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Mining Blackness

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By Fitsum Areguy Verified
| Briarpatch Magazine Verified
On March 5, 2023, activists gathered inside the Metro Toronto Convention Centre holding banners rippling with messages: “WATER IS LIFE #Wet’suwet’enStrong,” “LIFE OVER PROFIT.” Entrances were obstructed by long rolls of blue cloth painted with fish. This action, orchestrated by Mining Injustice Solidarity Network (MISN), took place at the world’s largest annual mining event: the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention.
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Grief that catalyzes a movement

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By Lena Thibeh, Fitsum Areguy Verified
| Briarpatch Magazine Verified
Grief isn’t the resulting wound of a singular cut – it’s the reclamation of love in a world spinning on an axis of loss. Perhaps, this is the lesson our bodies teach us every time we decide to avoid feeling this emotion. Grief for us, as Black individuals, extends far beyond the realm of personal loss. It is rooted in a collective history of survival amid systemic injustices that are deeply entrenched in settler-colonial states.
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January/February 2024: The Black Radicalism Issue

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By Ola Idris, Ciann Wilson, Lena Thibeh, Fitsum Areguy Verified
| Briarpatch Magazine Verified
The Black Radicalism Issue Our special Black Radicalism Issue features writing and art from African, Caribbean, and Black activists across so-called Canada.
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