On January 28th, 2017, Solidarity Halifax was invited to offer remarks during a community gathering aimed at encouraging movement building and organizing in the wake of Donald Trump’s inauguration as President of the USA. The following is adapted from a speech delivered by Solidarity Halifax member Jackie Barkley at the North Memorial Library for this […Read more]
The organizers of our counter-protest today have rightly named the so-called “March for Freedom” a “thinly-veiled anti-Muslim” rally. M-103 is a motion in Parliament that names Islamophobia as something that needs to be condemned. The backlash against M-103 that emphasizes “all religions” is eerily similar to the slogan “All Lives Matter”. These alternatives attempt to […Read more]
March 1 @ 4:30pm-8:30pm The Bus Stop Theatre Co-op 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax Free Please join us in celebration of African Liberation Month for an art exhibit of six local Black Nova Scotian artists. We will journey through these experiences through narrative performances of the local theater group iMOVe, and be reminded of the resilience […Read more]
The Stephen McNeil Liberal government is convening the legislature on the evening of Monday, February 13th to ram through a bill imposing a collective agreement on the teachers. It is an act of both political cowardice and arrogance. Not previous known for militancy, the teachers voted not once, but three times (the third time by […Read more]
Larry Haiven is a professor emeritus in the Department of Management at Saint Mary’s University, a member of the Steering Committee and spokes for Nova Scotia Parents For Teachers and a member of Solidarity Halifax. Originally published in the Local XPress. By LARRY HAIVEN n one of the boldest acts of civil disobedience in the […Read more]