NEW SOCIALIST MAGAZINE Issue 52

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NEW SOCIALIST MAGAZINE Issue 52
July to August 2005

Signed articles do not necessarily reflect the views of the editors of New Socialist.

Editorial

The Liberal Party is not a Lesser Evil

Homefront

The Gomery Inquiry and the Left, by David McNally
Evaluation of the Québec student strike, by José Bazin
Grassy Narrows: Anti-Racist struggle and Solidarity work, by Dave Brophy
Canadian immigration policy and the tsunami disaster, by Jackie Esmonde
Notes on psychiatric torture, by Don Weitz

International

Haiti’s Canada-backed coup, Kevin Skerret interviews Jean Saint-Vil
Bolivia: The hopes and limitations of popular forces, by Jeffery R. Webber
Ukraine: Orange Revolution in the mirror of history, by Chris Ford

Learning from the past, looking to the future

Radicalizing then and now: Interviews with three socialists, by Neil Braganza
Workers’ democracy: storming heaven, by Carlos Torchia & Shiraz Vally
The IWW: 100 years of revolutionary folk culture, by Joseph Grim Feinberg
Infrastucture of dissent, by Alan Sears
What is Ultra-Leftism today?, by Alex Levant

Culture and Reviews

Review of Darren O’Donnell’s Your Secrets Sleep With Me, reviewed by Alison Fisher
Review of Michael Albert’s Thought Dreams, reviewed by Sebastian Lamb
Pluggin away: Urban legends and girl pirates, by Mark Connery