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"A Thousand More Beds": the fight for shelter beds in Canada's largest city. Writing letters to LGBTQ2S prisoners. The Punch Up Collective on building strong movements. The Wobbly Print Project talks radical art in the labour movement. The Honduran election crisis. The lawsuit facing opponents of the Site C dam. Winners of our Writing in the Margins contest, reviews, and more.

Pen Pal Solidarity

The Prisoner Correspondence Project connects LGBTQ2S inmates with pen pals on the outside.The relationships of care and empathy developed over years of exchanging letters are a form of radical solidarity that upends the control, surveillance, isolation, and erasure enforced by prisons.

4 mins

A Thousand More Beds

The homeless shelter system in Canada’s largest city is in crisis. Toronto’s sky-high rental market,government cuts to social housing and assistance benefits, and a city council that voted against immediate respite during a recent cold snap are jeopardizing the lives of homeless people.But anti-poverty and housing activists are fighting the systemic abandonment of homeless people, andthey’re winning important gains.

7 mins

The Honduran Election Crisis

Canadian capital stands to benefit from the fraudulent election of a far right-wing government that has brought down the full force of the military on Hondurans – particularly on activists like Berta Cáceres.

10+ mins

Silencing Opposition Of The Site C Dam

Protesters of the Site C dam in the Peace River Valley are facing a civil suit from bothBC Hydro and the B.C. government.

7 mins

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Briarpatch is an award-winning magazine of politics and culture. Fiercely independent and proudly polemical, Briarpatch offers original reporting, insight, and analysis from a grassroots perspective. As a reader-supported publication, Briarpatch is not just devoted to reporting on social movements — it’s committed to building them.