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December 15, 2019 
Building a Feminist City
As 2019 draws to a close, we are reminded of the potential of the modern global city to spark political resistance and movement-making. This year,…
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November 29, 2019
Inca Socialism: The Marxism of José Carlos Mariátegui
Mike Gonzalez, in his book In the Red Corner: The Marxism of José Carlos Mariátegui has provided a valuable resource for socialists fighting for climate…
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November 8, 2019
The Corbyn Project: Dreams and Dangers
A review of The Corbyn Project: Dreams and Dangers (John Rees: Counterfire, 2019) After months of fits and starts over Brexit in the UK, the political deadlock…
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November 3, 2019
Reclaiming the Ghosts of the Jewish Left
A review of Revolutionary Yiddishland: A History of Jewish Radicalism (Sylvia Klingberg and Alain Brossat, trans. David Fernbach: Verso Books, 2016) You would think Jewish communism…
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October 6, 2019
Review: Can I Kick it? – Idris Goodwin
Idris Goodwin is an American playwright, performer, and poet. His work profoundly explores American culture in a way that promotes diversity and equity, while touching…
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September 28, 2019
The burning case for a Green New Deal
Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate was published in 2014 in the lead up to the massive People’s Climate March. Her latest…
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September 20, 2019
‘Indigenous peoples must lead the way’
The resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) at Standing Rock was one of the most highly publicized stories of Indigenous-led resistance to the global…
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September 20, 2019
Workers and climate justice
On September 13, The Leap organized a podcast entitled “Putting climate justice on the bargaining table: the Green New Deal and Labour.” The topic obviously…
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July 28, 2019
Precarious work and the Fight for $15
How did the American Dream, where hard working Americans could attain good jobs and a pathway to middle class stability, turn into a nightmare of…
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July 26, 2019
A revolutionary response to environmental crisis
If you’re looking for an accessible summary of revolutionary theory and practice related to the climate crisis and how to overcome it, this book is…
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July 11, 2019
A book to save the world: Richard Power’s The Overstory
By Alex Kerner In early January, Brazil’s new president, Jair Bolsonaro, took office. It is not a stretch to describe Bolsanaro as a fascist, someone…
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July 11, 2019
Seasonal Associate: alienated labour and imagining alternatives
by Ryan Culpepper “We’re not leaving this book until you’ve taken action,” we are warned in Heike Geissler’s 2015 novel Seasonal Associate, which follows a…