Arnold August, M.A. in Political Science from McGill University, where he also completed two years of Ph.D. studies in the same field, is a Montreal-based author and journalist specializing in geopolitics and international relations, Global South, multipolarity, Latin America, Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA), Venezuela, BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
McGill University, Montreal, Canada:
– B.A. (Political Science), 1965
– M.A. (Political Science), 1969
– Ph.D. studies (Political Science) (incomplete), 1968–1970
– Political activist and researcher of the Ideological Studies Centre linked to the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist) (1970–1976 and 1988–1995) (no political affiliation since 1995)
– Worker/union activist at Notre-Dame Hospital, Montreal (1976–1988), at the time the largest francophone hospital in the province of Quebec
– Founding Chair of the Political Science Students’ Association (PSSA) at McGill University (1968), the first political science students’ association at a Canadian university
– Founder, Voyage Culture Cuba (1996–2005)
– Author and journalist (1998–Present)
– Journalism
– Organizations
VENEZUELA
– 2013–2024: Five trips, including as an International Observer for the July 28, 2024, presidential election
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
– 2016: One-month familiarization trip
– 2023: Two-week trip to Tibet (Xizang) and Qinghai
CUBA
– Summer of 1997: Following a study trip organized by Université de Montréal in collaboration with the University of Havana and Cuban university experts on Cuban democracy and elections, undertook a detailed study of Cuba’s political and electoral system
– Ongoing (1991–Present): Dozens of trips to Cuba, with frequent stays of several months, including one period between 1997 and 1998 in Cuba researching his first book
OTHER GLOBAL SOUTH REGIONS AND EUROPE
– Fall 1965–Summer 1967: Travelled and worked abroad in South Asia (mainly India), Europe, North Africa and the Middle East in search for alternative ideas and values as opposed to the status quo in Canada, while preparing for the M.A. program in Political Science and thesis on India at McGill, reading extensively on China, India and international relations.
Brecht Forum, Brooklyn
Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver
San Francisco State University; the University of California, Santa Barbara; Los Angeles High School, San Pedro; California State University, Los Angeles; the Peninsula Peace and Justice Center, Palo Alto; Interfaith Working Group on the Americas, San Rafael
Université Laval, Québec City; Círculo Cervantes-Camoens, Québec City; Concordia University, Montreal
Lehman College, Bronx, NY; City University of New York, NY; Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY; Eastern Connecticut State University, CT; New Haven Free Public Library, CT; Central Connecticut State University, CT; Consulate General of Venezuela, New York, NY; Left Forum, New York, NY
University of Havana in collaboration with the Center for Global Justice (USA)
University of Cambridge, University of Nottingham, University of Sheffield
Loyola University, Chicago, IL; Purdue University, Westville, IN; Consulate General of Venezuela, Chicago, IL; Purdue University, Calumet, IN; DePaul University, Chicago, IL; University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; Saint John’s University, Collegeville, MN; University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN; Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
Universidad Recinto de Río Piedras, San Juan
Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
English-language bookstore Cuba Libro, Havana
Alfred University, Alfred; Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs; University at Albany, Albany; The Book House, Albany
Talks on relations with the United States and Marxism-Leninism by two Cuba Ministry of Higher Education (MES) universities and the rectors of these two universities, one at the University of Informatics Sciences and three at the Higher School of the Nico López Party
In collaboration with the MES and the Cuban Book Institute: Book Saturday, University of Havana (Faculty of Communication), Museum of the Denunciation, Headquarters of the Ministry of Higher Education, Higher School of the Nico López Party, University of Matanzas Camilo Cienfuegos, Higher Institute of International Relations “Raúl Roa,” University of Informatics Sciences
Farsi translation of Cuba–U.S. Relations: Obama and Beyond, published by Masmoon Books, Tehran, Iran, 2021
– 2021: Book launch written presentation to “His Excellency Alexis Bandrich Vega, Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to the Islamic Republic of Iran,” when it was launched in Tehran
– July 26, 2021: Webinars on Cuba “July 11,” International Manifesto Group – Contribution to the organization and panelist on “What’s Happening in Cuba?”
– August 29, 2021: Webinars on Cuba “July 11,” International Manifesto Group – Contribution to the organization and panellist on “Ending U.S. aggression against Cuba is the key to world peace”
– February 12, 2022: International Manifesto Group webinar on Cuba-Iran – Contribution to the organization and panellist at the event celebrating the 43rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution with the presentation of the Iranian Farsi edition of the book Cuba–U.S. Relations: Obama and Beyond. Also dealt with multipolarity.
The untold story of Fidel, the man behind the myth, featuring impactful, never-before-published original photos. Includes insights on Pierre Trudeau and China. Forthcoming in English as Fidel Castro and Pierre Trudeau: Lessons Learned from Cuba, Canada and China (working title), Iskra Books, 2025.
Montreal
– 2013: School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa; Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Canada, “The Legacy of Hugo Chávez,” Ottawa
– 2015: Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CALACS), “The Alba Alternative,” Ottawa
– 2018: Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), “Les politiques de Washington envers Cuba et le Venezuela : une démarche qui chercherait à diviser” [“Washington’s policy toward Cuba and Venezuela: A divisive approach”], Montreal
– 2019: York University, “The Cuban Revolution at 60 and CALACS at 50: Some Highlights as published in CJLACS since 1976,” Toronto
– June 18, 2021: Virtual – International Forum CARABOBO XXI CENTURY: Challenges of Independence “Supreme Commander Hugo Chávez: ‘Venezuela is the epicenter in the world of the revolutionary and socialist struggle,’” Caracas
– June 19, 2021: Virtual – Caracas 2021 International Forum CARABOBO SIGLO XXIB, “Exchange with Maduro: US and Canada hybrid war against Venezuela”
– 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2024: On-site visits in Caracas
– 2016: One-month familiarization trip
– February 27, 2022: Virtual conference on Human Rights Today: Universal and Global? organized by Central South University, Changsha. Title: “Revolutionary democracy in China and Cuba has led to enormous advances in human rights,” published by Friends of Socialist China
– May 2022: “BRICS expansion in the context of increasing multipolarity,” Press TV interview published by Friends of Socialist China
– July 2, 2022: “Press TV’s record countering disinformation against China,” Press TV interview published by Friends of Socialist China
– September 2023: Two-week trip to Tibet (Xizang) and Qinghai
– September 29, 2024: Speaker at all-day assembly “China at 75: Changes Unseen in a Century,” Friends of Socialist China, New York City; Arnold’s presentation on Xizang (Tibet) and the heavily Tibetan-populated Qinghai Province, along with others, will be posted soon.
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