Articles

When your intention is to challenge the status quo and provoke debate and discussion, you’re likely to ruffle some feathers now and then—and not always those of the people you set out to unsettle.

With the collapse of the Ontario Days of Action and the movement associated with it the CAW’s shift from unwavering support for the NDP to strategic voting came to be seen in a different light.

Intellectual property rights and free trade agreements have undercut the ability of countries to provide generic antiretroviral drugs to save people with HIV/AIDS.

Clare Powell’s interview with Utah Phillips at the Regina Folk Festival.

Book review of Robert Fisk’s The Great War for Civilization:the conquest of the Middle East

Canada’s most ideologically right-wing provincial governments have joined forces in an agreement that erodes their own powers – and now they are trying to sell other provinces on the deal. Ellen Gould argues that the rest of Canada would be well-advised to reject the deal as an attack on their very right to govern.

Book review of Sheila Wilmot’s Taking Responsibility, Taking Direction: white anti-racism in Canada

A letter carrier in Vancouver who refused to deliver a homophobic pamphlet for Canada Post in late October may be facing termination.

Earlier this year, Prime Minister Stephen Harper was faced with the decision of whether to extend the exemption from Canada’s drug laws (the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act) for Vancouver’s Safe Injection Site (InSite). Should he follow the dictates of his ideology and force Vancouver back to a policy of strict enforcement, or continue to fund a successful and innovative program that was having a positive impact?

A one-act play about sweatshops, unions and Nike.