Plus repairing the RCMP.
Sep 182012
Sep 032012
Solutions from George Lakoff
Aug 242012
Unions need new ways to deflect constant attacks and win back public support.
by Straight Good News staff
On March 24, the day the NDP picked a new leader, the Globe and Mail ran a cover story about how bad the reputation of the labour movement has become. In "The sorry state of our unions," writer John Allemang lays out the extent of the crisis facing the movement that brought us fair pay, occupational health and safety, weekends, pensions, workers' comp and so much more.
Aug 202012
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Aug 082012
600 members of the Order of Canada say no to nuclear weapons.
by SGN staff
August 6, 2012 — Six hundred members of the Order of Canada have signed an appeal to the government of Canada to join in an international effort to eliminate nuclear weapons, Murray Thomson, coordinator of the project, announced today.
Jul 272012
Beautiful Trouble book offers toolbox for progressive success.
by SGNews staff, with YouTube video
A new project and new publisher have produced a handbook to help progressive activists effectively create social change.
Regina editor Dave Mitchell and dozens of collaborators put together Beautiful Trouble, a new book/ebook, and published by OR Books. The creators describe the 400-page collection of ideas, tactics and instructions to make progressive protest effective as "a toolbox for the next revolution."
Jun 222012
Jun 202012
New book shows how Harperites revise Canada's story to play up military.
by SGN staff
OTTAWA, June 14, 2012 — A new book documents a concerted attempt by Canadian right-wing extremists — led by Stephen Harper and historians like Jack Granatstien — to revise how Canadians view their country and make them view the military as most important to its history.