Toban Black

Toban Black is a Sociology Phd student, a weblogger, a photographer, and a community organizer based in London, Ontario. Post-Carbon London is his primary organizing commitment.

An invitation from the Mobilization for Climate Justice coalition

October 8, 2009
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Glimpsing a history of anti-nuclear activism

Peace monuments can be found in some strange places. During a recent trip to Cardiff, Wales, a statue in the entrance way to the rather lavish Renaissance-styled City Hall caught my eye as I was visiting a collection of official buildings and public spaces.More

September 13, 2009
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Indigenous and water rights activists protest Canadian landfill

August 17, 2009
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Toronto’s “garbage strike” elicits public outrage and labour disunity

The city of Toronto has been caught up in a labour dispute since June 22—when 24,000 municipal workers from two local branches of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) went on strike.More

July 23, 2009
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Frida Berrigan receiving her diploma at the 1996 Hampshire College graduation ceremony.
Pomp and circumspect
Coal export opponents in Oregon engage in billboard modification to get their message out. (Portland Rising Tide)
Big Coal faces big opposition in Pacific Northwest
A Stop the Drones protest to Royal Air Force Station Waddington in England on April 27, 2013. (Flickr/Sarah Baldwin)
Envisioning an international treaty banning drones

Image by Itzy Ramirez.

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Columns

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At the Crossroads

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Little Insurrections

by Frida Berrigan

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Living Revolution

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The Arts of Protest

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News

Malaysian authorities crack down on opposition activists
Chile protesters call for education reform
Hundreds of low-wage workers go on strike in D.C.
‘Homophobia’s got to go!’: Thousands protest in NYC for love and tolerance
A ‘nonviolent army of love’ rises in North Carolina to face down rightwing’s assault on progress
Dubai workers hold rare strike for more wages

Analysis

Make the Road New York: success through ‘love and agitation’
On the road to Damascus
Organizing against criminal behavior
Farmworkers fight Wendy’s, the ‘last holdout’ on Fair Food
How the government targeted Occupy
A new book on rape by U.S. soldiers in France during WWII

Series

WNV Series Sans Tar Sands
Sans Tar Sands

Covering the Tar Sands Action, an effort to prevent the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and wean the United States off of fossil fuels.

WNV Series Occupy Year II
Occupy Year II

After a burst of massive street protests and a period of dormant self-reflection, the Occupy movement has settled into its second year as a force for community-rooted resistance.

WNV Series Wildcat Winter
Wildcat Winter

Low-wage workers are injecting new life into a weary U.S. labor movement by embracing an old tactic.

WNV Series #IdleNoMore
#IdleNoMore

Following the largest and longest peaceful aboriginal uprising in Canadian history as it grows into a global grassroots movement.