This is our struggle, says West Papuan activist
West Papuan human rights worker and Yale professor Octovianus Mote expresses his hope for Papuan independence from Indonesia.
Category Archives: The Martlet newspaper
The Martlet is the University of Victoria’s weekly campus newspaper. During my time in the newsroom as a staff reporter, the circulation was 17,000.
Young people struggle with spirituality and injustice
Camping on the old wood floors, we fell asleep to the sound of wailing downtown sirens and a man in the adjacent room snorting cocaine. But this squat is a kind of sanctuary – and sanctuaries are global
Build housing now, say downtown squatters
Following a wave of similar housing squats across Canada, from Toronto to Vancouver, activists occupied a Victoria building and hung a banner from the roof that read, “Build Housing Now”
Students join First Nations in urging referendum boycott
BC’s controversial referendum on First Nations treaty negotiations arrived in mailboxes over the past few weeks. Citizens are being asked to register their opinions, but key groups have launched an “active boycott”
Trek for treaties joins aboriginals & church groups
When Leonard James left a therapy session for First Nations residential school survivors in Duncan, he never expected he’d be walking all the way to Victoria to oppose the BC Liberals’ treaty referendum
Two-spirited warrior speaks
Renowned Indigenous poet Chrystos reads to a packed audience at the University of Victoria
Opinion: Time to speak out against violence against women
In civil wars around the world, rape is a tool of war as terrifying as any gun or landmine. What kind of civil war do we live in?
Classroom warriors: Victoria’s high school activists
In December, the Martlet went behind the scenes to find out how strong high school activism is in Victoria and whether it is here to stay
Buy Nothing Day looks at deeper issues
Last Friday was Buy Nothing Day, a day to take a break from shopping at to reflect on consumer culture. But Buy Nothing Day goes deeper than that
Students defend controversial UBC professor
Students at the University of Victoria are defending a UBC professor’s right to make anti-U.S. statements in the wake of the September 11 attacks, even if they do not agree with her.
David P Ball 