Category: Briarpatch

by Chanelle Gallant   Sep 7, 2023   9 min read   Share In 1986 in Toronto, police were conducting targeted sweeps of Cabbagetown to remove sex workers. Bill C-49 … Read More

by Rana Nazzal Hamadeh   Sep 11, 2023   5 min read   Share On the tail end of the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, I offer this reading list, … Read More

by Sophie Jin   Sep 11, 2023   4 min read   Share Yes, you read correctly – this is your copy of Briarpatch! We turned 50 years old this … Read More

by Nisha Patel   Sep 11, 2023   3 min read   Share The law no longer requires that a person’s death be reasonably foreseeable to be eligible for medical assistance … Read More

by Mitchell Thompson   Sep 11, 2023   11 min read   Share Patrick Kyle Auto parts manufacturer Sodecia’s management likes to brag that, in its London, Ontario stamping facility, … Read More

by Chris Ramsaroop   Jul 6, 2023   10 min read   Share In 2017, wildfires in B.C. captured headlines around the world. Canadians from coast to coast donated generously … Read More

by New Union Movement Research Group   Jul 6, 2023   11 min read   Share At the pro-democracy march on New Year’s Day in 2020, 40 new unions took … Read More

by Lydia Dobson   Jul 6, 2023   12 min read   Share Mass incarceration is the norm in Canada. In 2021/2022, nearly 150,000 people were incarcerated in prisons, which … Read More

by Julie Han   Jul 6, 2023   5 min read   Share From classic theoretical texts to the constant news cycle, leftists read a lot. While the reading is … Read More

by Jamie Brownlee and Kevin Walby   Jul 6, 2023   14 min read   Share Everyone is getting into psychedelics these days. Major media outlets are publishing articles on … Read More

by Rob Houle and Briarpatch Staff   Jul 6, 2023   5 min read   Share Madeson Singh There is a common misconception that Canada and settlers give money to … Read More

by Phillip Dwight Morgan   Jul 6, 2023   8 min read   Share Between 1820 and 1867, free and formerly enslaved Africans settled the largely unsurveyed area between Waterloo … Read More

by Cassandra Kislenko   Jul 6, 2023   4 min read   Share The Canadian left is losing elections and party policies. We have enough people – the number of … Read More

by John Cameron   Jun 13, 2023   3 min read   Share Yes, letter from the publisher. Hi! Our readers don’t hear from me a lot (though, if you’re … Read More

by Fitsum Areguy   Apr 26, 2023   5 min read   Share We are living in violent and dangerous times. Landlords are doubling rents and evicting tenants, underfunded hospitals … Read More