Joanna Palani, a 23 year old fighter of the YPJ, the famous Kurd “Women’s protection unit”, is currently detained in Denmark, presumably for terrorism. The […]
Author: Mirna Djukic
FEMEN Activist Faces Criminal Charges for the First Time in Canada
Neda Topaloski, one of the FEMEN activists who disturbed the 2015 Montreal Grand Prix, had her second and final day in court today. As per […]
Quebec Lagging Behind on Charbonneau Recommendations Says Follow-up Report
“The government’s response to the recommendations of the commission is, thus far, unsatisfactory,” concluded the first report of the public monitoring committee on the Charbonneau Commission. […]
COP 22: Canadian Indigenous People Want a Voice
A young Inuit woman addressed the assembly at the UN Conference on Climate Change on Canada’s behalf this past Wednesday in Marrakesh. Maatalii Okalik, president […]
Canada’s Largest Indigenous Police Service Recommends its Own Disbanding
The Nishnawbe Aski Police Service (NAPS) took a startling position during the inquest into the suicide of Lena Anderson in the back of one of […]
What Snowden Had to Say at the McGill Videoconference
Thousands of people lined up on the McGill campus Wednesday night waiting hours for a chance to be part of a videoconference with Edward Snowden. […]
Over 1000 People United Against Rape Culture in Montreal
« We believe you » : that was the cry chanted again and again at the rally against rape culture in Montreal on Wednesday. Over a thousand people […]
Trudeau Backpedals on Electoral Reform
Last fall, Justin Trudeau was unequivocal: if he won the elections, he would make sure that it would be the last election to happen under […]
A Quebec NDP is Happening and we Spoke with its Interim Leader
The New Democratic Party of Quebec will soon be a thing. We spoke to its interim leader, Pierre Ducasse, on the phone. “An alternative for […]
RCMP Settles Sexual Harassment Lawsuit with 500 Current and Former Employees
“To all the women who have been impacted by the forces’ failure to protect your experience at work, and on the behalf of every leader […]