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From Protest to Resistance: a radical look at the FTAA

Click here to listen to link to audio recordings from this event held on Jan.25th, 2001 in Toronto Canada. Speakers at the event were: George, Anti-Racist Action (Toronto) Fernando Hernandez, Food for Chiapas (Toronto) Sue Collis, Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, … Continue reading

Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss: Globalization, Genocide and Resistance

Click here to listen to Ward Churchhill’s Opening Remarks and a Question and Answer period from an event in Toronto, Canada on January, 17, 2002. Ward Churchill is an enrolled Keetoowah/Cherokee, Professor of American Indian Studies at the University of … Continue reading

A 4-part series on Canada’s Relationship with Native North America

This series of the Long Term Memory Radio Project is for non-profit use only and is distributed through CKUT or available on the world wide web at www.radio4all.net. Read through the summary for the different episodes below and click here … Continue reading

War Frenzy

My recent speech at a women’s conference on violence against women has generated much controversy. In the aftermath of the terrible attacks of September 11, I argued that the U.S. response of launching ‘America’s new war’ would increase violence against … Continue reading

comment on black bloc “recruiting poster”

hi there everyone — below is a comment i recently re-discovered. i wrote it in august in response to a so-called “black bloc recruiting poster” and it was posted to several anarchist organizing lists. i got very positive and supportive … Continue reading

Racism, sexism and Canadian immigration

Melca Salvador may be deported any day now. Her crime: giving birth to a son five years ago on Canadian soil. Her punishment: the impossible choice between an impoverished life for him in the Philippines, or leaving him with strangers … Continue reading

Indigenous Perspective on the War on Terrorism

About a year ago, I went to an event that featured two people, one Palestinian and one Israeli, who were both speaking about the continued occupation of Palestine. They displayed a map of the West Bank on an overhead projector … Continue reading

Canada for anti-imperialists

Based on a talk given to the ‘Nageh’ community group on June 11, 2004, in Toronto. The United States is engaging in a bloody occupation in Iraq; it overthrew the democratically-elected regime in Haiti and posted Marines in that country; … Continue reading

“Democracy” Can Never Take Root On Stolen Land

I keep seeing books, articles and correspondence which refer to a “post-colonial world”. Which world is that? Hand me a telescope. It doesn’t seem to be in this galaxy. Many of us liken the situation of Palestine to that of … Continue reading

Our Home on Native Land

Canada is a country which prides itself on its efforts in ‘peace-building’, always taking care to distinguish its ‘peace-building’ efforts from similar efforts as claimed by its southern neighbour. Abroad, this peace-building translates into ‘supporting sustainable development in order to … Continue reading

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