The Peoples' Social Forum
Originally published at rabble.ca.
Originally published at rabble.ca.
Thursday, August 7th in the afternoon sixteen jewish activists entered into the lobby of the Federation CJA in Côte-des-Neiges
Hala Marley-Yassin is a board member of PAJU - Palestinian and Jewish Unity. PAJU was founded in the year 2000 by Bruce Katz, a Jewish anti-Zionist activist, and the late Rezek Faraj, a Palestinian-Canadian activist. In 2002, PAJU began a long-running weekly picket of the Israeli consulate in Montreal after the outbreak of the Second Intifada.
This week GroundWire was produced on traditional Anishinaabe and Metis territory at CKUW in Winnipeg Manitoba.
Hosted by: Raegan Hedley and Mathew Joseph
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Hanna Kawas is a Palestinian-Canadian originally from occupied Bethlehem. He is currently the chairperson of the Canada Palestine Association of Vancouver.
This episode of GroundWire was produced on traditional Mohawk territory at CKUT in Montreal by Aaron Lakoff.
Hosted by: Jehane Yazami of CKUT.
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On Friday, July 11 the Supreme Court refused to recognize the role that the federal government had in protecting Grassy Narrows' Treaty 3 from provincial and corporate actions--in this case, logging in Ontario.
On Friday, July 11 the Supreme Court refused to recgonize the role that the federal government had in protecting Grassy Narrows' Treaty 3 from provincial and corporate actions--in this case, logging in Ontario.
Thursday morning members of the 6 Nations community and their allies interrupted work at a Line 9 construction site to protest the building of the environmentally detrimental pipeline. After a standoff, the Enbridge workers were forced to back down and removed their equipment. Aaron and Adina spoke with 6 Nations activist Danielle Boisson about the action.
As we approach the World Cup final Match, protests and discontent continue on the streets of Brazil's cities in what is known as the "anti-copa" movement. To get a sense of what is happening on the ground, CKUT's news collective spoke with freelance journalist Andalusia Knoll. Andalusia had been reporting on the anti-copa movement in Brazil for several weeks.
As part of the project “History and culture of the Caribbean Diaspora in Quebec: preparation of educational materials for community youth worker” with Centre International de Documentation et d'Information Haïtienne, Caribéenne et Afro-Canadienne (CIDIHCA) have launched the booklet of Caribbean life in Quebec: A pictorial history of the 60s, 70s and 80s at
On June 10th, 2014, CKUT went live from the protest against the International Economic Forum of the Americas (AKA Montreal Conference). The protest was organized by CLAC, and this is an interview with one of their two spokespeople for the day. Originally aired live on The Tuesday Morning After.
The Victoria Street news ends its circulation this year and turns its projects to Megaphone –an alternative grassroots’ paper.
This episode of GroundWire was produced on Unceded Coast Salish Territory at CFUV in Victoria, British Columbia by Carly Forbes.
Hosted by: Jana Juniper Gee from CFUV and Elisabeth Jaeger from CKTZ