By Solidarity Halifax members Sébastien Labelle & Ben Sichel. For months, the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children has been front and centre in the news. The suffering of former residents, the hesitancy of the provincial government to call an inquiry, the failure to lay criminal charges, and some tentative reflection on racism as a [...]
Solidarity Halifax, an organization of committed anti-capitalist activists in Nova Scotia, calls for the cancellation of the National Geographic Channel’s “reality TV show” Border Security. This show is one-sided and designed to increase anti-immigrant sentiment among viewers. Border Security is partly funded publicly by Canadians, as dictated by Prime Minister Harper and Minister Toews. It is abusive and exploitative of [...]
Following the courageous journey undertaken by Peace and Friendship walkers from Listuguj to Ottawa, Solidarity Halifax would like to re-iterate its commitment of solidarity toward acts of resistance and protest of the colonial and oppressive relationship between the Canadian state and the Indigenous peoples of this land. Since the emergence of the Idle No More [...]
By Solidarity Halifax member Judy Haiven The count goes on. So far, out of 7 media reports on the death of Canadian Dr. Henry Morgentaler, 6 describe him as “heralded and vilified” (NY Times); “revered and hated “(Globe and Mail); “polarizing “(Toronto Sun); and a “mass murderer” (National Post). Only one, CBC.ca, offers a modicum [...]
On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, organizer Brian Crouse talks about his work with a new multi-issue, membership-based, democratic, radical organization based in Nova Scotia. The group’s name is Solidarity Halifax. >Listen to the interview on Rabble.ca here. The goal of the group is to bring together committed organizers from a range of [...]