Rebels, Reds, Radicals
Author | : Ian McKay |
Publisher | : Between The Lines |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Canada |
ISBN | : 1896357970 |
An engaging introduction to the vibrant history of the political left in Canada
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Author | : Ian McKay |
Publisher | : Between The Lines |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Canada |
ISBN | : 1896357970 |
An engaging introduction to the vibrant history of the political left in Canada
Author | : Anthony J. Papalas |
Publisher | : Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers |
Total Pages | : 367 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Ikaria (Greece : Municipality) |
ISBN | : 0865166064 |
Icaria, a long, craggy and destitute isle in the Aegean Sea is visible from Turkey. The toil and travail of its people symbolizes the journey all Greek People made to achieve a modern society. But unlike other Greeks the Icarians often chose a dead end path. Never in agreement with those around them, the story of the Icariaians shows the best and the worst of Greek society. The Icarians were loyal subjects of the Ottoman Empire who, because of poverty and lack of resources, were not expected to pay heavy taxes while most Ottoman Greeks were dissatisfied with Turkish rule and dreamed of independence. But just before World War I, when the Greek government did not want to annex the island because of international complications, the Icarians expelled the Turks and demanded inclusion in the Greek State. At that time the bulk of the young men were escaping the grinding poverty of the island by immigrating to the United States. Although the majority of these men stayed in America and brought wives from the island to the New World, they maintained local ties. Their influence, both positive and negative, affected many qualities of Icarian life. The Icarians did not find their expectations fulfilled as part of Greece and remained disenchanted with their conditions through the twenties and thirties of the 20th century. The forties brought first, the Italians, then the Germans, and finally the British. After the turmoil, many Icarians supported radical political solutions to their problems, sympathizing with a native a guerrilla movement and rejecting efforts to improve their island, seeing only the great Capitalistic conspiracy at work. In the last decades of the 20th century the Icarians finally entered the modern but at a too rapid rate leaving the people unable to cope with some aspects of modernity. Anthony J. Papalas has assembled a true "peoples" history by bringing together unusual documents such as dowry agreements and Ottoman court records, memoirs, and accounts of Icaria by people who were involved in the events he describes, all interwoven with informative and perceptive descriptions from forty years of interviews with Icarians from all areas and conditions. Here is a history on the social level, not grand politics or great battles, but rather the everyday existence and immediate choices which, once made, shape succeeding events.
Author | : Naomi Shepherd |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Jewish radicals |
ISBN | : 9780674704114 |
Why, in the late nineteenth century, did Jewish women suddenly march en masse into the pages of radical history? A Price Below Rubies explores this question and introduces us to these women--particularly, Anna Kuliscioff, Rosa Luxemburg, Esther Frumkin, Manya Shochat, Bertha Pappenheim, Rose Pesotta, and Emma Goldman. Naomi Shepherd's collective biography of these seven women and others tells the story of a revolution that began at home, in communities whose limits stirred women to rebel.
Author | : Perle Besserman |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0861716914 |
"The Guys in this Book are my Heroes, and Perle Besserman and Manfred Steger have done a tremendous job of bringing their stories to life. It's important to put a spotlight on the radical, rebellious characters who have shaped the Zen Buddhist lineage. I really like this book."---Brad Warner, Author of Hardcore Zen --
Author | : Michele Bollinger |
Publisher | : Haymarket Books |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2012-11-06 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1608461564 |
101 profiles of social justice leaders that changed the world, made accessible for students in grades 5-9.
Author | : Leslie Fishbein |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Rebels in Bohemia: The Radicals of The Masses, 1911-1917
Author | : Saul Alinsky |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2010-06-30 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0307756890 |
“This country's leading hell-raiser" (The Nation) shares his impassioned counsel to young radicals on how to effect constructive social change and know “the difference between being a realistic radical and being a rhetorical one.” First published in 1971 and written in the midst of radical political developments whose direction Alinsky was one of the first to question, this volume exhibits his style at its best. Like Thomas Paine before him, Alinsky was able to combine, both in his person and his writing, the intensity of political engagement with an absolute insistence on rational political discourse and adherence to the American democratic tradition.
Author | : Ray Raphael |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 466 |
Release | : 2012-04-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0307455998 |
In twenty-two original essays, leading historians reveal the radical impulses at the founding of the American Republic. Here is a fresh, new reading of the American Revolution that gives voice and recognition to a generation of radical thinkers and doers whose revolutionary ideals outstripped those of the “Founding Fathers.” While the Founding Fathers advocated a break from Britain and espoused ideals of republican government, none proposed significant changes to the fabric of colonial society. Yet during this “revolutionary” period some people did believe that “liberty” meant “liberty for all” and that “equality” should be applied to political, economic, and religious spheres. Here are the stories of individuals and groups who exemplified the radical ideals of the American Revolution more in keeping with our own values today. This volume helps us to understand the social conflicts unleashed by the struggle for independence, the Revolution’s achievements, and the unfinished agenda it left to future generations to confront.
Author | : Julia L. Mickenberg |
Publisher | : NYU Press |
Total Pages | : 309 |
Release | : 2008-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0814757200 |
A rarely discussed aspect of children's literature--the politics behind a book's creation--has been thoroughly explored in this intelligent, enlightening, and fascinating account.
Author | : A. Ross McCormack |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1991-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780802076823 |
The opening of the twentieth century saw a fervour of radical political movements in Western Canada. Ross McCormack explores the constituencies, ideologies, and development of early reformist, syndicalist, and socialist organizations from the 1880s up to the Winnipeg General Strike in 1919. He distinguishes three types of radicals - reformers, rebels, and revolutionaries - who competed with each other to fashion a gneral western constituency. The reformers wanted to change society for the betterment of the workers, but both their aims and methods were moderate, essentially transfering the philosophy and tactics of the British labour movement to the Canadian west. The rebels, militant industrial unionists, periodically battled the Trades and Labour Congress in order to establish unions strong enough to defet the employers and, if necessary, the state. The revolutionary Marxists were committed to the destruction of industrial capitalism and the establishment of a society controlled by the workers. The book describes the origins of radicalism, traces the histories of the various organizations that expressed its ideals, and discusses the impact of the First World War on the labour movement. Using previously unexplored sources, McCormack has produced the first comprehensive examination of the early history of the radical movement in western Canada, adding an important dimension to our knowledge and understanding of Canadian labour history.