August 16, 2026

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  • News

    ‘Proud,’ ‘Fucking Racist’ Absolutely Discharged of Assault on Palestinian Woman

    Overwhelming Police Response to CANSEC Protests

    Voluntary Camera Registry Links Ontario Police to Private Surveillance Footage

    Ontario’s Landlord-Tenant Board “Rubber Stamps” Above Guideline Rent Increases

    Ottawa’s May Day Rally Brings Together Communities, Common Struggles

  • Feature

    ‘Proud,’ ‘Fucking Racist’ Absolutely Discharged of Assault on Palestinian Woman

    Amid the Rise of AI Data Centres, There is Still Hope

    Ontario’s Landlord-Tenant Board “Rubber Stamps” Above Guideline Rent Increases

    To Jail and Back Again

    Tenants of Sandy Hill are Organizing!

  • Community

    School Board Election to Nowhere?

    Voluntary Camera Registry Links Ontario Police to Private Surveillance Footage

    Ontario’s Landlord-Tenant Board “Rubber Stamps” Above Guideline Rent Increases

    Nuclear Reno Job at Darlington Didn’t Include All the Work

    Tenants of Sandy Hill are Organizing!

  • Magazine/Comment

    Amid the Rise of AI Data Centres, There is Still Hope

    Carney’s Attack on Refugees and Migrants

    To Jail and Back Again

    “We Are a Movement”

    Tony, From the Ground Up

  • Culture

    You Haven’t Seen One of The Greatest Films This Decade: ‘I Love Boosters’

    Local Ottawa Cafe Blends Coffee and Culture

    Sock ‘n’ Buskin Presents Little Women

    I Was a Juror in Immersive Stage Drama, The Jury Experience

    Sock ‘n’ Buskin Rumors Review

  • Campus

    One Year Later, Carleton Board of Governors Remains Complicit

    Students in Ottawa React to OSAP Cuts

    Documenting Carleton’s Institutional Impartiality Policy

    Students at Carleton University Organize Sit-in for Students in Gaza

    Carleton’s Quiet Budget Cuts to Fund Genocide

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Ashton Starr

Ashton Starr studied political science, sociology and gender and women's studies at Carleton University, then had a long stint of union organizing in the food service industry. He likes to write on labour issues, mutual aid, and community groups, but also writing social and cultural criticism of TV, film and video games.
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    You Haven’t Seen One of The Greatest Films This Decade: ‘I Love Boosters’

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    Ottawa Police Repress Palestinian Solidarity, Labour Raises Funds

    Ashton Starr January 28, 2025
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  • Culture Entertainment

    Films for Leftists: A short list of labour films to inspire social change

    Ashton Starr October 21, 2022
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  • Articles Feature News

    Child Care Workers Unite!

    Ashton Starr February 1, 2022
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    How 70 Unionized Ottawa Hotel Workers Were Fired

    Ashton Starr March 27, 2021
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The Leveller is a publication covering news, current events, and culture at Carleton University, the University of Ottawa, the Ottawa/Gatineau region and, to a lesser extent, the wider world. It is intended to provide readers with a lively portrait of their campus and community and of the events that give it meaning. It is also intended to be a forum for provocative editorializing and lively debate on issues of concern to post-secondary students, staff, and faculty as well as Ottawa residents.

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