Racism

3 Minutes

World

Don’t demonize China – look for lessons instead

PV April 1, 2020

By Peter Miller in Chongqing I’m in China during the pandemic and it’s pained me to see anti-Chinese propaganda gaining ground in the West, including in Canada. Instead of blaming China for a virus...

4 Minutes

Canada

Reject Ontario’s Bill 168 and the hypocritical redefinition of antisemitism

PV February 25, 2020

By Bronwyn Cragg Ontario’s legislature has returned to session and with it comes the new, but much-contested, Bill 168 (or the “Combating Antisemitism Act”). Tabled in December by Conservative MPP Will Bouma, and having...

7 Minutes

World

Black history and the vision of a socialist future

PV January 22, 2020

WEB Du Bois and the Jefferson School of Social Science Denise Lynn In May 1954, W.E.B. Du Bois wrote a memo in support of his employer, the Jefferson School of Social Science. The Jefferson...

3 Minutes

Culture

‘Watchmen’: An unblinking look at racism through the eyes of lead Black characters

PV January 22, 2020

Michael Berkowitz HBO’s Watchmen is a stunning achievement for television. It is an unblinking look at American right-wing populism and racism, through the eyes of lead Black characters in a science fiction comic book...