Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. 1. “The unvaccinated should pay with their freedoms” Emily Sheffield, writing in the Evening Standard, is fed up with the unvaccinated ruining everything through their …
(COMMONDREAMS) — Canada’s military has troops assembling heated tents that will be capable of temporarily housing up to 500 asylum seekers who continue crossing into the country where it borders New York State.
(ANTIMEDIA) — An organization in Montreal has found success with a unique approach toward helping homeless men reintegrate into society. Homeless care center Accueil Bonneau is helping the homeless get back on their feet with an urban beekeeping program aimed at developing social and professional skills.
As Black History Month draws to an end it is important to reflect on the European conquest of Africa. Is there a connection between colonial rule and the continent’s impoverishment today? Should the beneficiaries of European imperialism pay reparations or at least acknowledge the injustices committed?
When thinking about these questions it’s important to look at my city’s contribution to this history. For example, few are aware that a Montréaler played a key role in expanding British colonial rule across Africa.
Connaissez-vous l’émission Corde Sensible, animée par Marie-Eve Tremblay ? Cette émission, diffusée sur Radio-Canada.ca, aborde des sujets… sensibles, comme son nom l’indique bien sûr, mais avec un mélange de franchise, de sensibilité et de lucidité vraiment rafraîchissant.
The annual gathering of the World Social Forum (WSF) – the left’s response to the elitist annual Davos World Economic Forum – runs in Montreal from August 9 to 14 with several thousand people from dozens of countries attending.
More than 1,000 self-managed sessions have activists discussing and creating progressive alternatives to traditional political, economic and social policies that they will take back to their own countries.
“Anti-Semitism” may be the most abused term in Canada today. Almost entirely divorced from its dictionary definition – “discrimination against or prejudice or hostility toward Jews” – it is now primarily invoked to uphold Jewish/white privilege.
By John Vibes | TrueActivist | March 4, 2016 The recent case of a homeless man racking up massive fines has exposed the widespread police practice of fining homeless people for being homeless. Émilie Guimond-Bélanger, a social worker at the Droits Devant legal clinic in Montreal spoke to the media about a case that she […]
