Brian K. Murphy
@murphyslog.bsky.social
Looking at life slantwise
Lifelong activist and internationalist, organiser, educator, and writer. And a dad, and a grandpa.
Lifelong activist and internationalist, organiser, educator, and writer. And a dad, and a grandpa.
Isaac Herzog, Israel's [largely ceremonial] president has called for an end to a growing wave of settler violence following a "shocking and serious" attack by Jewish settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
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Israeli president urges end to settler violence against Palestinians after 'shocking and serious' attack | CBC News
Israel's president on Wednesday called for an end to a growing wave of settler violence following a "shocking and serious" attack by Jewish settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Isaac Herzog, Israel's [largely ceremonial] president has called for an end to a growing wave of settler violence following a "shocking and serious" attack by Jewish settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/w...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/w...
"While directly-impacted communities call for long-needed answers regarding the status and powers of the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE), Budget 2025 maintains the government’s silence on the future of this office." What's up??
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CORE complainants and civil society raise alarm as Budget 2025 leaves impacted workers and communities in the dark | CNCA - RCRCE
Ottawa, Unceded Anishinaabe Algonquin Territories, November 11, 2025 – While directly-impacted communities call for long-needed answers regarding the status and powers of the Canadian Ombudsperson for...
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November 12, 2025 at 10:20 PM
"While directly-impacted communities call for long-needed answers regarding the status and powers of the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE), Budget 2025 maintains the government’s silence on the future of this office." What's up??
cnca-rcrce.ca/2025/11/11/c...
cnca-rcrce.ca/2025/11/11/c...
“If Canada is going to cut foreign aid, it should at least say it with the honesty and clarity this moment demands…to euphemize that choice with intentionally opaque language is a moral failure dressed up as fiscal responsibility.”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Canada: If you’re going to cut foreign aid, at least be honest about it
It is a moral failure dressed up as fiscal responsibility. If we take away the abstract language and political doublespeak, Canadians may find the human cost of these cuts too
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November 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
“If Canada is going to cut foreign aid, it should at least say it with the honesty and clarity this moment demands…to euphemize that choice with intentionally opaque language is a moral failure dressed up as fiscal responsibility.”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings behind the “yellow line” Israeli forces withdrew to after the ceasefire a month ago, according to satellite images reviewed by the BBC. The photos show that entire neighborhoods have been razed.
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Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, the images show.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings behind the “yellow line” Israeli forces withdrew to after the ceasefire a month ago, according to satellite images reviewed by the BBC. The photos show that entire neighborhoods have been razed.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Expert witness in landmark Hudbay Minerals lawsuits in Canada, Ramón Cadena arrested and sent to Guatemala's Mariscal Zavala prison:
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Ramón Cadena es detenido y enviado al Mariscal Zavala
El abogado de derechos humanos Ramón Cadena Rámila se presentó este 10 de noviembre de forma voluntaria al Organismo Judicial, después de dos ocasiones en la que su audiencia de primera declaración ha...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Expert witness in landmark Hudbay Minerals lawsuits in Canada, Ramón Cadena arrested and sent to Guatemala's Mariscal Zavala prison:
prensacomunitaria.org/2025/11/ramo...
prensacomunitaria.org/2025/11/ramo...
This is just such a fun, and profound, exchange—watch it: Mayor to Mayor: a conversation between Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani
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Mayor to Mayor: a conversation between Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
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November 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This is just such a fun, and profound, exchange—watch it: Mayor to Mayor: a conversation between Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe1V...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe1V...
"Both in Canada and the U.S., governments explicitly chose to train fewer doctors. We’re still dealing with the fallout."
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canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/10/c...
Canada’s doctor shortage is no accident
It was policy.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"Both in Canada and the U.S., governments explicitly chose to train fewer doctors. We’re still dealing with the fallout."
canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/10/c...
canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/10/c...
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PM @mark-carney.bsky.social, there can be no move to "expand the Canada-UAE economic partnership" unless & until the UAE ceases ALL support to the RSF, responsible for unspeakable mass atrocities, very likely on the scale of genocide, in Sudan.
Prime Minister Carney to visit the UAE and attend the G20 Leaders’ Summit in South Africa to deepen trade, technology, and defence partnerships
Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, announced that he will travel from November 18 to 24, 2025, for a bilateral visit to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johan...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
PM @mark-carney.bsky.social, there can be no move to "expand the Canada-UAE economic partnership" unless & until the UAE ceases ALL support to the RSF, responsible for unspeakable mass atrocities, very likely on the scale of genocide, in Sudan.
...After journeying for weeks from a glacier in the Andes to Brazil’s tropical coast, a boat carrying dozens of Indigenous leaders landed in Belem a day ahead of the start of the United Nations' COP30 climate summit.
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COP30: Amazon Indigenous flotilla demands a greater say in how their territories are managed as industries press deeper into the forests - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
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November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
...After journeying for weeks from a glacier in the Andes to Brazil’s tropical coast, a boat carrying dozens of Indigenous leaders landed in Belem a day ahead of the start of the United Nations' COP30 climate summit.
www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-ne...
www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-ne...
As COP30 is launched, Bangladeshi labour rights bodies urge the government to include worker representatives at every stage of climate-related decision-making. The demands were by the National Alliance for Just Transition Bangladesh (NAJTB).
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Bangladesh: Trade unions call for worker inclusion in climate policymaking and COP30 agenda - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
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November 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
As COP30 is launched, Bangladeshi labour rights bodies urge the government to include worker representatives at every stage of climate-related decision-making. The demands were by the National Alliance for Just Transition Bangladesh (NAJTB).
www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-ne...
www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-ne...
In a victory for workers’ rights in Cambodia, union leader Chea Chan has been reinstated and awarded USD53,000 in compensation after being wrongfully imprisoned for organising workers at Wing Star Shoes (WSS), a major supplier to ASICS and MUJI.
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Cambodia: Union leader falsely imprisoned for organizing at ASICS and MUJI supplier wins reinstatement and record compensation - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
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www.business-humanrights.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
In a victory for workers’ rights in Cambodia, union leader Chea Chan has been reinstated and awarded USD53,000 in compensation after being wrongfully imprisoned for organising workers at Wing Star Shoes (WSS), a major supplier to ASICS and MUJI.
www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-ne...
www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-ne...
"...the U.S. military is upgrading a long-abandoned former Cold War naval base in the Caribbean, suggesting preparations for sustained operations...The deployment of the Ford, however, is a far more overt demonstration of U.S. military readiness."
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www.reuters.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"...the U.S. military is upgrading a long-abandoned former Cold War naval base in the Caribbean, suggesting preparations for sustained operations...The deployment of the Ford, however, is a far more overt demonstration of U.S. military readiness."
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Reposted by Brian K. Murphy
ICLMG submitted a short brief to the Immigration committee for their study of Bill C-12, a copy of the very problematic xenophobic provisions of the anti-privacy, anti-migrant and anti-refugee "border" Bill C-2.
Read the full brief & please TAKE ACTION at iclmg.ca/c-12-cimm-br...
Thank you!
Read the full brief & please TAKE ACTION at iclmg.ca/c-12-cimm-br...
Thank you!
November 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
ICLMG submitted a short brief to the Immigration committee for their study of Bill C-12, a copy of the very problematic xenophobic provisions of the anti-privacy, anti-migrant and anti-refugee "border" Bill C-2.
Read the full brief & please TAKE ACTION at iclmg.ca/c-12-cimm-br...
Thank you!
Read the full brief & please TAKE ACTION at iclmg.ca/c-12-cimm-br...
Thank you!
“The clean energy transition is no longer an aspiration. It’s a functioning global market with China at its core...setting the direction of economic opportunity across Asia, the Middle East and Africa.”
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China’s clean energy dominance is COP30's real story - Asia Times
As COP30 kicks off in Belem, Brazil, the focus of the climate debate is on pledges and targets. The real shift, however, is already visible in global
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November 12, 2025 at 12:28 AM
“The clean energy transition is no longer an aspiration. It’s a functioning global market with China at its core...setting the direction of economic opportunity across Asia, the Middle East and Africa.”
asiatimes.com/2025/11/chin...
asiatimes.com/2025/11/chin...
Sudan's war, and the country itself, enters a new phase, signaled by the de facto redistribution of power and wealth. Three possible scenarios for Sudan's future can be envisaged:
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Sudan's new frontier: How RSF control of El-Fasher reshapes the state
The fall of El-Fasher signals the end of Sudan's centralized governance and the rise of a militarized political economy fueled by gold, regional corridors, and foreign interests.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Sudan's war, and the country itself, enters a new phase, signaled by the de facto redistribution of power and wealth. Three possible scenarios for Sudan's future can be envisaged:
thecradle.co/articles/sud...
thecradle.co/articles/sud...
The fourth edition of ‘Hoodwinked’ is being finalized right now, but with the global climate summit getting underway the Hoodwinked Collective have decided to pre-release the chapter on ‘AI as a false climate solution’ for movements to print and use.
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www.scanthehorizon.org/p/ai-as-a-fa...
AI as a False Climate Solution
A preview from the forthcoming edition of'Hoodwinked in the Hothouse' zine.
www.scanthehorizon.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The fourth edition of ‘Hoodwinked’ is being finalized right now, but with the global climate summit getting underway the Hoodwinked Collective have decided to pre-release the chapter on ‘AI as a false climate solution’ for movements to print and use.
www.scanthehorizon.org/p/ai-as-a-fa...
www.scanthehorizon.org/p/ai-as-a-fa...
Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza:
“If you want to shoot without restraint, you can,” Daniel, the commander of an IDF tank unit, says in 'Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War', broadcast in the UK on ITV on Monday evening.
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“If you want to shoot without restraint, you can,” Daniel, the commander of an IDF tank unit, says in 'Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War', broadcast in the UK on ITV on Monday evening.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
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November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza:
“If you want to shoot without restraint, you can,” Daniel, the commander of an IDF tank unit, says in 'Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War', broadcast in the UK on ITV on Monday evening.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
“If you want to shoot without restraint, you can,” Daniel, the commander of an IDF tank unit, says in 'Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War', broadcast in the UK on ITV on Monday evening.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
“...a just transition...must be judged by the dignity and livelihoods it protects...a new African transition agenda based on a people-centred, decolonised framework...links climate action to sovereignty, democratic control and redistribution.”
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www.ips-journal.eu/topics/econo...
What makes a just transition just?
An answer from African workers
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November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“...a just transition...must be judged by the dignity and livelihoods it protects...a new African transition agenda based on a people-centred, decolonised framework...links climate action to sovereignty, democratic control and redistribution.”
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/econo...
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/econo...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
Inside Trump’s Deportation of Venezuelans: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
Inside Trump’s Deportation of Venezuelans: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
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November 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Inside Trump’s Deportation of Venezuelans: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
Inside Trump’s Deportation of Venezuelans: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
“...the intentional ambiguity of Trump’s plan is laying the groundwork for the Yellow Line to become permanent ... the quiet rollout of a plan to divide Gaza’s territory...fulfills goals Israel has been saying it wants to do for months...”.
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Israel is trying to divide Gaza in half along the ‘Yellow Line.’ What is it, and is it here to stay?
The “Yellow Line” splitting Gaza in two is meant to be temporary according to Trump’s “peace” plan. However, the fact that those terms were intentionally left vague suggests that the partition of Gaza...
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November 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
“...the intentional ambiguity of Trump’s plan is laying the groundwork for the Yellow Line to become permanent ... the quiet rollout of a plan to divide Gaza’s territory...fulfills goals Israel has been saying it wants to do for months...”.
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mondoweiss.net/2025/11/ther...
“...the main deal that keeps the war in Sudan going is Darfur’s gold in exchange for the weapons that the UAE sources from all over the world...And Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Iran are being generous enough with their aid to ensure that the SAF can keep fighting too.”
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Sudan: another partition?
The biggest city in western Sudan, swollen to half a million or more people due to minority ethnic groups fleeing genocide, fell to rebel forces at the end of October after a two-year siege.
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November 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“...the main deal that keeps the war in Sudan going is Darfur’s gold in exchange for the weapons that the UAE sources from all over the world...And Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Iran are being generous enough with their aid to ensure that the SAF can keep fighting too.”
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
Nigeria faces various conflicts, but Christianity, or religion itself, is generally not central in any of them
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Religion meets realpolitik
Trump threatens Nigeria with military action over alleged persecution of Christians. But the violence in the country has entirely different causes
www.ips-journal.eu
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Nigeria faces various conflicts, but Christianity, or religion itself, is generally not central in any of them
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/forei...
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/forei...
“I don’t know how much we’re going to be able to do, but it’s a team doing what it believes in, and that has prepared a lot for this. Our COP coverage will be at home, from inside, from the forest.”
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A new generation of journalists emerges from the Amazon, just in time for COP30.
A new generation of journalists emerges from the rainforest, just in time for COP30.
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November 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
“I don’t know how much we’re going to be able to do, but it’s a team doing what it believes in, and that has prepared a lot for this. Our COP coverage will be at home, from inside, from the forest.”
www.cjr.org/feature/repo...
www.cjr.org/feature/repo...
Reposted by Brian K. Murphy
The world cannot continue to turn its back on civilians in Sudan, especially in the Kordofan region, when the grave dangers they face are clear for all to see.
It is unconscionable to stand by as civilians are at risk of being killed by RSF fighters.
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It is unconscionable to stand by as civilians are at risk of being killed by RSF fighters.
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Sudan: Civilians must be protected amid escalating RSF attacks in Kordofan region
Civilians in Sudan’s Kordofan region must be protected amid reports of escalating Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacks in the area, Amnesty International
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November 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The world cannot continue to turn its back on civilians in Sudan, especially in the Kordofan region, when the grave dangers they face are clear for all to see.
It is unconscionable to stand by as civilians are at risk of being killed by RSF fighters.
amnesty.ca/human-rights...
It is unconscionable to stand by as civilians are at risk of being killed by RSF fighters.
amnesty.ca/human-rights...