Reopen Bethlehem!
Open Bethlehem Leila Sansour Iambic Dream, 2015 He only says, ‘Good fences make good neighbors.’ Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder If I could put a notion…
reviews
Transnationalism and Italian anarchists in Canada, 1915-1940
Transnational Radicals: Italian Anarchists in Canada and the U.S., 1915-1940 Travis Tomchuk University of Manitoba Press, 2015 There are numerous studies of the left in Canada. These studies range from…
Mapping the vocabulary of the radical Left
Key Words for Radicals: The Contested Vocabulary of Late-Capitalist Struggle Edited by Ian Kelly Fritsch, Clare O’Connor and AK Thompson AK Press, 2016 In social movements, terms like “accessibility,” “bodies,”…
Comic collection inspired by everyday heroes
Drawn to Change: Graphic Histories of Working-Class Struggle Edited by The Graphic History Collective with Paul Buhle Between the Lines, 2016 Comic books have a political substance whether we like…
Mother Tareka addresses the elephants in the room
Elephants Mother Tareka & the Rebel Funktion Self-released, 2016 With blasting Afro-beat horn lines, a funky rhythm section, clever samples and lyrics that cut to the point of the major…
The Propaganda System in Canada
A Propaganda System: How Government, Corporations, Media and Academia Sell War and Exploitation Yves Engler Fernwood, 2016 Propaganda is only as good as the processes through which it is concealed.…
Ava DuVernay’s ‘13th’ a must-see exposé of mass incarceration in the US
13th Ava DuVernay 2016 Avu DuVernay’s latest documentary 13th comes at an important junction in American history. The 2016 presidential elections confirmed that divisions of race and class continue to…
Product Review – Amopé Pedi Perfect
I’m not sure when the state of our heels became such a huge concern, but apparently it’s a big thing. Like. At some point in the past few years, someone…
Stein Lillevolden Reviews Det Globale Perspektiv
A book review of Torkil Lauesen 380 pages Nemo Publishing, Copenhagen 2016 by Stein Lillevolden (social worker) First posted at: https://radikalportal.no/2016/05/27/det-ulike-bytte/ Also published in the Danish newsletter Demos In the…
Rebel Youth offers depth but lacks dimension
Rebel Youth: 1960s Labour Unrest, Young Workers, and New Leftists in English Canada Ian Milligan University of British Columbia Press, 2014 Many readers of this magazine will remember April 1971.…
The “People’s Poet” in three dimensions
Milton Acorn: The People’s Poet Kent Martin & Errol Sharpe Roseway Publishing, 2015 Though I had heard of Milton Acorn for many years before his death in 1986, I never…
Conflict, Coercion, and Settler Colonialism in Western Canada
Still from The Pass System The Pass System Alex Williams 2015 Starting in the 1880s, the federal government implemented an illegal pass system to restrict Indigenous peoples in Western Canada…
Torkil Lauesen’s “The Global Perspective” (reviewed by Gabriel Kuhn)
Released by PM Press in collaboration with Kersplebedeb in 2014, Turning Money into Rebellion: The Unlikely Story of Denmark’s Revolutionary Bank Robbers recalls the exploits of the so-called Blekingegade Gang,…
Pacifying Palestinians and Pacifying the World
War Against the People: Israel, the Palestinians and Global Pacification Jeff Halper Pluto Press, 2015 Jeff Halper is an unusual hybrid presence on both the scholarly and political scene. He…
A blueprint for Canada’s energy policy
After the Sands: Energy and Ecological Security for Canadians Gordon Laxer Douglas & McIntyre, 2015 When Ralph Nader called Gordon Laxer’s book After the Sands “a myth-destroying blockbuster” it couldn’t...
Is representational democracy possible?
Social Structures of Direct Democracy: On The Political Economy of Equality John Asimakopoulos Haymarket, 2016 The role of superdelegates in some Democratic Party caucuses is current news that has people…
The Bloody History of Accumulation by Dispossession
The Revenant Alejandro González Iñárritu 2015 “You all have stolen everything from us. Everything!” – Elk Dog Alejandro González Iñárritu’s The Revenant offers an aesthetically exquisite and beautifu...
Mumia Abu-Jamal on Star Wars
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Venice Biennale: Artists Fiddled While Venice Drowned
It’s massive: 130 artists, over 50 national pavilions and more than 40 collateral events across the city. It’s also largely irrelevant to the fate of Venice in a world of…
Our RIDM suggestions: urban development, rural Jesus, protest music, and more
RIDM always has way more films that look fantastic than any one person with other commitments can reasonably see in the space of ten days, which is a great problem…