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“Hope is a discipline”- Mariame Kaba /Housing/Harm Reduction/Prison Abolition
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The Forgotten Captives: Israel Still Imprisoning 9,000 Palestinians Even After Hostage Deal
The Forgotten Captives: Israel Still Imprisoning 9,000 Palestinians Even After Hostage Deal
“Even after having released almost 2,000 people last week, the Israeli military is still holding about 9,000 Palestinians, in what it calls security prisoners or detainees,” says Sari Bashi, an Israel...
www.democracynow.org
October 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The Forgotten Captives: Israel Still Imprisoning 9,000 Palestinians Even After Hostage Deal
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Recognition of Palestinian statehood must be coupled with sanctions against Israel, says Palestinian politician Mustafa Barghouti.
“Nothing Will Stop Israel”: Mustafa Barghouti on the Limits of Western Recognition of Palestine
The U.K., Australia, Canada and Portugal took a historic step Sunday in formally recognizing the state of Palestine, but Palestinian physician and politician Mustafa Barghouti says “it’s not enough.” ...
www.democracynow.org
September 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Recognition of Palestinian statehood must be coupled with sanctions against Israel, says Palestinian politician Mustafa Barghouti.
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This was a word AND he cussed 😂
September 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This was a word AND he cussed 😂
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#BREAKING | Chinese runner You Biao raised the Palestinian flag at the finish line of the “OCC” UTMB marathon, covering his mouth in protest against silence over the Gaza massacres.
August 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
#BREAKING | Chinese runner You Biao raised the Palestinian flag at the finish line of the “OCC” UTMB marathon, covering his mouth in protest against silence over the Gaza massacres.
@aircanada.bsky.social pay your workers what they are asking for. You’re a multibillion dollar company. Pay up.
August 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
@aircanada.bsky.social pay your workers what they are asking for. You’re a multibillion dollar company. Pay up.
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As Palestinians returned from the U.S.-Israeli aid sites, ER doctors found gunshot wounds clustered in different body parts.
Dr. Nick Maynard, who just returned from Gaza, says the clustered injuries appear to be “target practice,” indicating that Israeli soldiers are “playing some sort of game.”
Dr. Nick Maynard, who just returned from Gaza, says the clustered injuries appear to be “target practice,” indicating that Israeli soldiers are “playing some sort of game.”
July 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
As Palestinians returned from the U.S.-Israeli aid sites, ER doctors found gunshot wounds clustered in different body parts.
Dr. Nick Maynard, who just returned from Gaza, says the clustered injuries appear to be “target practice,” indicating that Israeli soldiers are “playing some sort of game.”
Dr. Nick Maynard, who just returned from Gaza, says the clustered injuries appear to be “target practice,” indicating that Israeli soldiers are “playing some sort of game.”
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WASH POST: “Mass starvation stalks Gaza… Nearly 1 in 3 people are going multiple days without eating… rising deaths from malnutrition and starvation… Their small bodies are shutting down…”
Mass starvation stalks Gaza as deaths from hunger rise
Aid agencies warned for months that Israel’s harsh limits on food aid would bring acute malnutrition and widespread suffering to Gaza’s 2.1 million people.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
WASH POST: “Mass starvation stalks Gaza… Nearly 1 in 3 people are going multiple days without eating… rising deaths from malnutrition and starvation… Their small bodies are shutting down…”
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These stories are less shocking to me for the evil of Trump etc than for the thousands of pathetic little cops and guards willing to do all kinds of crime and cruelty just because they're told to. The saddest little men on earth
My only hope is that one day Trump and his officials will face a tribunal on crimes against humanity.
Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges
Incident in which migrants were shackled with hands tied of one succession of alleged abuses at jails in Florida
www.theguardian.com
July 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
These stories are less shocking to me for the evil of Trump etc than for the thousands of pathetic little cops and guards willing to do all kinds of crime and cruelty just because they're told to. The saddest little men on earth
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Alex de Waal has worked on humanitarian causes across the globe for over 40 years.
“There is no case, over those four decades, of such minutely engineered, closely monitored, precisely designed mass starvation of a population as is happening in Gaza today.”
“There is no case, over those four decades, of such minutely engineered, closely monitored, precisely designed mass starvation of a population as is happening in Gaza today.”
July 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Alex de Waal has worked on humanitarian causes across the globe for over 40 years.
“There is no case, over those four decades, of such minutely engineered, closely monitored, precisely designed mass starvation of a population as is happening in Gaza today.”
“There is no case, over those four decades, of such minutely engineered, closely monitored, precisely designed mass starvation of a population as is happening in Gaza today.”
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Caring about Palestine is not some niche political issue it’s like the absolute bare minimum of being a human being
July 10, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Caring about Palestine is not some niche political issue it’s like the absolute bare minimum of being a human being
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You might be able to fool the Toronto Police 5 times, but the 6th time you commit the exact same crime in the exact same place?!! THEN you're in trouble!
July 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
You might be able to fool the Toronto Police 5 times, but the 6th time you commit the exact same crime in the exact same place?!! THEN you're in trouble!
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Trump’s spending bill makes the largest-ever cuts to food assistance benefits and could cause the closure of nursing homes and rural hospitals across the country — all while delivering massive tax benefits for the wealthiest people in the country.
July 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Trump’s spending bill makes the largest-ever cuts to food assistance benefits and could cause the closure of nursing homes and rural hospitals across the country — all while delivering massive tax benefits for the wealthiest people in the country.
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#Toronto releases devastating #streetcount #homeless report by media release & email. It’s bad. Over 100 pages.
Oct. 2024 - 15,418 homeless, 1,615 were outside, 9% Indigenous, 58% black, big increase in 2SLGBT.
Mayor Olivia Chow in Ireland.
www.toronto.ca/news/city-of...
Oct. 2024 - 15,418 homeless, 1,615 were outside, 9% Indigenous, 58% black, big increase in 2SLGBT.
Mayor Olivia Chow in Ireland.
www.toronto.ca/news/city-of...
City of Toronto releases findings of 2024 Street Needs Assessment homelessness survey
News Release July 7, 2025 The City of Toronto is releasing its most recent Street Needs Assessment findings as it harnesses this research to strengthen responses to homelessness in the city. The Stre...
www.toronto.ca
July 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
#Toronto releases devastating #streetcount #homeless report by media release & email. It’s bad. Over 100 pages.
Oct. 2024 - 15,418 homeless, 1,615 were outside, 9% Indigenous, 58% black, big increase in 2SLGBT.
Mayor Olivia Chow in Ireland.
www.toronto.ca/news/city-of...
Oct. 2024 - 15,418 homeless, 1,615 were outside, 9% Indigenous, 58% black, big increase in 2SLGBT.
Mayor Olivia Chow in Ireland.
www.toronto.ca/news/city-of...
harm reduction agencies that accepted this money— should act with integirty and commitment to the community— RETURN THE FUNDS! Distribute life saving supplies. www.thestar.com/news/gta/mor...
More people will be at risk for HIV and Hep C as needle distribution banned at Ontario’s new addiction treatment hubs, critics say
The province’s Community Care and Recovery Act introduced restrictions on sterile needle distribution at HART Hubs.
www.thestar.com
July 8, 2025 at 2:32 AM
harm reduction agencies that accepted this money— should act with integirty and commitment to the community— RETURN THE FUNDS! Distribute life saving supplies. www.thestar.com/news/gta/mor...
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So: the “Protect Bathurst / Dufferin” astroturf campaign run by Summerhill Market had videos of a guy talking about the neighborhood & RapidTO proposal. Real grassroots feel. Took a screenshot & put it into google image search. Guess what?
May 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
So: the “Protect Bathurst / Dufferin” astroturf campaign run by Summerhill Market had videos of a guy talking about the neighborhood & RapidTO proposal. Real grassroots feel. Took a screenshot & put it into google image search. Guess what?
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"The Suffering Is Beyond Description": Report from Gaza as U.N. Warns 14,000 Babies Could Soon Die
“Beyond Description”: Report from Gaza as U.N. Warns 14,000 Babies Could Soon Die
The U.N.'s humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher warned Tuesday that 14,000 babies could die in Gaza over the next 48 hours if more aid does not enter the besieged territory. The warning comes as Israel expands...
www.democracynow.org
May 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"The Suffering Is Beyond Description": Report from Gaza as U.N. Warns 14,000 Babies Could Soon Die
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Gross human rights abuses at prisons in El Salvador have caused at least 368 deaths, according to Noah Bullock, executive director of Cristosal.
April 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Gross human rights abuses at prisons in El Salvador have caused at least 368 deaths, according to Noah Bullock, executive director of Cristosal.
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Anyone who has ever got delivery via bike should fight for safe lanes & infrastructure as a moral imperative. (Would love to see how many anti bike lane people also enjoy delivery)
Delivery people should be able to charge a weather surcharge. I think if you want someone to ride a bike through rain to bring you food you should have to pay through the nose for it.
March 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Anyone who has ever got delivery via bike should fight for safe lanes & infrastructure as a moral imperative. (Would love to see how many anti bike lane people also enjoy delivery)
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Every tax cut is a wealth transfer from the public to the private and until journalists write about tax cuts like this, we will continue to beg to be owned by corporate Canada.
Alberta gas prices jump ahead of carbon tax cut
https://globalnews.ca/video/11093405/alberta-gas-prices-jump-ahead-of-carbon-tax-cut
https://globalnews.ca/video/11093405/alberta-gas-prices-jump-ahead-of-carbon-tax-cut
Alberta gas prices jump ahead of carbon tax cut | Watch News Videos Online
Watch Alberta gas prices jump ahead of carbon tax cut Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca
globalnews.ca
March 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Every tax cut is a wealth transfer from the public to the private and until journalists write about tax cuts like this, we will continue to beg to be owned by corporate Canada.
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#Toronto warming centre numbers for long weekend:
Fri 14th: 253
Sat 15th: 297 *** the day the one surge site opened
Sun 16th: 316
Mon 17th: 307
Overall operating at ~ 105% capacity.
Re surge sites: Jimmy Simpson is open, Cecil St. is not due to use by Elections ON.
Fri 14th: 253
Sat 15th: 297 *** the day the one surge site opened
Sun 16th: 316
Mon 17th: 307
Overall operating at ~ 105% capacity.
Re surge sites: Jimmy Simpson is open, Cecil St. is not due to use by Elections ON.
February 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
#Toronto warming centre numbers for long weekend:
Fri 14th: 253
Sat 15th: 297 *** the day the one surge site opened
Sun 16th: 316
Mon 17th: 307
Overall operating at ~ 105% capacity.
Re surge sites: Jimmy Simpson is open, Cecil St. is not due to use by Elections ON.
Fri 14th: 253
Sat 15th: 297 *** the day the one surge site opened
Sun 16th: 316
Mon 17th: 307
Overall operating at ~ 105% capacity.
Re surge sites: Jimmy Simpson is open, Cecil St. is not due to use by Elections ON.
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Nearly 280 Walmart fleet drivers in Calgary and Nisku have joined Unifor, marking the third successful organizing drive at Walmart in the last six months.
#canlab
#canlab
Unifor welcomes new members at third Walmart unit in six months
CALGARY—Nearly 280 Walmart fleet drivers in Calgary and Nisku have joined Unifor, marking the third successful organizing drive at Walmart in the last six months.“Drivers play a critical role in…
www.unifor.org
February 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Nearly 280 Walmart fleet drivers in Calgary and Nisku have joined Unifor, marking the third successful organizing drive at Walmart in the last six months.
#canlab
#canlab
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"More than 75 years after the Nakba, when many Palestinians were driven from their homes into Gaza, and for more than a half-century, since 1967, of direct Israeli occupation, siege and its repeated assaults, Palestinians in Gaza still demand control of their land."
Trump Proposes Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza to Build “Riviera of the Middle East”
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan More than 75 years after the Nakba, when many Palestinians were driven from their homes into Gaza, and for more than a half-century, since 1967, of direct Israeli…
www.democracynow.org
February 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"More than 75 years after the Nakba, when many Palestinians were driven from their homes into Gaza, and for more than a half-century, since 1967, of direct Israeli occupation, siege and its repeated assaults, Palestinians in Gaza still demand control of their land."