Articles by Valerie Lannon
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Jan 14, 2019: Remember Gustafsen LakeTwenty-three years ago an NDP government presided over an RCMP assault on Indigenous people on their own land.
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Jan 06, 2019: Climate action: governments stall while the people rise upIn a tragic recreation of Nero fiddling while Rome burns, we see our governments using carbon taxation as the panacea...
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Dec 20, 2018: Climate economy: what could just transitions mean?The Toronto Good Jobs for All (GJFA) Coalition is busy planning a round table in early 2019 that will involve...
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Dec 11, 2018: T'karonto Rallies to Support Unist’ot’en CampIn solidarity with the Unist’ot’en Camp, about 100 activists in T’karonto protested downtown on December 10 at the RBC Centre...
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Nov 19, 2018: The Fight for $15 and Fairness keeps on fightingPuppets of a banker pulling the strings on Premier Doug Ford and holiday carols denouncing Tory’s Bill 47, which will...
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Nov 19, 2018: Review: Extreme Cities: The peril and promise of urban life in the age of climate change by Ashley DawsonAshley Dawson’s use of the term “extreme” in the title of his book refers to “… an urban space of...
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Aug 21, 2018: Poisoned people fight for clean water and environmental justiceDetroit journalist Anna Clark comes honestly to her knack for documenting resistance by ordinary people to injustice.
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May 20, 2018: Asini Vern Harper: Red Power leaderOne of the high points of the Red Power movement was the Native People’s Caravan of 1974.
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May 15, 2018: The case against climate geoengineeringThere are full-blown climate change deniers, including Scott Pruitt, the head of the US Environmental “Protection” Agency.
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Apr 24, 2018: Doug Ford vs the climate“Carbon tax is a terrible, terrible tax.
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Feb 24, 2018: Justice for Colten Boushie and Tina FontaineBy now we are all familiar with the double tragedy surrounding 22-year old Colten Boushie, a member of the Red...
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Feb 14, 2018: Alanis Obomsawin: filming Indigenous strengthsClad completely in red to show support for “missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, boys and disabled”, the legendary documentary...
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Dec 19, 2017: Toronto talks climate reform, walks austerityImmediate action is needed to make sure the City of Toronto implements its climate action plan to reduce greenhouse gas...
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Nov 21, 2017: Movie review: the Florida ProjectSpoiler alert.
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Nov 20, 2017: First Nations fight nuclear wasteThe Bawating Water Protectors (BWT) were on the march at Queen’s Park on November 9 to tell Ontario Liberals and...
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Nov 01, 2017: Book review: Unsettling Canada, A National Wake-Up CallArthur Manuel (Neskonlith First Nation, BC) died earlier this year and will be remembered as a strong defender of Indigenous...
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Sep 23, 2017: Senator Beyak and government racismIn April 2017 we reported on Tory Senator Lynn Beyak’s remarks in the Senate where she claimed that residential schools...
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Sep 18, 2017: Hurricanes, fossil fuels and capitalismIn the Florida Keys town of Marathon, as the sea drained away from the bay, a woman screamed from her...
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Aug 23, 2017: Red all overA Redder Shade of Green.
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Jul 27, 2017: Chippewas of the Thames: “This will keep us fighting!”In a hugely disappointing decision, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled against the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation (COTT)...
