in their own words

The B.C. government cannot be counted on to legislate the teachers back to work. So, parent in B.C., it's time to let the government know what you think.

Christy Clark, you keep talking about what the taxpayers can afford. But you and I have very different ideas on what taxes should be used for.

The Treaty of Niagara, 1764, is our shared Constitution. Don't wait for Canada to decolonize itself -- use this treaty and build a more equitable society.

On Sunday August 10 at the All Out for Gaza! rally and protest in Toronto, Marie Clarke Walker, Vice President of the Canadian Labour Congress, delivered this speech to the crowd.

The recent deaths at VELD are tragic and highlight a dangerous trend across Canada: the safety measures at festivals are not completely working.

Julia Smith speaks about the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone and her experiences working with the community there.

People from across Alberta, Canada and the world took part in the final tar sands healing walk this June. Five years after the first walk, two organizers reflect on what the action has accomplished.

From Perestroika to the Orange Revolution to Maidan, Myrna Kostash reflects on the way Ukrainian peoples' resistance movements are portrayed inaccurately by media.

Severe floods ravaged Bosnia two weeks ago, becoming the second time the people of Bosnia have had to experience something as perilous as the gory war almost two decades ago.

Warren (Smokey) Thomas, President of OPSEU, has a different take on Andrea Horwath and her approach: He commends her resolve, courage and determination.

Canadians showed up on Saturday May 10 and stepped up to demand real climate action and a different future from our leaders.

Poet, and activist Bud Osborn died today. Libby Davies knew Bud well through his and her work in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. She remembers him here.

Deepan Budlakoti was born in Canada. His parents and brother are Canadian citizens. Now the Canadian government has taken his passport and left him stateless.

The late Dan Heap was arrested, along with a group of activists, for an anti-greed action on May Day 1996. Brent Patterson was with him at that action. Here are his remembrances of Dan Heap.

When you've been working for the CBC for over 30 years, you've seen a lot of cuts. One producer shares her thoughts on what can be done to keep Canada's public broadcaster running and relevant.

On April 3, protesters took to the streets to peacefully protest Quebec's austerity politics. The protest quickly turned chaotic when the Montreal police arrived. This is one person's account.

Cynthia Spring is one of the unpaid interns let go from The Walrus last week. Frustrated with much of what is being said, Spring captures the contradictions and complexities of unpaid internships.

Former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard spoke last Saturday March 29 at the Broadbent Institute's first-ever Progress Summit in Ottawa and her speech was said to rally the Left.

I wrote a piece on managing to cast three ballots in a federal election. I am one of eight people convicted of electoral fraud, and I feel bad about where it has led us.

Justin Podur remembers photojournalist Ali Mustafa as a person who always went there with a story and put himself with the people instead of above the people he was writing about.

A blog post was approved and posted by the Museum for Human Rights on March 4, 2014. Then it was withdrawn, due to a line critical of federal Conservative government policies on women.