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

The Great Climate Robbery

How the Food System Drives Climate Change and What We Can Do About It

By GRAIN   Edited by Henk Hobbelink  

Are we starving sustainability?

Published October 2016

The Bleeding Edge

Why Technology Turns Toxic in an Unequal World

By Bob Hughes  

Can technology make a more just world possible?

Published October 2016

Bold Scientists

Dispatches from the Battle for Honest Science

By Michael Riordon  

Scientists challenging power and resisting the status quo

Published September 2014

Pain and Prejudice

What Science Can Learn about Work from the People Who Do It

By Karen Messing  

How one scientist went from looking at test tubes to listening to workers

• Science in Society General Book Award, 2014 (Shortlisted)

Published August 2014

No-Nonsense Guide to Science

By Jerome Ravetz  

This No-Nonsense Guide reveals that science is not as certain or objective as we might think.

Published March 2005