The air in Taksim Square is practically on fire as pepper spray drifts through the humid Turkish breeze. It burns not only demonstrators but also […]
Tag: Activism
Political Profiling: The Habs, Instagram and the SPVM
They’re not even trying to hide it anymore. Montreal’s police force, the SPVM, is now openly engaging in political profiling. Over the past few months, […]
‘There is no right to protest’: Montreal police deny Charter rights
“This is approaching absurdist comedy,” tweeted Montreal Gazette reporter Christopher Curtis Friday night, trapped in a police kettle…
Free Pussy Riot!
Some of you, I’d like to think most of you, would have heard about the Russian feminist punk-rock collective Pussy Riot. A year ago, on […]
One Billion Rising
At least one in three women experience abuse be it sexual or physical in their lifetime. Statistics show that on any given day in Canada, […]
Wal-Mart: Helping to Keep America Poor
Last week, Wal-Mart employees took to the picket lines to protest low wages and poor benefits on the busiest shopping day of the year. Black Friday protests took place in over a hundred cities in 47 States and attracted thousands of other activists outside of the company. The nationwide, yet semi-isolated strikes may have brought a little more awareness toward the general public, but it did very little to dissuade Americans from partaking in one of their favorite pastimes; shopping…
100th Nightly Student Demonstration
On the 100th nightly demonstration, and the first demonstration since the announcement of provincial elections this September, reporter Emily Campbell interviews students and critics about the future of the student movement and their attitude towards the provincial elections.
South Africa’s transition to democracy could have served as a model for Egypt
There’s reason to believe that the fledgling democracy in the largest Arabic country in the world is in grave peril. Sadly, more than a year after the Egyptian people rose up in revolt and overthrew the kleptocratic regime of Hosni Mubarak, in a relatively peaceful revolution, the remnants of the old deeply corrupt establishment are coming back to haunt them… Why the architects of the revolution didn’t look to the South African model for making the transition democracy with a strong set of checks and balances, is beyond me
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights criticizes Quebec
In an opening address to be delivered today to the 47 member UN Human Rights Council, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay will express her “alarm” at ongoing attempts to restrict freedom of assembly in Quebec…
“We can’t start the revolution from Starbucks” – For Quebec, for OUR budget, join us in the streets!
This Wednesday we need your voice. We only need to borrow it for a few hours, and I promise you’ll enjoy its use. It needs to be raised in unison with others across the country and around the world