As part of the Peoples Social Forum, on August 23rd, J. Moufawad-Paul, author of MLM Mayhem! (http://moufawad-paul.blogspot.ca/) will be in Ottawa to attend the launch of his book, The Communist Necessity. A sleek and punchy treatise about the problems of social movementism and the need for a “new return” to …
In Terry Bisson’s interview with Ken MacLeod in The Human Front (PM Press, 2013), there’s this great answer to Bisson’s question “How come so many UK leftists are Trots?” : Short answer: because Trotskyists in Britain moved fast on the CPâs crisis in the 1950s, and moved with the times …
Things i found interesting this week: The âNâ word through the ages: The madness of HP Lovecraft by Phenderson Djeli Clark (Media Diversified, May 24, 2014) Criminalization, Crisis and Care:  Tennesseeâs S.B. 1391 and Attacks on Reproduction by the Florence Johnston Collective July 12, 2014 Slavok Zizek Accused on Plagiarizing White Supremacist …
There is a demonstration on Friday, July 11th, to stop Israel’s war against Palestine, in Montreal at the corner of Guy and St-Catherine St (by Guy-Concordia metro). The demonstration is called for 5:30pm. Please note that the demo was initially called for Sunday, but the date changed. So if you were …
(français ci-dessous) Queer Between the Covers, Montreal’s annual queer book fair, is almost upon us! Join us: August 16th 11AM-6 PM ComitĂ© social Centre-Sud 1710 rue Beaudry Free entry, wheelchair-accessible venue. Please note that the entrance to the book fair will be through the parking lot on the south side …
New York State Political Prisoner Jalil Muntaqim was recently denied parole for the 8th time by the New York State Parole Board. Jalil first became eligible for parole in 2002, and has been denied parole from that time to the present. At this point there is no longer a need to discuss Jalil’s …
Over the past few weeks, more than a dozen political activists in New York, Chicago, and the San Francisco Bay Area have been visited by FBI, US Marshals, and Joint Terrorist Task Force (JTTF) agents. In some cases the agents have shown a more than 30-year-old wanted poster of Donna …
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Some stuff i have found interesting over the past couple of weeks: How Did the FBI Miss Over 1 Million Rapes? Soraya Chemaly, The Nation, June 27, 2014 The Khazars did not convert to Judaism, historian finds MEDIEVALISTS.NET, June 26, 2014 A Black Dyke Reflects on the Panthers, Alycee Lane, Fire on the Mountain …
Kevin âRashidâ Johnson continues to suffer from chronic health problems and HAS NOT YET BEEN SEEN BY A DOCTOR. Despite the fact that he has carefully followed prison protocol and despite his being referred by two different nurses for an MD visit, he still has not received one. This was …