Canada

Convictions against three Indigenous land defenders for blocking a gas pipeline in British Columbia remain, despite a Supreme Court judge finding that police violated their rights and made racist remarks during their arrest. Jeff Shantz reports.

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About 2000 people demonstrated in Montreal on February 15 against the closure of Amazon’s seven warehouses and distribution centres in Quebec, reports Marc Bonhomme.

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Thousands took to the streets in Montreal in combined protests in solidarity with Palestine and against a NATO gathering being held in the city, reports Jeff Shantz.

The latest police killings of six First Nations people in just 11 days are a poignant and heinous reminder of the colonial nature of policing in Canada, writes Jeff Shantz.

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The federal agency responsible for overseeing the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has found that officers from the secretive Critical Response Unit violated the rights of anti-logging activists in the Fairy Creek watershed, in British Columbia. Jeff Shantz reports.

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Prominent Canadian union leader Fred Hahn has come under attack again for his steadfast support of Palestinians and his work for Palestine solidarity, reports Jeff Shantz.

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Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents six new books on unequal epidemics, biotech in Africa, capitalist greed, climate history, fracking and corporate crime.

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While Canada likes to style itself as a “peacekeeping nation”, it has become one of the world’s largest global arms dealers, reports Jeff Shantz. A substantial proportion of this bloody trade is done with Israel.

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Police repression against student Palestine solidarity encampments in Canada has urged unionists to come forward in defence of students, campus workers and Palestine solidarity activists, reports Jeff Shantz.

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A second wave of protest encampments was launched at universities in several provinces across Canada in the week of May 4, including at the University of Calgary and the University of Alberta — where police violently attacked peaceful protesters, reports Jeff Shantz.

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Pro-Palestine activists across Canada heeded the global call on April 15 to occupy, blockade and picket economic targets across the country, reports Jeff Shantz.

Ecosocialist Bookshelf

Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents seven important new books on slavery, capitalism, rebellion and ecological revolution.