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!
Articles in this issue
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Letter from the editor
Beyond inclusivity
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Meeting austerity with creativity
The politics of community service provision
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Canadian mining on trial
Murder, impunity and Pacific Rim in El Salvador
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Persecution by proxy
Canada’s Extradition Act and the case of Hassan Diab
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Pre-Occupied
The woman behind Whitehorse’s tent city
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Reimagining revolution
The Occupy movement, in photos
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‘One of the girls’
The sexual politics of roller derby
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Decolonizing together
Moving beyond a politics of solidarity toward a practice of decolonization
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Re-envisioning reconciliation
Book review
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Stepping up for future generations
An interview with northern Saskatchewan residents resisting a nuclear waste dump on their land
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The next generation of land defenders
5 young people step up against nuclear waste
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Videos won’t make things better; try policies
Conservatives’ It Gets Better video rings hollow and hypocritical in the absence of queer-positive policy
