In case you haven’t heard, the People’s Social Forum —Â part of the global movement of social forums that have emerged at different levels since the first World Social Forum (WSF) was held in Porto Alegre (Brazil) in January 2001 — will be happening in Ottawa from August 21-24, i.e. next …
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 CP’s crisis in the 1950s, and moved with the times …
20100128 Out numbered. If you’re curious what the smaller signs say, there is an All Sizes button. If you’re wondering why we have some interesting signs, this article might help you. I’m the unicorn. Edrabbit has created an awesome sign generating thing. Check it out. Remember, god hates retweets. Hello …
http://ift.tt/1q6wTZg Author: Breanne Fahs Format: Paperback Size: 352 pages ISBN: 9781558618480 Publisher: The Feminist Press at the CUNY Year: 2014 Price: $22.95 (USD) List price: $22.95 (USD) Quantity * Too drastic, too crazy, too “out there,” too early, too late, too damaged, too much—Valerie Solanas has been dismissed but never …
Interestingly, both of the Boston area Banksy pieces are on Essex St: • F?O?L?L?O?W? ?Y?O?U?R? ?D?R?E?A?M?S? CANCELLED (aka chimney sweep) in Chinatown, Boston • NO LOITRIN in Central Square, Cambridge. Does that mean anything? It looks like he favors Essex named streets & roads when he can. In 2008, he …
http://ift.tt/1m6WkII Editor: Cristina TzintzĂşn Carlos PĂ©rez de Alejo Arnulfo ManrĂquez Format: Paperback Size: 270 pages ISBN: 9781849351669 Publisher: AK Press Year: 2014 Price: $17.95 (USD) List price: $17.95 (USD) Quantity * Mainstream media in the US tend to frame Latin@ immigrants in two ways. Right-wing pundits demonize them as a …
What follows is the preface to the upcoming book edited by Gabriel Kuhn, Turning Money into Rebellion: The Unlikely Story of Denmark’s Revolutionary Bank Robbers, to be published by Kersplebedeb and PM Press later this summer. The book tells the story of the “Blekingegade Group” which had emerged from a communist …
(from the Guardian) Just over 40 years ago, John Barker appeared in the dock at the Old Bailey charged, as a member of the Angry Brigade, with conspiracy to cause explosions. He was jailed for 10 years at the end of what was then Britain’s longest trial. Now he has written …
Dear Friends: Kevin Rashid Johnson experienced a frightening medical crisis beginning on May 14th, we just got word of it a few days ago. He had crippling pain behind his left eye, blurred vision, and very high blood pressure.  This case of severe hypertension if untreated could cause life threatening medical …