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Book Review

Oct 31, 2013

'Dreaming of What Might Be' examines the contentious history of early labour organizations in Canada

The Graphic History Collective

The Graphic History Collective released a new graphic novel about the labour organization the Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labour and their contentious roots in Canada.

Activist Toolkit

Where did our rights come from? A quick guide through Canadian labour history

rabblepedia

A history of Canadian labour activists.

News

Sep 9, 2013

The Right to Live in Peace: Forty years on, the coup in Chile still has lessons for us today

David Heap

With the Conservatives' increasing political interference in our asylum adjudication system, it is far from clear whether those 1970s Chilean refugees would even be allowed into Canada today.

News

Sep 3, 2013

The best defence is a good offence: Lessons from Canadian labour history

Mark Leier

Changes in the law, including holidays, come as a response to labour's militancy, not as a reward for workers staying quiet.

News

Aug 23, 2013

'I am beginning not to recognize this country': Bonnie Klein on receiving the Order of Canada

Bonnie Sherr Klein

I am proud and invigorated by young and old people who are raising urgent concerns about our country's basic values.

Columnists

Jul 29, 2013

Confronting the ugly truths of Canadian history

Ralph Surette

The issue is the treatment of aboriginal populations, and of the mind-numbing kind that would produce the series of historic evils of which this is only the latest.

Blog

Jul 29, 2013

Human Rights Museum or Harper propaganda? Genocide in Canada denied

Pamela Palmater

If the new Canadian Museum for Human Rights will not use the term genocide to describe what Canada has done to Indigenous peoples in Canada, then its own credibility will be called into question.

Book Review

Jul 25, 2013

From public hysteria and hypocrisy to the Pickton murders: The story of closing Vancouver's Penthouse nightclub

Daniel Francis

Aaron Chapman explores the history of Vancouver's Penthouse nightclub from glitzy celebrity appearances to legal actions that spawned the worst episode of violence against women in Canadian history.

News

Jul 24, 2013

Honour the apology, Canada. It's the very least you can do

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

People of all faiths are invited to honour our children and their families by participating in local events associated with the National Day of Prayer #HonourTheApology on July 25.

News

Jul 23, 2013

The Bell of Batoche is repatriated to the Métis people of western Canada

Roger Annis

On Saturday the Bell of Batoche was unveiled and formally restored to the Métis people of western Canada at the 128th gathering of the 'Back to Batoche' festival in Batoche, Saskatchewan.

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