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Exclusive: Military missed opportunity for peaceful end to 2013 New Brunswick fracking protests

Miles Howe — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 18:21:33 +0000

Internal documents show repeated Warrior Society requests for negotiating assistance denied

KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) -- An Access to Information request has revealed that during the course of anti-shale gas protests in New Brunswick in 2013, 5th Canadian Division Support Base (CDSB) Gagetown, Eastern Canada's largest military facility, was contacted on two separate occasions by high ranking members of the Mi’kmaq Warrior Society.

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Halifax Sidewalk Protest – A Photo Essay

Christopher_Majka — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 15:11:22 +0000

On February 27th, 2015, over 150 people marched down Gottingen Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia to protest the dangerous and icy state of many of Halifax's sidewalks.

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Jan 24 Mi'kmaq Warriors - Suzanne Patles @ SFU H/C Strategy Session

dgSolidarity — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 03:19:04 +0000

Suzanne Patles, one of many warriors attacked in a dawn raid by RCMP (physically assaulted with assault rifles) along with many youth, elders and community members for peacefully trying to protect their water by blockading fracking equipment, shares her experiences at a strategy session as part of the Mi’kmaq Warriors west coast speaking tour.

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Jan 24 Mi'kmaq Warriors - Coady Jipol @ SFU H/C Strategy Session

dgSolidarity — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 02:55:47 +0000

Coady shares his personal story, which turns the scholarly term ‘transgenerational historic trauma’ into an easily understood truth, and explains why he had no choice but to become a warrior to attempt to end the colonial-serving cycle of violence he has been born into.

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Occupy Spain: Massive Protests in Spain Against Austerity

CKUT News — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:01:26 +0000

Interview with Miguel Prados Rodriguez, from Coordinadora 25S

Over the last few days in Spain there were massive rallies against austerity. Thousands gathered in Madrid and other cities to protest against the government. The main critique: the goverment's handling of the deep economical crisis the country is facing.

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Occupy NS Bahrain Solidarity Rally

EmilyDriscoll — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:21:07 +0000

Titre secondaire:

Enough! Rally in support of Bahraini dissidents

Ma Jan 17

ville:

Halifax

Lieu:

Grand Parade Square

Adresse:

Barrington Street

Coût:

Free

le contact de l'organisatrice:

Ryan McKenna

Space Accessibiity:

Wheelchair accessible if entering from Barrington St entrance

Lien:

http://www.facebook.com/events/346203072074533

Occupy movements around the globe, in recognition of solidarity with Arab Spring protestors, and in particular the struggles faced by the Bahraini dissidents, have declared an international Bahrain Solidarity Day slated for January 17th. Occupy Nova Scotia’s Enough! Bahrain Solidarity Rally will take place in Grand Parade Square, January 17th at 5 pm.

The Sound of Student Power

JustinL — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 01:17:54 +0000

Student, union leaders speak at the student day of action

Audio from the student day of action, February 2nd

Speakers (in order of appearance in the clip) :

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Student Day of Action - Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor Snow...

JustinL — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 22:45:10 +0000

An estimated 1000 students marched through downtown Halifax on Februrary 2nd, 2011 for the Student Day of Action. Students called for the government not to proceed with the 3% tuition hike and 4% funding cut to universities.

Shelter from the Condo Storm

JustinL — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:13:20 +0000

Despite below-freezing temperatures, event organizer Jocelyne Tranquilla says that Tent City was a general success.

Originally scheduled for October 16th and 17th, the event was postponed due to heavy rain. Despite the day change, dozens of people gathered in the South Commons to protest what they say is a lack of affordable housing in Halifax.

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Robin Hood Tax Protest in Halifax

trouble — Wed, 19 May 2010 17:00:48 +0000

Oxfam Canada held coast-to-coast demos today in support of the Robin Hood Tax.

The proposed Robin Hood Tax would tax "all transactions between institutions involving stocks, bonds, foreign exchange and derivatives (including trade of futures and options related to stocks, interest rate securities, currencies, and commodities)."

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March Against the G8 in Halifax

Winston Smith — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:03:31 +0000

Click on any of the above photos to view photo essay.

People gathered on Sunday afternoon at Victoria Park in Halifax, NS to protest against the impending G8 development ministers' meetings being held in Halifax.

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Citadel G8 Street Dance Party

Winston Smith — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:29:40 +0000

As a warm up to the anti-G8 Street March, people were invited to a street dance party in the Citadel High parking lot. The mood was positive and the small crowd was abuzz with conversation underneath the throbbing beats of the music.

The small crowd was loud, enthusiasic and peaceful; many carried signs outlining their concerns.

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Harper in the Hot Seat

Moira Peters — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:16:32 +0000

Canada spanked and spoofed in Copenhagen over tar sands development, resistance to global emissions targets

As international delegates resumed negotiations for a global plan to address climate change at the Bella Centre in the outskirts of Copenhagen, Canadian and American Indigenous groups led a rally outside the Canadian Embassy in the city center calling for Prime Minister Stephen Harper to shut down the Athabasca tar sands, Canada's greatest single contributor to domestic greenhouse gas, and the lar

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Canada out of Afghanistan

Bruce Wark — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:12:28 +0000

Canada out of NATO

About 200 protesters gathered in a park outside an international military conference in Halifax today to demand that Canada withdraw from Afghanistan and from NATO, the trans-Atlantic alliance that is waging war in Afghanistan. One demonstrator carried a sign reading "60 years is 60 years Too Long" referring to Canada's membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the U.S.-led military alliance formed in 1949.

The protesters distributed a leaflet denouncing the Halifax International Security Forum, the conference at which more than 300 politicians, military commanders, business executives, journalists and academics were discussing such topics as the war in Afghanistan; what western leaders should do about Iran and how to combat Third World piracy on the high seas. The conference was organized by an influential Washington think tank called The German Marshall Fund of the United States and supported by the Canadian Department of National Defence as well as a $2.5 million grant from the taxpayer-supported Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.

"The U.S. and its allies occupied Afghanistan under the banner of women's rights [and] human rights," Malalai Joya, a dissident member of the Afghan Parliament told the protesters. "They pushed us from the frying pan to the fire," Joya said, adding that western occupiers had replaced the Taliban with the equally repressive Northern Alliance fundamentalist warlords.

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Defsec Atlantic Protest

trouble — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:52:21 +0000

Photos from the September 10, 2009 protest against Defsec Atlantic in Halifax, Nova Scotia.