Dear Friends and Allies:

We need your support! The University of Windsor administration has determined that it will close the Centre for Studies in Social Justice this July 1, 2013. This decision must be reversed as the Centre is a unique, vital and vibrant hub for social justice research, knowledge dissemination, exchange, and advocacy in Canada. You can learn more about the great work that has been done at the Centre by visiting their webpage:
http://www.uwindsor.ca/socialjustice

Starting with the 2008 financial meltdown,  then bank bailouts,  government deficits,  out-sourcing,  factory shutdowns,  high unemployment,  record  high household and student debt,  then the Euro-debt crisis, and now government austerity programs with cutbacks in Federal and Provincial budgets to public services  and social programs  including pensions, drug benefits and Medicare  - - - -                   it’s still the “Great Recession” and …

The Trouble With Billionaires – Democracy, Government and the 1%

Not long ago I was at a political event having a conversation with another young organizer, and as these conversations often do, they turned to some of our gripes with some of our older colleagues. Today, it was a particular frustration, the elusive "youth vote."

Politicians, political organizers and pundits have made a lot of hay over the past decade decrying, appealing to and discussing the crisis with what they tend to call "young voters." With an election in British Columbia right around the corner, it's beginning again.

Why were we sharing this moment of frustration? Because there is no such thing as a young voter.