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July 22, 2020 
Paid sick days for all
On July 18, as a part of the national day of action for paid sick days, members and supporters of the Retail Action Network (RAN)…
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June 18, 2020
‘Nurses fought COVID, now we’ll fight the police’
Spring Magazine spoke with Jillian Primiano, a registered nurse from Brooklyn, about her experience as a front-line worker during COVID-19, the link between racism and…
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May 29, 2020
Excluded healthcare workers fight back: Join them!
May 15 saw dozens of front-line health workers protest outside a hospital in Toronto, supported by a cavalcade of allies in their cars. They were…
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May 18, 2020
Keeping Things DIY With Days N Daze
Days N Daze formed as a duo in 2008. Band founders Whitney Flynn and Jesse (Je-C) Sendejas performed their first set of original music (and…
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May 15, 2020
Tenant organizing and anti-racism in Vancouver’s Chinatown
The COVID crisis has highlighted the urgent need for social housing, and the threat of anti-Asian racism. Spring Magazine spoke with Nat Lowe, a labour…
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May 11, 2020
Interview: Working in care homes
Spring Magazine recently sat down with two support workers in Vancouver. In part 1 of this interview we discussed the inadequate degree of workplace safety….
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May 8, 2020
Interview: Coronavirus and care homes
The coronavirus pandemic continues to rage, and frontline workers everywhere are bearing the brunt of the risk, often with little help. Support workers in care…
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May 6, 2020
‘Music brings people together for the greater good’ Interview with Siksika punks Iron Tusk
Since forming in 2016, Iron Tusk has been a heavy mainstay of the Alberta music scene. Drawing on their shared experiences as sons, brothers, husbands, fathers…
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April 21, 2020
‘Solidarity is fundamental’: Lessons in pandemic response
Spring Magazine spoke with Srinivas Murthy, a critical care and infectious disease specialist, about the social and economic factors that have fueled COVID-19, and what…
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April 20, 2020
‘A system destroyed by neoliberalism’: Italian healthcare pre-COVID
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been severe in Italy, particularly in the northern region of Lombardy. Spring Magazine spoke with Stefano Agnoletto, an…
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April 18, 2020
COVID-19 and Indigenous communities: One First Nation’s story
Spring Magazine had the honour of interviewing respected Elder and past Chief Myeengun Henry of the Deshkaan Ziibi First Nation (Chippewas of the Thames First…
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April 16, 2020
Essential work deserves essential protections
At an online press conference on April 16, frontline workers gave first-hand accounts about why precarious employment is a health hazard for workers and the…
