Joyce Echaquan, a 37-year-old Atikamekw woman died at Joliette hospital after she posted a video of slurs said by staff right before her death. This Op-Ed appeared in the Montreal Gazette on September 30th, 2020. Samir Shaheen-Hussain published Fighting for a Hand to Hold: Confronting Medical Colonialism against Indigenous Children
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Kersplebedeb: 2021 Certain Days Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar
available from leftwingbooks.net We are happy to announce the 2021 edition of The Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar. Certain Days is a joint fundraising and educational project between outside organizers in Montreal, Hamilton, New York and Baltimore, with two political prisoners being held in maximum-security prisons: David Gilbert
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Antifascist and Antiprison October Book Sale at Leftwingbooks.net
As we enter what promises to be an Autumn of historic challenges, the theme of antifascism is front-and-center not only for our movements, but also in the mainstream media. At the same time, in a dialectic that is not at all difficult to decipher, prisoners’ and antiprison struggles remain vitally
Continue readingKersplebedeb: A Philosophy of Antifascism: Existentialism, Decolonization, & The Three-Way Fight: An Interview with Devin Zane Shaw (RevLeft Radio)
Through the existentialism of Simone de Beauvoir, with some reference to Fanon and Sartre, Devin Zane Shaw identifies the philosophical reasons for the political action being enacted by contemporary antifascists. Philosophy of Antifascism argues that in order to resist fascist mobilization, contemporary movements find a diversity of tactics more useful than
Continue readingKersplebedeb: The Far Right, Global Capitalism, the Left, and Antifascism: Three Interviews with Matthew N. Lyons
The following interviews with Matthew N. Lyons, author of Insurgent Supremacists: The U.S. Far Right’s Challenge to State and Empire, provide important background to the realignment and convergence going on today, as well as for grasping the importance of persistent divisions and distinctions within both the ruling class and the
Continue readingKersplebedeb: What Are The Threats We Face In This Time? A political education webinar with SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice)
Police violence, authoritarianism, and repression in the midst of a presidential election and pandemic. How are these threats connected and how can we take strategic action in the midst of them? Join the discussion with Rachel Herzing, Matthew N. Lyons, and Hilary Moore. WHEN: Tuesday, September 29, 5:30-6:45 PT /
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Jalil Muntaqim Granted Parole After 49+ Years in Prison
Jalil Muntaqim, a 68-year-old respected elder, was granted parole on September 22, 2020, after serving nearly 50 years in prison. Jalil is one of thousands of incarcerated older people in New York State who was repeatedly denied parole for over two decades after completing his minimum sentence despite his excellent
Continue readingKersplebedeb: 14th Virtual NYC Anarchist Book Fair 2020, Sept. 25-27
We are happy to say that Kersplebedeb Leftwingbooks will be participating in the 14th Virtual NYC Anarchist Book Fair later this week — you can check out the full program here, and read the collective’s statement announcing the book fair below: September 25, 26, 27, 2020 The NYC Anarchist
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Torkil Lauesen Interviewed on RevLeft Radio: The Principal Contradiction, Applying Dialectical Materialism
Revolutionary Left Radio is a podcast that addresses Communist Philosophy, Proletarian History, Critical Theory, & Revolutionary Politics. In their most recent episode, Breht talks to Torkil Lauesen about his newest book “The Principal Contradiction“. In this discussion, Torkil and Breht discuss dialectical materialism, how it is applied in real world situations,
Continue readingKersplebedeb: 2021 Slingshots Have Arrived!
By far the most popular way for anarchists to stay organized, the Slingshot 2021 organizers are here, complete with mini-calendar, daybook planner, address book section, international radical contact list, and nifty what happened on this day notes scattered throughout. The artwork, as ever, is wonderful in a chaotic punk rock
Continue readingKersplebedeb: September’s New Books at Leftwingbooks.net
Fall is here, and while we are missing our annual tabling routine, we are still getting more books, which are available for free delivery in Montreal, or free delivery for orders of $50 or more anywhere in North America. Our most recent arrivals are from Common Notions, but we also
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[english below] JOURNÉE PAN-CANADIENNE POUR UN STATUT POUR TOUS ET TOUTES Vous vivez sans statut permanent ? Tout le monde a le droit à un statut permanent et à une vie de dignité et de paix pour eux et elles-mêmes, et leurs enfants ! Joignez-vous à nous ! Soyons ensemble
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Peter Thiel Met With The Racist Fringe As He Went All In On Trump (repost)
The venture capitalist and Facebook board member staked his reputation on a Trump presidency. Now what does he have to show for it? Four years ago, billionaire venture capitalist and Facebook board member Peter Thiel made one of his biggest bets: He went all in on Donald Trump. Read the
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Orisanmi Burton on the Revolutionaries Organizing Inside Attica Before the Rebellion
From the “Prison Activism and the Organizing Tradition” panel at the Making and Unmaking Mass Incarceration Conference, Dec 5th, 2019. The panel also featured Dan Berger, Steven “Stevie” Wilson, Zoharah Simmons, Darren Mack, and Jessica Wilkerson. The full transcript from this and other sessions available at https://mumiconference.com/transcripts/ Orisanmi Burton: Free Leonard Peltier.
Continue readingKersplebedeb: How Oregon’s GOP governor teamed up with hippies to throw a festival and prevent clashes in the streets
Drugs, sex, rock ‘n’ roll and Republican politics converged in an Oregon forest in the summer of 1970 to pull off an unlikely scheme. It was a tense time in America. Protests across the nation were ending in bloodshed, including in downtown Portland. In an unlikely partnership, Oregon’s Republican governor
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Fighting for a Hand to Hold: Confronting Medical Colonialism against Indigenous Children in Canada, by Samir Shaheen-Hussain
available from leftwingbooks.net An exploration of anti-Indigenous systemic racism in Canadian health care, medical violence inflicted upon Indigenous children, and the medical establishment’s role in colonial genocide. Launched by healthcare providers in January 2018, the #aHand2Hold campaign confronted the Quebec government’s practice of separating children from their families during medical
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Sept 22: Confronting Medical Violence: Conversations to Decolonize Healthcare
This panel will discuss the history and ongoing medical colonialism that perpetuates anti-Indigenous racism in healthcare About this Event Fighting for A Hand to Hold exposes the Canadian medical establishment’s role in the displacement, colonization, and genocide of Indigenous Peoples — colonial genocide. Through meticulously gathered government documentation, historical scholarship,
Continue readingKersplebedeb: New AK Press Arrivals at Leftwingbooks.net
Anarcho-Blackness: Notes Toward a Black Anarchism Author: Marquis Bey Format: Paperback Size: 96 pages ISBN: 9781849353755 Publisher: AK Press For Workers’ Power The Selected Writings of Maurice Brinton, Second Edition Author: Maurice Brinton Editor: David Goodway Format: Paperback Size: 440 pages ISBN: 9781849353830 Publisher: AK Press Resist Everything
Continue readingKersplebedeb: Pathfinder Press and Black Rose Books Now Available at Leftwingbooks.net
We are happy to announce that books from two new publishers are now available from leftwingbooks.net: Black Rose Books and Pathfinder Press. You can check out some of their titles here: Black Rose Books: https://bit.ly/BlackRoseLWB the bove titles are all on special during our September sale; see more at leftwingbooks.net
Continue readingKersplebedeb: September Sale at Leftwingbooks.net!
Fall is approaching, and while we love the winter it is bitersweet as normally we would be gearing up to table at various conferences, universities, and bookfairs. Not this year! We miss seeing you all in person, but we are still able to send you books one way or another.
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