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{"id":7285428486203,"title":"Dangerous Memory","handle":"dangerous-memory","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA bold book of rage, hope, and challenge exposing how the political decisions of the 1980s continue to haunt us today.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eDangerous Memory\u003c\/em\u003e, renowned politician, author, and musician Charlie Angus undertakes a major rethink of the cultural and political shifts of the 1980s, an era that unleashed an unprecedented looting of the economy, the environment, and the common good that continues to haunt us today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExpertly weaving his story within the larger narrative of the times, Angus elucidates such key events as the Chernobyl disaster, the Digital Revolution, the AIDS epidemic, the fight against South African apartheid, the rise of neoliberalism, and the fall of the Berlin Wall. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut the 1980s was also a time of resistance, creativity, and hope. In a world that stood on the brink of global nuclear annihilation, millions of people stepped up to save the planet and fight for human rights. As an idealistic eighteen-year-old, Charlie Angus quit school to play in a punk band and work with the homeless. Planting the seeds of change, he now challenges us to take action to confront widespread injustice and systemic inequity to create a better world.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-06-12T16:17:54-04:00","created_at":"2024-06-12T16:07:09-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Environmentalism","Adult New Releases","Adult Nonfiction","By (author) Angus Charlie","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2024-10-29","Technology \u0026 Politics"],"price":1999,"price_min":1999,"price_max":2699,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41741849526331,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487012885","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Dangerous Memory - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":2699,"weight":366,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487012885","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":41741849755707,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487012892","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Dangerous Memory - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1999,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487012892","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_0fb82ea4-2d7a-4c38-984e-f03266ad5eb0.jpg?v=1731763028"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_0fb82ea4-2d7a-4c38-984e-f03266ad5eb0.jpg?v=1731763028","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24918162210875,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_0fb82ea4-2d7a-4c38-984e-f03266ad5eb0.jpg?v=1731763028"},"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_0fb82ea4-2d7a-4c38-984e-f03266ad5eb0.jpg?v=1731763028","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA bold book of rage, hope, and challenge exposing how the political decisions of the 1980s continue to haunt us today.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eDangerous Memory\u003c\/em\u003e, renowned politician, author, and musician Charlie Angus undertakes a major rethink of the cultural and political shifts of the 1980s, an era that unleashed an unprecedented looting of the economy, the environment, and the common good that continues to haunt us today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExpertly weaving his story within the larger narrative of the times, Angus elucidates such key events as the Chernobyl disaster, the Digital Revolution, the AIDS epidemic, the fight against South African apartheid, the rise of neoliberalism, and the fall of the Berlin Wall. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut the 1980s was also a time of resistance, creativity, and hope. In a world that stood on the brink of global nuclear annihilation, millions of people stepped up to save the planet and fight for human rights. As an idealistic eighteen-year-old, Charlie Angus quit school to play in a punk band and work with the homeless. Planting the seeds of change, he now challenges us to take action to confront widespread injustice and systemic inequity to create a better world.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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He is also the author of \u003cem\u003eChildren of the Broken Treaty\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Dangerous memory” is a theological term that applies to the hidden histories of the oppressed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBy tracing today’s economic, environmental, and social problems to their roots in the 1980s, this book asks the question: What responsibility does an individual have when confronting injustice? The hopeful answer is a challenge to engage in cultural and political action and resistance.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs a Juno-nominated national artist, Charlie Angus uses music and the arts to provide a compelling backdrop of the underground trends that challenged and drove the creativity of a tumultuous era. The book references 120 artists, from obscure punk acts to some of the major creators of the time.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharlie Angus intends to create a ten-to-fifteen-part podcast called Dangerous Memory as a companion series for the book.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Long_description_1":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eCharlie Angus has been an NDP MP for twenty years; he’s known for fighting for social justice and human rights with a special interest in Indigenous issues.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eCobalt\u003c\/em\u003e, his previous book with Anansi, was a finalist for the Trillium Book Award. 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A bold book of rage, hope, and challenge exposing how the political decisions of the 1980s continue to haunt us today.
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Innie Shadows
A taut and unsparing novel about a community plagued by violence, drugs, corruption, and prejudice—but where love and justice prevail.
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Who Will Bury You?
Intimate stories about Zimbabweans in moments of transition that force them to decide who they really are and choose the people they call their own.
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What I Mean to Say
The 2024 Massey Lectures will be delivered by Scotiabank Giller Prize–winning author Ian Williams.
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A timely tale of ownership and loss, loneliness and connection, and a meditation on all the stuff in our lives.
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Great Silent Ballad
Beloved lyric poet A.F. Moritz’s twenty-second volume asserts poetry's spirit, equal and antidotal to the suicidal nature of present-day civilization.
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Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories
Searing stories that critique the gender pressures and injustices rife in modern Korea from the author of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
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I Never Said That I Was Brave
A taut tale of female friendship and betrayal.
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The Jesuit Disruptor
A fresh look at a complex pope with a simple agenda: radically reforming the Catholic Church.
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Hair for Men
The second novel by Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist Michelle Winters teems with hot towel shaves and the steady thrum of female rage.
