Occupy Wall Street’s Rebel Spirit: Where Next?
One year after the movement sparked, The Tyee talks to two members still fired up.
Tag Archives: Politics
In more than a decade of journalism, political and social issues have been a central focus of my work.
From award-recognized coverage of missing and murdered aboriginal women, to reporting from the election campaign trenches at the federal, provincial and municipal levels, my work has been published in the National Post, Toronto Star, The Tyee, Briarpatch, THIS Magazine, and Vancouver Observer.
Below are some samples from my politics portfolio.
‘Unbreakable wall’ extends to Kinder Morgan pipeline: Interview with Rueben George
This weekend, an armada of ocean-going canoes paddled against an increase in oil flow and tankers in B.C.’s Salish Sea. The Left Coast Post spoke with Tsleil-Waututh nation’s Rueben George.
‘Power of Youth’ Unleashed
Rebel page Brigette DePape co-edits myth-busting book. Who says today’s young generation is apathetic?
Rejection of fish farm lawsuit ‘judicial violence’: KAFN elder
A legal showdown over open-net fish farming in B.C. is looming with Kwicksutaineuk/Ah-Kwa-Mish First Nation (KAFN) announcing it will fight for its right to launch a class action lawsuit at the Supreme Court of Canada.
CAJ AWARD 2012 FINALIST: Oil sands activism ‘in the blood’
Her parents met around Wounded Knee and later fought a mining company. Today, Eriel Deranger has returned to Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation to take on the world’s largest industrial project.
Dave Barrett’s Rich Legacy to British Columbians
Forty years ago today he was elected BC’s first NDP premier. Last year you voted him The People’s Order of BC.
Activists protest inclusion of Israeli-backed films in Queer Film Festival
Festival says action highlights power of film to ‘inspire discussion and dialogue.’
Residential School Day Scholars Launch Canada-Wide Lawsuit Against Abuse, ‘Genocide’
A historic class action lawsuit by people who attended Indian Residential Schools as “day scholars” has begun to spread across Canada.
‘The Gloves Are Off’: Residential School Day Students Launch Lawsuit
Scholars left out of 2006 settlement’s ‘common experience’ compensation seek redress.
War on Terror threat to democracy in Canada: American Civil Liberties Union
A top lawyer at the world’s largest civil liberties organization warns that Canada’s increasing participation in the so-called “War on Terror” has jeopardized democracy.
David P Ball 