How did Canada's 1% and 99% respond to the Russian Revolution?
“Influenced by labour agitation, their morale weakened by poor weather and the Spanish flu, two companies of Québécois conscripts refused to leave Victoria for Vladivostok.” The little-known mutiny of December 21, 1918, served as the focus for Victoria-based historian Benjamin Isitt’s important, and well-documented, recent book.more
There is an urgent need for unity and solidarity between non-Muslims and Muslims, both internationally and at home, if we are to have a hope of ending the barbarity of the so-called “war on terror.” But this unity cannot be taken for granted: it can only be built on the basis of a principled opposition to Islamophobia.more
After Sarkosy, build the movement against austerity and racism
John Mullen from Paris analyzes the election. Resistance to austerity has defeated Sarkosy, but needs to continue to challenge racism and austerity.more
The Quebec spring raises hopes of breaking free from the Canadian prisonhouse of nations
“The Quebec Spring” could now point a way to freedom not only for the Québécois but for First Nations and for workers and students in English Canada as well.more
“Residential schools effectively separated aboriginal children from the influence of everything that could sustain, perpetuate and define them. When you...more