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Rick Salutin
July 31
"Free the Children" was earnest and urgent. "WE" is vague, self-absorbed verging on self-indulgent, and unthreatening to anything or anyone. |
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Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
July 30
Civil rights icon John Lewis’ commitment to the principles of justice, equality, and the power of nonviolent protest should serve as a north star as we navigate these difficult days. |
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Linda McQuaig
July 30
Alberta's management of its economy is nothing short of a disaster -- something to keep in mind as Kenney and his followers push for maintaining the pro-corporate model in the post-pandemic order. |
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Rick Salutin
July 27
The deep logic of Trump's turn to deputized goonery, is that military force is the only thing, in recent decades, that the U.S. state has been granted full legitimacy for. |
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Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
July 23
The response in Oregon to U.S. President Donald Trump's outrageous and likely unconstitutional deployment of federal agents has been resoundingly critical. |
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Monia Mazigh
July 22
Last May, human rights experts at the United Nations called on Canada to repatriate little Amira, and have described the repatriation of children as "a humanitarian and human rights imperative." |
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Lois Ross
July 21
The pandemic has exposed and intensified severe hardships, but it is also showing us a path towards healthier ways to produce food. |
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Matthew Behrens
July 20
Instead of an external review, a full public inquiry into the crimes of CSIS designed by those who have suffered from the agency's practices is a more fitting approach. |
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Rick Salutin
July 17
Trudeau had a clear conflict of interest in the WE scandal, but it amounts more to an embarrassment than an outrage. |
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Jim Stanford
July 10
After four months of terrible economic data, last week's employment report from Statistics Canada contained some welcome news. But it confirms we are still locked in a historic crisis. |
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Erin Knight, Digital Freedom Update
July 6
FRT systems are notoriously bad at identifying people of colour, leading to innocent people being wrongly identified as criminals. |
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Rick Salutin
July 3
Justice Joseph Di Luca found off-duty Toronto police officer Michael Theriault guilty of assault but not aggravated assault. Christian, his brother, was found not guilty of aggravated assault. |
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Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
July 2
President Trump's planned rally at Mount Rushmore occurs as the U.S. suffers an explosion of COVID-19 cases and a national debate on how to deal with symbols enshrining systemic racism. |
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Linda McQuaig
July 2
After talks with Larry Fink, Trudeau is gearing up to spend billions on new infrastructure in a way that will drive up costs and allow national assets to be owned by foreign elites. |
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Monia Mazigh
July 2
Recent examples of police brutality against racialized peoples highlight the importance of sustaining calls to defund the police. |
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June Chua
June 29
"Finding Sally," a documentary film directed by Tamara Mariam Dawit, takes viewers on a journey through Ethiopia's violent history. |
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Rick Salutin
June 26
On "pro-Palestinian" motions, Canada voted no 166 times. Norway and Ireland, the two other competitors for the Security Council seat, never did. |
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Lois Ross
June 25
During the pandemic, the over-arching threat of being deported has been enough to keep many workers silent and risking their health and that of their co-workers. |
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Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
June 25
Across the sports world, athletes are speaking out, risking their careers in the fight against racism. |
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Celia Chandler, Pro Bono
June 25
COVID-19 has increased the demand for medical assistance in dying, but the pandemic has also made it more difficult to access. |
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Matthew Behrens
June 24
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. |
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Duncan Cameron
June 23
Trudeau's Liberals are largely surviving on the back of the Conservative party's failure to establish itself as a government-in-waiting. |
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Bill Blaikie
June 19
Perhaps not all police will be interested in transformative change, but, if the case for change is properly worded and properly argued, there are some police who could be important allies. |
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Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
June 18
No matter how much Trump tries to vilify activists as thugs and terrorists, it is they, people in the streets, who represent the proudest traditions of protest and dissent. |
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Duncan Cameron
June 16
With the COVID-19 shutdown ending, Canada needs an ecologically friendly economic recovery that improves the quality of life of the majority of its citizens. |
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Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
June 11
Protest against police terror across the United States over the last two weeks is beginning to produce change. |
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Duncan Cameron
June 9
A long history of slavery, indentured labour and discrimination has shaped anti-Black racism across the continent. |
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Linda McQuaig
June 5
For years, we've submitted to the economic orthodoxy dictated by Bay Street: that governments must deliver balanced budgets and low spending. Then along came the pandemic. |
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Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
June 4
Floyd's murder, in the crucible of the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and police brutality, has sparked a diverse rebellion against the scourge of systemic racism. |
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Duncan Cameron
June 3
Long-term care companies and fossil-fuel producers impose large social and environmental costs on ordinary Canadians. Governments must protect the public from these costs in the post-pandemic economy. |
