Arbeiter Ring Publishing http://arbeiterring.com News and updates from Arbeiter Ring Publishing en info@arbeiterring.com Copyright 2010 2010-03-09T15:38:29+00:00 Scott Horton Interviews Gabriel Kolko http://arbeiterring.com/news/entry/scott-horton-interviews-gabriel-kolko/ arp_news_205 Gabriel Kolko, author of the article “Israel: A Stalemated Action of History” at Counterpunch.org, discusses post WWII immigration restrictions that encouraged many European Jews to settle in Israel, the limited tolerance of Israeli citizens toward unrelenting state militarism, how Jews are more culturally defined by nationality than religion and the end of the U.S.-dominated unipolar world.

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]]> Audio 2010-03-09T15:38:29+00:00 Love the Questions Round Table http://arbeiterring.com/news/entry/love-the-q/ arp_news_204 Ian Angus’s latest book, Love the Questions: University Education and Enlightenment, is a provocative look at the central questions facing university education today. Drawing on decades of experience in the scholarly trenches, Ian Angus considers the future of academic freedom in an increasingly corporate university setting, the role of technology, interdisciplinary study, and the possibilities for critical enlightenment and solidarity.

Join us for a panel discussion of Angus’s book, with Darin Barney (Canada Research Chair in Technology & Citizenship and Associate Professor of Communication Studies at McGill University), Adrienne Burk (aculty member in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at SFU), and Claire Polster (Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Studies at the University of Regina).

Friday, March 19
SFU Harbour Centre, Room 7000
515 West Hastings St., Vancouver
7:00 pm until 10:30 pm

For more information see http://www.sfu.ca/humanities-institute/events.htm.

]]> News 2010-03-08T02:58:25+00:00 Ottawa Launch of Revolutionary Traveller http://arbeiterring.com/news/entry/ottawa-launch-of-revolutionary-traveller/ arp_news_202 See our events page for information on the Ottawa launch of Revolutionary Traveller.

]]> News 2010-03-02T17:23:49+00:00 New review of In and Out of the Working Class in Labor Notes http://arbeiterring.com/news/entry/new-review-of-in-and-out-of-the-working-class-in-labor-notes/ arp_news_198 Joshua DeVries reviews In and Out of the Working Class in Labor Notes.

]]> News, Review 2010-01-21T19:32:32+00:00 Michael Yates On Labor, the Economy, Growing up Working Class, and Surviving the Motels of America http://arbeiterring.com/news/entry/michael-yates-on-labor-the-economy-growing-up-working-class-and-surviving-t/ arp_news_196 Steve Early reviews four titles by Michael Yates, including In and Out of the Working Class on State of Nature.

]]> News, Review 2010-01-21T16:34:51+00:00 Elly Leary Reviews In and Out of the Working Class http://arbeiterring.com/news/entry/elly-leary-reviews-in-and-out-of-the-working-class/ arp_news_191 Elly Leary reviews Michael D. Yates’ In and Out of the Working Class in the January 2010 issue of Monthly Review. “Okay. Let’s get the disclaimers out of the way right now. I am a longtime fan of Mike Yates. A big fan. I have used his materials with community and labor activists, made some contributions to a few of his works, and answered his call to write for Monthly Review on other occasions. So it will come as no surprise that In and Out of the Working Class did not disappoint. This personal reflection and journey through the world of Mike Yates from the early 1950s to the present has made me an even bigger fan.” Learn more here.

]]> Review 2010-01-12T16:34:46+00:00 Ian Hussey reviews Let Them Eat Junk http://arbeiterring.com/news/entry/ian-hussey-reviews-let-them-eat-junk/ arp_news_190 Read Ian Hussey’s review of Robert Albritton’s Let Them Eat Junk in Socialist Studies: the Journal of the Society for Socialist Studies. “His brilliance is not just in his understanding of Marx’s magnum
opus, but his ability to communicate an analysis of the global agriculture/food system in such a way that it is not unreasonable to think it of interest to engaged senior high school readers, but it is also substantive enough to work well in third and fourth year university and college classrooms of political science, sociology, labour studies, and environmental studies.” Read the full review.

]]> Review 2010-01-12T16:21:50+00:00 NFB documentary on Kaie Kellough http://arbeiterring.com/news/entry/nfb-documentary-on-kaie-kullogh/ arp_news_171 Watch this short documentary featuring Kaie Kellough, author of the upcoming ARP title Maple Leaf Rag. Titled “Ebonflow”, this video by Aisha Thomton, Eli Levinson and Noah Leon, offers a glimpse into the African Canadian experience through Kaie’s spoken word verse.

]]> Video 2009-11-04T20:57:32+00:00 Jan Guenther Braun interview http://arbeiterring.com/news/entry/jan-guenther-braun-interview/ arp_news_170 The Artist Next Door, in their focus on Winnipeg’s Wolseley district, recently interviewed Jan Guenther Bruan about growing up in Saskatchewan, her writing, performance, and being an organic grocer.

]]> Video 2009-11-01T20:30:14+00:00 Swans reviews In and Out of the Working Class http://arbeiterring.com/news/entry/swans-reviews-in-and-out-of-the-working-class/ arp_news_153 Online journal Swans has posted a review by Louis Proyect of In and Out of the Working Class. “Yates’s writing has a powerful dramatic quality since it’s driven by tensions between the two worlds that he has inhabited and arguably never reconciled. Despite his decades-long career in academia, one of society’s most prestigious fields, he still felt like a worker most of the time, even with a bit of an inferiority complex as if he were not really qualified to exist in such rarefied circles.” Read the full review.

]]> Review 2009-10-19T14:55:01+00:00 Michael D. Yates interviewed on WBAI’s “Behind the News” http://arbeiterring.com/news/entry/michael-d.-yates-interviewed-on-wbais-behind-the-news/ arp_news_154 On September 10th, In and Out of the Working Class author Michael D. Yates was interviewed by Doug Henwood on his show “Behind the News”, which airs on Pacifica’s NYC affiliate WBAI. (The segment begins at 35:00).

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]]> Audio 2009-09-14T14:58:01+00:00 New review of In and Out of the Working Class from In These Times http://arbeiterring.com/news/entry/new-review-of-in-and-out-of-the-working-class-from-in-these-times/ arp_news_152 Stalwart progressive journal In These Times has published a great review of Michael D. Yates’ In and Out of the Working Class, remarking that “Yates moves up and out, but not away, from the consciousness of people who labor for a living.” Read the full review here.

]]> Review 2009-09-07T14:49:11+00:00 How Music and Art Can Change the World http://arbeiterring.com/news/entry/how-music-and-art-can-change-the-world/ arp_news_155 David Lester and Jean Smith of Mecca Normal have launched a website for their lecture/art exhibit and performance event called How Art & Music Can Change The World. David is the author of The Gruesome Acts of Capitalism, published by ARP. Visit the website.

]]> News 2009-08-18T15:01:21+00:00 New article by Michael D. Yates on CounterPunch http://arbeiterring.com/news/entry/new-article-by-michael-d.-yates-on-counterpunch/ arp_news_110 Michael D. Yates, author of In and Out of the Working Class, has published a new article entitled “Work Is Hell” on CounterPunch.org.

]]> News 2009-05-22T19:20:42+00:00 The Red Indians review in Canadian Literature http://arbeiterring.com/news/entry/the-red-indians-review-in-canadian-literature/ arp_news_109 Read a review of The Red Indians by Peter Kulchyski in the Spring 2009 issue of Canadian Literature.

]]> Review 2009-05-21T19:14:25+00:00 Michael D. Yates on Against the Grain http://arbeiterring.com/news/entry/michael-d.-yates-on-against-the-grain/ arp_news_111 Hear Michael D. Yates discuss his new book In and Out of the Working Class on Against the Grain on KPFA 94.1 in Berkley, California. Listen to the interview below.

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]]> Audio 2009-05-04T19:29:18+00:00 Robert Albritton on Alert! Radio http://arbeiterring.com/news/entry/robert-albritton-on-alert-radio/ arp_news_112 Let Them Eat Junk author Robert Albritton was interviewed on the latest episode of Canadian Dimension’s Alert! Radio. Stream or download the episode here. (Segment begins at 45:15.)

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]]> Audio 2009-05-01T19:31:33+00:00 Jan Guenther Braun reading at Aqua Books http://arbeiterring.com/news/entry/jan-guenther-braun-reading-at-aqua-books/ arp_news_113 Listen to author Jan Guenther Braun, author of Somewhere Else, reading at Aqua Books as part of the lead up to the Manitoba Book Awards. The audio file can be heard on the Aqua Books website under the Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book (dated April 8th 2009).

]]> Audio 2009-04-13T19:34:57+00:00 Jan Guenther Braun interviewed on Movement Radio http://arbeiterring.com/news/entry/jan-guenther-braun-interviewed-on-movement-radio/ arp_news_115 You can listen to an interview with Jan Guenther Braun on the Student Christian Movement of Canada’s Movement Radio, episode 4.

]]> Audio 2009-04-10T19:39:17+00:00 David McNally discusses the economic crisis on Against the Grain http://arbeiterring.com/news/entry/david-mcnally-discusses-the-economic-crisis-on-against-the-grain/ arp_news_118 Listen to an interview with David McNally, author of Another World is Possible, about the global economic crisis on the January 14th episode of Against the Grain on KPFA 94.1 in Berkley, California.

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