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Palestine solidarity encampment ongoing at U of M

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Simon PensatoVirinder Singh
Students and community members at the University of Manitoba Fort Garry campus, led by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), established an encampment on the quad on May 7. The campus encampment is one of...
Nischal Karki
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To hell with state suppression, embrace lesbian leather

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Simon Pensato
As a kid, I had a fraught relationship with Victoria’s Secret window displays, an experience shared by many current and former queer women. Obviously, the displays were meant to be looked at and the...
Dallin Chicoine
Editorial

Critique confidently to construct a better world

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Simon Pensato
Can I offer you some constructive criticism? Many readers may reflexively cringe at that question, which makes sense. For many of us, criticism feels primarily like a threat. As someone who relies on student loans...
Teegan Gillich
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Nursing student reinstated

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Simon Pensato
University of Manitoba nursing student and former senior stick of the U of M Nursing Students’ Association Arij Al Khafagi’s status as a student has been reinstated.  Al Khafagi was previously suspended following social media...
Editorial

It’s almost Winnipeg’s 150, but we really shouldn’t be celebrating

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Simon Pensato
Winnipeg will mark its 150-year anniversary on Nov. 8, 2023. In the lead-up to civic celebrations, it is important to look at what Winnipeg’s incorporation meant to people at the time. The recent victory of...
Dallin Chicoine
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To protect trans kids is to demand a better future

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Misha StoneSimon Pensato
It seemed like the fascists wanted to hurt us. The anti-queer 1 Million March 4 Children (1MM4C) protest in Winnipeg last Wednesday drew far larger numbers than those of us who showed up to oppose...
Val Massey
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