“Spectacular and futile condemnations of race prejudice. In reality, a colonial country is a racist country.”

“As supporters on the outside sprang into action, calling on the government to #FreeThemAll, prisoners faced up to the reality of 24-hour lockdowns, no more family visits, an already failing health-care system, and terrible food. The hunger strikes started not long after.”

Audio interview from 2010 with Wade Crawford (Oneida/Haudenosaunee) from Six Nations of the Grand River, talking about his participation in the “Oka Crisis” and other struggles (interview from the Vancouver Media Coop, with a song clip, as chosen by Wade)

“As we mark the 73rd anniversary of the Nakba, we, the undersigned, join together to reaffirm our commitment to the Palestinian people’s struggle for justice, return, and liberation.”

“Vancouver MP and junior minister for Indian Affairs Stephen Owen caused controversy in early February, 2002, when he compared young natives in Canada to Palestinian militants.“

We spoke about the Commune and colonialism, moving from Paris to the exile of Communards like Louise Michel in “New Caledonia,” to the Red River Resistance of 1869-70 in what would eventually become a part of “Canada.”

A review of Métis scholar Allyson Stevenson’s book, Intimate Integration, about the ’60s Scoop.

“Does this rising generation know that those who inaugurated the eight-hour day were put to death at the command of capital?”

History keeps getting older. But sometimes to preserve is to destroy.

“I remember an elder once told me on my healing journey that I should start with myself, my family, my community, and then our nation. I never understood that until the day my sister, another young man and I went to lay logs over the road.”