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Provincial Housing Strategy Could Do More for People on Low Incomes
Submitted on May 18, 2013A conversation with housing activist Pamela Harrison
Nova Scotia needs more affordable housing. Roughly 43,000 households (12 per cent of all households in Nova Scotia) are in housing crisis mode, meaning that shelter is either inadequate, unsuitable or unaffordable.
Reclaim PKOLS || May 22 Day of Action
Submitted on May 18, 2013
On May 22nd, hereditary chief WEC'KINEM (Eric Pelkey), with support from Songhees and the WSÁNEĆ nations, will lead an action to reclaim the traditional name of PKOLS (formerly known as Mt. Douglas).
Uninvited and Unwelcome: First Nation asks Enbridge to Leave Territory Following Botched Consultation
Submitted on May 17, 2013Gitga’at First Nation reminds Enbridge that Northern Gateway pipeline and oil tanker project is not welcome in Gitga’at territory.
HARTLEY BAY, BRITISH COLUMBIA (May 16, 2013) – The Gitga’at First Nation has instructed Enbridge to lea
Deep Green Transphobia III: Derrick Jensen’s Hateful Tirade
Submitted on May 17, 2013"This is a conflict over politics, and organizational structure. Its been catalyzed by the insistent non recognition of queer, gender queer, and trans men and trans women by DGR who make up part of the movements in question, and are also a part of oppressed groups more broadly that we find ourselves standing with.
Colchester County steps in on fracking waste disposal. NS Government Too Busy Making Sure Everything Is Safe for Companies
Submitted on May 16, 2013This blog is meant to be read in conjunction with this story
Interview with Triangle CEO Peter Hill
Bay of Fundy not a "Petri Dish"
Submitted on May 16, 2013Colchester County overturns approval for frack waste discharge into sewer system.
"In the end the Committee feels it is not the role of the Municipality to allow the Bay of Fundy to be a petri dish for fracking wastewater."
Colchester County Sewer Use Decision May 16, 20133
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Nakba March Montreal
Submitted on May 16, 2013May 12th
On May 12, in the middle of the day, a truck full of coffins was unloaded onto the Maisonneuve sidewalk outside Concordia. A group of around one hundred watched as a few men stacked 65 coffins into a neat pile. These coffins, made of cardboard boxes wrapped in Palestinian flags, represented the Palestinian victims of Israeli aggression.
CKUT News: Les opposants aux coupures à l'aide sociale ne lâchent pas
Submitted on May 16, 2013L'Organisation populaire des droits sociaux tente de re-occuper le bureau de la députée péquiste, Carole Poirier
“Si on regarde le coût du loyer, le coût de la nourriture, le coût de l’hydro, même, qui augmente à chaque année, les gens n’y arrivent plus,” a prononcé Lise Fournier de Mouvement action chômage de Longeuil. On était assises sur le trottoir en face du bureau de Carole Poirier, députée péquiste pour Hochelaga Maisonneuve.
CKUT Lendemain de la Veille - Vigile de soutien au peuple Xinca par le Projet d'Accompagnement Québec-Guatemala
Submitted on May 16, 2013Rencontre avec Marie-Dominik Langlois puis Anabella du PAQG
Hier était organisé par le Projet d’Accompagnement Québec Guatemala un vigile en soutien au peuple autochtone Xinca.
We're hiring - Summer student journalist/researcher position!
Submitted on May 16, 2013Halifax Media Co-op is seeking one summer student
Are you a student with a strong sense of social justice?
Interested in working with the Halifax Media Co-op this summer as a journalist/researcher?
LA FIN D’UN SHOW DE BOUCANE
Submitted on May 16, 2013Retrait des accusations de terrorisme
Ce matin au Palais de justice, le procureur laissait tomber l’accusation d’ « incitation à craindre des activités terroristes », en lien avec l’affaire des fumigènes dans le métro.
City staff pass on Agricola bike lane
Submitted on May 16, 2013But one business says they weren't consulted about cross-town connector
City staff have recommended against an Agricola Street bike lane.
Instead, a staff report released last week says a route along Windsor and Vernon Streets would be best.
Borderless Cities
Submitted on May 16, 2013Sanctuary cities for migrants taking root across Canada
MONTREAL—Undocumented migrants face significant barriers when it comes to accessing education, healthcare, food aid and other essential services in Canada. A new campaign to build “sanctuary cities” across the country, however, is making urban services more accessible to those without papers.
Senator Duffy Repays Inappropriate $90K Gift from PM’s Chief of Staff (Received to Repay Inappropriate $90K Expense Claim)
Submitted on May 15, 2013"Mr. Duffy agreed to repay the gift because it was the right thing to do," said Harper spokesman Andrew MacDougall, although he also stood by his earlier statement that Senator Mike Duffy did the right thing when he repaid the $90,000 received from the government in bogus expenses claims.
Cooper Union and the fight to free education
Submitted on May 15, 2013Interview with student Victoria Sobel from Free Cooper Union
Students at Cooper Union school in New York City are currently occupying the office of the president’s office, protesting a recent decision to end more than a century of free tuition for undergraduates.
The May/June 2013 issue of The Dominion is now online!
Submitted on May 15, 2013Download the full PDF or view articles on our site
The May/June 2013 issue of The Dominion is now online! Click on this link to download a PDF file of the entire 28-page magazine.
Ten Stories, Ten Years
Submitted on May 15, 2013Our editors' favourite Dominion stories from the past decade
From Nova Scotia to British Columbia, from a photocopied zine to a printed magazine distributed on newsstands across Canada, The Dominion has changed a lot over the past decade. But we've kept doing what's most important to our readers across the country: putting out news and analysis that breaks with the status quo.
Montréal 11 mai 2013 - SOURIFEST '13 - L'AUTO-SOURICIÈRE DU PEUPLE
Submitted on May 14, 2013"Reduced to a pile of ashes"
Submitted on May 14, 2013
Yesterday Rene Ross, executive director of Stepping Stone, a non-profit organization that supports sex-trade workers in Halifax, announced she was leaving the organization due to funding shortages. Local spoken-word artist Ardath Whynacht posted this response to the news on her Facebook page:
Business journalists go on the attack; demonize Atlantic seasonal workers
Submitted on May 14, 2013By Nick Fillmore
Ross steps back from Stepping Stone
Submitted on May 13, 2013Lack of funding leads to loss of executive director
Stepping Stone has lost its rock.
Yesterday afternoon, Rene Ross announced she was no longer working as executive director of the non-profit organization that provides support to current and former sex workers.
Vancouver Anti-TPP Convergence in July: Communiqué #1
Submitted on May 13, 2013Considering Thought Control in Corporate Journalism: Canada’s Conservative Government and the Israeli State
Submitted on May 13, 2013Thought Control in Corporate Journalism
Considering Thought Control in Corporate Journalism: Canada’s Conservative Government and the Israeli State
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Nova Scotia Union Fights Water Privatization In Colombia
Submitted on May 12, 2013CUPE Nova Scotia supports local union to keep water a public good
Margarita Lopez, a union leader who is fighting ongoing efforts to privatize the public water system in Colombia, says she cannot leave her house without her two bodyguards.
Book Review: America's Deadliest Export - Democracy
Submitted on May 12, 2013Scenes from Sourifest'13. Montreal May 11, 2013
Submitted on May 11, 2013SOURIFEST '13 - L'AUTO-SOURICIÈRE DU PEUPLE.
Vancouver March for Social Housing: May 11, 2013
Submitted on May 11, 2013Spartacus is Being Evicted!
Submitted on May 11, 2013The Spartacus Books collective has been incredibly supportive of the Vancouver Media Co-op, providing meeting space and more. Read their statement, and make sure to check out the last section about how to support their move.
Rising Tide: Building Resistance Tour – Unist’ot’en Camp – Unceded Wet’suwet’en Territory – May 10th
Submitted on May 11, 2013On day four of the Building Resistance tour, we traveled from Smithers to the Unist’ot’en Camp located 66km down a logging road just outside of Houston BC. To access the camp, we must cross a bridge over the Morice River where we asked for consent to enter the territory.
L’ex-dictateur Rios Montt trouvé coupable de génocide et de crimes contre l’humanité
Submitted on May 10, 2013Un pas vers l’avant dans la lutte pour la justice pour les victimes de génocide et de crimes contre l’humanité au Guatemala
MONTRÉAL, le 10 mai 2013. Le procès historique contre l’ex-dictateur et général Efraín Rios Montt et pour génocide et crimes contre l’humanité contre des populations mayas s’est finalement terminé par un jugement de culpabilité aujourd’hui à 16h, heure locale de Guatemala.
Recently dismissed baristas receive $11,000 at NSGEU biennial convention
Submitted on May 10, 2013Inter-union and inter-worker support resounds across Nova Scotia in Just Us! union drive
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) – Workers and locals at the Nova Scotia General Employees Union's (NSGEU) biennial passed the hat, the union matched the donations, and all told just over $11,000 was raised to cover the costs of living for recently dismissed Just Us! baristas Shay Exnuga and Elijah Williams.
Just Us! baristas file complaint alleging lack of breaks
Submitted on May 10, 2013Management says complaint is union pressure tactic
Three baristas at Just Us! Spring Garden Road are alleging the coffee co-op failed to give them breaks.
Rising Tide: Building Resistance Tour – Unceded Secwepemc Territory – May 8th
Submitted on May 9, 2013
Rising Tide: Building Resistance Tour – Kamloops/Chase - Unceded Secwepemc Territory – May 8th
CKUT Lendemain de la Veille - Panel sur le droit au logement
Submitted on May 9, 2013Discussion à propos des coupes dans les aides sociales et de l'arret des subventions pour les logements sociaux
Dans l'acharnement des politiques sur les plus affaiblis, deux problématiques se recoupent :
Régie du lentement
Submitted on May 9, 2013Record wait times at Quebec’s rental board affect low-income tenants
MONTREAL—On a wintry afternoon, housing rights activists and community organizers took their time in protesting through downtown Montreal, taking over an hour to walk just a few city blocks. The February 28 “slow march” ended at the offices of the Régie du logement, Quebec’s rental board, which protestors argue has become paralyzed by rising wait times.
Halifax fasts for Gitmo detainees
Submitted on May 8, 2013Members of Halifax Peace Coalition fasts in solidarity with indefinite detainees.
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) - As the vast majority of prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay are currently engaged in a hunger strike, members of the Halifax Peace Coalition went without food yesterday in their own solidarity strike.
Activists Express Doubts on Affordable Housing Strategy
Submitted on May 8, 2013On Monday May 6th Denise Peterson-Rafuse, minister of Community Services, together with Premier Darrell Dexter and with six local MLA's also in attendance, released the Nova Scotia housing strategy at the Woodside Community Centre in Dartmouth.
Call Us Crazy
Submitted on May 7, 2013Mad movements organize against ableism, mentalism and more
OTTAWA—People are Mad. And they’re doing something about it.
Mr Pickle: Soon There Will be Lawyers!
Submitted on May 7, 2013Saturday night in the Downtown Eastside callers to 911 were told by police operators to stay inside and lock their windows and doors (if they have a home).
Warning Shots May 3rd- Radio doc on Uganda, in-depth on land grabs in Ethiopia
Submitted on May 7, 2013On the May 3rd show of Warning Shots Scott Price talks with Sarah Petz on her project to create a radio documentary on land conflicts in Northern Uganda. Later in the show Scott talks with Danielle DeLuca, program manager for Cultural Survival, on land grabs and forced displacement in Southern Ethiopia.
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Mining license approved amid wake of violence in Guatemala
Submitted on May 7, 2013After more than two years of delay, the Guatemalan Minister of Energy and Mines (MEM) announced on Wednesday, April 3, that it had approved the exploitation license for Tahoe Resources’ Escobal mine in San Rafael Las Flores, Guatemala.
Ninth Annual Fetish Ball aims to please - Raises funds for The Ark youth drop-in centre
Submitted on May 6, 2013By Jen Stotland
Spring was in the air, and the warmer temperatures lent themselves to a fantastical array of corsets, steampunk glory and skimpy leather things. The ninth annual Halifax Fetish Ball was in full swing Saturday May 4, and the atmosphere was jubilant.
Have an Appetite for Fresh, Innovative Thinking? Feast on THE STOP: HOW THE FIGHT FOR GOOD FOOD TRANSFORMED A COMMUNITY AND INSPIRED A MOVEMENT
Submitted on May 6, 2013Andrea Curtis and Nick Saul; THE STOP; Random House Canada; 2013
There are some things in life we feel so thrilled about that we are moved to share its knowledge with the rest of the world. Like believing we have found the cure to the common cold or the remedy to a hangover.
Amal Rana: The importance of anti-Israeli apartheid organizing
Submitted on May 5, 2013Panel on Settler Colonialisms, Queer Activism and Pinkwashing of Israeli Apartheid
Amal Rana introduces the panel and speaks about Queers Against Israeli Apartheid actions in Vancouver past and present.
The Pickle Makes Us Strong – Pidgin Picket at Three Months
Submitted on May 5, 2013
Week 13 of the Pidgin picket saw the Vancouver Police Department jackhandle its intimidation campaign another notch or two upward.
In response, the Pidgin picket closed off its first quarter-year with an emergency call out for Saturday May 4.
Saskatoon Rallies for Trans Rights
Submitted on May 5, 2013SASKATOON—On Saturday, May 4, Saskatoon residents gathered for a peaceful demonstration outside Jenny's Bridal Boutique to show support for Rohit Singh and for transgender rights in Saskatchewan. Singh, a transgender woman, had visited the boutique to try on dresses in preparation for her wedding, but faced discrimination from the shop owner.
Subaru's Metro Ad Sucks! - Fine print trashes public transit users
Submitted on May 5, 2013By Berta Gaulke
Toxic Tour: Exposing Vancouver Mining Companies
Submitted on May 4, 2013Community groups from Vancouver as well as northern BC, Latin America, the Philippines and Africa unveiled the presence and conduct of 900+ mining companies that exist in the downtown area.
Vancouver May Day Report Back
Submitted on May 3, 2013On May 1st, 2013 Coast Salish Territory (Vancouver) over 100 people gathered, some in Black Bloc, some masked, and some not, at Victory Square to join a widely called anti-capitalist/anti-colonial march to celebrate May Day. It was centered on the Grand Jury Resisters and the ongoing gentrification of our neighborhoods, particularly the downtown eastside.
Murder of Jaurmar ‘Maury’ Carvery unsolved five years later
Submitted on May 3, 2013'Likeable' 21-year-old was trying to turn his life around, pastor says
Everyone called him Maury. Some of his friends called him Moose.
Jaurmar Carvery was a three-time provincial high school basketball champion. He grew up with a stutter, but it went away when he began playing ball.
He loved animals, especially Siberian tigers, his mother Susie Carvery said Thursday. He was fond of big cats, but was scared of kittens, she said.
May Day 2013: Halifax Marchers Rally for a Fairer World
Submitted on May 2, 2013K'jipuktuk (Halifax) - May Day is an annual celebration of the international labour movement.It began with the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago when a bomb was thrown at the workers protesting for eight-hour work days, followed by police opening fire on the demonstrators. Today, May Day is marked in over 80 countries.
Canadian and international sex workers denied leave to intervene in Supreme Court Case on Prostitution Laws
Submitted on May 2, 2013FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.
Marx in Halifax
Submitted on May 2, 2013Mayworks presents Marx in Soho, a play by Howard Zinn
This Saturday Mayworks will showcase Marx in Soho, a one-man play about Karl Marx
Vancouver May 1st Anti-capitalist March Photos
Submitted on May 2, 2013Over 100 people rallied at Victory Square in downtown Vancouver for a May Day anti-capitalist march. After lighting torches the protesters marched through the Downtown Eastside, briefly stopping at the Pidgin restaurant which has been the target of ongoing anti-gentrification pickets. Vancouver police had a large number of cops, primarily from the Public Safety Unit (PSU) deployed.&
Toxic Tour April 29 Mining Justice
Submitted on May 1, 2013The world’s “Greenest City” is home to some very dirty business. Mining Justice Alliance out on a “Toxic Tour” of Vancouver’s mining headquarters and public action coinciding with the BC Mining Week Gala.
May Day Alive and Well in Toronto
Submitted on May 1, 2013Toronto - Over 1200 people in Toronto came out to support May day this year with several actions and protests taking place in the annual festival of workers rights. Concurrent demonstrations also took place in other parts of Canada.
Fresh Blood
Submitted on May 1, 2013Joe Fresh Shut Down During Mayday protest
Toronto - Joe Fresh and Loblaws faced a backlash from their sweatshop labour practices today as May Day protests forced them to close a location in downtown Toronto.
On a day when Loblaws announced a 40% increase in their profit, workers at the Rana Paza factory site in Savar, Bangladesh announced an updated death-count of over 400 people.
PiDGiN As Business
Submitted on May 1, 2013A Roving Review
In a foodie review that appeared less than a week ago, PiDGiN attained a grade of C. (See Consistency below for citation.) That grade converts from a system of stars ranging from 0 to 4, or F to A. Two stars look mighty like a C.
Mayday Toronto 2013
Submitted on May 1, 2013Watch this page for Live Updates from the Scene
Update 10:15pm Annnnnnd, that's a wrap folks! Protesters are dispersing among chants of "Solidarity Forever". Special thanks to TMC journalists including Megan Kinch who ran the coverage team and the media team who were a force to be reckoned with on Twitter and the streets today.
Where Once a Farm Stood
Submitted on May 1, 2013Peter Boyles and Trenton-Hillside gang head to the big city to take on Nova Scotia Power
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) - Peter Boyles and the Nova Scotians who make their homes in the shadows of Nova Scotia Power's Trenton Generating Station have a different relationship with electrical power than most. Acc
April in Review
Submitted on May 1, 2013Wildcat strike in Alberta, Harper back-pedals, no school for the Danes, and Maggie's dead. Happy May Day!
Twenty-two members of the Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union (COPE) local 343 have entered the third month of their strike.
Montréal 30 avril/1er mai 2013 – #manifencours !er MA! Party de rue!
Submitted on May 1, 2013Montréal 30 avril/1er mai 2013 - #manifencours !er MA! Party de rue!
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Occupy Gardens Plants Again!
Submitted on April 30, 2013Toxic Tour Grassroots Wet'suwet'en Resistance
Submitted on April 30, 2013On Muskrat Falls and the Public Discussion That Isn't Happening
Submitted on April 30, 2013Ecology Action Centre energy coordinator says project needs to be seen as part of a larger strategy
Muskrat Falls, biomass, wind farms, power rates: these topics often trigger strong opinions.
Harper “Furious” $3.1 Billion May Have Gone to Research Root Causes of Terrorism
Submitted on April 30, 2013Canada’s Auditor General Michael Ferguson released his spring report today. The report is critical of the Harper government for its failure to properly account for $3.1 billion in anti-terror spending.
Inside Victoria Hall
Submitted on April 30, 2013Built in 1885, Victoria Hall, a low-income senior women's residence, is up for sale. The asking price is nearly $3 million. Read the full story here.
Victoria Hall for sale
Submitted on April 30, 2013Property at the heart of rapidly changing neighbourhood
It was a place of tea parties and sing-alongs.
After 128 years of housing senior women on low incomes, Victoria Hall goes up for sale this afternoon.
Dragon sleeps no more: Quebec protesters try a new tactic.
Submitted on April 30, 2013Montreal - Thursday April 18th started out with rain in the morning but by late afternoon the sun started peeking through the clouds just as everyone was getting off work and heading home after a long day in the office. However something other than the usual springtime pothole was making traffic difficult in downtown Montreal.
The Media Co-op is Hiring: Vancouver Local Editor
Submitted on April 29, 2013We're looking for a local editor to co-ordinate coverage and work with contributors and Media Co-op members in Vancouver.
The Vancouver Local Editor will bottom-line development of content from Vancouver and will contribute to developing national content alo
Interview with Sociologist Nixed by Vic Toews' Office
Submitted on April 29, 2013A federal cabinet minister rejected a request for an on-campus interview with a Concordia University professor and recidivist sociologist, Dr. Émile Durkheim, even though Concordia’s Office of the Provost had given it a green light — a move some are denouncing as extraordinary political interference.
Venezuelan Solidarity Protest In Toronto
Submitted on April 28, 2013Supporters of President Nicolás Maduro rallied at Yonge and Dundas square in Toronto on April 20th, 2013 to demand that Stephen Harper, Canada and the U.S.A acknowledge the new, democratically elected president of Venezuela. Elected on April 14th, 2013.
DTES Hunger Strike ends after 36 days
Submitted on April 28, 2013VANCOUVER, Coast Salish Territories, April 26—'Homeless' Dave called off his hunger strike tonight after a five-week bid for social housing. Dave and some of his supporters made the announcement outside the Pidgin Restaurant in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) where he first launched his solo campaign against gentrification.
Les mutations politiques et économiques dans le monde
Submitted on April 27, 2013Conférence d'Hervé Kempf
(N.B. : cliquez sur «Download file» pour écouter l'audio, car le lecteur intégré ne fonctionne pas.)
Four banks attacked in Montreal
Submitted on April 27, 2013from anarchistnews
During the last week, several of us decided to self-organize and pass to the attack.
Because capitalism is totalitarian.
Report back from the (En)gendering Resistance conference
Submitted on April 26, 2013Community accountability was the buzzword of this year's School of Public Interest, titled '(En)gendering Resistance: Exploring the possibilities of gender, resistance and militancy.' The weekend long conference, organized by the Wat
Pragmatism or Hypocrisy: Lorincz versus Leslie
Submitted on April 26, 2013There's more than one way to skin a military cat
Miles Howe's interview with peace activist Tamara Lorincz, Leslie's Hypocrisy?
Who Will Be Seen?
Submitted on April 26, 2013Harper meets the Parsons, ignores countless others
On the one hand, Cheryl Maloney is glad the Prime Minister met with Rehtaeh Parsons parents this week. The meeting was a result of public outcry following Parsons' suicide, after she said she had been gang raped and then relentlessly bullied.
The Inmates Are Running the Asylum Premiere
Submitted on April 25, 2013A documentry about radical mental health
Saturday, May 11
Carnegie Community Centre
401 Main St Vancouver (Coast Salish Territories)
Come out for the first public screening of The Inmates Are Running the Asylum, a documentary about the Mental Patients Association: Vancouver's most radical and successful mental health group.
Mayday! The Dominion Needs More News!
Submitted on April 25, 2013Submit a pitch by May 1 at midnight
Ready for Mayday? Whether or not you've got plans, consider putting in a little journalistic labour towards pitching a story to The Dominion. We will pay two contributors $100 each for news features to be published online and to be considered for the July/August issue of our print magazine.
Dénonciation de la répression des forces policières : du Québec au Chili
Submitted on April 25, 2013Le mardi 23, plusieurs organisations de défense des droits humains se sont rassemblées pour dénoncer la brutalité policière et la répression des manifestations étudiantes observes au Chili pendant le mois d’avril.
Why not talk about work?
Submitted on April 25, 2013Murray Dobbin on the deteriorating conditions of work and life in Canada
Canadians have been getting poorer for a long time. Murray Dobbin makes the connection between the growth of corporate power and the strain placed on workers and families.
Breaking: RCMP Close to Arrests of Known Sociologists
Submitted on April 25, 2013April 25, 2013
When asked about the RCMP arrests made in an alleged terrorist plot, Prime Minister Stephen Harper had a warning for Canadians who would “commit sociology.”*
Taking the Stand for Water
Submitted on April 25, 2013Honduran environmental defenders beat charges, but face new mining law
TEGUCIGALPA—Were they defending life and protecting their community's water, or were they simply committing a crime? That is the question that 17 Honduran activists charged with obstructing a forestry project faced as their sentencing hearing approached earlier this year.
Leslie's Hypocrisy? Peace Activist Lorincz stages Earth Day protest outside NDP enviro-critic's office
Submitted on April 25, 2013Can't be pro-environment and pro-militarization at the same time says Lorincz
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) - To bemoan cuts to federal environment spending, of which there have been many in recent budgets, and yet to remain mum on - indeed in some cases to actively root for - monstrous increases in federal military spending, is, to Tamara Lorincz, hypocritical.
Responding With Defiance: When the Cops Knock
Submitted on April 23, 2013This is a really short primer for what to do if you get a knock on the door from the shitty's finest. It was written in response to reports of people in the community*** being pestered and nagged by the po-po as of late. It's just my experience, and is certainly not legal tender, but is meant to empower all of us against the repression we've been seeing (and will likely
Entrevue avec Arij et Bruno, participantEs d'un contingent anticapitaliste lors de la Marche de la Terre (21 avril 2013)/Photographies de bannières
Submitted on April 23, 2013Lien à la publication Mauvaise Herbe mentionnée dans l'entrevue : http://anarchieverte.ch40s.net/la-mauvaise-herbe/
Reporters Notebook: MAG Silver in Benito Juárez, Chihuahua
Submitted on April 23, 2013I was recently in Chihuahua and had the chance to visit Benito Juárez, an ejido/town between Chihuahua City and Juárez.
Punching Holes in the Desert
Submitted on April 23, 2013Mine exploration by Canadian company spotlighted in double murder
BENITO JUÁREZ, MEXICO—It was a day he'll never forget, but it began like any other for Erick Solorio Solís, an engineering senior at the Autonomous University of Chihuahua (UACh) in Chihuahua, Mexico.
Entrevue: Anarchopanda se voit refuser l'entrée au conseil de ville
Submitted on April 22, 2013Arrestation sauvage devant l'Hôtel de ville de Montréal
Submitted on April 22, 2013À l'Hôtel de ville de Montréal ce soir le Service de police de la ville de Montréal (SPVM) vient encore de faire preuve d'une brutalité étonnante lors de la manifestation contre le règlement P-6.
On The Pidgin Picket April 19 Week 11, Hunger Strike Day 29
Submitted on April 22, 2013Friday, April 19, day 29 of Homeless Dave’s hunger strike.
‘Workers adopting positions adverse to the employer will be disciplined’ —Just Us!
Submitted on April 22, 2013Coffee roaster has violated Trade Union Act again, SEIU alleges
Just Us! has contravened the Trade Union Act again, according to the union representing the café’s employees.
Harper Government Halts Research into Root Causes of Evil: Cancer Research Hardest Hit
Submitted on April 22, 2013“When you see this type of destructive disease, you do not sit around trying to rationalize it or make excuses for it or figure out its root causes,” Harper told reporters when asked about recent cuts to cancer research.
SHE SAID BOOM: INTERVIEW WITH TORONTO '80s FEMINIST PUNK BAND FIFTH COLUMN
Submitted on April 21, 2013GB Jones and Caroline Azar talk about feminism and zines
Last summer I went to the premiere film screening of She Said Boom: The Story of Fifth Column and fell in love with the women of Fifth Column.
Idle No More and Decolonization
Submitted on April 21, 2013Organizers @ INM conference talk about the struggle
Clips taken from full-length interviews with organizers at the 2013 INM Organizers' Conference. Full-length audio available below:
Natanis D: veteran media producer and re-indigenization advocate
Youth For Climate Justice Now - Earth Day 2013
Submitted on April 20, 2013On Saturday April 20, 2013 Youth For Climate Justice Now organized and march and rally with a focus on climate justice, and the need to keep fossil fuels in the ground. A large crowd marched down Commercial Drive in East Vancouver and gathered in Grandview Park.
Au moins 62 groupes populaires annoncent leur intention de ne pas respecter le règlement municipal anti-manifestation
Submitted on April 20, 2013At least 62 grassroots community groups are announcing their intention to not respect the anti-protest municipal by-law April 22nd
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NOUS NE NOUS SOUMETTRONS PAS AU RÈGLEMENT P-6
La Coop média de Montréal a besoin de vous et peut-être avez-vous besoin d'elle
Submitted on April 19, 2013La Coop média de Montréal est une partie d'un réseau national dont le site Internet principal est mediacoop.ca et qui produit aussi le journal The Dominion. Il est composé de sections régionales à Vancouver, Toronto, Montréal ainsi qu'à Halifax et compte aussi des groupes de travail à Ottawa, à Sudbury et en Saskatchewan.
Day 28: Hunger Strike Weighs in at Vancity
Submitted on April 19, 2013VANCOUVER, Coast Salish Territories - Hunger striker (formerly) Homeless Dave was wheeled into the headquarters of Vancity yesterday to confront the massive credit union on its lending policies on Day 28 of his protest.
POLICE IMPUNITY CASE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA
Submitted on April 19, 2013Supreme Court hears arguments from police groups and families of two men killed by police regarding practice of lawyer note vetting when police are under investigation
The Schaeffer and Minty families were brought to the Supreme Court of Canada on April 19, 2013 by police groups, in another chapter in the families' arduous and long legal battle against police impunity. The Ontario provincial police shot and killed Levi Schaeffer and Robert Minty, both living with mental illness, in two separate and unresolved incidences in June 2009.
OPP takes Schaeffer-Minty Case to Ottawa
Submitted on April 19, 2013Supreme Court hosts landmark battle against police violence and impunity
The Justice for Levi (J4L) campaign to end police impunity for acts of violence and murder was heard by the Supreme Court of Canada on April 19, 2013.
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) brought the landmark case to Ottawa after a November 2011 ruling by the Ontario Court of Appeal that its officers had violated the Police Services Act.
Mali In the Mainstream Media
Submitted on April 19, 2013Islamic terror a catch-all term that over-generalizes more complex situation
HAMILTON-- When French President François Hollande announced that French armed forces would provide support to the government of Mali, he was careful to add "[T]he operation will last as long as necessary.” The original reque
Dear Just Us: This is Why Your Workers Need a Union
Submitted on April 18, 2013Intimidation Tactics: The Police Never Change
Submitted on April 18, 2013The Pidgin protesters have ordered social housing, but instead got a taste of intimidation with a side of harassment and even a warrant for "crossing the line". This is exactly the type of action laid down by the authorities last year during the casserole marches in solidarity with the students in Quebec.
Q &A with Clean Across Nova Scotia's Neil Bailey
Submitted on April 18, 2013Friday and Saturday cleanups have attracted 14,000 participants. But there's always room for one more.
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) -- The great Clean Across Nova Scotia initiative is taking place this Friday and Saturday, with cleanups scheduled clear across the province. Neil Bailey, on staff at Clean Nova Scotia, has been preparing for this weekend for the last year.
Porter Loses Injunction, Goes Straight to a Lawsuit
Submitted on April 18, 2013Airline is suing Union for $4 million
Porter Airlines is playing hardball. Rather than negotiate with their striking refueling workers, they are choosing to use any legal means available to avoid dealing with them.
Nova Scotia's handling of electronic medical reports industry leaves competitors feeling ill
Submitted on April 18, 2013Choice to hand off contracts to big-time companies has upset homegrown alternatives, doctors
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) – Electronic Medical Records (EMR), the software programming that your doctor's office uses to keep your files in order, and from time to time receives or sends information about you to other clinics, laboratories, and the like, is an industry on the upswing.
PiDGiN Protest April 17, 2013
Submitted on April 17, 2013This was the night the cops said they'd make arrests. They'd made none as of 7:05pm when I had to leave to edit these photos.
City rents out St. Pat’s-Alexandra to Trailer Park Boys
Submitted on April 17, 2013HRM’s costs associated with former school total at least $655,000
[Updated Friday, April 19]
Joel Bitar released on bail
Submitted on April 17, 2013U.S. citizen, one of several Americans facing G20 protest charges, out on $100,000 bond
Joel Bitar was granted bail today by a judge at a provincial courthouse in north Toronto.
Throne Speech Announces Public-Private Partnerships In Social Sector
Submitted on April 16, 2013Government opens door to controversial Social Impact Bonds
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) -- There was an easily overlooked one-sentence statement in the provincial Throne Speech announcing that Nova Scotia will become
Solidarity is the Antidote to Austerity
Submitted on April 16, 2013“Solidarity is the antidote to austerity” – said Sudbury Collation Against Poverty (SCAP) member Gary Kinsmen over a megaphone to a crowd of 75-90 community members who gathered at Memorial Park on April 12th to show their support against provincial austerity measures.
Spies that Share
Submitted on April 16, 2013Docs show CSIS collaboration with private sector
TORONTO—The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) is disclosing intelligence to private companies despite a law that does not permit this sharing.
Not on the Radar
Submitted on April 15, 2013Porter Airline Refuelers Strike Hits 3rd month
Toronto - Blocking traffic, arguing with police and blowing on vuvuzelas might sound like your standard strike activity. But's for a small union on its first strike, it can be a daunting task.
DFAIT Accompli: Establishment celebrates CIDA's demise, NGOs complain impotently
Submitted on April 15, 2013As the reactions to the demise of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) continue to roll in, we're seeing two distinct themes emerging.
Rapturous applause from the establishment
NDP Government Gives Fracking Waste Handler Free Ride: Colchester County Left Holding Bag
Submitted on April 15, 2013Short deadline for appeals leaves groups scrambling
Noel, Nova Scotia - Fracking waste water has now been sitting in two Kennetcook storage ponds for 5 years. In 2011 one third of the frack wastes still there was transferred to a facility in Debert, where it has been in a pseudo-regulatory purgatory ever since.
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BLOG(Rachelle Niemela): Complete Streets – Sudbury vs Chicago
Submitted on April 15, 2013Chicago has just released the 2013 Edition of its Complete Streets Design Guidelines. It is one of hundreds of U.S. cities and states, and a few Canadian cities, who have endorsed and implemented the concept of Complete Streets. And it is definitely the type of document that Sudbury needs to develop to guide its approach to road design.
2013-04-14 - #manifencours #Casseroles #Hochelaga
Submitted on April 15, 2013Montréal 14 avril 2013 - #manifencours #Casseroles #Hochelaga
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Downtown Eastsiders paint old police station to claim it for 100% social housing
Submitted on April 14, 2013For Immediate Release
April 14, 2013
22 avril Manif contre le Reglement P6
Submitted on April 14, 2013
Appel pour la manifestation contre le règlement P6 le 22 avril, salle du conseil de l'hôtel de ville, 275, rue Notre-Dame Est, 18:00 hrs
"SÈME TA ZAD!" A Notre-Dames-des-Landes, les zadistes recultivent les terres
Submitted on April 14, 2013Construire là où il veulent détruire, cultiver là où ils veulent bétonner!
« Avec ‘SÈME TA ZAD!’ nous voulons mettre en place, dès maintenant une communisation des terres et des pratiques. Nous prenons la terre et nous la garderons! »
Pas question de laisser le champ libre à Vinci.
Montréal 12 avril 2013 - Colloque À Babord: Mutations De L'Univers Médiatique
Submitted on April 13, 2013Montréal 12 avril 2013 - Colloque À Babord: Mutations De L'Univers Médiatique
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Nowhere to Run To: A Global Resistance to Toxic Extraction Industry?
Submitted on April 13, 2013On April 12, 2013, the province of British Columbia announced four new proposals for LNG export terminals on the north coast.
Nova Scotia Budget 2013 - Balanced, But At What Cost?
Submitted on April 13, 2013Alternative budget addresses poverty deficit
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) -- For many years now the Nova Scotia chapter of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has released its annual alternat
Solidarity in the Snow: Sudbury Rallies Against Austerity
Submitted on April 12, 2013As the city endured one final blast of winter, 75 residents of Sudbury braved the weather on Friday to express their opposition to austerity measures expected in the forthcoming provincial budget.
Doing the Heavy Lifting
Submitted on April 12, 2013Canada’s temporary foreign workers vulnerable to exploitation
OTTAWA—José Sicajau, a Guatemalan man of Indigenous descent, had grown accustomed to exploitative conditions after several years as a Temporary Foreign Worker growing vegetables on a farm in Saint-Michel, Quebec, less than an hour south of Montreal.
On Rape Culture
Submitted on April 12, 2013Trigger warning: This article talks about rape and sexual assault.
Rehtaeh’s friends and relatives say society needs to change
Submitted on April 12, 2013Reach out to loved ones, hundreds hear
**Trigger warning: This post talks about sexual assault.**
About 350 people attended a vigil at sunset for Rehtaeh “Rae” Parsons Thursday evening.
They held her photo printed on white, green and pink paper, and lit candles.
Bear Spray Hits PiDGiN Picketers
Submitted on April 12, 2013
Halfway through the tenth week of PiDGiN picket at 350 Carrall Street, across from Pigeon Park in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, the struggle for gentrification justice just jumped to a new quantum level.
Landry Writes to Ottawa, Dexter Creates Task Force, Anonymous Threatens Action
Submitted on April 11, 2013NDP government attempts damage control over public outrage at Rehtaeh Parson's death
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) – As Nova Scotia - and the country - reels from the death of 17-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons, question period at the Nova Scotia House of Assembly was again focused on where the bureaucratic system failed the teen, and how to proactively move forward from this place of mourning so that this tragedy is never repeated.
The Ethics of Humanitarian Intervention: Mali and Haiti
Submitted on April 10, 2013Roger Annis of Canada Haiti Action Network
February 22nd episode of Warning Shots
Roger Annis the coordinator for the Canada Haiti Action Network talks with Scott Price on the intervention in Mali. Roger covers the context before the intervention, the present situation in Mali and the parallels to Haiti.
Program summary
00:39-show starts
2:52-introdcution and announcements
Update on Indigenous Struggles
Submitted on April 10, 2013Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Japan
Scott Price interviews John Schertow editor\manager\creator of Intercontinental Cry an online news source on indigenous struggles around the world. John will be discussing the Ainu Maori Exchange, the Yindjibarndi's struggle with FMG in Australia and the Triqui's struggle in Oaxaca Mexico.
Program details
2:51-Show Starts, opening announcements
New Action Group Targets Food Poverty
Submitted on April 9, 2013VANCOUVER, Coast Salish Territory - A new group dedicated to ending hunger and malnutrition hit the Vancouver streets today. More than a dozen members of the Neighbourhood Action Food Group gathered outside the BC Social Development Office on Commercial before marching to NDP MLA Jenny Kwan’s Office.
Welcome to the Occupation
Submitted on April 9, 2013Occupy Love gets a cynical OWS tourist thinking differently
It was October of 2011, and as luck would have it, I was passing through New York City. Occupy Wall Street had been going for a few weeks, and had gained significant momentum.
Demise of CIDA lefts the veil off Canadain aid
Submitted on April 9, 2013Nik Barry-Shaw on the demise of CIDA
Canada's conservative federal goverment announced in it's budget that CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency) will be rolled into a new department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development. This has sparked some out cry from NGOs, saying that this move limits the independence of development NGOs.
Pidgin Anti-Gentrification Picket on Day 16 of Hunger Strike
Submitted on April 9, 2013CKUT En Profondeur - Discussion autour du texte Quand le spectacle se poursuit en coulisse
Submitted on April 9, 2013Une discussion autour des critiques féministes et queer des dynamiques de pouvoir et des rapports de domination dans le militantisme étudiant, notamment avec deux des auteures du texte Quand le spectacle se poursuit en coulisse, un
RBC Chief Unaware Foreign Workers Used by Multinational Outsourcing Firm
Submitted on April 9, 2013“Really,” said Royal Bank of Canada CEO Gord Nixon, “I’m as surprised as everyone else to find out that iGate Corp. employed foreign workers to replace our Canadian employees.”
Flashback: The day the war broke out
Submitted on April 9, 2013Not Enough Support for Homeless Kids In Rural Nova Scotia
Submitted on April 9, 2013Province focuses on emergency shelters and prevention only
For homeless youth in Halifax there are organizations like Phoenix House. Phoenix House runs a shelter for homeless kids and offers counselling, a drop-in centre, and supervised living in an affordable apartment. Phoenix House also runs outreach and prevention programs, helping youth at risk and their families deal with problems before they lead to homelessness.
The ethical business dismisses for union organizing? Eli and Shay on Just Us!
Submitted on April 9, 2013This is the discussion I had with Elijah Williams and Shay Enxuga on my show, From the Margins , on Monday, April 4th.
Rising Tide Stands with Pidgin Picket on Day 16 of Hunger Strike
Submitted on April 8, 2013A Closer Look At Fair Trade Coffee In Halifax
Submitted on April 8, 2013Fair trade branding used as marketing tool locally
“Basically, it's people and planet before profit,” Just Us! Café team leader Ali Larsen said when asked to define the café’s idea of fair trade.
Pallet lore: Is all this free wood too good to be true?
Submitted on April 8, 2013I have been doing some more research into using pallets for construction. Pallets are being thrown out all the time, and present a tempting source for free lumber. I always have a lot of projects on the go that require lumber, from potato towers, raised beds and cold frames to compost boxes, pallet gardens and frames to hold rain barrels.
Montréal 05 avril 2013 - #manifencours et désobéissance civile contre le règlement P6
Submitted on April 8, 2013Montréal 05 avril 2013 - #manifencours et désobéissance civile contre le règlement P6
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Burns Lake Band members evicted from their blockade by armed riot police
Submitted on April 7, 2013FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
April 7, 2013
Burns Lake Band members evicted from their blockade by armed riot police.
Supporters of 'dismissed' workers rally at Just Us!
Submitted on April 7, 2013Third former worker says she was fired after talking about unions
About 120 people rallied outside the Just Us! Spring Garden Road location on Sunday in support of two workers who believe they were unfairly fired from the café in late March.
Stories from inside the kettle
Submitted on April 6, 2013The SPVM put on another show
I’m embarrassed to admit that, for the past month, I have let the circus of P-6 intimidate me out of going to protests. That ended on Friday, April 5th.
Headless Anarchopanda Will Be Capitalism’s Worst Nightmare!
Submitted on April 6, 2013Montréal police may think they’ve weakened the beloved revolutionary bear by confiscating his head as “evidence” under municipal bylaw P6, but they will soon find that an angry headless mascot is more dangerous than a cuddly hug-bestowing one.
First Guatemalan Genocide Trial of Former Dictator Rios Montt
Submitted on April 6, 2013Interview with Benjamín Manuel Jerónimo, President of the Asociación para la Justicia y la Reconciliación and Massacre Survivor
This interview is in Spanish.
Topless activists show solidarity with threatened Tunisian woman
Submitted on April 5, 2013A group of six women and three men protested in the Tunisian Embassy and around downtown Montreal yesterday condemning the death threats a 19-year old woman received for posting semi-naked pictures of herself bearing slogans against violence against women.
Militarized Police from Coast to Coast
Submitted on April 5, 2013An Open Letter and a request for info about RCMP Tactical Armoured Vehicles
Dear VMC and Media Co-op readers: I'm looking into this issue elsewhere and would appreciate hearing from you if you have information about the location of the other tactical armoured vehicles (TAVs) deployed across Canada. Likewise, please get in touch if you have your own concerns about their deployment or if you want to organize to try to have them removed from Canadian communi
Landmark Federal Court Ruling Ensures Equal Care for Pictou Landing First Nation Teenager
Submitted on April 5, 2013Jordan's Principle legally binding for the first time in Canada
K'JIPUKTUK (HALIFAX)--It's an exciting day for Jeremy Meawasige, a young Pictou Landing First Nation teenager with multiple disabilities, his mother, Maurina Beadle, and Philippa Pictou, Health Director for Pictou Landing.
Book Review: Cuba and Its Neighbours - Democracy in Motion
Submitted on April 5, 2013Kelly Pflug-Back on These Burning Streets, Women, and Prisons
Submitted on April 5, 2013Kelly Pflug-Back is a published poet and author as well as a well-known activist for her work in anti-poverty and harm reduction organizing. Kelly recently spent seven months in prison at the Vanier Correctional Centre for Women for her alleged participation in the riots during the G20 protests in Toronto in 2010.
Voici la liste des membres du SPVM accusés en déontologie policière
Submitted on April 4, 2013De septembre 1990 à décembre 2011, pas moins de 837 policiers différents du Service de police de la ville de Montréal ont été formellement accusés d’avoir dérogé au Code de déontologie des policiers du Québec par le Commissaire à la déontologie policière.
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Hunger Strike weighs in at City Hall
Submitted on April 4, 2013
VANCOUVER - Hunger striker Homeless Dave has lost a pound a day over the past two weeks.
Clearcuts Affect Farms!
Submitted on April 4, 2013Shannon Jones farms with her partner Bryan Dyck in River Hebert, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. This post was originally posted on Broadfork Farm's website.
Entrevue: Teach-in anticapitaliste sur le thème du travail et du 1er mai
Submitted on April 4, 2013Entrevue avec Danielle Holyk diffusée à l'émission En Profondeur lundi 1er avril 2013.
On y parle du teach-in anticapitaliste sur le thème du travail et du 1er mai qui aura lieu le dimanche 7 avril, entre 10h et 18 au Centre d'éducation populaire de la Petite-Bourgogne et de St-Henri (CEDA, 2515 rue Delisle, Métro Lionel-Groulx).
Subminimum on the Prairies
Submitted on April 4, 2013Minimum wage for workers with disabilities an ongoing struggle
WINNIPEG—Provisions to the labour code that allow employers to pay workers with disabilities less than minimum wage have somehow persisted until 2013 in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, and are finally to be removed. But they’re still on the books in Alberta.
NEVER BEEN IDLE- ACTION'S UNITY CAMP
Submitted on April 3, 2013Oshkimaadiziig in the Anishinabek Language refers to the New People of the Seventh Fire Prophecy, who will pick up the many things left on the trail to ensure Humanity's survival in the Eighth Fire
Montreal Day of Solidarity with Unis'ot'en Resistance to the Pacific Trails Pipeline
Submitted on April 3, 2013On Friday March 30 demonstrators stood in solidarity with the Unist’ot’en clan of the Wet’suwet’en nation, handing out flyers in the sunshine outside State Street Corporation Montreal headquarters, in an action against Chevron and the Pacific Trails Pipeline(PTP).
Alex Hundert, safe and sound.
Submitted on April 2, 2013I am out of jail; safe and sound.
I have been out of the house, wandered around the neighbourhood, in daylight and in darkness last night. It is good to be out.
Projet de Responsabilisation de la Police
Submitted on April 2, 2013ATTN : Toutes personnes arrêtées ou ayant reçu une contravention
Liberté d'information/Responsa
No Ticket! Why?
Submitted on April 2, 2013The following open letter details a recent event where VPD officers exercised "discretion" to avoid writing a bylaw offense ticket. Instead, they chose to illegitimately and coercively confiscate personal property.
Indigenous women & prostitution: An interview with Cherry Smiley
Submitted on April 2, 2013Feminist Current
Prostitution is a gendered issue, but it’s also an issue that is very much tied to class and race. Canada’s history of colonialism is not something to be ignored when looking at both causes of and solutions to prostitution.
Just Us and Them?
Submitted on April 2, 2013Baristas at Just Us! Café attempt to unionize, lose their jobs
Elijah Williams was caught off guard last week when he and fellow Just Us! Coffee Roasters Co-op employee Shay Enxuga were told they were no longer a “good fit” for the Café where they had been baristas since January 2012 and July 2011, respectively.
Idle No More's Unsilent Spring: Vancouver, March 30
Submitted on April 1, 2013Idle No More Vancouver started spring off with a big kick of energy, filling Commercial Drive. People from many backgrounds, indigenous nations and non-indigenous allies, took to the street, demonstrating the INM energy that will not dissipate. You know it’s going to be an Unsilent Spring and one Spirited Summer.
The Lebowski Blog
Submitted on April 1, 2013Shock Doctrine Budgets in Toronto and Canada
"Where's the f'ing money, Lebowski?"
It's a pretty sad state of affairs when any right wing organization supporting tax increases amounts to "news".
But such is the current state of affairs in "Shock Doctrine" Canada.
March in Review
Submitted on April 1, 2013Kettling in Montreal, frack waste goes down the drain in Nova Scotia, and Pandas all over!
Citing a troubled conscience and a desire to concentrate on his blossoming career as a lounge-style piano player, Prime Minister Harper's office has publicly announced that the highly unpopular member of parliament from Calgary Southwest will be retiring from politics effective immediately.
Bike Tour Blockades Three Chevron Gas Stations
Submitted on March 31, 2013Cannabis Q&A with Halifax Regional Police chief Jean-Michel Blais
Submitted on March 31, 2013Why is the total number of drug charges up in HRM while the number of marijuana charges is down?
Federal marijuana laws may be growing stricter, but local enforcement of those laws is mellowing out, HRP Chief Jean-Michel Blais told the Halifax Media Co-op last week.
Truck Stop Circus Rings Chevron Refinery
Submitted on March 30, 2013BURNABY - There were no tanker trucks rolling in or out of the North Burnaby Chevron Refinery Saturday afternoon. The roads were blocked by anti-pipeline activiists holding a 'climate crime circus' as part of a global day of action against Chevron.
Action Camp (sous-titré en français)
Submitted on March 29, 2013Traduit de http://stoptheflows.tumblr.com/
Journey of Nishiyuu - final leg (video)
Submitted on March 29, 2013Six Cree youth and one guide started out in January from Whapmagoostui in Northern Quebec to walk to Ottawa, a journey of around 1600km. By the time they arrived the number of walkers had grown into the hundreds as people from the various communities on the route joined in.
Militarized police, colonial repression
Submitted on March 28, 2013Why do the New Glasgow police have a tank?
This photo of the Emergency Response Team (ERT) of the New Glasgow police service provides a starting point for some important insights into the workings of the Canadian settler state.
Stop Financing Destruction: Toronto group delivers letters of trespass to PTP investors
Submitted on March 28, 2013This morning members of Rising Tide Toronto delivered letters of trespass to the top institutional investors of Chevron, while hosting impromptu "educational sessions" outside their offices.
Idle No More Beyond Borders
Submitted on March 28, 2013KI First Nation finds common ground at Mesoamerican gathering against mining
CAPULÁLPAM DE MÉNDEZ, MEXICO—The presence of a representative of the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) First Nation at a Mexican anti-mining event has helped to strengthen international solidarity between Indigenous activists inspired by Idle No More.
Margaree Environmental Association Addresses Nova Scotia Chiefs; Questions Role of Mi'kmaq Consultation Group
Submitted on March 28, 2013Province pays for KMKNO-issued report, then uses report to help defeat court challenge to Lake Ainslie drill
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) -- The information sessions that are currently taking place on First Nations reserves across Nova Scotia have seen organizers from Idle No More and representatives from the Kwilmuk Maw-klusuaqn Negotiating Office (KMKNO) deliver presentations related to the 'Made In Nova Scotia Process,' the name given to the negotiating table in
Ligne 9 : Les sables bitumineux arrivent en Ontario
Submitted on March 27, 2013Média Recherche Action a présenté lors du Cabaret anticolonialiste du 16 mars 2013, dans le cadre du Festival HORS-CADRE, la traduction du film "Line 9: The Tar Sands Come to Ontario" de Rachel Deutsch.
Barrick Gold CEO Jamie Sokalsky gets called out at Toronto mining convention
Submitted on March 27, 2013Once a year, the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) throws the world's largest mining convention in downtown Toronto. This year, the convention featured a track on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) that was open to the public. The final session of this track was a CEO panel featuring Jamie Sokalsky, the CEO of Barrick Gold.
Halifax Police Crack Down On Medical Marijuana Club
Submitted on March 27, 2013Licensed members unsure where to turn for legal cannabis
A mix of sweet incense and marijuana smoke hung like a fine Nova Scotia fog inside the Halifax Compassionate Club on March 21. Members smoking fat joints leaned on the kitchen counter talking quietly in pairs. The countertop held a fruit and veggie platter and a vaporizer, and on a table nearby sat an emptying box of Timbits.
Reality tv immigration raid: interview with Max Haiven
Submitted on March 26, 2013Analysis on the distorted reality
There is detailed background before the interview.
Here are a few summary notes:
On Wednesday, March 13th Canada Border Services Agency – Canada's armed immigration / border police – raided an East Vancouver construction site with a private film crew in tow. They were in search of what they viewed as illegal workers.
Defending the Brand
Submitted on March 26, 2013A Case Study in Counterspin
Introduction
This case study is rife with contradictions. The upfront contradiction is the inadvisability of doing anything to call any more attention to Mark Brand and his designer signboard for Save-on-Meats. The offsetting hope is that critical readers will come to understand better what the Mark Brand enterprise actually is doing.
Community March Against Racism 2013
Submitted on March 26, 2013The International Day for the Elimination of Racism marks the anniversary of the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre in South Africa when police opened fire on hundreds of South Africans protesting against Apartheid's passbook laws, killing 67 and wounding 1
The Ernesto “Che” Guevara Volunteer Work Brigade
Submitted on March 26, 2013My Experience of the 2011 Brigade
by Charles Spurr
I believe it was Che Guevara who said that volunteer work is a school to create consciousness. He meant that through volunteer work one developed a connection with one’s community and society. In this case we went to Cuba to make a connection with the Cuban society in a direct, hands-on way.
Nova Scotia Alternative Budget Focuses on Jobs and Growth
Submitted on March 26, 2013Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives provincial budget offers range of different choices
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) -- The 2013 edition of the Nova Scotia Alternative Budget, released on March 25th, calls for significant increases in spending on poverty reduction, healthcare, affordable housing, childcare and post-secondary educatio
Nishiyuu Youth Arrive in Ottawa after 1,600 Kilometre Journey, call for unity as part of Idle No More movement
Submitted on March 25, 2013Indigenous youth trekking to Ottawa from northern Quebec arrived by the hundreds on Monday, March 25. In mid January, six Cree youth from Whapmagoostui began a 1,600 kilometre “Quest of Wisjinichu-Nishiyuu”, a “Quest for Unity” as part of the burgeoning Idle No More movement.
SNC-Lavalin in Arauca, still where they shouldn’t be
Submitted on March 25, 2013Talisman Energy, Enbridge, and the OCENSA pipeline in Centro Oriente province
Submitted on March 25, 2013Canadian war profitors bulletin
The Canadian oil company Enbridge has the largest oil pipeline grid in the world,
CIDA: 45 years of co-optation was enough
Submitted on March 25, 2013With social movements marginalized, development can be further subordinated to Canadian corporate interests
Canada's development agency is going out with a whimper, not a bang. Canada's Conservative government announced last Thursday that the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) will be merged into a new Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, ending any formal independence development and trade previously possessed.
Call for Springtime Submissions
Submitted on March 25, 2013News pitches to The Dominion are due April 2 at midnight
The long weekend is coming up and you know what that means.... More time to come up with a pitch to The Dominion! We will pay two contributors $100 each for news features to be published online and be considered for the print magazine.
Spring Sleuthing: Call for Investigative Pitches
Submitted on March 25, 2013The deadline for investigative pitches to The Dominion is April 2
Some people are already rolling up their sleeves and shoveling soil in their gardens, and others are still shoveling snow—either way, we're ready for folks to dig deeper into important under-reported stories this spring. The deadline for the next round of investigative pitches is April 2.
Montreal Hospitals Facing a "Toxic Culture": St-Mary's Physician
Submitted on March 25, 2013Junior doctor says his name Is being defamed because he reported medical errors
MONTREAL—According to Dr. Alexander Nataros, the McGill Faculty of Medicine has launched personal attacks against him that have “sent chills to the depths of the McGill system.”
Sur le meurtre de Aaron Swartz par l'État Américain
Submitted on March 24, 2013Hundreds Participate in Community March Against Racism
Submitted on March 24, 2013
Saturday, March 23, 2013. Hundreds marched down Commercial Drive to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racism in the NOII organized 6th annual Community March Against Racism.
Book Review: 'Hungry For Change' Places All Readers in the Global Food Struggle
Submitted on March 24, 2013Title: Hungry For Change - Farmers, Food Justice and the Agrarian Question
Author: A. Harroon Akram-Lodhi
Pages: 200
Hundreds March Against Racism in Vancouver
Submitted on March 23, 2013Hundreds marched down Commercial Drive today for Vancouver's annual anti-racism march, which drew attention to a wide range of issues — from recent workplace raids and deportations of undocumented migrants to the colonization of Indigenous lands, hate crimes and poverty.
Shanet Pilouss recommence à s'alimenter
Submitted on March 23, 2013Après 82 jours de grève de la faim dont 10 jours de grève de la faim et de la soif, Shanet Pilouss recommence à s'alimenter après avoir reçu l'appui du Chef de l'Assemblée des Premières Nations du Québec et du Labrador (APNQL), Ghislain Picard,
Grenades assourdissantes: Que cache le SPVM?
Submitted on March 23, 2013Le Guet des Activités Paralogiques, Propagandistes et Anti-démocratiques (GAPPA) est une tactique de surveillance des médias de masse, des nouveaux médias et des activités de relations publiques en général.
Pour rejoindre GAPPA...
Montreal Police Flashbang Style
Submitted on March 23, 2013GAPPA (Guarding Against Paralogical & Propagandist Activities) is a monitoring tactic concentrating on mass media, new media & activities of public relation.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/GAPPAsquad
Twitter: @GAPPAsquad https://twitter.com/GAPPAsquad
Union and Community Activists Pan Federal Budget
Submitted on March 23, 2013Multiple speakers reject Harper government's claims on jobs, environment
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) - The 2013 federal budget is bad for our maritime economy, and will do little if anything to improve lives of Nova Scotia's workers, students, and people living on low income, concluded speakers at the Federal Budget Watch in Halifax concluded.
Montréal 22 mars 2013 - Souricière à la #manifencours #22mars PQ-PLQ
Submitted on March 23, 2013Photos/Tweets/Vidéos:
Montréal 22 mars 2013 - Souricière à la #manifencours #22mars PQ-PLQ
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Feedback de la soirée MASSES & MÉDIAS
Submitted on March 22, 2013Extraits vidéos d'une magnifique célébration des médias indépendants
Dans un monde riche de diversité nous avons le devoir de dénoncer une situation de production médiatique qui appauvrit la société en proposant une réalité "aux contours polis", fardée et vidée de sens; un reflet médiatique de plus en plus décalé du contexte social coloré et bouillant.
Hunger Strike at Pantages Condo Site & Pidgin Restaurant
Submitted on March 22, 2013Photos from Hunger Strike at Pantages Condo Site & Pidgin Restaurant Protest, March 22, 3013.
Hunger Strike Targets Gentrification/Housing
Submitted on March 22, 2013DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE - A hunger strike was launched today at the site of the controversial proposed Sequel 138 condo project near Main and Hastings.
Solidarity with CBSA Deportee Oscar Mata
Submitted on March 22, 2013Oscar and seven others were arrested during a CBSA raid on their construction site, accompanied by a reality TV crew.
This video accompanies Oscar as he leaves Vancouver.
Moralizing or Empowering: The Hot Topic that Affects Us All
Submitted on March 22, 2013A documentary on morality and moral development
When Lawrence Kohlberg was a psychology student at the University of Chicago in the 1950s, he came up with a theory of moral development. He theorized that our capacity to reason about moral decisions, from lying to murder, developed in stages throughout our lifetimes, and that by the time we reach adulthood, humans are capable of reasoning rationally through complex moral dilemmas.
Idle No More Not on Agenda at All Chiefs Meeting
Submitted on March 21, 2013Rising Tide CST: Banner Drop
Submitted on March 21, 2013Rising Tide- Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories is joining over 50 other grassroots groups taking action this week to Stop Tar Sands Profiteers.
Manifestation anticolonialiste en solidarité avec Shanet Pilouss
Submitted on March 21, 2013Shanet Pilouss, une femme innue de la communauté de Uahsat Mak Mani-utenam, a débuté une grève de la faim le 1er janvier 2013. Le 11 mars 2013, elle a cessé de s’hydrater complètement pour faire comprendre au gouvernement Harper et Marois ainsi qu’aux conseils de bande qu’elle était prête à aller jusqu’au bout.
People's Power and Childcare
Submitted on March 21, 2013Community-Run Childcare in the Face of Cut Backs
As the old Yoruba (Nigerian) proverb goes, “It takes a village to raise a child.” With government support for affordable childcare decreasing, the community has to take things in hand.
From Steubenville to Bagdad: What We Don’t Know Can Hurt Us
Submitted on March 20, 2013Steubenville’s ignorance-is-bliss philosophy extends far beyond the borders of that town. Chauvinism and support for “our boys” all too often blind us to violent or even murderous acts and spur us to attack the courageous whistleblowers who tell us the truth we’d rather not hear.
Provincial Consultation Gets Stormy Reception
Submitted on March 20, 2013Attendants at province's Putting People First initiative demand action rather than words
About 120 people with mental or physical disabilities and their parents, spouses and caretakers, gathered March 19 at the Nova Scotia Community College campus in Dartmouth to provide feedback on the provincial Putting People First initiative.
CKUT En profondeur - La commémoration du second anniversaire de la catastrophe de Fukushima s'est aussi célébrée à Montreal
Submitted on March 20, 2013La commémoration a eu lieu lundi dernier; rassemblant témoignages, invités et vidéos éclairant sur la situation du Japon deux ans apres la catastrophe. Ecoutez l'organisatrice Adrienne Hurley, suivi d'un témoignage en francais puis un extrait du documentaire ¨Fukushima, une population sacrifiée¨, diffusé lors de l'événement.
Parliament to Vote on Rights of Trans Canadians
Submitted on March 19, 2013How has similar legislation changed lives in Nova Scotia?
On March 20, the House of Commons will vote on Bill C-279, known to supporters as the “gender identity bill,” and detractors as the “bathroom bill.” If passed, the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code would be amended to protect gender identity and gender
Un membre de l'equipe de CUTV s'est fait arrete lors de la manifestation contre la brutalite policiere
Submitted on March 19, 2013le 15 mars lors de la manifestation contre la brutalite policiere un membre de l'equipe de CUTV s'est fait arrete par la SQ pour avoir demande des directions
March 15th during the Anti-Police Brutality Protest a member of CUTV was arrested by the SQ for asking for directions.
Le spectacle de la répression
Submitted on March 19, 2013Idle No More, Defenders of Land Call for Intensifying Actions through Spring, Summer
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March 19, 2012
Media contacts:
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Book Review: Tailings of Warren Peace
Submitted on March 19, 2013Assassinats et répression entourant une mine canadienne – Une porte-parole, malgré le choc, est venue nous parler à Québec
Submitted on March 18, 2013« Choisir la vie au lieu de l'or »
18 mars 2013 à Québec
Le jour avant les conférences à Québec, quatre personnes au Guatemala ont subi une attaque causant la mort d'une d'entre elles, une autre a été capturée et les deux autres ont survécu, mais avec des blessures par torture.
En tournée au Québec, la porte-parole du Conseil des Peuples K'iche (mayas au Guatemala) était sous le choc et attristée, tellement que son accompagnatrice, Marie-Dominique Langlois du Projet Accompagnement Québec-Guatemala (PAQG), a dû l'aider à donner la conférence à l'université Laval.
C'est que la compagnie canadienne GoldCorp maintient la Mine Marlin au Guatemala même si les consultations populaires ont permis aux peuples de la région d'exprimer leur refus de cette exploitation des ressources naturelles sur leur territoire. Cela peut surprendre, mais 75 % de l'industrie minière mondiale s'est subitement déclarée canadienne ces dernières années, comme par magie. Nous vous laissons imaginer les raisons et les avantages encourageant les entreprises minières à installer leur siège social au Canada et pourquoi le gouvernement canadien n'intervient jamais.
Lolita Chavez est venue demander aux gens du Québec et du Canada de les aider à défendre leurs droits face à des entreprises canadiennes et pour nous partager leur vision du monde, leur respect de la vie. Elle a donné deux conférences à Québec ce lundi 18 mars. Une à l'université Laval, en collaboration avec Avocats sans frontières de l'université Laval, et une autre le soir en basse-ville en collaboration avec le groupe communautaire le CAPMO. Elle fait une tournée québécoise et canadienne avec l'aide du PAQG.
« Je suis enseignante et, parce que j'ai consulté mon peuple, parce que mon peuple refuse la destruction de la Terre, on me dit terroriste.»
This Pig Don't Fly
Submitted on March 18, 2013Province Rejects Salmon Farm - But Association for the Preservation of the Eastern Shore not Celebrating Yet
Submitted on March 18, 2013Interview with Marike Finlay, president of APES
HALIFAX — Residents of Shoal Bay are breathing a sigh of relief since the Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture (DFA) announced it would not grant a lease to Snow Island Salmon for an 18 hectare open pen salmon farm off their coast.
The Un-Natural Gas Boom: A Bridge to Nowhere
Submitted on March 17, 2013I’ll admit I wasn’t fully aware of the scale of the un-natural gas boom until I arrived at an indigenous-led blockade of seven proposed gas pipelines.
Toronto Star Makes Up Facts in Exposé of Sex Tourism in Cuba
Submitted on March 17, 2013"There is truly no prostitution healthier than Cuba's," said Fidel Castro in 1992. Or so claims the Toronto Star. But did he really?
Gatineau : La journée internationale contre la brutalité policière
Submitted on March 17, 2013Gatineau: Annual International Day against Police Brutality
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Gatineau : La journée internationale contre la brutalité policière
Public Libraries Under The Gun
Submitted on March 17, 2013Long-time neglect is catching up, say advocates
Libraries in rural Nova Scotia are struggling to maintain service to sparse and dwindling populations. In HRM the challenge is to keep up with growing demand and expectations. And some say neither urban nor rural libraries are receiving adequate funding.
PiDGiN Picket Ends Week Six
Submitted on March 17, 2013There is no normal at PiDGiN picket. Anything can happen, and much has, over the past six weeks. Police seem to like this new restaurant. Over the space of two hours on March 16 they kept on coming and going. (See how many you can count.) With the glass all frosted now, you couldn't tell whether the bluesuits were stopping in for the fancy food or not.
Journée Internationale Contre La Brutalité Policière: Montréal, 15 mars 2013
Submitted on March 16, 2013Montréal 15 mars 2013 - #manifencours Journée Internationale Contre La Brutalité Policière
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MEC Board Election: The Media Co-op Interview
Submitted on March 16, 2013Candidates weigh in on MEC board moves, ethical sourcing, cooperation, democracy and greenwashing
With 3 million member-owners, Mountain Equipment Co-op is one of Canada's largest. It's also one of the most active co-ops. It regularly wins corporate social responsibility awards, and gives about $3 million per year to environmental organizations.
Fredericton postal worker’s trip to Palestine smeared by Conservative MP
Submitted on March 15, 2013Fredericton – Conservative MP Mark Adler for the Toronto riding of York Centre accused Fredericton postal worker Ruth Breen and her union, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), of using public funds to pay for her trip to the occupied West Bank in Parliament’s Question Period on March 5th.
Gender Expression Class Teaches Haligonians Make-up Tips
Submitted on March 15, 2013DalOUT and Dal Allies host make-up class that spans the gender spectrum
Can’t stipple a convincing beard? Having trouble covering those coarse, dark chin hairs? Want to learn how to apply lipstick for the first time?
This Must Stop: Eddie Gardner, Salmon Feedlot Boycott
Submitted on March 15, 2013From Idealism to Imperialism
Submitted on March 15, 2013Challenging the role of Canada's development NGOs
"Few institutions epitomize Canada's foundational myth of international benevolence like the non-governmentmental organization (NGO) devoted to development abroad." So opens Paved with Good Intentions, a book that uncovers the darker side of this country's "development industry."
Peoples Report on PAVIS and Policing
Submitted on March 14, 2013KW Occupy and The Spot Interview Over 70 People
November 2012 in Toronto, there was an OIPRD conference on police complaints, which we felt was a platform to put forward the Provincial Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy(PAVIS)-the new model of policing.
Counter-Insurgency “Community Policing” Coming to Kitchener
Submitted on March 14, 2013Testing Allegiances
Submitted on March 14, 2013Idle No More highlights the murky waters of solidarity
HALIFAX—Bills C-45 and C-38, the Harper government's recent, and massive, omnibus bills, have laid waste to legislation relevant to the futures of all Canadians.
One Down – Racist Lawyer Doug Christie Dies of Cancer
Submitted on March 13, 2013When not to run: Protest advice from a Street Medic
Submitted on March 12, 2013Some of us are familiar with the clack-clack-clack of batons on riot shields and the boot-to-pavement double-step. We have heard the crack of flashbangs overhead and felt the sting of teargas.
We all know there can be terrifying moments during an action, but here are some reasons not to run when the police charge:
Idle No More Metrotown Flashmob
Submitted on March 12, 2013On 09 March 2013, INM took to Metrotown for a flashmob that took shoppers out of their usual experiences.
GroundWire News - March 12, 2013 edition
Submitted on March 12, 2013This edition was produced by Erin Hudson at CKUT in Montreal Quebec.
Headlines:
The street never forgets and never forgives; March 17 marks the 17th International Day Against Police Brutality
Porter Airlines, a small airline operating out of Toronto Island’s Billy Bishop Airport is in bargaining with 22 of its workers, who walked off the job mid-January
Hunger Strike Ends on Day 11, Made In Nova Scotia Process Halted
Submitted on March 12, 2013Chiefs admit faulty communication and sign declaration to work with Idle No More in future
DARTMOUTH, NS – An 11-day hunger strike came to an end Monday at the Ramada Inn in Dartmouth as Shelley Young of Eskasoni First Nation and Jean Sock of Elsapogtog First Nation took a few bites of mushroom lentil soup.
-IDLE NO MORE- LETTRE OUVERTE de Jeannette Pilot
Submitted on March 11, 2013(Merci de partager cette information non prise en charge par les médias
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Jeannette Pilot Femme innu de la commuauté de Uahsat Mak Mani-utenam
Voilà maintenant 70 jours que j’ai débuté le 1e janvier 2013 la grève de
la faim, le 11 mars 2013 je cesserai de m’hydrater complètement, un
'Seeds Are Life'
Submitted on March 11, 2013Guatemalan permaculture expert touring the Maritimes
This is part of our Just Us! Just Journalism! series of articles dealing with issues of food security, sustainable farming, fair trade and cooperatives in the Maritimes.
Morris House Youth at Risk Project Denied Provincial Funding
Submitted on March 10, 2013CKUT's Off the Hour Panel Discussion: Unwraveling an inside look at the mining industry
Submitted on March 10, 2013On February 9th, as Montréal’s environmental activists chanted, marched, and were piled into police buses outside the Palais des congrés, we wound our w
Journée des Femmes / International Women's Day - Montréal 08 mars 2013
Submitted on March 9, 2013Montréal 08 mars 2013 - #manifencours #JournéeDeLaFemme
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International Women’s Day 2013
Indigenous Mayan Families Take HudBay to Court
Submitted on March 9, 2013International human rights violations by mining companies make their way back to Canada
When traditional lands, occupied for hundreds of years, are uprooted and pillaged by foreign predators who seek only the precious metals beneath the soil, it is only natural to stand up and fight. But when that resistance is met with violent repression, where do you turn? Where do you find strength to carry on?
For Angelica Choc, courage is born from struggle.
Second Chief Withdraws from 'Made In Nova Scotia' Comprehensive Land Claim Negotiations
Submitted on March 8, 2013Eighth day of hunger strike sees influential chief tweet his resignation from negotiating body
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) – The eighth day of Shelley Young and Jean Sock's water-only hunger strike, has brought those at Porcupine Lodge in Millbrook First Nation cause for some celebration.
Canadian Arrogance
Submitted on March 8, 2013Harper and the death of Hugo Chávez
Within hours of the death of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez, Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued what is arguably the most insensitive statement ever released by one democratically-elected leader about the death of another.
Food for Thought: Federal Government Will Not Put Money Where Our Mouth Is!
Submitted on March 8, 2013United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food presents report on Canada
On March 4 and 5, 2013, Food Secure Canada organized 50 events across the country to connect with Olivier De Schutter, United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food.
How to Start a Business, Find Freedom from Poverty
Submitted on March 7, 2013Part IV of a series on using entrepreneurship to alleviate poverty. You can read Part III here.
So you’ve decided you want to start a business. It’s going to involve starting at the bottom and working your way up. And for those in poverty it’s going to be one hard slog.
CKUT News Collective - Le "Y des femmes de Montréal" célebre la journée de la femme
Submitted on March 7, 2013L'associaton du Y des femmes a 138 ans. Et autant d'années devant elle ?
Why Venezuela is Unthinkable in Canada
Submitted on March 7, 2013"A journalist," economist Mark Weisbrot wrote last year, "can say almost anything about Chávez or his government and it is unlikely to be challenged, so long as it is negative." Canadians need only turn on their radios or TVs to confirm that this tr
Homeless Activists Occupy Metro Hall
Submitted on March 7, 2013Temporary emergency shelter opened
Several dozen anti-poverty activists, homeless people and their allies have occupied the rotunda at Metro Hall this morning. Citing 34 homeless deaths in 2012, and 8 already this year, organizers from the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) have declared an 'emergency homeless shelter' in the building.
The March/April issue of The Dominion is now online!
Submitted on March 7, 2013Download the full PDF or view articles on our site
The March/April 2013 issue of The Dominion is now online! Click on this link to download a PDF file of the entire 24-page magazine.
Montréal 05 mars 2013 - #manifencours #OstieDeGrosseManifDeSoir
Submitted on March 6, 2013*photos/tweets/vidéos
Montréal 05 mars 2013 - #manifencours #OstieDeGrosseManifDeSoir
TPP Corporate Rights Pact Meeting Coming to Vancouver in July
Submitted on March 6, 2013On Tuesday March 5th, the Council of Canadians organized a public forum in Vancouver titled ‘Call to Mobilization Against the Trans Pacific Partnership’.
They said the Quebec student movement was dead
Submitted on March 6, 2013Hunger Strikers Demand Indian Act Chiefs of Nova Scotia Withdraw from Comprehensive Land Claim Table
Submitted on March 6, 2013Lives on the line as hunger strike enters sixth day
MILLBROOK FIRST NATION, Mi’kma’ki (Nova Scotia) – Shelley Young, from Eskasoni First Nation, and Jean Sock, from Elsapogtog First Nation, have entered their sixth day of a water-only hunger strike that they vow will continue until the Indian Act chiefs of Nova Scotia step away from the tabling of the 'Made In Nova Scotia' process.
Halifax Media Co-op Call for Pitches
Submitted on March 5, 2013Contribute to grassroots media! Get paid!
Stories from the perspective of marginalized communities in Halifax will be prioritized, including, but not limited to: people with disabilities, immigrants and refugees, Black communities, First Nations communities, LGBTQ people, and those living in poverty.
You have three options:
Low-Income Entrepreneurs Can’t Do It Alone
Submitted on March 5, 2013CKUT Community News - Entrevue avec Rana, activiste pour la semaine contre l'apartheid israélien
Submitted on March 5, 2013Du 6 au 14 mars a lieu la semaine annuelle contre l'apartheid israélien, durant laquelle se déroule une multitude d'événements dans de nombreuses villes partout sur la planète.
Behind the numbers, part II: The tuition fee hike may be worse than you think, plus corrections & updates
Submitted on March 5, 2013Last week I wrote a piece breaking down what I thought were some of the important terms and numbers that came out of the Quebec government's summit on higher education.
Delay, Deny & Distract: Chief Bob Chamberlin at the Save Our Salmon Rally
Submitted on March 5, 2013Mar.1st 2013 Save Our Salmon Rally Vancouver BC: Chief Bob Chamberlin Chief of the Kwicksutaineuk Ah-kwa-mish First Nation stands up to defend the coastal waters of BC from the severe adverse effects of fish farms & the resulting disrespect for scientific documentation on such coming in from all over the globe.
Entrepreneurship: a Game of Risk
Submitted on March 4, 2013Part I of a series on using entrepreneurship to alleviate poverty. You can read Part II here.
Some people are interested in becoming entrepreneurs to get out of poverty. Going this route can be rewarding, as well as risky.
Talking Radical: Sadeqa Siddiqui on the Struggle for Recognition in Quebec Feminist Movements
Submitted on March 4, 2013The following is an excerpt from Gender and Sexuality: Canadian History Through the Stories of Activists, by Scott Neigh. Here, South Asian Women's Community Centre coordinator Sadeqa Siddiqui relates her experiences with the early work of the Centre, and struggles for recognition and participation of migrant women within the Quebec feminist movement.
Poverty Activists: HRM Recycling Proposal Puts Lowest-Income Residents at Risk
Submitted on March 3, 2013'This is nothing but poor-bashing'
HALIFAX — A grassroots coalition of advocates for low-income people is upset that HRM Council is recommending that the province abandon the five-cent deposit on recyclabe bottles.
In a letter to HRM Mayor Mike Savage, Amy Moonshadow voices her opposition in no uncertain terms.
Kitchener Residents Protest Little Rays Reptile Zoo
Submitted on March 2, 2013Press Release
Today, Saturday March 2nd, 2013, several members of K.O.A.L.A. (Kitchener Ontario Animal Liberation Alliance) attended a demonstration opposing animal abuse at Little Ray’s (travelling) Reptile Zoo. The event was held from 9am to 5pm at Bingeman’s conference center in Kitchener, Ontario.
How Sanctuary City Came to Be
Submitted on March 2, 2013Constant Organizing, Perfect Timing Lead to Groundbreaking Motion
TORONTO--After years of organizing, the City of Toronto is finally a sanctuary for undocumented people.
The University of Toronto’s Racist Assault on the Transitional Year Program
Submitted on March 2, 2013Youth deeply worried about their future
Submitted on March 1, 2013Rural Nova Scotia Facing Unique Poverty Challenges
Submitted on March 1, 2013Population, infrastructure decline exacerbating poverty problem outside HRM area
Rising food bank usage, mouldy apartments run by slumlords, hefty heating costs. Halifax Media Co-op headlines have been awash with poverty issues in the past few months. These life complications affect low-income earners and the poor whether they live in urban HRM or rural Guysborough County.
Town Hall: Workers Aren't Buying EI Reforms
Submitted on March 1, 2013Dartmouth meeting is first in series of Nova Scotia Federation of Labour forums
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) — Julia Cottingham was visibly shaken when she showed up to a workers' town hall Feb. 26, at the Holiday Inn in Dartmouth to discuss changes to Employment Insurance.
February in Review
Submitted on March 1, 2013Refugee health, RCMP abuse, liquid uranium and the zombie apocalypse
The movement for sanctuary cities experienced a historic win in Toronto, where City Council strengthened its commitment
Resistance and Performance: Celebration of Powwow Culture
Submitted on February 28, 2013For more info check out the festival website.
Nova Scotia — Locavores' Delight
Submitted on February 28, 2013Homegrown ginger, tobacco, goji berries and more
This is the first of our Just Us! Just Journalism! series of articles dealing with issues of food security, sustainable farming, fair trade and cooperatives in the Maritimes. We thank Just Us! Coffee Roasters Co-op for helping to make this piece possible.
Surrey Rally for Better Transit February 26th 2013
Submitted on February 27, 2013On February 26, 2013 the Surrey Citizens Transportation Initiative (Surrey CiTI) organized a rally to demand increased funding for public transit in Surrey and throughout the region.
Video pour la manif contre la brutalité policière 2013
Submitted on February 27, 2013depuis Collectif Opposé à la Brutalité Policière cobp.resist.ca/
NON À L'IMPUNITÉ POLICIÈRE!
Idle No More: Where the Mainstream Media Went Wrong
Submitted on February 27, 2013Self-representing the people’s movement
NOGOJIWANONG/PETERBOROUGH—You didn’t have to look hard to find racist comments and biased coverage on the Idle No More movement and Chief Theresa Spence’s hunger strike over the past couple of months.
Behind the numbers: six points you need to know about the PQ's "3% tuition fee indexation"
Submitted on February 26, 2013The Summit on Higher Education in Quebec--the Parti Québécois' proposed solution to last year's student strike and the social crisis that ensued--is nearly over.
Forum on Indigenous Nationhood, Land, and Sovereignty
Submitted on February 25, 2013CKUT's Off the Hour: Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Submitted on February 25, 2013Presentation by Bridget Tolley, an Algonquin from the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg in Quebec, Canada
On Februray 14th 2013 over 700 people gathered at St. Laurent Metro to spend their Valentine's day at the Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. The first ever memorial march took place in 1991 after a Coast Salish woman was murdered in Vancouver.
Vancouver LNG Conference Promotes Fuel Worse Than Coal:
Submitted on February 25, 2013Rising Tide – Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories Backs Pipeline Blockade and Says Fracking a Climate Crime
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb 25, 2013
Vancouver LNG Conference Promotes Fuel Worse Than Coal:
Rising Tide – Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories Backs Pipeline Blockade and Says Fracking a Climate Crime
Breakthrough Regarding Legal Liability of Canadian Mining Corporations for Abuses Overseas
Submitted on February 25, 2013Mayans' lawsuit against HudBay over shootings and rapes at mine in Guatemala to proceed in Canadian courts
Enbridge Line 9 Energy Board Info Night
Submitted on February 24, 2013Solidarity Halifax Announces Finalists in 'Name Our Oval' Contest
Submitted on February 24, 2013Names reflect activist, popular and Indigenous history of Nova Scotia
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) – Anti-capitalist group Solidarity Halifax announced Saturday the finalists in their “Name Our Oval” contest, in which residents of the Halifax Regional Municipality had been asked to send in suggestions on what to rename the highly popular skating oval currently known as the Emera Oval.
Propos d’une criminelle par S.R.
Submitted on February 23, 2013Montréal 23 février 2013 – #manifencours contre la réforme de l’assurance-emploi
Submitted on February 23, 2013Montréal 23 février 2013 - #manifencours contre la réforme de l'assurance-emploi
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Groups Demand Health Care For All
Submitted on February 23, 2013Tory changes to IFHP negatively affect refugees in need of care
A pregnant woman suffering from abdominal pain enters the Crossroads Clinic at the Women’s College Hospital in Toronto.
FIPA & TPP Corporate Rights Pacts Not 'Free Trade': Harjap Grewal
Submitted on February 22, 2013On Thurs. Feb 21st: Harjap Grewal spoke about what FIPA and other 'trade agreements' are really about at the What’s Next? Vancouver network's Demystifying, Debating, and Digging in to Trade Agreements panel at the Rhizome Cafe in Vancouver.
Does Anyone Actually Think Crime-Mapping Is A Good Idea?
Submitted on February 22, 2013US citizen arrested in relation to Toronto G20 protest, faces extradition to Canada
Submitted on February 22, 2013New York City resident Joel Bitar charged with 26 accusations
More than two-and-a-half years after the G20 protests in Toronto, a US citizen has been arrested and faces extradition to Canada.
No More Environmental Impact Assessments for Salmon Farms in Nova Scotia
Submitted on February 22, 2013Navigable Waters Act omnibus cut leaves gap in federal assessments; province won't pick up the slack
HALIFAX — "I'm absolutely gobsmacked," says Marike Finlay. "I really cannot believe this is happening in Canada."
Where's the Party in Black History Month?
Submitted on February 22, 2013Black Panther Party remains "misinterpreted, contentious, and underrepresented"
TORONTO–Of all the civil rights leaders and Black power groups to emerge during Black History Month discussions, events, festivities, and forums, the Black Panther Party remains one of the most misinterpreted, contentious, and underrepresented figures of the tumultuous 1960s Black Movement.
Le Mexique : un pays « sûr » selon le Canada
Submitted on February 21, 2013Call for Submissions
Submitted on February 21, 2013Submit your news story pitches by March 1 at midnight
The March/April issue of The Dominion was mailed to subscribers this week, but our search for content for the next issue is well underway. We will pay two contributors $100 each for news features to be published online and to be considered for the print magazine.
Positive Approaches to Stigma
Submitted on February 21, 2013Groups advocate for peer support, traditional healing for Aboriginal women with HIV/AIDS
VANCOUVER—In 2003, when her lungs almost collapsed from an AIDS-related pneumonia—a near-death experience she would never forget— Lyanna Storm swore to turn her life around if she survived.
Pidgin packed - outside
Submitted on February 20, 2013DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE - Protests against gentrification continued tonight outside the Pidgin Restaurant across from Pigeon Park.
Organizers were concerned after Vancouver Police tactics escalated today with police harassing people in the Carnegie Community Centre for information about one of the protesters and parking beside the protest with their lights flashing.
Women Waters Ceremonial Walk
Submitted on February 20, 2013'The Black Presence in Halifax is Profound'
Submitted on February 20, 2013Photography exhibit chronicles African-Canadian culture, history
Halifax boasts the oldest Black community in Canada.
LIVE: 11th Annual Homelessness Marathon
Submitted on February 20, 2013From 5pm til 7am, live from the streets to your radios
The 11th annual Homelessness Marathon is now over. Thanks for tuning in and to all the great wolunteers and staff at CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal and community radio stations across the country. We'll post a link to the archives once we have it.
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Manifestation - Plan Nord 2.0
Submitted on February 19, 2013Chinatown Condos, Social Housing Campaign Launch & More
Submitted on February 19, 2013In general our community’s struggles against gentrification are continuing and we are finding it up-close and personal in our lives too. Low-income peoples’ homes in Chinatown are threatened with an onslaught of condo development.
War on Weeds
Submitted on February 19, 2013Manitoba farmers grappling with impacts and legality of municipal herbicide use
ROBLIN, MB—For nearly two decades, David Neufeld and his partner, Maggie Andres, have grown organic bedding plants in their greenhouse near Boissevain in southwestern Manitoba. Their farm, "Room to Grow," is set amid rolling hills known locally as the Turtle Mountains.
Derives
Submitted on February 18, 2013Dérives, une contribution à la mémoire collective où des étudiantEs, des professeurEs, des militantES, des mères et une infirmière s'interrogent sur la légitimité des actions policières pendant le Printemps érable et les effets du discours médiatique qui les banalise.
IDLE NO MORE 38 - Mobilisation Flash du 16 Février 2013 - Grenoble, FRANCE
Submitted on February 18, 2013Nous étions présents, petits colibris apportant leur goutte d'eau à l'incendie qui ravage notre monde en ces jours plus qu'incertains.
Speech: Street Gangs, Foster Homes and Colonialism
Submitted on February 17, 2013Making the connections to stop the violence
The following is the text of a speech given at the 2013 Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Women in Montreal.
16 février 2013 - Marche commémorative pour Jean-François Nadreau
Submitted on February 17, 2013« De l'aide pas des balles! »
Le 16 février 2012, Jean-François Nadreau était abattu par la police de Montréal dans son appartement à Hochelaga.
Un an plus tard, sa famille et ses proches ont organisé une marche commémorative.
Concert contre le cancer : des militantEs dénoncent l’hypocrisie d’Enbridge [photos]
Submitted on February 16, 2013La compagnie pétrolière albertaine Enbridge s’est associée à l’Institut du Cancer de Montréal pour être commanditaire présenteur du Concert contre le cancer. Tenu à la Maison Symphonique le 15 février dernier, l’événement se voulait une soirée bénéfice pour la recherche contre le cancer.
The Globe and Mail as Corporate Apologists: Behind the love affair with Barrick Gold
Submitted on February 16, 2013In the rural highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG), a Canadian gold mine operates amongst the Ipili people, who were one of the last major ethnic groups to be contacted by the Australian colonial administration of New Guinea, or "white man", in 1939.
A Tale of Two Funding Priorities
Submitted on February 15, 2013Conservative Government: Homophibia = OK, Criticising Israeli Government = Not OK
Ontario - In the last few years, from the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development to foreign policy in the UN, the Canadian Conservative Government has come under fire for its ideological stance towards their international relations.
Ellen Gabriel at Memorial March for Missing & Murdered Women
Submitted on February 15, 2013Ellen Gabriel speaks at Montreal's Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Women on Thursday February 14th, 2013.
Freedom Gardens
Submitted on February 15, 2013Exploring the Possibilities of Food Forests in the Urban Context
Kill a Worker, Go to Jail
Submitted on February 15, 2013Workers safety legislation in Nova Scotia lacks bite
A safer workplace in Nova Scotia requires both education and enforcement. Unions argue that enforcement is lacking.
22nd Annual Women's Memorial March
Submitted on February 15, 2013About 3000 people came to this years annual Women's Memorial March in Vancouver on unceded Coast Salish land. More Marches were held throughout the country.
It's not so much about Valentines day in a traditional sense, but to remember the ones that for sure won't be back.
Montréal: Confrontations au Palais des congrès pendant le Salon des ressources naturelles
Submitted on February 15, 2013Un peu comme l’an dernier un exercice de relations publiques au Palais des Congrès de Montréal, le Salon des ressources naturelles, fut organisé par des salauds qui profitent de la destruction de nos communautés et de nos vies; Enbridge, Snc-Lavalin, RioTinto, Osisko, etc.
Bans Work
Submitted on February 15, 2013City-level fights around shark fins heat up across Canada
CALGARY—Though Canada passed a ban on shark finning at sea in 1994, legal battles continue between municipal governments and local businesses, who are divided on the sale, possession, and consumption of shark fins.
Idle No More – From a Deaf Perspective
Submitted on February 14, 2013Similarities between indigenous and deaf struggles in Canada
As a deaf person I have a somewhat different take on the Idle No More movement and Aboriginal issues. There are many differences, of course, between Deaf issues and Native issues, but there are also some similarities. For one thing, we share some very sad history, such as the residential schools, cultural genocide and imposed sterilization. Also, to the extent that Natives hav
The Oval, Money and Maps
Submitted on February 14, 2013Pour que le Quebec ait meilleure mine - Texte de Christian Vanasse
Submitted on February 14, 2013On connait Christian Vanasse comme membre du fameux groupe humoriste québécois Les Zapartistes. La semaine dernière c’est seul qu’il est intervenu, avec un texte satirique mêlant humour et touche politique, dans le cadre de la journée forum “pour que le Québec ait meilleur mine”, vendredi 8 février 2013.
Dangerous Times: Hereditary Chief Beau Dick
Submitted on February 14, 2013- "A Compassionate Plea to All Mankind" Hereditary Chief Beau Dick along with family members & supporters complete their long walk from Quatsino near Port Hardy, across Vancouver Island to the Victoria Parliament buildings.
- Beau Dick is seen here passionately speaking about the History of First Nations peoples & his concerns for the direction humanity is headi
Lierre Keith on One Billion Rising and creating a culture of resistance
Submitted on February 13, 2013Feminist Current
On February 14th, 2013, women across the globe are invited to rise up and dance, in order to address the global epidemic of violence against women. The event, organized by Eve Ensler, is called One Billion Rising.
Racism, Privilege and Power
Submitted on February 13, 2013Rocky Jones on Nova Scotia's Black history, and present day struggles
To listen to the full lecture, click above.
No Justice Anywhere
Submitted on February 13, 2013Supreme Court shuns survivors of Congo massacre linked to Canadian mining firm
MONTREAL—A recent ruling has slammed the door on a group of Congolese people whose lives and families were destroyed thanks, in part, to a Canadian mining company.
Sharing Their Stories: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Quebec
Submitted on February 12, 2013It is estimated that over 700 Indigenous women have gone missing and been murdered in Canada since 1980.
Jour 1 des audiences sur l’article 500.1 du Code de sécurité routière
Submitted on February 12, 2013Compte rendu
La contestation constitutionnelle de l’article 500.1 du Code de sécurité routière s’est entamée le lundi 11 février à la Cour municipale de Montréal. La requête qui vise à faire invalider l’article a été déposée par les arrêtéEs de la manifestation contre la brutalité policière du 15 mars 2011.
Is There a Regulator in the House?
Submitted on February 12, 2013Through the Fracking Rabbit Hole with Nova Scotia Environment
NOEL, Nova Scotia -- At the moment, Nova Scotians have two aspects of the continuous fracking debate on the table.
Canada’s National Homelessness Marathon in the Wake of Protest Across the Country
Submitted on February 11, 2013
Canada’s National Homelessness Marathon in the Wake of Protest Across the Country
What: The 11th annual Homelessness Marathon, a pan-Canadian radio event
When: February 20-21, 2013 (5pm-7am EST)
Oil and Gas Reserves Never Idle
Submitted on February 11, 2013Chiefs using Idle No More to advance their political and economic agenda
COAST SALISH TERRITORIES—To fully understand the phenomenon of Idle No More, you must imagine two parallel universes. In one, INM is comprised of good-hearted grassroots Native people responding to a call to oppose Bill C-45 and to protect the land and water of their traditional territories.
Who is behind McGill Compliments?
Submitted on February 11, 2013A Chat with McGill Compliment's Anonymous Mastermind about the Social Project
CKUT correspondent Vanessa Vyvial interviews an anonymous representative of McGill Compliments. McGill Compliments is a social project that started last semester on the McGill Campus and takes place on the social media network, facebook.
Montréal 10 février 2013 - Rassemblement & #manifencours #IdleNoMore (Fini l'Inertie)
Submitted on February 11, 2013Montréal 10 février 2013 - Rassemblement & #manifencours #IdleNoMore (Fini l'Inertie)
http://blogocram.wordpress.com/2013/02/10/montreal-10-fevrier-2013-rasse...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blogocram/sets/72157632743489854/show/
Nothing Wasted
Submitted on February 10, 2013Ottawa Food Not Bombs launches war on hunger
Jonah Aglak wears a light coat and eats a plate of spaghetti near Rideau Street.
I ask if he’s homeless.
“I have a home in Nunavut, but not in Ottawa,” Aglak says, before suddenly standing and limping away into the night.
Ottawa Axes EI Benefits for Migrant Workers
Submitted on February 10, 2013Workers pay in but can’t cash out
Junior Sylvester of Trinidad & Tobago is a 12-year veteran worker employed under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program. He thinks of himself as an honorary citizen. The 48-year-old father of six works long hours picking apples in Ontario when they are in season – tobacco in the off-season – for minimum wage.
Centring the Black Nova Scotian Experience
Submitted on February 9, 2013Book Review: Theorizing Africentricity in Action
Theorizing Africentricity in Action: Who We Are Is What We See
Delvina E. Bernard and Susan M. Brigham, editors
Fernwood Publishing, 2012, 128 p.
Manif contre le Plan Nord 2.0 - Montréal 09 février 2013
Submitted on February 9, 2013Montréal 09 février 2013 - #manifencours #PlanNord 2.0
http://blogocram.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/montreal-09-fevrier-2013-manif...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blogocram/sets/72157632727474973/show/
+ 2013-02-09_10h09 #manifencours #PlanNord 2.0 (Oh Brother): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3npULk_BIA
A History of Pride
Submitted on February 9, 2013Participation in first Halifax Pride Parade required courage
HALIFAX — An exhibit at the Spring Garden Road Memorial Public Library reminds us when 75 members of the LGBTQ community marched through downtown Halifax in 1988 there was little to celebrate, and much to fear. But, it would become the annual Halifax Pride Parade, which celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary this year.
Interview with an Organizer: Bruce McComber and Idle No More in Sudbury
Submitted on February 8, 2013In late 2012 and early 2013, the wave of Indigenous protest known as Idle No More has swept through Canada and has reached around the world. Though some high profile spokespeople have emerged, it is the hard work of countless people at the local level who have made this movement a reality.
Piggin' Business
Submitted on February 8, 2013Gentrification Atrocity in the DTES
A one-hour picket went up at "PiDGiN" in the heart of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside at noon hour on Tuesday February 5 and has recurred since then.
You can tell that entrepreneur restauranteur Brandon Grossutti is still feeling antsy about getting that kind of attention a few days after his grand opening.
Banner Drop in Solidarity with Egyptian Comrades
Submitted on February 7, 2013On Feb. 7 a small group of anarchists responding to a callout for solidarity, and dropped a banner over Grandview and Commercial, Coast Salish territory with a message of solidarity to comrades in Egypt.
Anarchists in Cairo have begun employing black bloc tactics in their
struggle against state oppression and violence, making them the target of
Tory EI Reform Package Hits Seasonal, Casual Workers Hard
Submitted on February 7, 2013Local labour, grassroots groups demand reversal
Political leaders and civil society groups in Atlantic Canada are urging the Harper government to reconsider its controversial Employment Insurance reform package.
New Campaign Advocates for Trans Healthcare in NS
Submitted on February 7, 2013Transition process currently unclear and inaccessible
HALIFAX — A new provincial campaign is looking to get universal healthcare coverage for transgender Nova Scotians.
Map of Annual Feb 14th Women’s Memorial March
Submitted on February 6, 2013Below you will find two maps. The first is a map of the scheduled events for the Annual February 14th Women's Memorial March, created by myself. The Second is a crowd sourced map of missing and murdered indgenous women created by the hacker group Anonymous.
Annual February 14th Women's Memorial March Map
Using US Co-operatives to Tame Recessions, Reduce Inequality, and Protect the Environment
Submitted on February 6, 2013Overview
The Way the Town is Now
Submitted on February 6, 2013Canadian mine brings violence and social division to Oaxacan community
SAN JOSÉ DEL PROGRESO—“The mine is responsible for the way the town is now. They have stepped all over us. They have humiliated us,” said Mr. López one afternoon last November in San José del Progreso, a small Indigenous community in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca.
Convergence nationale pour freiner Harper: les premiers pas du Forum social des peuples
Submitted on February 5, 2013Des mois de préparation. Près de 150 militant-e-s dans une salle. Derrière, les succès du mouvement étudiant. Sur la route, la fébrilité du mouvement Idle No More. Et devant, l’agenda conservateur.
Des mois de préparation. Près de 150 militant-e-s dans une salle. Derrière, les succès du mouvement étudiant. Sur la route, la fébrilité du mouvement Idle No More. Et devant, l’agenda conservateur.
AW@L Radio - Smash The State Report: Jan. 18, 2013
Submitted on February 4, 2013We cover "religious freedom," captivity of all sorts, solidarity for teachers and INM updates! Plus blocking pipelines and Grassy Narrows!
From the January 18th 2013 edition of AW@L Radio - The new office of religious freedom, that harper's government has created based on the american model is ready to start. As
BLOG (Clarissa Lassaline): Background on the Community Start-Up and Maintenance Benefit and the New Situation
Submitted on February 4, 2013Background on the CSUMB and the new situation
Reason for Celebration on McGill Campus
Submitted on February 4, 2013Denouncement of the McGill administration’s attempts to deny the right to protest and demonstrate on campus
On January 23rd, dozens of teachers, students, and members of various universities and unions gathered in front of the James McGill Administration building on the McGill campus for a simultaneous protest and celebration.
Never Idle: Idle No More day of action against GE uranium processing plant
Submitted on February 4, 2013Monstrous Settlers: Zombies, Demons, and Angels
Submitted on February 3, 2013I am a monster (but I'm working on it).
Manifestation contre le Plan Nord à l'occasion du Salon des ressources naturelles
Submitted on February 2, 2013Port Hawkesbury Women's Outreach Centre Struggles to Survive
Submitted on February 2, 2013Community Services rejects request for funding
PORT HAWKESBURY — A women's outreach centre in Port Hawkesbury struggling to survive may well continue on for another year.
St. F.X. Faculty Strike Finishes First Week with 350-Strong Rally
Submitted on February 2, 2013Association of University Teachers may have picket line company over the coming days
ANTIGONISH – About 350 high-spirited strikers and their supporters gathered outside the campus of St. Francis Xavier University Feb. 1, as the St. F.X. Association of University Teachers (AUT) finished their first full strike week.
January in Review
Submitted on February 2, 2013Idle No More, special forces in Mali, salmon anemia and a trail of Cheetos
Idle No More, the surging First Peoples and allies movement for respect of treaty rights, Indigenous sovereignty and against changes brought in through the Conservative Government's two omnibus bills, continued through January.
IDLE NO MORE 38 sur le Campus de Grenoble le 28 Janvier 2013
Submitted on February 1, 2013Ce montage vidéo raconte l'intervention de l'équipe de soutien Iséroise au mouvement IDLE NO MORE (INM) sur le Domaine Universitaire de Grenoble lors de la journée mondiale prévue à cet effet.
Halifax Media Co-op Call for Pitches
Submitted on February 1, 2013Contribute to grassroots media! Get paid!
Stories from the perspective of marginalized communities in Halifax will be prioritized, including, but not limited to: people with disabilities, immigrants and refugees, Black communities, First Nations communities, LGBTQ people, and those living in poverty.
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Art After Capitalism
Submitted on February 1, 2013Notes from the Inner City Artists' Commune
HALIFAX — Capitalism has a way of limiting one's sense of what's possible, says artist Emily Davidson.
Let’s Support the Unist'ot'en Action Camp!
Submitted on January 31, 2013The Unist’ot’en Clan of the Wet’suwet’en nation are continuing to build an Action Camp which exists to protect their territory from development of a massive oil & gas pipeline corridor. They began a winter fundraising campaign last year and have nearly reached the half-way mark of their goal to cover operating costs, grow the encampment and to prepare for
Supportons le Camp Unist'ot'en !
Submitted on January 31, 2013Campagne de financement pour le Camp Unist'ot'en
Idle No More movement awakens unified resistance to threats to treaties, land and water
Submitted on January 31, 2013Fredericton - “People say we don’t know what we want. We know what we want!,” said Alma Brooks, a long-time indigenous activist and elder from St. Mary’s First Nation, to a crowd of about 200 gathered at an Idle No More noon hour rally at Fredericton MP Keith Ashfield’s office on Jan. 11th.
Adsum Provides Input on First Provincial Housing Strategy
Submitted on January 31, 2013Small City Solidarity
Submitted on January 31, 2013Toronto's Free Schools, It takes a Community
Submitted on January 30, 2013A recent history of Anarchist Free Schools in the Toronto Area
Anarchist experiments in education in the Toronto area reflect a history of brief spaces carved out from commercialism, of flowerings of liberation followed by the seeds of the next project to emerge.
Community Carrot Co-op Takes the Cake
Submitted on January 30, 2013North End grocery store, community hub wins big in Aviva voting
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) – It was cause for celebration last night on Gottingen Street as the Community Carrot Co-op was awarded $115,000 in an online competition. The winnings are a part of the $1 million insurance company Aviva annually gives out to community initiatives across Canada.
Interview with filmmaker Amar Wala, director of The Secret Trial 5
Submitted on January 29, 2013Canada's Islamophobia continues with government impunity
Note: This is not a verbatim word for word transcript, this is a partial transcript written after an extended phone conversation with Amar Wala.
Why is filmmaking an especially relevant medium for this subject? What are other ways in which the issue of security certificates is being fought in Canada?
Toward a Cooperative Society: What, Why and How
Submitted on January 29, 2013I've been spending some time thinking about how to create a cooperative society.
Some photos from the January 28 Idle No More Day of Action in Sudbury
Submitted on January 29, 2013Despite poor road conditions, close to one-hundred indigeneous people and supporters were in downtown Sudbury as part of the January 28 Idle No More World Day of Action. Drummers and flag-bearers led the march. Round dances were held at two major intersections, and information leaflets were handed out to motorists. The leaflets were printed from the Idle No More website, and b
In Idle No More Education is Key
Submitted on January 28, 2013Unlearning the history books, teaching each other
HALIFAX — "We all deserve to know the truth about our history," says Michael Stevens, speaking to a crowd of about 250 First Nations people and their allies, gathered at the foot of Citadel Hill for Monday's Idle No More rally.
Seventh day of pipeline blockade against multinational oil corporations in the Colombian region of Arauca
Submitted on January 28, 2013Companies include Canada's Pacific Rubiales
Since Monday January 21st, approximately 1,500 people belonging to different social organizations of Arauca, have maintained an on-going permanent pipeline blockade against oil extractive transnational corporations in different sectors of
Map of January 28th Idle No More Events
Submitted on January 28, 2013Scroll down to find a map of some of the Idle No More events that took place on January 28th
If you were involved in an event that is not located on the map, you can add it to this spreadsheet and it will later be added to the map.
Connaître nos droits : Traités 101 pour non-autochtones
Submitted on January 28, 2013Une traduction de : Know your rights : A treaty primer for non-natives
Texte par Dru Oja Jay
Traduction par Claude Vallée, avec l'appui de Maude Prud'homme
GroundWire News - January 27th Edition
Submitted on January 28, 2013Idle No More, Fill the Gap, and Resistance to Plan Nord
Produced at CFRU, in Guelph Ontario by Carly Forbes
Headlines:
Idle No More - Toronto Walk for Water
Submitted on January 27, 2013On January 26th Idle No More supporters gathered for a Walk for Water to participate in a ceremony honouring the sacredness of our water. Water carriers carried the water to the waterfront where a sacred fire was burning and a ceremony was held. Participants brought cups or cupped their hands and drank the water during the ceremony.
Atelier 4: Caucus non-mixte sur les moyens à utiliser maintenant
Submitted on January 27, 2013Journée de réflexion sur la violence sexuelle (dans les milieux de mobilisation)
Une journée de réflexion sur la violence sexuelle dans les milieux de mobilisation a eu lieu le 8 décembre 2012 dans le but d'organiser une discussion collective plus large.
Atelier 3: Alliances et solidarité en cas de violence sexuelle dans son milieu de mobilisation
Submitted on January 27, 2013Journée de réflexion sur la violence sexuelle (dans les milieux de mobilisation)
Une journée de réflexion sur la violence sexuelle dans les milieux de mobilisation a eu lieu le 8 décembre 2012 dans le but d'organiser une discussion collective plus large.
A Few Photos From the Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty of the #J26 Anti-Austerity Action in Toronto
Submitted on January 27, 2013On Saturday, January 26, more than 25,000 people marched on the leadership convention of the Ontario Liberal Party to demand an end to the provincial government's austerity measures which, protesters say, amount to attacks on workers, poor people, and other ordinary Ontarians.
Idle No More Comes to Nunavut
Submitted on January 26, 2013While Idle No More may have been sparked by First Nations’ concerns with recent Federal Legislation, many Inuit have also joined this burgeoning grassroots movement. Since its inception, Inuit have been attending rallies across Canada, organizing flash mobs in Nunavut, issuing statements of solidarity and relating the goals and spirit of Idle No More to Inuit contexts.
Le Québec sonne le glas du nucléaire
Submitted on January 26, 2013La production d’électricité de la dernière centrale de la province cesse
Sans faire grand bruit à l’extérieur de la belle province, le gouvernement du Québec a annoncé à l’automne dernier une décision pour le moins historique. Le Québec sort du nucléaire en procédant à la fermeture de sa seule centrale nucléaire, Gentilly-2.
Eat or Heat
Submitted on January 25, 2013Ruthless treatment of poor by Nova Scotia Power showing signs of weakening
HALIFAX — For many people on low income, paying the power bill isn't easy. During the winter, it can become a matter of what to sacrifice: eat or heat, feed your kids and pay the rent or have your power disconnected and freeze.
Book Review: HAITI’S NEW DICTATORSHIP: The Coup, the Earthquake and the UN Occupation
Submitted on January 25, 2013During the build up to and aftermath of the 2004 overthrow of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti’s popular priest-turned-president, the Haitian and international press reported two conflicting narratives.
Constitutional Challenge Filed Against Quebec's Student Association Accreditation Laws
Submitted on January 25, 2013MONTREAL—This Wednesday, Laurent Proulx and Miguael Bergeron, both students at Quebec City's University of Laval, submitted an application to the Superior Court of Quebec contesting the constitutionality of seven articles in Quebec'
Why Ford is Done
Submitted on January 24, 2013Ford likely out of office regardless of Friday's outcome
TORONTO—As anticipation builds for tomorrow's decision on whether Rob Ford will remain in office, new information is surfacing that the mayor is likely on his way out of City Hall regardless.
Contestation constitutionnelle de la Loi sur l’accréditation et le financement des associations étudiantes
Submitted on January 24, 2013Texte republié de Faits et Causes
Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP: G20 Report goes easy on the JIG
Submitted on January 24, 2013Last year I requested the documents from the CPC-RCMP regarding the G20 summit to try and figure out how they were processing the complaints against the RCMP and why the G20 cops got off scott free. What I got back was this huge file including presentations from the G20ISU-JIG, as well as interviews with the head of the G8-G20ISU-JIG Rod McCann and others involved with the G8G20ISU.
The Lebowski Blog
Submitted on January 23, 2013The Canadian Economy is Dangerously Close to Crashing
Where's the f'ing money, Lebowski?
There's a old saying about neo-classical economists ability to for-see events: they've successfully predicted 7 of the last 5 recessions. The same can be said of marxist-economists who are sure about the imminent collapse of the economy about twice a decade.
Call for Submissions!
Submitted on January 23, 2013Submit a news story pitch by February 1 at midnight
Time flies! Once again, we're looking for more independent grassroots reporting. We will pay two contributors $100 each for news features to be published online by The Dominion and to be considered for the print magazine.
Dig Deeper: Pitch an Investigative Story to The Dominion
Submitted on January 23, 2013February 1 deadline for pitches to The Media Co-op Investigative Fund
The Media Co-op has broken critical stories and probed issues glossed by the mainstream media. We've published exposés of unchecked racism in the Canadian military, the public relations underside of Canada's mining sector and Ottawa's role in the permanent war against the people of Mexico.
Fewer Affordable Housing Strategies, More Affordable Housing
Submitted on January 23, 2013Activists question effectiveness of Community Services proposal
Late in 2012, the Department of Community Services announced that it was launching a series of public consultation events to help shape a provincial housing strategy. Some affordable housing advocates are critical of the strategy, however, arguing that it favours private sector development, could promote gentrification, and will not provide affordable housing to those most in need.
Reversing the flow? Quebec says 'no' to tar sands pipelines
Submitted on January 23, 2013When Enbridge shelved its Trailbreaker project
Idle No More Teach-In at Dalhousie University Jan. 10, Part 8 of 9
Submitted on January 22, 2013Atelier 2: Les différents aspects légaux des agressions sexuelles (partie 1 de 2)
Submitted on January 22, 2013Journée de réflexion sur la violence sexuelle (dans les milieux de mobilisation)
Une journée de réflexion sur la violence sexuelle dans les milieux de mobilisation a eu lieu le 8 décembre 2012 dans le but d'organiser une discussion collective plus large.
Alex Hundert, prisonnier du G20, est en isolement
Submitted on January 22, 2013Bloquons le Plan Nord!
Submitted on January 22, 2013La communauté innue rejette le plan Le Nord pour tous du gouvernement du Québec
de Aaron Lakoff (traduit de l’anglais par Danie Royer)
Idle No More Teach-In at Dalhousie University Jan. 10, Part 7 of 9
Submitted on January 21, 2013Rising Tides Enbridge Noise Demo - Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories
Submitted on January 21, 2013When the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Joint Review Panel came to Vancouver on January 14th, 2013, Rising Tide Coast Salish Territories organized a "noise demonstration" to voice our opposition.
Idle No More: This Is About the Future
Submitted on January 21, 2013Idle No More in Surrey - #J19
Submitted on January 21, 2013SURREY - Dozens of Idle No More supporters met for a round dance and speeches yesterday in Surrey.
Eastern Pipe Dreams
Submitted on January 20, 2013The Line 9 reversal project and mounting opposition to toxic tar pollution
Resistance to pipeline expansion associated with Alberta’s oil sands is spreading. Amidst a burgeoning Idle No More grassroots Indigenous movement and evidence of industrial pollution, Ottawa residents gathered to voice opposition to Enbridge’s Ontario-Québec Line 9 pipeline in a panel discussion on Dec. 12.
Oil Sands Audacity
Vigil in Solidarity with the Hazara
Submitted on January 19, 2013Idle No More: Surrey
Submitted on January 19, 2013Idle No More incorporates all voices, even the dissenting ones
Submitted on January 19, 2013Kahnawake's Mohawk Traditional Council critiques the movement at Montréal's Idle No More rally
Protest rhetoric tends to err on the side of boundless optimism, but when Stuart Myiow stood up in front of the crowd of hundreds at the Idle No More protest last Friday, he bluntly broke the mold.
Understanding the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children
Submitted on January 19, 2013By Ben Sichel and Jackie Barkley
It has been deeply saddening to learn about the allegations of abuse that have come from former residents of the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children in recent months. They have resonated throughout the Black community as a whole.
Grève de faim en Nitassinan: Entrevue avec Aniesh Vollant (partie 1 de 2)
Submitted on January 18, 2013Les Innus et le mouvement Idle No More
Aniesh Vollant, une jeune militante de la réserve de Uashat, à côté de Sept-Îles, et Jeannette Pilot, une grand mère aussi de Uashat, sont deux femmes innues qui font présentment une grève de faim. Leur grève a commencé à minuit le 31 décembre.
Idle No More Teach-In at Dalhousie University Jan. 10, Part 4 of 9
Submitted on January 18, 2013We Are Jose: Vancouver
Submitted on January 18, 2013On 16 January 2013, a dozen people gathered outside the Citizenship and Immigration offices at 300 West Georgia St. in Vancouver to protest the ongoing process of deportation of Jose Figueroa.
Not Extinct and Never Idle
Submitted on January 18, 2013Vive le Québec ... enfin!
Submitted on January 18, 2013un regard sur les récents mois
Depuis octobre 2011, l’impact de la commission Charbonneau se fait ressentir dans la province de Québec.
Who is an Ally in the Idle No More Movement?
Submitted on January 17, 2013HALIFAX — As the Idle No More movement gains momentum across the county, more and more Canadians — Indigenous and non-Indigenous alike — are latching onto this national shift in attitudes and power in which Indigenous people are spearheading a protest of the Harper government’s Bill C-45.
Idle No More Teach-In at Dalhousie University Jan. 10, Part 3 of 9
Submitted on January 17, 2013Why are we #IdleNoMore?
Submitted on January 17, 2013Speech delivered by Sébastien Labelle on January 10, 2013 at the ‘Why Are We #IdleNoMore?’ teach-in on behalf of Solidarity Halifax.
Video and resources available HERE.
#IdleNoMore Demonstration Outside of Sudbury's Rainbow Centre
Submitted on January 17, 2013Native Youth Tired of Being Ignored
Bruce McComber is fed up that the contribution of First Nations locally is too often forgotten.
Plan Nord Be Dammed!
Submitted on January 17, 2013Innu reject Quebec government's "North for all" plan
SEPT-ÎLES, QC—Marie Louise Andre Mackenzie is an 86-year-old elder from the tiny town of Schefferville, Quebec.
Le Canada dépendant des subventions autochtones
Submitted on January 17, 2013Il y a un mythe répandu que les plus de 600 Premières Nations et communautés autochtones du Canada vivent aux crochets du gouvernement canadien. Que les autochtones sont subventionnés par le gouvernement, donc par l'argent de nos taxes. Ce mythe si souvent répété est pourtant une déformation éhontée de la vérité.
Django Unchained: Who is afraid of a Black Siegfried?
Submitted on January 17, 2013“A Slave-owner who through cunning and violence shackles a slave in chains, and a slave who through cunning or violence breaks the chains - let not the contemptible eunuchs tell us that they are equals before a court of morality!” - Leon Trotsky, ‘Their Morals and Ours’
Bye bye ÉCLIPSE !
Submitted on January 17, 2013Depuis qu’Ottawa a décidé de couper les vivres à l’escouade ÉCLIPSE, le lobby policier et ses alliés s’agitent nerveusement afin que le gouvernement fédéral fasse marche arrière. La CRAP salue au contraire la disparition d’ÉCLIPSE, réputée pour ses méthodes musclées. Bon débarras !
Retour sur la manifestation Idle No More du 16 janvier 2012 à «Montréal» et le contingent anticolonialiste
Submitted on January 17, 2013Entrevue avec Mateo, un ilnu du Pekuakami
GroundWire News - January 14, 2013 edition
Submitted on January 16, 2013
Produced at CFRU in Guelph Ontario by Erin Hudson.
First up we look at the Idle No More movement and listen to sounds recorded at demonstrations across the country.
We Are Jose: Vancouver
Submitted on January 16, 2013On 16 January 2013, a dozen people gathered outside the Citizenship and Immigration offices at 300 West Georgia St. in Vancouver to protest the ongoing process of deportation of Jose Figueroa.
The action was one of several nationwide demonstrations along the lines of We Are Jose, in solidarity with the Salvadoran immigrant and his family.
Idle No More Teach-In at Dalhousie University Jan. 10, Part 2 of 9
Submitted on January 16, 2013Idle No More Teach-In at Dalhousie University Jan. 10, Part 1 of 9
Submitted on January 15, 2013COMIC: Charitable Taking
Submitted on January 15, 2013Comic from the Jan/Feb 2013 issue of The Dominion.
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For Heather Meek's previous comics, click here.
Enbridge Hearings: Pipeline 'Whistle Blowers' Arrested
Submitted on January 15, 2013COAST SALISH TERRITORY - Five anti-pipelines activists were arrested this morning after shutting down the Northern Gateway Pipeline Review hearings in downtown Vancouver.
Enbridge Hearings: Leave or Get Arrested
Submitted on January 15, 2013
On this morning of 15 January 2013, an official informed me that I "forfeited" my opportunity to finish speaking to the Enbridge Northern Gateway Joint Review Panel. As I departed from the hearing room, I met with repeated threats of arrest.
Six People Arrested Inside Enbridge Hearings
Submitted on January 15, 2013Group directly intervenes in proceedings and raises climate issues while condemning process
For immediate release: January 15, 2013
Rueben George from the Tsleil-Waututh Nation speaks out at demo outside Enbridge hearings
Submitted on January 15, 2013Beautiful words from Rueben George from the Tsleil-Waututh Nation at the Rising Tide Coast Salish Territories demonstation outside the Enbridge Joint Review Panel hearings. George covers both the local threats that tar sands pipelines pose to our invironment, and the issue of global warming.
Police Everywhere, Justice Nowhere
Submitted on January 15, 2013Idle No More gathering barred from entering Saskatoon public school to protest racist team mascot
TREATY 6 TERRITORY—On January 12, dozens of Indigenous youth and community members gathered in front of Bedford Road Collegiate in Saskatoon where the BRIT (Bedford Road Invitational Tournament) Final was held.
Turfing out the racists
Submitted on January 15, 2013Anti-Racist Action takes on the haters in Victoria
VICTORIA – Anti-racist organizers report they have won several skirmishes with a "conspiracy cult" linked to US patriot and militia organizations.
Appel à un contingent anticolonialiste dans la manifestation Idle No More à «Montréal» le 16 janvier
Submitted on January 15, 2013entrevue avec un camarade ilnu du Pekuakami
Site de référence sur la décolonisation cité dans l'entrevue : http://warriorpublications.wordpress.com/
Un article plutôt intéressant sur une des manifestations Ilnuatsh contre le barrage à Val Jalbert sur le blogue du Collectif Emma-Goldman :
http://ucl-saguenay.blogspot.com/2012/12/photo-reportage-manifestation-d...
Enbridge Hearings: 'No Pipelines' Message Loud and Clear!
Submitted on January 15, 2013COAST SALISH TERRITORY - More than 1,000 noisy protesters marched through downtown Vancouver tonight to 'welcome' the Enbridge Pipeline Review Panel hearings to the city.
The noise demo was on hand outside the Wall Centre Sheraton hotel as the Vancouver portion of the hearings began. The event was organized by Rising Tide Vancouver.
Atelier 1: La violence sexuelle et le consentement (partie 1 de 2)
Submitted on January 14, 2013Journée de réflexion sur la violence sexuelle (dans les milieux de mobilisation)
Une journée de réflexion sur la violence sexuelle dans les milieux de mobilisation a eu lieu le 8 décembre 2012 dans le but d'organiser une discussion collective plus large.
Know Your Rights: A treaty primer for non-natives
Submitted on January 14, 2013In Canada today, most people associate treaty rights with Indigenous people. And some consider treaty rights to be "special privileges," which set their recipients apart from mainstream society. In fact, the majority of people living in Canada today have treaty rights and responsibilities.
The Economics of Insurgency
Submitted on January 14, 2013Thoughts on Idle No More & Critical Infrastructure
News reports are ablaze with reports of looming Indigenous blockades and economic disruption. As the Idle No More movement explodes into a new territory of political action, it bears to amplify the incredible economic leverage of First Nations today, and how frightened the government and industry are of their capacity to wield it.
Criminalization of HIV Non-Disclosure Further Stigmatizes Virus Carriers
Submitted on January 14, 2013Dalhousie University health promotion professor says Supreme Court decision acts as barrier to public health initiatives around HIV testing and treatment
HALIFAX — An October decision by the Supreme Court of Canada upheld a law that can see HIV positive people charged with aggravated sexual assault should they infect someone with the virus without having disclosed their status.
People's Movement vs 'Some Peoples' Movement? Tactical Diversity in Successful Social Movements
Submitted on January 14, 2013Successful social movements around the world have all included a DIVERSITY of styles of action in order to influence or cause change. To build a successful social movement, it is absolutely necessary to look at and study successful social movements around the world, current and historical, to see what worked and what didn’t.
Idle No More, the Effective Voice of Indigenous Peoples
Submitted on January 13, 2013Current AFN negotiations with Prime Minister a Go-Nowhere approach
At the meeting with Prime Minister Harper on Friday, it is clear that the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) again consolidated around the weakest.
Idle No More (O.N.U Genève, Suisse)
Submitted on January 13, 2013Une brève mobilisation devant le Palais des Nations-Unies de Genève (Suisse) en soutien au mouvement Idle No More. Nous étions peu nombreux, et l'esprit fraternel n'en était pas moins présent.
Voici le message de Eva Morales, initiatrice de ce Flash-mob:
Solidarité / Solidarity with/avec IDLE NO MORE and Chief Theresa Spence - Montreal
Submitted on January 13, 2013CETA and the Atlantic Fisheries
Submitted on January 13, 2013New trade treaties jeopardize our ability to regulate fisheries
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) — A new report on the impact of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) on fisheries raises many concerns.
Idle No More Downtown Van Robson & Burrard #J11 part 1
Submitted on January 13, 2013On January 11th, after a large rally at Vancouver city hall, another Idle No More event starts outside CTV @ Robson & Burrard in the centre of downtown Vancouver, then moves into the street for drumming and round dancing.
Idle No More: Surrey
Submitted on January 12, 2013On 12 Janurary 2013, around 150 indigenous people and allies gathered in Surrey as part of the ongoing Idle No More movement.
BC Housing bails out Sequel 138 condos
Submitted on January 12, 2013Housing Minister Rich Coleman buys BC Housing’s first condo?
BC Housing bails out Sequel 138 condos
BY Harold Lavender
Las Otras Noticias: IDLE NO MORE, se acabó la inacción
Submitted on January 12, 2013Hace seis semanas, Theresa Spence, jefa del pueblo indígena de Attawapiskat, en el norte de la provincia de Ontario, empezó una huelga de hambre para protestar contra las condiciones infrahumanas en que viven los 1200 habitantes de su comunidad, en particular el hacinamiento inaceptable de las familias en viviendas precarias e insalubres en una región donde las temperaturas bajan hasta 40 grado
City of Vancouver Seeks to Quintuple Fines
Submitted on January 12, 2013A Sorry "Legacy" of the 2010 Winter Olympics
Introduction
At a public hearing on the evening of 15 January 2013, Vancouver City Council seems destined to approve a broad regime of maximum by-law fines of $10,000. In most cases the ceiling will rise by a multiple of five — up from $2000 to $10,000. Forty-two separate by-laws would be affected.
A Wakeup Call for Canada
Submitted on January 11, 2013Hundreds gather in Halifax in support of Idle No More
It's rare to see an eagle in downtown Halifax. Today, one circled above Parade Square and hovered over the crowd of hundreds as they cheered and drummed in appreciation.
The rally of about 300 was gathered in support of Idle No More, a movement of First Nations and their allies that is taking on the Conservative government and taking Canada by storm.
Idle No More on Coast Salish Territory #J11
Submitted on January 11, 2013COAST SALISH TERRITORY - Close to 1,000 Idle No More supporters marched to Vancouver City Hall this afternoon in solidarity with #J11 rallies across the continent.
Montréal Idle No More #J11
Submitted on January 11, 2013Montréal 11 janvier 2013 - #manifencours #Solidarité #IdleNoMore #Montréal #J11
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Idle No More Actions in Toronto #J11
Submitted on January 11, 2013Toronto, January 11, 2013: Round dance at Dundas Square. Vigil and rally at Queen's Park followed by a march to a concert in support
The Difficulties of Apartment Hunting, and Finding an Affordable and Safe Place to Live in Halifax When You are on a Low Income
Submitted on January 11, 2013In this article, I want to address what I have experienced being a low-income person trying find an affordable apartment in a safe neighbourhood. I will also touch on landlord discrimination.
The shelter allowance for persons with disabilities who are on income assistance, such as myself, is $535 per month. This amount has to pay for the rent of an apartment, utilities included.
Montreal: Idle No More Demonstration #j11
Submitted on January 11, 2013On January 11, over 1000 people gathered to support Idle No More and oppose the Conservative government's policies of extinguishment of Indigenous rights.
Inviting Ceremony Into Treaty - #IdleNoMore
Submitted on January 10, 2013Secular interpretation provides for 'moderate living' while ceremony sees much, much more
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) – In an earlier piece, we examined the potential of returning Indigenous ceremony and tradition to a place of prominence within the Idle No More movement as a means of monitoring the health of the movement's revolutionary agenda.
Map of January 11th Idle No More Events
Submitted on January 9, 2013#J11 interactive map of #IdleNoMore
See interactive map below.
On January 11th over 130 events will be taking place across the world as part of the Idle No More movement. The protests, flash mobs and teach-ins are being held as the Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets with First Nations chiefs, including the chief of Attawapiskat, Chief Theresa Spence, who will be entering the 32nd day of her hunger strike.
Manif de bruit du Nouvel An aux prisons à «Montréal»/Montreal New Year's Prison Noise Demo
Submitted on January 9, 2013(Réalisé et monté en HD1080, téléversé ici en 640x360/Produced and edited on HD1080, but uploaded here on 640x360)
Conditions dropped in security certificate case
Submitted on January 9, 2013Mahjoub speaks at film screening
The strict conditions imposed on a Toronto man, Mohammad Mahjoub, due to a security certificate, were removed following a judge's ruling on January 7th, 2013.
January/February issue of The Dominion is now online!
Submitted on January 9, 2013Download the full PDF or view articles on our site
The January/February 2013 issue of The Dominion is now online! Click on this link to download a PDF file of the entire 24-page magazine.
All of our original content is also available online, if you prefer to peruse the articles individually:
What Idle No More Means for Small-Scale Fisheries in Atlantic Canada (Mi’kma’ki, Passamaquoddy, Maliseet Traditional Territory)
Submitted on January 8, 2013By Sherry Pictou, Mi’kmaq activist, student, and co-chair of the World Forum of Fisher Peoples.
This piece was originally published by Small Scales.
Community Corridor Part 3:
Submitted on January 7, 2013Looking Ahead to the LNG Canada/Coastal GasLink Project and Building Mutual-Aid Networks Across Turtle Island
What if Natives Stop Subsidizing Canada?
Submitted on January 7, 2013There is a prevailing myth that Canada's more than 600 First Nations and native communities live off of money -- subsidies -- from the Canadian government. This myth, though it is loudly proclaimed and widely believed, is remarkable for its boldness; widely accessible, verifiable facts show that the opposite is true.
Enbridge Panel to be Greeted with Loud Demonstration
Submitted on January 7, 2013Diverse list of grassroots groups demand consent not consultation
Enbridge Panel to be Greeted with Loud Demonstration
Line 9: The Tar Sands Come to Ontario
Submitted on January 7, 2013Montréal Teach-In Solidarité #IdleNoMore 2013-01-06
Submitted on January 7, 2013Montreal Teach In Rally - Solidarity Event for Idle No More 2013-01-06 - Montréal Teach-In Solidarité #IdleNoMore
Montréal 06 janvier 2013 - Montréal Teach-In Solidarité #IdleNoMore
http://blogocram.wordpress.com/2013/01/06/montreal-06-janvier-2013-montr...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blogocram/sets/72157632456399835/show/
An open letter to peaceful protesters
Submitted on January 6, 2013There is an important distinction between ‘peaceful’ and ‘legal.’
Akwesasne Idle No More March Across International Bridge
Submitted on January 6, 2013Idle No More crosses the International Bridge between the US and Canada on January 5th 2012.
Watch more videos on the Etudiant Militant youtube channel.
Aamjiwnaang activists hit Chemical Valley right where it hurts.
Submitted on January 6, 2013On December 21st 2012, members of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation organized a blockade of the CN St. Clair Industrial Spur rail line at Williams Road. This location was chosen because CN lacks the proper permits to legally cross this road.
West Coast Idle No More - No Borders Here
Submitted on January 5, 2013COAST SALISH TERRITORY - Hundreds of Idle No More participants joined forces at the Peace Arch Canada/US "border crossing" today.
The three-hour sing, drum and dance was timed to coincide with "border" rallies by Idle No More across the continent.
Oganizers stressed that the event was a peaceful gathering and not a highway blockade.
Inviting Ceremony into Revolution - #IdleNoMore
Submitted on January 5, 2013The importance of making space for the spiritual in a revolutionary agenda
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) – While the possibility exists for the Idle No More movement to overturn bill C-45, and indeed is at least partially responsible for now forcing a meeting between Stephen Harper and First Nations chiefs, a continued revolutionary agenda “which honours and fulfils Indigenous sovereignty which protects the land and water” must
No Fracking Problem: Nova Scotia Fracking Waste Broker Company Masquerades as Approved Processor
Submitted on January 5, 2013Provincial “regulator” provides cover
NOEL, NS — Even in gung-ho, frack everything, Pennsylvannia, with its tens of thousands of fracked wells, at least the pollution from the billions of litres of fluid wastes is treated as a serious issue.
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"You Now Have a Duty" - Idle No More at Broadway Skytrain, Vancouver - Unceded Coast Salish Territories
Submitted on January 3, 2013The Idle No More round dance on January 3rd 2013 started out with a rousing call for settlers to do join with indigenous people in the duty to protect the land and water we depend on. Then hundreds of people danced, drummed and sang. Join the Round Dance Revolution against Stephen Harper and his Big Oil cronies!
Idle No More: Saskatoon Flash Demo
Submitted on January 3, 2013Roughly 500 people took part in an Idle No More flash demonstration in Saskatoon this evening.
Idle No More in Egypt
Submitted on January 3, 2013Patricia Stein, a Lakota from North Dakota, on hunger strike in solidarity with Chief Theresa Spence, and participating in #IdleNoMore from Cairo
Patricia Stein @PygmySioux is a Lakota from North Dakota who is living in Cairo, Egypt. On December 21, 2012, as part of the Idle No More (#IdleNoMore) movement, she went with her Egyptian friend Ahmed عggour @Psypherize and stood in front of the Canadian Embassy in Cairo with Idle No More signs.
2012 in Review
Submitted on January 3, 2013From student strikes to ominous omnibus bills, from memorials for missing and murdered women to creating climate justice, and introducing Idle No More
January 2012:
Round Dance Revolution at Waterfront Station - Coast Salish Territories
Submitted on January 2, 2013On January 2nd 2013 the Idle No More 'Round Dance Revolution' packed Waterfront Station in Downtown Vancouver - unceded Coast Salish Territories. Hundreds of people danced, drummed and sang in the overflowing concourse, and later cheered speakers outside.
Report-back from the Montreal New Year's Prison Noise Demo!
Submitted on January 2, 2013Over 50 people gathered in Montreal to carry on the tradition of anti-prison noise demos at prisons on the new year.
Coast Salish Territory Idle No More Rally: On The Waterfront
Submitted on January 2, 2013COAST SALISH TERRITORY - Hundreds of Idle No More supporters filled Waterfront Station in downtown Vancouver this afternoon.
There were lots of drums in the crowd of more than 300 and they were used for more than an hour's worth of chants and drum circles. The crowd included lots of kids.
Idle No More May Have Economic Impact on Canada
Submitted on January 2, 2013View interactive map of blockades
Idle No More has led to over 20 blockades of rail lines and roads, as well as traffic slow downs across the country, and the number may drastically increase in coming weeks.
Aamjiwnaang Blockade Facing Eviction
Submitted on January 2, 2013Community to Comply and Celebrate with a Feast
Aamjiwnaang CN Rail Blockade facing eviction tonight at 6pm.
Indigenous Warrior Deported by CBSA
Submitted on January 2, 2013NATIVE WARRIOR DEPORTED BY CANADIAN BORDER SERVICES AGENCY
January 2013 - A young Indigenous land defender and father (name currently withheld) living on unceded Secwepemc territory has been detained and deported south of the colonial border by Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA).
Halifax Media Co-op Call for Pitches
Submitted on January 2, 2013Contribute to grassroots media! Get paid!
Stories from the perspective of marginalized communities in Halifax will be prioritized, including, but not limited to: people with disabilities, immigrants and refugees, Black communities, First Nations communities, LGBTQ people, and those living in poverty.
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New Years Eve Jail Solidarity Noise Demo
Submitted on January 1, 2013On December 31, 2012, a group of about a dozen anarchists met near the Burnaby Youth Detention Centre for the annual jail solidarity noize demo. These noise demos happen around the world on December 31, and those in the streets yell to remind those locked inside the oppressive prison walls that they have not been forgotten and that the systems that oppress them are not unshakeable.
Aamjiwnaang citizens and Sarnia Chief of Police charged with contempt of court
Submitted on January 1, 2013Idle No More - Unceded Lekwungen and Wsanec Territories
Submitted on January 1, 2013December 30, 2012
Unceded Lekwungen and Wsanec Territories
Over 500 people attended an Idle No More event at Uptown Mall, Victoria, unceded Lukwungen and Wsanec Territories.
Manif de bruit du Nouvel An à Montréal ! Montreal New Year's Noise Demo !
Submitted on January 1, 2013Prisons provinciales de Tanguay et de Bordeaux
Notre lutte n’est rien si nous oublions nos prisonnières et nos prisonniers !
Our struggle is nothing if we forget our prisoners !
Chief Theresa Spence - Hunger Strike Day 20 - #idlenomore
Submitted on December 31, 2012December 30, 2012 - Ottawa, Unceded Algonquin Territory
Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence - in 20th day of hunger strike - holds a press conference and invites Canadian MPs to Victoria Island.
Chevron Takes Over EOG, Encana Shares in KLNG/PTP:
Submitted on December 31, 2012Community Resistance, Fossil Fuels, and a Decentralized Energy Future in the Resource Strategic Northwest
Idle No More takes protest to the CBC
Submitted on December 30, 2012COAST SALISH TERRITORY - Idle No More supporters filled CBC Plaza in downtown Vancouver this afternoon.
The peaceful rally came as fellow INM protesters reportedly blocked the main rail line between Montreal and Toronto and others held rallies in Victoria, Prince Rupert and sites accross the continent.
Idle No More: Le pourquoi de notre mouvement, par Pam Palmater
Submitted on December 30, 2012Célébration de la fermeture de la Centrale Nucléaire Gentilly 2
Submitted on December 29, 2012Montréal 28 décembre 2012 - #manifencours Célébration de la fermeture de la Centrale Nucléaire Gentilly 2
Idle No More Flash-Mob - Montreal - Dec 28 2012
Submitted on December 29, 2012December 28, 2012, Montreal: Flash-Mob at Berri-UQAM metro station.
CKUT's Off the Hour: Montréal joins in on the #IdleNoMore movement
Submitted on December 27, 2012The audio originally aired on CKUT's Off the Hour on Tuesday, December 25th, 17h-18h.
In Montréal, activists don’t tend to be idle for long. So it was surprising when, as the Idle No More movement spread across Canada, Québec stayed silent for almost two weeks.
Harsha Walia on Immigrants in Support of Idle No More
Submitted on December 27, 2012Harsha Walia of the migrant justice group No One Is Illegal Vancouver speaks about the Immigrants In Support of Idle No More initiative, and touches on the links between migrant justice and indigenous sovereignty struggles, plus the upcoming border blockade actions set to take place on January 5th, 2013.
Idle No More map: Events Spreading across Canada and the World
Submitted on December 27, 2012View interactive map below
UPDATE: The Call out for border actions on Jan 5th has been cancelled. Read the posting by Turtle Island Movement below.
IDLE NO MORE -VAG Dec 23 Vancouver Rally
Submitted on December 24, 2012Please go to the youtube channel for many video from each Idle No More action here in Coast Salish Territories.
Idle No More - Mi'kma'ki
Submitted on December 23, 2012Highway slowdowns, mall round dances and seeking out potential allies. With speeches by Kevin Christmas and Emmett Peters
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) – Round dances, highway slowdowns and even a press conference swept across Mi'kma'ki this weekend, as the energy and vibrancy of the Idle No More movement captured the attention and efforts of the Mi'kmaq and their non l'nu allies.
Coast Salish #IdleNoMore Rallies Against Land Grab
Submitted on December 23, 2012COAST SALISH TERRITORY - Idle No More continued to build momentum today with more than 600 supporters at a boisterous downtown Vancouver rally against Bill C-45.
#IdleNoMore at Metrotown (Burnaby, 22/12/12)
Submitted on December 22, 2012#IDLENOMORE interrupts Christmas shopping and raised spirits for an hour at Metrotown mall December 22, in Burnaby, BC on unceded Coast Salish Territories. With each day, the Idle No More movement is becoming larger and stronger. Come to the Peace Arch on January 5th.
Listuguj : Idle no more
Submitted on December 22, 2012Vidéo des blocages tenus à Listuguj, communauté Mi'gmaq de l'Est , le 21 décembre 2012 à l'appel de la journée d'action Idle no more.
Bilingue anglais(son)-français(écrit)
The Left's Failure Post-Newtown, Connecticut
Submitted on December 22, 2012First Nations Protest Harper in Ottawa #IdleNoMore March
Submitted on December 22, 2012Ottawa – Treacherous slush from the season’s first snowstorm filled the streets of Ottawa Friday, but over a thousand First Nations protestors, many who had travelled from hundreds of kilometers away, were undeterred.
Idle No More in Egypt
Submitted on December 22, 2012Patricia Stein, a Lakota from North Dakota, on hunger strike in solidarity with Chief Theresa Spence, and participating in #IdleNoMore from Cairo
Patricia Stein @PygmySioux is a Lakota from North Dakota who is living in Cairo, Egypt. On December 21, 2012, ss part of the Idle No More (#IdleNoMore) movement, she went with her Egyptian friend Ahmed عggour @Psypherize and stood in front of the Canadian Embassy in Cairo with Idle No More signs.
2012 - 12 - 21 - Idle No More - Montreal
Submitted on December 22, 2012Quel Plan pour le Nord
Submitted on December 22, 2012C’est dans le but d’entendre des témoignages sur la perception du Plan Nord et, plus globalement, des projets de développement industriel, de leurs enjeux et des différentes façons de s’y opposer, que nous nous sommes proposé de visiter quelques unes des communautés directement touchées.
21 décembre : Des milliers de zapatistes manifestent et annoncent l’effondrement de notre monde
Submitted on December 22, 2012Près de 50 000 zapatistes: l'action qui aurait réunit le plus de zapatistes depuis 1994
Ce 21 décembre des dizaines de milliers d'indigènes Mayas Zapatistes sont descendus marcher silencieusement dans 5 grandes ville du Chiapas...
Idle No More Marches in Montreal
Submitted on December 22, 2012Over 200 people marched through Montreal today as part of the Idle No More movement. Participants spoke out against the impact on environmental protections in current federal legislation.
Idle No More Prince Albert 21/12/12
Submitted on December 22, 2012#manifencours #IdleNoMore Montréal MANIFESTATION "IDLE NO MORE" PROTEST - MONTREAL
Submitted on December 21, 2012*photos Montréal 21 décembre 2012 - #manifencours IdleNoMore Montréal:
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Idle No More — Hundreds Gather in Saskatoon
Submitted on December 21, 2012SASKATOON—Hundreds of people gathered at noon, in Saskatoon’s Kiwanis Memorial Park, to demonstrate their dissatisfaction with the current federal government. Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people alike braved the -22°C temperatures and wind, primarily to protest Ottawa's Bill C-45. This was one of dozens of similar event held, not only in Canada, but around the world.
#IdleNoMore Vancouver
Submitted on December 21, 2012On December 21st, Idle No More Actions were held across Turtle Island. The first Idle No More action was held in Vancouver. Chief Theresa Spence was on her 11th day of hunger strike against the Harper Government's Bill C-45.
52 pictures from the Idle No More march in Montreal Quebec, December 21st 2012
Submitted on December 21, 201252 pictures from the Idle No More march in Montreal Quebec, December 21st 2012
Idle No More Day of Action - Unceded Coast Salish Territory
Submitted on December 21, 2012More than 150 people congregated at the Vancouver Art Gallery this afternoon, joining thousands across the continent in the Idle No More protest against Conservative government policies.
The protesters also voiced continued support for Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence on Day 12 of her hunger strike.
#IdleNoMore Day of Action in Sudbury
Submitted on December 21, 2012Despite weather bad enough for local school buses to be cancelled, around 250 indigenous people and supporters gathered in downtown Sudbury, Ontario, to mark the December 21 #IdleNoMore day of action.
Dr. Pamela Palmater on the fight against laws attacking the environment, Indigenous sovereignty
Submitted on December 21, 2012Interview with CUPW National President, Denis Lemelin on Harper, Solidarity with Chief Spence and Idle No More
Submitted on December 21, 2012'This dictatorship has to cease. It will come from the streets, that's for sure.'
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) – On Dec.
WATCH: 2,000 Person #IdleNoMore Flash Mob Holds Round Dance in Saskatoon Mall
Submitted on December 20, 2012On the eve of Idle No More protests and actions across the country, on Dec. 20th some 2,000 people held a flash mob Round Dance in a downtown Saskatoon Midtown Plaza.
Mapping Idle No More
Submitted on December 20, 2012Teach-ins, blockades, rallies, flash mobs and hunger strikes
See map below or click on this link.
This form can be used to add new events to the map: http://bit.ly/VhkvSx
Halifax Airport Commissionaires Get the Gift of Back-Pay, as Numerous Courts Rule Against Employer
Submitted on December 20, 2012But former local president warns against complacency
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) – Just in time for the holidays, the long-standing court battle between Commissionaires Nova Scotia (CNS) and PSAC local 851000, which represents the commissionaires working at the Halifax International Airport, has come to a fruitful resolution.
Symphony Nova Scotia Votes 80 Per Cent to Strike as Contract Negotiations Break Down
Submitted on December 20, 2012Union sees board as out of tune with actual cost of living
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) – At a time of year better suited to letting the cares of the physical world drift away to the symphonic rapture of Handel's 'Messiah,' the musicians of Symphony Nova Scotia (SNS) have found themselves otherwise engaged in broken-down contract negotiations. And yesterday, Dec.
The Wall of Silence
Submitted on December 19, 2012Systemic protection of police leaves relatives of victims of police killings in the dark.
MONTREAL—On the night of February 16, 2012, Josiane Millette called 911 because she feared her boyfriend, Jean-François Nadreau, was going to commit suicide.
Funeral Procession for Rainier Women's Treatment Program
Submitted on December 18, 2012DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE - More than 200 supporters of women's addiction programs at the Rainier Hotel took to the Vancouver streets today in a Right to Recovery Walk. They were protesting the end of funding for the on-site treatment program at the hotel, managed by PHS Community Services.
Christmas on Low Income
Submitted on December 18, 2012
Christmas is supposed to a joyful, happy time of year. The way I was brought up, celebrating with family and friends are important.
Often, this celebration comes with a cost, one that middle and upper class people take for granted.
Cher Canada, c’est le temps! C’est à notre génération de régler ça.
Submitted on December 17, 2012Aujourd’hui nous sommes le 16 décembre 2012 et la Chef Theresa Spence fait une grève de la faim depuis six jours.
Toad: Onkwehonwe Land Defender
Submitted on December 17, 2012In the context of the inspiring fight for Native rights in the Idle No More movement, we especially need to support land defenders targeted by anti-Native rights activist Gary McHale and the Ontario Provincial Police.
Eastern Door — Idle No More
Submitted on December 17, 2012Anti-C-45 rally draws hundreds to the streets of Halifax
K'JIPUKTUK (Halifax) — Buoyed on by the thunderous drums of the Eastern Eagles, hundreds of Mi'kma'ki's original peoples and their allies marched through the streets of Halifax on Dec. 14, adding their voices to those across Canada that are now rallying under the banner of 'Idle No More' against the Harper government's passing of Bill C-45.
On the Ongoing Insurrection at Notre-Dame-des-Landes (France)
Submitted on December 16, 2012WATCH: Hidden Stories of Canada's Immigration Detention
Submitted on December 15, 2012Today, the provisions of Bill C-31 came into effect.
Vers de réelles alternatives à la prostitution pour les femmes (partie 1)
Submitted on December 15, 2012Julie Bindel et Claudia Bouchard
La Concertation des luttes contre l’exploitation sexuelle (CLES) a organisé, le 28 novembre 2012, la journée « Vers de réelles alternatives à la prostitution pour les femmes » avec comme invitées Julie Bindel, journaliste pigiste à The Guardian et chercheure féministe anglaise, ainsi que Claudia Bouchard, militante féministe et intervenante à la CLES.
VIDÉO: Maille à Part, insoumise
Submitted on December 15, 2012The Montreal yarn-bombing collective Maille à Part struck again recently, with another colorful and throught provoking action. This time, they covered fence posts and strung the word "insoumise" (insubmissive*) between them.
Organize to Win: A Pan-Canadian Coalition to defeat Harper and Neoliberalism
Submitted on December 14, 2012Indigenous, Quebec, Canadian activists launch proposal against corporate right-wing agenda
Port Elgin Coalition Proposal
Organize to Win
Save the Community Start-Up and Maintenance Benefit sleep-out
Submitted on December 14, 2012Photography by Kevin Konnyu
Pornifying violence against women
Submitted on December 13, 2012A panel discussion
On December 1st 2012, Vancouver Rape Relief & Women’s Shelter held their annual Montreal Massacre Memorial event at the Vanco
Theatre of the Oppressed in Montreal
Submitted on December 13, 2012A discussion with Michael Simkin and Aurore Fauret about the theatre, it's philosophy and the upcoming "funshop"
Every Friday night for the past three months at Coop Sur Genereux a steady group of individuals have been meeting, mixing art and politics. Their objective has been to share and practice theatre techniques of theatre of the oppressed. Theatre of the Oppressed was developed in the 50s and 60s in Brazil.
Interview with François Du Canal, Representative from C.O.B.P
Submitted on December 13, 2012On November 29, 2012, Quebec's Public Security Minister, Parti Québécois MNA Stéphane Bergeron, presented Bill 12, the goal of which is to create a truly independent bureau to investigate cases of civilians killed at the hands of police.
Nova Scotia Missing Persons Act Raises Privacy Concerns
Submitted on December 13, 2012New legislation rushed through without much discussion
K'jupuktuk (Halifax) — On Dec. 3, Nova Scotia's provincial Justice Minister Ross Landry introduced the Missing Persons Act. On Dec. 6 the bill received royal assent, effectively becoming law. That is very fast; too fast for critics who say that the law raises many unanswered questions about how to balance privacy and safety issues.
CLASSROOM #1
Submitted on December 12, 2012A newsletter for Education Workers and Students from IWW Toronto 620 IOC
CLASSroom has published thier first print issue, which is hosted here on the Toronto Media Co-op and on the website of the IWW Toronto (Industrial Workers of the World)
The issue contains the following stories and editorials:
#idlenomore ou le réveil autochtone
Submitted on December 12, 2012La tension monte. Les réseaux sociaux s’enflamment. Les communautés autochtones se mobilisent. Lundi dernier, une journée nationale d’action a été organisée dans le cadre de la campagne « Idle No More ». La chef d’Attawapiskat Theresa Spence a même entamé une grève de la faim devant le Parlement.
Small Town, Big Screen
Submitted on December 12, 2012Campbellford residents establish co-operative to save theatre
CAMPBELLFORD, ONTARIO—The private movie theatre had been hanging on by a thread for some time, and many other small towns had already lost their cinemas. But in 2009 when their theatre was threatened with closure, the people of Campbellford rallied around it, re-making it a co-operative owned by the people of the town, for the town.
Alain Deneault: après "Noir Canada" voici "Paradis Sous Terre"
Submitted on December 11, 2012Le Canada est le refuge idéal de sociétés minières qui spéculent en Bourse et mènent à travers le monde des opérations controversées, voire criminelles!
Femmes autochtones disparues entre violence et silence
Submitted on December 11, 2012Lorsqu’il s’agit des femmes autochtones disparues et assassinées, les provinces lancent la balle au fédéral qui n’en finit plus de jongler. Entre temps, des groupes communautaires se mobilisent, mènent eux-mêmes des recherches de leurs filles disparues et recueillent des informations que le gouvernement trouve difficile à quantifier.
Les majuscules rouges s’alignent sur le carton blanc jusqu’à former une phrase. « Les femmes aborigènes sont aimées et valorisées », peut-on lire. À l’endos, une note adressée au premier ministre Stephen Harper lui demande un plan d’action national pour freiner la violence envers les femmes autochtones.
For Settlers - Understanding Treaty One in the Context of Idle No More
Submitted on December 11, 2012If #Idlenomore is successful in the coming weeks there will be lots of talk about how to honour the treaties and build a new relationship between grassroots settlers and indigenous peoples.
As we move forward, we also need to look back and understand what actually happened at the time of making treaty between the crown and First Nations.
Nova Scotia APES Smell Something Fishy in Open Pen Approval Process
Submitted on December 11, 2012Association for the Preservation of the Eastern Shore heads to Halifax to protest open pen fin fish farming.
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) – The ongoing battle between groups opposed to open pen fin fish aquaculture in Nova Scotia and the provincial New Democratic Party took another turn on Friday, Dec. 7, as a group known as APES descended upon the Legislature House in Halifax.
Kinder Surprised
Submitted on December 10, 2012Who chose the tiny room for the community consultation?! Seriously, the Kinder Morgan open house, on Traditional Lekwungen Territories, was confined into a room too small for comfort.
CFIB Study Misleads on Public-Sector Sick Days, Union Says
Submitted on December 10, 2012PSAC says business lobby group's report ignores effects of job cuts, sick workers
HALIFAX -- The union representing tens of thousands of public-sector workers across Canada says the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is misleading the public about sick days.
Entrevue avec Amy Darwish du Réseau de la commission populaire
Submitted on December 10, 2012Entrevue sur le cas Harkat, les certificats de sécurité, la détention des réfugié-e-s et la politique générale du gouvernement canadien envers l'immigration
Entrevue diffusée sur les ondes d'En Profondeur @ CKUT 90.3 FM
Décès de Hamel et Limoges : Le plus on en sait, le plus on a besoin d’une enquête publique
Submitted on December 10, 2012La publication du rapport d’investigation du coroner Jean Brochu sur les décès de Mario Hamel et Patrick Limoges la semaine dernière a permis d’en apprendre un peu plus sur l’intervention policière qui a couté la vie à Mario Hamel et Patrick Limoges sur la rue Saint-Denis, le 7 juin 2011.
From the Zapatista Uprising to Occupy Wall Street: Global Justice Movements in North America
Submitted on December 9, 2012A workshop from CLAC's anti-capitalist teach-in, presented by CKUT's Off the Hour
This is the full footage from the workshop given at CLAC's anti-capitalist teach-in on Saturday, November 24th.
From the Zapatista Uprising to Occupy Wall Street: Global Justice Movements in North America
presented by Jaggi Singh & Nandita Sharma.
Anarchist Tech Support for Everyone
Submitted on December 9, 2012A workshop from CLAC's anti-capitalist teach-in, presented by CKUT's Off the Hour
This is the full footage from the workshop given at CLAC's anti-capitalist teach-in on Saturday, November 24th.
Anarchist Tech Support for Everyone
presented by Anarchistes pour des Technologies Solidaires
Kitchener rallies against austerity cuts
Submitted on December 9, 2012KITCHENER — About 100 people held a peaceful “People’s Open House” outside Kitchener Centre MPP John Milloy’s office Friday to protest provincial cuts to programs for the poor.
Parc-Ex residents and mayor join Sami Sheikh to demand his right to stay in Canada
Submitted on December 8, 2012Press(e) conférence, Déc. 5 @ Café l'Artère.
- Sami Sheikh
- Stewart Istvanffy (counsel/ avocat)
- Sasha Dyck (voisin/neighbour)
- Comité citoyen de Parc-Extension
- Anie Sampson (mairesse arrondissement Villeray-St-Michel-Parc-Extension)
- Solidarité sans frontières
Whose Fight Is It? Sudbury Teachers and Bill 115
Submitted on December 7, 2012SUDBURY, ON. December 7, 2012 – With rotating strike action imminent, the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) has been making the case that legislation passed by Dalton McGuinty's Liberals in September is an attack on all working people and not just those in the education sector.
Non-profit Employees Shouldn't Shy Away from Unionization
Submitted on December 7, 2012By Jason Edwards
Last week employees of the Nova Scotia Public Interest Research group (NSPIRG), a non-profit research and advocacy organization, voted to unionize. Their decision follows that of the staff of many other non-profit groups across Canada.
Major unsolved crime rewards not enticing tipsters
Submitted on December 7, 2012Six years. Sixty-six cases. Nearly $10 million offered in rewards.
And not a single conviction.
The Nova Scotia Department of Justice created the Rewards for Major Unsolved Crimes Program in 2006 to encourage more people to come forward with information about the province’s growing list of unsolved crimes.
Wild Foods in the Urban Economy
Submitted on December 7, 2012Calgary groups raise awareness of urban wild foods
CALGARY—The landscape of food cultivation in Canada is changing. Economists predict an increase in food prices next year across Canada as the United States economy continues to decline. Wild foods harvesting is one of the many ways by
Groundwire News - December 3, 2012 edition
Submitted on December 6, 2012
This edition was produced by Erin Hudson at CKUT in Montreal Quebec.
Headlines:
Six Canadian human rights and civil liberties organizations oppose Bill S-7, the Combating Terrorism Act
Mohammad Mahjoub calls for an independent inquiry into his case and for the government of Canada to drop all charges against him
Greenpeace pulls out of Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement
Submitted on December 6, 2012It's not just a rumour anymore. Greenpeace has, as of today, pulled out of the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement.
Two Arab youth are forced to leave Qatar for unrolling a banner at the UN climate negotiations
Submitted on December 6, 2012DOHA - QATAR. On Thursday afternoon, two activists from the Arab Youth Climate Movement unrolled a banner, that read “Qatar, why host, not lead?”, outside the halls of plenary where the UN climate negotiations are held in the Qatar National Convention Center.
Kinder Morgan Shuts Down Pipeline Open House at the Earliest Sign Of Community Opposition
Submitted on December 6, 2012December
Oshkimaadzig Unity Camp - Uniting the New People
Submitted on December 6, 2012The word "Oshkimaadzig" refers to the "New People" of the Seven Fires Anishinaabek Prophecy, the people who were prophesied to be the ones who would pick up the remnants of their traditional ways of life and values long repressed by colonialism, and by reclaiming these values they will begin to unite all peoples
Institutions Are Not An Option
Submitted on December 6, 2012Demonstrators in Halifax and Sydney demand more residential options for persons with developmental disabilities.
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) — On Dec. 5, between 100 and 150 persons with developmental disabilities and their supporters gathered at the Provincial Legislature to protest decades of neglect by governments of every stripe.
A much smaller rally took place outside the Provincial Building in Sydney.
Unist'ot'en Camp Resistance:
Submitted on December 6, 2012Colonial Law Cast Aside on Unceded, Autonomous Indigenous Territory
Les femmes de droite d'Andrea Dworkin
Submitted on December 5, 2012De la ferme et du bordel
Par Kim Dockstader, membre des collectifs Média Recherche Action et L des femmes
Youth stand in solidarity with the Philippines at the UN climate negotiations
Submitted on December 5, 2012The Filipino minister addressed dozens of people in a solidarity action after the country was hit by the strongest storm this year
DOHA, QATAR. Youth groups from across the globe expressed solidarity with the Philippines after the recent and devastating storm that hit the country.
Anarchisme et anticolonialisme
Submitted on December 5, 2012Un atelier du teach-in de la CLAC, presenté par Off the Hour de CKUT
Ceci est l'enregistrement de l'atelier du teach-in de la CLAC le samedi, 24 novembre.
Anarchisme et anticolonialisme
présenté par Christian et autres
PLAN NORD, PLAN SUD : colonialisme et résistances d'ici et d'ailleurs
Submitted on December 5, 2012Un atelier du teach-in de la CLAC, presenté par Off the Hour de CKUT
Ceci est l'enregistrement de l'atelier du teach-in de la CLAC le samedi, 24 novembre.
PLAN NORD, PLAN SUD : colonialisme et résistances d'ici et d'ailleurs
présenté par le PASC et le Collectif de solidarité anticoloniale
Assurance-chômage ou assurance-exploitation?
Submitted on December 5, 2012Un atelier du teach-in de la CLAC, presenté par Off the Hour de CKUT
Ceci est l'enregistrement de l'atelier du teach-in de la CLAC le samedi, 24 novembre.
Assurance-chômage ou assurance-exploitation?
présenté par Jacques Beaudoin, Mouvement Action-Chômage de Montréal
Anticapitalisme 101
Submitted on December 5, 2012Un atelier du teach-in de la CLAC, presenté par Off the Hour de CKUT
Ceci est l'enregistrement de l'atelier du teach-in de la CLAC le samedi, 24 novembre.
Anticapitalisme 101
presenté par Gui M. Legault, Pat Courchesne-Duchesne et Nique Bureau-Blouin de la CLAC
What’s at stake at COP18?
Submitted on December 4, 2012This post is a very simplified comment piece for those out there who are trying to understand why these negotiations are important. It is not meant to be be a comprehensive scientific report, nor is it a news article. Many of the information included here is information that I’ve accumulated over years of studying climate change.
November in Review
Submitted on December 3, 2012Rob Ford ejected, Dan Kellar's charges dropped, Chimps get the mid-life blues too
THE LAWS THEY ARE A-CHANGING:
Fossil fuels companies are influencing the outcome of the UN climate negotiations say youth
Submitted on December 3, 2012A report ranks Canada’s climate performance in 58th place out of 61
DOHA, QATAR - The Canadian Youth Delegation to the UN climate negotiations released a report today that holds the tar sands responsible for Canada
A Decade of Resistance and Renewal
Submitted on December 3, 2012Ontario First Nation of Grassy Narrows Celebrates longest running logging blockades in Canada
Contest! Free Dominion Subscriptions
Submitted on December 2, 2012Merry Xmas from the Toronto Media Co-op!
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Are you a TMC reader that likes the solid coverage that come from the Dominion and Media Co-op! Are looking to give yourself (or someone you love) an early Xmas gift?
Raising Resistance – Global Day of Action re-cap
Submitted on December 1, 2012Letter to Industry and Government with Warning About Trespassing on Wet’suwet’en Territory
Solidarity or else: the state of democracy in the CFS
Submitted on December 1, 2012I'm Ashleigh Ingle and I'm from the UofT Graduate Students' Union. I'm here to speak to you a bit about the current state of CFS and possible directions for our collective future.
Youth Lead Street March in Doha for Climate Action
Submitted on December 1, 2012Arab climate activists spearhead the first demonstration of its kind in Qatar
DOHA, QATAR—In an unprecedented event, hundreds of protesters from youth groups and environmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs) took over the streets of Doha, where the UN’s climate negotiations are currently being held.
Inflammable n°2 : Textes, communiqués, et comptes rendus parus principalement à Montréal…
Submitted on November 30, 2012« …ce moment où nous reprenons nos propres vies, où nous nous libérons du moralisme, de la peur et des identités qu’on nous impose, ça ne s’arrête pas autour d’une table de négociations, ni dans une urne, ça n’est pas le début d’un mouvement ni ne meurt avec un mouvement : C’est être vivant, libre et sauvage ! »
Increasing Concerns over Climate Funding at UN Climate Talks
Submitted on November 30, 2012DOHA, QATAR—There are increasing concerns about the outcomes of the UN climate negotiations due to the major uncertainties around funding for climate financing programs.
Criminalizing Non-disclosure
Submitted on November 30, 2012AIDS activists see recent Supreme Court ruling as major step backwards
MONTREAL—On October 5, 2012, the Supreme Court delivered a ruling that significantly expanded the legal scope for criminalizing people living with AIDS and HIV infection in Canada.
The Gazan Doctor Comes to Halifax
Submitted on November 29, 2012Despite Personal Tragedy, Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish Speaks for Peace
On January 16, 2009, a tumultuous explosion followed by a blinding flash rippled through Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish’s home in Gaza.
Sing, Stand, and Send I.T. on its Merry Way!
Submitted on November 29, 2012Cortes Island Logging Blockade: Day Two
Today was the second day of peaceful demonstrations in front of Island
Timberlands' road access at Basil Creek. I.T. trucks were met this morning by many community members who are taking a stand. This cross-section included former loggers, oyster farmers, and forest supporters of all ages. The camaraderie on the site was fabulous and spirits were kept high
Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the Rise as Permafrost Thaws
Submitted on November 28, 2012UNEP report urges Canada to set up national monitoring stations, develop adaptation plan
DOHA, QATAR—The United Nations is warning countries about the irreversible consequences of the large-scale melting of the permafrost and emphasizing the need for monitoring and planning. A report released November 27 by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) warns that the thaw already in motion could release up to 135 gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent by 2100.
Files attached to this post:
Social Assistance in Nova Scotia Stagnates under the Dexter Government
Submitted on November 28, 2012Not enough to live on and no plans to change
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) - As fall turns to winter, it bears noting that recipients of income assistance in Nova Scotia receive much less money than necessary to meet basic needs of shelter and food.
Strength in Resistance: In Memory of Mariano Abarca
Submitted on November 27, 2012Night falls. Today was an important day.
Unist'ot'en Solidarity Rally
Submitted on November 27, 2012COAST SALISH TERRITORY - More than 100 supporters of the Unist'ot'en were on hand this afternoon outside the Apache Canada office in downtown Vancouver. There were plenty of Vancouver Police on hand as well, serving and protecting the corporate agenda.
Statement by Laura Holland, Wet'suwet'en Nation at the Vancouver Rally in Support of the Unist'ot'en
Submitted on November 27, 2012My traditional name is Alunaye. My mother is Laksilyu, her mother is Laksilyu and her mother is Laksilyu and all our mothers before are Laksilyu women. I stand here before you today as a concerned mother and grandmother of my Nation and a member who has accepted responsibility to speak out for our collective good and for our future generations.
Rob Ford's litany of misdeeds
Submitted on November 27, 2012Conflict of interest only one offence among many
Duly Warned
Submitted on November 27, 2012Investors in pipeline given letter on behalf of Unist'ot'en
TORONTO - Dozens of people gathered outside the Toronto headquarters of the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and Jarislowsky Fraser Limited (JFL) today to present the companies with letters of warning.
Unist'ot'en Solidarity Action in Montreal
Submitted on November 27, 2012About 25 people gathered on a cold Montreal morning to express solidarity with the Unist'ot'en Clan of the Wet'suwet'en Nation and their refusal to allow the Pacific Trails and Northern Gateway Pipelines to cross their territory. For more information, visit the Unistoten Camp web site.
Excerpts from the Decision to Boot Rob Ford
Submitted on November 26, 2012TMC Reads the Legal Case So You Don't Have To
Toronto - Justice Charles Hackland's decision to remove Rob Ford from office came out today. The Toronto Media Co-op reads the report so you don't have to.
What the decision says
Climate Legacy in Question
Submitted on November 26, 2012Youth demand action as COP18 climate negotiations start in Doha, Qatar
DOHA, QATAR—Youth from across the world are demanding meaningful action to combat climate change, as representatives of nearly 200 governments are meeting at the COP18 conference on climate change. The 18th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) started in Doha today, November 26.
Greece: The "Invisible March" against Gold Mining
Submitted on November 26, 2012Thousands march against Vancouver mining company in Thessaloniki and Athens
THESSALONIKI—A huge demonstration against the construction of gold mines in northern Greece took place in the city of Thessaloniki on November 24.
Rob Ford removed from office
Submitted on November 26, 2012Toronto Mayor found guilty in landmark conflict of interest case
Embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was ordered removed from office today, after being found guilty of breaching the city's conflict of interest law. An Ontario Superior Court judge released the decision this morning.
New Report: Tar sands, from Canada to Trinidad & Tobago
Submitted on November 26, 2012New report looks at the impacts of Canada's push to bring tar sands to the island nation
As communities in Canada and the US prepare to respond to a call for solidarity from Unist’ot’en and Grassroots Wet’suwet’en people fighting the imposition of gas and tar sands pipelines on their lands on Tuesday, folks in Trinidad and Tobago's capital are also planning a demonstrati
Appel à des actions de solidarité le mardi 27 novembre 2012 (traduction française)
Submitted on November 25, 2012Intensifions la résistance : solidarité avec les Unist’ot’en !
Killing before the Calm: Israeli Attacks on Palestinian Civilians Escalated before Cease-fire
Submitted on November 25, 2012*NOTE: contains graphic images…reality of Palestinians under occupation and continuous Israeli attacks.
21st Century Midwifery
Submitted on November 24, 2012Not in Nova Scotia
Halifax — In the age of the C-sections and scheduled birthing, many women still want to give birth "the old-fashioned way" (that is, at home with a midwife). Presently in Nova Scotia this is no easy feat.
Midwifery was regulated in 2009 and went from a private, for-profit, service to one offered free under provincial health care.
DOCUMENT: G20 Domestic Groups of Concern - from OCAP to Oxfam
Submitted on November 24, 2012About a year ago I played a large role in releasing the G20 Papers a large trove of security and intelligence documents that were made available to journalists, academics and the public at large. Documents based on those documents appeared in publications such as Globe and Mail, CBC.ca, Briarpatch and the Dominion.
Call for solidarity actions on Tuesday November 27th
Submitted on November 24, 2012Raising Resistance: Solidarity with the Unist’ot’en.
Call for actions on Tuesday November 27th
Create, paste and sprint
Submitted on November 24, 2012Public interventions, illegal art defy social norms
JJ Steeves is on the run.
A business owner is chasing her down a Halifax street after she slapped a black and white sticker featuring a cartoon cat saying, “I believe in porn,” on his storefront.
CKUT's Off the Hour: Students and activists gather for the international week of action against the commodification of education
Submitted on November 23, 2012ASSÉ organizes a demonstration on November 22nd in solidarity
The audio was originally aired on CKUT's Off the Hour on Friday, November 23rd, 17h-18h.
Can a Sustainable Salmon be Farmed?
Submitted on November 23, 2012Is Sobey's lice-infested product an anomaly, or par for the course?
Halifax, NS – The rise of consumption in today's world is due to the rapid growth of the world's population, yet even more so with the rise of the philosophy of the “more is better” consumption culture. This fast, inhumane, pace of consumption is exhausting Canada's natural resources as well as the environment as a whole.
L.O.N. Tout le monde est la Palestine, manifestation du 18 novembre 2012 à Montréal.
Submitted on November 23, 2012Forum Social Mondial Palestine Libre-2012
Du 28 novembre à 1 décembre 2012
Porto Alegre, Brésil
Hunger Strike against Trinidad Highway Reaches Critical Stage
Submitted on November 22, 2012Concern mounts as Wayne Kublalsingh nears organ failure after eight days without food or water
Dr. Wayne Kublalsingh, who I interviewed for the piece below, is currently on his eighth day of a hunger strike, refusing both food and water. He has reached a critical point where massive heart or kidney failure have become a very real possibility. Kublalsingh is one of Trinidad & Tobago's most well known environmental activists.
Interview with Stefoknee Wolscht
Submitted on November 22, 2012Stefonknee Wolscht is a 49 year young Canadian spiritual transwoman; passionate defender of trans rights; resource navigator for marginalized LGBTQ people at Stefonknee.com ; public speaker; activist; dad/mom of 7 wonderful kids; Opa to Jake & Rebecca; sexy and sin
Rental rules get overhaul
Submitted on November 22, 2012
It’s been a decade since the Residential Tenancies Act got a facelift, and on Nov. 15, changes took effect to the law that governs rentals.
Landlords and tenants should get acquainted with the tweaks to subletting rules, the process for rent increases, reasons for ending a lease, security deposit interest rates and late-rent
payments.
Pipeline Surveyor Equipment Confiscated
Submitted on November 22, 2012Direct actions keep Pacific Trails Pipeline out of Unis'tot'en territory
From the beautiful unceded Unis’tot’en Yintah (Territory):
At 10am on the morning of November 21, 2012, surveyors from Can-Am Geomatics were denied access to Unis’tot’en territory at the bridge crossing of the Wezin Kwah (Morice River).
Protest Against Israel's Deputy Ambassador Eliaz Luf and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney
Submitted on November 22, 2012Protest Jason Kenney and Israel's Deputy Ambassador Eliaz Luf!
Hundreds came out in Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories, for an emergency protest against Israeli Deputy Minister Eliaz Luf, Canadian Deportation Minister Jason Kenney, and former Tory Cabinet Minister Stockwell Day.
Legal Protection of Trans Rights a Step Forward - But Let's Not Get Complacent
Submitted on November 21, 2012Public funding for sex-reassignment surgery needed
The Nova Scotia provincial government has recently proposed amendments that will add Gender Identity and Gender Expression as a protected category under the Nova Scotia Human Rights Act.
Canadian Mining on Trial
Submitted on November 21, 2012Guatemalan delegation travelling to Canada to challenge corporate impunity
EL ESTOR, GUATEMALA—The rain won’t let up.
Apache Surveyors Ordered Off Unceded Wet’suwet’en Territory
Submitted on November 21, 2012On the evening of November 20th, 2012, Wet’suwet’en Chief Toghestiy intercepted and issued an eagle feather to surveyors from the Can-Am Geomatics company who were working for Apache’s proposed Pacific Trails Pipeline (PTP). In Wet’suwet’en law, an eagle feather is used as a first and only notice of trespass.
Western's Administration Using "Campus Police" to Silence Dissent
Submitted on November 20, 2012CKUT's Off the Hour: Operation Pillar of Defense in Gaza, and why the National Lawyer's Guild condemns it
Submitted on November 20, 2012This interview originally aired on CKUT's Off the Hour on Tuesday, November 20th, 17h-18h.
Rising Tide Statement in Solidarity with the People of Gaza
Submitted on November 20, 2012Rising Tide Vancouver Coast Salish Territories opposes the recent attacks on the people of Gaza and the ongoing military occupation of Palestinian Territories.
VIDEO: Vancouver Rallies for Gaza
Submitted on November 20, 2012Video of the November 18 Gaza Soldiarity rally on the Robson side of the Vancouver Art Gallery (unceded C.S.T.), followed by a march around downtown. Make sure you listen right to the end for the ram’s horn!
Unis'tot'en Statement of Solidarity with Tar Sands Blockades in Resistance to Keystone XL in Texas
Submitted on November 20, 2012There Will Be Many Pipeline Blockades!
To our Friends and Allies on the Salish Coast, we miss you and will send along an update soon regarding progress at camp and what is happenning with CASGW (Community Allies Supporting Grassroots Wet'suwet'en).
Nova Scotia's Missing Fracking Wastes - Another 4 Million Litres Unaccounted For
Submitted on November 18, 2012Just How Little About This Does Our Regulator Want to Know?
Noel, Nova Scotia - Our provincial government is currently engaged in a Review of Hydraulic Fracturing, more commonly known as fracking. Whenever you hear Ministers speaking to concerned citizens, they speak of looking at best practices for regulating the industry, and are sure to add that the review will look at whether fracking is something we want to have in Nova Scotia.
Notes on the Ground from Gaza Youth
Submitted on November 18, 2012Vancouver, November 18, 2012 – Palestinian youth voices are spotlighted on Sunday in a rally for Gaza in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Local activist groups show up for a second day in support of Palestinians in the recent Israel-Gaza conflict.
A crowd of hundreds gathered to march through the downtown core and listen to speeches in the rain.
No War in Gaza, No War Criminals in Halifax - Photos
Submitted on November 17, 2012K'jipuktuk (Halifax) – Inside the temporarily fortified Westin Hotel, on Halifax's waterfront, members of NATO and their hangers-on laid plans in private sessions, as the fourth annual Halifax International Security Forum entered its second day.
The 2012 Halifax NATO War Conference
Submitted on November 16, 2012Haligonians again oppose the Fourth Annual Halifax International Security Forum
Co-ops for Social Change
Submitted on November 16, 2012Co-operatives are falling back into favour as a way to organize for sustainable economic alternatives and social change.
VANCOUVER—Though Canada has one of the
Local Activists Rally for Support of Palestinians in Israel-Gaza Flare-Up
Submitted on November 16, 2012
Vancouver, November 15, 2012 – Local activists organized a rally condemning the recent Israeli bombardments of Gaza on Thursday evening, in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery.
The rally drew a crowd of hundreds of supporters, chanting, “End the occupation now. Free, free Palestine.”
The Tour of Nothing: Vancouver's Freeway That Never Was
Submitted on November 15, 2012The Georgia Viaduct is part of the Vancouver freeway system that local residents and activists brought to a grinding halt. When driving east over the overpass have you ever looked straight ahead and realized that, if successful, this planned freeway would have wiped out hundreds of homes along Union and Prior?
Ann Hansen's Statement On Her Recent Arrest, Imprisonment and Release
Submitted on November 15, 2012Ann Hansen is a former member of Direct Action, an underground anarchist group active in the 1980s, who presently lives as a writer, farmer and public speaker in the Kingston area.
Onwards From Occupy: Revisiting Sins
Submitted on November 14, 2012St. James Church Still Has to Answer for Changing Stories
While interviewing politicians for my thesis on lying in politics, various politicians stated over and over again that lying was necessary tool in the game of politics.
However I was struck by a religious conservative politician who looked at things simply from moral standpoint: "I don't lie in politics because I believe that lying is a sin," he told.
Sending MUMM to jail?
Submitted on November 14, 2012Maritimers Unite for Medical Marijuana protest now-effective mandatory minimums and Health Canada's proposed changes
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) - On Nov. 13, Members of Maritimers Unite for Medical Marijuana (MUMM) gathered in Grand Parade Square to decry the fact that they, as self-medicating marijuana users, have of late been dealt a double whammy that will soon see them facing criminal charges and mandatory jail time; all for growing their own medicine.
Wild Wild Weather
Submitted on November 14, 2012"Unprecedented" weather hits Ontario fruit farmers hard
OTTAWA—Chris Hall's family has been growing apples in Brockville, Ontario, since 1947. Hall learned as a boy that the orchards usually produce myriad pink and white blossoms in late May. This year, unseasonably warm temperatures brought out the blossoms in April. After the warm spell, temperatures suddenly dropped below freezing, and Hall lost 20 per cent of his apples.
DOCUMENT: Read the RCMP's orientation guide for National Security programs
Submitted on November 14, 2012One of the more revealing documents that I have recived through an Access-to-Information request is the "National Security Criminal Investigations, Orientation Guide 2008".
Adding Insult to Injury
Submitted on November 13, 2012Nova Scotia's injured industrial heartland heads to Halifax to demand Royal Commission inquiry
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) – On Nov. 13, dozens of injured workers from Nova Scotia's industrial heartland gathered outside Province House in Halifax to decry the faults they perceive in the workers compensation system, and to demand a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the province's Workers Compensation Board (WCB).
Palestinian and Arab struggles in the face of Canada’s ‘War on Terror’
Submitted on November 12, 2012In the context of the 30th anniversary : Direct Action and the Wimmin's Fire Brigade in the history of anarchism in so-called ''British Columbia''
Submitted on November 12, 2012Interview with Gord Hill (warriorpublications.wordpress.com)
You can read the Writings of the Vancouver Five at http://www.anti-politics.net/distro/2009/vancouver5-read.pdf
and the booklet copy at http://www.anti-politics.net/distro/2009/vancouver5-read.pdf
Indigenous Resistance and Anarchism
Submitted on November 12, 2012Interview with Gord Hill (warriorpublications.wordpress.com)
Shoal Lake reserve joins counterpart in lawsuit against City of Winnipeg
Submitted on November 12, 2012Shoal Lake 40 seeks affirmation of treaty rights, end of service sharing
Shoal Lake 40 has joined a judicial review originally launched by its counterpart, the Iskatewizaagegan Independent First Nation, or Shoal Lake 39, to quash all negotiations to expand the City of Winnipeg’s water pipes to semi-rural bedroom communities.
Sunday Book Club: Yves Engler's The Ugly Canadian
Submitted on November 11, 2012Canada's foreign policy expert unveils ugly truths about our actions abroad. Interview with author follows.
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) - Yves Engler's latest book, The Ugly Canadian: Stephen Harper's Foreign Policy, deals with a broad swath of Canadian foreign policy topics.
"Du profilage racial au profilage social?"
Submitted on November 11, 2012Présentation de Me Noël Saint-Pierre lors de la conférence "Dissidence, parole et pouvoir" organisée par l'Association canadienne des libertés civiles les 12 et 13 octobre 2012.
Me Noël Saint-Pierre a présenté certaines constatations sur la dynamique entre policiers et justiciables racisés. Il a expliqué les différents moyens de preuve utilisés devant un tribunal pour prouver qu'une intervention policière particulière reposait sur du profilage.
Anarchists Block Shell Station
Submitted on November 10, 2012Public Action Against the Tar Sands draws large police presence
On a sunny Saturday afternoon in East Vancouver, some thirty protesters gathered at a city park and then proceeded to blockade a Shell station located at Clark Drive and 12th Avenue. Organized by BC Blackout, an anarchist project opposing industrial expansion & resource exploitation in the province, the rally targetted Shell for their participation in the Alberta Tar Sands and other e
Fall Podcast
Submitted on November 9, 2012Halifax falling behind in providing bus information
Submitted on November 9, 2012
Ben Wedge is onto something.
“Metro Transit has a map in their headquarters that shows where every bus is,” says the 23-year-old Dalhousie University industrial engineering student. “They can watch the buses move down the line at headquarters, but they won’t release that information to you and I.”
Toronto conference takes aim at local tar sands pipeline
Submitted on November 9, 2012A day-long grassroots conference in Toronto on Saturday, Nov. 17 will discuss plans by Enbridge Inc. to pipe dangerous tar sands crude from Sarnia to Montreal through Line 9. The event, The Tar Sands Come to Ontario: Stop Line 9, will be held from 10a.m. to 5p.m. at Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George St.
Federal Lake Winnipeg cash not going toward clean-up
Submitted on November 8, 2012Critics claim federal money is being misspent, more resources needed
The federal government’s announcement of $17.7 million to clean up the polluted Lake Winnipeg has come under fire from critics who claim the Harper Conservatives are misspending the money.
Charges withdrawn for blog on undercover cop
Submitted on November 8, 2012TORONTO--On November 8 criminal charges were dropped against a blogger who wrote about an undercover police officer who had befriended him as part of a police operation to spy on activists ahead of the 2010 G20 Summit.
Has the Freshwater Fish Marketing Act Gone Stale?
Submitted on November 8, 2012Criticisms levelled at western Canadian crown corporation focus on fish waste, inability to compete
WINNIPEG—With the recent demise of the Canadian Wheat Board as a single-desk buyer and marketer of western Canadian grain products, some say that the western inland fishery should be next.
Canada's Canoe Routes Under Threat
Submitted on November 8, 2012Conservatives attempt to eliminate waterway protection with proposed legislation changes
Proposed legislative changes in the federal government’s omnibus budget bill will strip away protections from the majority of Canada’s waterbodies, environmentalists say.
Tabled in parliament Oct. 18, Bill C45 proposes to replace the country’s Navigable Waters Protection Act with the new Navigation Protection Act.
Community Corridor - Part 1:
Submitted on November 8, 2012A Strategy to Resist Industrial Infrastructure and Pipelines from Kitimat to Texas
CKUT's Off the Hour speaks with journalist Amy Goodman about the US Elections
Submitted on November 6, 2012Amy Goodman of Democracy Now comments the issues of the 99 per cent.
The clock races down to the fate US presidential elections. CKUT speaks with independent journalist and author, Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! about the issues that matter to the 99 per cent, third party candidates and the potential impacts on Canadians an hour away from Democracy Now! live coverage of elections.
An Environmental Bill of Rights for Canada?
Submitted on November 6, 2012An interview with environmental lawyer David Boyd
It may surprise you that, according to Canada’s constitution, you don’t have the right to a healthy environment — although if you live next to the Sydney Tar Ponds or Boat Harbour, you may not be so surprised.
GroundWire News – November 4, 2012
Submitted on November 6, 2012This edition was produced by Michael Welch at CKUW in Winnipeg Manitoba.
Headlines:
In BC on October 22 and 24, over 7,000 people participated in the Defend our Coast actions across the province
PowerShift 2012 - a conference organized by youth for youth - took place last weekend in Ottawa focusing on environmental justice and climate change
Zombies rise to protest tuition debt
Submitted on November 5, 2012Halifax - Remember, remember, the fifth of November: gunpowder, treason and … zombies?
Guy Fawkes wasn’t a member of a student union, but today students from some of the city’s major universities vocalized their own bone to pick with the government.
CKUT's Off The Hour: Radio Chez Pops, October 19th Edition
Submitted on November 5, 2012Police Treatment experienced by street youth at Chez Pops
Street youth often face social profiling and mistreatment by the police. In this edition of Radio Chez Pops, youth speak about their experiences with the cops.
The Saint Patrick's-Alexandra School Revival
Submitted on November 5, 2012Celebrations, sharing and hard work ahead
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) - On Nov. 3, North Central Halifax community members gathered at the Cornwallis Street Baptist Church hall to discuss the recent decision by the Halifax Regional Municipality to not appeal the decision and direction that Justice A. David MacAdam issued in September following hearings in June.
The Environmental Impact of Bill C-45
Submitted on November 5, 2012The federal government's omnibus budget bill threatens to have a severe effect on Canada's environment. CKUT's Off the Hour speaks with Sierra Club Canada and The Wilderness Committee to find out mroe.
On Being a Teen and Falling Through the Cracks in the System
Submitted on November 5, 2012Editor's Note: The Halifax Media Co-op is humbled to present the 'Kitpu Young Journalists Program', in which we are able to feature the works of youth participating in the Kitpu Youth Project. This is the first article in this year-long project, made possible with generous assistance from the Dalhousie Student Union.
Ride the Taco
Submitted on November 5, 2012Originally published on subMedia.tv
This Week:
1. Ride the Taco
2. Romney and Obama's climate silence
3. Chinese Resistance to Civilization
4. You are not in Mexico S.A.
5. Athens Anarchist Anti-Fascist Motorcycle Club
6. Severed Heads of State
7. Drug War Capitalism
Energy companies get briefed by Canadian intelligence agencies
Submitted on November 4, 2012Documents and article on government collaboration with private sector
NOTE: The following article covers the same topic as a previously covered article in the Dominion, it also includes an embedded source document below the text.
National Aboriginal Women’s Summit disappoints Indigenous groups
Submitted on November 4, 2012Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association wants national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women, comes out empty-handed
Indigenous groups from across Canada descended on Winnipeg, MB, Nov. 1 and 2 to discuss the systemic problem of hundreds of missing and murdered Aboriginal women in the country.
Sunday Book Review: Jim Williams's "Rock Reject"
Submitted on November 4, 20121970s asbestos mine is setting for protagonist in search of salvation
Picture it: 1970s Canada. Our protagonist, Peter, is a privileged man-boy from Toronto. His path is all laid out for him: med school, loving young wife, a starched-collar father. But like so many young white men, Peter has to destroy his whole world just to realize the gifts he was given.
And destroy it he does.
Decolonizing Media: Media Democracy Day Panel
Submitted on November 3, 2012Letter to the Editor: A Power Shift
Submitted on November 3, 2012The following is a response to Hillary Bain's Nov. 2 article "A Power Shift: Indigenous voices at forefront of growing movement." We welcome your letters to the editor at hmc@mediacoop.ca.
Nadeau-Dubois to appeal contempt of court verdict
Submitted on November 3, 2012Ex-student coalition spokesperson says ruling will limit political expression in Quebec
Following Thurday's ruling finding him guilty of contempt of court for encouraging picket lines at univeristies and colleges, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois announced Friday that he will appeal the decision.
Occupy Sandy - Spirit of Movement Alive and Well in Hurricane Relief Efforts
Submitted on November 3, 2012New York - In October and November of 2011, cities and municipalities across North America took measures to evict and otherwise dismantle the camps of the continent-wide Occupy Movement, which blossomed out of the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York in September of that year.
A Power Shift
Submitted on November 2, 2012Indigenous voices at forefront of growing movement
The environmental movement in Canada just got bigger – and so have the movements for Indigenous rights, migrant justice and anti-capitalism.
That’s Racist! (but not how you might think)
Submitted on November 2, 2012PowerShift Galvanizes Climate Justice Organizing
Submitted on November 2, 2012Ottawa conference sees protests, trainings and national networking
OTTAWA—As the "Frankenstorm" hit North America, hundreds of youth from across Canada marched through the streets of Ottawa on Monday, October 29, 2012, demanding the Canadian government take action against the fossil fuel corporations that are responsible for fueling climate change and climate change-induced extreme weather.
PowerShift 2012 : convergence nationale pour freiner l’industrie des combustibles fossiles
Submitted on November 2, 2012Près d’un millier de jeunes Canadiens, Québécois et Autochtones se sont rassemblés pour discuter de justice climatique et environnementale lors de l’événement PowerShift tenu à Ottawa du 26 au 29 octobre derniers.
October in Review
Submitted on November 2, 2012Pipeline problems, grand jury resistance, joke job act and celebrity arrests
The Dominion's Martin Lukacs broke the story that an American businessman dumped approximately 100 tonnes of iron sulphate into the Pacific Ocean as part of the world's largest geoengineering experiment of
Ex-student spokesperson Nadeau-Dubois found guilty of contempt
Submitted on November 1, 2012Judge finds he illegally encouraged students to ignore injunction against picket lines
(Updates at bottom)
Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, the ex-student spokesperson who for many became the face of the Quebec student movement this past spring, was found guilty of contempt of court today.
Files attached to this post:
Halloween Demonstration Links Tar Sands with Democracy
Submitted on October 31, 2012Local constituents raise concerns with Conservative MP Mark Strahl about the Harper government’s undemocratic, back room, pro-tar sands policies and agreements.
Chilliwack, BC, Unceded Sto:Lo Territories—Following a week of epoch-making demonstrations against tar sands pipelines in BC, local residents have taken to the streets again.
Sinking Ships
Submitted on October 31, 2012Shipwrecks, shellfish and the future of the BC coast
HARTLEY BAY, BC—The two ex-lovers who were at the helm of the BC Ferries ship Queen of the North during a routine overnight sailing from Prince Rupert to Port Hardy six years ago probably didn't expect their first reunion after a two-week separation to end the way it did.
Who Pays for “Free” Trade?
Submitted on October 31, 2012The Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement and Nova Scotia
The Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA), which is currently being negotiated with the European Union, will be bad for Nova Scotia — that is the conclusion of a report recently released by the Nova Scotia chapter of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).
Frack Waste-Water Trade?
Submitted on October 30, 2012Imaginary stop-orders, questionable origins, missing documents: all part of fracking in Nova Scotia
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) – The great hydraulic fracturing fiasco in Nova Scotia's 'Windsor Block' has taken on the proportions, and tragic comedy storyline, of a Scooby Doo mystery.
Justice for victims of police killings - Oct. 22, 2012 commemorative vigil
Submitted on October 30, 2012Montreal police are coming under increasing criticism for their use of lethal force. Over the past two years, three people have been shot to death during what could have been routine police interventions.
Student supporters say the punishment doesn't fit the crime
Submitted on October 29, 2012When it comes to the fate of two Nigerian students facing deportation, the punishment doesn’t fit the crime.
Powershift Brings Halloween Early to Government, Polluters
Submitted on October 29, 2012Hundreds set to participate in "Toxic Trick or Treat" in Ottawa this morning
OTTAWA—After three days inside, Powershift 2012 is ready to hit the streets.
L'autre blocus 138
Submitted on October 28, 2012Ces images relatent les événements survenus à la mi-octobre 2012 sur la Côte-Nord, dans la communauté de Ushat mak Mani-Utenam.
CKUT's Off the Hour: Occupy Montréal celebrates its first anniversary
Submitted on October 28, 2012Activists and supporters gather at the Place du Peuple to commemorate the revolutionary movement's arrival in Montréal a year before
The audio, a series of interviews with supporters at Place du Peuple on October 15th, was originally aired on CKUT's Off the Hour on Tuesday, October
"Wild salmon are being killed by politics"
Submitted on October 28, 2012Dr. Alexandra Morton visits Halifax, full audio from lecture
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) - On Oct. 19, the indomitable Dr. Alexandra Morton visited Halifax as part of a whirlwind east coast tour. Dr. Morton, whose defence of Canada's wild Pacific salmon has brought her into direct conflict with the farmed salmon industry, as well as the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, was the guest lecturer at the fifth annual Ransom A.
Winona LaDuke media interview at PowerShift Canada 2012
Submitted on October 28, 2012LaDuke speaks candidly about food- and energy- self-reliance, Indigenous sovereignty, and more ... including how she wants to be more like Cher.
Honouring Truth - A Public Reading
Submitted on October 27, 2012Independent Report on Missing and Murdered Women Reveals Depth of Discrimination
VANCOUVER - Sex workers and their allies together with family members of the missing and murdered women took centre stage this week for a public reading of the Independent Counsel’s report to the Missing Women’s Commission of Inquiry.
Jane-Finch org rallies against poverty-Interview with Nomanzland on Community Art
Submitted on October 26, 2012Four years to the day after Jane Finch Action Against Poverty’s (JFAAP) founding on October 17, 2008 – the International Day for the Elimination of Poverty – one of Jane-Finch’s leading people’s organizations took to the streets once again with its allies
Uranium Debate Heats Up in Saskatchewan
Submitted on October 26, 2012Cameco-Areva northern tour ends with unanswered questions, news of opposition
BEAUVAL, SK - A blanket of snow already covers Northern Saskatchewan, where the uranium industry continues to expand despite opposition. Cameco and Areva's joint northern tour came to an end last night in Beauval with a community supper and corporate door prizes, but unanswered questions linger.
Nova Scotia New Dems SAP the Province
Submitted on October 26, 2012Public Service IT jobs looking to be outsourced to corporate baddy, private information of Nova Scotians at risk
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) – Talk about alienating your fan base.
Enbridge applies for second phase of pipeline reversal
Submitted on October 25, 2012Environmental group says documents confirm tar sands oil will be pumped east for export
Enbridge has filed documents with the National Energy Board (NEB) asking for the second phase of permission for their plan to reverse the flow of an existing pipeline that runs between Sarnia and Montreal.
Have a Story to Tell? Send us your Pitches by November 4th!
Submitted on October 25, 2012Have a story to tell? Tell it to The Dominion and our many unique readers. We will pay two contributors for news features to be published in the next issue of The Dominion. We prioritize solutions-oriented news pieces with a Canadian angle, including photo essays, info-graphics and video pitches.
Greek Fascist group gets support from Toronto
Submitted on October 25, 2012Letter reveals local supporters of Golden Dawn
Golden Dawn, an openly racist Greek political party has received the support of approximately 30 members of Toronto's Greek diaspora, according a July 30th, 2012 letter that was acquired by the Toronto Media Co-op.
Community Journalism Across Generations
Submitted on October 24, 2012Abby Lippman, an academic and activist in Montreal, speaks about the on-going project that aims to bridge the generation gap between youth and seniors.
For more information about the project and regular updates on upcoming workshops and skill shares visit: www.mediacoop.ca/generations
Background music: Fatherhood and Mirrors, by SwampWolf
Guatemala: Peaceful Resistance in the Face of Violence
Submitted on October 24, 2012Anti-mining activist speaks out for first time since being shot
SAN JOSÉ DEL GOLFO, GUATEMALA—Telma Yolanda Oquelí Veliz, who was nearly killed for her activism against mining in San José del Golfo, Guatemala, spoke out publicly Monday morning for the first time since the attack against her in June.
Victoire : Bâtiment 7 du CN récupéré
Submitted on October 24, 2012À toutes les sympathisantes, tous les sympathisants du CSA. Mardi 23 octobre 2012.
Mardi 23 octobre 2012.
Murder of Anti-Mining Activists in Mexico a State Crime
Submitted on October 23, 2012Barzón leader and his partner shot to death in Chihuahua after harassment from people paid by Vancouver based company
CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO-The double murder of the leader of the Barzón, Ismael Solorio Urrutia, and his wife, Manuela Martha Solís Contreras, on Monday, October 22 at 2:30pm, has caused anger and indignation among the people of Chihuahua, Mexico.
Rising Tide Targets Shell Tar Sands Plans
Submitted on October 23, 2012VANCOUVER - Rising Tide activists targeted Shell Canada in Vancouver this afternoon to protest Shell's expansion plans in the Tar Sands. Protesters blocked three gas stations in East Vancouver in support of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation.
Local Residents Bring Pipeline Fight to the Pumps
Submitted on October 23, 2012Vancouver activists demonstrate in solidarity with Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Constitutional Challenge of Shell’s Tar Sands Mining
Resistance to Deportations Growing
Submitted on October 22, 2012Teach-in held at University of Regina
A campaign to save two University of Regina students from deportation is gathering steam across Canada.
Today some 250 faculty and students attended a teach-in at the U of R, where organizers launched a Twitter campaign directed at citizen and immigration minister Jason Kenney and minister of public safety Vic Toews.
En solidarité avec les InnuEs en lutte de Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam
Submitted on October 21, 2012le vendredi 19 octobre à «Montréal»
Hundreds Protest Block's Message
Submitted on October 20, 2012Hundreds of Saskatoonians gathered at Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar MP Kelly Block’s office in the city today, protesting her latest newsletter about cuts to health care for refugee claimants.
The Lebowski Blog: Canadian Companies Are Hoarding $Billions for Another Crash
Submitted on October 20, 2012Where's the f'ing money, Lebowski?
Is a major crash coming to the Canadian economy? That might explain why corporations are sitting on hundreds of billions of dollars rather than spending it in taxes.
Occupy London Reunion
Submitted on October 20, 2012October 20th 2012
It’s been over a year since Occupy Wall Street made international headlines and Occupy camps started appearing around the globe.
Estelle Peace Ship attacked by Israeli Military
Submitted on October 20, 2012Canadian among those arrested in international waters
My husband Jim Manly is in Israeli custody. The Canadian schooner the Estelle was attacked in International waters around 4:30AM EDT.
Hidden History of the Americas - Daniel Paul
Submitted on October 19, 2012Daniel Paul speaks at Dalhousie Student Union Building Oct. 16, 2012
On Oct. 16 Mi'kmaq elder and historian Daniel Paul spoke on the "Hidden History of the Americas" as part of the series "Everything You Should Know About NS But Don't," presented by the student unions of Dalhousie University and King's College. The talk took place at 7 p.m. in the Dahousie Student Union Building to a packed audience.
A Proposal for a Drop-In Centre, from the Eyes of a Person Living in Poverty
Submitted on October 19, 2012Update on Tar Sands and Oil Shale Extraction, Offsetting Resistance and Opposition to Tar Sands and Pipelines (august 2012)
Submitted on October 18, 2012Interview with Macdonald Stainsby, independant journalist and activist, coordinator of oilsandstruth.org
Anti-Authoritarian Leadership: An Interview with Chris Dixon
Submitted on October 18, 2012Interview with Chris Dixon - collective member, Institute for Anarchist Studies.
chrisd@resist.ca - http://www.anarchiststudies.org
Anti-Authoritarian Approaches to Taking Initiative and Building Capacities:
Parc Oxygène: la lutte continue
Submitted on October 18, 201223 ans plus tard, ce petit îlot vert auto-géré au coeur du centre-ville de Montréal ce trouve toujours menacé par le développement illégal de condos, affectant la qualité de vie de la communauté .
Opposition to Line 9 reversal grows
Submitted on October 18, 2012Hamilton city council hears vocal opposition to Enbridge plans
Dozens of environmentalists gathered at Hamilton, Ontario's City Hall to protest a major pipeline project, know as the Enbridge Line 9 reversal, on Wednesday October 17th. They gathered outside and then made deputations at a city council meeting where a report on the project was being presented to councillors.
End Poverty Now
Submitted on October 17, 2012Halifax marks International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Halifax marked the United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty Oct. 17 with a rally at Victoria Park and a panel discussion at Saint Matthew's United Church.
This year's official theme was the lack of security, as it manifests in income, housing and food.
Ask Megan Leslie, Episode 1
Submitted on October 17, 2012HMC asks you for your questions for the NDP Environment Critic.
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) - NDP Environment Critic, and MP for Halifax, Megan Leslie has offered to give Halifax Media Co-op readers a monthly recap on the goings-on at Parliament Hill.
Mexican Asylum-Seekers Take Human Rights Demands to Ottawa
Submitted on October 16, 2012Over 200 refugees, migrant workers, activists, and supporters rallied at Parliament Hill on Oct.
To the People of the United Church
Submitted on October 16, 2012A letter from wape'k mikjikj e'pit
I am called wape'k mikjikj e'pit - white turtle woman. I am the daughter of a residential school survivor and know first-hand the generational and long term effects of the abuses suffered there. It has been partly through the reconciliation work of the United Church that I have reconnected with my own heritage and culture. I recently learned, however, that the Un
Cameco's Northern Heartbeat
Submitted on October 15, 2012Cameco, AREVA, NWMO, Committee for Future Generations to cross paths on Saskatchewan community tour circuit
The forecast for northern Saskatchewan this week is non-stop nuclear issues. Saskatoon-based uranium mining giant Cameco, French uranium corporation Areva, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization and the grassroots community-based Committee for Future Generations are all on the road visiting communities, but they are not all on the same page.
Access to Information Shows Town of Windsor Has Already Received Kennetcook Frack Waste-Water
Submitted on October 15, 2012Nova Scotia Environment has known since May, 2011
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) – An email conversation disclosed through an Access to Information request has revealed that an undetermined amount of “brine water,” originating from the Kennetcook and Noel area frack waste-water holding lagoons, has already been shipped to the Town of Windsor's waste water treatment facility.
No more police brutality - Activists memorialize the death of Robert Dziekanski at Main and Hastings
Submitted on October 14, 2012
Today as Vancouver marks the 5th anniversary of the RCMPs’ killing of Robert Dziekanski, activists memorialized the tragic date with a banner drop next door to the Vancouver Police Department on Main Street at Hastings.
Who Controls the Past...
Submitted on October 12, 2012Budget cuts to Parks Canada mean that Atlantic Canadian artifacts may be headed to central location in Ottawa
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia – Representatives from labour and the Mi'kmaq and Acadian communities, as well as NDP MPs Megan Leslie and Robert Chisholm, today converged outside Parks Canada's Regional Archaeological Facility in Dartmouth.
Open Consultations, Behind Closed Doors
Submitted on October 11, 2012Premier Brad Wall, northern community residents disagree on transparency of nuclear waste site selection process
The Saskatchewan government may have faith in the consultation process carried out by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) in its search for a site to hold highly radioactive spent fuel bundles from nuclear reactors, but affected northern community residents beg to differ.
Vancouver Island Indigenous Foods Conference 2012
Submitted on October 9, 2012The 5th Annual Traditional Foods Conference is a space to promote and encourage traditional foods and food practices.
The conference has always focused on 4 pillars – nutrition, healing, safety and community. This year is the same but with the theme of the Traditional Foods Conference 2012 “FEEDING OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS.”
Bitter Love Triangle
Submitted on October 9, 2012Q & A with Peter Hill, CEO of Triangle Petroleum Corp, on the fracking mess in Colchester County.
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) - Peter Hill, CEO and director of Triangle Petroleum Corp, wants out of Nova Scotia. But it seems Nova Scotia just won't let Hill go; not until he takes care of about 15.5 million litres of radioactive water his company has left behind.
Groundwire News - October 9, 2012 edition
Submitted on October 9, 2012
This edition was produced by Catherine Fisher at CJLY in Kootenay B.C.
Headlines:
Ontario teachers cancel extracurricular activities in protest of the province’s “putting students first” bill, Bill 115 – Ed von Aderkas CHRW
Pourquoi pas aider nos frères et soeurs toxicomanes ?
Submitted on October 9, 2012Pas de piquerie dans mon quartier (documentaire de Québec)
La salle du Studio P était comble pour cette 3e projection, le 23 septembre, d'un documentaire indépendant de Québec intitulé Pas de piquerie dans mon quartier, réalisé par Jonathan et Jean-Laurence Seaborn.
The Gentry and Their Flames
Submitted on October 8, 2012Some Preliminary Notes on the George Street Fires
We are writing this as residents of George Street, in Toronto’s Downtown East End, specifically the houses located at 311 and 303 George. 311 is next door to O'Neill House, which is itself next to Seaton House.
Vigil for Missing and Murdered Women
Submitted on October 8, 20126pm on October 4 marked the nationwide vigil for missing and murdered women.
In Vancouver the vigil took place at Crab Park, where elders, relatives and friends of missing women spoke about their stolen sisters.
Revitalizing Nova Scotia's Democracy
Submitted on October 7, 2012CKUT Off the Hour: "La destruction totale": Why the Plan Nord should be stopped, and how aboriginal women are leading the charge
Submitted on October 6, 2012Élyse Vollant, Denise Jourdain, and Ellen Gabriel speak out against environmental exploitation
This piece was originally aired on CKUT's Off the Hour on Friday, October 6th, 17h-18h.
Drone, Drone On The Range
Submitted on October 6, 2012This past July, the Harper government awarded a three year, $22.6 million contract to Ottawa-based CAE I
"Supplies not lies"
Submitted on October 5, 2012The struggle for elementary school funding at Six Nations of the Grand River
By Luke Stewart
Thanksgiving - NO THANKS: Leafletting To Promote Total Liberation
Submitted on October 5, 2012On Oct.
Beyond our Control?
Submitted on October 4, 2012Rent regulation and affordable housing in Halifax
With residents facing staggering spikes in rental prices, two city councillors have called for the province to revisit rent control.
Stopping Nuclear Waste in its Tracks
Submitted on October 4, 2012Communities, Indigenous organizations pass resolutions against transportation and storage of nuclear waste in Saskatchewan
Three places in northern Saskatchewan may be on the map in Canada's search for a high-level radioactive waste dump site, but the spent nuclear fuel bundles may be stopped in their tracks. Communities and Indigenous organizations along potential transport routes and beyond have been passing resolutions against nuclear waste.
Reportback: Stop the Flows: No Line 9 Reversal
Submitted on October 4, 2012Public forum on stopping the flows of Tar Sands oil through Southern Ontario
from Knowing the Land is Resistance, in solidarity with all the good folks fighting the Northern Gateway and Pacific Trails
Complaints against the Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit - Deaf Ears get Deafer
Submitted on October 4, 2012The Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit has a huge list of complaints against them. These can range from the routine, to the downright outrageous.
Shawn Millar on Woodsquat and Woodwards
Submitted on October 3, 2012Shawn was the first person through the window to start the Woodwards squat in 2002. He reflects on the squat and the current Woodwards site.
More info: http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/4630
Crime and punishment : Harper’s punitive approach
Submitted on October 3, 2012Though the conservatives never hid their intention to get tough on crime, the punitive approach they advocate is relentlessly denounced by criminologists and jurists. It seems also likely to exacerbate the overrepresentation of Indigenous women in Canadian prisons.
Since the conservative party acquired the majority in the House of Commons, five different bills related to the criminal justice system were passed. By itself, the omnibus bill C-10 on « safe streets and communities » targets over 200 criminal provisions.
Not for Everyone
Submitted on October 3, 2012Programs help, but gaps still exist for people with mental health diagnoses
This is part II of Kendall Worth's series of first-person accounts of social isolation as a person living in poverty, with a disability. Read part I here.
Hidden Bookmarks Challenge Bryant's Book
Submitted on October 3, 2012Bike activists get their version of cyclist death in readers' hands
Readers of a controversial new book by former politician Michael Bryant have been finding a message covertly left by bike activists. The message challenges the author’s account of the events leading to the death of cyclist Darcy Allan Sheppard.
The Lebowski Blog: The City of Toronto Just Privatized a Money-Making Machine
Submitted on October 2, 2012Where's the f'ing money, Lebowski?
Halifax Media Co-op, Kitpu Youth Program and Dalhousie Student Union Launch Young Journalists Program
Submitted on October 2, 2012K'jipuktuk (Halifax) - The Halifax Media Co-op, under the guidance of the Kitpu Youth Program, is pleased to be able to present the Kitpu "Young Journalists" program.
Fear and Loathing at Nuit Blanche: Zizek speaks in Rob Fords Evil Lair
Submitted on October 1, 2012What does one make of Marxist philosophy at Nuit Blanche?
Crimes et châtiments : le virage punitif des conservateurs
Submitted on October 1, 2012Il n’est pas certain que les stratégies punitives mises en place au nom de la loi et l’ordre puissent résulter en autre chose qu’une exacerbation des problèmes systémiques dans les prisons canadiennes, particulièrement quant à la sur-représentation des femmes autochtones en milieu carcéral
Depuis que le gouvernement conservateur a acquis la majorité à la Chambre des communes, cinq projets de loi sur la justice criminelle sont entrés en vigueur. À lui seul, le projet C-10 sur la sécurité des rues et des communautés vise plus de 200 dispositions relatives au système criminel.
Occupy Spain: Massive Protests in Spain Against Austerity
Submitted on October 1, 2012Interview with Miguel Prados Rodriguez, from Coordinadora 25S
Over the last few days in Spain there were massive rallies against austerity. Thousands gathered in Madrid and other cities to protest against the government. The main critique: the goverment's handling of the deep economical crisis the country is facing.
Defending the Land: Indigenous Women’s resistance to Plan Nord and community violence
Submitted on October 1, 2012Ellen Gabriel intervention
Ellen Gabriel was well-known to the public when she was chosen by the People of the Longhouse and her community of Kanehsatà:ke to be their spokesperson during the 1990 “Oka” Crisis. For the past 22 years she has been a human rights advocate for the collective and individual rights of Indigenous peoples.
Défendre la Terre: la résistance des femmes autochtones au Plan Nord et à la violence dans leur communauté
Submitted on October 1, 2012Intervention de Élyse Vollant
Vendredi soir dernier, dans le cadre d'un panel organisé par des groupes de solidarité anti-coloniaux ; des Innushkueuat (femmes innues) se sont exprimées sur le Plan Nord et la violence vécue par leurs communautés.
The “Unempowerable” Prisoner
Submitted on September 30, 2012As easy as I claimed writing this blog is, experience is proving otherwise. I have not been able to successfully put pen to paper all month, except for what I have to do to trudge through school. Sometimes weeks, even months go by, and I have only stared at the wall and wondered how the wall can be so hard.
More than 200 Rally Against Violence in HRM
Submitted on September 30, 2012HALIFAX-DARTMOUTH - Heavy rain and wind didn't stop more than 200 residents of HRM from attending a march against violence this afternoon.
The ambitious march route took participants more than five kilometres, from Sullivan's Pond in Dartmouth, across the MacDonald Bridge, to the South Common in Halifax.
HRM Libraries: Death by a Thousand Cuts?
Submitted on September 30, 2012What inadequate budgets mean for Halifax libraries now, and in the future
Public libraries in HRM are a lot like public transit: publicly owned, awfully handy, and a lifeline if you're not rich. Unfortunately this is not where the comparison ends. Year after year, our public libraries are underfunded.
Geoff Meggs Is Running …
Submitted on September 29, 2012Away from the People
Geoff Meggs is running!
This piece is not about Meggs seeking a provincial nomination with the NDP in Vancouver-Fairview — all the while clinging to his Vancouver City Council seat.
Geoff Meggs is running — away from local constituents that he invited out for a coffee on a Saturday afternoon.
Local activists display banner and plan Sunday rally against Israeli attacks on Gaza fishers and farmers
Submitted on September 29, 2012Vancouver, September 28 – Local Vancouver activists displayed a banner Friday, September 28 at 7:30 am, at Dunsmuir and Beatty as cars exited the westbound Georgia Viaduct, drawing attention to the struggles of Palestinian fishers and farmers in Gaza facing attacks by the Israeli military.
Municipal Politics: Where Do Newcomers Fit In?
Submitted on September 29, 2012Political participation low in immigrant communities
Nic Lin, a recent graduate from Dalhousie University and a resident of Halifax for the last four years, is ineligible to vote in the upcoming municipal elections. But even if he were given the chance to, he does not think he would.
NWMO Sabotages Healing Circle
Submitted on September 28, 2012Elders walk out when nuclear waste pitched as solution for youth suicide, substance abuse
There was very little awareness in northern Saskatchewan about the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) and its search for a host community for Canada's nuclear waste when it was suddenly brought up in the middle of a healing circle about youth suicide and substance abuse in Pinehouse in May 2011. Since then, awareness has spread and opposition continues to mount.
The 2012 Toronto Palestine Film Festival: A Preview
Submitted on September 28, 2012The 2012 Toronto Palestine Film Festival (TPFF) is finally set to hit theatres this weekend. Launched in 2008 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of al nakba, TPFF aims to showcase the vibrant cultural heritage, resilience, and collective identity of the Palestinian people through film, art, and other events.
Pipeline Activists Pay Surprise Visit to Kinder Morgan Open House
Submitted on September 28, 2012Thursday Sept 27th - At one o’clock on it was a sunny fall afternoon in downtown Victoria at the intersection of Douglas and Fort St. Not many people passing by were probably aware that upstairs the Kinder Morgan office was having an open house. You couldn’t really blame them though as Kinder Morgan’s idea of open house does not include the public.
Fracking Wastewater the new NORM in Nova Scotia?
Submitted on September 28, 2012Colchester County Council considers application to treat frack-wastewater
Truro, Nova Scotia – Guided by its own regulatory process, Colchester County Council yesterday determined that it would indeed allow its municipal engineer to consider Atlantic Industrial Services' (AIS) application to dump “treated” frack-wastewater down the Debert sewer system.
City of Toronto Workers Destroy Free Community Food Garden Amid Growing Food Crisis
Submitted on September 28, 2012Occupy Gardens plants in Queens Park destroyed without harvesting food
Toronto, Friday Sept 28th, 10am
Taking Back Sudbury's Night
Submitted on September 27, 2012It was a night for women, together, to take public space without fear. And it was a night for women, together, to demand change.
All My Relations: Part II of a Mi'kmaq Elder's Reflections on Visiting Indigenous People in Guatemala
Submitted on September 27, 2012This is the second of Mi'kmaq elder Cathy Gerrior's reflections on visiting Indigenous Guatemalan communities affected by Canadian mining companies. Read the first here.
Strategies resisting prison system.
Submitted on September 27, 2012Kim Pate's conference on august 10th 2012
Kim Pate is a lawyer and teacher by training and has completed post graduate work in the area of forensic mental health and was awarded an honourary doctorate by the University of Ottawa. Kim is the Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies (CAEFS) and a part-time professor at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law. CAEFS is a federation of a
Pro-Choice or Not: parliament debate on Motion 312
Submitted on September 27, 2012Dan Parker discusses what it could mean to redefine when human life begins
On September 26th, Motion 312 was defeated in the House of Commons in Ottawa. Members of Parliament voted 203 to 91 against it. Rona Ambrose, Minister for the Status of Women, was amongst those who voted in favour. This came as a shock to many Canadian women and has led to outcries from feminists and petitions for Ambrose's resignation.
Community intercepts UBCM delegates on way to Big Oil reception
Submitted on September 27, 2012Delegates from the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) received a red-carpet reception on their way to an oil industry sponsored reception, but not quite in the way they expected.
KI Nation Paddles 300 miles to Protect their Wild Watershed
Submitted on September 27, 2012A team of paddlers from the
Turning Around Turcot
Submitted on September 25, 2012New Hope for Highways on a Human Scale in Montreal
MONTREAL—After months of protests that captured the imagination of the world, things have quieted down on Montreal streets.
Bedford Road "Redmen," It's Time for a Change
Submitted on September 25, 2012....seriously
About a year ago a close friend of mine started up Bedford Road “Redmen”, It’s Time for a Change on facebook (please check it out, and like it if you haven’t already).The page immediately stirred up a lot of controversy, and attacks from the “other side” began.
Have a story to tell? Send in your pitches by Oct. 1!
Submitted on September 25, 2012Have a story to tell? Tell it to The Dominion and our many unique readers. We will pay two contributors for news features to be published in the next issue of The Dominion. We prioritize solutions-oriented news pieces with a Canadian angle, including photo essays, info-graphics and video pitches.
Halifax-Dartmouth District Labour Council Endorsement for Municipal Election Leaves Some Districts Without a Labour Candidate
Submitted on September 25, 2012Plan for fair wages, how to address sexism and racism, among HDDLC survey questions posed to candidates
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) - The Halifax-Dartmouth & District Labour Council (HDDLC) today released an endorsement of nine candidates for Halifax Regional Council. Of course, there are 16 council positions up for grabs, meaning those running in seven districts simply didn't make the HDDLC's grade.
ODB Nutrition Benefit Failing Ontario Families
Submitted on September 24, 2012Local family left without proper nutrition for young daughter due to strict guidelines.
First names used by request.
Files attached to this post:
Ontario Drug Benefit Nutrition Products Form
Social Isolation and Poverty
Submitted on September 24, 2012Part 1 of a series in search of ways to solve the problems that people who are living on income assistance, and people living in poverty, face in their day-to-day lives
I am writing this article based on my experiences of being an income assistance client, and from knowing the income assistance community in Halifax for the past 13 years.
Anti-Fracking Lake Ainslie Protest
Submitted on September 24, 2012Special Thanks to the Mi'kmaq community for inviting a group of us from Halifax to take part in protesting Fracking near Lake Ainslie over the past weekend.
Anti-Fracking Protest in Nova Scotia Draws Hundreds, Shuts Down Highway
Submitted on September 23, 2012Auld's Cove, Nova Scotia – Upwards of 200 people, coming from all corners of Nova Scotia, responded to the imminent threat of exploratory oil and gas drilling on the shores of Lake Ainslie, and on Sept. 22 staged an information picket outside the town of Auld's Cove.
Auld's Cove Anti-Frack Blockade Draws Hundreds, Shuts Down Highway
Submitted on September 23, 2012Auld's Cove, Nova Scotia – Upwards of 200 people, coming from all corners of Nova Scotia, responded to the imminent threat of exploratory oil and gas drilling on the shores of Lake Ainslie, and on September 22nd staged an information picket outside the tiny town of Auld's Cove.
CKUT's Off the Hour: Occupons le Sud-Ouest
Submitted on September 23, 2012Occupy Montreal keeps on occupying: Activists took over a St. Henri park for a weekend to keep spreading their message of change
This piece was originally aired on CKUT's Off the Hour on Friday, September 21st, 17h-18h.
Radio CKUT : manif pour la gratuité scolaire !
Submitted on September 23, 201222/09/2012
Écoutez une série de témoignages spontanés enregistrés dans les rues de Montréal, le samedi 22 septembre 2012 dans le cadre de la manifestation pour la gratuité scolaire organisée par la CLASSE.
The (Drug) War Stops Here!
Submitted on September 22, 2012DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE - More than 300 people came together today for a community dialogue on ending drug prohibition.
Losing Frequencies #1: OpenMedia.ca on the Big Changes at the CRTC
Submitted on September 21, 201288.1FM CRTC Turns the Dial on CKLN: An interview with OpenMedia.ca's Lindsay Pinto on Bell's Proposed Acquisition of Astral Media and OpenMedia's Stop the Takeover Campaign
This is Losing Frequencies: the CRTC Turns the Dial on CKLN 88.1FM. A special broadcast in honour of CKLN. Last week the Toronto frequency of 88.1FM was awarded to a commercial, rock station. This frequency has a lot of history. It was the former home of CKLN, Ryerson campus and Toronto community station.
Losing Frequencies #2: National Campus/Community Radio Respond to Losing 88.1FM
Submitted on September 21, 201288.1FM CRTC Turns the Dial on CKLN: An interview with Shelley Robinson, Director of the National Campus and Community Radio Association
This is Losing Frequencies: the CRTC Turns the Dial on CKLN 88.1FM.
Occupy Wall Street is 1 year old
Submitted on September 21, 2012Letting Earth Speak
Submitted on September 20, 2012Nova Scotian wine reveals its source, and its competitive edge, in a climatically-changing world
An Inside Look: Submit your Investigative Story Pitches by October 1
Submitted on September 20, 2012Next round of pitching to The Media Co-op Investigative Fund is now open
The Media Co-op has broken critical stories and probed issues glossed by the mainstream media. We've published exposés of unchecked racism in the Canadian military, the public relations underside of Canada's mining sector and Ottawa's role in the permanent war against the people of Mexico.
The indictments of Pam Palmater
Submitted on September 20, 2012An interview
On Sept. 13, Dr. Pamela Palmater addressed the Ottawa community at Carleton University. She spoke about the assimilation – which she refers to as elimination – of First Nations peoples, and about Harper’s plan to erase cultural identity.
A Native Perspective of Gold Mining in Guatemala and its Devastating Impacts on Our Brothers and Sisters, the Mayans
Submitted on September 20, 2012Cathy Gerrior is a Mi'kmaq woman who participated in the International Health Tribunal in San Miguel Ixtahuacan, Guatemala, an event which examined the physical and mental health impacts of the Canadian Goldcorp-owned gold mine in the community.
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Bande-annonce de Droit de Cité - Mais où s'en va le droit de manifester ?
Submitted on September 19, 2012Nous sommes dans une ère où les manifestations se succèdent jour après jour, où la brutalité policière, les fouilles abusives et les arrestations de masse sont malheureusement rendues choses communes, où la démonstration du profilage politique et de la répression de l'état envers le mouvement de contestation n'est plus à faire.
Halifax Stands with Kim Rivera
Submitted on September 19, 2012Petition demands that war resister, mother of four, be allowed to stay
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) – On the eve of Kimberly Rivera's deportation to the United States, 10 members of the Halifax Peace Coalition and the local chapter of Amnesty International gathered outside the Citizenship and Immigration Office in a last-ditch effort to speak truth to power, and reverse the decision of the Harper regime to ignore Ms.
Comment le Canada est devenu la plaque tournante de l'industrie minière mondiale
Submitted on September 19, 2012Entrevue avec Alain Denault sur le livre Paradis sous terre
Le Canada est le refuge idéal de sociétés minières qui spéculent en Bourse et mènent à travers le monde des opérations controversées, voire criminelles.
Land, Trade and Democracy Conference in Vancouver this Weekend
Submitted on September 19, 2012Event brings Colombian voices to the forefront
This weekend, a group of Colombians living in Vancouver together with supporters including local NGO CoDevelopment Canada are organizing a conference and discussion entitled Land, Trade and Democracy. There will be a keynote speech on Friday, September 21st and a day of workshops and panels on Saturday, September 22nd.
Nuclear, Tar Sands, Our Future: Making the Connections
Submitted on September 18, 2012Panelists and attendees discuss the nuclear agenda in Saskatchewan, its connection to tar sands expansion in Alberta and the implications for our future.
To listen to the audio of the event, if the buffering takes a while, download the audio to hear what these amazing panelists had to say yesterday evening in Saskatoon!
Facilitator:
Karen Rooney
Panelists:
Domestication, aliénation et civilisation (partie 3)
Submitted on September 18, 2012Comprendre la base violente et civilisatrice qui mène à notre domestication, de l’ontologie civilisatrice à l’ontologie sauvage
Troisième partie d’une entrevue avec Layla AbdelRahim sur les concepts civilisateurs de l’homo sapiens moderne qui se conçoit à la fois comme ressource et comme prédateur.
Quel rôle devrait-on occuper afin que la communauté de vie dont nous faisons partie soit viable ?
Sujets abordés lors de l’entrevue :
The Media Co-op Working Group in Ottawa !!
Submitted on September 18, 2012~ please share this message far and wide ~
We're pleased to announce that a small group of people started Ottawa Working Group of the Media Co-op. Once approved as the Ottawa Media Co-op Chapter, we would be part of the national Media Co-op (www.MediaCoop.ca) and have our own Ottawa sub-site.
Drawing (A) Militant Resistance: Interview with Indigenous artist and author Gord Hill
Submitted on September 18, 2012From Profane Existence -
The Bridge Over Wedzin Kwah - From Camp to Community
Submitted on September 18, 2012Grassroots Wet'suwet'en Resistance to Shale Gas Expansion and the Pacific Trails Pipeline
The Action Camp
Intimidation, Irregularities Cloud Pinehouse Election
Submitted on September 18, 2012Northern Saskatchewan residents report infractions, climate of fear in municipal election process
PINEHOUSE, SK - Something is rotten in the State of Denmark, according to people in the northern village of Pinehouse, Saskatchewan. Residents contacted provincial officials to report irregularities and acts of intimidation at last week's advance poll in an effort to ensure a free and fair municipal election tomorrow.
Jesus Christ, Activist
Submitted on September 18, 2012Linda Scherzinger on United Church's decision to boycott Israeli settlement goods, and what JC would do.
K'jipuktuk (Halifax) — It has been a generation since the United Church has come out (peacefully) swinging on the issue of Israel-Palestine. At their 41st General Council held on Aug. 17 in Ottawa, the United Church has put action to words.
Last Stand at Little Mountain - Residents Fight Eviction
Submitted on September 17, 2012VANCOUVER - The remaining residents of Vancouver's first social housing complex gathered today in a last ditch effort to save their Little Mountain home.
Preserve Your Backyard Harvest, Maximize Your Food Security
Submitted on September 17, 2012The activities of the Activist/Protester Liason Unit of the Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit
Submitted on September 17, 2012Most of the time, when we talk about the RCMP activities during the Olympics, we refer to the Joint Intelligence Groups, spun off of the Special O units, and are the clear antagonists prior to the days of the protest. However, there was another group that wasn't meant to be as sinister as the JIG.
Occupy Saved City of Toronto $83,440
Submitted on September 16, 2012TMC Crunches the Numbers
Toronto - Occupy Toronto saved the City of Toronto approximately $83,440, according to estimations of services provided by facilitators and organizers within the camp.
With the anniversary of Occupy Toronto coming up in one month, there have been a number of assessments of the social impact of Occupy Toronto and the Occupy movement as a whole.
Awakening the Dragon
Submitted on September 16, 2012A shamanic grandmother on the power of shamanism for today's world
“There is an opportunity for us in the twenty-first century, with our industrial ills, diseases, mental unrest and wars, to re-harmonize ourselves with the planet using shamanic techniques,” says Nancy Sherwood, a contemporary shaman, intuitive dancer and healer from Upper Vaughan, NS.
Halifax Contingent Heads to Unama'ki to Join Anti-Drilling Partial Blockade
Submitted on September 15, 2012Fear of fracking spurs on growing movement to protect Lake Ainslie
K'JIPUKTUK (Halifax) - A small but musical group headed out of Halifax this afternoon to join the ongoing partial blockade of the Canso Causeway, access point to Cape Breton.
"No Fracking, No Drilling at Lake Ainslie: Cape Breton September 2012"
Submitted on September 15, 2012Since Thursday, September 13th, members of the Mi'kmaq Community have been slowing down traffic on the Canso Causeway (between Cape Breton and Mainland Nova Scotia) to bring attention to plans for exploratory oil drilling at Lake Ainslie, Cape Breton.
Prison is Revolting: Resistance at the CNCC, Part 1
Submitted on September 14, 2012(from Alex's prison blog)
CKUT's Prison Radio: Death Penalty Substitute? The Safe California Act
Submitted on September 14, 2012Presentation by Kenneth Hartman, coordinator of the Other Death Penalty Project
CKUT's Prison Radio edition of Off The Hour featured a speech by Kenneth E. Hartman from a panel discussion held in California regarding the SAFE California Act.
Abdelrazik: justice, survival and music
Submitted on September 13, 2012Monday, September 17, 18h
Kaza Maza
4629 Avenue du Parc
Montréal, Québec
(facebook event)
Mi'kmaq to Obstruct Traffic to Fight Oil and Gas Exploration at Lake Ainslie
Submitted on September 13, 2012First Nations call for a complete halt to drilling in Cape Breton
AULD'S COVE, Nova Scotia -- Mi’kmaq people from Cape Breton and the Nova Scotia mainland are preparing to set up a “partial blockade” of the Trans-Canada Highway in Auld’s Cove, on the mainland side of the Canso Causeway, the access point to Cape Breton.
