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Indigo, which owns stores under the banners Chapters, Coles, Indigospirit, and The Book Company, is Canada’s largest bookstore chain. The company’s Chapters Woodbridge location, shown here, voted to unionize with … Read More
Mirka Loiselle The Suppress The Virus Now Coalition is a network of community groups, labour groups, and individuals in Ontario. We have come together out of a shared concern about … Read More
The Kwekwecnewtxw (Watch House) monitors work carried out at the nearby Burnaby Terminal, part of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. Photo via Kwekwecnewtxw – Coast Salish Watch House/Facebook. The … Read More
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In April 2020, Clinic 554 was put up for sale. The Fredericton abortion clinic couldn’t afford to keep its doors open because of the province of New Brunswick’s refusal to … Read More
A review of “The Don: The Story of Toronto’s Infamous Jail” by Jordana Rosenfeld Dec 28, 2020 6 min read Share Incarceration, writes Angela Y. Davis in … Read More
Emmie Tsumura This article was created as part of a package of writing to accompany Human Capital, an exhibit at the MacKenzie Art Gallery in Regina. View the full package … Read More
by Georgina Alonso Dec 22, 2020 11 min read Share “It’s been my dream since I was seven years old,” Zeke Deas tells me as we walk … Read More
The first page of the LabourWatch conference’s slideshow. Top Canadian companies were among the sponsors and attendees of Canada’s largest union-busting event, according to photos and documents obtained by Briarpatch. … Read More
Letter from the Editor by Saima Desai Dec 28, 2020 4 min read Share When the pandemic started and I travelled to Toronto to be with my … Read More
by Laurence Desmarais Dec 28, 2020 9 min read Share “You want your fucking moose? I’ll show you a fucking moose!” Those are the last words Chuck … Read More
After the OPP raided 1492 Land Back Lane on October 22, a school bus was driven over from a nearby church parking lot, parked in the middle of the road, … Read More
Liberation Health Convergence logo by Riley Bataillard. Can health-care spaces and skills be used to build liberated societies? From China’s barefoot doctors to the Young Lords’ occupation of the Lincoln … Read More
Barış Cihan Peşme We were lied to. Our governing elites asked for our compliance this spring, as the COVID-19 pandemic got underway in North America. Just sit tight for two … Read More
by Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay Oct 28, 2020 4 min read Share When the pandemic took hold in March, my work as a doctor in remote communities in northern … Read More
