMOCRACY AND SOCIALISM AGAINST IMPERIALIST GLOBALIZATION Featuring Coni Ledesma (spokesperson for MAKIBAKA, member of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines negotiating panel) speaking on Sison’s latest work and the prospects for peace …
Submitted by Black August organizers in Toronto BASICS #15 (Sep/Oct 2009) Black August was established in the California prison system in the early 1970s by men and women of the Black Liberation Movement. Black August holds great significance in the African tradition of resistance against white supremacy and imperialism in the United States. In the …
The Toronto Haiti Action Committee, Students in Solidarity with Haiti, Venezuela We are With You and Latin American Solidarity Present: CANADA VERSUS LATIN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY: FROM JACOBINS TO SALVADOR ALLENDE, HUGO CHAVEZ AND JEAN BERTRAND ARISTIDE When: Thursday, May 7, 7pm Where: Bahen Centre (40 St. George Street at University of Toronto) Room 1130 Presentation …
