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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

As protests sweep the US against the racist killings of Trayvon Martin and Shaima Alawadi, John Bell looks at racism and Islamophobia in Canada.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

On March 26, 2,000 demonstrated against oil tankers threatening their communities, eco-systems, indigenous self-determination and right to personal health.more