A book of original documents, speeches, handbills, posters, manifestos and interviews. "Present[s] the sights and sounds of the cacophony of voices heard during the two-month period through the writings and recollections of the demonstrators themselves."

240 pages ; 23 cm Translation of: Smukke Serge og heroinen Includes bibliographical references and index

Strategy for the Alternative to Globalisation Gustave Massiah The work of Gustave Massiah gives the reader a basic understanding of the two opposing views on the world economy, the sociopolitical forces involved and the organisational challenges facing the World Social Forum. We have been told by the media about the World Economic Forum which brings together the Establishment to wheel and deal in Davos, Switzerland. Since the 1990s, however, the world-wide movement which poses an alternative to globalization has also been meeting in the form of the World Social Forum (WSF). Whereas the Davos meeting bring together up to 3000 invited members of the 1%, the most recent meeting in March 2013 brought together 58,000 activists from 4300 social movements in 110 different countries to discuss networking for basic change. Clearly, it is assuming a transformative importance of considerable dimensions. Even though the crisis of globalizing capitalism has largely confirmed its analysis, many are arguing in favor of the need for a second wind for this critical alternative movement. Consequently, what follows is a great interest in this work by Gustave Massiah, a major actor over a period of many years in the alternative movement, who shows the many features of its dynamics, but which also offers new perspectives for its further development and growth. In this remarkable book, he gives the reader a sense of how the 99% are challenging the 1% in an epochal confrontation to the power structure; the World Social Forum shows that, with alternatives, another world is possible. Massiah contends that the world-wide economic crisis which began in 2007 is not simply the result of free-market neo-liberalism, but rather has deeper roots in the globalization of capitalism. He demonstrates how the anti-system resistances of those who stand for another form of globalization are posing an alternative based on equality and access for all to fundamental rights. Massiah examines the two basic questions facing the alternative firstly, its relationship to power and to politics; secondly, the social foundation of the movements alliances with the transformative social, ecological, political and cultural forces. The author draws our attention to the opportunities which the economic crisis offers to articulate alternative practices and public policies. This kind of analysis can encourage the emergence of a new solidarity on a large scale which, tomorrow, can give birth to a new world system fundamentally different from the current one. GUSTAVE MASSIAH is a French economist, urbanist and political activist. He is professor of urbanism at the Ecole spciale darchitecture in Paris as well as a founder of ATTAC and member of the International Council of the World Social Forum. IMMANUEL WALLERSTEIN is former head of the Brandel Center for the Study of Economics, and currently senior research scholar at Yale University. Massiah traces in detail, and with both balance and subtlety, the multiple historic choices, and why this culminated in the alter-globalization movement today. I emphasize the balance and subtlety without any sense that he is hesitant in putting forward a strong position of his own. That he does this in 300 pages is itself an achievement. Far from thinking it is too brief, the only doubt is perhaps he includes too much. But each time I felt this, reading the book, I saw later on why he needed all the detail. - IMMANUEL WALLERSTEIN, American sociologist and former head of the Brandel Center for the Study of Economics, Historical Systems and Civilization. Currently, the senior research scholar at Yale University. Author of the Preface of this book. A very important book that gives us a long-view of an original process which brings thousands upon thousands of persons and movements together on a scale, an authentic scale, without historical precedent. Try as the old Left did with the First, Second, Third and Fourth Internationals, the World Social Forum outshines them all. The reasons for this have to be understood and built upon. It always gives me immense satisfaction to hear Gustave Massiah weave an analysis together of opportunities through which breaks can be made in the dominant system of power, and what underground social forces are at work, both taking apart the existing power structure while articulating alternatives.DIMITRI ROUSSOPOULOS, editor of Participatory Democratizing Democracy with C. George Benello. Table of Contents PART I Context of the Alterglobalist Movement 1 Critical Analysis of the Prevailing Logic Overview of the Phases of Capitalist Globalisation A World-Scale Vision The Foundations of the Neo-liberal Model Structural Adjustment Policies The Victory of Neo-liberalism Overview of Previous Reference Models Emergence of New Models in the Interwar Period Three Development Models How These Three Models Were Discredited by Neo-liberalism The Keynesian and Fordist Model of Regulation The Beginning of Waged Employment The National Independence Development Model The World Bank as Leader The Contradictions of Neo-liberalism Unequal Growth The Environment Paradigm The Crisis of Geopolitical Hegemony The Current Neo-liberal Phase The Ideology of the Fourth Contradiction The Crisis of Neo-liberalism The Regulation of the International System Is at the Heart of the Debate 2008, the Crisis of Neo-liberalism and the Crisis of Capitalism What Are the Current Crises? Threats and Opportunities of the Crisis Immediate a Lull in the Crisis or an Exit? Change Has Now Become Absolutely Necessary 2 The Emergence of the Alterglobalist Movement The Foundations of the Movement An Anti-systemic Movement An Historic Emancipation Movement Main Phases of the Alterglobalist Movement 1980-89: Struggles Against Debt, Hunger and Structural Adjustments 1989-1999: Contesting the International Institutions and Globalisation 2000-2008: the World Social Forum Process and the Transition to Alterglobalism A New Phase of Alterglobalism and a New Cycle of Social Forums Started in 2008 Analysis of the Social Forum Process Political Culture Organisation of the Forums A Few Questions About the Process Reinforcement of Actions Impact of the Forums From Resistance to Proposals and Alternatives The Alterglobalist Movements Strategic Debate PART II The Strategy of the Alterglobalist Movement 3 Access to Rights and the Democratic Imperative Access to Rights for All An Alternative to Neo-liberalism An Equality of Rights One Possible Implementation That is Already in Place The Approach to Rights in the Long Term The Declarations of Rights The Social Question International Law Decolonisation and the Rights of Peoples Economic, Social and Cultural Rights A New Generation of Fundamental Rights The Democratic Imperative Democracy and Ideologies Disenchantment and Legitimacy World Democracy The Struggles for Global Democratisation 4 Power and Politics Social Bases and Alliances Convergence of the Movements Unity of the Movements Contradictions of NGOs and Associations The Strengths of the Multitudes The Issue of Alliances Power and Social Transformation Debate on the State and Crisis of the Nation-State State of Exception and Social State Role of the State in Social Transformation Power and Strategy The Instrumentalisation of Terrorism The Taking of Power and Social Transformation 5 Possible Outcomes of the Global Crisis The Neo-conservative Repression and War Social Austerity The Calling into Question of Freedoms Conflicts and Wars Reforming the Green New Deal The Green Capitalism Perspective The Alterglobalist Movement and the Green New Deal Going Beyond Capitalism The Radical Alternatives in the Crisis Alternatives to the Capitalist System PART III From Strategy to Alternatives 6 Citizens Regulation, Forms of Property and Equality of Rights Public and Citizens Regulation Questioning Financialisation The Commons The Redistribution of Wealth and Income Minimum Wages and Resource Ceilings Access to Rights and Public Services A Radical Reform of Public Services Free Services and the Open-source Software Movement 7 The Environmental Imperative and Democracy The Environmental and Social Emergency A Few Ecology Debates Citizen Expertise and the Building of Alternative Knowledge Crisis of Civilisation and Well-being Democratic Representations and Freedoms A Radical Democratisation of Democracy Civil Society and Cultural Hegemony Partnerships Through Cooperation Between Societies Two Revealing Phenomena in the Current the Womens Movement and Migrant Rights 8 The Completion of Decolonisation and Global Regulation A New Phase of Decolonisation Evolution of the Societies and States That Came out of Decolonisation The North/South Representation The Geopolitical Crisis The Second Phase of Decolonisation Global Public Regulation Evolution of the United Nations International System World Democracy and the Global Social Contract A Radical Reform of the United Nations Reform and revolution Review of Strategic Thinking Envisioning the Transition Ruptures and Continuities The Movements Strategic Challenges The Global Situation Possible Futures Differentiation of the Worlds Major Regions The Geopolitical Disruption of the World The Alterglobalist Movement The WSF Process Organisation of the Process and Role of the International Council The New Movements A Need to Reinvent Politics Appendices 1 Summary of Radical Reforms and Alternatives Radical Reforms Radical Alternatives 2 Fifteen years of World Social Summary Table 3 Websites of Organisations Involved in the Alterglobalist Strategy Debate Publication November 2013.

Noam Chomsky addresses relations throughout Central America and relates these to superpower conflicts and the overall role of the Cold War in contemporary international relations.

Cities today are increasingly at the forefront of the environmental and social crisis—they are simultaneously a major cause and a potential solution. Across the world, a new wave of urban social movements is rising to fight against corporate control, social exclusion, hostile immigration policies, gender oppression, and ecological devastation. These movements are building economic, social, and political alternatives based on solidarity, equality, and participation. This anthology develops the debates that began at the recent Transnational Institute of Social Ecology’s (TRISE) conference about the dire need to rebuild the social and political realities of our world’s cities. It discusses the prospects of radical urban movements; examines the revolutionary potential of the concept of “the Right to the City,” and looks at how activists, scholars, and community movements can work together towards an ecological and democratic future. A fruitful conversation between theory and practice, this book opens new ground for rethinking systemic urban change in a way that challenges oppression and transforms how people work, create, and live together.

Ron Finch. Bibliography: P. 216-229.

The author of Alienation extends his original approach to social theory in this discussion of Marx's view of socialism, class analysis, and the problems of socialist consciousness, and Wilhelm Reich's contributions to the psychology of social change.

**Essays on Marx's Theory of Value** (Russian: Очерки по теории стоимости Маркса, Ocherki po teorii stoimosti Marksa) is a book by the Soviet economist Isaak Illich Rubin. Очерки по теории стоимости Маркса, the Russian language edition was first published in 1923. For many years, it was thought that there had only been three editions published in the Soviet Union until a copy of the fourth edition, 1929/1930, was discovered in the papers of Ichiro Nakayama deposited at the library of Hitotsubashi University. It is estimated that 10,000 copies were printed. The sole change in the fourth edition is an inclusion of "Replies to critics" which responds to criticism by S. Bessonov. (Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essays_on_Marx%27s_Theory_of_Value))

A unique view of the awesome power and single mindedness of large corporations in pursuit of their own interests. The Essence of Capitalism is a timely account of globalization, the consumer culture, and the historical roots of our contemporary dilemmas. By tracking the 130-year history of Coca-Cola (and a number of other large American or transnational corporations), this book details all that is best, worst and most powerful about global capitalism. This is the tale of how Coca-Cola was lucky in its marketing and business practices to enable it to expand beyond its original market (that which a horse drawn cart could cover in a day) to today's massive corporate status. The book covers topics such as the creation of the idea of a corporation to having the status of person, how the money market works in the flow of capital, the effect of marketing and advertising on consumer tastes, and how free trade really becomes oligopoly. By presenting a frightening set of examples, McQueen even joins the debate over what constitutes human nature when he demonstrates how corporations are creating a second nature by altering our needs, whether through the saturation of food with sweeteners or through genetic manipulation.

Edited By Irwin Cotler And Herbert Marx. Includes Some Text In French.

the creation of such a "new constitutive order" may be on the agenda. The current constitutional crisis in Canada, she argues, "holds out the opportunity to restructure the Canadian state, not according to the dictates of business, but rather to meet the democratic and national aspirations of the population as a whole.

"There is no greater sorrow on earth than the loss of one's native land." --Euripides The Yugoslav tragedy is a story about crimes committed with extraordinary boldness and deception, propagated by the politicians and by the media from both inside, and outside, the former Yugoslavia. This mixture, at the heart of the conflict, provoked the greatest humanitarian catastrophe in Europe since World War II. Written in memory to a lost homeland, to the people who died, and to the people who survived--especially the refugees, displaced internally or dispersed throughout the world--this book is a powerful commentary on war itself that provides insight into the roles that history, ethnic nationalism, and religious differences can play in modern conflict. "A finely crafted historical dialectics that refuses to give into dualist explanations about 'the crimes' and eventually the death of the former Republic of Yugoslavia, as resulting from either 'bad' primordial ancient hatreds and ethnic nationalism, or from the lack of some civic nationalism in the form of 'good' but artificially constructed communities. The author follows Hannah Arendt in charting the history of a long century of 'statelessness, rightlessness and homelessness' in the region brought on by externally imposed balkanization. Every step of the way we are warned against those who preach the purity of ethnos over demos, or conversely, those who seek the bureaucratic disconnection of ethnos from demos as an ideal solution." --Greg M. Nielsen, Concordia University, author of The Norms of Social Theory Between Bakhtin and Habermas "The strength of Ljubisic's work is the seamless way it moves from one level to another, first analyzing events in the former Yugoslavia at the level of state politics, then shifting to a discussion of the international context, and finally, and most importantly, describing the impacts of these events at the individual level. In the process, she provides a comprehensive analysis of these confusing events and a much needed contribution to the literature. This is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the recent history of the Balkan region." --Neil Gerlach, Carelton University, author of The Genetic DNA in the Canadian Criminal Justice System Table of Contents INTRODUCTION CHAPTER Theories of the Nation and Nationalism Nationalism and Multiculturalism The Origins of the Nation Primordial Versus Imagined Community Summary CHAPTER The National Question in Yugoslavia The Yugoslav Idea Viability of Yugoslavia and the Avoidable War Summary CHAPTER 'Divide and Rule' Politics of External Balkanization The Old World Orders in the Balkans Yugoslavia and the New World Order Summary CHAPTER Ethnic Cleansing in Multinational Yugoslavia 'Purification' of Heterogeneous Territories Multiethnic Resistance to the War Summary CHAPTER Stateless Peoples Totalitarian Solutions Hundred Years of Statelessness Rebuilding Home in Multicultural Montreal Obstacles to Integration Summary CONCLUSION Bibliography Index DAVORKA LJUBISIC holds a BA from the University of Ljubljana, in Slovenia and an MA from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. She was born in Zagreb, Croatia--at the time one of six constitutive republics of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Unable to live according to the agenda of 'newprimitivism' and a politics of sorrow, in 1995 she immigrated to Canada. 224 pages, 6x9, index, bibliography, maps

Compiled By Ireni Kai Eleftheria. Black Rose Books No. P 114. Includes Bibliographies.

Louis Patsouras unravels the riddled reputation of Thorstein Veblen and analyzes his varied and important contributions to modern social theory. Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929) was an unrelenting critic of the American way of life. In his first and best-known work, The Theory of the Leisure Class, Veblen defined the social attitudes and values that condoned the misuse of wealth and the variety of ways in which the resources of modern society were wasted. Though most famous for the term "conspicuous consumption"--a pattern of consumerism that more than survives to the present day--he also attacked other American institutions and traditions, but his ideas on society were often dismissed because of his reputation as an eccentric. Although unsuccessful in his university career, in his two marriages, and in his private life, in his books Veblen shone. Thorstein Veblen remains a baffling figure in American intellectual history, and this important work, undertaken by Louis Patsouras, attempts both to unravel the riddles that surround his reputation and to assess his varied and important contributions to modern social theory. By setting Veblen's work in its social and intellectual context, and by considering Veblen not just as an economist or a sociologist--as has been the case up to now--Patsouras also examines Veblen's politics, in particular the early manifestations of American socialism and anarchism, as well as his support of labor unions. Veblen's views are then compared and contrasted with other well-known historical and contemporary thinkers.In this process, Patsouras makes clear just how vital Veblen was and remains to our cultural and political landscape and why it is that through an understanding of Veblen we can move toward an understanding of modern America. LOUIS PATSOURAS is Professor of History at Kent State University. His other published works include Simone Weil and the Socialist Tradition, The Crucible of Socialism, Debating Marx, Essays on Socialism, Continuity and Change in Marxism and The Anarchism of Jean Grave.

Edited By Henri Lustiger-thaler. Includes Bibliographical References.

Understanding How Media Shape Our Thinking About Social Issues, And Believing That Our Limited Direct Experiences Leave Us Vulnerable To The Duplicity And Disinformation Of The Corporate Media, James Winter Records Example After Example - From Corporate Owners, Managers, Advertisers, And Journalists Themselves - Of The Use, Misuse, And Abuse Of Information. Detailed Case Studies Include: Canwest Global Firing Writers And Even A Publisher; The Bias Against Workers And Labour Unions; Environmentalists Portrayed As Cult Members, Or Ecozealots (partly Because Eight Of The Ten Largest Corporations In The World Are Involved In Either Gas And Oil Production And Sales, Or Automobile Production); Big Pharma And The Role Of Mds, Medical Professors, And The Media As Drug Pushers; The News Media's Role As Cheerleaders For Canada's War In Afghanistan And The U.s. War In Iraq; And How Corporate Globalization Combines Military And Economic Invasions, With A Devastating Account Of What Really Happened In Haiti.--jacket. How It Works -- Eco-zealots, Greenwashers And Parasites -- Big Pharma -- Canada Joins The Imperialists -- Global Village, Or Global Pillage -- Conclusions. James Winter. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Discusses the social issues of the O.J. Simpson case, comparing recent cases involving white and African American male defendants with similar charges

W o r k e r o w n e r s h i p / J a c k Q u a r t e r S t a r t i n g w o r k e r - o w n e d e n t e r p r i s e s / J a c k Q u a r t e r F r o m w o r k e r b u y o u t s t o a c o n v e r s i o n s s t r a t e g y / J a c k Q u a r t e r a n d J o - A n n H a n n a h C o - o p e r a t i v e f a r m i n g / G e o r g e M e l n y k T h e m u l t i - s t a k e h o l d e r c o n c e p t o f o r g a n i z a t i o n / J o h n E . J o r d a n W o r k e r c o - o p e r a t i v e s f o r d i s a b l e d i n d i v i d u a l s / J u d i t h B r o w n C o - o p e r a t i v e s / G r e g o r y B a u m S o c i a l h i s t o r y o f w o r k e r c o - o p e r a t i v e s i n Q u é b e c / A l a i n B r i d a u l t a n d G i n e t t e L a f r e n i è r e W o r k e r c o - o p s a n d c o m m u n i t y e c o n o m i c d e v e l o p m e n t / G r e g M a c L e o d F u t u r e d i r e c t i o n s f o r w o r k e r o w n e r s h i p / G e o r g e M e l n y k .

Ronald Babin ; Translated By Ted Richmond ; Foreword By Gordon Edwards. Translation Of: L'option Nucléaire. Bibliography: P. 226-[236]

The unexpected insurrection of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation in 1994 toppled the notion that the triumph of neoliberalism represented the end of history. In the clamor that followed, a masked, pipe-smoking horseman appeared as the spokesperson for the indigenous rebels. In this book, Nick Henck provides a concise and accessible overview of the life, thought, and achievements of the professor-turned-guerrilla Subcomandante Marcos. Through his academic exodus and immersion in the indigenous communities of the Lacandon jungle, to his participation in a guerilla army, to his eloquent articulation of the struggles of oppressed peoples around the world, Marcos became a revered and inspiring enigma. Henck explores Marcos’s considerable accomplishments in four main fields: his role as spokesperson for the Zapatistas; his contribution to Latin American literature and a new political language for the left; his work in making Mexico a more democratic, inclusive, and just nation; and his role as an inspirational international political icon. Published for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Zapatista uprising, this book is not just a biography but also a reminder that there are alternative ways of doing politics: that another world is possible.

Shows How Our Current Trading System Perpetuates Poverty And Injustice And Explains How The Alternative System Known As Fair Trade Can Break The Cycle Of Exploitation And Environmental Destruction [back Cover]. Introduction: Making A Difference With Every Cup 1 -- Chapter 1 The Global Context 9 -- Economic Growth Rules Supreme 13 -- Mental Colonialism 15 -- Chapter 2 Rebuilding Democracy 21 -- When Buying Becomes Voting 23 -- Bringing Ethics Into The Equation 25 -- Chapter 3 Coffee And Its Hidden Costs 31 -- The History Of Coffee 32 -- Coffee In Mexico 32 -- The Environmental Cost Of Coffee 34 -- Brew For The Birds 37 -- Chapter 4 The Conventional Coffee Route 41 -- Link 1 Small Coffee Producers And Workers 42 -- From Coffee Tree To Cup 43 -- Isolation 44 -- Food Insecurity 45 -- Coffee Production 46 -- The Coffee Tree 47 -- Use Of Chemicals 47 -- Link 2 The Local Trader 48 -- Pesticides 49 -- Link 3 The Processor 50 -- Link 4 The Exporter 50 -- World Coffee Production 51 -- Link 5 The Broker 51 -- Price Fluctuations 52 -- Link 6 The Roaster 53 -- Coffee Roasting 54 -- Link 7 The Retailer 54 -- The Wealth Of Nations? Or Corporations? 55 -- Link 8 We, The Consumers 56 -- The Effects Of Coffee On Health 57 -- Who Owns The Brands We Buy? 58 -- Chapter 5 A Different Path For Coffee Growers 63 -- The Fair-trade Route 64 -- Principles Of Fair Trade 65 -- Union De Comunidades Indigenas De La Region Del Istmo (uciri) 66 -- Uciri: An Example Of A Cooperative 67 -- The Indigenous Peoples 68 -- Uciri's Rules Of Operation 74 -- Uciri's Projects 75 -- Uciri's Organizational Structure 76 -- Portrait Of Uciri 81 -- What Else Is Going On In Mexico 82 -- More Fair-trade And Organic Production Organizations 83 -- Making The Alternatives Known 86 -- Chapter 6 Consumer Power 93 -- Origins Of The Fair-trade Movement 93 -- Fair-trade Labels 96 -- The Certification Process For Fair-trade Coffee 98 -- Fair-trade Coffee In North America 99 -- When The Big Boys Move In 105 -- Campaigning For Fair Trade 106 -- Confused? Choices In Sustainable Coffee 109 -- Transferring Responsibility To The Consumer 113 -- Conclusion: Holding Up The Stream Of Inequity 119 -- Appendix A Fair-trade Certification Criteria 125 -- Appendix B Organic Coffee Certification 129 -- Appendix C Shade-grown Coffee 141 -- Appendix D Moving Into Action: Contact List 149 -- Appendix E Where To Get Fair-trade Coffee 156. Laure Waridel. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

176 pages : 22 cm, \"A publication of the Institute of Policy Alternatives of Montréal (IPAM)\"--Title page verso, Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-176)

The Power of Persuasion looks at how the New Right came to power in Ontario by using lessons learned from its successes in other countries (namely Great Britain, the US and New Zealand), to gain public consent for policies that were economically and socially harmful. Author Kirsten Kozolanka contends that this New Right trajectory is neither haphazard nor narrowly constructed, but purposeful in its use of sophisticated communications toolsadvertising, polling and marketingbut also by closing down government information channels in a war of persuasion and limitation that contained, controlled and confused both the media, and political and public opposition.

<p>In simple language and with the clear sightedness of the historian, this book offers libertarian theories of education that promise to radically alter the stream of educational development.</p><p>I find it powerful and liberating. . . . I think this is a very important book.-Jonathon Kozol</p>

What Does The Future Hold? Is The Desertification Of The Planet, Driven By State And Corporate Authority, The Final Horizon Of History? Is The Dystopian Future Implied By The Systemic Degradation Of Nature And Society Inescapable? From Marginal Activist Groups To Governments And Interstate Organizations, All Appear To Be Concerned With What The Future Of Our Shared World Will Look Like. Yet Even Amid The Ongoing Global Crisis Caused By Capitalism, The Potential Of A Different, Radically Rooted Future Has Also Appeared. Common Futures Explores The Global Emergence Of Twenty-first-century Social Movements, Opposed To Capitalism And State Authority. These Movements, Yavor Tarinski And Alexandros Schismenos Show, Transcend Traditional Political Forms Of Organization And Try To Form Autonomous Networks Premised On Direct Democracy And Solidarity. The Authors Identify The Importance Of Grassroots Movements, Which Can Bring Radical Change And Create A More Democratic And Ecological Future. Common Futures Examines The Social And Political Roots Of The Environmental Crisis And The Relationship Between Ecology And Direct Democracy. But Tarinski And Schismenos Go Beyond The Analysis Of Crises, Contemporary Struggles, And Social Movements: Common Futures Also Clarifies The Conditions For The Re-creation Of Free Public Time And Space And Point To Practical Steps That We Can Take To Alleviate The Problems Of Our Future.-- Yavor Tarinski, Alexandros Schismenos. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 209-215). Issued Also In Electronic Format.

Although rogue elements on the internet have spawned concerns about foreign interference in elections, invasion of privacy, and the impact of hate speech, most people are still in denial about the harmful effects of media violence as entertainment. This new edition of Mind Abuse covers developments in the last twenty years, showing how the problem has grown with each new technological innovation and how relentless marketing victimizes countless young people around the world while the entertainment industry rakes in billions. Rose A. Dyson offers a wake-up call to parents, teachers, health professionals, and policy makers who deal with the aftermath of first-person shooter video gaming and social media abuses, such as cyberbullying, that encourage errant behavior from an early age. She shows that recent trends toward increased violence in popular culture are symptomatic of deeper social, economic, and ecological problems that require an urgent shift away from the status quo toward a more sustainable model for peaceful co-existence. For over 30 years, Dyson has contributed to the debate over media violence. Here, she urges us to resist the corporate giants of the entertainment industries and reclaim the right to shape our own value systems and dreams. Blind consumption of media violence as entertainment, she argues, is not inconsistent with vital policies for a greener, healthier future.

Introduction: The Neoliberal Revolution -- 1. Political Culture: Domination And Rebellion -- 2. Economic Challenge -- 3. Maquila Mexico -- 4. Corporate Power -- 5. Controlling Dissent -- 6. Struggle For Labour Rights -- 7. Demonstration Elections -- 8. Meaning Of Nafta -- 9. Impact Of Neoliberalism -- 10. Agriculture And Rural Poverty -- 11. Trading The Environment -- 12. Promoting The Drug Industry -- 13. Bubble Bursts -- 14. Alternatives To Neoliberalism. John Warnock. A Publication Of The Institute Of Policy Alternatives Of Montréal (ipam)--t.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Upon their scandalous deportation from the United States in 1919, famous anarchist writers and activists Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman were greeted like heroes by the new Bolshevik government in Russia. Berkman described it as “the most sublime day of my life.” And yet he would flee the country after only two years. Belarus-born Ida Mett, who went through a similar experience at the time, also wrote a harrowing account of the Red Army’s brutal massacre at the Kronstadt Uprising before she too went into exile. How did each of these figures become so deeply disillusioned with Russia so quickly? And why, within a few years, did they all leave the country forever? 191 7 offers a unique alternative perspective on the early years of the Russian Revolution through the narrative perspective of these three eyewitnesses. Featuring an introduction by Murray Bookchin, this book emphasizes the rarely discussed anarchist hopes for a democratic October revolution, while also critiquing the increasingly authoritarian responses of Bolshevik leaders at the time. Published for the centennial of the Russian revolutions, 1917 contains four essays by Emma Goldman, Alexander Berkman, Ida Mett, and Bookchin, as well as a poem by Dan Georgakas, that analyze, assess, celebrate, and bemoan both the wild successes and the bitter failures of the revolution.

Daniel Fischlin and Martha Nandorfy examine the life and work of Eduardo Galeano.

Appendices: -- 1. Guide To Dealing With Domestic Violence -- 2. List, By Region, Of Women's Shelters In Quebec. Micheline Beaudry ; Translated By Lorne Huston And Margaret Heap. Translation Of: Les Maisons Des Femmes Battues Au Québec. Includes Bibliographical References.

This Work On The Scope Of Dissent In East Germany Integrates The Post World War Ii Uprising And The Birth Of The Oppositional Forces With The 1980s Social Change Movements. Two New Chapters In This Revised Edition Discuss Developments Since The Destruction Of The Berlin Wall.--jacket. Bruce Allen. Includes Bibliographical References.

The Crystal Spirit is a revealing look at the great writer and political thinker George Orwell, whose visionary work gave us the great anti-utopias of twentieth-century literature. A close friend and colleague during the last decade of that remarkable writer’s life, Woodcock was uniquely qualified to delve into the complex personal history of the man. Interwoven with Woodcock’s own memories, the letters Orwell wrote to him and the published and unpublished recollections of other people who knew him, all against the political and literary background of Orwell’s work, this groundbreaking intellectual biography is a general critique that brilliantly traces the evolution of an original writer in his most productive years. First published in 1966, it was awarded Canada’s highest literary prize, the Governor General’s Award for Literary Merit.

Investigates various beliefs about civilization. In three essays, Laffey explores its history and common usage. The final chapter is devoted to Sigmund Freud. "The craft of the historian is to study the past and analyze it for present and future generations. Laffey certainly does this."-- The Montral Gazette

After a decade of Stephen Harper, the arrival of Justin Trudeau as prime minister of Canada felt like a relief. But as Canadians reckon with the gulf between the dazzling promise of Trudeau?s election and the grim reality of his government, journalist Martin Lukacs makes the case that?real change? was never part of the agenda. Drawing on investigative research and first-hand reporting, Lukacs reveals that behind the latest wave of Trudeaumania was a slick status-quo political machine, backed by a cast of corporate elites and lobbyists who expected a pay-off from Liberal rule in Ottawa. He sheds light on a climate plan hatched in collaboration with Big Oil, the arming of a bloody Saudi war in Yemen, a reconciliation industry masking the ongoing theft of Indigenous lands, and the off-loading of public infrastructure to private profiteers - together these signal not a break from Harper, but a continuation of his destructive legacy. Trudeau?s much-hyped new politics, Lukacs argues, were in fact an Instagram-era spin on an old Liberal approach: playing to people?s desire for far-reaching change in order to ward off a backlash against the Canadian elite. But as the Trudeau formula unravels, Lukacs warns that right-wing scapegoating politicians are misdirecting this growing discontent with the established order. He argues that the only way to defeat the rise of an ugly right - and fulfill the hopes betrayed by Trudeau - is an unapologetically bold response to inequality, racism, and climate breakdown. In this election year and beyond, Lukacs contends that it is time for Canada?s progressive majority to abandon the idea of political saviors and renew the task of collectively winning the world we need

An analyses on the radical collectives organized in Spain. "The eyewitness reports and commentary presented in this highly important study reveal a different understanding of the nature of socialism and the means for achieving it."--Noam Chomsky

Ecology of Everyday Life examines the ecological impulse as a "desire for nature, " a desire that emerges as people within industrial capitalist contexts respond to the personal and aesthetic, rather than the physical and political implications of ecological breakdown. <p>While exploring the historical causes of this romantic "desire for nature, " Heller also offers a way to reconstruct ideas of both "nature" and "desire, " drawing from feminist, anarchist, and social ecological theory. She provides an activist response to ecological questions, arguing that the ecology movement too often links ecological problems to personal, psychological, and spiritual concerns, rather than to concerns of social justice. Yet rather than dismiss such personal and qualitative concerns, Heller links the desire for a more meaningful and integral quality of life to the activist impulse itself. Questioning assumptions about "nature, " "desire, " and "the ecological agenda, " the author encourages readers to consider new ways desiring nature that entail changes not only in personal life-style and outlook, but changes in social institutions as well.</p>

Half of the world's most dangerous terrorist groups claim religion as their motivation. How can the word of God sanction acts of terror against human beings? How can violence become a sacred duty? This wide-ranging and insightful book asks one of the most important and perplexing questions of our age: Why do religious people commit violent acts in the name of their god, taking the lives of innocent victims and terrorizing entire populations? One God evaluates the political and moral theory contained within the sacred books of three great religions: that of the Jews, the Christians and the Muslims. It focuses on monotheism and its observable social consequences, particularly in pluralistic societies, and argues that the text supplies not only the ideology but also the motivation and organizational structure for the perpetrators of violent acts. By presenting excepts from the Old Testament, the New Testament and the Koran, Lorca lets the text speak for itself. With clarity and vigor, he convincingly shows how and why a faith in one God can unite people in great or terrible undertakings: to convert others to faith and to struggle for justice or to unite them for crusades and bloody persecutions. This book is not an attempt to explain religion, nor does it propose to argue for or against the existence of God(s). A sweeping social history of religion, One God shows how the great monotheisms shaped the past and created the modern world. It is a major contribution to the sociology of religion that makes a forceful argument regarding the consequences of religious beliefs.

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A survey of early medieval thought and the development of the first truly European civilization.

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Women fought against slavery and offered shelter to hunted runaways, demanded economic justice for the starving or working poor, raised their voices when rights were trampled, raised their fists when their children were murdered. Women's collective acts of resistance have played, and continue to play, a vital but often unacknowledged role in humanizing social, political, and economic policies. To death, danger, and oppression women have frequently responded in life-affirming ways, their contributions concealed in invisibility and silence for too long, without stories of resistance and opposition. But no more. This is the tale of the Raging Grannies. Their beginning and growth, the invention of their identity, the educational and bold potential of their activism, the values expressed in their actions and songs, and their impact on issues, stereotypes, media, and people. At a time when environmental destruction and war threatened, when the growing chasm between poor and rich endangered justice, a group of women stood up with courageous irreverence to denounce government lies, corporate greed and short-sightedness, and in the process, created a new cultural figure that challenged authority as well as stereotypes of women. The Grannies' distinctive approach is surprisingly popular and in sixteen years, more than fifty groups of Raging Grannies exist across Canada, in the United States, and as far away as the UK, Australia and Greece (Greek Grannies call themselves Furies). Their popularity reveals the power of creativity and humour, which allow them to claim their space on the political scene, refusing to be dismissed or ignored. The Raging Grannies both records and celebrates this vibrant activism. Bursting with adventures, this is the tale of the Raging their beginning, the invention of their identity and their impact on issues, stereotypes, media and people.

<p>A collection of essays written between the late 70s and the present day that focus attention on the neglected cultural side of society in order to chart the progress of political change. "The themes are relevant for those trying to fathom the post-Reaganite political world of the 1990s."—<i>Canadian Book Review Annual</i></p>

"In this series of related essays, Murray Bookchin balances his ecological and anarchist vision with the promising opportunities of a 'post-scarcity' era. Surpassing the constraints of Marxist political economy--which was rooted in an era of material scarcity and could not forsee the sweeping changes ahead--Bookchin argues that the tools necessary for the self-administration of a complex, industrial societyhave already been developed and have greatly altered our revolutionary landscape. Technological advances were made during the 20th century which expanded production greatly, but in the pursuit of corporate profit and at the expense of human need, workers' control and ecological sustainability. Through direct control on industry, and by incorporating an ecological and utopian vision for society, the working class can now dispell the myth that the state, hierarchical social relations and political parties (vanguards) are necessary to their struggle for freedom. Bookchin's analysis, rooted in the realities of contemporary society, remains refreshingly pragmatic."--Jacket.

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The Anarchist Collectives reveals a very different understanding of the nature of radical social change and the means of achieving it. Sam Dolgoff, editor of the best anthology of Bakunins writings, has now produced an excellent documentary history of the Anarchist collective in Spain. Although there is a vast literature on the Spanish Civil War, this is the first book in English that is devoted to the experiments in workers self-management, both urban and rural, which constituted one of the most remarkable social revolutions in modern history. - Paul Avrich The eyewitness reports and commentary presented in this highly important study reveal a different understanding of the nature of socialism and the means for achieving it. - Noam Chomsky Table of Contents Introduction, by Murray Bookchin Part Background 1. The Spanish Revolution The Two Revolutions The Trend Towards Workers Self-Management 2. The Libertarian Tradition The Rural Collectivist Tradition The Anarchist Influence The Political and Economic Organization of Society 3. Historical Notes The Prologue to Revolution The Counter-Revolution and the Destruction of the Collectives 4. The Limitations of the Revolution Part The Social Revolution 5. The Economics of Revolution Economic Structure and Coordination A Note on the Difficult Problems of Reconstruction Money and Exchange 6. Workers Self-Management in Industry 7. Urban Collectivization Collectivization in Catalonia The Collectivization of the Metal and Munitions Industry The Collectivization of the Optical Industry The Socialization of Health Services Industrial Collectivization in Alcoy Control of Industries in the North 8. The Revolution of the Land 9. The Coordination of Collectives The Peasant Federation of Levant The Aragon Federation of The First Congress 10. The Rural Collectives A Journey Through Aragon The Collectivization in Graus Libertarian Communism in Alcora The Collective in Binefar Miralcampo and Azuqueca Collectivization in Carcagente Collectivization in Magdalena de Pulpis The Collective in Mas de Las Matas 11. An Evaluation of the Anarchist Collectives The Characteristics of the Libertarian Collectives Conclusion Bibliography Index Appendix Photographs and Posters

"All women together ought to let flowers fall on the tomb of Aphra Behn, for it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds."--Virginia Woolf "A valuable introduction to this remarkable woman who was a pioneer feminist, free spirit, liberated woman and professional writer during the Restoration."-- Ottawa Citizen

Progress does not come easily to the maquiladoras. These foreign-owned assembly plants have moved southward from the border into Sonora and Chihuahua, giving rise to the concept of "desert capitalism." However, the plants have not necessarily brought about the improvements in the lives of workers that had been so hopefully expected. Sociologist Kathryn Kopinak here examines the maquiladora industry in Nogales, Sonora, and explores various questions concerning how it is changing with NAFTA and other attempts at regional integration. Focusing on the auto-parts industry, Kopinak observes that few maquiladoras have taken steps toward more sophisticated technology and innovative labor practices anticipated by the "second wave" hypothesis of modernization. She argues instead that the apparent advances have not benefitted the overwhelming majority of Mexican employees by increasing their wages or involving them in the workplace. Women workers in particular are segmented at the bottom of the job ladder. Kopinak provides information on facilities in both Nogales and the town of Imuris to offer a balanced perspective on border and inland maquiladoras. Desert Capitalism draws on interviews with workers about their daily lives in both their home and adopted communities and on interviews with Mexican and U.S. plant managers. Community surveys, newspaper advertisements, and government records are other important sources of data. It also reviews and synthesizes literature published only in Spanish and utilizes creative quantitative statistical techniques. The book thus marks a significant study of people's lives that seeks to contribute to the understanding of ongoing continental economic reorganization, and it holds important lessons for scholars of economics, anthropology, political science, history, sociology, women's studies, and regional planning.