Ian Angus
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Ian Angus is a socialist and ecosocialist activist in Canada
. Angus joined the New Democratic Party
(NDP) in 1962 and then the Young Socialists
in Ottawa
in 1964. He was active in the YS and the League for Socialist Action into the 1970s. Angus participated in the formation of the Revolutionary Workers League
(fusion of the LSA with the Revolutionary Marxist Group and Groupe Marxiste Revolutionaire in 1977.
Angus is the founder and director of Socialist History Project and the managing editor of Socialist Voice. Angus is the editor of Climate and Capitalism. He is a founding member and Coordinating Committee Member of Ecosocialist International Network and is a member of Canadian Dimension editorial collective.
Angus is an advisory editor of Socialist Resistance
, and the editor of The Global Fight for Climate Justice:Anticapitalist Responses to Global Warming and Environmental Destruction, published by Resistance Books.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Angus joined the New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...
(NDP) in 1962 and then the Young Socialists
Young Socialists
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in Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
in 1964. He was active in the YS and the League for Socialist Action into the 1970s. Angus participated in the formation of the Revolutionary Workers League
Revolutionary Workers League
Revolutionary Workers League may refer to:*Revolutionary Workers League/Ligue Ouvrière Révolutionnaire, a Canadian Trotskyist group*Revolutionary Workers League...
(fusion of the LSA with the Revolutionary Marxist Group and Groupe Marxiste Revolutionaire in 1977.
Career
Angus authored Canadian Bolsheviks: The Early Years of the Communist Party of Canada. (Vanguard Publications 1981; Second edition Trafford Publishing, 2004.)Angus is the founder and director of Socialist History Project and the managing editor of Socialist Voice. Angus is the editor of Climate and Capitalism. He is a founding member and Coordinating Committee Member of Ecosocialist International Network and is a member of Canadian Dimension editorial collective.
Angus is an advisory editor of Socialist Resistance
Socialist Resistance
Socialist Resistance is a Trotskyist and ecosocialist organisation in Britain which publishes a Marxist periodical of the same name. In July 2009 the International Socialist Group merged into it, making SR the British Section of the Fourth International.-Origins:It was launched on 8 September...
, and the editor of The Global Fight for Climate Justice:Anticapitalist Responses to Global Warming and Environmental Destruction, published by Resistance Books.