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@mjbinder.bsky.social
Settler, Artist/Teacher/ Researcher, Art Educator, Associate Professor Emeritus Toronto Metropolitan University (she/her), views my own
May be of interest- calling all artists, an invitation! For an excellent cause. Exhibit in San Miguel during Dias de Los Muertos.
June 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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BREAKING: Israel calls up tens of thousands of reservists to expand war on Gaza aje.io/m0g6bk
May 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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There's nothing stopping Canada from expelling Israel's diplomats from Canada and shuttering our embassy in Tel Aviv until they stop intentionally starving civilians (including hundreds of thousands of children) except for the fact that our government really doesn't care that Israel is doing this.
Trucks carrying food, water and medicine are piling up at the borders of Gaza as Israel’s total blockade on the enclave enters a third month.

🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/1x2jss
May 4, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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Pierre Poilievre in a nutshell.
If ever there was a case to drain the swamp...
May 4, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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It's official.

Resistance Summer School is happening.

Columbia cancelled my class on Race, Media and International Affairs, but I'm going to teach it anyway.

100+ people have enrolled in just six hours.

karenattiah.substack.com/p/enrollment...
Enrollment for Race, Media and International Affairs 101 is now open!
Grab your spot in Karen Attiah's Resistance Summer School pilot course.
karenattiah.substack.com
April 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Hamas has condemned Israeli forces for preventing Palestinian Christians from reaching Jerusalem to take part in Palm Sunday services, which mark the beginning of the Christian Holy Week leading to Easter.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/zkw9tq
April 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Tesla Model 3 crushed by an Olmec statue
By Mexican sculptor @chavismarmol.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Today marks what would have been the 84th birthday of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, whose words continue to resonate across generations and borders.
March 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Israel carried out “genocidal acts” against Palestinians by systematically destroying women’s healthcare facilities during its war on Gaza and using sexual violence as a war strategy, say UN experts.

Read more: aje.io/pup0ac
March 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Okay friends this is a fun challenge.
Canada's right are rallying around Elon Musk to say much they love him.
They are freaked out that my petition is about to be become most signed petition in Canadian history.
Send a message to Elon, please sign my petition.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
March 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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They want to keep it quiet, so you know what to do.
Trump: Gutting National Parks—And Hiding the Evidence

National parks hit 331M visits, but Trump officials don’t want you to know. A leaked memo bans the Park Service from promoting the numbers—while firing rangers, closing visitor centers, and cutting safety.

This won’t go well—we love our parks.
March 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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This, for example.... bsky.app/profile/deni...
On Kremlin TV, Putin intimate Solov'yov says Russia so encouraged by Trump taking their side no longer see need for ceasefire.

"No, there won’t be any ceasefire. Our idea of peace is everything happening as we see fit”

Then plays a clip of Vance slamming Ukraine.

Vance is "our man" he says.
Vladimir Solovyov says Russia won't agree to a ceasefire
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
www.youtube.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Hot off the presses!

REDress: Art, Action and the Power of Presence
Anthology by Jaime Black-Morsette

Published by Highwater Press (www.highwaterpress.com)
ISBN: 9781774921388
March 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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To navigate these terrible times, we need Audre’s Lorde’s audacity: Protect the public sphere. Refuse to be silenced.
Remember What Audre Lorde Told Us: The Oppressor Doesn’t Determine What’s True
To navigate these terrible times, we need Audre’s Lorde’s audacity: Protect the public sphere. Refuse to be silenced.
truthout.org
February 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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The order directs federal agencies to penalize schools and athletic organizations that permit transgender people’s participation, arguing that such policies violate Title IX, the federal law prohibiting sex-based discrimination in education.
Trump Admin Twists Civil Rights Law to Enforce Anti-Trans Crackdown
“This is just a transphobic witch hunt using taxpayer dollars,” said legislative researcher Allison Chapman.
buff.ly
February 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Another FBI leader standing up for the rule of law

“Today, we find ourselves in the middle of a battle of our own, as good people are being walked out of the FBI and others are being targeted because they did their jobs in accordance with the law and FBI policy."

James Dennehy, FBI NY Field Office
Top F.B.I. Agent in New York Vows to ‘Dig In’ After Removals at Agency
James E. Dennehy, the highly respected leader of the largest and most important field office in the bureau, said the F.B.I. was in a “battle of our own.”
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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I finally launched my own newsletter! I'm happy to be albeit write what I want when I want. And to put a lot of short in-the-moment essays that used to be on FB at this site instead. Please subscribe! meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/welcome-to-m...
Welcome to Meditations in an Emergency
We are very clearly in a lot of emergencies right now. They demand action. But action demands thought and thoughtfulness: who are we, what are our values, our goals, our allies, our possibilities, and...
meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io
February 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
US Citizens Detained by Officials in Milwaukee for Speaking Spanish truthout.org/articles/fam...
Family of U.S. Citizens Shopping in Milwaukee Detained for Speaking Spanish — Report
The family members were only released after they produced their birth certificates, a news report details.
truthout.org
January 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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US President Donald Trump pledges to deport ‘Hamas sympathisers’ involved in Palestinian solidarity protests on college campuses aje.io/wi976n
January 30, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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January 29, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
January 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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The Band
The Weight
08/17/69
Woodstock

And then there were none. Rest in Peace Garth.

#TheBand
#GarthHudson

youtu.be/64JdzV4_rDI?...
The Band - The Weight [Woodstock]
YouTube video by claus250
youtu.be
January 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Donald Trump's determination to stop the climate fight is about burning our kid's future.
In my new book Dangerous Memory I write about how the 1980s was a pivotal moment that could have changed everything for the better but we gave in to the big oil lie.
Here's an excerpt
thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
We Saved the Planet Once. Can We Do It Again? | The Tyee
With a new young family, future NDP MP Charlie Angus faced the urgency of the climate crisis in the late ’80s. An excerpt.
thetyee.ca
January 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM