Civil Liberties Watch

Columnists

May 1, 2019

Trudeau feeds anti-refugee scapegoating for election

Rather than making the kinds of improvements that would ease the lives of those who arrive in Canada, the Trudeau regime has decided to tack right and attack refugees going into election 2019.

Blog

Apr 24, 2019

Building tenant power to fight displacement in Ottawa

Herongate ACORN Tenant Leaders

When a corporate landlord served tenants of the Herongate community in Ottawa with eviction notices, the community began organizing to fight displacement and corporate gentrification.

Columnists

Apr 11, 2019

Trump escalates attack against asylum-seekers from Central America

Amy Goodman

Denis Moynihan

U.S. President Donald Trump is intensifying his vicious crusade against people migrating from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, declaring last weekend, "Our country's full."

Activist Toolkit

Do the poor pay more for housing?

Reports

A detailed paper from the United States breaks down actual housing costs

Blog

Mar 19, 2019

How the violence of white supremacy becomes white noise

Azeezah Kanji

In the Christchurch massacre and its aftermath, two forms of racism have been put on display: a far-right Islamophobia that kills Muslims and a mainstream Islamophobia that normalizes the deaths.

Columnists

Mar 19, 2019

Christchurch happens every day in the war of terror

Matthew Behrens

What happened at Christchurch -- mass murder produced as the logical result of a long-running political epoch defined by the dehumanization and demonization of Muslims -- happens every day.

Columnists

Feb 21, 2019

Angela Davis returns to Birmingham in her struggle for human rights

Amy Goodman

Denis Moynihan

The longtime activist used a recent controversy over a Birmingham Civil Rights Institute award to advocate for a better future.

Columnists

Feb 12, 2019

Digital rights in 2018: Year in review and what comes next

Marianela Ramos Capelo

Digital Freedom Update

From Facebook to Big Telecom to NAFTA, OpenMedia takes stock of what the previous year brought us in digital rights -- both accomplishments and challenges -- and what might come in 2019.

Photos

Feb 1, 2019

Kingston arrest shows terrorism charges are exclusively for Muslims

rabble staff

There is a double standard in the application of terrorism legislation in cases of Muslims versus non-Muslims in Canada.

Columnists

Feb 1, 2019

Kingston arrest shows terrorism charges are exclusively for Muslims

Monia Mazigh

There is a double standard in the application of terrorism legislation in cases of Muslims versus non-Muslims in Canada.

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