Back Issues

  • January/February 2012

    In this issue of Briarpatch, we’re all over the place — from Canadian mining in El Salvador to the sexual politics of roller derby here at home. Jane Kirby investigates the role of community organizations when governments offload responsibility for social services, while Harsha Walia reflects on the role of non-native activists in decolonization. Plus: the Occupy movements in photos, the injustice of Canada’s Extradition Act and more!

  • November/December 2011

    Striking back

    The right to strike has been steadily undermined in recent years by coercive labour legislation. What is the future of the labour movement’s most time-honoured tactic? Is it time for the labour movement to start breaking the rules, as government and industry have been doing for decades?

  • September/October 2011

    Decolonizing food

    Our agricultural and food systems embody considerable potential for the powerful and the marginalized alike. Because it is essential to our very existence, those who control food control people. And when we reclaim control over these systems, we open up the possibility of asserting our power in other spheres as well.

  • July/August 2011

    In defence of a Muslim takeover

    From anti-migrant hysteria to Indigenous rights, police infiltration, neoliberal austerity, and the so-called liberation of Afghanistan, this issue of Briarpatch covers it all — investigative journalism, essays and articles to inspire and incite.

  • May/June 2011

    Engendering emancipation

    With patterns of domination so deeply entrenched in our social, sexual and political relationships, how do we confront oppression on both a personal and political level? How do we practice feminist solidarity across lines of gender, sexuality, race, ability, class, nationality and citizenship? This issue draws attention to the importance of intersectionality in our struggle to engender a broad-based emancipation for all marginalized peoples.

  • March/April 2011

    Unsettling Canada

    As government and industry continue to annex and desecrate Indigenous lands for resource extraction, housing developments, highways and tourist destinations, how can we organize a more effective anti-colonial resistance? What are the current sites of contestation in Canada, and what is the role of non-native allies in supporting these struggles? This issue explores the state of the ongoing colonial project in Canada, and how we situate ourselves in the struggle for decolonization.