Mar 212014
 
Nova Scotia: We Have Everything We Need to Succeed

Solidarity Halifax member Larry Haiven wrote the following as the concluding piece to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ Nova Scotia Alternative Budget for 2014. Among the budget’s co-authors are Kyle Buott, Larry Haiven, James Hutt and Ben Sichel, all members of Solidarity Halifax.  Originally published at Behind the Numbers. __________ Preamble: The concluding piece […Read more]

Feb 182014
 
Freedom in the Anthropocene

On January 30, 2014, the Platypus Affiliated Society hosted a moderated panel discussion on the interrelation of capital, history and ecology. An event in the ESS Lecture Series Schedule (Dalhousie College of Sustainability) Panelists: – Dave Bedford, Political Science, UNB – Andrew Biro, CRC in Political Ecology, Acadia University – James Hutt, Activist, Solidarity Halifax, […Read more]

Feb 172014
 
Campus Action on Oil and Oppression

Divest Dalhousie puts pressure on Dalhousie Board of Governors to divest from the fossil fuel industry. Many activist of Divest Dal, a working group of the Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group, are also members of Solidarity Halifax. Get out of fossil fuel, students tell Dalhousie – The Chronicle Herald ‘Putting their money where their […Read more]

Dec 132013
 
TELLING OUR OWN STORIES: A People's History of Nova Scotia

Our Times Magazine‘s latest issue features an article, written by Sima Sahar Zerehi, about Solidarity Halifax’s A People’s History of Nova Scotia conference held last October, Read the article here: TELLING OUR OWN STORIES: A People’s History of Nova Scotia Missed the conference? Photos and Videos of the conference are available!  

Dec 012013
 
Divest Dal: Students call for oil divestment at Dalhousie

Divest Dal spokesperson James Hutt, Dalhousie Student Union board of governors representative John Hutton and Dalhousie Student Union vice-president Aaron Beale call for oil divestment at Dalhousie University. All three are members of Solidarity Halifax. “Climate change and sustainability are clearly huge concerns Dal students share.” The Chronicle Herald: Student union to Dal: Stop investing […Read more]