Upping The Anti

Upping The Anti a journal of theory and action Our name Upping the Anti refers to our interest in engaging with three interwoven tendencies which have come to define much of the politics of today’s radical left in Canada: anti-capitalism, anti-oppression, and anti-imperialism. These three political tendencies, while overlapping and …

Toronto Burlesque and Vaudeville Alliance Benefit Calendar 2006

Toronto Burlesque and Vaudeville Association Benefit Calendar 2006 I am pleased to announce that i just received 20 copies of the Toronto Burlesque and Vaudeville Association’s 2006 Calendar – a benefit for Inter Pares, a Canadian social justice organization. As I have only a limited number of calendars, i strongly …

Slingshot 2002 Organizer

  Slingshot 2002 Organizer From the INTRODUCTION: Dancing is TerrorismWhich side are you on? The principle guiding governments, the media and corporations is “each for them self.” The current selfish society benefits the powerful and robs the rest of us. But more and more people imagine a different kind of …

Clyde Reviews Settlers: Mythology of the White Proletariat

Settlers offers a stinging critique of U.S. society and the supposed revolutionary potential of the white working class. Chapter after chapter Sakai takes apart U.S. history, examining the development of this settler empire and its white working class as it relates to oppressed peoples, especially Afrikans, Native nations, Mexicanos and …

Politics of the English Language

“It is true that if care is taken to use only a language that is understood by graduates in law and economics, you can easily prove that the masses have to be managed from above. But if you speak the language of everyday, if you are not obsessed by the …

Literature

Zines   While there are ten million zines out there dealing with “issues” ranging from one’s favourite band to what one did on summer break, you won’t find many of them here. I am specifically interested in political zines, preferably from a feminist, queer, or far-left point of view. While …