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Commemorating one year since #MigrantStrike

September 17, 2014
| An interview with Tings from the End Immigration Detention Network to mark one year since the migrant strike actions by detained immigrants in Ontario and Quebec.
Length: 20:06 minutes (27.62 MB)
Mass protests turn tide against Israeli terror
August 6, 2014 |
Palestine resistance and solidarity are challenging imperialism.
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'Largest ever' Toronto Al-Quds rally calls for a free Palestine
By
Eva Bartlett
| July 28, 2014

25,000 were reported at Toronto's Al-Quds rally Saturday, "the largest in our history…and they were calling for a Free Gaza, Free Palestine. One hundred per cent free...no pathetic smoke-and-mirrors, Swiss-cheese "Two State solution."

The global Al-Quds Day demonstrations occur annually. According to organizers, in Toronto's history this was the largest, and the most pluralistic, including not only the usual Canadian Peace Alliance, Palestine House, Independent Jewish Voices, and other core affiliations, as well as numerous faiths, but new faces. Many of them, and many from all walks of life and ages, so-said a Cuban solidarity activist who has been standing for justice for over a decade, if not more.

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No jobs on a dead planet, no green jobs under capitalism
By
Joseph Leivdal
| February 14, 2014

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The Bourgeois Revolution of 1789 in France saw the rise of the developing capitalist class. Their rise was propelled by popular support which was in itself motivated by the will to establish an equal society which was to be based on the principle of the perpetual progress of human civilization -- infinite economic growth to the benefit of all.         

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'Languages of the Unheard' asks if militant action is important to democracy

Languages of the Unheard: Why Militant Protest is Good for Democracy

by Stephen D'Arcy
(Between the Lines,
2013;
$24.95)

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In this time of political action and global protest, what are the politics and ethics of militant resistance?

In Languages of the Unheard: Why Militant Protest is Good for Democracy, Stephen D'Arcy uses the vivid examples of the Quebec Student Strike to the Mohawk land defence at Kanesatake to the Black Blocs at summit protests and attempts to build off the words of Dr. Martin Luther King that "riot is the language of the unheard."

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Aboriginal resistance and Warrior culture without violence
By
Aaron Paquette
| November 19, 2013

The application of resistance & violence in the ongoing Cold War between the Canadian Government and The Indigenous Population...

The Canadian government has been in constant conflict with the Indigenous Peoples of Canada for centuries. They continue this conflict today.

You can see it clearly if you just take a moment to look.

What do you see?

Reservations starved of financial resources in order to impoverish and pacify the population. No money means substandard education, lack of proper health care, and a desperation that leads to capitulation when it comes to agreeing to resource extraction on Reserve and unceded land.

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Direct action on Line 9: Moving beyond Keystone and Northern Gateway

On the morning of June 20, 2013, a group of people walked onto the Canadian energy corporation Enbridge's North Westover pumping station and occupied the facility. They called this blockade "Swamp Line 9". The facility is part of what is called Line 9, a pipeline that moves oil west towards Sarnia and the refining facilities there. However, the industry has been engaged in an effort to slowly gain regulatory approval to reverse the pipeline, allowing it to carry tar sands oil east for refining or to the Atlantic coast for export.

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Smash the State Report: July 5, 2013

July 11, 2013
| We highlight the inspiring resistance by womyn to the tar sands, KXL, and Line9, then update on the anti-fracking actions in NB, talk about sci-fi Debt and more!
Length: 49:58 minutes (45.76 MB)
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Smash the State Report: June 28, 2013

July 3, 2013
| Updates on SwampLine9 pipeline blockade +related country wide solidarity. Anti-fracking actions in Elsipogtog + near the Maine border. Border security news + Haudenosaunee Sovereignty and more!
Length: 58:36 minutes (53.66 MB)
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Smash the State Report: June 14, 2013 and an Interview w Poet Janice Lee

June 21, 2013
| Solidarity to those resisting G8 + the security state in Ireland, as the PRISM state in NA is revealed. Fracking + pipelines resistance updates and an interview w/ KW based poet Janice Lee.
Length: 46:53 minutes (42.94 MB)
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