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But Disability is Different…

But Disability is Different…

By AJ Withers Time and time again, people make the argument that disabled people don’t have to be included in social...

Bees-Ness in Montréal

Bees-Ness in Montréal

By Cameron Stiff – lesabeillesdespossibles.wordpress.com It was spring of 2007 when I saw the headline: “Millions of bees mysteriously vanish....

Creating the World I Want

Creating the World I Want

By Juniper Glass It is a cold morning after a huge snowfall. I have an early meeting with a potential...

Assurance-Chômage : encore un clou dans le cercueil

Assurance-Chômage : encore un clou dans le cercueil

Par Hans Marotte — Mouvement Action Chômage de Montréal macmtl@macmtl.qc.ca Depuis la fin des années quatre-vingt, les gouvernements fédéraux ont...

Transformative Justice 101

Transformative Justice 101

from the revolution starts at home: confronting intimate violence within activist communities. chen, ching-in, jai dulani, and leah lakshmi piepzna-samarasinha,...

Prisoner Solidarity

Prisoner Solidarity

Printed alongside Why Should I Become a Pen-Pal to a Queer Prisoner? What’s Prison Abolition? The experiences of those who have...

Being Fat is Okay

Being Fat is Okay

from thepursynurse.tumblr.com “Bodies are inherently valid” – Mark Aguhar (calloutqueen) Fatphobia is a term for the systems of oppression in...

Law 35 in Québec

Law 35 in Québec

By Gabrielle Bouchard, Peer Support & Advocacy Program Coordinator at the Centre for Gender Advocacy On April 17, 2013, the...

Gateway Showdown Might Dwarf Idle No More

Gateway Showdown Might Dwarf Idle No More

extracts from an article by Will Braun (Mar. 4, 2013) Chief Theresa Spence is back home in Attawapiskat and Idle...

Concordia to Open Sexual Assault Resource Centre

Concordia to Open Sexual Assault Resource Centre

By Bianca Mugyenyi, Campaigns Coordinator at the Centre for Gender Advocacy Since the spring of 2011, the Centre for Gender...

Sexual Health: Barriers and Beyond

Sexual Health: Barriers and Beyond

By Jos Porter, Health Services Coordinator at Head & Hands Protection… If you’re having penetrative sex, condoms protect against most sexually...

Radical Health

Radical Health

By Jos Porter, Health Services Coordinator at Head & Hands When we talk about health, thoughts of how many colds...

DIY Emotional Well-Being Tips

DIY Emotional Well-Being Tips

taken from the 2009 Slingshot Organizer Fighting oppression is hard work, both physically and emotionally. Too many activists burn out...

You Don’t Need Prison Walls

You Don’t Need Prison Walls

The following is an excerpt from Beyond Amnesty, an anonymous text from the UK. it is an exploration of the...

L’Inconnue

L’Inconnue

She hovers on the fringes, casting doubts with her eyes while bodies circulate, grinning and laughing, swelling with the talk...

GENTRIFICATION … WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT?

GENTRIFICATION … WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT?

[This is an excerpt from the pamphlet Gentrify This!, an analysis of current processes of gentrification in Montreal. As real...

P-6 in Montréal

P-6 in Montréal

By Macho Philipovich This year, the tool of choice used by the Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM)...

Student Strike, 2012: A Brief History

Student Strike, 2012: A Brief History

By anonymous From February to September 2012, the longest student strike in the history of Quebec took place. Over the...

Bonjour-Hi? A Teeny-Tiny History of Language Politics in Québec

Bonjour-Hi? A Teeny-Tiny History of Language Politics in Québec

By Joël Pedneault New France was forcefully incorporated into the British Empire in 1760. The linguistic conflict this created can be...