Mick Jagger got it right. You can't always get what you want, but if you try, sometime you find, you get what you need.

“THE PURPOSE OF GETTING POWER IS TO BE ABLE TO GIVE IT AWAY.” Labour MP Nye Bevan said it in England in the 1950s. Movie star Ellen Page is living it today.

JOHN PERKINS KNOWS HOW TO “SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER.” He did it in person in May. He plans to do it again through the courts.

LABOUR DAY. IT'S OURS BECAUSE WE SAY IT IS.

THERE WAS NOTHING ‘FISHY’ ABOUT IT. Cod fishermen in Newfoundland were giving away fish on August 12. It was part of an action to end what their union called “an illegal lockout”. And it worked: the ban on selling fish to out-of-province processors was lifted.

GRASSROOTS ACTIVISM—LIKE HOPE—SPRINGS ETERNAL. Particularly in Québec.   

STEVE DRAKE WANTED HIS DEATH TO MATTER. He didn’t want to be just one more dead coal miner. His son, Steve Jr., promised to make sure his dad wasn’t. He had no idea how hard it would be to keep that promise.

Climate Strike Canada plans to make history on September 27. It is the date they have set for what they hope will be “the largest national strike in Canadian history.”

MARISOL VERIDIANO BOBADILLA IS TREATED LIKE THE MUSHROOMS SHE PICKS. She is kept in the dark and fed bullshit.

ZAK THORUP DOESN’T BOTTLE-UP HIS FEELINGS. In fact, he puts them in bottles. He wants his customers to do the same.