Dangerous Memory - by Charlie Angus (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

A bold book of rage, hope, and challenge exposing how the political decisions of the 1980s continue to haunt us today.

In Dangerous Memory, renowned politician, author, and musician Charlie Angus undertakes a major rethink of the cultural and political shifts of the 1980s, an era that unleashed an unprecedented looting of the economy, the environment, and the common good that continues to haunt us today.

Expertly weaving his story within the larger narrative of the times, Angus elucidates such key events as the Chernobyl disaster, the Digital Revolution, the AIDS epidemic, the fight against South African apartheid, the rise of neoliberalism, and the fall of the Berlin Wall.

But the 1980s was also a time of resistance, creativity, and hope. In a world that stood on the brink of global nuclear annihilation, millions of people stepped up to save the planet and fight for human rights. As an idealistic eighteen-year-old, Charlie Angus quit school to play in a punk band and work with the homeless. Planting the seeds of change, he now challenges us to take action to confront widespread injustice and systemic inequity to create a better world.

Review Quotes

"Dangerous Memory is a fierce, exhilarating corrective to nostalgia--and to despair." --Mark Abley, author of Strange Bewildering Time

"Dangerous Memory is a timely and useful cure for sociopolitical amnesia as we march into the great unknown." --Paul Myers, author of The Kids in the Hall: One Dumb Guy

"Dangerous Memory takes readers on a vivid, rollicking journey." --Stephen Maher, author of The Prince

"More than a mere history book." -- Sask Today

"A must-read for any disillusioned Canadian." --Quebec Library Association

"Just the book we need right now." --World Changing Kids

"An engaging account of the tumultuous 1980s -- a decade marked by Reaganomics, anti-nuclear protests, AIDS and the glorification of greed, among other things ... A very readable personal memoir of the author's remarkable young adult years." -- Winnipeg Free Press