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Maybe it’s the ongoing student protests in Quebec over tuition hikes or the national general strikes in Spain, or maybe it is just the return of warmer weather, but it appears that the Occupy Movement is enjoying a resurgence of energy, spirit and imagination, reinvigorating the 99% to continue the fight for economic and social justice that …

My co-worker told me on Monday that the third Monday in January is called "Blue Monday" - Christmas is over, debt is high, people have been back at work for three weeks and with no holiday in sight, depression looms. Well, not today!  Today is a day for celebrating.

First of all, it snowed on Gabriola Island.  But, more importantly, today President …

This post is an excerpt from Starhawk's blog, Dirt Worship, posted December 28th and is reprinted here with permission.

Starhawk, author of The Empowerment Manual: A Guide for Collaborative Groups, is presently conducting Earth Activist Training, a two-week permaculture design certificate course with a focus on organizing and activism and a …

Earlier this year we wrote about Franke James' struggles with the Canadian government in Franke James Blacklisted?. Franke continues to struggle to raise awareness of the issue of political interference in environmental communications. Yesterday New Society Publishers released the following statement:

PEN Canada and The Writers’ Union of Canada …

Under the cover of darkness Monday night, during the now infamous raid when the tents and belongings of OWS protesters were removed from Zuccotti Park, the People's Library was forcibly dismantled and their collection of more than 5000 books was seized. Despite assurances by city officials that the library's property would be "safely stored", …