Sick of the System

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

Women and Work

Feminism, Labour, and Social Reproduction

By Susan Ferguson  

Valuable insights into the indivisible history of feminist theory and labour

Published December 2019

Captive Audience

How Corporations Invaded Our Schools

By Catherine Gidney  

A troubling history of branding the classroom

Published April 2019

Re-enchanting the World

Feminism and the Politics of the Commons

By Silvia Federici  Preface by Peter Linebaugh  

Challenging the existing capitalist organization of life and labour

Published December 2018

Art After Money, Money After Art

Creative Strategies Against Financialization

By Max Haiven  

The power of the radical imagination by any media necessary

Published September 2018

Mediocracy

The Politics of the Extreme Centre

By Alain Deneault  Translated by Catherine Browne  

The mediocre shall inherit the earth

Published May 2018

Capitalism: A Crime Story

By Harry Glasbeek  

Make capitalism equal in the eyes of the law

Published March 2018

Curing Affluenza

How to Buy Less Stuff and Save the World

By Richard Denniss  

Affluenza is that strange desire we feel to spend money we don’t have to buy things we don’t need to impress people we don’t know. So how do we cure ourselves?

Published January 2018

Pocket Piketty

By Jesper Roine  

A summary of the most talked-about economics book of the 21st century

Published September 2017

Radical Transformation

Oligarchy, Collapse, and the Crisis of Civilization

By Kevin MacKay  

Can we shift the trajectory of human evolution from collapse to sustainability?

Published June 2017