Articles by Jesse McLaren
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Feb 11, 2016: The politics of colonial inquests and inquiriesAs we shift from a Harper government that denied Canada’s history of colonialism to a Trudeau government that has launched...
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Jan 23, 2016: From Copenhagen to Paris: the climate justice movement risesOn the final day of the Paris climate protests, Naomi Klein compared the mood to the Copenhagen conference in 2009.
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Dec 14, 2015: After Paris: climate change or system change?“Years from now, today may very well be the day our children look back to as the beginning of an...
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Dec 13, 2015: 'Cowspiracy' isn't causing the climate crisis, capitalism isCowspiracy shines a light on the carbon emissions of the animal agriculture industry, but its beam is so narrow that...
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Nov 24, 2015: Tell Justin Trudeau: climate action nowMuch of the opposition that challenged Harper was from the Indigenous-led climate justice movement.
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Nov 12, 2015: The sewage dump of capitalismLess than a week into a mandate for real change, the federal Liberal Environment Minister granted permission for Montreal to...
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Nov 08, 2015: On November 11 wear a white poppy insteadJustin Trudeau’s first large public event will be Remembrance Day, and the politics that dominate that day match well with...
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Oct 23, 2015: Voters reject Harper and demand changeAfter nearly a decade in power, Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party of Canada were voted out of office.
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Oct 17, 2015: Vote strategically: against Canada’s corporate coalitionWith a few days to go in the federal election there are growing calls for “strategic voting”—based on a desire...
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Oct 13, 2015: Toronto Disability Pride calls for ‘ramps, not bombs!’Saturday October 3 was the fifth annual Toronto Disability Pride March.
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Sep 24, 2015: Don’t let Liberals capture anti-Harper sentimentThe start of the federal election saw the NDP in a clear lead, campaigning to raise the minimum wage, provide...
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Sep 14, 2015: 'We are UofT, we fight against misogyny'In response to an anonymous blog post threatening violence against women in the Departments of Sociology and Women's Studies at...
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Sep 09, 2015: Toxic Tour exposes environmental racism and builds resistanceOn September 5 over 500 people joined the annual Toxic Tour of Canada’s Chemical Valley.
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Aug 14, 2015: Linda McQuaig is right: Leave the oil in the soil“Oil has become the elephant in the room,” Linda McQuaig wrote in It’s the Crude, Dude.
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Aug 05, 2015: Election 2015: how can we beat Harper?Harper has a clear strategy to win.
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Jul 22, 2015: A world of oil and fireWhile the west coast burns and oil spills across indigenous territories, Canada is sending fighter jets to set Iraq and...
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Jun 17, 2015: A world beyond tar sands: the fight for climate jobsThe IPCC report from last year said that climate change would produce “severe, widespread, and irreversible impacts” if not reduced,...
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Jun 05, 2015: Wages of despairProminent journalist Chris Hedges’ new book, Wages of Rebellion, is another scathing critique of capitalism—and the repression it doles out...
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May 19, 2015: Bombardier: we need mass transit not mass layoffsDue to reduced demand of business jets, Bombardier is laying off 1,750 workers—including 1,000 in Montreal and nearly 500 in...
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May 16, 2015: Austerity and the process of struggleAfter a woman returns from a medical leave of absence for depression, she discovers that her boss put her fate...