Shawn Katz, author of Generation Rising, on The Commonwealth Conundrum: Today 4-6pm!

Today on a special edition of The Commonwealth Conundrum Show , author Shawn Katz will be in studio at 5:30pm chatting about his new book Generation Rising: The Time of the Québec Student Spring. It is the first English-language book on the Printemps érable of 2012.

"Generation Rising is the story of the most important mass mobilization in Canada’s history and one of the most powerful anti-austerity movements in the world. It is the story of six months of brutalization of youth by the police forces of the capitalist establishment, as the students went toe-to-toe against the corrupt and autocratic élite in an effort to construct a horizontal, participative and grassroots democracy. It is the story of the Internet generation deploying its mastery of social media to harness the forces of hundreds of thousands, and ultimately defeat a battle-hardened premier. At the end of it all, Québec’s first social media mobilization had laid the foundations for a brave new future, where the old world of order and authority might finally be swept aside to make way for a new, twenty-first-century democracy."  Source: www.shawnkatz.ca

Rebecca and Danny will get the behind-the-scenes scoop on the book and Shawn's take on the current anti-austerity movement. They will also preview the book launch: happening Wed, Apr 22 at The Hive Solidarity Café Co-op MEZZ- at Concordia's SGW campus at 7:30 pm- organized by the CSU and the Concordia Community Solidarity Co-op Bookstore. There will be a meet & greet with Shawn Katz, refreshments, and introduction by Anne Lagacé Dowson. 

Also today on the Commonwealth Conundrum around 4:30pm - Rebecca and Danny will chat with Secret Sun about remixes from their debut album with the likes of FOXTROTT, J.u.D., The Posterz, CRi, Technical Kidman, Toast Dawg and Dr. MaD! Secret Sun will be doing their first official concert with Most People this Saturday, April 18th at Bar Le Ritz PDB.