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Comment s'orienter dans une époque marquée par des bouleversements écologiques sans précédent, auxquels, manifestement, ni les États ni le capital…
ne pallieront? Comment agir politiquement à l'ère de l'inouï, quand on ne dispose d'aucun pendant historique pour appréhender les catastrophes annoncées? Comment s'engager quand l'extrême droite sème la confusion et détourne la colère des objets réels? Comment s'y prendre quand le libéralisme dissout tous nos repères dans la gouvernance technocratique? "Que faire?" Cette question obnubile la pensée politique depuis plus d'un siècle. Alain Deneault nous convie à en penser les prémisses et les incidences pour l'ancrer dans les temps présents. Hors de toute programmatique serrée, mais avec la lucidité qu'on lui connaît, il invite notamment à explorer un nouveau mode d'engagement politique, la biorégion. Alors que faire? Livrer la guerre à la médiocratie. Évoquer les enjeux qui fâchent. Penser à l'échelle collective. Mal faire les choses, faire mal. Cesser de se poser la question et sortir de la sidération de l'écoanxiété. Le moment est venu de faire que!
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Biography, Customs and cultures, Social issues, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
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The life and legacy of Serafim "Joe" Fortes, a trailblazing Black lifeguard, who became a cultural icon in a racist…
society Searching for Serafim is a layered exploration of the life of Vancouver's first lifeguard, Serafim "Joe" Fortes. A Trinidad native who arrived on the shores of Canada in 1885, Fortes was heralded as a hero in Vancouver for saving dozens of people from drowning, and his funeral drew the largest crowd ever recorded in the city's history. Since his passing, Fortes has been commemorated with a Canada Post-issued stamp and local buildings named in his honour. Yet, little has been discussed about how he navigated an openly white supremacist society as an Afro Latino man. In Searching for Serafim , author Ruby Smith Díaz seeks to unravel the complicated legacy of a local legend to learn more about who Fortes was as a person. She draws from historical documents to form an insightful critique of the role that settler colonialism and anti-Black racism played in Fortes's publicized story and reconstructs his life, from over a century later, through a contemporary Black perspective, weaving poetry and personal reflections alongside archival research. The result is a moving and thought-provoking book about displacement, identity, and dignity. Searching for Serafim conjures a new side to one of Vancouver's most beloved — and misunderstood — public figures