Upping the Anti is a radical journal published twice a year by a group of activists from across Canada and the world. Tom Keefer, one of the founders of the journal, did an interview with rabble.ca’s Jenn Watt about where the publication came from and how it has continued to thrive in a time where print media is struggling to remain relevant.
Jenn Watt: When did Upping the Anti start conceptually?
The special diet supplement is a specific monetary portion of social assistance in Ontario, which was created by the provincial government to increase subsidies for those who had additional dietary needs that could not be covered by regular social assistance cheques.
Over the past year, anti-poverty organizations, including the
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Speaking to the overcrowded audience, M.
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“They are smart in a stupid way,” says Salvador about the Holiday Inn.
Salvador has been active in her union, UNITE HERE, sitting o
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Kennedy, who founded the environmental group Waterkeepers in the 1980s, was the keynote speaker at the International Association of Great Lakes Research conference in Peterborough, Ont. at Trent University May 22.
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