Meeting austerity with creativity

Government cutbacks and the politics of community service provision

In the face of drastic social service cutbacks, community organizers are stepping up to serve those that government will not. What does this mean for longer term organizing for social change?

‘One of the girls’

The sexual politics of roller derby

As the sport gains popularity, the question of how to include trans women has sparked debate.

The end of the strike?

What is the future of labour’s time-honoured tactic?

Collective bargaining rights have been steadily undermined by coercive labour legislation. What is the future of labour’s most time-honoured tactic?

Decolonizing together

Moving beyond a politics of solidarity toward a practice of decolonization

Any serious attempt by non-natives at allying with Indigenous struggles must entail solidarity in the fight against colonization.

Canadian mining on trial

Murder, impunity and Pacific Rim in El Salvador

Salvadoran resistance is being tested once again in the legal battle against Canadian mining company Pacific Rim.