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.
Tag Archives: Social Movements
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
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
Organic farm tour on Salt Spring helps forge political united front
Delegates to the Organic World Congress from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka visited three organic farms on Salt Spring, and came away resolved to form a united political front against genetic engineering and corporate agri-business
The Global Showdown Continues: Quebec City
QUEBEC CITY – Tens of thousands of activists converged for the Summit of the Americas, the largest protest Canada has seen in decades
On the Ground at the Anti-WTO protests in Seattle
November 1999—Our small, five-person “affinity group,” the basic unit of social activism, was only one insignificant unit of a crowd of at least 40,000 anti-World Trade Organization marchers.
David P Ball 