Ian Angus (activist)

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Ian Angus (born 1945) is a Canadian ecosocialist activist, blues music radio host, and telecommunications analyst.

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Angus is editor of the journal Climate & Capitalism, [1] a frequent contributor to Monthly Review , [2] and a founding executive member of the Global Ecosocialist Network. [3]

From 1994 to 2007, he hosted blues music programs on CKLN-FM and CIUT-FM in Toronto. From 1997 to 2007 he was chair of the Nominating Panel for the Maple Blues Awards, [4] Canada’s national blues awards program.

From 1980 until 2007, he was president of Angus TeleManagement Group, [5] a consulting and education company specializing in telecommunications. He and his partner Lis Angus co-edited the monthly journal Telemanagement and the weekly newsletter Telecom Update. In 2005 they were inducted into Canada's Telecommunications Hall of Fame in the Advocates and Academics category.

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References

  1. "Climate & Capitalism | An ecosocialist journal edited by Ian Angus". Climate & Capitalism. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  2. "Monthly Review | Ian Angus". Monthly Review. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  3. "Global Ecosocialist Network". Global Ecosocialist Network. 2019-12-18. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  4. "Maple Blues Awards". www.mapleblues.ca. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  5. "Organisation profile: Angus TeleManagement Group, Inc". www.elsnet.org. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  6. Angus, Ian (14 June 2017). "Monthly Review | A Redder Shade of Green: Intersections of Science and Socialism". Monthly Review. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  7. Angus, Ian (31 May 2016). "Monthly Review | Facing the Anthropocene: Fossil Capitalism and the Crisis of the Earth System". Monthly Review. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  8. Hartmann, Betsy; Kovel, Joel. "Too Many People?". haymarketbooks.org. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  9. "New book: The Global Fight for Climate Justice". Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
  10. Angus, Ian (2004). Canadian Bolsheviks: The Early Years of the Communist Party of Canada. Trafford. ISBN   1412038081.