Social Justice Spotlight

Available to anyone located in NL at the time of screening. Date to be announced.

Film Synopsis: "While the Israeli army retaliates against the Second Intifada in the West Bank in the early 2000s, a mother films her family's daily life, punctuated by time spent shielding her family from harm in the basement. Now, her son revisits this past, delivering a heart-breaking portrait of the anguish of parents who are forced to choose between their children’s physical safety and the emotional upheaval of leaving home."

This remarkable achievement underscores the power of collective support and solidarity in driving positive change. Your generosity will enable us to implement vital service and project-based initiatives that uplift and empower our community.

Mutual aid is more than just charity; it's a powerful expression of solidarity and collective care. Studies show that mutual aid initiatives strengthen communities, foster resilience, and promote equity. With your support, we are building a brighter future rooted in solidarity and compassion.

Tent City for Change sends out our heartfelt gratitude to the greater community who has continued to support Resident Protestors.

As we continue to push our elected representatives to do better, TC4C will remain a steadfast site of protest and resistance to privatized shelters, exploitative slum lords, and the denial of housing as a human right.

The SJCNL Free Palestine Action Team recognizes that Canada and Israel are both settler colonial states built on stolen land. The struggle for social justice is not bounded by national borders; as we fight to dismantle colonialism in so-called Canada, we must also stand against colonialism abroad. In alignment with our principles of revolutionary care, we are committed to uplifting the voices of those most marginalized and we recognize that there is no justice or liberation without collective liberation. We organize in solidarity with the Palestinian people, whose struggle under a settler colonial system of domination has been ignored for too long.

Every Saturday at 2pm NT at Harbourside Park in St. John's until a Ceasefire!

Condemn the genocide of the Palestinian people by the Israeli state and send a message loud and clear to local politicians that we demand they call for a ceasefire now!

You can sign up for the Palestine Solidarity NL Listserv here:

https://palestineactionyyt.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Presenting, Three Promises by Yousef Srouji, in St. John's.

Synopsis:

While the Israeli army retaliates against the Second Intifada in the West Bank in the early 2000s, a mother films her family's daily life, punctuated by time spent shielding her family from harm in the basement. Now, her son revisits this past, delivering a heart-breaking portrait of the anguish of parents who are forced to choose between their children’s physical safety and the emotional upheaval of leaving home."

Thank you to everyone who came out to support Prison Justice and Abolition and to all who donated!

We sent $298 to the Anarchist Black Cross Federation (ABCF) Warchest Program that supports political prisoners and prisoners of war in the US. You can find more about their work here: https://www.abcf.net/warchest-program/

We also raised $50 for our own NL-Based Prison Pen Pal Project to provide stamps and letters to volunteers and incarcerated people. You can learn more about that work here: https://www.sjcnl.ca/pen-pals

The SJC supports the Status for All campaign whole-heartedly. We believe in a world without borders and are imagining and working toward a Revolution of Care, a future that puts care at the core of social organization, instead of profit. 

We dream of a future where the destruction of thriving ecosystems for profit is brought to an end, where everyone's needs are met, and everyone's dignity is respected, everyone's value is celebrated. Where colonial, capitalist governments no longer decide who is worthy of rights, services, or protections. We know this future is possible and is coming because people, particularly Indigenous, Black, Brown, Queer, Trans, Poor, Disabled, and Migrant feminists & abolitionist dreamers, organizers, and activists have been fighting and working for generations to bring it into being.

It's Muskrat Falls All Over Again.

Members of the SJC and Council of Canadians Avalon Chapter gather at Impact Assessment Office in St. John's in solidarity with the Environmental Transparency Committees Demand for A Federal Impact Assessment.

Protestors chant, "We're here to fight for the future we need, the elites won't save us from their own greed"

A different way to spend July 1 in St. John's. Land Back Fest is a community gathering and feast with the Indigenous Activist Collective in Bannerman Park on July 1 to celebrate Land Back Movements and Indigenous Peoples.

Why celebrate colonial genocide when we can come together to celebrate and demand the return of Indigenous lands to Indigenous hands!?

"The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too" - Rose Schneiderman (1882 - 1972)

Workers deserve fair and equitable working conditions, but they also deserve joy, art, and beauty. ​

On May Day, 2022 we gathered with the Worker Action Network at Bannerman Park for a celebration of workers rights.

SJC Supports Migrant Rights Network's Call for Full & Permanent Immigration #StatusForAll as Part of a #FeministRecovery from Covid 19.

Sign the call here:

https://migrantrights.ca/take-action/permanent-resident-status/

Expressing solidarity with sex workers & sex worker rights on #InternationalSexWorkerRightsDay

Sex work is work and needs to be decriminalized!

Thank you to SHOP for inviting us to participate in #StoriesOfSexWorkerSolidarity

The SJC signed the North American Mega Dam Resistance Alliance's Call to Protect Mistashipu, the Grand River.

Add your voice to STOP GULL ISLAND by signing the petition:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1JgHBcjkEtvwVH_x8lPsZQBg-jgoeX-EttOghs5rLGqI

SJC supports Abolition Coalition and allies call to Divest from Prisons and Policing.

Show your support, and join us in signing the declaration! 

https://www.choosingrealsafety.com/

The Social Justice Cooperative declares our complete and unconditional solidarity with the people of the sovereign Wet’suwet’en nation in their ongoing resistance to Canadian colonialism, as well as with all those who have taken action in support of the Wet’suwet’en nation following invasion by the RCMP.

Activists build a pipeline through O'Regan's office!