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Ethan Hawke's drone pilot character shifts from cynicism to opposition

While American Sniper glorifies the Iraq War, Good Kill exposes the brutality of drone warfare from Afghanistan to Yemen. Writer/Director...more

In the 1940s Canada scapegoated the Japanese community, now it is the Muslim community

Following Japan’s December 7, 1941 attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, racism and paranoia toward the...more

Like the People's Climate March last September, Act on Climate mobilized the 99% for climate justice

Today tens of thousands joined the Act on Climate march in Quebec city, territory of the Huron-Wendat, demanding climate justice...more

'didn't see nobody getting born,just a lot of people dying'

Interview I did years ago with 'Rosie' Rowbottham who fought and was wounded at Vimy Ridge. "Birth of Nation?" said...more

With a more explosive beginnning, broader goals but also more fragmentation, there's widespread debate about the strike

We are now witnessing the third strike by Quebec university and college students within 10 years. This is not a...more

The US/Ethiopian war on Somalia provided a recruitment tool for Al Shabaab

The killing of 148 students at Kenya’s Garissa University College by Somali Islamist insurgents Al Shabaab marks the latest episode...more

Anti-racists are challenging Islamophobia and the far right movements it breeds

The racist, anti-Islam “Reclaim Australia” rallies managed to attract a few hundred people each on Easter Saturday—but they are a...more

Through blockades and solidarity the Heiltsuk defended their territory

On April 2, the Heiltsuk First Nation, located on BC’s central west coast, scored a huge victory over the federal...more

Tory racism encouraged PEGIDA to hold a rally, but it flopped while anti-facists held a mass counter-rally

Another blow to the Conservatives' bet on the politics of fear and division. Another blow to diverting concerns about standard...more

The strike at Crown Products in Toronto is now over eighteen months old. 120 workers have fought through two hard...more