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Jan 13, 2025 | 
hiphopcanada.com | Anna Lippman
TLDR: Hip-Hop Activism empowers Black youth to learn about justice and legal rights through RISE’s Legal Artivism program, which combines art and education to inspire community leadership. Hip-hop has a story to tell — from early works like Grandmaster Flash’s The Message to Kendrick Lamar’s Pulitzer-winning album DAMN. and beyond. As education scholar Bettina L.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
winnipegfreepress.com | Anna Lippman
This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. ___Author: Anna Lippman, PhD Candidate, Sociology, York University, CanadaHip-hop has a story to tell — from early works like Grandmaster Flash’s The Message to Kendrick Lamar’s Pulitzer-winning album DAMN. and beyond. As education scholar Bettina L.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
tolerance.ca | Anna Lippman
Through hip-hop, Black youth are teaching their communities about their rights, justice and the law By Anna Lippman, PhD Candidate, Sociology, York University, Canada In a Toronto-based ‘artivism’ program, emerging artists gain skills integral to their artistic practice and create accessible information about the youth justice system.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
theconversation.com | Anna Lippman
Hip-hop has a story to tell — from early works like Grandmaster Flash’s The Message to Kendrick Lamar’s Pulitzer-winning album DAMN. and beyond. As education scholar Bettina L. Loves notes, in hip-hop-based education, young urban and Black children and youth find space to critically reflect on the world around them.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
econotimes.com | Anna Lippman
“Resistance is justified when people are occupied.”
If you’ve passed or joined any pro-Palestine protest over the last 400 days, you’ve likely heard this chant. It has been held up as an anti-Israel call for not just resistance, but violent resistance, particularly in light of the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks.
While taking up arms again an oppressor is certainly one form of resistance, the term encompasses a great deal more.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
tolerance.ca | Anna Lippman
By Anna Lippman, PhD Candidate, Sociology, York University, Canada
Resistance doesn’t exist on its own, but in opposition to a larger force. Often these bigger forces — like capitalism, white supremacy, the patriarchy — shape the power structures that rule society. Read complete article© The Conversation
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Anna Lippman
“Resistance is justified when people are occupied.”If you’ve passed or joined any pro-Palestine protest over the last 400 days, you’ve likely heard this chant. It has been held up as an anti-Israel call for not just resistance, but violent resistance, particularly in light of the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks. While taking up arms again an oppressor is certainly one form of resistance, the term encompasses a great deal more.
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Nov 17, 2024 | 
popularresistance.org | Anna Lippman
Above photo: Canada Revenue Agency national headquarters in Ottawa. Obert Madondo/Flickr. The CRA’s ruling holds great significance for Palestine solidarity activists. NOTE: The Jewish National Fund is also being targeted in the United States.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
canadiandimension.com | Anna Lippman
On November 8, was struck against one of Canada’s most prominent Israel-serving charities. In August, the Canada Revenue Agency notified the Jewish National Fund Canada that its charitable status was being revoked due to the organization’s contravention of Canadian charity law. This week, the JNF’s application for a judicial review of the revocation was denied. While this story is far from over, the ruling holds great significance for Palestine solidarity activists in Canada and around the world.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
rabble.ca | Anna Lippman
On October 31, The federal government’s Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism, Deborah Lyons, released a handbook guide on the enacting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. Far from a Halloween prank, this ghoulish handbook serves to suppress the growing movement for Palestinian liberation in Canada under the guise of protecting against antisemitism and honouring the holocaust.
