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Colten Boushie. Tina Fontaine. Countless others. “Something’s gotta change. Something more than fake promises and words.”

Colten Boushie’s killing and Gerald Stanley’s acquittal make it clear: justice has nothing to do with lip service, and everything to do with tangible action.

A disaffiliation that threatens union power in a vulnerable time.

The only way to survive is to make a living wage and I can’t do that unless I sell my hands, my back, and my brain as a skilled labourer.

Theory can help activists stay involved in social change work.

The attack on freedom of the radical left press that we should pay attention to.

The government ditched the STC without lining up alternatives, counting on private companies to step up. This isn’t how it went for other Crown sales.

Tenants in Toronto have long been exploited by landlords imposing skyrocketing rent increases. Organizers have just secured a victory – and there’s more to come.

The Saskatchewan government has circumvented the decision of the Northern teacher education program.

Lessons from Vancouver’s Women’s March on Washington.

In the future, we may be able to point to the Women’s March on Washington in Saskatoon as the critical moment when all our scattered struggles came together as we realized how capitalism, colonialism, patriarchy, imperialism, and heterosexism are interconnected.

As winter descends, #NoDAPL water and land protectors are preparing for a long haul resistance against the violence of the military, police, and capital.

NDP MP Niki Ashton has wrapped up her national tour on the problem of precarious work facing millennials in Canada. Should we hold out hope for an NDP-led solution to working class precarity among young people?

An interview with activist Alyssa Symons-Belanger after her release from arrest.

Understanding the pipeline spill that has sparked a water crisis in communities along the North Saskatchewan River.

A triumphant update – and a call to sustain!

How can the act of storytelling build social movements?

We’re almost there!

Briarpatch is in an urgent financial crunch.

Three weeks into setting up a solidarity camp at the INAC office, activists in Regina are standing strong for Indigenous youth.