"As Occupy Wall Street and its sister movements confront the global capitalist crisis with a long-overdue renewal of debate over capitalism... Alternate Routes explores the why's and how's for contemporary societies to do better by going beyond capitalism."

- Richard D. Wolff, Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) and most recently author of "Capitalism Hits the Fan: The Global Economic Meltdown and What to Do About It."

"...scholarly yet relevant, and not afraid of moving beyond the constricted parameters of academic orthodoxy."

- Michael Parenti, author of "The Face of Imperialism", "God and His Demons" and "The Culture Struggle."

"...timely and insightful material that should be read as widely as possible."

- Janet Siltanen, Director, Institute of Political Economy, Carleton University and author (with Andrea Doucet) of "Gender Relations in Canada: Intersectionality and Beyond."

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Uniting Struggles

Uniting Struggles: Critical Social Research in Critical Times

Edited by: Carlo Fanelli and Priscillia Lefebvre

ISBN: 9781926958156 2011 $19.50 USD

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With the reverberations of the Great Recession still wreaking havoc throughout much of the world, this issue of Alternate Routes brings together articles based on their dedication to critical social research in critical times. Articles range from an examination of post-9/11 Hollywood cinema to climate-induced migration, neoliberalism and the global economic crisis, labour struggles, left political regroupment, knowledge production in social movements and re-thinking socialism. Included, as well, are short analytical pieces, editorials and interviews with noted activists and academics, and a number of contemporary book reviews.

Table of Contents

Articles

1. Anjali Pandey:

“War on Terror” via a “War of Words”:

Fear, Loathing and Name-calling in Hollywood’s

Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq . 11

2. Elaine Kelly:

A Rough Climate For Migration 59

3. Martijn Konings:

Neoliberalism & the State . 85

4. Randall Germain:

Power, the State and Global Politics After the Great Freeze:

Towards a New Articulation? . 99

5. Carlo Fanelli & Priscillia Lefebvre:

The Ottawa and Gatineau Museum Workers’ Strike:

Precarious Employment and the Public Sector Squeeze . 121

6. Richard Fidler:

Québec Solidaire: A Québécois Approach to Building

a Broad Left Party . 147

7. Aziz Choudry:

On Knowledge Production, Learning and Research in Struggle . 175

8. Jeff Noonen:

Socialism as a Life-Coherent Society . 195

Interventions

9. Michael Parenti:

Profit Pathology and Disposable Planet 217

10. Pat Armstrong:

Canadian Health Care: Privatization and Gendered Labour 223

11. Sut Jhally:

Articulation, Cultural Studies, and Education 231

12. Michael Perelman:

The Invisible Handcuffs of Capitalism:

How Market Tyranny Stifles The Economy By Stunting Workers 248

13. Noam Chomsky:

Democracy & the Public University . 225

14. Garry Potter:Imaginaries and Realities, Utopia and Dystopia 265

Book Reviews

15. Aaron Henry:

Zizek, Slavoj. “First As Tragedy, Then As Farce.” 279

16. Naomi Alisa Calnitsky:

Foster, John Bellamy, Brett Clark and Richard York.

“The Ecological Rift: Capitalism’s War on the Earth.” . 285

17. Brandon Tozzo:

Kolin, Andrew. “ State Power and Democracy:

Before and After The Presidency Of George W. Bush.” . 288

18. Ryan Boyd:

Hugill, David. “Missing Women, Missing News:

Covering Crisis in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.” 291

19. Chris Hurl:

Engler, Allan. “Economic Democracy:

The Working Class Alternative to Capitalism.” 296

20. Matthew Nelson:

Herman, S. Edward. “The Politics of Genocide.” 300

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