1. How the Prison Industrial Complex Screws Workers Elizabeth Chiu has a story on CBC about judges who are becoming frustrated with the length of time it is taking to transport prisoners to the court. Mounting frustrations over delays getting people accused of crimes into courtrooms in Dartmouth, N.S., have prompted one provincial court judge […]
If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the precipitate: Morning File, Saturday, April 22, 2017
News 1. Thoughts on the March for Science On Friday, activists launched an Environmental Bill of Rights. As Robert Devet reports in the Nova Scotia Advocate: Representatives of several Black, Mi’kmaq and other communities spoke to exactly that lack of consultation and powerlessness that they encountered in the past, and are still experiencing on a daily basis. […]
Arrest the Bankers: Morning File, Saturday, April 8, 2017
1. All Histories Matter Last week, I wrote about the white outcry about the exclusion of Annapolis Royal from CBC’s first episode of The Story of Us. I pointed out that while white Nova Scotians furiously protested their claims to be recognized as the first settlers, they were not so anxious to receive credit, for example, […]