(Originally published at The Media Co-op.) Martha Paynter is a nurse, a writer, and an academic based in New Brunswick. Her participation in grassroots political work began when she was in her teens and twenties, with a focus on reproductive rights. In those years, she fundraised for legal efforts in defense of abortion rights, escorted …
Month: December 2025
(Originally published at The Breach) By all accounts, this year has been a grim one. Genocidal violence continues unabated in Palestine and Sudan. Authoritarianism is rapidly consolidating in the United States. In Canada, the housing crisis is worsening, while chaotic, tariff-driven policies from our southern neighbour deepen economic uncertainty. Meanwhile, the nationalist “elbows up” rhetoric …