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Dec 19, 2013: Whose revolution is it anyway?If there was any movie that started political discussion in 2013, it would be the second installment of the Hunger...
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Sep 23, 2013: People with disabilities rising upOppression knows no borders, but neither does the resistance posed by disability rights activists—from London, to Montreal, to Toronto.
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Aug 27, 2013: Join the third annual Toronto Disability Pride MarchAs summer draws to a close, the time is once again approaching for another Toronto Disability Pride March.
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Aug 07, 2013: More than just dots on a page: the Disability Community and electionsCan politicians be counted on to support the rights of people with disabilities? That’s the question many are asking after...
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Jul 03, 2013: The disability movement: a brief historyThe disability movement has a long history that is largely unknown to most activists.
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May 30, 2013: Solidarity with the elevator workers strikeAs of the end of May, there are no talks planned in the strike that's seen 1,400 Ontario members of...
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Mar 28, 2013: Will the Liberals divide the disability movement in Ontario?On February 19, 2013, in its first Throne Speech, the Ontario Liberal Government announced is shifting lead responsibility for implementation...
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Feb 05, 2013: Libya: strike at the main oil refineryWorkers at Libya's 220,000 barrels per day Ras Lanuf refinery have ended their strike at the end of January.
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Feb 04, 2013: Dear Ontario politicians, people with disabilities are not election pawnsAnother election is on the horizon, and once again social assistance recipients find themselves the test subjects in an experiment...
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Jan 17, 2013: US fails to ratify treatyLast month, the US Senate refused to ratify the United Nations treaty on the Convention on the Rights of Persons...
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Oct 05, 2012: Abilities Arts Festival: countering oppression with a slight snub to capitalismThe annual Abilities Arts Festival started last month in Toronto.
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Jun 14, 2012: More reasons to read Socialist WorkerJohn Molyneux’s short book, Will the revolution be televised? A Marxist analysis of the media, sets out to answer a...
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May 23, 2012: The disability movementFor people with disabilities, the struggle to be heard is still an uphill battle as we struggle to define ourselves...
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Mar 02, 2012: Egypt 2011: women at the heart of the struggleThe leadership of women is sometimes left out of Egypt’s revolutionary history, yet without women the events that unfolded would...
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Mar 02, 2012: The battle for the TTCIt seems like you can’t read the news these days without coming across some new report on the battle for...
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Feb 14, 2012: Caterpillar worker speaks out against lockoutAs the New Year began in London, Ontario, families across the city saw their worst fears become reality.
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Dec 01, 2011: People with disabilities unite and fight backThe International Day of People with Disabilities (IDPD) is a day where people with disabilities across the world are encouraged...
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Nov 24, 2011: People with disabilities face cuts, fight backThe International Day of People with Disabilities (IDPD) is a day where people with disabilities across the world are encouraged...
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Nov 21, 2011: What next for LibyaWith the death of former leader Muammar Gaddafi, many Libyans who have engaged in a bitter fight with his brutal...