Fight For Fifteen Petitioning

Join the Fight for Fifteen and Fairness campaign for lunch-hour petitioning at the Quinpool Road entrance to the Atlantic Superstore. 6139 Quinpool Rd, Halifax 12 PM – 1 PM Premier McNeil is raising the minimum wage this year by a pitiful 15 cents. His Liberals are literally nickel-and-diming Nova Scotians at a time when Ontario’s … [Read More]

VIDEO: Why Don’t the Poor Rise Up?

| News

On October 11, 2017, the Radical Imagination Project hosted the Halifax launch of “Why Don’t the Poor Rise Up?: Organizing the Twenty-First Century Resistance” (2017, AK Press). The launch featured a panel discussion focusing on the question of when, how, and under what conditions exploited and oppressed peoples rise up to create radical and revolutionary … [Read More]

Why Don’t the Poor Rise Up?

Mount Saint Vincent University

Join the Radical Imagination Project for the Halifax launch of “Why Don’t the Poor Rise Up?: Organizing the Twenty-First Century Resistance” (2017, AK Press). The launch will feature a panel discussion focusing on the question of when, how, and under what conditions exploited and oppressed peoples rise up to create radical and revolutionary social change. … [Read More]

Shining Bright Through Joanne Bernard’s Dark Cloud

| Statements

In a recent interview with CBC News, former Minister of Community Services Joanne Bernard made the following statements in reference to her electoral defeat in Dartmouth North and to the NDP’s promise to raise the minimum wage to $15/hr: “When NDP candidates are at the door, they’re talking to people who may be struggling — … [Read More]