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Who is the NDP for?
Rule changes, hostile colleagues, and a lack of democracy – Anjali Appadurai, Kaitlyn Harvey, and Navjot Kaur share their experiences organizing and running with the NDP.
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50 years of editing Briarpatch
Four editors reflect on decades of editing Briarpatch: what they learned, the stories that challenged them, what’s changed, and what’s stayed the same.
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A reading list for building transformative movements in so-called Canada
Designing and building cohesive, disciplined, and transformative mass movements isn’t easy. This reading list is an offering to anyone committed to that effort.
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Sask Dispatch
When Board Meetings Are Not Enough: A Poem for Abolition
At a recent city council meeting where Saskatoon approved millions more in funding for the Saskatoon Police Service, Erica Violet Lee was the only one who spoke against the increase. Rather than trying to convince those whose minds had already been made, she read a poem she had written in honour of Neil Stonechild, Kimberly Squirrel, and all the others whose lives have been stolen by colonial and carceral violence in Saskatoon.
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Against a culture of paid activism
As the logic of capitalism infiltrates our social movements, we must choose between being paid for our activism and building a strong culture of social struggle.
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Cosmetic change is not prison reform
“Prison reform” is an empty promise from politicians and corrections departments who have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo.
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Celebrating two magazine awards
The Land Back issue’s National Magazine Award is a testament to the activists behind the Land Back movement, who have worked tirelessly to force the Canadian state and Canadian media to reckon with the literal and figurative foundations of this country.
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Sask Dispatch
Open letter to Mayor Masters and the Regina Community Wellness Committee
A meeting to discuss a conversion therapy ban in Regina devolved into anti-trans rhetoric on April 14, with delegates misgendering trans youth and associating gender-affirming treatments with self-harm. Cat Haines, a transgender woman, educator, and academic writes an open letter in response
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Sask Dispatch
Regina Municipal Election 2020: Ending homelessness
Without any city, provincial, or federal funding, Fougere’s plan to end homelessness has been an utter failure. What concrete steps can the city take to end homelessness?
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Sask Dispatch
Regina Municipal Election 2020: Environment & Sustainability
The city walked back its 2018 motion to use 100 per cent renewable energy by 2050; but environmental sustainability has never been a more pressing local issue. Here’s how local activists are envisioning a truly renewable Regina.
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Sask Dispatch
Regina Municipal Election 2020: Wascana Park
For the past few years, the construction of the new Conexus and Brandt/CNIB buildings have been fiercely opposed by Regina residents who want no business in the park. How much power does the city have over the future of Wascana Centre?
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Sask Dispatch
Why you should (and shouldn’t) be invested in Regina’s municipal election
From police brutality to accessibility to climate change – change starts at the local level. That’s why the Sask Dispatch put together a package of articles weighing in on the municipal election. So what’s at stake on November 9?
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Sask Dispatch
“My quality of life has been compromised”: U of S study finds STC closure has had a devastating impact on Saskatchewan people
A new study from the University of Saskatchewan has found that the 2017 closure of STC has had wide-ranging impacts on everything from social connections to the functioning of the healthcare system itself.
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Sask Dispatch
Roundtable on reopening Saskatchewan schools
The controversial reopening plan for Saskatchewan public schools has seen educators, students, and parents hit the streets in protests. Four of them shared their concerns about the Sask Party’s plans with Sask Dispatch.
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Sask Dispatch
“A symbolic step”: group calls on city of Regina to rename Dewdney Avenue
As Indian Commissioner and lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan, Edgar Dewdney left a legacy of colonial violence and trauma on the Prairies. Now some have joined together in a campaign to remove his name from one of Regina’s busiest streets.
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Sask Dispatch
Business in Wascana violates Master Plan and threatens the park’s future
A Master Plan was put in place to ensure the integrity of Regina’s iconic park, but over the past few years, the plan has been undermined and business has begun to encroach on public space.
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Sask Dispatch
Emergency rally for Black lives draws hundreds
As uprisings in support of Black Lives Matter continue across North America and the world, hundreds gathered in front of the Saskatchewan Legislature to show solidarity and call for justice.
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“It’s a crisis of legitimacy for the capitalist system itself”
Briarpatch hosted a discussion between David McNally, Isaac Murdoch, Nandita Sharma, John Clarke, and David Camfield on the global COVID-19 and economic crises. Here are the key take-aways.
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movement
“if word of such devices spreads, / and more than word, / it may not be just capital that overcomes / the hardened borders of the future capital’s / intent that most of us won’t see.” Poetry runner-up of the Writing in the Margins contest.