In the wake of the most devastating war that mankind had known at that point in time, tens of thousands of battered and torn, brave […]
Year: 2014
2014 in Review: Why Feminism Still Matters
TIME magazine recently included “feminism” in their “Which word should be banned in 2015?” poll. The suggestion was supposed to be meant as joke, but […]
Our collective struggle: Austerity and Spring 2015
What is austerity? Very simply put, it is when governments decide to ‘tighten the belt’ in order to resolve ‘debt crises.’ A government starts running […]
Polytechnique: Remembering the victims 25 years and one day later
On December 6th, 1989, 14 women lost their lives simply for living them the way they wanted to, while being female. The anniversary was yesterday, […]
November 29: Anti-austerity march [PHOTOS]
On November 29, thousands of people gathered at Place du Canada to protest the austerity measures proposed by the Liberal government. The anti-austerity demonstrators marched on […]
Portugal: Golden visas and casino capitalism
On the March 5, 2013 Paulo Portas, the vice prime-minister of Portugal, and leader of the Partido Popular (the right-wing neo-liberal member of the austerity governing coalition) visited India […]
Standing in solidarity with Ferguson
Yesterday, on November 25, more than 500 people gathered at the downtown campus of McGill University, to stand in solidarity with the on-going events in Ferguson, […]
Ferguson – The Grand Hypocrisy: Legitimate violence, ideology and the American Dream
The news that came after the ‘grand’ deliberation of the jury last night in response to the shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by […]
Kleptocracy: the dictatorship of austerity
This past Monday, November 17, marked the 41st anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic Uprising, which pitted young Greeks against the oppressive regime of a military junta. Fast […]
Burlesque prevails in Buffalo Snowmageddon
The storm that was dubbed “the knife” buried Buffalo’s suburbs under record breaking tons of snow. People literally had snow packed over their doors and […]