When the municipal by-law P6 first came into legislation, our spirits were high and our fists still raised
Year: 2014
New Pussy Riot music video with footage of the group beaten and whipped in Sochi
Yesterday footage of Kossac militia in Sochi beating and actually whipping members of the now-infamous political punk group Pussy Riot while they were performing in […]
Venezuela: Student protests or economic war?
In the past few weeks Venezuela has been shook by violent protests, some say violent repression of peaceful protests. The central notion in every narrative […]
The phantom of the middle class
Recently, in the House of Commons, “middle class” has become the favorite buzz word, omnipresent in every debate related near or far to the current […]
New app tracks US drone strikes and sends push notifications when they happen
Most people know by now that the US uses drones quite a bit in the Middle East these days. Some are aware that drone killings […]
Lac-Mégantic residents protest for the right to cross town and visit their loved ones
Yesterday in Quebec there was a protest. It wasn’t about some broad-reaching concept like the Charter, it was about something much more specific and basic: […]
The crisis of democratic reform
In the past two weeks, “democratic reform” has been on everybody’s lips within the spectrum of federal politics, from Trudeau’s supposedly “bombshell” announcement that Liberal […]
Petrocultures 2014: Oil Energy or Canada’s Future
This past Thursday and Friday, a wide range of accomplished doers and thinkers gathered for the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada and the University […]
Failed Sochi hijacker wore a knockoff Habs jersey
It’s not the kind of Olympic-related publicity the Montreal Canadiens were looking for, but it’s what they got. An as-of-yet unnamed Ukranian man tried to […]
Gas Lands: New video from Montreal rapper Jay Manafest targets the tar sands and fracking
Socially and politically conscious Montreal rapper Jay Manafest has released a new video for his song Gas Lands. The song is a lyrical attack on […]