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Taylor McNallie
Nov 186 min read
“Community is an Ecosystem, Not a Clique.”
Mutual aid has been a common term used these past 4 years, particularly as the pandemic began in 2020 and communities came together to...
Taylor McNallie
Oct 196 min read
We Are Responsible for Our Own Liberation
For many Black educators and activists, there is an urge to provide education for non-Black people in order to dismantle oppressive...
Taylor McNallie
Sep 205 min read
You Do Not Need a Certificate to Care
“You do not need a certificate to care.” - Ndeye Oumou Sylla These words are an important reminder when understanding how we respond to...
Taylor McNallie
Jul 294 min read
The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House.
Growing up in rural Alberta as a mixed Black person with a white Mother, I lacked a great deal of knowledge on matters relating to...
Taylor McNallie
Jul 145 min read
Mutual Aid is Necessary
The current discourse between leftists on Twitter is that mutual aid is useless and ineffective. This "analysis" is often made by white...
Taylor McNallie
Jun 1716 min read
His Name was Latjor Tuel.
On Friday, June 14th, ASIRT released its 54-page report on the murder of Latjor Kuony Tuel on February 19th 2022 (yes, during Black...
Taylor McNallie
May 263 min read
4 Years.
Barry Shantz, Brandon Christian, Brian Kyle Schriver, Attachie Ashoona, Sylvain Legault, D'Andre Campbell, Bony Jean‐Pierre, Andrew Loku,...
Taylor McNallie
Apr 146 min read
Review of Unlocked: a Jail Experiment
A new series popped up on Netflix titled Unlocked: a Jail Experiment. The eight-part mini-series focuses on Pulaski County Regional...
Taylor McNallie
Mar 174 min read
Keeping the Door Open
Something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately, and is a topic discussed regularly in the organizing spaces I’m a part of, is the way we...
Taylor McNallie
Mar 164 min read
Protect the Knowledge; Not the Institution
"There's nothing more punk than having your library card." Actually, it really isn't that "punk." Now, before you say "is Taylor telling...
Taylor McNallie
Feb 95 min read
Stop Using Black People as Your Talking Point While Never Making Us the Point
Yesterday I did a talk on ‘Social Justice in the Age of Social Media’ where I took time to share about the importance of journalistic...
Taylor McNallie
Feb 38 min read
Parental Rights, or Parental Control?
On Wednesday, January 31st, Premier Danielle Smith released a video on X (formerly known as Twitter) to announce new anti-trans bans for...
Taylor McNallie
Nov 23, 20234 min read
Dalia Kafi Deserved Better.
Content Warning: videos of police brutality In 2017, Dalia Kafi was arrested by Cst. Alex Dunn for breaching curfew. While at the Arrest...
Taylor McNallie
Nov 17, 20233 min read
What Conditional Support Looks Like
The breaking news in Calgary today is that the charge against Wesam Khaled, an organizer for the pro-Palestine rallies, have been stayed....
Taylor McNallie
Nov 10, 202311 min read
Remembrance Day: a Colonial Tool of Propaganda
Let's not waste any time.. Remembrance Day is used as a tool of propaganda to glorify war and keep up military recruitment. It's an event...
Taylor McNallie
Oct 14, 20238 min read
Love and Healing Through Abolition
The definition of Abolition is: the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution. It is also in relation to the...
Taylor McNallie
May 9, 202310 min read
Alternatives to Policing: Are Social Workers Really a Solution?
With demands of defund and abolition comes conversations of what could replace police as alternatives. The first thing to be suggested is...
Taylor McNallie
Mar 14, 20237 min read
The Juno's, Indigenous Solidarity and Performative Activism by White Women
Start the kettle. Last night, an Edmonton "protester" jumped on stage at the Juno's to make a statement by taking off her shirt to reveal...
Taylor McNallie
Dec 11, 20227 min read
Class Solidarity Isn't Enough.
The title alone will trigger a lot of people, and I expect to receive backlash from even saying it. But it's true: class solidarity isn't...
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