The Canadian Progressive: Pressure mounting on PM Harper to meet hunger...
by Obert Madondo: Pressure is mounting on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to tear down his stubborn wall of silence over hunger striker Chief Theresa Spence. First Nations leaders, the opposition,...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Hunger striker Chief Spence urges supporters to...
In the press release below, issued on Friday, December 28, hunger striker Chief Theresa Spence invites MPs and Senators to visit her at her teepee on Victoria Island, a short walking distance from...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Chief Spence says Harper government has encouraged...
For immediate release: December 31, 2012, Victoria Island, traditional territory of the Algonquian Peoples: Today is the thirty first day of Chief Theresa Spence’s hunger strike and the last day of...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Elizabeth May shares her 2002 hunger strike...
During my 85-day hunger strike against Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s New Jim Crow-style crime Bill C-10, the deceptively christened “Safe Streets and Communities Act”, a prominent opposition MP told...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Canada’s Indigenous #IdleNoMore Movement Gains...
First Nations groups denied their constitutionally-protected rights, targeted by the Harper Conservative government In Canada, #IdleNoMore, an indigenous rights movement that started as a small social...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Chief Theresa Spence speaks on Day 21 of hunger...
For immediate release: December 31, 2012, Victoria Island, traditional territory of the Algonquian Peoples: Today is the twenty first day of Chief Theresa Spence’s hunger strike and the last day of...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Again, hunger-striking Chief Spence calls on PM...
For immediate release: January 4, 2013, Victoria Island, traditional territory of the Algonquian Peoples: As Chief Theresa Spence enters into her twenty fifth day of her hunger strike, her message is...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Chief Spence decries Harper’s “paternalistic...
For Immediate Release: January 11, 2013, Victoria Island, traditional territory of the Algonquian Peoples: Chief Theresa Spence is standing firm on her request that both Prime Minster and Governor...
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