I’ve never been overtly nationalist, and I’ve never really felt the need to engage in a public display of affection for my country of birth: […]
Year: 2014
Al Jazeera journalists receive no federal support
Mohamed Fahmy was sure that he would be found not guilty that he had composed a tweet sent out after his acquittal that read: “Thank you Canada. […]
Skills for Solidarity: Building bridges between nations
Creating sustained and respected dialogue between Indigenous communities and settler society has long been a struggle in decolonization movements. Most recently, the approval of the […]
Tony Blair and the war that never was
This past Sunday, with the backdrop of the escalating events in Iraq, Tony Blair, former British prime minister and prominent supporter of the 2003 Iraq […]
Profit over people: Federal government approves pipeline
On June 17, after years of resistance from environmental groups, citizens, and opposition parties, the Conservative government signed and approved the Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline. […]
Ontario: Austerity is dead. Long-live austerity?
As the results trickled in last Thursday night throughout Ontario one thing was obvious, Kathleen Wynne had succeeded where many had failed before – she […]
World Cup: Democracy on the Pitch
“The socialism I believe in is everybody working for the same goal and everybody having a share in the rewards. That’s how I see football, […]
Bill C-36: Conservatives should actually listen to sex workers
Last winter, history was made in Canada when, after years of lobbying, the Supreme Court struck down three major aspects of sex work laws in […]
SPVM uses Comic Sans MS font on official documents: is this a joke?
Montreal’s police department, the SPVM, has finally crossed a line that they can’t very easily step back over. It’s not their blatant violation of the […]
Demonstration against deportation sweeps downtown
Groups gathered in solidarity against deportations this Saturday amidst the downtown bustle of Formula One. Organized by Cité sans frontières / Solidarity City, the crowd consisted […]