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article by Jordan Kisner, mirrored from New York Times Feb. 17, 2021 books by Silvia Federici available at leftwingbooks.net Prospect Park in May is a commotion of beauty: meadows and dense rambles, hills and hollows, everything covered in chokeberries, spicebush, violets, flowering hawthorns, magnolias and lindens. In this splendor the birds

*29 janvier 4 ans déjà!* *Rassemblement et vigile En souvenir des victimes du massacre de la grande mosquée de Québec Dénonçons l’islamophobie et le racisme VENDREDI 29 JANVIER, 17h à 18h Station de métro Parc (au coin des rues Jean-Talon et Parc) – MONTRÉAL* /// *Vigil and Gathering Remember the

A New Year is here, and we have several new titles at Leftwingbooks.net — just click on the book cover in question to go to the site where you can place your order. Remember, free delivery (no minimum!) in Montreal, or with any order of $50 or more in North

The New Year, of course, comes with a New Year’s Sale at leftwingbooks.net/sale A new calendar year always makes me aware of all the things that are unknown about the future, but 2021 even more so than most. One of the goals of this book project it to help facilitate the

Three new titles from PM Press just came in, which is a nice way to start the New Year! Ben Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly (Second Edition): In the early twentieth century, when many US unions disgracefully excluded black and Asian workers, the Industrial Workers of the

Torkil Lauesen, author of The Global Perspective and The Principal Contradiction, was recently interviewed by the Manifestering podcast.  The discussion touches on contemporary and historical Maoism in Western Europe and North America, the principal contradictions in the capitalist world system, the prospects for neoliberalism under Biden, and much more. Check it

What can we say about 2020, that has not already been said? Whether you need some distraction or are looking for ways to understand the meltdown which is contemporary reality, interested in finding self-care or a weapon to bring to the fight, or just hoping to learn from history in

available from leftwingbooks.net One of my frustrations with contemporary Marxist philosophy is the way in which the word ‘dialectical’ is often employed like a magical wand to sanctify various relational phenomena. Such vague employment is reflected in radical theory adjacent to Marxism as well where theorists pepper their work with

Jean-Marc Rouillan, one of the founding members of Action Directe in the 1980s, was sentenced to eight months of house arrest two years ago for “apology of terrorism”. This is after having spent half his life in prison (from 1987 to 2012). Since July 2020, he has been wearing an

We are very happy to announce that over the past week we have received dozens of new titles at Leftwingbooks.net — just click on the book cover in question to go to the site where you can place your order. Remember, free delivery (no minimum!) in Montreal, or with any

Join us on Saturday, December 5th, 2020 at 7 pm EST for a virtual book launch — Devin Zane Shaw is the author of The Philosophy of Antifascism. Joshua Moufawad-Paul is the author of Demarcation and Demystification. Join our event to discuss antifascism and radical philosophy! Advance Registration required: cutt.ly/VirtualBookLaunch Copies in Toronto

(reposted from Socialist Resurgence) Black liberation fighter Russell “Maroon” Shoatz has tested positive for COVID-19. Maroon, a former member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army, is a political prisoner/prisoner of war held by the state of Pennsylvania. Maroon has been imprisoned since 1972, when he was

En français ci-dessous A Talk by Black Panther Party Seattle Chapter Captain Aaron Dixon Monday November 16, 6pm Online via Zoom Facebook event https://www.facebook.com/events/370006314312637 ****Pre-registration required: https://forms.gle/C5HiCaQ7Rsg3xnEq8 Aaron Dixon is a political activist who established the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party in 1968, and co-founded the Seattle Area

The November book sale at leftwingbooks.net is here; many new titles discounted, on themes ranging from feminism to armed struggle to the rise of global authoritarianism, titles by Silvia Federici, J. Sakai, Ulrike Meinhof, and many otehrs … check them out at: https://www.leftwingbooks.net/sale And stay tuned! We will be adding

available from leftwingbooks.net The second issue (Oct. 2020) of this communist journal is now available from leftwingbooks.net — the following is taken from its opening editorial [“Nothing is hard if we dare to scale the heights”]: Revolutionary philosophy, strategy, and politics are difficult to come by in North America today. While