On the occasion of the inauguration of Donald Trump in the US, and in the lead-up to the Women’s March On Washington which is taking place on Saturday January 21st (with solidarity rallies in communities across North America, including here in Halifax), Solidarity Halifax has issued the “People’s Inauguration Manifesto” text below: The People’s Inauguration Manifesto On this bleak … [Read More]
Recently, Solidarity Halifax has begun building relationships with organizations outside of Canada and Québec, in particular with the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) and Brazil’s Landless Workers Movements (MST). Yesterday the Landless Workers Movement’s Florestan Fernandes National School (ENFF) outside Sao Paulo, Brazil, was violently stormed by police. Solidarity Halifax condemns … [Read More]
Larry Haiven, member of Independent Jewish Voices and of Solidarity Halifax, says the lack of response from Jewish institutions to the Conservatives’ Islamophobic fear mongering is hypocritical. Founded in 2008, Independent Jewish Voices – Canada is a national human rights organization whose mandate is to promote a just resolution to the dispute in Israel and … [Read More]
Katrin MacPhee and Mark Culligan, members of Solidarity Halifax, write in The Coast about Canada’s role in the Syrian refugee crisis. This country deserves the blame for failing to act and contributing to a crisis. Alan Kurdi’s death on a Turkish beach has weighed heavily on the consciences of Canadians. The discovery that an NDP MP … [Read More]
Ben Sichel, member of Independent Jewish Voices Canada and of Solidarity Halifax, writes to the Chronicle Herald in support of former NDP candidate Morgan Wheeldon who faces accusations of anti-semitism following his comments about Israel’s assault on Gaza. Re: “NDP hopeful pulls out of race” (Aug.11). Jon Goldberg of the Atlantic Jewish Council makes a … [Read More]
Talking Radical Radio interviews Kyle Buott. He is the president of the Halifax-Dartmouth and District Labour Council and a member of Solidarity Halifax. He talks about a recent gathering: 14 anti-austerity and anti-capitalist groups from across the country were hosted by Solidarity Halifax at a Congress of the Radical Left, to discuss building relationships … [Read More]
Originally posted at the Halifax Media Co-op. On April 7 2015, Solidarity Halifax member Kyla Sankey hosted a discussion on Venezuela’s National Liberation Struggle and Obama’s war in the Americas. Does this nation represent a threat, or a hope for peoples’ struggles across the world? Hosted by: John Kirk Isaac Saney Errol Sharp Chris Walker … [Read More]
Tuesday, April 7 6.30-8.30 pm At the Halifax Central library, room 201 Find the event on Facebook President Obama has recently declared that Venezuela represents a threat to US national security and decreed sanctions against Venezuelan officials. In this public forum we invite you to join us in taking a closer look at the motives … [Read More]
The Radical Imagination Project and Solidarity Halifax are pleased to invite you to a conversation about the recent Greek elections. Tuesday, March 24 from 5:30-7:30pm at Just Us! Coffeehouse, Spring Garden Road 5:30-6:30 – discussion with a grassroots organizer and scholar from Greece 6:30-7:30 – a discussion of the implications for Halifax, Nova Scotia and … [Read More]
Join Students Against Israeli Apartheid at Dalhousie for a week of events seeking to establish connections between the Palestinian people’s struggle for justice and struggles here in Canada and around the world. Click HERE for events details