Interview
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April 14, 2021 
Cannabis equity activism
Tanya is a cannabis equity activist who is involved in a union drive at her workplace. In the lead up to International Weed Day (April…
Articles
Arts & culture
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April 13, 2021
Finding catharsis in the doom and gloom – Blacklist Royals Interview
Grown out of the garage rock subculture of the 1960s, punk music has always carried with it an emphasis of the DIY (Do-It-Yourself) ethic. Despite…
News
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April 12, 2021
Black faculty exposes systemic racism in Canadian higher education
In a press conference on Thursday, April 8, Professor Aimé Avolonto, Associate Professor in the Department of French Studies at Glendon College, York University, put…
Op-ed
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April 9, 2021
On shaky ground: Canada’s assault on the home
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages, the response from the Canadian government on federal, provincial, and local levels has been to put people in even further…
Analysis
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April 8, 2021
Big Tech is a big threat to political speech
Big Tech cannot be a neutral arbiter of what political speech is acceptable or not acceptable. Its quest for profits, ties to governments and class position inevitably shape what they see as political and what is deemed as acceptable.
Feature
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April 7, 2021
Health through abolition
The national disgraces of LTC deaths and other COVID-19 inequities are rooted in the disgraces of genocide and slavery on which this nation was built, and which are perpetuated through prisons, police, borders and carceral policies
Feature
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April 6, 2021
Revolutionary journalism, from past to present
Capitalism is literally destroying our earth, along with the people. It’s certainly time for socialists to emerge as a global force, and time to expand…
Feature
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April 5, 2021
Frontline workers organizing for gender justice in Nova Scotia
On February 23, 2021, workers at Bryony House were in a legal position to take strike action. There were two outstanding issues at the bargaining…
Op-ed
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April 3, 2021
The ripple effect of Alabama’s Amazon union drive
On April 1 ballot counting began to determine whether the 6,000 workers at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama will win union recognition. This is…
Op-ed
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April 2, 2021
The fiction of CERB fraud
The labeling of CERB overpayments as fraud willfully distorts the issue. At the start of lockdown the message was clear, CERB was emergency aid for people in need of it.
Analysis
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April 1, 2021
Nova Scotia’s minimum wage increase is not enough
Today, April 1, the Nova Scotia Government raised the minimum wage by 40 cents to $12.95 per hour. Although this is one of the largest…
Feature
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March 31, 2021
Prison redevelopment on three continents: Lessons from community-led struggles
Is there any good way to redevelop a prison? Some ex-prisoners would rather see institutions demolished than repurposed for the profit and enjoyment of those…