On September 28 Christine Pelchat of the Quebec Council on the Status of Women proposed that the provincial government forbid public employees from wearing religious clothing – not only the Muslim headscarf but also the Jewish kippa, though, surprise surprise, crucifixes on necklaces would be ok because they’re not immediately …
By now it is old news that three police agents (poorly) disguised as members of the Black Bloc were outed on Tear Gas Monday, August 20th when over a thousand people marched against George Bush, Stephen Harper and Felipe Calderon in Montebello, Quebec. Captured on video, the three agents were …
Racial Profiling in Canada: Challenging the Myth of âa Few Bad Applesâby Carol Tator and Frances Henry. Published by University of Toronto Press, 2006 In their book Racial Profiling in Canada: Challenging the Myth of âa Few Bad Applesâ, authors Carol Tator and Frances Henry â and contributors Charles C. …
For the past month or more i have been putting off reviewing this book about racial profiling. i’ve spent today hammering out some thoughts, but am not there yet – but it did occur to me that it would be useful to have some sketched out description of what the …
Men should not be telling women how to dress. In fact, let me extend that: people should not be telling other people how to dress.The only reason why i might dislike the hijab, niqab and burka is because i know that around the world many women are forced to wear …
As predicted, racist anxieties in Quebec about Muslims and immigrants are proving fair game as Jean Charest and Mario Dumont have tried to score cheap electoral points, each of them hoping it will win them white votes in the upcoming provincial election here… The latest chapter in this growing novella …
Regarding yesterdays post about the racist âreasonable accommodation debateâ, one comrade sent me a comment in which he suggested that this was a âthree way fightâ situation, and that radicals should forge our own path by pursuing a strategy of radical secularism. In his words: Seem’s you are leaving a …
The brief version will suffice for right now â what follows is âcatch upâ for all of you who do not live in Quebec, and so may not know what this deal about Herouxville, âreasonable accommodationâ and such is all about. Those of you who do live here will probably …
Upping The Anti #3 features interviews with Aijaz Ahmad and William Robinson, each of whom discusses different questions, looking at different parts of the world, but nevertheless both touch on some common concerns. Iâm not sure if this was the intention of the UTA crew or just happy happenstance, but …
Here are some further thoughts on Upping the Anti, the radical journal out of Toronto, Canada… The most ambitious part of Upping the Anti #3 is clearly its editorial, titled Growing Pains: The Anti-Globalization Movement, Anti-Imperialism and the Politics of the United Front. This is really a look at the …