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Jesse McLaren is a physician, activist and blogger, who like Virchow believes that if medicine is to accomplish its great task, it must intervene in political and social life. He blogs at yourheartsontheleft.blogspot.com, and tweets @HeartsOnTheLeft.
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After the Saskatchewan oil spill, should we restrict water or oil?
By
Jesse McLaren
| July 26, 2016

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As fires rage across California and floods displace tens of thousands in China, communities in Saskatchewan have become the latest sacrifice zones of the oil economy. After a Husky Energy pipeline spilled a quarter of a million litres of oil into the North Saskatchewan river on July 21, North Battleford and Prince Albert have shut down their water intake from the river, introduced water restrictions and begun relying on small reservoirs.

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'Dying from Improvement' exposes the politics of colonial inquests and inquiries

Dying from Improvement: Inquests and Inquiries into Indigenous Deaths in Custody

by Sherene H. Razack
(University of Toronto Press,
2015;
$32.95)

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As we shift from a Harper government that denied Canada's history of colonialism to a Trudeau government that has launched an inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women, Sherene Razack's new book is a must-read to navigate the changing tactics of the Canadian state and support ongoing resistance.

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Photo essay: Holiday carolling for $15 and fairness
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Jesse McLaren
| December 13, 2015

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To build holiday cheer, the Fight for $15 and Fairness wage brought carolling outside and inside Toronto's Eaton's Centre, to celebrate the retail workers who are helping us prepare for the holiday season, and build the campaign for better wages and working conditions.


To the tune "Deck the halls":

Now's the time for 15 dollars

Fa la la la la, la la la la

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'Cowspiracy' isn't causing the climate crisis, capitalism is.
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Jesse McLaren
| December 11, 2015

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Cowspiracy shines a light on the carbon emissions of the animal agriculture industry, but its beam is so narrow that it leaves the rest of agriculture and the economy hidden from view, and elevates dietary choice to political strategy.

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Photo essay: 25,000 march for climate justice in Ottawa
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Jesse McLaren
| November 30, 2015

November 29 was a global day of climate action, with hundreds of thousands of people taking part in actions across the world. In Ottawa, 25,000 people from across Canada came together on unceded Algonquin territory to say -- and to spell in massive numbers -- that climate solutions and climate justice is 100 per cent possible.

         

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Canada needs real action for climate justice

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Much of the opposition that challenged Stephen Harper was from the Indigenous-led climate justice movement. If the Liberals' campaign slogan "real change" is to mean anything, it must mean real action for climate justice.

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PHOTOS: Toronto Disability Pride calls for 'ramps, not bombs!'
By
Jesse McLaren
| October 8, 2015

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 Saturday October 3 was the fifth annual Toronto Disability Pride March. As the organizers explained, the march aimed to

 

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A climate justice leap can't fit in the ballot box
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Jesse McLaren
| September 20, 2015

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Coinciding with the Leap Manifesto, a global conference on climate jobs shows how the labour movement around the world can help fight climate change and inequality.

The Leap Manifesto includes a clear call for climate jobs:

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Photo essay: Toxic Tour 2015
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Jesse McLaren
| September 9, 2015

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Canada's Chemical Valley completely surrounds Aamjiwnaang First Nation.

Petro-chemical companies poison the Earth.

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Canadian doctors divest from fossil fuels
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Jesse McLaren
| August 26, 2015

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The Lancet, the world's leading medical journals, diagnosed climate change as "the biggest global health threat of the twenty-first century," and prescribed tackling climate change as "the greatest global health opportunity." Following this medical advice, the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) voted today to divest from fossil fuels, invest in renewable energy, and to advocate for a price on carbon.

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