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Highlights
- The sixties were not just "sex, drugs, and rock and roll.
- About the Author: Jim Harding is past director of the School of Human Justice at the University of Regina.
- 256 Pages
- Social Science,
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About the Book
Inspiring stories from seven Canadians who have spent sixty plus years fighting for social justice and transformative change.
Book Synopsis
The sixties were not just "sex, drugs, and rock and roll." Social movements aimed at overcoming patriarchy, colonialism, and corporate capitalism were equally part of the sixties revolution. These movements are still very much alive.
In The Long Sixties, seven veteran political activists from the sixties, all still engaged in campaigns and organizations across Canada, tell their stories of transformational activism. What could veteran activists from the sixties teach about activism? In addition to telling their stories -- how they got involved, why they stay involved, how they preserved into their twilight years -- they also critically reflect on their victories and defeats, their personal and political challenges, what they learned, and how their perspectives deepened and changed along the way.
This book provides hope, chronicling the significant gains -- in advancing peace, international human rights, Indigenous rights, women's and 2SLGBTQ+ rights, workers' rights, and environmental protection. Weathered voices open an intergenerational conversation about social solidarity and transformation to address the grave crises we face globally and nationally, including climate catastrophe, escalating warfare, extreme wealth inequality, ethno-nationalism and a heightened continental threat to Canada's sovereignty.
With inspiring contributions from
Bob Bossin, Joan Kuyek, Dimitri Roussopoulos, Lib Spry, Cathy Walker, Peter Warrian
and
Jim Harding.
About the Author
Jim Harding is past director of the School of Human Justice at the University of Regina. He served as inner-city representative on Regina City Council and as mayor of the Village of Fort San. He is the founding board chair of the Qu'Appelle Valley Centre for the Arts and a founding director of the Qu'Appelle Valley Environmental Association. Harding was involved in the formation of the Student Union for Peace Action, the early NDP and the Combined University Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. He has authored several books and has written widely in newspapers, journals, and magazines.