Briarpatch - July/August 2019

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The fight to halt the construction of a new migrant detention centre in Laval. The women activists who are setting out to transform electoral politics in Canada. How the techlash is getting organized in Toronto. What happens when Islamophobia infects anti-racist organizations? In Mexico, resource extraction is the Achilles’ heel of the new anti-neoliberal government. Is voting really “harm reduction”? Plus a book review, comic, and more.

Revolutionary Dreamwork

“I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will have Mexico pay for that wall.”

8 mins

This Is A Prison, No Matter What You Call It

Activists are determined to halt the construction of a new migrant detention centre in Laval

10+ mins

'Fuck It, I'll Do It'

As we stare down a climate crisis and a hard-right political wave, women activists are setting out to transform electoral politics in Canada. But are the parties ready for them?

10+ mins

The City Vs. Big Tech

Activists kicked Amazon’s HQ2 out of New York City. They ran Google’s new campus out of Berlin. Now, in Toronto, #BlockSidewalk wants to send Google – and their new “smart city” packing. As the techlash is slowly becoming organized, the battle against Big Tech has emerged as the new front in the fight for the right to the city.

10+ mins

Amlo's Contradiction

Mexico’s new president promised “the end of neoliberalism.” But as he forces through megaprojects and steamrolls over Indigenous dissent, activists are beginning to understand that anti-neoliberal doesn’t always mean anti-capitalist.

10+ mins

Hate, By Any Other Name

Why would an anti-hate group condemn a Muslim organization for a third-hand connection to hate, while remaining silent about unabashed Islamophobia in a nonMuslim one?

7 mins

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Briarpatch Magazine Description:

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.