Things That Make White People Uncomfortable by Michael Bennett and Dave Zirin (Haymarket, 2018) Although written two years ago, the themes in Michael Bennett’s Things That…
Angie Kim, Senior Finance Director of Loblaw Companies Limited, was recently interviewed by the Ascend Canada Podcast. The podcast, which has the mandate to “enhance…
With the Movement for Black Lives showing that it is possible to defund and even disband police departments, activists across Turtle Island are now turning…
We are months into a global pandemic that has already infected more than 100,000 people across Canada and killed more than 8,000 despite a lockdown,…
My heart celebrated when I read that the Minneapolis city council had committed to fully defunding their police and, more recently, the city of Hamilton…
The global economic recession triggered by the pandemic has been the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. And it is far from over. Some…
Late May and early June saw the biggest wave of mass rebellion in the United States since the 1960s. Protests erupted in every major city…
Filipino youth and supporters gathered in front of the Philippine Consulate General in Toronto to protest against President Rodrigo Duterte Anti-Terrorism Act, signed into law…
Sometime in March, almost overnight, grocery workers became ‘essential’. As key components in getting Canada’s food supply to the country’s dinner tables grocery store workers…
Canadian provinces have enforced unprecedented economic shutdowns in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The pandemic has left many Canadians in financial trouble: an…
Hundreds of tenants across Toronto gathered in Queen’s Park for a rally to protest Bill 184, the Protecting Tenants and Strengthening Community Housing Act. The…
Pressure on the ruling class is mounting to address a number of huge crises: the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis and and the economic crisis,…
