China Today & the Politics of China in Canada w/ Ralf Ruckus and Vincent WongChina's growing power in the world and the worsening rivalry between "Western" states and China make it ever-more important for leftists to understand China. This episode presents an interview with Ralf Ruckus, author of the new book The Communist Road to Capitalism: How Social Unrest and Containment Have Pushed China's (R)evolution Since 1949, about China today.Ideas about China are becoming more prominent in politics in the Canadian state. Vincent Wong, author of a recent article on China and the left in Canada in Briarpatch, looks at how China is being discussed, anti-Chinese racism, and China and the left. If you want to learn more:Ralf Ruckus, The Communist Road to Capitalism: How Social Unrest and Containment Have Pushed China's (R)evolution since 1949https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1149Vincent Wong, China, the Canadian left, and countering state capitalist apologiahttps://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/china-the-canadian-left-and-countering-state-capitalist-apologiaLausan Collective https://lausan.hk/Ralf Ruckus's site 闹清楚 [nau̯ tɕʰiŋ ʈʂʰu]https://nqch.org工潮 [gʊŋ'ʧaʊ] | gongchao.org | info + debate on chinahttps://www.gongchao.orgChuangcn.org journal and bloghttps://chuangcn.org/China Labour Bulletin https://clb.org.hk/Wu Yiching, The Cultural Revolution at the Marginshttps://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674728790Vincent Wong And Kennes Lin on Anti-Asian racism and workers struggles in Canadahttps://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/09/01/the-racist-history-of-chinese-labour-in-canada-shows-not-much-has-changed-deemed-essential-but-still-invisible.html