Archive - Aug 2011

Nova Scotia NDP says “No” to Essential Services for Disabled

Brakes On

Speed limits in Vancouver's Downtown East Side hailed as victory by residents

A Disappointing John

Brown's "Paying For It" misses its potential

Water is All of Us

Report from the fifth annual Keepers of the Water gathering

Cameras, Cops and Crime

Police, business and the city of Peterborough collude for more closed-circuit television cameras

Mental Health and Police Violence

A dispatch from the In our Own Voices writing project

TRANSitioning Spaces

Organizations slowly becoming more trans inclusive

Social Profiling Under Scrutiny

A new report indicates little progress has been made in eliminating social profiling

August in Review, Part I

Free trade deals cut, New Orleans police charged, Alberta tar sands challenged

Deltaport Action Increases Pressure Against Israeli Shipping

Israeli-owned ship picketed at Deltaport in response to blocking of aid flotilla to Gaza

"The River Always Wins"

1,500 take to the streets in Fredericton to oppose fracking.

Childhood Abuse Brought Me to the Downtown Eastside

A dispatch from the In our Own Voices writing project

SFU Student Government Moves to Displace Progressive Groups

PIRG faces eviction, lockout targets campus orgs, union workers

Prospecting the Terrain of Struggle

Fight against Guatemalan Goldcorp enters halls of power, leaves disappointed

July in Review, Part II

Cops Watched, Extractives Ejected, Pride Re-Claimed