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Indigenous women have led resistance, from residential school opposition to Idle No More

Idle No More emerges from a long period of resistance in indigenous communities. One of its central features is the...more

No country is safe from oppression

On December 15 the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism announced a list of 27 Designated Countries of Origin (DCO)...more

There should be no compromise with Islamophobia

In mid-December, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that, in some cases, women who wear niqab could be required to...more

Stop secret trials now

On International Human Rights Day, Mohamed “Moe” Harkat and his wife Sophie “celebrated” their ten-year anniversary: it was 2002 when...more

Fracking generates profits, and untold problems

There is a fortune of fossil fuel underfoot, wherever a layer of shale rock forms part of the bedrock. All...more

Let's all make New Year's revolutions

Economic and political interests drive Western governments’ actions. According to the US Department of State : ”Saudi Arabia is one...more

In 2012 the opposition to the Northern Gateway oil pipeline project got bigger and bigger

Last year was a beautiful year of organizing against the Northern Gateway oil pipeline project. The proposed $6-billion pipeline will...more

A look at Leon Trotsky's theory of permanent revolution and the connection to struggles across the Middle East today

Based on the experience of the Russian Revolution of 1905, Leon Trotsky developed the theory of “permanent revolution,” which was...more

State violence and media silence are trying to stop the Sudanese student movement

The past year has been filled with attacks on the student movement and other protestors and activists in Sudan. In...more

Election results reveal popular pressure that will need to continue beyond Chavez

Even as Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s cancer had worsened, candidates from his Socialist Party took 20 out of 23 state...more