Canada:
rabble.ca
dominionpaper.ca
canadiandimension.com
briarpatchmagazine.com
mediacoop.ca
CCPA Monitor
Rest of the World:
Zmag.org
counterpunch.org
dissidentvoice.org
electronicintifada.net
upsidedownworld.org
venezuelaanalysis.com
New Book Tour
Seeking Help
Planning for a fall tour promoting the new book Left, Right — Marching to the Beat of Imperial Canada is underway. People interested in helping to set up an event or who know of groups that might sponsor an event please get in touch at yvesengler (at) hotmail.com
About the book
Left, Right — Marching to the Beat of Imperial Canada will make some on the ‘left’ mad! It details the left’s failures over many decades to confront Canada’s support of empire and promotion of corporate interests abroad: the social democratic NDP has backed unjust wars; Canadian unions supported the creation of NATO, Korean War, assassination of Patrice Lumumba, Bay of Pigs invasion and coup in Haiti; left commentators concede too much to the dominant ideology, whether it’s Stephen Lewis praising Canada’s role in Africa, Linda McQuaig turning Lester Pearson into an anti-US peacenik or many others mindlessly demanding more so-called peacekeeping.Why? Left nationalist ideology, both Canadian and Quebecois, has warped foreign policy discussion; viewing their country as a semi-colony struggling for independence has blinded progressives to our long history of supporting imperialism. But the book is not just critical — it also offers solutions to help create a just foreign policy.
