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Israeli Refusenik speaks in Halifax
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Amir Locker-Biletzki is a former soldier in the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF). In 2002, he co-founded the ‘Courage to Refuse’ campaign. By refusing to perform his reservist work during the height of the 2nd intifada, he subsequently served jail time, and inspired other to refuse to serve [...]
Women, Sex Work, and Homelessness
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On February 23rd, CKDU’s Jane Kirby and Melissa Albiani hosted Hour 2 of the 8th Annual Homelessness Marathon live from St. Matthew’s United Church, beside the Emergency Out of the Cold Shelter.
Kirby and Albiani interviewed a variety of panelists to discuss criminalization of sex work, the funding crisis and cutbacks [...]
Echoes of the Marshall Inquiry
[Audio: http://www.radio4all.net/files/david@ckdu.ca/3412-1-echoes_of_the_marshall_inquiry4.mp3]
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HALIFAX – Donald Marshall, Jr., was a Mi’kmaw man wrongfully convicted of the murder of Sandy Seale in 1971 in Sydney, Nova Scotia. He spent 11 years in prison for murder, then was acquitted of all charges in 1983. However, grave oversights occurred during the initial Sydney Police investigation, the [...]
Manhunt Halifax
If you see a group of people running and hiding around downtown, don’t be alarmed: they’re probably just playing Manhunt.
Nova Scotia transition houses in peril
3412-1-owu-transition_houses_sept10.mp3
Bryony House is a shelter for abused women and their children. It has been operating in Halifax for 31 years, and is the largest transition house for women in Nova Scotia. Each year Bryony House offers safety and shelter to over 450 women and children and answers over 4000 distress calls.
Due to a funding freeze [...]
Halifax women’s shelter loses outreach services
HALIFAX – After many successful years, Halifax’s Bryony House will be discontinuing their outreach services for women and children fleeing domestic violence. The Department of Community Services, the main funder of transition houses in Nova Scotia, has not increased funding to Bryony House since an operational budget freeze in 1996.
Outreach services are provided by [...]
Local feminist activist responds to criticisms of shutdown of anti-choice event
On February 4th 2009, at least a dozen women and their allies shut down an event at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax entitled “Echoes of the Holocaust”, forcing its relocation to a church off campus. The talk, given by Jose Ruba of the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform, was part of the Genocide Awareness Project, [...]
Halifax rallies behind Gaza
For the full 12 minute audio report, click here.
Citizens around the world are taking to the streets in opposition to the recent Israeli military invasion of Gaza. Grassroots movements have mobilized people in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America, acting together on co-ordinated international days of action.
In Canada, cities across the country [...]
