Denis Rancourt
By Denis G. Rancourt
December 2012
Publisher: Strairway Press
ISBN: 978-0-9859942-8-0
"Denis Rancourt has turned the entire notion of RACISM on its head and at the same time exposes racist acts committed by others to deflect that characterization from sticking at the highest levels of The Academy. North American civil rights defenders need this book at this time. Rancourt’s deeply incisive Fight Against Racism brings us back to the reality of the struggle, away from the manoeuvring for class advantage and away from the victim’s desire to create illusions of state-given justice."
—Cynthia McKinney, First African-American woman elected to represent Georgia in the US Congressional House of Representatives and former US presidential candidate (Green Party)"Denis Rancourt is on a journey. In 1810, there was one billion people in the world, today seven billion people, technologically superior but biologically the same, we continue to dehumanize and demonize other people on the road to new wars. Denis Rancourt is asking questions that our youth need to hear."
—Terrance Nelson, Co-Chair, American Indian Movement, Spokesman Okiijida Warrior Society, former five-term Chief of Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation“In a theme that pervades the book, Rancourt argues that the structure of society reflects the state of an ongoing battle between oppressive hierarchy and the individual’s impulse for freedom and influence. He says that the hierarchical system needs to disorient and incapacitate us. It uses brutal methods that exploit the dependence of our self-identities on our social status, over which the bosses exercise much control.”
—Jeff Schmidt, Author of Disciplined Minds"You don’t have to agree with Denis Rancourt’s detailed and thorough arguments in order to learn from this book. Rancourt presents us with a challenge that human rights activists should seriously consider."
—Anat Matar, Senior Lecturer, Tel Aviv University“This is a far reaching socio-bio-psychological and institutional analysis of society’s dominance hierarchies, and of the systemic use of racism to maintain and advance the power structures that define both nations and our local environments. The book describes the epic and unavoidable struggle between systems naturally driven towards corporate Fascism and the individual’s thrust for freedom and immediate influence. Freedom of expression of individuals is argued to always favour social progress. Examples include the medical establishment, science at the service of global financiers, economic exploitation, and historic examples of radical critics and activists.”
—THE TIMES OF INDIA – DELHI EDITION, Page 10, April 15, 2013: “Hierarchy of Racism”