
Understanding fascism: a reading list
A reading list on understanding fascism as a key feature of capitalist liberal nation-states
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Becoming boundless: The Hampton Hub and the legacy of Black Prairie resistance
Drawing on Black anti-fascist traditions and cultivating coalitional networks of care, the Hampton Hub modelled an ethics of abundance on the Prairies
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Nationalism will not save us
In response to tariff threats by the U.S., the resurgence of Canadian nationalism gives cover for punitive im/migration and drug policies
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Co-Resisting Anti-Palestinian Racism in Toronto Schools
Jewish and Palestinian families are combatting polarizing policies together
Latest Stories
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Call for pitches: 2025 Labour Issue
Every year, for our November/December issue, Briarpatch publishes an issue devoted to reporting stories about the labour movement. This year, we’re looking for articles, investigative reporting, historical analysis, photo essays, timelines, personal essays, reviews, profiles, recommendations, lists, humour, comics, and art for the issue.
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Going to the root: harm reduction to combat racism and imperialism
Addressing toxic drug supply through harm reduction principles is necessary to challenge racism, exploitation, and imperial power
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Cops don’t protect women. Food, housing, and money do.
Rates of intimate partner violence are exacerbated by a lack of material needs
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Canada’s little-known anti-socialist internment camps
While Canada committed itself to anti-fascism on the world stage in the 1940s, its government was showing its contradictions internally
Current Issue

May/June 2025
The Hampton Hub and the legacy of Black Prairie radicalism. Plus: A reading list on understanding fascism, how to build a mobile free store, journalism's role in trans genocides past and present, nationalism will not save us, and more. Cover art by Anna Binta Diallo.