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Activist Communique: Toronto's Seedy Side | May 15 2013 | Krystalline Kraus | Seeds were joyfully planted and tended to at both the best of times and the worst of times.

Want to start the next Occupy revolution? There's an app for that | May 13 2013 | rabble staff | Veteran filmmaker and Occupy activist Velcrow Ripper has launched a new app designed to inspire a new breed of Occupy protests.

Building strategically: An introduction to Solidarity Halifax | May 3 2013 | David Bush, Kaley Kennedy | Introducing Solidarity Halifax, a project taking the crisis of austerity seriously by attempting to strengthen the collective power of the anti-capitalist left in Halifax.

10 key points for becoming a more compassionate activist | Apr 19 2013 | Judy Rebick, Velcrow Ripper | Compassionate action is positive, kind, fierce and transformative. It comes from the heart, not just the head.

Ça bouge! Quebec coalition makes progress on reforms | Apr 11 2013 | Ramsey Hart | For over five years now the Coalition has been pushing an agenda of mining reforms in Quebec.

The Centre for Story Based Strategy | Mar 19 2013 | The Centre for Story Based Strategy is a collective that is about using story telling for social justice

Unequal justice in Canada: Law and order for the poor, impunity for the rich | Mar 14 2013 | Yves Engler | White-collar crime is generally treated less severely than other forms of illegal activity, which is another way of saying there are different rules for 'important people' than the rest of us.

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Lobbying | Mar 11 2013 | Lobbying local government can be an effective way for activists change policy

Parks, Pickles and Pidginholes | Feb 23 2013 | Michael Stewart | The opening of a restaurant across from Pigeon Park in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside has marked a difference in the way anti-gentrification has been represented. Pidgin-holing has a whole new meaning.

Seneca Falls, Selma, Stonewall and Seattle | Jan 30 2013 | Thomas Ponniah | On January 21, President Obama delivered an inspiring inaugural speech: he insisted that what was distinctive about the United States was its commitment to equality, quoting the Constitution.

The high stakes of Indigenous resistance | Jan 26 2013 | Geneviève Beaudet, Pierre Beaudet | The blossoming of the Idle No More movement signals the return of Indigenous resistance to the political and social landscape of Canada and Quebec.

Time for a paradigm revolution: Seeking an alternative to neoliberalism | Jan 23 2013 | Thomas Ponniah | We need to focus research on our generation's most pressing question: what is a persuasive, sustainable, socially just, employment-producing, alternative to the neoliberal economic model?

Idle No More: Joining Canada's civil rights revolution | Jan 14 2013 | Gerry Caplan | In the Harper government, First Nations face a tough negotiating partner. A huge groundswell of non-native support for Idle No More will remind Stephen Harper that this movement is not going away.

Lessons of Occupy Sandy: 'We the people must help each other' | Nov 29 2012 | Nora Loreto | Occupy Sandy perhaps provides a way forward for the Occupy Movement in Canada.

Gutting a stranger's home: Disaster relief post Hurricane Sandy | Nov 21 2012 | Nora Loreto | As Western nations shrink the size of their governments through austerity measures, and as little continues to be done about climate chaos, citizen-led responses to disaster relief are critical.

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How the Left has won | KenS said... huh, sleep walking to the workers paradise. does the New Jerusalem have therapists for...

The Dalai Lama and Marxism | Unionist said... I can't find the link, but apparently Marx claimed to be a Buddhist... Anyone? in

What if the black bloc have the right idea? | Unionist said... I honestly think you're on the wrong track. Like, really wrong. 180 degrees in the wrong direction...

OCAD Textbook: $180 and empty boxes where art should be | 6079_Smith_W said... Ha! The artbook has no art. Photocopy it and fuck'em. How long are they going to push this shit...

Occupy turns one year old | Catchfire said... Activist Communique: This is not an Occupy eulogy This is not a one year Occupy anniversary piece...

Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco: Sacrifice Zones in the American Dream | 6079_Smith_W said... Ah... thanks. Missed it. in

Occupy: Is Economic Redistribution Sufficient for Social Justice? | Grandpa_Bill said... scottcyw wrote: Myopically, social justice is theorized to be achieved, or oppression is to me...

Just read a classic anti-authoritarian Left pamphlet on Krondstadt. | Ken Burch said... Here's a link to the text of the pamphlet: (note:the numbers in various passages are footnotes that...

The importance of dealing with Occupy's misogyny problem | Left Turn said... The importance of dealing with Occupy's misogyny problem Quote:I grew up playing video games and...

Occupy Toronto May Day 2012 | NDPP said... Seize power immediately! in

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