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Culture Indigenous peoples

From smallpox to COVID-19 – epidemics and Indigenous peoples

PV April 9, 2020

Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation and the Loss of Aboriginal Life (2013) Author: James Daschuk Publisher: University of Regina Press Review by Kimball Cariou What economic system extends its reach across entire...

4 Minutes

Culture

The political and cultural legacy of the ‘Grand Orange Lodge of British America’

PV April 9, 2020

Many progressive folks living in Canada consider the historical legacy of Protestant-based community organizations to be a positive one. As examples of this progressive legacy, they often point to Tommy Douglas, the first social-democratic...

4 Minutes

Culture

Song: a weapon of the revolution

PV March 4, 2020

Normand Raymond A social explosion is shaking Chile – an unceasing wave of massive demonstrations which began October 18, demanding better living conditions and aiming to replace General Pinochet’s fascist 1980 constitution through a...

3 Minutes

Culture

Breaking down anti-Communist caricatures, book reveals a man who grasped the nature of world-wide class struggle

PV February 23, 2020

Norman Bethune in Spain: Commitment, Crisis and Conspiracy (2013) Author: David Lethbridge Publisher: Sussex Academic Press Few figures in Canadian history remain as popular as Norman Bethune. This despite a plethora of books, films...