I was in conversation on CBC Mainstreet with Erik McDuffie, associate professor of African American Studies and History at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Alex Guye, CBC journalist, about the use and abuse of […]
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Has public protesting met its match, or do movements need to change strategies?
I was invited back on to CBC Mainstreet with Jeff Douglas to talk about movements, social change, and protest in the era of Trump 2.0 and the global right wing populist wave. Listen to the […]
beyond the echo chamber: the tactical use of social media in social movements
I’m so pleased to announce the publication of a special theme issue of South Atlantic Quarterly edited by myself and Rhon Teruelle. This issue brings together a diverse collection of social researchers looking at the […]
mutual aid and the anarchist radical imagination
The Darts & Letters podcast mini-series about the radical imagination concludes! The series is produced by Cited Media and supported by a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Max Haiven […]
The WEF is Actually Bad, But Not Like That
The Darts & Letters podcast mini-series about the radical imagination continues! The series is produced by Cited Media and supported by a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Max Haiven […]
FAWQ on Thirtywood
My SSFWQ partner-in-crime and FAWQ co-author Ajay Parasram and I were invited to talk with journalist, author, and activist Nora Loreto about writing, radical publishing, and keeping revolutionary ideas alive in dark times. Celebrating the […]
Making sense of society
I’m thrilled to announce that Making Sense of Society: Power and Possibility, my latest book, has been released by Fernwood Publishing and is now available for purchase.
Listening to convoy protesters is the best deradicalization approach, professor says
Scott Costen from The Sidebar asked me to talk with him about the “Freedom Convoy” in Canada, the Emergencies Act, Covid mandates, far right incursions, and what we can do about it all. Check out […]
the state, the virus, the far right: how can anti-authoritarians intervene?
I had the great privilege of being invited on to From Embers, a show about anarchist and anti-authoritarian politics in so-called Canada, to discuss the pandemic, ruling class responses to it, the opportunism of the […]
Do Red and Green Mix?
What’s the relationship between socialism and environmentalism in the struggle for a post-capitalist, ecologically sustainable future? Check out Michael Löwy’s original essay, the roundtable it stimulated, and my response here. Great conversations facilitated by the […]