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Black and trans voices frustrated by lack of inclusion in Vancouver Women's March | Jan 24 2017 | Tessa Vikander | Organizers of Vancouver's Women's March on Washington express remorse at lack of communication, while omission sparks wider conversation of inclusive organizing.
Not Rex: The coming dark age of Trump | Jan 19 2017 | Humberto DaSilva | Not Rex delivers an alternative poem in the epic style on the coming dark age of Trump.
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Black people in Canada will continue to kick ass in 2017 | Jan 16 2017 | Phillip Dwight Morgan | Black Lives Matter TO plans to target illegal carding and Toronto's Special Investigations Unit as it looks ahead to 2017.
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U.S. Senate should reject Jeff Sessions again, 30 years later | Jan 12 2017 | Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | Sen. Sessions has been consistent throughout his career. The Senate Judiciary Committee should be equally consistent and reject Sessions as attorney general.
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Push for prison reform growing across Canada | Jan 9 2017 | The recent death of Soleiman Faqiri is one of many incidents.
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Obama has the power to protect undocumented immigrants from Trump's mass deportations | Jan 5 2017 | Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | President Obama can use his immense power of the presidential pardon to de-escalate the war on immigrants, which otherwise, under Trump, threatens to get immeasurably worse.
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Millionaire patrons of Jewish studies in Canada more interested in pro-Israel lobby than anti-racism | Jan 2 2017 | Yves Engler | The individuals driving Jewish studies and anti-Semitism lessons in Canada overwhelmingly back Jewish and white supremacy in the Middle East.
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Canada's institutional Left should follow its own advice on how to fight racism and sexism | Jan 2 2017 | D'Luxe Brown | The Broadbent Institute issued a bold challenge to change the white liberal songbook if we're going to tackle racism and sexism after a Trump victory. But will it follow its own advice?
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North Carolina Republicans provoke political firestorm with attacks on democracy | Dec 23 2016 | Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | Whereas President Barack Obama is honouring the tradition of the peaceful transfer of power, North Carolina Republicans are taking a different path.
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How to talk about race over the holidays | Dec 23 2016 | We all have that moment during the holidays, and smiling politely is no longer an option.
Right-wing media takes an Islamophobic twist on the tragic deaths of two Ottawa sisters | Dec 19 2016 | J. Baglow | The tragic deaths of two Somali women in Ottawa was an excuse for the Right to make more #FakeNews.
Black workers building links, fighting back | Dec 14 2016 | Scott Neigh | Mark Brown talks about the work of the Canadian chapter of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists.

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Racism and discrimination 'rampant' throughout ranks of Canadian Armed Forces kropotkin1951 said... While I know this is in some ways an old story this is a new report by the Defence Aboriginal...
Austrian elections - far-right threat 6079_Smith_W said... Hofer lost. Just broke. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38202669 At least RT didn't jump the...
Canada's race problem? It's even worse than America's. swallow said... Maclean's: Canada has a race problem   in
Kellie Leitch takes a page from Harper with divisive politics alan smithee said... When is this  Liberal 'majority' going to take a page from Harper and tell the Cons to sit in...
'How privileged are you?' (Quiz) Ken Burch said... Just found this quiz. https://www.buzzfeed.com/regajha/how-privileged-are-you?utm_term=.yd3pmL... (...
Partisan song from Vilna ghetto sung by Annie Lederhendler Unionist said... Thanks so much for this, lagatta. In my youth, as the child of survivors, there was no such thing...
Black Lives Matter mobilization in Toronto Unionist said... Epaulo posted about this, but I think it's been under-reported and deserves its own thread. Toronto...
Conservative Condemns CUPW Support of BDS Movement terrytowel said... Today is Opporstion Motion Day The Conseravtives have chose to seek all party support to condemns...
Remembering Viola Desmond: A clicktivist moment! swallow said... Awesome, clicked.  Also, replying so the topic will show up on active topics. :) in
Desmond Cole accuses Justin Trudeau of Subtle Racism terrytowel said... This is what Desmond is tweeting this morning I wrote recently about subtle racism. We saw an...

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