from the front lines, day four
Every day, more and more members are coming out on the line!At least 250 people were at Thursday's morning rally and lunch-time barbecue with CUPE Ontario. Spirits were very high,…
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from the front lines, day four
Every day, more and more members are coming out on the line!At least 250 people were at Thursday's morning rally and lunch-time barbecue with CUPE Ontario. Spirits were very high,…
from the front lines, day three
Here are some highlights of the incredible support our strike action is generating:1 - A customer called this morning. "Good morning, I am a library patron, just calling to say…
from the front lines, day three
Here are some highlights of the incredible support our strike action is generating:1 - A customer called this morning. "Good morning, I am a library patron, just calling to say…
from the front lines, day two
We had another great turnout on Tuesday. When I arrived at 8:30 AM, there were already 100 people making noise at our favourite corner, and another 40-50 waiting to sign…
from the front lines, day two
We had another great turnout on Tuesday. When I arrived at 8:30 AM, there were already 100 people making noise at our favourite corner, and another 40-50 waiting to sign…
march 14: speak out against bill c-51
Guest post by Allan: Tomorrow – Saturday, March 14 – there will be protests across Canada against Stephen Harper’s latest assault on democracy and free speech – Bill C-51 (“The…
let them stay week 2015: january 25-31: make your voice heard
Allan guest post Since September 2014, seven US Iraq War resisters have received negative decisions in their cases. Two veterans were given removal dates (i.e., dates by which they must…
let them stay week day 5: social media thursday
Today in Let Them Stay Week 2014 is Social Media Thursday! – Change your Facebook picture to the picture above to show support for US war resisters in Canada. You…
harper government set to deport rivera family september 20
Canada Border Services Agency has declared that Iraq War resister Kimberly Rivera and her family must return to the United States by September 20. Rivera came to Canada in 2007…
marxism 2011 program notes: how can we stop the right?
These are my notes from the 2011 Marxism conference in Toronto. The series starts here. * * * * How can we stop the right?Christine Beckermann, member of ISMay 29,…
david heap, freed from israeli prison, is coming home!
Three days ago, I posted that David Heap, a Canadian professor and activist who was on the Tahrir, which was attempting to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza, was being…
"she is my family" and other revelations of humanity: s. brian willson in toronto
Guest post: Allan reports on "An Evening with S. Brian Willson", a benefit for the War Resisters Support Campaign, Monday, November 7, 2011.(Willson speaking at a church in San Francisco,…
austerity: a survival guide
Brian McFadden, New York Times, August 6, 2011. Click to enlarge.