Columnists December 6
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends the NATO summit in Brussels in 2018. Image: Adam Scotti/PMO
With increased role in NATO, Trudeau puts Canada at heart of nuclear crunch
Rick Salutin | The embarrassment isn't in what Justin Trudeau said about Donald Trump, it's what he said about NATO when he spoke the next morning to clean up the mess, with his grown-up face on.
Blog December 6
Image: Global Media Monitoring Project/WACC Global
Women journalists as human rights defenders
Sarah Macharia | For decades now, "very few" stories in Canadian news media have challenged gender stereotypes, according to a global monitoring project conducted every five years since 1995.
Blog December 6
Journalist Nora Loreto. Image: David J. Climenhaga
30 years after the Montreal Massacre, politicians and media are making things worse
David J. Climenhaga | Every Canadian should read Nora Loreto's essay in the National Observer -- and every Canadian man should read it in a spirit of reflection and honest self-examination.
News December 6
Image: L'École Polytechnique
Remembering the Montreal Massacre
Judy Rebick | Thirty years later, remembering the killings at L'École Polytechnique and what came next.
Book Review December 6
The 'Feminist City' should be built for and by women
Allison Smith | Leslie Kern's latest book, "Feminist City: A Field Guide," is an introductory text on the female urban experience.
Podcast December 6
Image: OSSTF. Used by permission.
Teachers' strike and poetry on the picket line
Marc Belanger, C. Marie Ainsborough, Derek Blackadder | RadioLabour's Canada Report: Ontario teachers strike for the students. And the poetry of a B.C. picket line.
News December 6
Image: Ivan Castaneira
Inside Ecuador's mass movement against neoliberalism
Diana Vela Almeida | This fall, Ecuador erupted into massive protests against neoliberal economic reforms. Protesters orchestrated a unified national shutdown and spurred an international movement against neoliberalism.
Podcast December 5
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'UnCanadian: Islamophobia in the True North'
Victoria Fenner | Graeme Truelove says discrimination against Muslims is typical of how we've treated other non-white immigrant groups. An interview with the author and a reading from his book.
Podcast December 5
Image: Farzad Park and Europe Media Nest. Used with permission.
'Son/Mother' film explores women's rights and family dynamics in Iran
Face2Face | Iranian activist Mahnaz Mohammadi discusses her feature film about how a marriage proposal leads to a single mother's choice between financial security and what's best for her family.
Columnists December 5
2009 Right Livelihood award ceremony. Image: Holger Motzkau 2010/Wikimedia Commons
Right Livelihood Award honours four activists working for justice
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | Each year for the past four decades, in the short, dark days of December, people have gathered in Sweden's capital to celebrate change-makers, whistleblowers and resistance leaders.
Blog December 4
Tunney's Pasture LRT station in Ottawa. Image: Sean_Marshall/Flickr
Business and political incompetence can be explained by 'The Peter Principle'
Ed Finn | Uncontrolled global capitalism can be considered the ultimate outcome of the Peter principle, which theorizes the development of business and political incompetence.
Blog December 4
Image: J.H./Flickr
Current wildlife conservation policies are no match for climate change
David Suzuki | The biggest threat to the Arctic is climate change, not geese. When nature is out of whack, human activity and our extractive economy are most often to blame.