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There is nothing unusual about poetry playing a galvanizing role in a revolutionary moment.
Day 14. Each day dedicated to a claim. To reprise the movement. Day 14 was the “Day of Martyrs”. Despite these bleak …
Call-out for an online and printed zine about dealing with body/hair/size/fat phobia for and by Indigenous peoples and people of colour. The title is still a work in progress, but here you can find all the details on submitting & how to get involved.
From our friends at ColorLines, a video by Jorge Rivas documenting “The Year in Race - Disasters, Deportations, and DREAMS Rising.” It’s a bleak portrait of the frustrations abound in 2010 from Tea Party antics …
These words symbolize the power of writing and art on a wall. In this TED Talk, Estria Miyashiro’s speaks about his youth mural group repainting a faded old mural of Martin Luther King, Jr., in a …
The latest courtesy of Victoria Secret…. African Fantasy much? (via Africa is a Country).
Maclean’s magazine published a story in their November 10th issue asking whether Canadian University Campuses are “Too Asian”. In effect, the publication reinforces ready stereotypes positing that the presence of Asians on campus may be developing into …
Poetry International, the biennial festival of - you guessed it - international poetry returns to London this weekend. The festival itself features poets, readings, music and translations from over twenty countries, but the emphasis this …
For women of colour, shadeism is an ever-present reality of daily life. Four young girls detail their own struggles with the embedded discrimination of shadeism in this documentary: Shadeism.
Shadeism from Shadeism on Vimeo.
Jimmy Mubenga, a Zimbabwean national seeking asylum in Britain, collapsed dead on the plane ride deporting him back to Zimbabwe. His memory is another addition to the countless asylum-seekers facing brutal conditions and grave uncertainty …
At long last, Dead Prez land in Vancouver performing to a sold-out audience. Features Contributor Fathima Cader covered their hyped gig at Fortune Sound Club on September 27th, 2010, with Vancouver finally getting a hit of, arguably, hip-hop’s most politically charged tour de force.
