Social media has been set ablaze following the news that Bill C-51, the Conservatives’ so-called “anti-terrorism” legislation, has passed. The Conservative government intends to use their new legislative […]
Year: 2015
BDS is Economic Boycott, Not Hate Speech. Harper Doesn’t See a Difference
The other shoe has dropped. Barely a few days after Harper’s Conservatives, with the help of the Liberals, pushed Bill C-51 through the House of […]
C-51: Unpopular and Completely Unnecessary Bill Passes House of Commons
On Wednesday, as most Canadian politicos were either basking in the afterglow of the Orange Wave which swept Alberta or nursing their hangovers, the House of […]
#ABvotes2015: Forget the Face, the Rhetoric is Changing
“Alberta this morning woke-up to an NDP government!” From what pollsters say, this will be the headline on May 6th. Let’s put our justified reticence […]
International Workers’ Day demonstration repressed by the SPVM and SQ
Yesterday was International Workers’ Day – not in Canada though, at least officially speaking. Thousands of people took to the streets yesterday to mark the […]
Incite Peace: End Police Brutality and the Ugly Face of Racism
We need change. What happened to serve and protect? Freddie never had a chance. Apocalypse plague of humanity drawing closer with every injustice to every […]
The Wire On Fire: Baltimore Rebels Against Police Brutality and Corruption
On April 12, 25-year-old Freddie Gray “made eye contact” with a Baltimore police officer. Within minutes, Gray was brutalized, “twisted into a pretzel,“which caused his […]
This is what democracy looks like: UQAM and the War on Democracy
About this time last week came the first reports that Harper – after ramming the extension of the mission through Parliament – had ordered the first […]
Violent Red Square-Clad Masked Mob Trashes UQAM (VIDEO)
This is horrible. A video has been circulating on the internet of a group of masked individuals vandalising the Université de Québec à Montréal (UQAM) […]
À Nous l’UQÀM!
Yesterday like hundreds of fellow UQAM students, I occupied the J-A. De Sève building. Like hundreds of my fellow students, I occupied my university to […]