How #NoDAPL united a movement for indigenous rights
The ongoing #NoDAPL protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline, led by the Standing Rock Tribe, is a new chapter in the "long history of Native American opposition to colonialism and resource...
View ArticleElectoral Reform Committee Launches Cross-Canada Public Consultation Tour
On Monday September 19, 2016, the Special Committee on Electoral Reform launched its cross-Canada tour to consult Canadians on the best alternative to replace the current anti-democratic...
View ArticleWhy is the advertising industry still promoting violence against women?
Not only are advertisements that feature sex and violence bad for business, but more importantly they are causing damage by normalising violence against women. The post Why is the advertising industry...
View ArticleCanada-EU trade deal undermines public interest regulation, workers: study
The Canada-EU trade deal, CETA, "will elevate the rights of corporations above workers and the environment and undermine government regulatory flexibility," new study by the Canadian Centre for Policy...
View ArticleArt for innovation’s sake? Lessons from our Canadian cousin
The Liberal government of Justin Trudeau is making significant investments in the Canadian public broadcasting, the arts and creative industries. A lesson for other countries on "how to tap into the...
View ArticleHow the ‘use of force’ industry drives police militarization and makes us all...
The growing militarization of law enforcement agencies, fueled by the "use of force" industry, has anti-police violence groups protesting and arguing that governments should prioritize human needs over...
View ArticleDavid Suzuki: Confronting the crisis of violence against Indigenous women and...
David Suzuki on the crisis of violence against Indigenous women and girls in Canada, and the "hard work and leadership of Indigenous women and communities who have spent decades calling for an...
View ArticleHow to Fight Big Oil: Join Your Neighbors
Yes! Magazine co-founder Sarah van Gelder outlines the four reasons communities led by indigenous people all over the United States are winning against the war against the powerful and deep-pocketed...
View ArticleMaking our movements work for kids and families
By providing child care for protesters, racial justice organizers shift the public's understanding of "front line" work, and make protest movements work for kids and families. The post Making our...
View ArticleCanada, a welcoming country? The unaddressed issue of labour trafficking
The unaddressed issue of labour trafficking tarnishes Canada's image as a compassionate and welcoming country. Temporary foreign worker programmes allow employers to violate migrant workers’ rights....
View ArticleCanadian academics’ open letter to Wallonia on CETA deal
Read Canadian academics' letter to the Parliament of Wallonia and the people of Belgium. The academics express their support for Wallonia's continuing historic rejection of the Canada-EU Comprehensive...
View ArticleCETA just imploded, future of the deal uncertain
The Council of Canadians calls the European Union's failure to reach consensus on signing the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) an epic failure that makes the deal impossible....
View ArticleHow a controversial dam threatens rights of Canada’s indigenous Innu people
The controversial Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador, Canada, "relies on local Innu people giving up their own lands." It "joins a long history of dispossession in North America." The post...
View ArticleBad news for Canada as Donald Trump announces withdrawal from TPP deal on day...
In an infomercial-style video released Monday, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump confirmed that he'll withdraw from Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement as soon as he assumes office in January....
View ArticleHow the everyday use of militaristic jargon makes us more combative
The language of warfare and violence dominates public discourse in the United States and around the world, even when war isn't part of the conversation. Nan Levinson, a writer, teacher, and journalist...
View ArticleDavid Suzuki on the cost of consumerism on the biosphere
"As the human population continues to grow and consumerism shows no signs of abating, the technosphere expands, causing pollution, contamination and resource depletion, further upsetting the delicate...
View ArticleNathan Cullen calls Trudeau a liar for breaking electoral reform promise [VIDEO]
Watch the NDP's Nathan Cullen call Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a liar for breaking his promise that the 2015 federal election would be the last election under Canada's anti-democratic...
View ArticleMichael Geist: As Trump Pulls the U.S. Out of the TPP, Canada Should Follow Suit
As Trump Pulls the U.S. Out of the TPP, Canada Should Follow Suit The post Michael Geist: As Trump Pulls the U.S. Out of the TPP, Canada Should Follow Suit appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
View ArticleCanada’s Corbyn?: Sid Ryan and the other North American left
Irish born former trade union leader Sid Ryan is running for the leadership of the New Democratic Party of Canada. Is he the Bernie Sanders or Jeremy Corbyn of Canada's left? The post Canada’s Corbyn?:...
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day: yes, we still need to protest this shit
On International Women’s Day 2017, we still need to "protest this shit" because, for example, Donald Trump got elected president of the US and he "endorses positions of feminine passivity and masculine...
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