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Fighting for fair coverage of Palestine
As the only Palestinian journalist in Global’s newsroom, I pushed for accurate coverage of Israel and Palestine. But after posting against the genocide of Palestinians, I was fired.
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Diaspora against the nation-state
Return to the homeland is the dream of many Black and Jewish diasporic peoples, but that dream has a dark side and we need to talk about it.
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Is Montreal’s policing alternative a true alternative?
A new team of social workers is responding to “non-urgent, non-criminal” calls in the city. But are they in service of community members or simply another arm of the Montreal police force?
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Honouring Palestinian martyrs
In the occupied West Bank, Israel’s military targets images of Palestinian martyrs and prisoners. But Palestinian memory will not be shattered.
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We’re hiring a Prairie Editorial Fellow!
Do you want to not only report on social movements in the Prairies, but help them grow? Briarpatch is seeking a Prairie Editorial Fellow!
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Youth Summer Job 2024: Publishing & Editorial Assistant
We’re hiring a young person (age 15 – 30) who’s interested in progressive politics and independent media from July through August! Apply by May 20, 2024.
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Madness belongs to the people
In a world where a massacre and a Super Bowl are broadcast side by side, madness isn’t the exception; to be Mad is to refuse a reality in which such grotesque brutality is normalized.
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A reading list for being good kin
We are kin – but what does it mean to be good kin?
Current Issue
March/April 2024
Journalist Zahraa Al-Akhrass' fight for fair coverage of Israel and Palestine in the newsroom at Global News. Plus: a dispatch from the West Bank, an essay on the dark side of the diasporic wish to return to the homeland, a look at Montreal's new policing alternative, and more.
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