This book explores the knowledge arising from activist praxis and its significance for reimagining radical and democratic politics. It is based on five years of direct involvement in the Toronto-based Metro Network for Social Justice and their work in coalition building, campaign-organizing and ’economic and political literacy’ work in the aftermath of the signing of the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement.
Janet M. Conway teaches feminism and social movements in the politics department at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. She is a long-time activist, active in women's, anti-poverty and economic justice organizations. She was a founder of the Metro Network for Social Justice, which is the subject of this book. Conway is the author ofIdentity, Place, Knowledge: Social Movements ContestingGlobalization, Fernwood (2004).