A short book by an English academic that explores “the widespread sense that not only is capitalism the only viable political and economic system, but also that it is now impossible even to imagine a coherent alternative to it” (2). In order to build movements that can once again threaten to transform capitalism, we must …
A trilogy of fantasy books republished under a single cover. My inclination is to describe it as “high-concept fantasy,” because it is based on asking a very thinky-yet-clear what-if and then seeing how it plays out, but I worry that label makes it sound obscure and inaccessible when in fact it is compulsively readable. The …
YA contemporary. Teen Sana Kiyohara’s family moves from the US midwest to California, where she has to deal with a new and very different school environment, a new love interest, and her sneaking suspicion that her dad is having an affair. I have mixed feelings about this one. I like that it visibly weaves the …
Kathy Dawson is a board member of the Alberta Pro-Choice Coalition (APCC), which brings together groups from across the province to “protect and support sexual health and reproductive rights in Alberta.” As a provincial election looms that may well bring the United Conservative Party (UCP) under Jason Kenney to power, Scott Neigh interviews Dawson about …
Liane Tessier is a former firefighter who fought a landmark human rights case related to workplace harassment and gender discrimination in Halifax. Judy Haiven is a retired professor from the business school at Saint Mary’s University who taught industrial relations. They are co-founders of Equity Watch, a grassroot group that aims to fight bullying, harassment, …
Thanks to Tammy and Kenneth of the Herongate Tenant Coalition for the great interview just now about the tenant organizing they’re involved with in the multi-racial working-class Ottawa neighbourhood that is their home. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in the coming weeks! Originally posted to Scott’s page on Facebook.
Just finished interviewing Vancouver musician and artist David Lester about his punk duo Mecca Normal, graphic history, and the Winnipeg General Strike. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in the next few weeks! Originally posted to Scott’s page on Facebook.
A wide-ranging, detailed, and highly critical examination of the history of liberalism. It both engages with the ideas of liberal thinkers across various eras and examines the material context in which those ideas and thinkers existed. It centres slavery and colonialism, as well as oppression/repression of poor and working people within the metropole, and not …
John Clarke was an organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) from its founding in 1990 until his retirement in late January 2019. Though he intends to remain a very active member of the group, this still marks a significant transition for one of Ontario’s most visible militant grassroots organizations. Scott Neigh interviews Clarke …
This is an academic history of liberalism, in the form of what it calls a “conceptual history” – that is, it explores what its proponents (and to a certain extent opponents) have said over the years about the positions, ideas, and politics associated with “liberal” and its cognates. This is presented with some political history …