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Quebec protests search for strategy
Montreal - With the collapse of negotiations between the Charest government and student leaders last week, and the persistence of the nightly pots and pans... -
The many influences of the Montreal protests
Montreal - Sitting in the living room of a friend's Mile End apartment just shy of 8:00pm of Thursday, I am called into the street... -
Quebec takes liberties with Bill 78
MONTREAL - North America's longest-running student strike marked its 100th day this week amidst a legislated crackdown, putting Canada on the map as a global... -
Quebec’s Maple Spring
Montreal - As 180,000 students continue their 12-week strike against tuition increases, and police respond with concussion grenades, pepper spray, batons, kettling and mass arrests,... -
G20 Civil wrongs
When public safety minister Vic Toews introduced his new anti-terrorism strategy last month, many were stunned to discover the feds were targeting groups - enviro,... -
Flotilla finale
The saga of the activists on the Canadian boat to Gaza headed into its final chapter on Tuesday, July 19, when one of the boat's... -
Raid on the Tahrir
Aboard the Tahrir, Agios Nikolaos, Crete - Activists aboard the Canadian boat bound for Gaza spent weeks readying themselves for the drama that unfolded July... -
Gaza-bound or not?
The Canadian ship, The Tahrir, attempting to reach international waters on route to Gaza, has been intercepted by Greek coast guards and is being taken... -
Israel’s Greek blockade
CRETE, ST NICHOLAS - It appears that Israel's blockade of Gaza has been extended to Greece, as the Greek coastguard is moving decisively to block... -
The audacity of Alice Walker
ATHENS - I first meet Pulitzer Prize winning author and civil rights activist Alice Walker in the Athens port while touring the American boat participating... -
Greece to Gaza
ATHENS -Tension is building here as a possible showdown between the flotilla and the Greek government looms.Already facing massive social upheaval over cross-the-board austerity cuts,... -
The Gaza cruise
ATHENS-"Oh my god Jesse, you've got to come, it's a Mediterranean cruise to Gaza," filmmaker and social justice activist John Greyson said to me, tongue...