Andrew Loewen

Four editors reflect on decades of editing Briarpatch: what they learned, the stories that challenged them, what’s changed, and what’s stayed the same.

Around us, we see fear and uncertainty about the world that is coming into being. This issue of Briarpatch came from a desire to articulate a hopeful vision of the future, and a plan for how to get there by addressing interwoven social and environmental crises.

People in the Global South are least responsible for climate change historically but suffer most from its impacts. Here are four snapshots of struggles for just transition in the Global South.

Indigenous peoples and activists are expected to “wait and see” after Meili hires longtime oil industry manager as Chief of Staff.

The Courage coalition wants to transform the social and economic configuration of Canada. In an interview, two members discuss the efforts to focus, embolden, and strengthen the left.

An interview with Simon Ash-Moccasin

An interview with RankandFile.ca’s Doug Nesbitt and David Bush.

An interview with writing contest judges, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson and Stephen Collis.

A principled life on the political left.

The actual work of social movement building is always disproportionately borne by women and queer people.

What a politician is willing to do is never as important as what we can do together when we organize.

Letter from the editor.

Everything we care about when we think about social justice relates to our bodies: how they are defined and governed and by whom.

A left without militant organized labour is all protest with no real leverage.

Feminism with class.

Organizing ultimately comes down to building relationships.

Building social power is not about securing a politician’s ear.

What is the role of settler Canadians in the colonial present?

Hebrew University is a shocking choice for a collaboration in public safety management, say Palestinian students.

When we appeal to the logic of cost-effectiveness, I worry that our politics are not tied to a robust vision of human flourishing.