Fairy Creek, the NDP and Indigenous sovereignty
The 2021 federal election has spurred a sense of optimism among supporters of the New Democratic Party hoping for electoral gains when votes are tallied…
The 2021 federal election has spurred a sense of optimism among supporters of the New Democratic Party hoping for electoral gains when votes are tallied…
In 1918 the world was rocked by a global pandemic. Doctors were stumped by how to treat this mysterious virus that was killing patients. Masks…
In the past few months, approximately 600 water protectors have been arrested during direct action to stop the construction of Line 3 on 1855 treaty…
Nearly 1000 people gathered at the Peace and Friendship Park in Kjipuktuk/Halifax on Thursday for a memorial to honour residential school victims and survivors. The…
Settler-colonialism has been and remains central to the ruling class project in Canada. The state and capitalism were founded upon the violent and genocidal dispossession of Indigenous peoples and rely on the continued oppression of Indigenous peoples and exploitation of their land.
Myeengun Henry, former Chief and respected Elder from Deshkan Ziibiing (Chippewas of the Thames) First Nation, talks about residential school victims and the failure of the Canadian government to live up to signed treaties.
A radical theory of educational reform is meaningful only if it is attached to the social relations of production. Under the present conditions schools can do little to improve society in general. However, they can become relevant if they are involved in the forces of decolonization.
Residential schools entrenched neglect, forced labour, physical assault, and sexual abuse–unleashing cycles of trauma that Indigenous communities still endure today.
The people of Grassy Narrows have been fighting for mercury justice since 1970, and their struggles have informed and inspired anti-colonial and environmental justice organizing…
Half a century ago, I helped in publication of Richard Fidler’s pamphlet Red Power in Canada, published in 1970 by the League for Socialist Action. It included…
On October 9, about 200 people rallied and marched in Toronto to support the land defenders whose campaign is #1492landback. The event was part of…
This is a key moment, and we must let both TC Energy and the Wet’suwet’en know the whole world is watching.