KW Fights Liberal Austerity
KW activists demand an increase to minimum wage (Poverty Makes us Sick) by Kitchener- Waterloo BASICSNEWS “Ronald McDonald,” joined by approximately 30 other people, targeted a McDonalds located in...
View ArticleNew documentary on the Quebec Student Strike
Documentary Poster by M. Cooke A year after the largest student strike in Canadian history, a new documentary “Carré rouge sur fond noir” (Red square on black background) provides a unique perspective...
View ArticleNepal’s Unfinished Revolution
A communist flag flutters at the open session of the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of Nepal – Maoist, held on January 9, 2013 in Kathmandu. (Noaman G. Ali) by Noaman G. Ali “I just...
View ArticleTransitional Year Program Alumnus Speaks Out
“TYP is under attack” by Shahzali Samah Transitional Year Program building at U of T (photo credit: Abdi Ahmed) The Transitional Year Program (TYP) at the University of Toronto (U of T) St.George...
View ArticleKitchener-Waterloo Activists Release People’s Report on Policing
November 2012 in Toronto there was an OIPRD conference on police complaints that put forward the Provincial Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy (PAVIS), the new model of policing. In response to this,...
View Article‘Made You Die’ Can Make Us Live Again
by El Machetero Political music, at its absolute best, does more than just posture and appropriate militant imagery and rhetoric: it offers a revolutionary program and guides and directs the investment...
View Article5 Years Later, No Justice for Villanueva
by M. Cooke “Despite the pain Lilian Villanueva lives through each day, she has not quit… She is still here. She is still standing up for truth and justice in the case of her son’s death.” As Margess...
View ArticleCUPE National squashes unionizing effort at Carleton U.
Workers lose jobs after successful union drive turned away by Paul Moist’s office by Priscillia Lefebvre Ottawa | Female Residence Fellows at Carleton University in Ottawa were met with blatant sexism...
View ArticleEducation inequality shocks Thorncliffe Park residents
Community seeks to organize against inequality by Noaman G. Ali “It’s shocking! I am shocked!” said a parent attending a community meeting in Thorncliffe Park held last Sunday, December 22. Sadia Khan,...
View ArticleCoroner’s report into Villanueva’s death ‘blames citizens’
by M. Cooke Remembering Fredy (Photo-BASICS Community News Service) “I hated that part, blaming the citizens. If the police hadn’t intervened, Fredy would still be alive” said Will Prosper, a community...
View Article5 Years Later, No Justice for Villanueva
by M. Cooke “Despite the pain Lilian Villanueva lives through each day, she has not quit… She is still here. She is still standing up for truth and justice in the case of her son’s death.” As Margess...
View ArticleSIU ruling in Sammy Yatim case doesn’t guarantee justice
Editorial Toronto Police constable James Forcillo (left) was charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of 18-years old Sammy Yatim (right). This Monday morning, the Special Investigations...
View Article‘Made You Die’ Can Make Us Live Again
by El Machetero Political music, at its absolute best, does more than just posture and appropriate militant imagery and rhetoric: it offers a revolutionary program and guides and directs the investment...
View ArticleZapatista rebellion in Mexico celebrates 20 year anniversary
by Pablo Vivanco ‘The Originales from San Andrés’ livened up the first evening of New Year with their revolutionary ‘corridos’ (Mexican folk music), tracing the history and struggle of the EZLN and...
View ArticleNew documentary on the Quebec Student Strike
Documentary Poster by M. Cooke A year after the largest student strike in Canadian history, a new documentary “Carré rouge sur fond noir” (Red square on black background) provides a unique perspective...
View ArticleCUPE National squashes unionizing effort at Carleton U.
Workers lose jobs after successful union drive turned away by Paul Moist’s office by Priscillia Lefebvre Ottawa | Female Residence Fellows at Carleton University in Ottawa were met with blatant sexism...
View ArticleEducation inequality shocks Thorncliffe Park residents
Community seeks to organize against inequality by Noaman G. Ali “It’s shocking! I am shocked!” said a parent attending a community meeting in Thorncliffe Park held last Sunday, December 22. Sadia Khan,...
View ArticleCoroner’s report into Villanueva’s death ‘blames citizens’
by M. Cooke Remembering Fredy (Photo-BASICS Community News Service) “I hated that part, blaming the citizens. If the police hadn’t intervened, Fredy would still be alive” said Will Prosper, a community...
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