South African women and tribal courts
Mar 22, 2016WINGSVictorious struggle against an ill-conceived bill.
View ArticleSexual assault and the search for justice
Mar 28, 2016Christopher MajkaThe Jian Ghomeshi trial has sparked a national conversation about sexual assault and the principles of justice. What can be done to build a just world while also adhering...
View ArticleMigrant workers deserve better
3 Minute ActionSpeak up during the Federal government's Temporary Foreign Worker Program review hearings
View ArticleThe unfinished business of Aboriginal justice in Australia
Jun 6, 2016Asia Pacific CurrentsLabour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region and interview with Celeste Little on the ongoing campaign for justice for Aboriginal people in Australia.
View ArticleTwin cases of Brock Turner and Jasmine Richards expose deep inequalities of...
Jun 9, 2016Amy GoodmanDenis MoynihanThe two cases could not be more starkly different, nor could they, together, better illustrate the vast disparities across race and class lines in the American...
View ArticleYoung workers show that action can make a difference
Young workers show that action can make a differenceJul 14, 2016Over the weekend, 130 young workers came together to take action and fight for a better, socially just world.
View ArticleMigrant powerline workers in Australia left unprotected by Thiess and the courts
Jul 29, 2016Asia Pacific CurrentsLabour updates of workers struggles in the Asia-Pacific region, and the struggle by the ETU to organize and protect migrant workers in Melbourne, Australia.
View ArticleAvi Nesher on his new film 'Past Life,' justice, truth, memory and...
Sep 22, 2016face2faceAvi and I talked about his brilliant and beautiful new film "Past Life," and letting go, about justice, pessimism and why he believes we need to "let life take over."
View ArticleYep. Fire those misogynist judges
Mar 16, 2017Gerry CaplanRe-education is great and everything, but we should expect more from our judges.
View ArticleHuman rights still not guaranteed in Indonesia
Sep 1, 2017Asia Pacific CurrentsWhile Indonesia is formally a democracy, powerful economic and political interests influence the law towards their interests.
View ArticleThe Gerald Stanley trial result was a travesty
Feb 10, 2018Robert JagoDon’t say that Canada or Saskatchewan failed Indigenous people -- Canada just failed. It wasn’t a mob of racists that released a killer onto the streets -- it was 12 regular...
View ArticleIt's time to upgrade the peace button as international tensions heat up
Apr 16, 2018Penney KomeLast weekend's airstrikes in Syria are just one in a string of recent world-destabilizing events. Luckily, activists everywhere are continuing to mobilize for a more just and...
View Article'Conviction' -- new film explores why prisons need reform from the inside out
Aug 14, 2019face2faceNance Ackerman and Ariella Pahlke invite us to consider a different kind of society that better supports the most vulnerable, particularly women in prison.
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