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Book Review - Time Bomb: Canada and the First Nations, by Douglas Bland

Submitted by admin on Sun, 02/08/2015 - 17:20
A frank discussion of Canada's vulnerabilities
What can radicals learn from right-wing alarmism?

For radicals, part of taking our struggle seriously is committing to understanding ourselves, the context we're operating within, and the perspectives of our enemies. Time Bomb is a good example of an enemy text which can prove useful to us.

Boycott, Divest and Sanction Israeli Apartheid

Submitted by admin on Thu, 11/20/2014 - 13:52
BDS Quebec endorses "Yes to BDS" campaign at Concordia University
This summer, the world witnessed yet another massacre of Palestinian civilians in Gaza: men, women and children who are occupied, besieged and, since 2007, subject to a total blockade by the armed forces of Israel, the occupying power.

2014 Media Co-op Members Survey Results

Submitted by admin on Mon, 09/08/2014 - 00:15
In August, we sent out a survey to members and readers, and asked them to fill it out. Given the length and the fact that we sent it in August, we're quite happy with the 91 responses we received.

Hey Canadian

Submitted by admin on Fri, 07/18/2014 - 17:14
A message to those who have inherited a genocidal system
Hey Canadian. When you were born, you inherited a system predicated on continued genocide of my people in order to maintain your access to our lands and resources. This access underpins the staples economy on which canada is reliant so as not to be cast out as a peripheral state in the world system and relegate you to mere colony status.

Democracy in Donetsk

Submitted by admin on Wed, 06/25/2014 - 21:16
Working-class city in Ukraine’s east votes for autonomy; gives the finger to free trade
DONETSK, Ukraine–The officers of the Donetsk People’s Republic don’t know what to do with me.
 
We stand in the paved courtyard of a primary school across from my budget hotel, the morning sun beating down on us as I proffer my passport and try to convince the two beefy volunteers guarding the entrance to the polling station here that I am a jou

Confronting Canada Day

Submitted by admin on Wed, 05/28/2014 - 19:51
Tue, 07/01/2014 - 19:00 to 21:00
city: 
Occupied Coast Salish Territory (Vancouver)

July 1st, the day Canadians celebrate Canada Day is for many Indigenous
people and their allies a day that is a very insulting and painful
reminder of what Canada represents. The history of Canada is based on the
assimilation, enslavement and genocide of Indigenous People across the
continent. We are wondering if this is something you think is worth

Venue: 
Clark Park
Address: 
(14th and Commercial)
organizer contact: 
beatthepipelines@riseup.net

Canadian Mining in Mexico Explained in Six Minutes

Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/11/2014 - 14:51
What are Canadian mining companies doing in Mexico?

Octavio Rosas Landa works with the National Assembly of Environmentally Affected People (Asamblea Nacional de Afectados Ambientales) and the Permanent People's Tribunal in Mexico. He spoke to the Media Co-op about the effects of mining projects in Mexico.

Direct Action Unionism: Examples

Submitted by admin on Tue, 03/11/2014 - 12:30
Examples of Non Labour Relations Board-Oriented Unions
This is the first part of a series of concrete examples and very brief summaries of organisations that have some component of direct action and a form of collective bargaining that operate outside the labour relations framework. The first series are entirely owner operator associations in Transportation.

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