Karl Marx’s writings on enslavement & labour have fallen out of favour among historians, but David McNally injects new life into them with a systematic Marxist account of the capitalist character of Atlantic slavery, using colonial travel literature, planter records & diaries, and slave narratives.

In Breaking Free of Neoliberalism, Alex Himelfarb traces how these ideas became entrenched in Canadian governance & explores how we can chart a new course, calling for a renewed understanding of the public good & the crucial role government must play in shaping a just and sustainable future.

For 40 years, neoliberalism has dominated political thinking in Canada. But as inequality grows, the climate emergency worsens, & global power shifts, it’s clear that privatization, public service cuts, tax breaks for big business, & corporate deregulation have failed to meet today’s challenges.