George Nexus

Canadian survey of women who wear the niqab reveals choice ‘may be a bit of a youth movement’ (repost)

The vast majority of women surveyed who wear the niqab in Canada are not only willing to remove their veils to be identified, but feel it is part of their responsibility to do so, according to the most extensive research of its kind. Read the rest of this post on …

The country we want doesn’t use fake feminism to hate (repost)

‘When we talk about the country we want, we must talk about values that respect, protect and guarantee women’s rights,’ write two dozen leading feminists. The election rhetoric based on fear-mongering against women who wear niqab only has traction if we all collude with its false conclusions. Read the rest …

‘Renoir sucks at painting’ movement demands removal of artist’s works (repost)

A new movement born of an Instagram account has one central complaint: Pierre-Auguste Renoir – the French impressionist – was a terrible artist, and his paintings should be removed from museums. Read the rest of this post on the original site at ‘Renoir sucks at painting’ movement demands removal of …

Canadian anti-Muslim sentiment is rising, disturbing new poll reveals (repost)

In the early evening of Sept. 17, before dark, a 17-year-old girl strolled from the Al-Noor Mosque in St. Catharines, Ont., to the plaza across the street. She was planning to buy a drink and snack. Then three other girls, teenagers the girl from the mosque didn’t recognize, walked up …

A propos des photos dans les manifestations (repost)

1. Pourquoi cette campagne ? Suite à l’explosion de l’usage des appareils photo (smartphones, tablettes, drônes,… Read the rest of this post on the original site at A propos des photos dans les manifestations

Le chanteur de Légitime Violence accusé de trafic de drogue (repost)

(Québec) Raphaël Lévesque, alias Raf Stomper, chanteur du groupe d’extrême droite de Québec Légitime Violence, a comparu vendredi au palais de justice de Québec après avoir été arrêté jeudi à Saint-Apollinaire dans une affaire de trafic de méthamphétamine et de cannabis. Read the rest of this post on the original …

The Darkness Before the Right (repost)

It’s hard to talk seriously about something with a silly name, and neoreaction is no exception. Read the rest of this post on the original site at The Darkness Before the Right

COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE – Quand l’UQAM joue le jeu de la vendetta envers celles qui dénoncent (repost)

-Montréal, 1 octobre 2015 – Le 24 mars 2015, un professeur du département de sociologie a déposé une plainte officielle au Bureau d’intervention et de prévention en matière de harcèlement de l’UQAM contre une étudiante qu’il suspecte d’avoir participé au Sticker gate. Read the rest of this post on the original …

Book Review: Stanley B. Ryerson – The Founding of Canada (repost)

Stanley B. Ryerson’s The Founding of Canada: Beginnings to 1815 is a book that, despite its flaws, I wish I had read 15 years ago when I first became an activist in Canada. Read the rest of this post on the original site at Book Review: Stanley B. Ryerson – The …

Une femme voilée et enceinte agressée par deux ados (repost)

Agence QMI Deux adolescents auraient fait chuter une femme enceinte en arrachant son hijab à Anjou mardi, dans ce qui pourrait s’apparenter à un acte islamophobe, selon le mari de la victime. «Ma femme a peur de sortir dans la rue depuis. Read the rest of this post on the …