Category: Anti-Racism
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Medical Apartheid: From Israel/Palestine to Canada
Independent Jewish Voice Canada (IJV) has applauded Human Rights Watch and B’Tselem for declaring Israel an apartheid state in its treatment of Palestinians. However, neither organization included medical apartheid in … Keep reading »
Tackling Hate, Protect Dissent
The Honourable David Lametti Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada The Honourable Steven Guilbeault Minister of Canadian Heritage Dear Ministers Lametti and Guilbeault, As organizations committed to the … Keep reading »
Decolonizing Israel: Jeff Halper’s Political Strategy
What is to be done about Israel to stop what is being done to Palestinians? As just reported in the Guardian, “Domestic politics in Israel has lurched far to the … Keep reading »
A Miscarriage of Justice: Support Hassan Diab!
You may already know of Hassan Diab – the wrongfully persecuted Ottawa sociology professor whose life hangs in the balance. The entire spectrum of the Canadian press has covered his … Keep reading »
Voices Beyond Borders: A Poetic and Musical Tribute to Paul Robeson
An evening of poetry and music to commemorate Paul Robeson’s vibrant, heroic voice raised in artful resistance. A tribute to Robeson’s contribution to workers’ internationalism, and a celebration of Black History Month. Featuring presentations/performances by George Elliot Clarke, Lillian Allen, Evie Shockley, Michael Fraser, Honey Novick, Jim Phelan, and Giovanna Riccio. Watch video »
The Struggle for Water Justice is a Struggle for Gender and Racial Justice
The essay is published in honour of World Water Day, which has been held every year on March 22 since 1993. The goal of this day is to celebrate water … Keep reading »
What’s In a Name-Change?
Shernett Martin says her latest impetus for activism came with the murder of George Floyd, who died last May with the knee of a Minneapolis police officer on his neck. … Keep reading »
Community Helps to Sustain Portland’s Ongoing BLM Protests
Portlanders have been protesting everyday since May. Community mutual aid ‘blocs’ support BIPOC activists with everything from groceries to haircuts to tattoos. Keep reading »
Trudeau: End Hassan Diab’s Ordeal Now!
Forty and some years have elapsed, yet the French authorities have failed to find the real culprit for the 1980 bombing of the synagogue on rue Copernic, Paris. Not only … Keep reading »
Child Emergency: Souls in ICE
Reeling from the US election, I hope that the first order of business is reuniting families and restoring children in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody to their parents. A … Keep reading »
Condemning the Ontario Government’s Adoption of the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism
We, the signing organizations, condemn in the strongest possible terms the Ontario government’s adoption of the misleading International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism. Bill 168, the Combating … Keep reading »
Ontario’s Adoption of IHRA Definition Weakens Our Collective Fight Against Discrimination
On October 25, Doug Ford’s Conservative government, through an order-in-council, adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) “working definition of anti-Semitism.” Not only is this unilateral move in keeping with … Keep reading »