On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, coffee shop workers Charlie Huntley and Shelby Kennedy talk about being worker-organizers with the Baristas Rise Up campaign. Charlie is also a member of Solidarity Halifax. >> LISTEN TO INTERVIEW
Members of Solidarity Halifax share our deep sadness and extend condolences to our friend, supporter, and most recently, the curator of the People’s Museum, Natasha Krzyzewski. Yesterday morning, Natasha’s mother, Karen Krzyzewski, died in the horrible bus/train colllision in Ottawa. While we cannot begin to experience the depth of her loss, we send our message … [Read More]
A People’s History of Nova Scotia: A conference by Solidarity Halifax October 4 – 5, 2013 George Elliot Clarke was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, near the Black Loyalist community of Three Mile Plains, in 1960. He is the inaugural E.J. Pratt Professor of Canadian Literature at the University of Toronto. Clarke has been … [Read More]
Solidarity Halifax Student Caucus member Omri Haiven comments on student interests in the Nova Scotia provincial elections. Originally published in the Dalhousie Gazette on September 13, 2013. Students in this province face crippling debt, requiring them to spend years of their lives working to pay it off—and that’s the good news. The bad news is … [Read More]
As part of NSPIRG’s Rad Frosh 2013 series, Barristas Rise Up and the Canadian Federation of Students – Nova Scotia collaborated to present “Study. Work. Organize.” – a panel exploring the particular problems facing students and young workers in Nova Scotia and creative strategies and tactics for fighting back. The panel was moderated by Sébastien … [Read More]
Produced by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Nova Scotia. Co-authored by Christine Saulnier, Director of CCPA-NS, Kyle Buott, Secretary-Treasurer of the NS Federation of Labour and Judy Haiven, Professor in the Sobey’s School of Business at Saint Mary’s University. Both Kyle and Judy are members of Solidarity Halifax. This report critically analyzes the … [Read More]
Solidarity Halifax Student Caucus member Omri Haiven comments on politicians’ apathy toward affordable education. Originally published in The Coast’s Voice of the City column on September 12, 2013. For the price of our new convention center, Nova Scotians could be enjoying free education from primary school right up to college and university. It’s that simple, … [Read More]
By Judy Haiven and Larry Haiven, professors in the Department of Management, Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary’s University. Both are members of Solidarity Halifax. Originally published in the Halifax Media Coop on September 12, 2013. The recent events surrounding the frosh chant shame and diminish the entire Saint Mary’s University community in an unprecedented … [Read More]
Solidarity Halifax member Jackie Barkley comments on CBC Info Morning in response to lynching of Black person effigy in Dartmouth Leon’s furniture store. >>LISTEN TO COMMENTARY HERE OR HERE *New file link!* Note: Statements by Solidarity Halifax members do not necessarily reflect positions held by the organization.
Omri Haiven, member of Solidarity Halifax’ student caucus, responds to the recent news about the promotion of rape in SMU frosh chant. Originally posted at the Halifax Media Coop on September 5, 2013. – What’s most shocking about this story is not that the chant was an oversight but that it was purposefully oppressive and … [Read More]