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Wet’suwet’en vs. Conservatives

Posted on February 23, 2020February 23, 2020by Kyle Wierks

The real fight is not with Canadians; it is with the people in power who have created a system whereby they can exploit our country at the expense of those who live here and claim the moral high ground because the law is supposedly on their side.

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Questioning power dynamics

Posted on January 30, 2020January 30, 2020by Kyle Wierks

By refusing to accept the socially-accepted balance of power, we can begin to shift the balance of power away from institutions and pre-existing structures back towards the people.

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Stop following the rules

Posted on January 27, 2020January 27, 2020by Kyle Wierks

Our social, political, and economic rules were created by people who hold the power, and people who hold the power want things to stay the same so that they hold on to power.

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Ignoring the issues

Posted on January 26, 2020January 26, 2020by Kyle Wierks

For those of us who are under-60, non-business-owning citizens, we are not very high on the priority list of any political strategist. But if you want us to inherit this mess, then let us start to fix it before it’s beyond repair.

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Exclusionary politics and power

Posted on January 25, 2020January 25, 2020by Kyle Wierks

The problem isn’t that millennials, women, and people of colour don’t want to be involved in politics and governance; the problem is that social barriers have been specifically constructed to keep us on the periphery.

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