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Book Review: Thinking Through

Wed, 2007-05-02 15:58 — Scott Neigh

Thinking Through is a short volume of essays, most or all published originally in other venues over a number of years. Himani Bannerji is a Canadian academic whose politics are, as the subtitle would indicate, feminist, anti-racist, and Marxist. It is, however, a particular kind of Marxism, as much of her work develops themes from the work (and the particular reading of Marx) of Dorothy Smith...There are a number of important issues that Bannerji tackles in the book. The first major essay looks at the relationship between identity politics and class politics, and presents...

(See the full review here at A Canadian Lefty in Occupied Land.)

Book Review: Canada's Economic Apartheid

Tue, 2007-03-27 09:30 — Scott Neigh

One fairly common response to documents such as this book is the quite sensible observation that it is not reports, books, studies, and research, research, research that is going to change the world -- only organizing will do that. At the same time, this cynicism about the role of documents can easily be taken too far. Carefully crafted written words can have a tremendous impact. Saying this is not buying into...

(See the full review here at A Canadian Lefty in Occupied Land.)

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