3. Rebuilding Left Power Library

Take Action We bring tens of thousands of people together across the country to hold corporations and governments accountable. By taking action with the Council of Canadians, you’re joining a…

Movements like Black Lives Matter often start out as radical demands for change, but someone along the way they get consumed, defanged, and turned into meani...

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is the world's premier independent organization dedicated exclusively to ocean research, technology, and education. We combine state-of-the-art science, engineering, and ship operations to unravel the mysteries of the deep and devise science-based solutions to planet-wide problems.

Never Home is a groundbreaking multimedia project documenting nine years of discriminatory immigration changes by the Canadian government.

This month, we'll be digging into what comes next —both on and off Parliament Hill— for rebuilding the Green Party and the NDP.

No one is Illegal (NOII) is a movement composed of immigrants, refugees and allies that advocates for the rights of migrants around the world. They organize around the notion that granting citizenship to some who are privileged and denying it to others exploits migrants and perpetuates oppression. They host workshops, rallies and campaigns related to […]

The Resist! Collective is a group of Canadian-based activists working to provide communications and technical services, information and education to the greater activist community.

Get your first month of Audible completely free! Visit https://audible.com/secondthought or text secondthought to 500-500Everybody knows the democrats and th...

Decolonization is not about empowering disenfranchised Peoples into a level of survivorship that makes white supremacy content. It is about enforcing the most paradoxical level of joyfulness, bountifulness, and happiness for and by our Peoples in spaces where we are expected to die not survive, and survive not thrive.

When every team member thrives, your people do too. Get data-driven HR solutions that evolve the workplace.

During the many years that consultant Len Pierre has been working with organizations to support learning on reconciliation and Indigenous cultural safety, he

"How can I be a good ally towards Indigenous peoples?". That is a great question with lots of considerations.What does it mean to be an ally? Perhaps it is m...

In the era of Truth and Reconciliation, organizations across Canada are on a journey towards systemic transformation. In this webinar, Len discusses common p...

At Len Pierre Consulting (LPC), we are a multidisciplinary team of consultants and facilitators who advise and train teams and organizations on Indigenous Cultural Safety, Reconciliation, Decolonization, & Anti-Racism.

The Age of Worker Solidarity

An analysis of the ways in which capitalism has presented itself as the only realistic political-economic system. It is easier to imagine the end of the world...

A groundbreaking study conducted in the wake of the Second World War by a group of scholars rocked the academic world when it was published in 1950 — but fell out of favour. Now a new generation of scholars is reviving the lessons of The Authoritarian Personality to understand the politics of our time.

Get your first month of Audible absolutely free and listen to the audiobook that inspired this episode, Mark Fisher's "Capitalist Realism." Visit https://aud...

The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/secondthought08211Every minute of every day, the media an...

Native Land is a resource to learn more about Indigenous territories, languages, lands, and ways of life. We welcome you to our site.

Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/secondthoughtCheck out our most recent First Thought episode: https://nebul...

While the United States shudders in the shambles of another election year, whether from a collective sigh of relief or fear of what’s to come, a different system of governance blooms in a swath of woodlands jutting into the Atlantic Ocean. This shandy shoreline now part of what is

In this atlas, you will find outstanding reference maps of Indigenous Canada, as well as a section devoted to Truth and Reconciliation, including detailed pages on many aspects of the topic with contemporary and historical photography, maps and more.

To appreciate Anishinabek leadership, it must be understood within the context of its creation and how it has evolved. It is both difficult and perhaps inappropriate to try to represent a worldview in a few short paragraphs, and I apologize in advance if anyone is offended by this attempt. The following paraphrases an interview with Elder Fred Kelly, some of his writings, the notes of Wilson Ashkewe, and other lessons I’ve learned over time. In the beginning, the Great Spirit placed the four colours of humankind in the four directions. Each colour was given the special gifts of life,

newDemocracy is a not-for-profit research group, with a particular focus on best-practice citizen engagement and innovations in democratic structures.

Participatory budgeting (PB) is a democratic process in which community members decide how to spend part of a public budget. It gives people real power over

The following text was contributed by the Government of Canada and was updated in July 2016 “Our plan for an open and accountable government will allow us to modernize how the Government of Canada works, so that it better reflects the values and expectations of Canadians. At its heart is a simple idea: open government […]