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Why a progressive buyer should go for Torstar
The second-largest chain of newspapers in Canada is about to be bought by a couple Conservative-donor businessmen. It’s time for progressive groups and individuals to make a bid for Torstar.
by David Gray-Donald – 17 min read
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Prison unionism
by Bronwyn Dobchuk-Land and James Wilt – 17 min read
How a public-sector union became the leading advocate of jail-building in Manitoba – and laid the foundation for the province’s incarceration disaster.
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Decolonizing ecology
by Jade Delisle – 18 min read
From traditional fishing technologies to bringing back the bison, Indigenous ecological practices are our best bet to save the planet – and ourselves
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Breaking the cycle of harm
by Talia Gruber – 19 min read
To avoid police and prisons, more leftists are turning to accountability processes to repair harm. But fractious accountability processes are tearing communities apart. How might returning to transformative justice’s Black feminist roots help break the cycle?

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Police across Canada test out military equipment at private supplier ‘range day’

by Mitchell Thompson – 7 min read
Experts say rising police militarization is a consequence of mixing police and military vendors at equipment expos
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A world of many worlds

by Phil Henderson – 7 min read
Is the idea of Indigenous sovereignty really in conflict with the well-being of migrant communities? A review of “Home Rule: National Sovereignty and the Separation of Natives and Migrants.”
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Beaver Lake Cree stand strong as Canada and Alberta attempt to derail tarsands legal challenge

by Maia Wikler and Crystal Lameman – 9 min read
In appealing a court order to pay two-thirds of the cost of the legal challenge, Canada and Alberta went as far as to argue that, because they were recently able to repair the community water truck, Beaver Lake Cree are able to afford a multi-million dollar trial.
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It’s time to talk about police in our unions

by Ryan Hayes – 10 min read
Toward an abolitionist approach to decent work for all

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July/August 2020

How a public-sector union became the biggest cheerleader for jail-building in Manitoba; three case studies on Indigenous ecological practices; pension funds' investment in the housing crisis; abuse at humanitarian aid organizations; transformative justice; the false conflict between Indigenous sovereignty and migrant justice; and more.

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