by Barry Weisleder While hundreds of thousands marched in Manhattan, thousands took to the streets in cities across Canada to warn that climate change threatens civilization and life on Earth. Demonstrations took place in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Montreal and Calgary. In…
Category: Environment
Guest speaker Lana Goldberg on Gasland 2
Video of the Socialist Action Rebel Film night discussion that followed the screening of Gasland 2, the 2013 documentary that exposes the myth spread by the gas industry that natural gas is a clean and safe alternative to oil. Guest…
Humour – an unlikely weapon for Aboriginal Rights
by Barry Weisleder A review of “The Inconvenient Indian – A Curious Account of Native People in North America” by Thomas King, published by Anchor Canada, a division of Random House, 2013, 314 pages. Thomas King, best known as the…
Humour – an unlikely weapon for Aboriginal Rights
by Barry Weisleder A review of “The Inconvenient Indian – A Curious Account of Native People in North America” by Thomas King, published by Anchor Canada, a division of Random House, 2013, 314 pages. Thomas King, best known as the…
FILM SCREENING: Quietly Into Disaster
UN climate talks stall on taking action
By CHRISTINE FRANK, Socialist Action U.S.A. Another two weeks of international climate talks were held last month, and it’s the same old story. The United Nations’ 19th Conference of the Parties (COP 19) failed to take concrete action to reduce greenhouse…
NDP Leader Attacks First Nations, Activists
In a shameful move, the labour-based New Democratic Party in New Brunswick republished an aggressively titled op-ed article on its website, "Don't Negotiate Till Threats End!". The article was taken down and replaced by similarly problematic editorial, "Reality Check: The Law is the Law"…