Winter 2024 Antler River Art Review
Photo of display at Tom Jones exhibit reading "Mother Earth, Her name as we know her by, endures." In Anishinaabe and English.
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A Month on Strike: A Postal Worker’s Perspective From the Line
In the final week of the postal workers’ strike I could hardly go ten paces without someone stopping me on the street to get the latest news and to express their support for our struggle. Everyone understands that we are living in really trying times. Inflation has exploded over the past 6 years, rents continue to rise, and our wages remain stagnant. The demands that the CUPW negotiating team went to the bargaining table with were meant to have our wages catch up with inflation, ensure any changes to the way we deliver mail will protect our jobs for the…
CUPW Local 566 holding down the line in Canada Post strike
Emmanuel Akanbi | CUPW Local 566 holding down the line in Canada Post strike
“The world is a relative”: How language can heal the Earth
On Thursday, October 17th, Potawatomi botanist Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer gave a talk at Centennial Hall on how Indigenous teachings encompass protection and love of the Earth. Indigenous languages hold a worldview where the land and all beings are relatives; this inherently disallows destruction of the Earth. “If the world is a relative, there are boundaries on what can be taken,” says Kimmerer. “There are guidelines on what we consume… Use everything you take. Take only what is given. Understand them as gifts, not commodities. Corporate messages confuse us about what we need and what we want.” Her voice was…
“The backbone of revolution is the unity of its people”: LiberAsian London vigil
On Sunday, October 20th, LiberAsian London, a local anti-imperialist pan-Asian solidarity group, held an “anti-imperialist & solidarity vigil” commemorating the lives lost to colonial violence.
Abortion Rights in Canada: Here to stay?
On Thursday, October 24, an abortion rights protest clustered at the intersection of Southdale Road West and Notre Dame Drive. Five protesters stood in a line. Three raised familiar abortion rights signs that read “Honk for pro-choice”, “Safe and legal abortion is pro-life”, and “Keep your rosaries off my ovaries”. The remaining two held more specific signs. “Go home, Abby” read one. “Hellenic centre hosts RACIST,” read the other. The abortion rights advocates were protesting the Hellenic Community Centre’s decision to serve as a venue for a fundraiser featuring American anti-abortion spokesperson Abby Johnson. The fundraiser was organized by 4LifeLondon…