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- The shittiest warrior –Comedian Ryan McMahon delivers his reflections on racism and colonialism, all perfectly punctuated with hilarious bouts of fury.
- Order #1662 –Order #1662
- Let’s do this. –Briarpatch Magazine is celebrating 40 years of radical publishing with a 40-day campaign to step things up. From May 15 to June 23 we’re giving away daily prizes culminating in a grand prize draw. We’re looking for 40 new Sustainers who will donate $10 or more a month to keep…
- Order #1658 –Order #1658
- Letter from the editor –_Briarpatch_ has always been a labour of love, the key to its unlikely success, as past editor Dave Mitchell notes. “It consistently leads with the heart, and so it’s able to produce quality journalism with a tragic fraction of the masthead depth of most publications.”
- Politics based on justice, diplomacy based on love –Treaties are not about the cession of land but rather a commitment to stand with one another.
- Organizing for Gaza’s land and sea –Gaza’s farmers and fishers are on the front lines of a military occupation intended to force them from their land and seaways. The Union of Agricultural Work Committees is organizing Palestinian farmers and fishers to support their efforts to remain on the land and sustain an independent agricultural economy. With…
- Innu not idle as Plan Nord advances –As Pauline Marois’ Parti Québécois tries to repackage the Charest government’s neoliberal policies, resistance to the massive Plan Nord project is escalating among the northern Innu people and their allies. Even as band councils enter negotiations with the Canadian government, grassroots activists inspired by Idle No More are fighting for…
- Dear Briarpatch –The following poem was pieced together from snippets of letters to the editor of _Briarpatch’s_ 40-year history. Each line is a direct, unedited quote from a _Briarpatch_ reader, with the voices of dozens of readers represented in the whole poem.
- Reflections on 40 years of scraping by and thriving –“_Briarpatch_ has always been a labour of love, and I believe that’s the key reason for the magazine’s unlikely success.”
- Briar Index –Number of Facebook fans in Pakistan: 85
- Briarpatch in photos –From curling bonspiels to baseball tournaments and fundraising dinners, we present a series of photos from the _Briarpatch_ archives.
- Blaming Mr. Brierley –The first issue was photocopied in March or April 1971 at the Saskatoon Family Service Bureau (where I was working at the time) on one of the early machines that used rolls of that grey, waxy paper.
- An accidental scarring –_Whitetail Shooting Gallery_ follows cousins and neighbours Jennifer and Jason as they grow up in the stark landscape of the Bear Hills near Saskatoon.
- Good ideas are not enough –Crass sees “collective liberation” – a term borrowed from an essay by bell hooks – as a “vision of what we want and a strategic framework to help us get there.”
- Calling all our superheroes –I am often conflicted as an educator. As a Native woman, I consider the current system of education in Canada to be inherently colonial, and I hate my role in perpetuating it.
- Catron, Joe –Joe Catron is a U.S. activist and writer based in Gaza, Palestine, with a background in American antiwar, environment, labour, and tenant campaigns. He works with Palestinian groups and international solidarity networks, particularly in support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) and prisoners’ movements. He blogs at joecatron.wordpress.com and…
- Order #1649 –Order #1649
- Paavo, Adriane –Adriane Paavo was Briarpatch’s editor from 1987 to 1989. After a stint in Mozambique with Cuso International, she has worked for a number of Canadian trade unions and is currently the head of the United Steelworkers’ national education and equality department.
- Order #1648 –Order #1648
