Category: Social Movements
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First Nations Under Surveillance
Harper Government Prepares for First Nations “Unrest” Internal documents from Indian Affairs and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) show that shortly after forming government in January of 2006, Prime Minister … Keep reading »
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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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Portugal: Left Bloc Fires up to Fight Austerity
When the 548 delegates to the seventh national convention of Portugal’s Left Bloc came together in a vast sports hall in Lisbon over May 7-8, they had two big questions … Keep reading »
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Building Solidarity from Palestine to South Africa
Part 1: Moderated by Iliam Burbano – Labour For Palestine. Part 2: Dr. Amjad Barham is the head of the Palestine Polytechnic University employees union and the President of the … Watch video »
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“Only the Names Have Changed”: The Continued Struggle for Democracy in Egypt
Interview with Mamdouh Habashi, a Vice-President of the World Forum for Alternatives and an executive board member of the Arab-African Research Centre in Cairo, Egypt. On May 5, 2011, Constanze … Keep reading »
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A New Working-Class, pro-Maori Political Voice
Aotearoa/New Zealand: A New Working-Class, pro-Maori Political Voice MANA: (noun) prestige, authority, control, power, influence, status, spiritual power, charisma. Mike Treen is national director of the Unite Union in Aotearoa/New Zealand … Keep reading »
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The Tunisian Revolution Did Not Come Out Of Nowhere
Interview with Sadri Khiari The Tunisian revolution has been the detonator of the wave of protests and uprisings which have spread across North Africa and the Middle East since January, 2011. … Keep reading »
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Killed for Demanding the Right of Return
Thousands of unarmed Palestinian demonstrators came under fire from Israeli troops on May 15 as they marched on Israel’s borders from Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Gaza as part of a … Keep reading »
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After the Election 2011: Building Our Movements on Shifting Ground
The federal election of 2011 drastically shifted the terrain of parliamentary politics in Canada. With 39.6% of the vote, Stephen Harper’s Conservatives won 167 of 308 seats in Parliament, meaning … Keep reading »
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Using Libya to Abort the Arab Spring
We said on 18 January in our article “The Arab Spring of Democracy” that all Arab states share the same characteristics, and from this deduction that the same conditions will … Keep reading »
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‘Beyond capitalism’?: Québec Solidaire Launches Debate On Its Program For Social Transform
At a convention held in Montreal on March 25-27, Québec solidaire (QS) concluded the second round in the process of adopting its program. More than 350 delegates from party associations … Keep reading »
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Raise Welfare and Disability Rates, Restore the Special Diet!
It has been 16 long years since Mike Harris cut welfare and froze disability. McGuinty’s Liberals have been in power for half that time and done nothing to deal with … Watch video »