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PERSPECTIVES: It’s About Time We Take Our City Back From Corporate Interests 

On March 28, I had the pleasure of participating in the province-wide Fight Ford protests right here in London, Ontario at Victoria Park. I was incredibly grateful to have the opportunity to speak to an issue that Londoners across this city know all too well— our city being an increasingly unaffordable rental market with working-class Londoners priced out of housing by corporate developers and predatory landlords.   Now, with the news that our city has officially earned the unfortunate distinction of having the highest unemployment rate in the country at 9.1%, this housing emergency has become all the more dire.   As…

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London to Ford: NO MORE!

Neither the threat of rain or cold weather would stop the population of London from making their voices heard. On Saturday, April 25, over 100 people gathered at Victoria Park to continue to protest the Ford administration and its negative impact on the city. Drumming circles, flyers, handmade posters, chants, and drivers honking in support of anti-Ford signs along the Richmond and Central streets showed in clear and uncertain terms that the people of London are not satisfied with the actions of the administration. The provincial government’s recent closures of safe consumption sites in the city, gutting of healthcare and…

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“Two Nations. One Voice”: Palestine and Lebanon rally grips Victoria Park

“I was born in Haifa. I am older than Israel,” said Lilian Mattar-Patey, a Windsor-based United Church minister. She addressed crowds gathered beneath a grey sky at Victoria Park in London on April 19 for a Palestine and Lebanon rally; a social media post about the protest read Two Nations. One Voice. Together, we rise. “In 1948, the first day of the Nakba or ‘catastrophe’, my brother was carrying me. I was less than two years old then, and he said that the Israeli soldiers were shooting at us, and one bullet came beside my ear and he said if…

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PERSPECTIVES: We Must Fight Ford’s Policies that Hurt the Working Class  

On March 28, in cities across Ontario, thousands of people gathered in protests to ‘Fight Ford’ including London. Doug Ford and his Conservative government have spent years attacking the very things that make our communities strong—our schools, our healthcare system, our workers, our environment—all while handing public wealth over to private corporate interests. We must be clear about something right from the start: this government does not have a real mandate. In the 2025 provincial election, they won a majority with just 43% of the vote—on only 45% turnout. That’s less than 20% of eligible voters. Twenty percent is not…

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Londoners gather at London Courthouse in support of local activist

Yesterday morning, a crowd of Londoners gathered to support longtime activist David Heap at his court hearing. Heap faces charges related to protesting the ‘Best Defence’ weapons manufacturing conference held in London in October 2025. Heap, an associate professor at Western University, was charged with one count of obstructing a peace officer after the London Police Service (LPS) Street Crime Unit executed search warrants at his home on November 25. In their press release, the LPS announced that a variety of items had been seized, including computers, cell phones, radios and protest placards during their pre-dawn searches at activists’ homes…

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“Silence is complicity, trade is betrayal”: Sudan protest demands Canadian government cut ties with UAE over war crimes in Sudan 

On November 1, Londoners gathered at Victoria Park to protest genocide, ethnic cleansing, and war crimes by state violence in Sudan. Chants, speeches, and banners educated the public about current violence in Sudan and its historical roots.  Since April 2023, Sudan has been scarred by warfare between Sudan’s national army, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), and paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). A September 2025 UN report titled A War of Atrocities states: The RSF…committed myriad crimes against humanity, including murder, torture, enslavement, rape, sexual slavery, sexual violence, forced displacement and persecution on ethnic, gender and political grounds. The…

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Countering fascism: reflection on “Hope Not Hate” Rally

The following is a reflection from a community member on the “Hope Not Hate” counter rally to the “Canada First” rally that took place on October 25, 2025. The author has been anonymized ensure safety from Canada First affiliates and doxxing efforts. On October 25, community members from various London-based organizations held a counter-demonstration to a planned “Canada First” rally. The anti-immigrant rally was organized by a far-right group centred in the east end of Toronto and their associates in the Second Sons, a white nationalist men’s-only fraternity. The rally in London was one of a series of demonstrations held…

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Sudanese Londoners rally to raise awareness of ongoing genocide in Sudan

More than 60 Sudanese Londoners and community members gathered at Victoria Park Wednesday to raise awareness of the genocide unfolding in Sudan. The crowd passed around flyers to people passing by and yelled chants calling for action to be taken to protect Sudanese civilians. “Save El Fasher, save Tawila, even in Canada it does matter,” they chanted. The protests come after El Fasher, the regional capital of North Darfur in Sudan, fell to paramilitary control by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia after 18-months of siege. Since the militia’s takeover of El Fasher, reports of summary executions of civilians trying…

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Artists Against Artwashing calls out Scotiabank investments in Israeli military tech at TIFF

On September 6, a paper mache head of Scotiabank’s portfolio manager David Fingold was paraded in front of the Scotiabank theatre during TIFF rush hour. The grand mache-Fingold had marionette hands carrying a large cheque with red paint dripping from the top, signed for $300,000,000 USD  addressed to Israel. The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) demonstration, organized by the No Arms in the Arts coalition, drew crowds of festival-goers to stop and take photographs, as well as a hefty police presence. “We are protesting Scotiabank’s stake in Elbit Systems,” said demonstrator Mitra Fakrashrafi, in an interview with Antler River Media.…

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