Retired Justice Rosalie Abella’s recent op-ed in The Globe and Mail takes me back to an encounter I had with her a decade ago—and how…
A group of businesses, organisations, and community members have published an open letter calling on Halifax Regional Council to reject a $5.79 million increase to…
Pete’s workers show us the power we have as workers to take on the boss and win.
Films reflect the times, places, and people that made them. In late-stage capitalist Hollywood, superhero movies reflect hyper-individualism, war movies reflect nationalism, horror movies reflect…
Spring member D’Arcy Briggs sat down with musician Eevie Echoes for a wide-ranging interview covering her new album (The Pros and Cons of Being a…
In 2015, I attended my first Dyke March at Toronto Pride wearing a keffiyeh and holding a hastily-drawn pink sign reading, “Queers Against Israeli Apartheid,…
In this episode of Spring Radio, Spring member Dave Bush sits down with labour journalist Emily Leedham to reflect on workers’ struggles in Canada in…
Within the last three weeks, tenants at 10 Bay Street South in Hamilton have organized to demand better living conditions from their landlord. In this…
Wounded child, no surviving family (WCNSF)– a new acronym created by healthcare workers in Gaza; a glimpse of the horrors they are witnessing. With more…
This article was originally published in the May-June 1991 issue of New Maritimes, a magazine that was published in the 1980s and 90s as a…
When most people of a certain generation hear the abbreviation NORAD, their minds inevitably fill the blanks by adding the words, ‘Santa Tracker.’ But what exactly is NORAD, apart from a Christmas time publicity stunt?
Leaving aside the idea that opposing genocide is “hate”, it’s wildly hypocritical for Israel supporters to complain about kids being indoctrinated at school on the subject.
