February 2019 - Page 3 of 6 - Nova Scotia Advocate

Poor working conditions? Your rights violated at work? A new organization in Halifax offers support if you have nowhere to go

February 21, 2019 1 Comment

People who get paid the least and work in the most unstable jobs are often the people most vulnerable to abuse by their bosses. And without a union or money to get legal help, these workers usually have nowhere to go. In Halifax at least that situations has improved a bit. There is now a Workers Action Centre (WAC) that you can turn to for answers to your questions and for concrete support.

News release: Extinction Rebellion shuts down multiple intersections in downtown Halifax

February 21, 2019 1 Comment

News release: On the afternoon of Sunday, February 17th, some one hundred and fifty adherents to international climate crisis movement Extinction Rebellion blocked traffic at several major intersections in downtown Halifax.

Raymond Sheppard: Unearned white privilege

February 21, 2019 1 Comment

Raymond Sheppard on how white privilege rather than hard work is the cause of many white people’s good fortunes. And racism functions to keep it that way.

PSA: Trudeau visit. Anti-Black racism cuts deep rally

February 20, 2019

PSA: “Tomorrow (Thursday Feb. 21), Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is coming to Halifax to apologize for anti-black remarks made on Parliament Hill. 400+ years of entrenched and systemic anti-black racism, 4 years in power, and just now we’re getting a visit behind closed doors? Anti-black racism cuts deep. Any apology without payment and full restitution is shallow.”

News release: Global day of actions demanding U.S. hands off Venezuela!

February 20, 2019

News release: Hands off Venezuela! Sat, Feb 23, 1 PM, Freedom Park at South and Barrington, Halifax.

PSA: The state of African Nova Scotian Activism

February 20, 2019

PSA: Dead or Alive? The state of African Nova Scotian activism. A critical conversation on the future of the African Nova Scotian community. Feb 20, 2019, 6:30 PM, Halifax North Memorial Public Library.

Book review: R is for reparations – Young activists speaking their truth

February 20, 2019

A powerful little book, written in a day by some 30 children from in and around Halifax, speaks to to the enduring legacy of slavery in Canada and the need for all of us to engage in a serious conversation about reparations.

Alex Kronstein: Weaponizing language to silence autistic activists

February 19, 2019

Alex Kronstein reflects on activist language that gets co-opted and turned against autistic activists. “Autistic people have a great deal of shared experiences and history. But this is constantly being erased by allistic parents and professionals, the mainstream media, politicians, and the mainstream autism organizations,” he writes.

Kendall Worth: Still waiting for the social assistance transformation

February 19, 2019 1 Comment

Kendall Worth finds it difficult not to get frustrated with Community Services’ lack of progress in making things better for people on Income Assistance.

Letter to Minister Furey on accessible washrooms in restaurants

February 18, 2019

Gus Reed is not happy about government inaction after the Human Rights Commission decision that Environment must enforce the requirement that restaurants provide accessible washrooms.