If one thing that can be said about this Conservative government, it’s that they are very tactful and savvy when it comes to selecting picturesque […]
Tag: police brutality
March 15 demo against police brutality
Around 100 demonstrators gathered on March 15, at the intersection of Berri and Ontario streets, where Alain Magloire, a man who was homeless and mentally ill, was shot and killed by a member of the SPVM in February 2014
Standing in solidarity with Ferguson
Yesterday, on November 25, more than 500 people gathered at the downtown campus of McGill University, to stand in solidarity with the on-going events in Ferguson, […]
Spaces of democracy: Riots, police brutality and direct democracy
In the past few days I’ve written extensively about the current events engulfing the St Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri. In my last article I went into […]
A space for democracy: The Ferguson riots
It might seem incredible, even improbable, but as I write this article right now there’s a no-fly zone over an American town. It’s rarely stated […]
“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
Amir Khadir arrested, our democracy under siege
Charest has got to go. Not in a few months, but now. He has taken a broadsword to the fabric of our democracy. He has arrested over 3000 peaceful demonstrators, more than during the October Crisis. He has ignored the will of the people, the very people whose consent he requires to govern