Protest - Revolt

02/01/25
Author: 
Alex Cosh
Graphic assembled by The Maple staff.
Jan. 2, 2025

An assessment of the Trudeau government’s complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

 
29/12/24
Author: 
Primary Author: Tova Gaster with files from The Energy Mix staff
Advocates for the gas ban rallied outside Vancouver City Hall on November 26, ahead of a council vote on bylaw changes to permit gas heating in new homes. (Photo: Tova Gaster)

Dec. 25, 2024

Vancouver City Council voted Wednesday night to reinstate a ban on natural gas in new buildings, reversing a decision it made in July.

After two days of deliberations and input from over 140 local residents, council members voted in favour of banning gas for space and water heating entirely, rather than allowing it with stricter energy efficiency requirements. The main motion, which took the form of a proposal to reverse the city’s 2020 ban on gas in new construction, was defeated on a tie vote.

19/12/24
Author: 
Max Bearak
Gas flare as seen from Kitamaat, British Columbia.

Dec. 13, 2024

With her hair pulled back into a tight ponytail, her arms and legs covered with 20 tattoos, and her compact frame fitted out in athleisure, Crystal Smith, the elected chief of the Haisla people, looked more like the hometown basketball star she once was than the fossil fuel exporter she’s about to become.

19/12/24
Author: 
ML Cavanaugh
Mark Esper, right, who was secretary of defense in the first Trump administration, said the president was upset by Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 and asked Mark Milley, left, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, “Can’t you just shoot them, just shoot them in the legs or something?” (Oiliver Douliery / AFP via Getty Images)

Dec. 15, 2024

Every American in the armed forces, and any veteran who has served, hopes and prays for peace and stability under the recently reelected, incoming commander in chief. Political leanings are no factor here. We salute and serve because that’s who we are — even as our oaths may soon be tested as the next frontline in the war for America’s soul.

18/12/24
Author: 
Steven Tufts
Canada Post logo

Dec. 18, 2024 [The Globe and Mail (Ottawa/Quebec Edition)]

[The author mentions CUPW’s proposed vision for Canada Post, without naming it. Here it is: https://www.deliveringcommunitypower.ca/]

13/12/24
Author: 
Sophia P.
Save Old Growth co-founder Zain Haq, who is in Canada from Pakistan on a study permit, has had his deportation halted just three days before Canadian immigration officials were to force him to leave the country. (CBC)

Dec. 13, 2024

Hello,

This December 6th, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) re-initiated Zain Haq’s deportation order. Now, Zain is required to leave for Pakistan by January 21, 2025.

09/12/24
Author: 
Kieran Delamont
CUPW Strile image

Dec. 5, 2024

Strikes by postal workers have paved the way for Canadians to enjoy maternity leave and job security. Now, they are fighting the casualization that threatens so many workers.

Huddled around fires on picket lines across the country, postal workers like myself are carrying a load that many Canadians aren’t aware of.

30/11/24
Author: 
Seth Klein
CNO columnist Seth Klein dumped gas heating years ago and has never looked back. Photo by: Adrienne Tanner for Canada's National Observer

Nov. 29, 2024

It wasn’t easy, and it was uncomfortably close. But late Wednesday evening, the gas industry’s effort to re-introduce fossil fuel heating in new homes and buildings in Vancouver was mercifully defeated.

Mobilizing to confront the climate emergency desperately requires forward momentum. Instead, thanks to the unrelenting persistence of the fossil gas industry, countless Vancouver-area climate activists and organizations just spent untold hours over the last four months re-prosecuting a fight they had already won.

27/11/24
Author: 
Alvin Finkel
A detail from a painting by Jean Froissart of Richard II meeting with the rebels of the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381. Image via Wikimedia.

Nov. 21, 2024

A quick history of common people rising up to make gains for justice and equality.

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