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Call for Papers – 2023 Annual Conference – Re-Imagining the Left

February 1, 2023
Call for Papers – 2023 Annual Conference – Re-Imagining the Left

The Society for Socialist Studies 2023 Annual Conference May 27-30, 2023 York University, Toronto, Canada “Re-Imagining the Left” Please complete this form to submit a paper proposal before February 28, 2023. Any questions can be directed to 2023sssconference@gmail.com. Following a successful call for sessions, the Society for Socialist Studies is pleased to circulate this open […]

Todorova – Socialist/Postsocialist Studies and the Global Left

December 23, 2022
Todorova – Socialist/Postsocialist Studies and the Global Left

By Miglena S. Todorova Abstract This commentary addresses the marginal presence of authors, subjects, and issues focused on former socialist countries in Eastern and Central Europe, the Balkans and the former Soviet Union in “socialist studies” produced in Western English-language based academic journals, as well as the so-called “global political Left” these publications support. The […]

Holden – Frank Cunningham’s Pragmatic Perspective

December 18, 2022
Holden – Frank Cunningham’s Pragmatic Perspective

By Meg Holden Introduction Frank Cunningham’s new collection of essays, Ideas in Context, offers insights and anecdotes from a life of Canadian ideas that is lively and compelling, despite the author’s winningly sincere but unjustified emphasis on the modesty of his contributions. While Frank himself does not claim to be a pragmatist in his political […]

Eskelinen and Lakkala – Finntopia: Illusions and Incoherences

December 15, 2022
Eskelinen and Lakkala – Finntopia: Illusions and Incoherences

By Teppo Eskelinen and Keijo Lakkala Introduction The article discusses the recent treatment of Finland by the US Left, criticises this from a Finnish point of view, and engages in a discussion on treating existing countries in utopian terms and the need to analyse countries as evolving through power struggle rather than “models”.

Himani Bannerji – A Tribute to Dorothy E. Smith

December 9, 2022
Himani Bannerji – A Tribute to Dorothy E. Smith

By Himani Bannerji Introduction “When I agreed to write on Dorothy (Smith) I didn’t expect it to be a difficult task. She has been with me through much of my adult life, it would be a simple matter I thought, of sitting down with the intent of writing an account. It would begin at the […]

A Tribute to Dorothy E. Smith

December 6, 2022
A Tribute to Dorothy E. Smith

By William K. Carroll, with contributions from Debbie Dergousoff Daniel Grace Liza McCoy Eric Mykhalovskiy Gary Kinsman George J. Sefa Dei Abigail B. Bakan “The notion of making change from below offers openings to voices, needs, and interests that are not represented in contemporary regimes of power. It accords with new political realities, particularly when […]

Aguiar, Marten and Noiseux – In Search of Penal Labour Citizenship

November 30, 2022
Aguiar, Marten and Noiseux – In Search of Penal Labour Citizenship

By Luis LM Aguiar, Tina Il Marten and Yanick Noiseux Abstract Do Canadian federal prison-workers have a right to unionize? This key question is investigated in a case study approach to an attempt, by prison-workers, to organize a union in a Canadian federal penitentiary in British Columbia. The authors analyze prisoner-workers penal labour citizenship position […]

Call for Nominations for the 2023 Society for Socialist Studies’ Errol Sharpe Book Prize

November 15, 2022
Call for Nominations for the 2023 Society for Socialist Studies’ Errol Sharpe Book Prize

As a tribute to the robust scholarship undertaken by its members and to recognize their publication achievements, the Society for Socialist Studies awards an annual book prize for a significant contribution to socialist research in Canada. The award is named after the founder of Fernwood Books, Errol Sharpe, a leader in left scholarship since 1991. […]

Collier – Class in Monopoly Finance Capital

November 14, 2022
Collier – Class in Monopoly Finance Capital

By Ken Collier Abstract Class relations specific to finance capital arise among people in their struggles of life, defined within the broad bounds of the economies they help to form. Eras of economic and social transition from foraging to farming and fishing, through industry and now finance capital define classes, their relations, redefinition and renewal.

The Conceptual Politics of Democracy Promotion: The Venezuela Case

November 8, 2022
The Conceptual Politics of Democracy Promotion: The Venezuela Case

By Ali El Hajj-Hassan and Peter Ferguson Abstract In 1970 Giovanni Sartori articulated what he saw as the greatest challenge to political science in an increasingly globalized world: decontextualized traveling of concepts. As a solution he proposed the use of a “conceptual ladder” to help inform the decisions scholars make regarding the concepts they wish […]

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Socialist Studies/Études socialistes is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal with a focus on describing and analysing social, economic and/or political injustice, and practices of struggle, transformation, and liberation.

"...the content spans many subjects (and) much of the content will be of special interest to a Canadian scholarly audience. Libraries serving Canadian and socialist scholars should be knowledgeable about this title."

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  • Call for Papers – 2023 Annual Conference – Re-Imagining the Left
    Call for Papers – 2023 Annual Conference – Re-Imagining the Left February 1, 2023
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    Todorova – Socialist/Postsocialist Studies and the Global Left December 23, 2022
  • Holden – Frank Cunningham’s Pragmatic Perspective
    Holden – Frank Cunningham’s Pragmatic Perspective December 18, 2022
  • Eskelinen and Lakkala – Finntopia: Illusions and Incoherences
    Eskelinen and Lakkala – Finntopia: Illusions and Incoherences December 15, 2022
  • Himani Bannerji – A Tribute to Dorothy E. Smith
    Himani Bannerji – A Tribute to Dorothy E. Smith December 9, 2022
  • A Tribute to Dorothy E. Smith
    A Tribute to Dorothy E. Smith December 6, 2022
  • Aguiar, Marten and Noiseux – In Search of Penal Labour Citizenship
    Aguiar, Marten and Noiseux – In Search of Penal Labour Citizenship November 30, 2022
  • Call for Nominations for the 2023 Society for Socialist Studies’ Errol Sharpe Book Prize
    Call for Nominations for the 2023 Society for Socialist Studies’ Errol Sharpe Book Prize November 15, 2022
  • Collier – Class in Monopoly Finance Capital
    Collier – Class in Monopoly Finance Capital November 14, 2022

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