Solidarity Halifax is a proud sponsor of the 2014 MayworksHalifax Festival. See the festival’s press release below (features quotes from Solidarity Halifax members Sébastien Labelle and Kyle Buott) and make sure to check out the full calendar of events at mayworkshalifax.ca Artists and labour activists join forces in another edition of the expanding MayworksHalifax Festival. […Read more]
By Solidarity Halifax member Ben Sichel. Last week I gave a webinar presentation called “Aboriginal history is everyone’s history” for Canada’s History, a society that promotes Canadian history education. The goal of the webinar was to highlight the idea that all Canadians, not just Aboriginal people, have the responsibility of teaching and learning about the history of […Read more]
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]
As our communities reel from the murder of Loretta Saunders, the call for a national inquiry into missing and murdered Aboriginal women has been reignited across the country. Solidarity Halifax supports the call for an inquiry, but more importantly will continue to push for action based on the recommendations of past inquiries, reports, resolutions, and […Read more]
Missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada by Solidarity Halifax member Hillary Bain Lindsay. Originally published by the Halifax Media Coop. K’JIPUKTUK (Halifax) – On February 13, The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) delivered over 23,000 signatures to the House of Commons in support of NWAC’s call for a National Public Inquiry into […Read more]