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Books without bosses since 1977
Kingston writer and Between the Lines co-founder Jamie Swift is the author, most recently, of The Vimy Trap: Or, How We learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War (with McMaster historian Ian McKay), finalist for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.
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Why the COVID-19 recovery must be revolutionary
Edited by BTL Editorial Committee Contributions by James T. Brophy, nicole marie burton, John Clarke, Anita Girvan, Harry Glasbeek, Hugh Goldring, Dallas Hunt, Andrew Jackson, Emma Jackson, El Jones, Margaret M. Keith, Gary Kinsman, Julie S. Lalonde, Wayne Lewchuk, Robyn Maynard, Jane E. McArthur, Alexander McClelland, Karen Messing, Justin Piché, Elaine Power, Gina Starblanket, Jamie Swift, Richard Swift, Kai Cheng Thom and Alberto Toscano
The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the world to its core, but the cracks already ran deep. As the world holds its breath, revolutionary ideas have an unprecedented chance to gain ground.
Published May 2020
or, How We Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Great War
By Ian McKay and Jamie Swift
An essential antidote to “Vimyism”!
Published October 2016
Rebranding Canada in an Age of Anxiety
By Ian McKay and Jamie Swift
Explores the ominous campaign to change a nation’s definition of itself
Published May 2012
Voices From the Margins
By Brice Balmer, Mira Dineen and Jamie Swift
Gives voice to our most vulnerable neighbors-people marginalized by joblessness, disability, poverty level wages, and mental illness
Published December 2010
The Decline and Fall of Ontario’s Electric Empire
By Jamie Swift and Keith Stewart
Published October 2004
Stories From the Communications, Energy, and Paperworkers Union
By Jamie Swift
Chronicles one of the most dynamic labour unions in North America
Published November 2003
By Jacqueline M. Davies, Jamie Swift, Robert Clarke and Michael Czerny
This classic resource on social analysis introduces key issues and equips students with the tools to perform a critical analysis of the world around them.
Published April 2003
By Jamie Swift
In this concise, critical study of civil society, Jamie Swift sketches the history of the concept from its roots in the eighteenth century, to the present.
Published April 1999
Canada and the Third World
Edited by Jamie Swift and Brian Tomlinson
Published May 1991
Inco at Home and Abroad
By Jamie Swift
Inco is the World’s largest producer of nickel. This gripping account of the corporation is an essential contribution to an understanding of concentrated economic power, how it operates in Canada and the Third World, and its human consequences.
Published October 1977
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