Generation Rising on CCPA’s Summer Reading list
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has selected Generation Rising as a “staff pick” in its July/August edition of national magazine The Monitor.
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The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has selected Generation Rising as a “staff pick” in its July/August edition of national magazine The Monitor.
Generation Rising receives the praises of Canada’s national book magazine, Quill & Quire, in a review published in its July/August 2015 edition.
Four years after the Indignados movement erupted across Spain to ignite similar uprisings across Europe and inspire the Occupy Wall Street protests, prominent activists are poised to take over the mayoralties of the country’s two largest cities. These ground-level and peaceful political revolutions are arising not from the top, where the illegitimate intimacy between political and corporate actors continues to dominate the status quo, but from the rising forces of networked mass movements using the tools of the 21st century to circumvent and challenge the hegemony of establishments.
A warm thanks to everyone who came out and helped make this event such a stunning success.
The fundamental moral failure of our leaders is their refusal to accept the emergence of a generation that simply does not think like them. We are today witnessing the political cultures of two eras entering into mounting conflict, yet the political establishment refuses to cede an inch of its influence to the rising cohort. The gravity of this ethical offence should not be understated. For where the youth may not have the numerical force of a majority, we, as the inhabitants of tomorrow, do have a moral right to be heard.
Shawn sat down with Edge of the City host Paul Aflalo for a wide-ranging discussion about his new book Generation Rising, just released by Fernwood Publishing. Edge of the City is the weekly arts, culture, and society roundup by local podcast network No More Radio.
Shawn was recently on the CKUT couch for a relaxed and wide-ranging interview with radio host Tamara Filyavich. A podcast with your breakfast, perhaps?
Shawn was live in studio at Concordia University’s campus and community radio station CJLO, where he enjoyed a fun and animated chat with hosts Rebecca M and Danny Payne.
Shawn was invited onto CKUT, McGill University’s campus and community radio station, to discuss his book with Ryan Young, host of Ecolibrium. Have a listen.
Shawn speaks with Dan Delmar about the reasons for the rising youth anger in the streets and what it might mean for the months and years to come. Have a listen.
Shawn Katz is a writer and educator from Montreal, Canada. He is the author of Generation Rising: The Time of the Quebec Student Spring (Fernwood Publishing, 2015) and a contributor to The Rise of Cities (Black Rose Books, 2017)