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Showing posts with label Indigenous peoples. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Indigenous peoples. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

In this US presidential election, votes for ‘lesser-evil’ candidates can be a defense of democracy

I joined the US-based Ukraine Socialist Solidarity Campaign in 2023 because there was no equivalent campaign in Canada, although I have not...

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Fighting Climate Change – Beyond Canada’s Carbon Tax

Free Transit Ottawa (FTO) organized a public meeting on March 18 on the theme “Fighting Climate Change: Beyond the Carbon Tax.” The event ...

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Forty years ago: How Canada’s Indigenous Peoples rallied for constitutional recognition

It is now 40 years since the Trudeau Sr. government “patriated” Canada’s constitution, ending Britain’s vestigial control over changes in th...

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Citing Wet’suwet’en law, Hereditary Chiefs evict Coastal GasLink from their territory

Supporters of the Wet’suwet’en hold a Mohawk Woman Warrior flag after re-establishing a camp blocking access to the Coastal GasLink pipeli...

Saturday, October 16, 2021

Food Sovereignty, a Manifesto for the Future of Our Planet: Via Campesina

The following official statement was issued October 13 by the International Peasants’ Movement, La Via Campesina , to “mark 25 years of o...

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