By Mercedes Peters One of the first things youāre taught when youāre training to be a historian in Canada is that Canadians have a memory problem. It can be a little jarring to some. This reality didnāt come as much of a shock to my system, though, because as a …
From the “Prison Activism and the Organizing Tradition” panel at the Making and Unmaking Mass Incarceration Conference, Dec 5th, 2019. The panel also featuredĀ Dan Berger, Steven āStevieā Wilson, Zoharah Simmons, Darren Mack, and Jessica Wilkerson. The full transcript from this and other sessions available atĀ https://mumiconference.com/transcripts/ Orisanmi Burton: Free Leonard Peltier. …
Drugs, sex, rock ānā 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, Oregonās Republican governor …
This is more a note for future reference than a thought-out argument, so bear with me (or skip, if you prefer). When we think about things, they have two aspects which we need to grasp. i’ll call these genealogy and context.Genealogy is where things get their identity from. I.e. the …
A debonaire looking Jim, 1981 It is two years today since Jim Campbell died of a heart attack, bicycling in rural Ontario with his partner Julie. He was 57, and had been looking forward to retiring in a few years, to finally being able to move out of the city. …
i’ve been thinking about what we call “historical knowledge” quite a bit these days, all the while chewing my way through my annual summer treat, the two “years best” annual science fiction anthologies (Gardner Dozois’ and Hartwell & Cramer’s respectively).Historical knowledge is taken as something of a given, and for …
Queen of the Bolsheviks: The Hidden History of Dr. Marie Equi by Nancy Krieger $2.00 from left-wing books dot net Saddle-stitched pamphlet 30 pages Published by Kersplebedeb in 2009 ISBN 1-894946-30-8 Now forgotten, Dr. Marie Equi was a physician for working-class women and children, a lesbian, and a dynamic and …
CAPITAL, my God and my Master, why hast Thou turned Thy countenance from me? What sin have I committed that Thou shouldst cast me from the heights of prosperity and plague me with the burden of poverty? 2. Have I not lived according to Thy laws? Were my actions not …
French Jesuit Mission of St. Sauveur in Acadia:corrupting the Wabanaki Nation with christianity someone emailed me asking what the definition of a “settler-colony” was… i gave a lame ass answer, but then figured i should post it here so that people can either agree with it or explain to me …
Itās coming up that time of year again: Divers/Cite, Montrealās āLBGTAā pride event. As some know, but too many do not, Pride in Montreal takes place later than in most North American cities, commemorating as it does not Stonewall, but Sexgarage, an after-hours party that was subject to a violent …