After over 10 years of organizing and activism, the members of Solidarity
Kjipuktuk / Halifax have voted to dissolve the organization.
This decision was made after considerable discussion, consultation, and
reflection by the membership of Solidarity Kjipuktuk / Halifax. Although
we are sad to mark an end to the organization, the decision to dissolve
was made in an amicable and comradely manner.
Solidarity Kjipuktuk / Halifax was founded in 2011 as Solidarity Halifax.
From the beginning, our stated goal was to bring together people of various
ideological tendencies and backgrounds with a common cause to fight capitalism
and all other forms of oppression and exploitation.
Over the next decade, the organization underwent a number of changes,
including a name change in 2019 to recognize the Mi’kmaw name for the land
we organize on. We also engaged in a wide range of campaigns rooted in
the struggles for workers’ rights, anti-racism, environmental justice,
and Indigenous sovereignty. We are incredibly proud of our work over these
past 10 years. We believe we have made a positive impact in the struggles
we have engaged with, and we hope with all humility that we have helped
expand and strengthen the broader Left in Halifax. We also acknowledge
that we have made our fair share of mistakes as an organization. It is
our wish and hope that present and future organizations can look to our
history and work, our successes and failures, as sources of both education
and inspiration.
Solidarity Kjipuktuk / Halifax was founded under the slogan “A Better
World Is Possible.” Each of our members carries forward a commitment to
seeing that better world become a reality.
With love and solidarity,
The members of Solidarity Kjipuktuk / Halifax