Reaping the whirlwind
Palestinians inspect the ruins of a building destroyed in Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, October 8, 2023. Photo by APA Images/Wikimedia Commons.…
Judy Haiven
“You’re what this war is all about”—or not
A boy looking at an Israeli soldier in front of the West Bank barrier. Photo by Justin McIntosh/Wikimedia Commons. While reading Focus. Click. Wind., a new Canadian novel by writer…
What have unions done for us? What could they do?
Photo courtesy United Steelworkers/Flickr Unions have given us the weekend. They have fought for the eight-hour day. They have agitated for improved health and safety laws. They have eradicated child…
Fear and sorrow in Jenin
Israeli soldier during the July 2023 Jenin incursion. Photo by IDF Spokesperson’s Unit/Wikimedia Commons. For two days beginning on July 3, Israeli helicopter gunships pulverized dozens of buildings, storefronts, and…
Jenin
Israeli soldier during the July 2023 Jenin incursion. Photo by IDF Spokesperson’s Unit/Wikimedia Commons. For two days beginning on July 3, Israeli helicopter gunships pulverized dozens of buildings, stores, houses…
Paul Palango’s ‘22 Murders’ paints a bleak picture of RCMP inaction
The Portapique sign on Highway 2, which runs from Halifax to Fort Lawrence, was adorned with a Nova Scotia tartan sash following the mass shooting that began there on April…
Nora Loreto’s ‘Spin Doctors’ is a book everyone in Canada should read
Spin Doctors: How Media and Politicians Misdiagnosed the COVID-19 Pandemic Nora Loreto Fernwood, 2021 Rather than treading over ground that other journalists and writers have covered, Nora Loreto has done…
Charting a course for the future of feminist organizing
Take Back the Fight: Organizing Feminism for the Digital Age Nora Loreto Fernwood, 2020 In reading Take Back the Fight: Organizing Feminism for the Digital Age, it dawned on me…
Debriefing Elsipogtog: the Anatomy of a Struggle
Debriefing Elsipogtog: The Anatomy of a Struggle Miles Howe Fernwood Books, 2015 When is a journalist not a journalist? According to CBC New Brunswick’s Information Morning host Terry Seguin, and…
Misogyny at Dal: When we are sick of being forced down the middle road of apology and contrition
Photo by Anton Bielousov My mother was a Dentistry graduate at the University of Toronto in 1943. As I look at her class graduation photo, I count 44 men and…
Ghomeshi Redux: Where do we go from here?
Photo by Damien D. Now that Jian Ghomeshi has been charged with five criminal offences, including sexual assault and choking, what can we learn from this case, and more importantly…
The Legacy of Henry Morgentaler
The count goes on. So far, out of 7 media reports on the death of Canadian Dr. Henry Morgentaler, 6 describe him as “heralded and vilified” (NY Times); “revered and…
The Legacy of Henry Morgentaler
The count goes on. So far, out of 7 media reports on the death of Canadian Dr. Henry Morgentaler, 6 describe him as “heralded and vilified” (NY Times); “revered and…