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Policing Toronto: Strip Searching in a Divided City
Strip searching is the name for a contemporary practice of police, carceral, and security institutions. It is a technique that affords officers total control over a person, akin to the … Keep reading »
“We seek lasting peace while NATO prepares for perpetual war.”
Between 28 and 30 June, the member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) met in Spain in the context of the ongoing war in Ukraine. But rather than … Keep reading »
Ford’s Hallway Medicine: Declining Hospital Beds in Ontario
The massive cut in the number of hospital beds in Ontario in the 1990s is, by now, well known. Community and labour movement campaigns over the last fifteen years stopped … Keep reading »
Colombia: After Decades of Reaction, A Turn Left
Voters in Colombia have picked a powerful new duo, Gustavo Petro as president and Francia Márquez as vice president, to take the nation in a new direction, tackling economic and environmental injustice. Keep reading »
Who Needs the War?
“Heroes” The war (First World War – 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918) had not yet ended. Indeed, its end was still not even in sight, but the number … Keep reading »
Climate Change and Class: the Philippine Case
It was timely that the eighth anniversary of Super Typhoon Haiyan was smack in the middle of the COP26 climate negotiations. The tragedy shines a light on the overwhelming impacts … Keep reading »
The Activist’s Antidote
We are social creatures – we like to be heard. Yet, an enduring tragedy of modern society remains that there are things more often left unsaid, on the rare occasion … Keep reading »