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The article reviews the book, "Dog Days: James P. Cannon vs. Max Shachtman in the Communist League of America, 1931-1933," by Prometheus Research Library Staff.

The introduction discusses the 50th anniversary volume of Labour/Le Travail and explains the journal's ongoing efforts to cover the labour studies field.

This paper commences with a suggestion that “the British Marxists” may well be a more diverse group than has generally been recognized. It concerns itself with the formation of the first British New Left in the1950s. The content of the E.P. Thompson and John Saville edited journal, The New Reasoner is examined, with attention paid to the publication’s internationalism, its use of critical social science, the accent placed on culture, and the stress on organization. To the extent that The New Reasoner failed in its in tended aim of building and sustaining a New Left, the paper closes with some suggestions about the implications of this failure, especially as it related to E.P. Thompson’s historiographical contributions, in which the influence of The Making of the English Working Class (London 1963) loomed large.

The study of he working class and commitment to its causes is central to what this journal is about. Three men who made significant contributions to working class life over the course of the last century, but whose personal efforts, sadly and to our collective loss, came to an end in the year 2000, merit our attention. Marcel Pepin, a vibrant voice in the modern history of Quebec's union movement and former leader of the Confederation of National Trade Unions (CNTU/CSN), died 6 March 2000. ...On 15 June 2000 another advocate of Canadian workers, especially those incarcerated in homelessness and poverty, Norman N. Feltes, died. ...Jack Scott was a revolutionary of the 20th century who had hope for the 21st. He no doubt understood, however, that others would be making history in the new millennium, and his contributions had already been made. He died as the century closed, on 30 December 2000.

The article pays homage to the life and work of Jack Scott.

Expresses appreciation to the editorial team. Calls attention to the forthcoming special edition on the millennium. Introduces "Presentations," a new section of the journal devoted to discussion of labour and its various audiences. Highlights the symposium in honour of French labour historian Marianne Debouzy.

Introduces the special volume that marks the millennium, including the painting, "Labouring the Millennium," by Ellison Robertson, commissioned by Labour/Le Travail and reproduced on the cover.

The article reviews the book, "All-American Anarchist: Joseph A. Labadie and the Labor Movement," by Carlotta R. Anderson.

The article reviews the book, "Young Sidney Hook: Marxist and Pragmatist," by Christopher Phelps.

The article briefly reviews "Socialist Realist Painting," by Matthew Cullerne Bown, "The Cold War and the University: Toward an Intellectual History of the Postwar Years," edited by André Schiffrin, "On History," by Eric Hobsbawm, "Writing on the Line: 20th Century Working Class Women Writers," by Sarah Richardson, Mcrylyn Cherry, Sammy Palfrey, and Gail Chester, "Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor," by James C. Docherty, "Protest, Power, and Change: An Encyclopedia of Nonviolent Action from ACT-UP to Women's Suffrage," edited by Roger S. Powers and William B. Vogele, "Organizing Dissent: Contemporary Social Movements in Theory and Practice," edited by William K. Carroll, "Communism in America: A History in Documents," edited by Albert Fried, "Artisans into Workers: Labor in Nineteenth-Century America," by Bruce Laurie, "Hollywood as Historian: American Film in Cultural Context," revised edition, edited by Peter C. Rollins, "The History of Canadian Business, 1867-1914," by R.T. Naylor, and "The Communist Manifesto," [150th anniversary edition, published by Monthly Review Press] by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.

The article reviews the book, "Forging American Communism: The Life of William Z. Foster," by Edward P. Johanningsmeier.

This speculative essay presents a preliminary statement on the paradoxical character of 19th-century class formation in the two white settler dominions of Canada and Australia. Outposts of empire, these social formations were early regarded with disdain, the one a classic mercantilist harvester of fish, fur, and wood, the other a dumping ground for convicts. By the mid-to-late 19th-century, however, Canada and Australia were the richest of colonies. Within their distinctive cultures and political economies, both supposedly dominated by staples, emerged working classes that were simultaneously combatative and accommodated. By the 1880s impressive organizational gains had been registered by labour in both countries, but the achievements of class were conditioned by particular relations of fragmentation, including those of 'race' and gender.

The article briefly reviews "Possible Worlds: Experiments in British Columbia," by AH Brown, "The Crest of the Mountain: The Rise of CUPE Local Five in Hamilton," by Ed Thomas, "Free to All: Carnegie Libraries and American Culture, 1890-1920," by Abigail A. Van Slyck, "North American Auto Unions in Crisis: Lean Production as Contested Terrain," edited by William C. Green and Ernest J. Yanaretla, "Trade Union Politics: American Unions and Economic Change 1960s-1990s," edited by Glenn Perusek and Kent Worcester, "Social Work in Practice," by Gerald A.J. de Montigny, "Engineering Labour: Technical Workers in Comparative Perspective," edited by Peter Meiksins and Chris Smith, "Miners, Unions, and Politics, 1910-1947," edited by lan Campbell, Nina Fishman and David Howell, "Gender and Class in Modern Europe," edited by Laura L. Frader and Sonya O. Rose.

The article briefly reviews "Free Books for All: The Public Library Movement in Ontario, 1850-1930," by Lome Bruce, "The Wages of Slavery: From Chattel Slavery to Wage Labour in Africa, the Caribbean and England ," edited by Michael Twaddle, "Progress Without People: New Technology, Unemployment, and the Message of Resistance," by David F. Noble, "The Workers of Nations: Industrial Relations in a Global Economy," edited by Sanford M. Jacoby, "Labour's High Noon: The Government and the Economy, 1945-1951," edited by Jim Fyrth, "Can Europe Work? Germany and the Reconstruction of Postcommunist Societies," edited by Stephen E. Hanson and Willfried Spohn, "Biographical Dictionary of European Labor Leaders," edited by Thomas Lane, "Peasant Metropolis: Social Identities in Moscow, 1929-1941," by David L. Hoffmann, "Catching the Wave: Workplace Reform in Australia," by John Mathews, and "Everyday Forms of State Formation: Revolution and Negotiation of Rule in Modern Mexico," edited by Gilbert M. Joseph and Daniel Nugent.

The article briefly reviews "Dismantling a Nation: The Transition to Corporate Rule in Canada," 2nd edition, by Stephen McBridc and John Shields, "A Nation of Immigrants: Women, Workers, and Communities in Canadian History, 1840s-1960s," edited by Franca Iacovetta, Paula Draper, and Robert Ventresca, "Rethinking Canada: The Promise of Women's History," 3rd edition, edited by Veronica Strong-Boag and Anita Clair Fellman, "Gendering the Vertical Mosaic: Feminist Perspectives on Canadian Society," by Roberta Hamilton, "Canadian Political Parties," edited by Daniel Azoulay, "Introducing Canada: An Annotated Bibliography of Canadian History in English," by Brian Gobbett and Robert Irwin, "Uncommon People: Resistance, Rebellion, and Jazz," by Eric Hobsbawm, "Steelworkers in America: The Nonunion Era," by David Brody, "Forging American Communism: The Life of William Z. Foster," 2nd edition, by Edward P. Johanningsmeier, "Labor Histories: Class, Politics, and the Working-Class Experience," edited by Eric Arnesen, Julie Greene, and Bruce Laurie, "Waterfront Workers: New Perspectives on Race and Class," edited by Calvin Winslow, "Cutting Edge: Technology, Information, Capitalism, and Social Revolution," edited by Jim Davis, Thomas Hirsch, and Michael Stack, "Capitalism and the Information Age: The Political Economy of the Global Communication Revolution," edited by Robert W. McChesney, Ellen Meiksins Wood, and John Bellamy Foster, "When We Were Good: The Folk Revival," by Robert Cantwell, "Swings and Misses: Moribund Labor Relations in Professional Baseball," by Kenneth M. Jennings, and "Ms. Mentor's Impeccable Advice for Women in Academia," by Emily Toth.

See the Notes section for brief reviews published in volmes 33/34.

The article provides a detailed appreciation of the life and work of British historian E. P. Thompson (1924-1993), a leading figure in the historians' group of the British Communist Party.

The article reviews the books, "True Government by Choice Men? Inspection, Education, and State Formation in Canada West," by Bruce Curtis, and "Colonial Leviathan: State Formation in Mid-Nineteenth Century Canada," edited by Allan Greer and Ian Radforth.

The article briefly reviews "Law, Society, and the State: Essays in Modem Legal History," edited by Louis A. Knafla and Susan W.S. Binnie, "Public Sector Bargaining in Canada: Beginning of the End or End of the Beginning!," edited by Gene Swimmer and Mark Thompson, "Ships and Memories: Merchant Seafarers in Canada's Age of Steam ," by Eric Sager, "Canadian Women's Issues," 2 volumes. Volume I — "Strong Voices," by Roach Pierson, Marjorie Griffin Cohen, Paula Bourne, and Philinda Masters; Volume II — "Bold Visions," by Ruth Roach Pierson and Marjorie Griffin Cohen, "Strategies for the Year 2000: A Woman's Handbook," by Deborah Stienstra and Barbara Roberts, and Jean Barman, "Children, Teachers and Schools in the History of British Columbia," edited by Neil Sutherland and J. Donald Wilson, "Four Quarters of the Night: The Life Journey of an Emigrant Sikh," by Tara Singh Bains and Hugh Johnston, "Under the Northern Lights: My Memories of Life in the Finnish Community of Northern Ontario," by Edward W. Laine, edited by Nelma Sillanpaa, "Sojourners and Settlers: The Macedonian Community in Toronto to 1940," by Lillian Petroff, "The Dynamics of Industrial Competition: A North American Perspective," by John R. Baldwin, "Regional Integration and Industrial Relations in North America," edited by Maria Lorena Cook and Harry C. Katz, "From Chattel Slaves to Wage Slaves: The Dynamics of Labour Bargaining in the Americas," edited by Mary Turner, "Conflicting Paths: Growing Up in America," by Harvey J. Graff, "Industrializing America: The Nineteenth Century," by Walter Licht, "Anarchist Voices: An Oral History of Anarchism in America," by Paul Avrich, "The Populist Persuasion: An American History," by Michael Kazin, "American Labor in the Era of World War II," edited by Sally M. Miller and Daniel A. Cornford, "Aspects of Political Censorship, 1914-1918," by Tania Rose, "The Imagined Slum: Newspaper Representation in Three Cities, 1870-1914," by Alan Mayne, "Gender and the Politics of Social Reform in France, 1870-1914," edited by Elinor A. Accampo, Rachel G. Fuchs, and Mary Lynn Stewart, "A New International History of the Spanish Civil War," by Michael Alpert, "The Wartime System of Labor Service in Hungary: Varieties of Experience," edited by Randolph L. Braham, "Trade Union Growth and Decline: An International Study," by Walter Galenson, "Workplace Industrial Relations and the Global Challenge," edited by Jacques Bélanger, P.K. Edwards, and Larry Haiven, "Industrialization and Labor Relations: Contemporary Research in Seven Countries," edited by Stephen Frenkel and Jeffrey Harood, "Contemporary Collective Bargaining in the Private Sector," edited by Paula B. Voos, "Women in the Latin American Development Process," edited by Christine E. Bose and Edna Acosta Belen, and "Imagining Home: Class, Culture and Nationalism in the African Diaspora," by Sidney Lemelle and Robin D.G. Kelley,

The article reviews the book, "Belated Feudalism: Labor, the Law, and Liberal Development in the United States," by Karen Orren.