This article is based on my experiences over the past 9 years of working with the Alliance for People’s Health (APH) as a founding member. I have permission of current APH collective members to post this article and am very grateful for their thoughtful comments and contributions. Read the rest …
Vendredi 18 mars 2016, alors qu’ils avaient Ă©tĂ© conviĂ©s par la Radio Libertaire pour parler radicalisation et discriminations, des membres du Collectif contre l’islamophobie et les racismes 20e (CIR) ont Ă©tĂ© contraints de faire demi-tour. Read the rest of this post on the original site at La Radio Libertaire prive …
Equal pay and access to jobs are crucial goals for many working women today. That was also true nearly 200 years ago, when the entire system of waged labor, as we understand it, was still in its early stages. Read the rest of this post on the original site at …
At an estate sale in Rochester, N.Y., in 2009, a rare book seller came upon a curious literary artifact. As it turned out, it was a memoir written in the 1850s by Austin Reed, a black man who spent most of his life in prison. Read the rest of this …
Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! no. 91 November/December 1989 During World War II, Yugoslav and Greek communists conducted an armed struggle against the Nazi occupiers. Read the rest of this post on the original site at Communists and armed struggle – Greece and Yugoslavia
“Meet the Democrat Who’s Not Afraid to Criticize President Obama on ISIS,” intones a recent ABC News headline. The story describes remarks by Hawaii Rep. Read the rest of this post on the original site at The Curious Islamophobic Politics of Dem Congressmember Tulsi Gabbard
(The eastern tip of Cornwall Island from St. Regis Village, Akwesasne. APTN/File) Jorge BarreraAPTN National News The Canadian military’s counter-intelligence unit has been conducting surveillance of a Mohawk community straddling the Canada-U. Read the rest of this post on the original site at Akwesasne under surveillance by military counter-intelligence unit: …
The movie Born in Flames seemed almost outlandishly radical in 1983, when it came out. But now, Lizzie Borden’s movie about a feminist uprising feels even more relevant and challenging than ever. And now, you can see a restored version of it on the big screen in New York. Read …
In September, three reporters from Maclean’s and Discourse Media spent two days in downtown and North Central Regina—at the Cornwall Centre mall, at Victoria Park, in churches, and in residents’ homes—speaking with dozens of Indigenous residents about police interactions. Read the rest of this post on the original site at …
Quebec’s ombudsman has released a scathing report on the treatment of Inuit in the provincial justice system. She says the detention conditions are “below current standards” and infringe on the constitutional right to human dignity. Read the rest of this post on the original site at Treatment of Inuit in …