Winter 2022-2023
Features
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REMEMBER | RESIST | REDRAW
A radical history poster project by the Graphic History Collective and their collaborators illuminates the past so we can dream the future.
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SOUTH ASIAN CANADIAN FARMWORKERS RISING
COVER STORY
Harji Sangra shares what it was like to be part of the groundbreaking farmworkers’ movement in 1980s British Columbia.
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UNION ZINDABAD! SOUTH ASIAN CANADIAN LABOUR HISTORY
EXCERPT
Despite coercion and violence, the Canadian Farmworkers Union persevered, winning union certifications and shining a spotlight on the dark corner where farmworkers had been shunted by government and an unaware public.
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LABOUR MILITANCY & A HISTORY OF THE RIGHT TO STRIKE IN CANADA
Canadian governments have used back-to-work legislation almost 150 times since the 1970s.
Departments
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UPFRONT
Mozart Mimms Remembers
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THE STEPHEN ENDICOTT WORKERS’ HISTORY AWARD
Our Times is looking for submissions about workers’ history, and there will be a prize for the winning entry!
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11 WEBWORK
A WALKING TOUR THROUGH LABOUR HISTORY SITES
Labour history? Don’t get me started. A history geek and a union nerd is me.
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13 CLIMATE/JUSTICE
A PLANETARY COP-OUT
Media stunts and young people’s direct action haven’t forced governments to take climate change seriously. Luckily, the climate movement’s strategy has evolved.
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15 HAVE YOUR SAY
FESTIVAL 1978
The 11th World Festival for Youth and Students in Cuba was a lifechanging event for the 18,500 young people from 145 countries who attended.
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41 REVIEWS
BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE: CARRY IT ON
The riveting documentary Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On shines with the joy of the musician as activist.
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43 REVIEWS
SMELTER WARS
As good historians do, writer Ron Verzuh lets the trade unionists in Smelter Wars tell their own story.
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44 REVIEWS
OUR MEMBERS BE UNLIMITED
Sam Wallman’s intricately detailed comic provides unique insights on the state of the labour movement.
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46 POETRY
1954 THE KNIFE SHARPENER’S BELL
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48 ON TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION
WHAT DOES RECONCILIATION LOOK LIKE?
You cannot have reconciliation without reparations. How we can make reparations a reality.
