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Black Lives Matter

Article | 7/17/2020

Black PSAC union leader & activists call for PSAC National to re-invite Nora Loreto to anti-racism workshop

By Jeremy Appel  Black labour leader and activist Nicholas Thompson hosted a Facebook livestream Thursday night responding to the Public Service Alliance of Canada’s (PSAC) decision to disinvite journalist and activist Nora Loreto from an upcoming anti-racism workshop.  PSAC is the country’s largest federal sector union, representing 200,000 members. Thompson invited fellow PSAC leader and Continue readingBlack PSAC union leader & activists call for PSAC National to re-invite Nora Loreto to anti-racism workshop

6/17/2020

The battle in Edmonton for a new kind of transit

By C. Rockarts In March, cities across Canada implemented fare-free public transit and back door boarding to encourage social distancing and curb the spread of COVID-19. On March 20, the City of Edmonton moved to temporarily suspend fare collection on all Edmonton Transit Service (ETS) buses, LRT and DATS services. Now, as many cities ‘relaunch’ Continue readingThe battle in Edmonton for a new kind of transit

3/26/2018

Black janitors in Halifax firings a “travesty of racial injustice”

By El Jones On Friday morning, the janitors who clean Founders Square held a press conference and rally outside the building. As explained in the press release sent to the media by Darius Mirshahi, an organizer with Justice 4 Janitors: Cleaners at Founders Square in downtown Halifax are alleging racial discrimination against in-coming contractor Deep Down Continue readingBlack janitors in Halifax firings a “travesty of racial injustice”

2/24/2018

Weekend Video: The Skin We’re In

The Skin We’re In marks a distinctly Canadian contribution to the “Black Lives Matter” movement which originated in the US, but which describes a set of systemic injustices and disadvantages faced by all black people living in white-dominated societies. Cole asserts that anti-black racism is so all-encompassing in Canada that black people and their allies, Continue readingWeekend Video: The Skin We’re In

12/19/2017

Book Review: Policing Black Lives

By Daniel Tseghay Released in September by Fernwood Publishing, Robyn Maynard’s Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present clearly details a long and, arguably, actively forgotten, history. It’s a history of the repression and exploitation of black people in this country – a country whose identity is largely formed by Continue readingBook Review: Policing Black Lives

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