Back in August, Barrie, Ontario Mayor Jeff Lehman put forward a motion for the city to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition…
Melissa Graham is the founder and organizer of Toronto Disability Pride, which is having its 10th annual event this Saturday, September 19. Spring Magazine spoke…
Jair Bolsonaro, the far right president of Brazil, has presided over 130,000 COVID deaths, and increasing attacks on Indigenous, Black and poor communities. Spring Magazine…
COVID-19 began with the slogan that “we’re all in this together” but the virus and economic crisis have instead worsened pre-existing inequalities. For months, communities…
On September 14, the Liberals started their cabinet retreat ahead of the September 23 throne speech. Trudeau’s speech from the throne will focus on economic…
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2019). Kiley Reid has written a powerful book about being Black in white spaces in…
In July, Kairos Palestine issued A Cry for Hope message to Christians, churches and ecumenical institutions worldwide. This was an appeal to “governments and world…
Revolution in the Air by Max Elbaum (Verso, 2018) Max Elbaum’s Revolution in the Air looks at the late 1960s and early 1970s, the wave…
Just before Labour Day, Statistics Canada released its monthly Labour Force Survey (LFS) for August 2020. In normal times, the reported rise in employment of…
Direct Action Gets the Goods by the Graphic History Collective (Between the Lines, 2020). I’m sure we’ve all been to rallies, hearing the infectious chant…
On March 11 the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global health pandemic. Tens of millions worldwide have been infected and hundreds of thousands have…
On August 19 the Decent Work and Health Network published a new report ‘Before It’s Too Late’, calling for 7 permanent, paid sick days for…
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