In this clip, poet, professor and activist El Jones explains how all social movements – from the Idle No More movement, to Black Lives Matter, to solidarity with Palestine – are all linked; and how when these movements come together to support each other, real change is possible.
El Jones is a poet, author, journalist, professor and activist living in Halifax. She is the author of Abolitionist Intimacies (2022) and Live from the Afrikan Resistance! (2014).
This is a clip from rabble’s most recent live politics panel: Off the Hill: Catching up on US and Canadian politics. Guests this month included NDP Member of Parliament for Churchill—Keewatinook Aski Niki Ashton, policy analyst Chuka Ejeckam, poet and activist El Jones and rabble’s own parliamentary reporter Karl Nerenberg. Co-hosted by Robin Browne and Libby Davies.
Off the Hill is a fast-paced live panel on current issues of national significance, hosted by Robin Browne and Libby Davies. This series focuses on the impact politics and policy have on people and on ways to mobilize to bring about progressive change in national politics — on and off the hill. To support Off the Hill, visit rabble.ca/donate.
