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New documentary explores the illusion of the ‘Canadian dream’

Submitted by Manmade88 on Sat, 05/04/2024 - 15:24
'The Canadian Dream,' directed by the daughter of a former farm worker who sued the farm that forced him to use pesticides without proper protection, premiered at Toronto's Hot Docs festival on April 26

While thousands of Mexicans continue seeking the so-called “Canadian dream” for a better life — despite visa requirements being reinstated in February — former Leamington farm worker Alberto Moreno defines it as an "illusion."

“Our university is complicit”

Submitted by scott.neigh on Fri, 05/03/2024 - 09:40
Inside the pro-Palestinian student encampment at the University of Toronto
The University of Toronto student encampment in solidarity with Palestine. (Photo: Omar Taleb)
The University of Toronto student encampment in solidarity with Palestine. (Photo: Omar Taleb)
The University of Toronto student encampment in solidarity with Palestine. (Photo: Omar Taleb)

University of Toronto (U of T) is ground zero for pro-Palestinian activism in Canada as Occupy for Palestine (O4P) mobilized encampments at King’s Colleg

Canadian Police-Involved Deaths in April 2024

Submitted by JShantz on Wed, 05/01/2024 - 23:34
Police killings in April 2024.
Durham Regional Police Pride Themed Vehicle.

At least 11 people were killed in Canadian police actions in April 2024, matching March as the deadliest month of policing so far this year. This brings the total number of people killed in police actions to at least 31 over the first third of the year. These deaths include people who were directly killed by police, as in police shootings, or died during police deployments, police chases, or in police custody.

Learning from Organizers – Dev Ramsawakh

Submitted by scott.neigh on Wed, 05/01/2024 - 13:26
A *Talking Radical: Resources* interview
Dev Ramsawakh

Dev Ramsawakh is a disabled, transmasculine, and diasporic Indo-Caribbean multidisciplinary storyteller, producer, and educator.

Wave of Palestine solidarity encampments reaches Montreal

Submitted by scott.neigh on Mon, 04/29/2024 - 15:15
Following the example set by students in the United States, solidarity encampments opposed to the Israeli state's assault on Gaza have now spread to campuses in Canada and around the world
The Palestine solidarity encampment organized by students in Montreal. (Photo: Jahanzeb Hussain)
The Palestine solidarity encampment organized by students in Montreal. (Photo: Jahanzeb Hussain)
The Palestine solidarity encampment organized by students in Montreal. (Photo: Jahanzeb Hussain)
The Palestine solidarity encampment organized by students in Montreal. (Photo: Jahanzeb Hussain)
The Palestine solidarity encampment organized by students in Montreal. (Photo: Jahanzeb Hussain)
The Palestine solidarity encampment organized by students in Montreal. (Photo: Jahanzeb Hussain)
The Palestine solidarity encampment organized by students in Montreal. (Photo: Jahanzeb Hussain)
The Palestine solidarity encampment organized by students in Montreal. (Photo: Jahanzeb Hussain)
The Palestine solidarity encampment organized by students in Montreal. (Photo: Jahanzeb Hussain)
The Palestine solidarity encampment organized by students in Montreal. (Photo: Jahanzeb Hussain)
The Palestine solidarity encampment organized by students in Montreal. (Photo: Jahanzeb Hussain)
The Palestine solidarity encampment organized by students in Montreal. (Photo: Jahanzeb Hussain)
The Palestine solidarity encampment organized by students in Montreal. (Photo: Jahanzeb Hussain)

Solidarity spreads fast. As the wave of student encampments has grown on postsecondary campuses across the United States, in protest of academia’s collusion with Israeli apartheid and its ongoing war in Gaza, students at McGill and Concordia Universities have followed suit. On Saturday, April 27, they erected camps on the grounds of McGill in downtown Montreal.

We're Fundraising!

Submitted by scott.neigh on Fri, 04/12/2024 - 09:40
It's that time again -- we're raising money so we can publish more high quality, original, grassroots journalism!
 

University of Toronto declines to divest from pro-Israel institutions

Submitted by Manmade88 on Thu, 04/11/2024 - 11:38
Pro-Palestinian student-organizers who staged a 30-hour occupation say they know this will be a long-haul fight, citing the long struggle in the 1980s and ’90s to get the institution to divest from apartheid South Africa and in the 2010s to divest from fossil fuel companies
What did Gertler respond to the pro-Palestinian student organizers?
Student-organizers from Occupy4Palestine hold a town hall on Apr. 9 to discuss president Meric Gertler's respond to their demands.

University of Toronto’s (U of T)  President Meric Gertler has officially rejected student group Occupy4Palestine’s demands to divest from companies and institutions supporting Israel’s military, restating the university’s commitment against taking “positions on social or political issues” and against “academic boycotts.”

South American families push government to process humanitarian applications

Submitted by Manmade88 on Thu, 03/28/2024 - 10:55
Hundreds of families from Colombia, Venezuela and Haiti are affected by the immigration process they call “confusing and frustrating.”
What is happening with the humanitarian application of many South American families?
Photo of Fabiola Gomez and family.

Colombian and Venezuelan diasporas in Ontario are pushing the federal government to process applications for a family reunification program that were submitted before the deadline but are now being rejected due to space limitations. Advocates say at least 600 families are being affected.

GroundWire | May 22, 2017

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After occupation, students meet with U of T president

Submitted by Manmade88 on Thu, 04/04/2024 - 16:20
The meeting about the university's investments in Israel's army was disappointing but revealing, say organizers, who for months had tried unsuccessfully to get some face time
What did the meeting with the university accomplish?
Photo of student-occupiers interlocking arms while sitting.

Student-organizers of the two-day occupation at the University of Toronto (U of T) say they left their Apr. 3 meeting with the school’s top brass feeling “a lot of disappointment” at their lack of commitment to stop investing in companies supporting Israel’s military. 

U of T students occupy president's office for Palestine

Submitted by Manmade88 on Wed, 04/03/2024 - 12:47
Student-organizers secure meeting with school president to discuss divestment from Israel's military
What did the 2-day occupation at U of T accomplish?

A two-day occupation at the University of Toronto (U of T) ended late on Apr. 2 after the students secured a meeting with University President Meric Gertler on Wednesday, Apr. 3. Students have been pushing for the university to divest from companies supporting Israel’s military and to cut ties with Israeli universities complicit in its apartheid. 

Canadian Police-Involved Deaths in March 2024

Submitted by JShantz on Mon, 04/01/2024 - 15:54
Police killings in March 2024.
Calgary police vehicle.

At least 11 people were killed in Canadian police actions in March 2024. These deaths include people who were directly killed by police, as in police shootings, or died during police deployments or in police custody. In March, three people were shot and killed by police, two were killed during a police vehicle chase, and five died in custody or during an arrest. One person was killed in an “altercation” with private security.

Moving Beyond Electoral Politics and the Sedative of Empathy

Submitted by David Gray-Donald on Fri, 03/29/2024 - 21:04
A recent op-ed by Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow reminds us that just as we must divest from companies complicit in the ongoing genocide and apartheid, we must divest ourselves from governments and nation-states that are ultimately projects of empire.
An illustration with hands and arms on the outside in white and red, and then maybe green thyme or rosemary leaves inside in green and blue with Arabic text in red.

“A slaughter isn’t a slaughter if those being slaughtered are at fault, if they’ve been quietly and effectively dehumanized — in the media, through policy — for years,” writes Palestinian-American writer, professor, and psychologist Hala Alyan. “If nobody is a civilian, nobody can be a victim.”

Learning from Organizers – Saleh Waziruddin

Submitted by scott.neigh on Tue, 03/26/2024 - 10:22
A *Talking Radical: Resources* interview
Saleh Waziruddin

Saleh Waziruddin is a South Asian anti-racism activist who has participated in grassroots struggles throughout his adult life. In his 20s, he organized in the Muslim community in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Now in his 40s, he lives in Niagara, Ontario, and is active in the Niagara Region Anti-Racism Association (NRARA). Though not one of its founders, he has been part of the group since it started in 2018.

Migrant Spring Marches Held Across Canada, Calling for Status for All

Submitted by David Gray-Donald on Tue, 03/19/2024 - 00:15
Migrants and allies take action to push the slow-moving federal government to introduce a pathway to regularization for all immigrants
Protesters organizing a sit-in at Spadina and Bloor, in front of Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland's office. Photo: Andrew Oliphant

A series of nationwide demonstrations for migrant workers rights were held across eight Canadian cities this weekend.

Supporters in Toronto gathered at Christie Pits Park on Saturday demanding permanent residency status for all undocumented people in Canada. The “Migrant Spring” protest also called on the federal government to remove unfair immigration requirements for care workers and to end deportations immediately.

Op/Ed: A Movement for Palestine Solidarity Grows in Surrey

Submitted by JShantz on Sat, 03/16/2024 - 01:58
Palestine solidarity organizing in Surrey.
Protest outside restaurant.
Protesters with Palestine flags and signs.
Protest outside restaurant.
Riot fencing at city hall.
Palestine flag at city hall.
Palestine flag on table with street in background.
Scotiabank protest signs at door of Scotiabank.
Palestine solidarity picketers at Scotiabank.

As I reported recently, the mayor and council for the City of Surrey have been so desperate to keep Palestine solidarity voices from speaking at council meetings in an effort to get the city to vote on a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, that they have taken to locking all residents out of council meetings. They have recently gone so far as setting up new riot fencing to keep the public from even coming within several meters of city hall.

Canadian Police-Involved Deaths in February 2024

Submitted by JShantz on Fri, 03/01/2024 - 22:34
Police killings in February 2024.
Waterloo Regional Police Cruisers. Via Wikpedia.

At least five people were killed in Canadian police actions in February 2024. These deaths include people who were directly killed by police, as in police shootings, or died during police deployments or in police custody. Three people were shot and killed by police in February, one was killed during a police chase, and one died during an arrest while in medical crisis. Two victims were in mental distress at the time police were deployed against them. One person was in a medical crisis.

Op/Ed: Something is rotten in the City of Windsor...the Windsor Police Service

Submitted by JShantz on Mon, 02/26/2024 - 00:59
Police abuse in Windsor, Ontario.
Windsor Police Service Patch.

I was born and raised in Windsor, Ontario, and still have connections there. So I keep an eye on goings on in the old hometown and still have great interest in what is happening. It was there that, as a blue-collar kid, I was first set upon, targeted, and harassed by cops, and that I started to figure out what policing was really all about.

Media Release: Toronto town hall on anti-Palestinian racism

Submitted by Manmade88 on Fri, 02/23/2024 - 10:39
Experts will offer attendees actionable strategies, tools and support resources to navigate this challenging climate
Toronto skyline at night. Image: City of Toronto on Flickr

Torontonians from Across the GTA to Attend Emergency Town Hall About the Rise of Anti-Palestinian Racism:   In Our Classrooms, Campuses and Workplaces

WHEN: Friday, February 23, 2024, 7:00pm 

WHERE: Yonge-Dundas Square area (please call for exact location)

LIVE STREAM: TBA

Healthcare workers slam their CEOs for slandering pro-Palestinian protesters

Submitted by Manmade88 on Wed, 02/21/2024 - 16:28
After 15 hospital CEOs in Toronto mischaracterized a peaceful pro-Palestinian rally as antisemitic, many of their employees have joined thousands of voices demanding an apology and retraction of their “fabrications.”
What's been the fallout of the Hands Off Rafah rally in Toronto?
SPIDERMAN4PALESTINE WAVES A PALESTINIAN FLAG ABOVE THE ENTRANCE OF MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL, ONE OF AT LEAST EIGHT ELEVATED SPOTS THEY CLIMBED TO IN THE COURSE OF THE RALLY ON FEB. 12. PHOTO CREDIT: ANNA LIPPMAN.

Toronto healthcare workers are pushing back against their employers, demanding an apology and a retraction for what they say are “false accusations of antisemitism over the fabricated Mount Sinai story.”

Anti-Palestinian racism permeates Canadian institutions, critics say

Submitted by Manmade88 on Wed, 02/14/2024 - 13:25
A recent report detailed over 500 instances of anti-Palestinian racism in 2022 from nonprofit organizations, the media, and governments, but notes the scope of the problem is likely much wider when individual accounts are taken into consideration
What is anti-Palestinian racism?
Screenshot from CTV News report about Selina Robinson’s “controversial” remarks about Palestine.

Referring to pre-1948 Palestine as a “crappy piece of land with nothing on it” — as former BC NDP Minister of Postsecondary Education Selina Robinson recently did — is not just a sign of ignorance but an expression of the anti-Palestinian racism (APR) that critics say runs deep within our institutions and across political party lines. 

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Op/Ed: Surrey City Council locks out residents, fails to shut down Palestine solidarity

Submitted by JShantz on Tue, 02/13/2024 - 23:38
Palestine solidarity organizing in Surrey.
Palestine solidarity rally in Surrey with Palestine flags and umbrella.
Palestine solidarity rally at city hall in Surrey.
Palestine solidarity rally at city hall in Surrey.
Palestine solidarity rally at city hall in Surrey.
Palestine solidarity rally at Central City mall in Surrey.
Palestine solidarity rally outside library in Surrey.
Palestine solidarity rally under Skytrain rails in Surrey.
Palestine solidarity rally outside city hall in Surrey.

Palestine solidarity organizing and mobilizations in Surrey, British Columbia (traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Katzie, Kwantlen, and Semiahmoo) have been growing in size and frequency. Now it seems local politicians are getting worried and taking pre-emptive steps to silence voices against the Israeli genocide in Gaza.

How an urban village model is tackling Toronto's housing crisis

Submitted by Manmade88 on Tue, 02/13/2024 - 15:55
As many people struggle to find affordable housing in Toronto, one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the world, some immigrant communities have decided to build their own
How are communities addressing the housing crisis?

Kizito Musabimana is one of more than 1000 Rwandan refugees who came to Canada following the Rwandan Genocide against the Tutsis in the 1990s, which claimed around one million lives in 100 days. After struggling through a period of homelessness in Toronto, and knowing the importance of culture and community, Musabimana would set out to help others from the African diaspora access culturally-sensitive resources, particularly affordable housing.

B.C. cabinet minister sacked after making racist comments about Palestinians

Submitted by Billie Pierre on Tue, 02/06/2024 - 20:02
PNGtree free image

B.C.'s Minister of Post Secondary Education and Future Skills, Selina Robinson, stepped down on Monday, February 7, over anti-Palestinian comments she made six days earlier during a Zoom meeting with B'nai Brith Canada, a zionist organization. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network Vancouver called an emergency rally Monday morning at the Guilford Sheraton Hotel in Surrey, where the B.C. NDP was holding the All MLA Retreat. 

Canadian Police-Involved Deaths in January 2024

Submitted by JShantz on Sat, 02/03/2024 - 23:46
Police killings in January 2024.
Winnipeg police car with lights flashing..

At least four people had their lives taken in police actions in January 2024. The police-involved deaths include people who were directly killed by police, as in police shootings, or died during police deployments or in police custody. All deaths in January occurred during arrests or in custody. This includes two people killed during intoxication arrests, a practice that is often deadly and should be ended.

More Than a House: Losing our Home to the Bush Creek East Wildfire

Submitted by Billie Pierre on Mon, 01/29/2024 - 18:49
An interview with spi7uwie scalemc and Honey Williams of Skwlāx te Secwepemcúl̓ecw
Personal story impact from wildfire, climate change
guitar inside spi7uwie scalemc and Honey William's house, before it burned

Unceded Secwepemc Territory — 2023 was the worst wildfire season recorded in so-called B.C.'s history. According to B.C. Wildfire Service, record-breaking warm temperatures and drought conditions from as far back as October 2022 set the stage for it, while an unusually high number of lightning storms started many of the fires in July, with cold and powerful winds in August fanning them.

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