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Idle No More is about more than Chief Spence

January 27, 2013
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Idle No More is about more than Chief Spence

by Matt Sheedy. The Idle No More movement began quietly back in early October, when four aboriginal women held a teach-in in Saskatoon about the destructive effects of the Harper government’s omnibus budget Bill C-45. It was not until mid-December, however, that the movement gained widespread attention with the high-profile hunger strike of Chief Theresa

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From Occupy to Idle No More

January 8, 2013
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From Occupy to Idle No More

by Matt Sheedy. My first experience with the Idle No More phenomenon came on Dec. 21, 2012, at Toronto’s Yonge and Dundas Square. The sight of round dances and the sound of drum circles offered a stark contrast to the flashing lights and billboards that surround the city’s commercial epicenter. (Think Times Square.) While the

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  • Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.
    Mohandas Gandhi

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