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Aug 23, 2017  When times get dark, we must shine brighterDavid Suzuki Rather than learning from Sun News's failure that racism and extremism are unpopular and anti-Canadian, Rebel founder Ezra Levant ramped up the bigoted and anti-environmental messaging. |
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Aug 21, 2017  Police and journalists hand victory to far-right, racist activists in Quebec CityNora Loreto Today, the mainstream media consensus is that anti-immigrant, white supremacist group La Meute was the true winner in Quebec City yesterday because a handful of people smashed glass and threw chairs. |
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Aug 18, 2017  Statistics and the damage done: On equity in educationBenjamin Doxtdator Tom Bennett, who is the keynote at this week's Leadership Conference for educators, has connections to very troubling claims about links between student performance, race, and the heritability of IQ. |
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Aug 18, 2017  Trump defends white supremacists, confederate symbols, as resistance increasesThe growing movement for racial justice is making demands and taking action. With each passing day, white supremacists will find themselves with fewer and fewer Confederate statues to cling to. |
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Aug 16, 2017  Re-engaging unions in the fight against fascismNora Loreto The roots of the labour movement are anti-fascist. How do we get the labour movement to take up the fight today? |
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Aug 16, 2017  The Rebel tries to distance itself from the extremistsJohn Miller After Charlottesville, Ezra Levant sounds like a man who long ago jumped into shark-infested waters, and is only now starting to complain about the swimming conditions. |
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Aug 15, 2017  Responding to Charlottesville: Some ways to helpMaya Bhullar Many of us are devastated by the news from Charlottesville. The Activist Toolkit has been pulling together tools to help send support. |
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Aug 14, 2017  Trump fails to condemn white nationalist violence in VirginiaBrent Patterson A white nationalist rally -- that included neo-Nazis, skinheads, members of the Ku Klux Klan -- took place in the college town of Charlottesville in Virginia this weekend. |
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Aug 11, 2017  As tourists flood Europe, the masses are rising against the massesIs it possible that tourism has reached the end of its life cycle, like, possibly, zoos? Residents in big tourist cities react a lot like animals in cages: pacing, then snarling. |
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Aug 10, 2017  Inquiry into murdered and missing Indigenous women has been a slow motion implosionPam Palmater Since its launch, the inquiry has been criticized for its numerous and lengthy delays, its failures to communicate with the families and its continued failure to provide information. |
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Aug 4, 2017  I'm standing with Desmond Cole against anti-Black racism -- and you should tooRosemary Frei Together with Black Lives Matter Toronto and others in the Black community, Desmond Cole is now one of the strongest voices on the issue of anti-Black racism in Canada. They deserve support. |
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Aug 4, 2017  The unbearable whiteness of CBC's reporting on Blue Jays beer tosser Ken PaganErin Kobayashi This story shows a news outlet choosing to dedicate space to humanize an aggressive white fan rather than to write more constantly and critically about the dehumanization of people of colour. |
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Aug 2, 2017  It's time to talk about the Israel slander networkYves Engler Its time to look at the vast organizational and financial ecosystem smearing critics of Israeli policy |
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Jul 30, 2017  'Langston Hughes vs. Joe McCarthy' should be touring the countryDoreen Nicoll The Hamilton Fringe production's exploration of art and symbolism in the McCarthy era resonates with our present political moment. |
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Jul 28, 2017  'We Are Not The Others' is a powerful portrayal of immigrant women's experiencesDoreen Nicoll The play is based on a research project conducted by Mirna Carranza, who interviewed female immigrants living in Hamilton. Playwright Izad Etemadi crafted the findings into a powerful one hour play. |
 A comprehensive syllabus helps to educate and fight against anti-Muslim racismGuides A great tools for educators and speakers |
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Jul 19, 2017 WATCH: How Trump's travel ban is affecting Muslims living in CanadaThe recent travel ban by the U.S. president has far-reaching effects on the Muslim community living outside the six banned nations. This video sheds light on how Muslims are affected. |
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Jul 17, 2017  Omar Khadr forced to surf wave of Canadian racismCanadian torture survivor Omar Khadr has been forced to surf the wild wave of Canadian racism and white fragility that marks so much of the gloating Canada 150 party. |
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Jul 15, 2017  Niki Ashton speaking truth to power on PalestineYves Engler Israel lobby groups' response (or lack thereof) to NDP leadership candidate Niki Ashton’s recent support of Palestinian rights suggests they believe previous criticisms backfired. |
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Jul 13, 2017  Fraser Institute makes wilfully alarmist claims, scaremongering on Indigenous rightsSeth Klein Fraser Institute chose National Aboriginal Day (June 21) to release a report by Tom Flanagan claiming that a sharp increase in people with Registered Indian status will drive up government costs. |
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Jul 7, 2017  Stitch-by-Stitch: An Unsettling Canada 150 TRC sewing circle and picnicHelene Vosters Elizabeth Littlejohn Stitch-by-Stitch's Unsettling Canada Day Sewing Circle was held in solidarity with Unsettling Canada 150 National Day of Action by Idle No More and Defenders of the Land. |
 On July 1, 91.1 FM and NuxalkRadio.com will be educating people on UnSettling 150On This Day Tune in and listen |
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Jun 29, 2017  William Grant Stairs of Halifax helped conquer the CongoYves Engler Canada's 150th anniversary offers a unique opportunity to shed light on some darker corners of Canadian history. One of the dustier chapters is our contribution to one of the most barbarous regimes |
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Jun 29, 2017  Carding statistics can't be explained away -- they're evidence of systemic racismDavid J. Climenhaga Carding ignores the principles of natural justice. It flies in the face of due process. It's almost certain to be ruled by the courts to be unconstitutional, and therefore illegal. |
