FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS RELEASE Solidarity Halifax October 17,2013 Solidarity Halifax deplores the use of militarized violence against protesters near Elsipogtog, New Brunswick and re-iterates its statement of solidarity toward those putting their health and safety in jeopardy for the protection of land and water. The bravery and sacrifice of those blocking SWN contractors and … [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]
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 stands in support of all those who have risked violence and incarceration to oppose natural gas exploration near Elsipogtog and Kent, New Brunswick. The bravery and sacrifice of those blocking SWN contractors and tending to the sacred fire are an inspiration to all those who oppose capitalist and colonial exploitation and the dispossession … [Read More]
A sacred fire has been lit and protests are underway near Elsipogtog, NB to prevent shale gas exploration and eventual “fracking.” Public calls of solidarity have been issued to activists, organizations and anyone concerned with the health of our natural environment. NEW HALIFAX PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING – 6:45pm, North Branch Public Library Website for information, … [Read More]
*NOTICE OF EVENTS* Planning Session to Oppose the Federal Budget by the Halifax-Dartmouth & District Labour Council April 4, 6:30pm-8:30pm 3700 Kempt Rd, Halifax The Conservative government has introduced another budget full of cuts and attacks on workers, our families, our communities and our environment. Soon, it is highly likely the Conservatives will release yet … [Read More]
As Idle No More, and the struggle to protect treaties and land continues, Solidarity Halifax has been invited to speak to the following two panels scheduled this week: Idle No More Teach In at MSVU Monday, March 11, 3pm Auditorium D, Seton building, Mount Saint Vincent University Oil, Resistance and Change: The Environment and Aboriginal … [Read More]
On January 27, 2013 marchers travelled from Shubenacadie Residential School to Indian Brook First Nation to honour residential school survivors. On the next day, marchers left Dartmouth, crossing the MacDonald Bridge and made their way to Citadel Hill and the Commons to commemorate the indigenous history of K’jipuktuk and denounce genocidal policies that claimed many … [Read More]
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/231723513630741/ SUNDAY, JAN 27 & MONDAY, JAN 28 We’ll walk for our Children, to honor our Residential School Survivors, to stand up for our Treaty and Human Rights, and to save Mother Earth. We’ll embark on this march to show Canada that we walked and took care of these lands long before they … [Read More]
CKDU 88.1 FM Idle No More teach-in recording Dal News Idle No More: A movement for change The Dalhousie Gazette No longer idle at Dal The Halifax Media Coop Who is an Ally in the Idle No More Movement? The Watch Idle No More talk draws students en masse