Podcast: First Nations and the political economy of land
Originally posted on Political Eh-conomy: This episode looks at the political economy of land in Canada and the Canadian state’s relationship with First Nations as mediated by land. I’m happy to bring...
View ArticleMarch 6 2015: Perspectives on International Women’s Day 2015
https://windsorshakeup.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/mixdown-podcast-simms-farag-coral-iwd.mp3 March 8th was International Women’s Day, a commemoration going back over 100 years, and according to the...
View ArticleWhen Mr Harper came to town…
Stephen Harper came to Windsor a couple of weeks ago. He came to ground zero of the collapse of the manufacturing base in Canada. About 50 labour and social justice advocates came out on short notice...
View ArticleNov. 4 2015: Uber comes to town
By Paul Chislett: Although not in Windsor – yet, the Uber ride sharing company has caused comment in the local media and online. Driving speculation about Uber in Windsor is former Progressive...
View ArticlePutting ‘share’ back into the sharing economy: the social solidarity economy
Recently the Uber ride app was activated in Windsor immediately threatening the livelihoods of some 300 unionized cab drivers in the city. Over the New Year holiday many complaints were heard in...
View ArticleTar Sands, pipelines, and resistance across cultures and borders
During the week of April 18th I took in two forums on the pollution of the lower Great Lakes basin: Crossing Borders and Making Connections on April 19 in southwest Detroit, and then on the following...
View ArticleWhen 140 characters isn’t enough: Paul Chislett August 2 2016
WARNING: Middle Class generalizations ahead! The views expressed here are mine alone. Frankly, it’s not that often I get into a Twitter debate (Twitterbate?). But when I do there’s only so far one can...
View ArticleScreening Secret Path to create our own path to make right relations with...
Paul Chislett October 24 2016 The screening of Secret Path last night (Oct. 23) was a success. At least one person said they are being exposed to the history of residential schools only recently and we...
View ArticleWaiting for the bus…March 16, 2017
By Paul Chislett: It took a minute to see the graffiti on the clear window of the bus shelter. After months of seeing videos and photos online showing people encountering racism in person or scrawled...
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