history
Philadelphia’s MOVE and Black political culture on film at TIFF
October 26, 2020It wouldn’t be incorrect to compare much of what we learn about the history of MOVE to current struggles for social justice.
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The anti-communist history of Communist labor organizers on the waterfront
October 23, 2020Vernon L. Pedersen’s “orthodox” biases steer what would otherwise be a useful and informative study into the murky waters of anti-communism.
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When Canada became a dictatorship: 50 years after Quebec’s ‘October Crisis’
October 20, 2020When the tensions of national oppression boiled over in October 1970, for a brief period Canada effectively became a dictatorship.
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Last of Communist Liam O’Flaherty’s banned novels sees the light in Ireland
October 20, 2020O’Flaherty always wrote from the point of view of the ordinary people, fishermen, peasants, workers. His last novel was no different.
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Ohio student’s research rescues memory of lynched Black man, Christopher Davis
October 19, 2020A local coalition and a researcher committed to racial justice are putting a spotlight on a long-neglected murder in Athens, Ohio.
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