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Proposing that our leaders are creating a world that offers nothing but endless war, fear and insecurity, "On the Public Agenda" reviews popularly held beliefs on religion, education, healthcare, revolution and war. Topics include the Abu Ghraib Prison scandal, making Iraq democratic by waging war, a market-driven healthcare, AIDS research the cost of higher education.John Spritzler holds a Doctor of Science degree in biostatistics from the Harvard School of Public Health, where he is engaged in AIDS clinical trials. He is the author of "The People As Enemy: The Leaders' Hidden Agenda in World War II."David Stratman, former Washington director of the National Parent/Teachers Association, is author of "We CAN Change the World: The Real Meaning of Everyday Life."

Stories of how marginalized groups and individuals battle to gain some measure of control of their lives.

Examines the threat of corporate rule to individuals, communities, and the environment. A deep gap is growing between the promises of the new global capitalism and the reality of the social breakdown, inequality, insecurity, spiritual emptiness, and environmental destruction left in its wake. What went wrong, and why? Beginning in the 1960s, social, economic, and political observers expressed concern over the role of multinational corporations. As the global economy has evolved, it is the transnational corporation that provokes apprehension. Increasingly, concentrations of economic, social and political power are being held by a few strong companies. Corporate Rule shows how devastating these effects have been to both the planet and the majority of its inhabitants. This hard-hitting title examines all aspects of corporate rule and the underlying ideology which serves corporate interests. In particular, it examines its main control mechanisms: trade agreements, the media, and the popular culture, naming corporate rule a form of tyranny no different than the tyrannies of dictators, monarchs, or the church. Though a searing indictment of an unjust international economic order, it is also a guide to the average person on how to understand and address the enormous challenges of our time. The book argues that the most promising alternative is a world of healthy market economies that function as extensions of healthy local ecosystems to meet the needs of people and communities. Millions of people are acting to reclaim their political and economic power from these elitist forces, challenging the status quo, saying 'no' to the myth that global capitalism is not only inevitable, but necessary. At this critical time in history, Model believes that if we truly want to meet our future needs, we must intentionally build a radical new post-corporate world that will sustainable community. Offers a penetrating look at neoliberal policies, how they are being shamelessly promoted by their beneficiaries in every sector of society, and their brutal consequences...but also offers an alternative vision of a society that supports the well-being of all of its members.--Neil Brooks, Osgoode Hall Law School A welcome addition to the growing volume of work critiquing neo-liberalism in its many forms. --Thomas Walkom, Toronto Star, and author of Rae Days: The Rise and Follies of the NDP An important contribution which challenges us to move beyond debate to political activism. --Basil 'Buzz' Hargrove, President, Canadian Automobile Workers Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1: 15 Minutes The need for action; Explaining inaction; Arguments for action Chapter 2: Building Democracy Fair elections; Campaign finance reform; The media and elections; Lobbying Parliamentary system Chapter 3: Neoliberal economic and social policies The debt; Slashing social programs; Interest rate policy; Friedman economics; Tax breaks Chapter 4: Impact - Poverty Measuring poverty; Poverty; Child poverty; Food banks; Homelessness; Social Housing Chapter 5: Impact - Environment Global warming; Smog; Acid rain; Deforestation; Biodiversity; Genetically modified food Chapter 6: Fair Trade Globalization; Trade agreements; Comparative advantage; Dispute settlement mechanisms; Examples of NAFTA challenges; Examples of WTO challenges; Intellectual property rights; National treatment; Impact of trade agreements; Fair trade Chapter 7: Deception Filters in the media; News Values; Lack of Investigative Reporting; Under-reported stories; Missing Stories Chapter 8: Distraction Understanding inaction; Entertainment culture; Celebrity Culture; Messages in Our Popular Culture Chapter 9: Alternative Technologies and Strategies Conservation; Solar energy; Wind energy; Biomass energy; Genuine Progress Indicator; Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Shorter working hours Chapter 10: Five-Fold Path of Activism Guide to action David Model teaches political science at Seneca College in King City, Ontario. He is the author of People Before Profits. 2002: 216 pages, resources, bibliography and index

Chronicles an anarcho-rock'n'roll cabaret band touring the hard way--in a crowded van. When the internationally acclaimed rock'n'roll cabaret band Rhythm Activism toured Europe in order to promote their newest CD, it was through a Europe in transition that they traveled--a Europe marked by political and racial tension. Being equally at home in hard core clubs, poetry festivals, soup kitchens, the netherworld of squats, or urine drenched dives and youthfully, defiant haunts where cultural resistance rules, they drew immediate followers. The Anarchist and The Devil Do Cabaret is an amazing portrayal of that tour, told with a sense of humor, a down-to-earth perception, and in the tradition of Jack Kerouac's On the Road or Henry Rollins' Get In the Van. Inspired by encounters with Europe's new multi-racial underclass-- the working poor, street people, immigrants, refugees, marginalized youth, the aged--this book is not merely an insider's look into the state of rock'n'roll, it is, as well, a commentary on the state of Europe in the late 20th century. In a wonderful reversal of tradition, every so often Nawrocki slips from his chronicles of life on the road into short fiction pieces. These stories, real and exaggerated, are filled with a cast of friends, lovers, and fellow travelers--panhandlers and anarchists, the unemployed and underemployed dreaming of better times, neo-Nazis and skinheads trapped in hateful lives, prostitutes risking everything, gypsy ghetto boys fighting racism, and even the sometimes riotous band members themselves. Here is what some critics are saying about Nawrocki's work: The Brecht/Weil combo for the 21st century. - Brave New Waves, CBC Radio Delicious...astonishing....audacious. - Le Devoir, Montreal Highly recommended for the politically astute. - Broken Pencil, Toronto A one-man tour de force. - Sunday Morning, CBC Radio A stunning mix of violin, grating guitars & humour. - New Internationalist, London Caustic wit & cunning musical talent. - HOUR, Montreal Maddeningly eclectic & exhilaratingly challenging. - Eye, Toronto Mordantly funny, wickedly smart & musically fascinating. - The Winnipeg Sun Humanist, incisive & committed. - La Presse, Montreal This book is fabulous. - CTV News, Montreal Never a doubt about the clarity of Nawrocki's voice....it kicks the heads of authoritarian society. - Montreal Mirror Should be mandatory listening for members of Congress. - Puncture, Portland One of the most refreshing souls you'll ever encounter.- The Montreal Gazette Engaging, empowering. - Exclaim!, Toronto Your Black Flag piece blew me away. - Lawrence Ferlinghetti, San Francisco Brilliant mixture of sound and words. - Magnet, Philadelphia Subversively powerful, smart, welcome stuff. - The Globe & Mail Table of contents Introduction I Holland & Belgium An Anarchist Rock'n'Roll Story On This Corner Welcome To Our Road Show Raising Hell Street Cleaners What's Ailing The Music Business I Bought the Devil... Squat The City Get A Life, Canadian Whiskey Love Night Birds Talking Showtime II FRANCE Loverboy Of St-Malo The Artist, The Vulture, The Beggar The Indie Hospitality Queen Rapture In Dijon III SWITZERLAND Snoring In Zurich Duck Soup 'Politicos' vs 'Culture Vultures' IV AUSTRIA Apple Strudel Spin Cycle I Bought the Devil... Tour Van Cranky Head The Man, The Crow, The Dachshund V GERMANY Play, Sell, Count Mother, This is the Truth The Clown, The Fiddler, The Father I Bought the Devil... The Pippy Longstockings House One Night in Berlin I Bought the Devil... Cat Woman, Dog Boy and Snake Man German Border Payback VI HUNGARY Welcome To Capitalism Hank Williams In The 'Hotel Lucky' Madame Pompomalour Sanitarium Learning To Insult Red Pepper Bureaucrat Roma Country The Hypocritic Oath The Musical Vortex VII CZECH REPUBLIC Pilsen, The Beer Town Piss It Away The Right Time Please I Bought the Devil... God's Creation: Valdimir Those Chocolates Dragon Women Warriors Cirkus Berousak Elizabetha 'God Damn Gypsies' On The Road To Dubi VIII GERMANY Tom Waits Goes Zapatista Amp On Fire Mayday Anarchist No Present, No Future On The Road To Gotthard Gnomes For Sale The Pump, The Puppet, The Piano IX ITALY, HOLLAND, FRANCE Bakunin's Birthday I Bought the Devil Beside A Child's Coffin The Masks Are Off Dancing In LeHavre X CZECH REPUBLIC Frank Zappa's Kiss Discography NORMAN NAWROCKI is a Montreal-based author, actor, musician, and activist who has toured the world since 1986 with his music, his poetry, and his solo, educational, anti-sexist, 'sex' comedy cabarets. He is the author of four books of poetry, has over 45 releases with his bands, and has produced two documentary videos. He gives workshops about 'creative resistance' and how to use theater, music and comedy for radical social change. 2002: 192 pages, photographs, illustrations

Desire, love and politics--from the masculine perspective. Leonard Cohen, who is remembered as the remarkable literary persona of the 1960s whose two novels were to sell a million copies each, and as the poet who was named the winner of the Governor General's Award (although he declined to accept the honor), is also recognized for the songs he has recorded over a period of more than twenty years from the first album, Songs of Leonard Cohen, to Famous Blue Raincoat (recorded by Jennifer Warnes). Bruce Cockburn's recording career spans twenty-eight years and twenty-three albums, the latest being the Juno Award winner (2000), Breakfast In New Orleans, Dinner In Timbuktu. His lyric writing, woven together with a thread of integrity and intelligence, is exceptional. His songs are political, mystical, religious: many the result of his travels and activism. Cockburn is also honorary chair of Friends of the Earth. These two artists, so different in style and temperament, are brought together in one work in order to compare and examine the way in which they approach the question of love and desire--in their art and in their life. Nonnekes contends that, despite widely different routes, both of these artists arrive at a similar place in their desire: the love provided by communion with the feminine other. From a psychoanalytic perspective, especially Lacan and Kristeva, as well as one informed by an encounter with the critical theory of Benjamin, Nonnekes proposes two subjects, one called I, from Cohen's work, and one called S, from Cockburn's work, and follows the journeys of each of these subjects as they yearn for love. From Cohen's 1966 novel, Beautiful Losers, through to his 1992 album, The Future, and from Cockburn's 1970 album, Bruce Cockburn, through to his 1997 album, Charity of Night, Nonnekes inquires into the fate of love for the masculine subject in a world where the dreams of desire encounter both ruin and promise. Essential reading. - Stephen Scobie, winner of the Governor General's Award A fascinating tale, constructed from lyrical voices with passions as troubling as they are transforming. - Lambert Zuidervaart, Adorno's Aesthetic Theory and the Semblance of Subjectivity Paul Nonnekes, Ph.D., teaches Cultural Studies in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Red Deer College, Alberta. 192 pages, photographs, bibliography, index