Arash Ghiassi
@arashghiassi.bsky.social
Criminal defence lawyer. he/him
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Opinion: Carney’s so-called Combatting Hate Act is an attack on pro-Palestine expression
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Carney’s so-called Combatting Hate Act is an attack on pro-Palestine expression
Pro-Palestine protesters routinely face specious allegations of hate that conflate criticism of Israel with antisemitism.
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October 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Opinion: Carney’s so-called Combatting Hate Act is an attack on pro-Palestine expression
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Carney’s so-called Combatting Hate Act is an attack on pro-Palestine expression
The latest from Riaz Sayani and me in @hilltimes.com
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Carney’s so-called Combatting Hate Act is an attack on pro-Palestine expression
The latest from Riaz Sayani and me in @hilltimes.com
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
Carney’s so-called Combatting Hate Act is an attack on pro-Palestine expression
Pro-Palestine protesters routinely face specious allegations of hate that conflate criticism of Israel with antisemitism.
www.hilltimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Carney’s so-called Combatting Hate Act is an attack on pro-Palestine expression
The latest from Riaz Sayani and me in @hilltimes.com
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
Carney’s so-called Combatting Hate Act is an attack on pro-Palestine expression
The latest from Riaz Sayani and me in @hilltimes.com
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
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Yesterday, an indictment in the Middle District of Alabama of Lambda Legal Counsel Carl Charles was made public.
Read our statement ➡️ tinyurl.com/yvz854my
“This unjustified federal indictment is an outrageous act of governmental overreach. We stand behind Carl and all of our attorneys."
Read our statement ➡️ tinyurl.com/yvz854my
“This unjustified federal indictment is an outrageous act of governmental overreach. We stand behind Carl and all of our attorneys."
September 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Yesterday, an indictment in the Middle District of Alabama of Lambda Legal Counsel Carl Charles was made public.
Read our statement ➡️ tinyurl.com/yvz854my
“This unjustified federal indictment is an outrageous act of governmental overreach. We stand behind Carl and all of our attorneys."
Read our statement ➡️ tinyurl.com/yvz854my
“This unjustified federal indictment is an outrageous act of governmental overreach. We stand behind Carl and all of our attorneys."
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Canada's speech from the throne is normally delivered by the Governor General, and right now the GG is Mary Simon. An Inuk woman. So Carney's choice here to reach past an Inuk woman to invite the leader of a decaying monarchy is an interesting, and very backwards looking, choice.
Later this month, Canada will have the privilege of welcoming Their Majesties The King and Queen to Canada — where His Majesty King Charles III will deliver Canada’s speech from the throne.
This historic honour matches the weight of our times.
This historic honour matches the weight of our times.
May 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Canada's speech from the throne is normally delivered by the Governor General, and right now the GG is Mary Simon. An Inuk woman. So Carney's choice here to reach past an Inuk woman to invite the leader of a decaying monarchy is an interesting, and very backwards looking, choice.
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Tired of the usual tepid election punditry?
We're back with another night of live election coverage, hosted by @desmondcole.bsky.social and Donya Ziaee.
Featuring: @pampalmater.com, @ricardotranjan.bsky.social, @nolore.bsky.social @parismarx.com &more!
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We're back with another night of live election coverage, hosted by @desmondcole.bsky.social and Donya Ziaee.
Featuring: @pampalmater.com, @ricardotranjan.bsky.social, @nolore.bsky.social @parismarx.com &more!
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April 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Tired of the usual tepid election punditry?
We're back with another night of live election coverage, hosted by @desmondcole.bsky.social and Donya Ziaee.
Featuring: @pampalmater.com, @ricardotranjan.bsky.social, @nolore.bsky.social @parismarx.com &more!
RSVP: breachmedia.ca/election-202...
We're back with another night of live election coverage, hosted by @desmondcole.bsky.social and Donya Ziaee.
Featuring: @pampalmater.com, @ricardotranjan.bsky.social, @nolore.bsky.social @parismarx.com &more!
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Name one ONE mass murder who has been released on parole. This is just one of a dozen reasons why this is nothing but a dangerous, cynical, and plain dumb policy.
April 15, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Name one ONE mass murder who has been released on parole. This is just one of a dozen reasons why this is nothing but a dangerous, cynical, and plain dumb policy.
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As pro-Palestinian organizers face arrests and deportations in the U.S., some Canadian lawyers are taking notes.
Shiri Pasternak, Jillian Rogin & Joshua Sealy-Harrington write about the new push for 'lawfare' to stifle criticism of Israel in Canada. breachmedia.ca/palestine-so...
Shiri Pasternak, Jillian Rogin & Joshua Sealy-Harrington write about the new push for 'lawfare' to stifle criticism of Israel in Canada. breachmedia.ca/palestine-so...
Canadian lawyers borrow from U.S. playbook to quash Palestine solidarity ⋆ The Breach
In a new push for ‘lawfare’, pro-Israel groups are weaponizing the courts to silence criticism of Israel
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April 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
As pro-Palestinian organizers face arrests and deportations in the U.S., some Canadian lawyers are taking notes.
Shiri Pasternak, Jillian Rogin & Joshua Sealy-Harrington write about the new push for 'lawfare' to stifle criticism of Israel in Canada. breachmedia.ca/palestine-so...
Shiri Pasternak, Jillian Rogin & Joshua Sealy-Harrington write about the new push for 'lawfare' to stifle criticism of Israel in Canada. breachmedia.ca/palestine-so...
As I told the Toronto Star, "Today completed the Indigo 11's total vindication, as its final two members received conditional discharges."
"This means the state could not secure a single conviction -
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"This means the state could not secure a single conviction -
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Last of Indigo 11 receive conditional discharges with probation for 12 months
The charges were laid in the immediate aftermath of rising tensions in the GTA following an attack by Hamas on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
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April 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
As I told the Toronto Star, "Today completed the Indigo 11's total vindication, as its final two members received conditional discharges."
"This means the state could not secure a single conviction -
www.thestar.com/news/gta/las...
"This means the state could not secure a single conviction -
www.thestar.com/news/gta/las...
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Dropped charges, police overreach: How the ‘Indigo 11’ case fell apart
Thanks to Ashleigh Stewart for reporting and @bbryder.bsky.social for commentary.
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Thanks to Ashleigh Stewart for reporting and @bbryder.bsky.social for commentary.
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Dropped charges, police overreach: How the ‘Indigo 11’ case fell apart | Globalnews.ca
A large-scale investigation into the Indigo bookstore vandalism, involving more than 70 police officers and 10 nighttime raids, is unlikely to achieve a single criminal conviction.
globalnews.ca
March 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Dropped charges, police overreach: How the ‘Indigo 11’ case fell apart
Thanks to Ashleigh Stewart for reporting and @bbryder.bsky.social for commentary.
globalnews.ca/news/1110306...
Thanks to Ashleigh Stewart for reporting and @bbryder.bsky.social for commentary.
globalnews.ca/news/1110306...
Charges dropped against members of pro-Palestinian group ‘Indigo 11’
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Charges dropped against members of pro-Palestinian group 'Indigo 11'
Charges have been withdrawn against three more people accused of defacing a downtown Indigo bookstore in a 2023 protest.
toronto.citynews.ca
March 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Charges dropped against members of pro-Palestinian group ‘Indigo 11’
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To those who say his kid is a “public figure”. Lets be clear, a public figure is a person who has achieved fame, prominence, or notoriety, often through their actions or involvement in public affairs. His kid is not a public figure. They have nothing to do with their dad. The Con’s tactic is so low
March 18, 2025 at 12:56 AM
To those who say his kid is a “public figure”. Lets be clear, a public figure is a person who has achieved fame, prominence, or notoriety, often through their actions or involvement in public affairs. His kid is not a public figure. They have nothing to do with their dad. The Con’s tactic is so low
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"Mahmoud has protected Jewish students at Columbia like myself more than the university ever has[, even] from the university itself. To punish him under the pretense that this kind, brave, gentle person somehow endangered us is the most egregious lie I’ve ever heard."
March 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"Mahmoud has protected Jewish students at Columbia like myself more than the university ever has[, even] from the university itself. To punish him under the pretense that this kind, brave, gentle person somehow endangered us is the most egregious lie I’ve ever heard."
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Look up at the moon right now if you’re in North America! Lunar eclipse! Blood moon!
March 14, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Look up at the moon right now if you’re in North America! Lunar eclipse! Blood moon!
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On March 8, DHS agents abducted Mahmoud Khalil, a US permanent resident & student activist for Palestinian rights, from his New York apartment. Mahmoud was targeted for his political speech & activism in support of Palestinian freedom and for an end to the Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.
March 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
On March 8, DHS agents abducted Mahmoud Khalil, a US permanent resident & student activist for Palestinian rights, from his New York apartment. Mahmoud was targeted for his political speech & activism in support of Palestinian freedom and for an end to the Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.
Beware of icy sidewalks today!!
February 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Beware of icy sidewalks today!!
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A BC court ruling has exposed “grossly offensive, racist & dehumanizing” RCMP remarks about Indigenous women during arrests tied to Wet’suwet’en land defense. www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
Judge finds RCMP breached charter rights during arrests at Wet'suwet'en pipeline blockade | CBC News
A B.C. judge says police breached the charter rights of three people arrested for blocking work on the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline, and they will receive a reduction in their sentences because of t...
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February 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
A BC court ruling has exposed “grossly offensive, racist & dehumanizing” RCMP remarks about Indigenous women during arrests tied to Wet’suwet’en land defense. www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
"Do we really suppose that Canadian workers have more in common with Canadian plutocrats such as Galen Weston than with an American or Mexican worker?
Whatever the outcome of this moment’s trade dispute, wealth in North America will still be controlled by capital,"
Whatever the outcome of this moment’s trade dispute, wealth in North America will still be controlled by capital,"
NEW in Midnight Sun: @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social on why Canadian nationalism is a dead end, and the need for a strategy centred around mass struggle and workers’ solidarity across borders.
www.midnightsunmag.ca/we-need-work...
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We Need Workers’ Solidarity, Not “National Unity,” in Response to Trump’s Tariffs
Todd Gordon on why Canadian nationalism is a dead end, and on the need for a strategy centred around mass struggle and workers’ solidarity across borders.
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February 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"Do we really suppose that Canadian workers have more in common with Canadian plutocrats such as Galen Weston than with an American or Mexican worker?
Whatever the outcome of this moment’s trade dispute, wealth in North America will still be controlled by capital,"
Whatever the outcome of this moment’s trade dispute, wealth in North America will still be controlled by capital,"
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Political interference & anti-Palestinian racism set the tone of Police & prosecutors.
BUT our communities are learning how to navigate it all so our comrades can remain free to fight another day.
Shared knowledge via @arashghiassi.bsky.social and Nora Fathalipour ✊
https://pod.fo/e/2ab631
BUT our communities are learning how to navigate it all so our comrades can remain free to fight another day.
Shared knowledge via @arashghiassi.bsky.social and Nora Fathalipour ✊
https://pod.fo/e/2ab631
Blueprints of Disruption: Process as Punishment: Prosecution of Protest
Movement lawyers Nora Fathalipour and Arash Ghiassi have their hands full defending activists targeted by Police and prosecutors, particularly in Ontario where a Hate Crimes Working Group in the At...
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February 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Political interference & anti-Palestinian racism set the tone of Police & prosecutors.
BUT our communities are learning how to navigate it all so our comrades can remain free to fight another day.
Shared knowledge via @arashghiassi.bsky.social and Nora Fathalipour ✊
https://pod.fo/e/2ab631
BUT our communities are learning how to navigate it all so our comrades can remain free to fight another day.
Shared knowledge via @arashghiassi.bsky.social and Nora Fathalipour ✊
https://pod.fo/e/2ab631
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“Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.” — Benito Mussolini
January 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
“Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.” — Benito Mussolini
Looking at the photos from the inauguration - it has never been more obvious that the state is simply the executive committee of capitalism. It’s all CEOs in the room lunching with all three branches of government.
January 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Looking at the photos from the inauguration - it has never been more obvious that the state is simply the executive committee of capitalism. It’s all CEOs in the room lunching with all three branches of government.
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It's that time of year! Rudnicki & Company is recruiting for our student program once again. This year, we are hiring for two roles: a 2025 summer student and a 2025-2026 articling student. Detailed job descriptions can be found here: www.rudnickilaw.com/hiring.
Criminal Law Job Opportunities — Rudnicki and Company
Rudnicki & Company is a values-driven criminal defence firm located in Toronto. We are currently recruiting for the following positions.
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January 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It's that time of year! Rudnicki & Company is recruiting for our student program once again. This year, we are hiring for two roles: a 2025 summer student and a 2025-2026 articling student. Detailed job descriptions can be found here: www.rudnickilaw.com/hiring.
I closed off 2024 with Disobedience, @joy-and-defiance.bsky.social’s amazing work of speculative fiction.
Provocative, imaginative, and a joy to read, it’s a book I’d highly recommend to anyone looking to think deeply about justice, collective liberation, and defiance!
Provocative, imaginative, and a joy to read, it’s a book I’d highly recommend to anyone looking to think deeply about justice, collective liberation, and defiance!
January 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I closed off 2024 with Disobedience, @joy-and-defiance.bsky.social’s amazing work of speculative fiction.
Provocative, imaginative, and a joy to read, it’s a book I’d highly recommend to anyone looking to think deeply about justice, collective liberation, and defiance!
Provocative, imaginative, and a joy to read, it’s a book I’d highly recommend to anyone looking to think deeply about justice, collective liberation, and defiance!