From Embers
The No State Solution: A Dialogue with Palestinian sociologist Mohammed Bamyeh and Israeli political scientist Uri Gordon How can anarchist perspectives contribute to Palestinian liberation? Professor Mohammed Bamyeh, Department of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh, is author of (2009) Dr. Uri Gordon, author of (2007), is an Independent scholar now based in the UK. This event took place on the unceded Territories of the Lekwungen-speaking peoples now known as the Songhees and Esquimalt in Victoria, BC Canada, and in the U.K. via Zoom on January 28, 2024. Sponsored by , , , (ANVI)
info_outline Unionizing Prison LabourFrom Embers
An interview with and , authors of the book . We discuss the background of the book, some historical and legal precedents, the pros and cons of right-based approaches, the core strategic arguments for a prisoners union, and an exciting new initiative by prisoners in Laval, QC to form a union. If you're around Montreal, check out their upcoming at Concordia University on Friday, November 24th. With music from .
info_outline AudioZine: Under New ManagementFrom Embers
On this special edition of From Embers, we’re sharing a reading of Under New Management: Resistance to Prisons in Ontario & Quebec. Originally published in 2018 on It's Going Down under the title this article discusses the establishment of the Canadian prison system and highlights some examples of prisoner resistance in Ontario and Quebec over the decades, with an emphasis on the widespread unrest throughout the 1970s. This AudioZine was first broadcast by in Kingston and has been edited and republished with permission. With music from , Christian Collins, and .
info_outline Dispatches from the FediverseFrom Embers
Our correspondent Lenny returns to discuss the FBI seizure of the servers of , the largest anarchist instance on Mastodon. We also talk about the continuing discrediting of big tech companies such as Twitter, Meta and Reddit, and what that might mean for people working to build an open-source, decentralized alternative to corporate social media platforms. LINKS (Statement on seizure) Reddit alternatives & With music from
info_outline Drag Defence in QuebecFrom Embers
Talking with Louve Rose from P!nk Bloc Montreal about Quebec’s transphobic far right, drag defence, and building a revolutionary anti-capitalist queer organization for both community self-defence and to intervene against gay assimilationism. Links P!nk Bloc MTL – , , August 12 Rad Pride () Music
info_outline The Public Order Emergency CommissionFrom Embers
Interview with an anti-fascist observer about insights gained from the Public Order Emergency Commission hearings, a public inquiry into the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act to repress the so-called Freedom Convoy in February 2022. We discuss why governments invoke emergencies, OPP's Project Hendon, how the Convoy was funded, the relationship between convoy organizers and police, comparisons with #ShutDownCanada, liberal conspiracy theories, the scale of economic disruption during the Convoy, and more. Links Our previous episodes on and the - Crimethinc report on the...
info_outline New Communication Infrastructure For AnarchistsFrom Embers
Interview with the author of the , a zine discussing secure digital communication tools from an anarchist perspective. We discuss Signal and its critics, and some new tools being released that incorporate peer-to-peer communication, end-to-end encryption and the . Further reading: Signal PET apps
info_outline Quebec Nationalism and Settler Futurity - Refusing InnocenceFrom Embers
A conversation with two anarchists following a workshop they gave at the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair entitled 10 years since the strike: the place of nationalism within militant struggle. We discuss the history of Quebec nationalism and its influence in anarchist and radical milieus, responsibilities of settlers in anti-colonial struggle and in relating to land, possibilities and uncertain futures opened up by anarchism as a guiding practice, and more. Further reading: Keshena Robinson - Québec Redux: Settler Coloniality and Reactionary "Decolonialism" Robin Maynard and Leanne...
info_outline Escaping Tomorrow's CagesFrom Embers
is a six-part essay being published throughout the month of May that lays out the coming wave of provincial jail expansions in Ontario and propose a strategy for how they might be opposed. We spoke with 3 anarchists involved with the project.
info_outline Student Organizing with Divest McGillFrom Embers
In this episode I chat with two members of , a student-led organization at McGill University in so-called Montreal. They are fighting to force McGill to divest from the fossil fuel industry and transform the university into something liberatory and accountable to the people whose lives it affects. This spring, they led a more than two-week-long open, social occupation of a university building. All music in this episode is from the 2012 anti-folk opera "" about anarchist participation in the 2012 Quebec student strike. Check it out on Soundcloud here: Learn more about Divest McGill here: ...
info_outlineMauna Kea is the tallest mountain in the world measured from its oceanic base and one of the most sacred sites for spiritual Hawaiians. A consortium of government and university scientists from Canada, the United States, Japan, China and India have been trying to build the Thirty Metre Telescope on its summit for nearly a decade, coming up against fierce opposition from native Hawaiians every step of the way.
Things heated up again this summer as TMT planned to start construction for the second time. In response, land protectors established a resistance camp on the mountain. After two and a half months and dozens of arrests, the camp is still standing and a mass movement has emerged to defend the mountain.
We caught up with Pua’ena Ahn, who is part of the Hawaiian movement and currently active to protect Mauna Kea.
With music from Anti-Flag and PUNAHELE695
In Canada, the National Research Council and the Association of Canadian Universities for Research in Astronomy (ACURA) are important partners in the TMT Corporation. Some prominent Canadian astronomers have already spoken out against the project. Add to the pressure!
Board Members of TMT (Canada)
- Donald Brooks – Professor, University of British Columbia
- Greg Fahlman – General Manager, NRC Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Kim Venn – Professor, University of Victoria
ACURA Institutional Members and Representatives
- Athabasca University – Martin Connors
- Bishops University, Sherbrooke - Lorne Nelson
- Brandon University - Tyler Foster
- McGill University, Montreal - Nick Cowan
- McMaster University, Hamilton - Christine Wilson
- Queen’s University, Kingston - Stephane Courteau
- Saint Mary’s University, Halifax - Robert Thacker
- Trent University, Peterborough - David Patton
- University of Alberta, Edmonton - Gregory R. Sivakoff
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver - Aaron Boley
- University of Calgary - Robert Thompson
- Laval University - Gilles Joncas
- University of Lethbridge - Erasmus Okine
- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg - Stefi Baum
- University of Montreal - René Doyon
- University of Toronto - Vivek Goel
- University of Victoria – Kim Venn
- University of Waterloo - Charmaine Dean
- University of Western Ontario, London - Stanimir Metchev
- York University, Toronto - Patrick Hall
And finally, don't forget to check out the Toronto Anarchist Bookfair this weekend!