The ongoing contributions of anti-racist feminists
The women's movement of the 1960s and 1970s developed in the context of mass movements of protest, including the black civil rights movement and opposition to the war on Vietnam. These movements were young, diverse and often fragmented, but generated considerable influence in theory and practice.more
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty wants to continue the Mike Harris agenda with massive cuts to social assistance, public services and workers rights. With the NDP accomodating to Austerity, it's key to mobilize for the April 21 day of action against Austerity.more
On March 26, 2,000 demonstrated against oil tankers threatening their communities, eco-systems, indigenous self-determination and right to personal health.more
In the same week as 200,000 Quebec students marched against tuition and hundreds of Air Canada workers went on a wildcat strike across the country, the NDP elected ex-Liberal Thomas Mulcair as the new party leader. This marks a further rightward shift in the party, in a quest for power that is increasingly detaching itself from the movements upon which change is based.more
In 1965 postal workers challenged their leadership, divisions between women/women and anglophone/Quebecois and formed the first public sector unions--providing lessons valuable for today.more
Reacting to Austerity and electoral fraud, hundreds of thousands of Russians are overcoming their fear of repression and protesting the regime of Vladimir Putinmore