Jun 24, 2020
Canada's slow-drip torture of refugee Mohamed Harkat
Later this week, human rights groups and individuals will mark the June 26 International Day in Support of Victims of Torture with an online writing and call-in event.
Matthew Behrens
Matthew Behrens is a freelance writer and social justice advocate who coordinates the Homes not Bombs non-violent direct action network. His column "Taking Liberties" examines connections between national security and civil liberties. Behrens has worked closely with the targets of Canadian and U.S. "national security" profiling for many years.
May 25, 2020
Canada continues to put refugee lives in danger
Canada's armed forces continue to participate in actions designed to make it harder for refugees to reach asylum. Could we imagine an unarmed sea force that instead works to help those in distress?
Apr 29, 2020
The terrorism of stalking and the futility of resilience
As beneficiaries of a system that constantly produces stories of violence against women, men need to do far more to confront increasingly weaponized misogyny.
Apr 21, 2020
Rejecting the death instinct in a pandemic age
Expressions of creativity and the thousands of mutual aid groups that have sprung up in communities during this crisis remind us of what it means to be human. All represent what we can and should be.
Feb 28, 2020
The virus 'threatening' Canada starts with a D, not a C
Modest-sized groups acting in solidarity have illustrated how fragile the Canadian state actually is, a lesson that, once learned, cannot be unlearned.
Jan 29, 2020
Why is Canada still deporting Roma people to persecution?
Ottawa Roma refugee Celina Urbanowicz received a deportation order last year after living in Canada for 23 years. She faces violence and persecution if she is forced to leave the country.
Dec 12, 2019
A forgotten Canadian returns home from the war on terror
Canadian Khalid Awan paid one of the heaviest imaginable prices for the system of racial profiling, mass arrests and indefinite detentions that targeted racialized communities after 9/11.
Nov 21, 2019
An act of institutional femicide: remembering the life of Michele M
The last three weeks of 58-year-old single mother and abuse survivor Michele M's life were spent on the run from a multi-generational history of male violence against women and children.
Oct 17, 2019
The biggest winner in Canada's election is the military
No matter who takes the reins of Parliament next week, perhaps the biggest winner in Canada's 2019 federal election will be a conglomerate of military industries and the war department.
Sep 25, 2019
Genocide, fairytales, and the expendables of election 2019
Most election climate solutions are largely about avoiding system change and instead "adapting" to climate catastrophe, a climate apartheid strategy that benefits those with the necessary resources.
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