September/October 2014 cover

This issue has feature articles on city politics and urban organizing, the rise of philanthrocapitalism, Inuit resistance to oil and gas exploration, Indigenous opposition to Canadian mining in Guatemala, solidarity networks in Honduras five years after the coup, the debate on sex work legislation, and the fight to sustain independent media today.

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    Our Infrastructure of Dissent

    Organizing ultimately comes down to building relationships.

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    A Call to the South from Baffin Island

    The Inuit community of Clyde River on Baffin Island is fighting to stop offshore seismic testing.

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    The Class Politics of Pipeline Resistance

    As anti-pipeline campaigns rise to the forefront of activist activity, do environmentalists need to re-evaluate their engagement with affected communities such as Toronto’s Jane-Finch neighbourhood?

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    The Rise of Philanthrocapitalism

    Why have our cities become increasingly stratified places, where farmers’ markets flourish amid escalating inequality and skyrocketing housing costs?

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    Indigenous Farmers Confront Canada’s Goldcorp

    The Maya-Mam people of northwestern Guatemala are struggling to protect the land and water.

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    An Education in Gentrification

    Cuts to public services, rising housing costs, the corporatization of education, and police repression do not affect all people equally. Racialized communities like Toronto’s Regent Park bear the brunt of the neoliberal transformation of our cities.

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    Five Years After the Coup

    Five years after the 2009 coup d’état, journalists, writers, and political dissidents organize in the face of continued threats and attacks.

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    Talking about Sex Work

    With the Conservative government set to pass new legislation affecting sex workers, a former sex worker says labour organizing, not criminalization, is what the industry needs.

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    Journalism with Legs

    Eking out a place for independent journalism in tough times.