{"product_id":"1837-the-birth-of-canadian-democracy","title":"1837: The Birth of Canadian Democracy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis rich account of the 1837-38 rebellions in Upper and Lower Canada serves as a starting point for further investigation into the topic. The struggle, which was spearheaded by the proletariat, was legendary for its steadfastness against the Family Compact, the Anglo-Canadian ruling class, and the British monarchical system as a whole. They challenged the idea that some rule over others through natural, i.e. divine, right and demanded a system accountable to the people. Though many of their demands were bourgeois, they were undoubtedly of a more progressive nature than the Canadian state which exists today -- equality of all nations, including Indigenous nations, and rights by virtue of being human. W.L. Mackenzie, the leader of the Republic of Canada, went even further in expressing a premature yearning for socialism and communism, declaring himself a social-democrat and asserting that the only way value is added to commodities is labour. Suffering under the yoke of the feudo-bourgeois relations, the people said \"enough!\" and fought until the end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese rebellions are omitted from the textbooks and media because the bourgeoisie knows what they accomplished; the truth is that they were highly successful and the reason we have even the limited rights we have now. Heroic 1837-38 tears to shreds the notion of the \"polite and passive Canadian\", the Patriots show us the only way today -- revolution!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksWholesale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44222549557409,"sku":"9781387596621","price":26.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/87v5qp-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1713676360","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/1837-the-birth-of-canadian-democracy","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}