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IAN McKAY, Rebels, Reds, Radicals: Rethinking Canada's Left History. Toronto: Between the Lines Press, 2005, 254 p.
With a thorough knowledge of Canadian socialisms and Marxist theory, and through extremely clear writing, McKay delivers a message of dire importance: future realms of freedom are an objective possibility that must be actively pursued to be realized. I would recommend Rebels, Reds, Radicals to young readers and established scholars alike, as the imperative of social justice is all too often lost in the abandon of postmodernist speculation. From the days of the Toronto Labour Advocate to the Waffle Manifesto to the contemporary NDP party, McKay illustrates how Canada's left has transformed over rime as a result of international currents in socialism, economic depression, war, and the rise and fall of the welfare state. Innovative and theoretically sound, it is perhaps the book's politicizing implications that are most important. In one line (48), McKay writes: "Leftism cannot...
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