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Art Gallery of Ontario versus Freedom of Speech and Palestine Solidarity: The Silencing of Wanda Nanibush
Statement of Concern from Members of the International Indigenous Arts Community “Decolonizing museums should not be left to the handful of Indigenous people that work in museums. It’s like it’s piled … Keep reading »
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Ending #GazaGenocide is a Climate Issue
Indigenous Palestinians in Gaza have been enduring a horrific genocide. Israel’s pace of killing of Palestinians has had “few precedents in this century.” Entire neighbourhoods have been flattened; hospitals targeted; … Keep reading »
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Ontario Hospital Crisis: No Capacity, No Plan, No End
While Canada has achieved universal public healthcare coverage, that does not mean conservative forces have given up trying to erode that coverage and expand corporate care where it does not … Keep reading »
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Stop the Forced Deportation From Gaza of Palestinians to Egypt
We, the undersigned organizations, raise serious alarm regarding the ongoing forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza as part of the Israeli leadership’s stated intent to commit genocide. Omer Bartov, one … Keep reading »
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Youth Organizations in Israel Call for an Immediate Ceasefire
We, youth anti-apartheid activists, stand firmly against the indiscriminate killing of civilians and against the war-crimes perpetrated by Hamas and the Israeli army (IDF). We condemn all violence towards all … Keep reading »
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COP28: We Need to Challenge the Power of Fossil Fuel Capitalism
Back in May, the World Meteorological Organization reported there was a 66% likelihood of exceeding the 1.5 degree Celsius threshold in at least one year between 2023 and 2027. On … Keep reading »
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What Israelis Won’t be Asking About the Palestinians Released for Hostages
The list of Palestinians slated to be exchanged for Israelis should provoke reflection over the role of mass imprisonment in the occupation. Keep reading »
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Post-Election Argentina: Unions Respond to Privatization
Argentines weary of annual inflation soaring above 140% and a poverty rate that reached 40% have elected right-wing libertarian economist Javier Milei. On Sunday, November 19, 2023, Milei defeated Economy … Keep reading »
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What’s the Count? Can we Compare the Ravages of Islamophobia with Antisemitism?
It may seem crude to compare the ravages of Islamophobia with the problem of antisemitism in Canada. After all, both are despicable, and both must be fought, preferably together, along … Keep reading »
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Ontario Expands For-Profit Hospital in Violation of the Law
The revelation that former Health Minister Christine Elliott has registered as a lobbyist for a for-profit hospital known as Don Mills Surgical Unit, now owned by Clearpoint Health Network, has … Keep reading »
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Particles for Palestine: Physicists Call for Ceasefire Now!
To fellow physicists and other scientists around the world: We write with utmost urgency to demand a ceasefire in Gaza and the dispatch of long-term humanitarian aid. We also write … Keep reading »
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Palestine Genocide: Regressive Responses from Major Mental Health Organizations
Howl, howl, howl! Why should a dog, a horse, a rat have life, And thou no breath at all? Thou ’lt come no more, Never, never, never, never, never. — … Keep reading »