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Compelling Memoir of a Revolutionary Daughter

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Published on Wednesday, 15 February 2012 15:42

Review of Carmen Aguirre, Something Fierce (Vancouver: Douglas & Mcintyre, 2011)

Something Fierce recently won CBC's Canada Reads 2012 contest. It has been long-listed for the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction. It was also nominated for the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction.

By J. Kavanagh

"Nobody cared! Nobody helped! Nobody did anything!"

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Published on Monday, 13 February 2012 01:44

On February 14, demonstrations commemorating hundreds of missing Indigenous women will take place in cities across Canada. In this article, activist Audrey Huntley reflects on the shameful reality of the way in which violence against Indigenous women is normalized in our society, and describes movement-building being spearheaded by organizations and coalitions across Canada, with a focus on the Toronto-based No More Silence -- NSW

By Audrey Huntley

The Real Ron Paul

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Published on Sunday, 12 February 2012 16:31

Ron Paul is a Texas member of Congress currently running in the Republican presidential primaries.
Paul certainly won't win the Republican nomination, but he has the potential to galvanize a movement around his agenda. Why does this matter to people in Canada who support radical social change?

The NDP Leadership Race: Sleepwalking toward the Centre?

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Published on Thursday, 09 February 2012 00:41

By Murray Cooke

For the first time, the NDP is holding a leadership race that involves picking the leader of the Official Opposition and someone that can, with some credibility, claim a decent shot at becoming the next Prime Minister of Canada.

Revolutions Are Not Over: Adam Hanieh

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Published on Wednesday, 08 February 2012 21:29

By Farooq Sulehria

Saudi Arabia, along with other Gulf states, have been key protagonists in the counter-revolutionary wave unleashed against the uprisings. Indeed, 2011 has clearly demonstrated that imperialism in the region is articulated with – and largely works through – the Gulf Arab states.

‘Overall, it is important for the Left to support the ongoing struggles in the revolutions as the contradictions of the new regimes continue to sharpen,’ says Adam Hanieh.

Adam Hanieh is a Lecturer in Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. He is author of Capitalism and Class in the Gulf Arab States (Palgrave-Macmillan 2011) and a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Historical Materialism.