No-one is happy with the property tax
Economists Michael Bradfield and James Sawler make the case for doing away with property taxes and replacing it with something more fair to everybody.
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Alex Kronstein: Inclusive education and autism – Nothing about us without us
Alex Kronstein tackles what inclusive education should look like for autistic people. “By meaningfully engaging those who are under-represented and marginalized, it will be much easier to achieve full inclusion.”
Be prepared: Dealing with a natural disaster when you’re poor or disabled
New contributor Olivia Katz on how to live through a natural disaster (or any emergency, really) when you are poor or live with disabilities or chronic illness. News you can use!
Dayna Barnes: We need mental health supports for Nova Scotia youth everywhere and all the time
“Look around your rural community, outside of school, organized sports and of course amazing public libraries (who are also under funded). Are there any established youth centres, programs or services offering drop in spaces, programs, services or mental health supports? Do you see outreach workers connecting with youth? Do you even see youth out and about?” Dayna Barnes on a looming crisis in rural Nova Scotia.
Weekend video (and PSA): Our dance of revolution film screening and panel
“To be Black and queer is to be a danger to the world, and I think that is beautiful.” Check out the trailer, than come to to the screening and panel discussion on Sunday July 21, at the North End Library.
Radical Imagination series back at the Halifax Central Library where it belongs
A bit of good news to end the week. The Radical Imagination speaker and film series is back on in the Halifax Central Library, where it belongs.
Daniel Samson: The presbyterian communist – J.B. McLachlan’s library
Historian Daniel Joseph Samson recently spent a day going through the private library of the early-20th-century Cape Breton labour leader J. B. McLachlan at the Beaton Institute. Turns out McLachlan didn’t just read Lenin and Engels, Samson encountered some books he didn’t expect to see there.
News release: It’s happening! The 9th annual Emerging Lens Cultural Film Festival, April 24, 25, 26, 27 and the 28th in Truro and New Glasgow
News release: Some great films and shorts coming up later this week, thanks to the Emerging Lens Cultural Film Festival, back for its ninth year! Admission is free, showings all over HRM and even in Truro and New Glasgow.
Kendall Worth: Lives on welfare – Maria
Kendall meets up with a woman who had to make the big adjustment from living a fairly comfortable life to making ends meet on income assistance. Find out what happened and learn about her deepest wish.
Building mutual support within the autism and disability communities
Organized mutual support has always been strong within the autism and disability communities, but it can g much further, writes Alex Kronstein, who looks at the Antigonish co-operative movement and the Black Panthers social programs for inspiration