After witnessing various incomprehensible scenes last Friday (May 1st), some member of the “Parents United Against Austerity” committee would like to get into contact with people whose children were teargassed, in order to collect statements about what happened. Please contact us at comite.parents.unis@gmail.com Please forward widely Après avoir assisté à des scènes
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Sketchy Thoughts: The History and Present Reality of Workers Struggles in the South of China
Where/Lieu: 5323 rue Brébeuf (Montréal)When/Quand: 6:30pm Friday May 8th/Vendredi le 8 mai **français ci-dessous** A new wave of labour strikes has been developing in the south of China since the beginning of 2015. Workers at Yuyuan, a Taiwan shoe factory which produces international brands like Nike, Adidas, and PUMA, are
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: Eurocentrism and the Communist Movement
Robert Biel’s Eurocentrism and the Communist Movement traces the history of Eurocentric — and anti-Eurocentric — currents in the Marxist-Leninist tradition, arguing that this distortion was key to the development and spread of revisionism, and ultimately to the failures of the communist project, in the 20th century. A work of
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: Gender and Capitalism in China Today, a Discussion in Montreal
On May 7th, join us for a discussion of the role gender plays in workers’ exploitation and resistance in contemporary China, looking specifically at changes in the appearance of the oppression of female workers between the socialist period and the capitalist restoration, as well as issues facing migrant female workers under
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: Daring to Struggle, @ UQAM
RESPECT to the strike defenders at UQAM and their allies. It was a full-day battle today (April 8), from early morning till late night. I only observed first-hand the crescendo tonite, after the intervention of what was clearly over 100+ riot police, backed up by bike cops, at the Da
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RESPECT to the strike defenders at UQAM and their allies. It was a full-day battle today (April 8), from early morning till late night. I only observed first-hand the crescendo tonite, after the intervention of what was clearly over 100+ riot police, backed up by bike cops, at the Da
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: AK Press Fire Update #1
The following is an update from the AK Press collective, who are coping with the aftermath of a deadly fire on March 21st. If you can, please help AK by donating here. It’s been almost two weeks since the fire at our warehouse and we know some of you have
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: Inside Canada’s Five-Year-Long Anti-Terror Investigation of a Group of Quebec Communists
On November 30, 2004, a bomb buried under two bags of sand went off, shaking the foundations of a hydroelectric tower near the Quebec-US border. Two years later, a car bomb decimated an oil executive’s car outside of his home, northwest of Montreal. Read the rest of this article on
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: Windi Earthworm, circa 1979
Two photos just sent to me by François Couture — thanks! Windi Earthworm, photo by François COUTURE, circa 1979 Windi Earthworm, photo by François COUTURE, circa 1979 on the main Kersplebedeb website: http://ift.tt/1OamMhN
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: Some Interesting things i read in February
Mustafa Mattan Shooting: Muslims React To Murder In Canada ‘Ignored’ By Mainstream Media By Zoe Mintz, IB Times February 13 2015 The REAL ‘Lone Ranger’ Was An African American Lawman Who Lived With Native American Indians, By PBSpot Admin October 25, 2013 None is Still Too Many: An Historical Exploration
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: Victory! Shaka Zulu Transferred!
Comrades and those who are fast becoming Comrades – We have a victory! Our enemy buckled under the People Power you sent there way. We in NABPP-PC say that unity passes through struggle. Hopefully these last 60 days brought you all closer to realizing that the Power of the People
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: “I Can’t Breathe,” Could You?, By Chairman Shaka Zulu
Shaka Zulu All power to the people! Northern State Prison, like most prisons, constitutes one huge cesspool of corruption, connected to one huge machine called Mass Incarceration. This huge machine conforms to the capitalist logic of maximization of the rate of profit. Our minds and bodies (mental and manual labor)
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: “diversity of the offender population”
The most visible change during my tenure as Correctional Investigator has been the growth in the overall size, complexity and diversity of the offender population. It is not a new observation that some of Canada’s minority, vulnerable or disadvantaged groups are disproportionately involved in the criminal justice system. These trends
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: The Prevention of Our Breathing and Catching Our Second Wind, by Sanyika Shakur
We Can’t Breathe without control of our destiny! We Can’t Breathe under neo-colonialism! We Can’t Breathe with capitalism’s hands around our throats! We Can’t Breathe under bourgeois democracy! We Can’t Breathe under genocidal violence! We Can’t Breathe under imperialism! The Can’t Breathe in overcrowded u.s. prisons! We Can’t Breathe under
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: Interview with an Antifascist Prisoner in Sweden
Joel is an antifascist prisoner in Sweden. In July 2014, he was sentenced to five and a half years in prison for attempted murder, violent disorder, and carrying an illegal weapon. The sentence followed a collective defense against a Nazi attack on an antifascist demonstration in Stockholm. The interview was
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: November Sale at Leftwingbooks.Net!
That’s right, we’re having a sale! Dozens of books on special, with a selection that will be changing throughout the month of November, so check and then check back Settlers, The Communist Necessity, David Gilbert’s Love and Struggle, Maroon the Implacable, Undoing Border Imperialism and more… At leftwingbooks.net ! on
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: Justice for Jennifer Laude
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Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: Anarchy for Her
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