Category: Anti-Racism
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Learning from QuAIA’s Experience: Why Free Speech Matters
In 2009, Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA) kicked off the annual Pride season in Toronto with a public meeting about the continuities of queer solidarity organizing – from the Simon … Keep reading »
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Why the Town of Markham is so Concerned About Israeli Apartheid Week
The battle over Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) has reached “the 905” as the Town of Markham, a suburb just north of Toronto, has decided to take its own swing at … Keep reading »
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State of the Siege, State of the Struggle
Toronto — 11 March 2011. Moderated by Shozab Raza and William Nakhid. Speakers: Riham Barghouti is a founding member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of … Watch video »
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Interrogating Apartheid: Campus as a Site of Resistance
Toronto — 7 March 2011. Moderated by Faraz Vahid Shahidi, Chadni Desai. Presentations by: Judy Rebick is a well-known social justice activist, writer, journalist, educator and speaker. She was also … Watch video »
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Giant Steps: Radical Women in the Black Freedom Struggle
Toronto — 1 March 2011. A talk by Komozi Woodard on the role of women in the struggle for Black liberation. Moderated by Herman Rosenfeld. Komozi Woodard is the Esther … Watch video »
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Race, Class and Crisis
Toronto, September 24, 2010. The economic crisis that started in U.S. housing markets in 2007 quickly swept across the world market. A long period of stagnation and austerity now seems … Watch video »
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France Must Repay Historic Debt to Haiti!
Below is an English translation of an open letter to the French government published in the August 16 French daily Libération, concerning the $21-billion (current dollar equivalent) extorted by France … Keep reading »
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Myths of Progressive Zionism
Moderated by Herman Rosenfeld. Presentations by: Katherine Nastovski – Graduate student, Social and Political Thought, York University; Labour for Palestine, Toronto Dana Olwan – Asistant Professor of Gender Studies, Queen’s … Watch video »
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Ontario MPPs Ignore International Denunciations of Israeli Apartheid
On February 25, a group of Ontario Members of Provincial Parliament (MPP) voted unanimously on a motion to “denounce” this year’s Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW). Claiming to send a message … Keep reading »
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The Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Antisemitism: What It Means For Canadians
This talk was given as part of a public meeting titled “One Year Later…Gaza Remembered,” held at the Vancouver Public Library on January 30, 2010. We are here tonight primarily … Keep reading »
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Ottawa Citizen Smears Progressive Activists
It’s not every day that the Ottawa Citizen mentions Socialist Voice, but on November 30 the pillar of the Canwest media empire broke its silence – and misquoted us as … Keep reading »
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Combating Anti-Semitism or Shielding Israel?
Submission to the Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Antisemitism I am writing this submission as a sociologist, a Jew, and a long-time opponent of all forms of oppression. As a person … Keep reading »