A book launch with author Yves Engler and conversation with Alain Deneault, author of Imperialist Canada Inc. and Endowed Chair in Criminology & Criminal Justice at St. Thomas University.

Monday, November 19, 2018 at 7:00pm

Cinnamon Cafe, 469 King St., Fredericton
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The left is supposed to be opposed to colonialism and at least skeptical of nationalism. However, Left, Right shows that, for decades now, this hasn’t been the case in Canada. Yves Engler marshals damning detail on the long, surprising history of support from the New Democratic Party and labour unions for such policies and international interventions as the coup in Haiti, the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the Bay of Pigs invasion, the Korean War, and much more. The rhetoric of the mainstream left, he shows, has also tended to concede major points to the dominant war-mongering ideology, with prominent commentators such as Linda McQuaig and Stephen Lewis echoing the terminology of right-wing politicians and thinkers. More than simply diagnosing a problem, however, Left, Right offers a path forward, laying out ways to get us working for an ecologically sound, peace-promoting, and non-exploitative foreign policy.

Copies of the book will be available for purchase.

Hosted by the NB Media Co-op, No One Is Illegal Fredericton, the UNB International Development Studies Student Association and the Canada Research Chair in Global Studies and International Studies.

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