What's Left 2017-07-16 Volume 99
Artificial Intelligence versus the Human Mind; Bias in Canadian Media; Naomi Klein interviews Jeremy Corbyn; The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
What's Left 2017-07-09 Volume 98
G20 (G19+US) in Hamburg fails to accomplish much; Understanding Venezuela
Book review: The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
A spy novel with the pace of a thriller that takes place in Vietnam and the United States during the war : what's not to love? The 2016 Pulitzer prize winner is Viet Thanh Nguyen's debut novel and is packed with unexpected twists, superber writing and a welcome unique perspective. A sure pick for your summer reading list.
Book review: Swing Time by Zadie Smith
When Zadie Smith was promoting her fifth novel, Swing Time, in the fall of 2016, the way she talked about race, class and gender in interviews compelled me to put it on hold at the library. Her first novel to be narrated in the first person is a story about dancing, growing up in the working class communities of the East side of London, and facing the many facets of being an adult.
What's Left 2017-06-11 Volume 96
Ontario unionists and the new workplaces legislation; Jeremy Corbyn delivers historic gains for the UK Labour Party
What's Left 2017-06-04 Volume 95
Changing employment and labour laws in Ontario
Naomi Klein on Jeremy Corbyn, Bernie Sanders & Youth-Led Grassroots Progressive Insurgencies
Chelsea Manning: I leaked reports after seeing how Americans ignored wars | The Guardian
'She provided WikiLeaks with the video Collateral Murder, which showed the US army killing a dozen unarmed civilians, including two Reuters employees. Manning was arrested shortly after the video's release and was not aware of the fallout from her decision until she transferred to the Marine base in Quantico, Virginia – four days after the Afghan war logs appeared in the Guardian.'