Category: Anti-Racism
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A Tale of Two YMCAs (Part two)
Thirty years ago, Halifax’s YMCA collaborated with partners in Palestine on a bold outreach initiative, but a few months ago, the same Y caved to pro-Israel pressure to demean a … Keep reading »
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A Tale of Two YMCAs (Part One)
Thirty years ago, Halifax’s YMCA collaborated with partners in Palestine on a bold outreach initiative, but a few months ago, the same Y caved to pro-Israel pressure to demean a … Keep reading »
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A Global Wave of Resistance to the US Empire Must Begin with Ending Israel’s Genocide
“Palestine is really the center of the world.” — Angela Davis The US administration has unilaterally announced a so-called “Board of Peace” for Gaza led by US President Trump in … Keep reading »
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The Promise That Canada Broke
It’s been a month since Prime Minister Mark Carney cancelled the caregiver permanent residency program, at least for 2026. He did it on December 19th – the Friday before Christmas, … Keep reading »
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Why “Bubble Zones” Are a Toxic Threat to Democracy: Hasbara cedes to Hashtakah; a Backgrounder
Over the past several years, a new method of bulldozing civil rights in Canada has emerged from the playbooks of die-hard Israel-supporting organizations. It is called “bubble zones.” A bubble … Keep reading »
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The Many Faces of (In)Equality
Adolph Reed Jr. and Ken Warren, two of the most prominent participants in the race-vs-class saga haunting the left, return here to deepen their case and do so with great … Keep reading »
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Aren’t We Clever! Alas, Israel Is Too Clever by Half
Living in the UK in the 1980s, we encountered a particularly British phrase we had hardly heard before: “Too clever by half.” The Cambridge Dictionary definition is “too confident in … Keep reading »
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Challenging the EU’s Deadly Partnership with Israel
In the nearly two years since Israel’s assault on Gaza began, at least initially in response to the Hamas attack on 7 October, over 60,000 Palestinians have been killed. Entire … Keep reading »
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CUPE Presser: Reinstate Paramedic Katherine Grzejszczak
Paramedic and CUPE Ontario executive board member Katherine Grzejszczak fights for reinstatement to her job. She was fired by York Region for an anti-war comment she made on Facebook. The … Watch video »
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Anti-Racism Together
Moderators: John Price, Bianca Mugyenyi. Speakers: Jamila Ewais speaking from Jenin, Palestine. Jamila is a PhD candidate in the Geography department at Concordia University; and lead researcher of Anti-Racism Program … Watch video »
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Citizen Mercenaries and the Gaza Genocide
It is, of course, nice to see Canada, the UK and France finally developing a conscience over what multiple international institutions and prominent scholarly experts have concluded. That is, the … Keep reading »
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Academic Freedom in Canada
Dear Members of the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) Executive, We write as a coalition of organizations – the Palestinian Canadian Academics and Artists Network (PCAAN), Faculty for Palestine, … Keep reading »