Op-ed: Cornwallis — it’s not about history, it’s about racism
Some more thoughts on the Cornwallis statue. It’s not about the historical record, it’s about racism.
Month: July 2017
Op-ed: Removing Cornwallis — A little civil disobedience is a beautiful thing
Get rid of that damn Cornwallis statue, we say, and sooner rather than later. Another well-considered and nuanced editorial by the Nova Scotia Advocate.
Word on the street is things are getting tougher for people on income assistance
Kendall Worth lately has been hearing a lot of stories about special diet allowances being cut and unpleasant annual reviews. Lives on welfare are getting harder, and he doubts that the welfare transformation will make things better..
Removing Cornwallis, it’s been a long time coming
Tony Seed reminds us that the movement to get rid of the repulsive Cornwallis statue goes back quite a while. Read the speech delivered by then 93 years young Halifax activist Betty Peterson in 2010 at the Peace and Freedom Park, and find out more about Betty and other organizers in the biographical notes Tony provides. See you at the Peace and Freedom Park this Saturday!
History of Halifax, a Mi’kmaw perspective
Michael McDonald, a Mi’kmaq of Sipekne’katik First Nations, offers up a fascinating version of the history of Kjipuktuk, or Halifax, that is quite different from the one we usually hear. For one thing, it starts way before Cornwallis arrived.
Historic Black community of Lucasville continues to fight horse farm, feels abandoned by HRM
We have been following the fight of Lucasville residents against a smelly horse farm in this historic Black community for several years. Here is the latest update. With HRM seemingly powerless, a review by the the Nova Scotia Farm Practices Board is the community’s next (and likely final) option. A public meeting is scheduled for Wednesday July 19.
Exposing prejudice, generating solidarity — A look at disability arts, part 1
Disability arts is about how being a disabled artist influences what they create. In this first of two articles Alex Kronstein surveys the landscape of disability arts, and offers up some samples, including a stunning video. It is all about resistance, affirmation, and pride.
It takes a village: Kendall Worth with good news for woman going in for surgery
Earlier Kendall Worth wrote about how even a short hospitalization and surgery can throw a poor person’s live into a stressful chaos. Who’s going to drive you home if you have nobody? How are you going to get to the Food Bank if you need to stay in bed for weeks? How are you going to keep your apartment clean and tidy? And what about the social isolation? Well, turns out that in this case at least lots of people are willing to step up to the plate.
Weekend video: El Jones’ We will stop Alton Gas, the movie
Earlier this year the Nova Scotia Advocate was proud and excited to publish El Jones’ We will stop Alton Gas, right after her reading at a fundraiser for the fearless Alton Gas resisters. Now we bring you Stop Alton Gas, the movie, spoken by El Jones, wonderfully animated by Rachel Derrah and filmed by Izrael Media Arts. Check it out!
Still no expert hired for Halifax carding analysis
Six months after members of the Black community in Halifax requested a suspension of the practice of carding, as well as an investigation, the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission still has not hired the data expert it suggests is necessary. That expert is required to determine whether racial profiling explains why Black people in HRM are three times more likely to be stopped than white people, says the Commission. Meanwhile the racist practice of carding continues, and the deadline for completion of the investigation is a moving target.