On Correct Terminology
Sanyika Shakur, who was released from Pelican Bay SHU this August, wrote this essay to explain some of the specific spellings and terms used by members of the New Afrikan…
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Getting Back to the Blog?
As some of you may have noticed - those kind few of you who may still check in here - Sketchy Thoughts has been somewhat comatose for the past months…
Exodus and Reconstruction: Working-Class Women at the Heart of Globalization
What follows is a pleasant surprise i received a couple of weeks ago – a new essay by Bromma, whose writings i have found provocative and useful over the years.…
MLM Mayhem Reviews Zak Cope’s Divided World Divided Class
My comrade Josh recently wrote a review of Zak Cope’s Divided World Divided Class on his excellent MLM Mayhem blog. You can read it here, but i am also reposting…
The Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist Movement Interviews Dr Zak Cope
The following interview appeared recently on anti-imperialism.com, the blog of the Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist Movement (RAIM), with Zak Cope, about his book recently published by Kersplebedeb, Divided World Divided Class: Global…
Certain Days Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar 2013
Here it is again, a beautiful political calendar created by a Canadian collective working under the guidance and inspiration of u.s. PP/POWs David Gilbert, Robert Seth Hayes and Herman Bell.…
New From Kersplebedeb – Divided World Divided Class: Global Political Economy and the Stratification of Labour Under Capitalism
Divided World Divided Class, just published by Kersplebedeb (the books finally arrived on friday!), charts the history of the ‘labour aristocracy’ in the capitalist world system, from its roots in…
Random Thoughts on PQ Victory
so yesterday were the quebec elections. the pq won a minority government (although i guess in theory the liberals and the more right-wing caq could form a coalition) but not…
Montreal’s Week Against Prisons, August 7-12
Because if you’re Black, you are three times more likely to end up in a federal penitentiary. Because if you’re Indigenous, you are nine times more likely to end up…
Celebrating the Life and Work of Marilyn Buck
Two years ago today, Marilyn Buck died of cancer in New York City; after decades behind bars, she had been released from prison barely a few weeks earlier. As comrade…
Get Up for the Down Stroke: Sanyika Shakur Responds to Black Liberation in the 21st Century: A Revolutionary Reassessment of Black Nationalism
In Sankyika Shakur’s own words, “i was born Nov 13, 1963. Raised in South Central Los Angeles, by a phenomenal single, working-class, mother. Cut my teeth in the hostile gang…
Blog Hacked
So Sketchy Thoughts was hacked, not sure how, and while all of the blog posts are safe the template was redirecting people to kunoichi.info, probably so that whoever is trying…
Workers Dreadnought Reviews David Gilbert’s, “Love and Struggle: My Life in SDS, the Weather Underground, and Beyond”.
I must admit that it is difficult for me to write an honest review about Com. David Gilbert’s “Love and Struggle” (you can purchase your personal copy here), especially because…
This Weekend in Quebec City
This weekend is the St-Jean, which i would guess probably resembles other nationalist holidays in nations-without-a-state: massive crowds, lots of partying, confused politics, often fights with cops or just between…
Armed Confrontation in West Germany in the 1970s and 1980s
La Belle Epoque(1984 Wellington, metro Charlevoix)Saturday, June 30, 1PM traduction anglais-français disponible After the surge of protest that was the sixties, all around the world radicals were drawn to new…
Christa Eckes – Honor Her Memory!
The first time Christa Eckes made the news was back in 1970, when as a teenager growing up in the West German city of Hamburg she was expelled from high…
A Statement and a Poem for Christa Eckes
Former RAF member Christa Eckes died of cancer on Wednesday, May 23, in Karlsruhe, Germany. (To read more about Christa, click here.) The following is a statement by Ronald Augustin…
“The Partisan” Political Event – Friday June 22 & Saturday June 23 in Montreal
This Friday and Saturday in Montreal (reposted from The Red Flag): For the past year, the Partisan has consistently defended the interests of the working class. Across the board, both…
Anti-Capitalism and Violence: Gord Hill Interviewed by Kersplebedeb
The opening graphic in The Anti-Capitalist Resistance Comic Book is striking, showing a Black Bloc member squaring off against a cop, each as representatives of the clash between Empire and…
June 21-24: Toronto Anarchist Bookfair
The following from the fine folks putting on the Toronto Anarchist Bookfair next weekend – sadly, this year we will not be able to attend the bookfair, but i really…