January/February 2010
Responsibility to protest
In the wake of the global convergence in Copenhagen and looking ahead to the anti-Olympic demonstrations in February 2010, Briarpatch sets out to assess the state of social movements today. Where are the emerging opportunities for collective action and popular empowerment? What have we learned in the ten years since Seattle? How do we translate the convergences in Copenhagen, Vancouver or elsewhere into ongoing political pressure and social transformation?
Inside This Issue
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Letter from the editor
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What the right does right
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Selling the Olympics in the schools
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When we were feminists
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Mass protests and the future of convergence activism
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From invisibility to stability
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Collective power
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Water fight in the Thompson Okanagan
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Boosters’ millions
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Food politics and the tyranny of rights
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Canada’s rebellious era