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Significant events or milestones in the social justice movement that occurred on today's date in previous years.
  • Finnish May Day parade 1928
    May Day
  • April 22 is Earth Day
    Earth Day
  • A name tag that has been altered to say "Hello my name is NOT hey baby"
    International Week against Street Harassment
  • The UN recognized international year of the woman in 1975
    International Women's Day
  • bottled water free day poster
    Bottled water free day
  • Mark your calendars!
    Elimination of racial discrimination
  • protesters demonstrate against police brutality
    International Day against Police Brutality
  • Harry Potter books, And Tango Makes Three and colouring books have been banned
    Freedom to read week
  • the logo for the day of pink
    Day of Pink
  • A controversial poster from anti-israeli apartheid week
    Anti-Israeli Apartheid Week
  • a poster for the memorial march
    Memorial march for missing and murdered aboriginal women
  • Native American activist Leonard Peltier
    International Day of Solidarity with Leonard Peltier
  • a flier for an egyptian protest
    Egyptian Revolution
  • A poster that says join the movement drop fees
    Drop the fees
  • A Canadian flag with the pride rainbow integrated into it
    Same-sex marriage
  • A crowd of protesters hold up pictures of Troy Davis's face to their own
    Troy Davis
  • Protesters dressed in orange jump suites hold a banner that says "close Guantanamo"
    Day of Action Against Guantanamo Bay
  • A candle lit in memory of trans folks who have been murdered
    Trans day of remembrance
  • Red umbrellas are commonly used to show solidarity among sex workers
    International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
  • December 18 is also know as a day of global action against racism
    International Migrants Day
  • 14 women were murdered during the Montreal massacre
    Montreal masacre
  • The first large scale gay rights protest in Canada
    We demand
  • Every human has rights
    International Human Rights Day
  • protesters against Harper's token apology
    Apology for residential school system
  • world AIDS day
    World AIDS day
  • protesters with the abortion caravan
    Abortion Caravan
  • Yvonne Peters protests on Parliament Hill
    Including disability in the Charter
  • Medicare
  • Canada Pension Plan
  • Washington IMF/World Bank Protests
  • Days of Action
  • map of sites bombed by U.S. aircraft
    U.S. Secret Bombing of Cambodia
  • then U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell pretending to hold a vial of Anthrax
    Invasion of Iraq
  • Bill C-36
  • Suffrage in Canada
  • Oka Crisis
  • protesters gathered one evening after the Toronto bathhouse raids
    Toronto Bathhouse Raids
  • Prisoners Justice Day
  • Queens Park Riot
  • Winnipeg General Strike
  • CCF election landslide
  • Stonewall
  • Montreal Students rally in support of the FLQ
    FLQ Kidnappings
  • Ipperwash Inquiry ruling
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  • All Together Now
    February 6, 2012

    Outraged at Caterpillar's closing of Electro-Motive's London, Ontario plant?  Disgusted by the lack of action on this by the Harper government, and the government in Ontario? Tell them what you think. Send Harper and McGuinty a letter today using this form.

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  • Occupy Ottawa
    March 8, 2012

    February at Occupy Ottawa saw artistic events celebrating local Ottawa artists, rallies against the Bill C-10 Crime Bill, support for the Families of Sisters in Spirit 2nd annual day of Justice and Occupy Winterlude.  Discussion at Occupy Ottawa revolved around the banking system, the South March highlands, the Northern Gateway pipeline, Bill C-10 , Monsanto, the Federal Court of Appeal challenge on the constitutionality of Security Certificates, concern over the talk of military action on Iran, the planned clearcutting of 200-300 year old trees in Gatineau park for the highway 5 expansion, the strike by support workers at the Ottawa Salvation Army, continued discussion on Vic Toews and Bill C-30 and the Harper Government’s Robo-call scandal.

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  • Elections - PEI
    September 22, 2011

    Elections PEI

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