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

Letter from the editor

by Dave Oswald Mitchell Jan 6, 2010 3 min read
What the right does right

by Armine Yalnizyan Jan 5, 2010 4 min read
Selling the Olympics in the schools

by Jenn Hardy Jan 5, 2010 4 min read
When we were feminists

by Penelope Hutchison Jan 5, 2010 11 min read
Mass protests and the future of convergence activism

by Jane Kirby Jan 5, 2010 13 min read
From invisibility to stability

by Mandy Van Deven Jan 5, 2010 6 min read
Collective power

by Elaine Brière Jan 5, 2010 2 min read
Water fight in the Thompson Okanagan

by Hannah Askew Jan 5, 2010 9 min read
Boosters’ millions

by Dawn Paley and Isaac K. Oommen Jan 5, 2010 5 min read
Food politics and the tyranny of rights

by Devlin Kuyek Jan 5, 2010 8 min read
Canada’s rebellious era

by Lorne Brown Jan 1, 2010 7 min read