The myth of police as “embattled heroes”
by James Wilt May 4, 2022 14 min read Share In early 2010, the Winnipeg Police Association (WPA) embarked on a campaign to pressure the city to … Read More
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“Safe supply is the future”
by Dawn Paley May 4, 2022 14 min read Share On February 9, the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF), the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU), … Read More
The right to return to work
by Emma Arkell May 4, 2022 9 min read Share Elisa Cardona’s children can tell something has changed. For the past two years, she’s struggled to pay … Read More
The birds shall return: Imagining Palestinian feminist futurities
by Tara Alami and Rawan Nabil May 4, 2022 10 min read Share “Woman of Bethlehem” by Nada Esmaeel In “The Deluge and the Tree,” Palestinian feminist … Read More
Indigenous persistence reading list
A reading list by Mike Gouldhawke by Mike Gouldhawke May 4, 2022 4 min read Share The documentary film and books that I have chosen here are … Read More
radiant incipience
by Daniel Sarah Karasik May 4, 2022 1 min read Share and if some came to say trans rights and others came out since they thought it’d be a … Read More
Where there’s smoke, there’s no fire
A tiny home, built by carpenter Khaleel Seivwright, sits in the north end of Trinity Bellwoods Park. The homes were built as a partial solution to provide encampment residents with … Read More
When sex workers go missing, who responds?
Alloura’s photo is displayed at her memorial service in November 2017. Photos courtesy of Maggie’s Toronto. The following is an excerpt from Disarm, Defund, Dismantle: Police Abolition in Canada, edited by Shiri Pasternak, Kevin … Read More
No more pandemic platitudes
As a nurse working on the front lines of the pandemic, I’ve seen first-hand my colleagues’ exhaustion and exasperation with anemic government responses and news reporting that calls us “heroes” … Read More
Looking for change after Black Lives Matter
by Jayda Hope Mar 3, 2022 9 min read Share I have been organizing with Justice 4 Black Lives Winnipeg (J4BLW) since its inception in May 2020. That … Read More
Futurity and systems change reading list
A reading list by Syrus Marcus Ware by Syrus Marcus Ware Mar 3, 2022 5 min read Share This is the first of Briarpatch’s new reading lists. … Read More
On creativity and commerce
Letter from the editor by Saima Desai Mar 3, 2022 4 min read Share In December 2021, an 8-bit rendering of an ape wearing a blue baseball … Read More
Research for transforming the world
by Jen Gobby Mar 3, 2022 12 min read Share On December 8, 2021, Research for the Front Lines hosted an online Q&A session with long-time activist, … Read More
Administrative sabotage
by Andrea Conte Mar 3, 2022 18 min read Share “Remain constantly alert for opportunities to send our informants to Canada and give consideration to such action … Read More
The debt engine
by Dan Darrah Mar 3, 2022 13 min read Share “All I did was cry,” says Kathleen Miller-Zane. She’s retelling the story of realizing her loan from … Read More