Scott Neigh
@scottneigh.bsky.social
writer, parent, activist in Hamilton, Ontario. Author of two books. Former host and producer of *Talking Radical Radio*. My author site: https://scottneigh.ca. (Note that on Twitter I can be found as @canadianlefty, but that handle was already taken here.)
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Scott Neigh
@scottneigh.bsky.social
· Jul 22
Some exciting news!!! My new book *Listen! Knowing the World and Fighting to Change It* will be coming out in the fall, from Fernwood Publishing. Get 15% off a pre-order using the code below.
fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/listen
fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/listen
An update: The pub date for my new book was originally supposed to be early November, but has been moved to October 21. Pre-order now! :)
Carney’s first budget is a gift to billionaires – and an attack on workers, communities, and the planet. Write to the opposition leaders and tell them to reject Carney’s Billionaire Budget: actionnetwork.org/letters/reje... #cdnpoli
Reject Carney’s Billionaire Budget
Carney’s first budget is a gift to billionaires – and an attack on workers, communities, and the planet. This budget would gut our public services, attack migrant and refugee protections, fuel climate...
actionnetwork.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Carney’s first budget is a gift to billionaires – and an attack on workers, communities, and the planet. Write to the opposition leaders and tell them to reject Carney’s Billionaire Budget: actionnetwork.org/letters/reje... #cdnpoli
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NEW: No Arms In The Arts launches boycott of the Scotiabank Photo Award.
70 artists, curators and photographers, including many past winners and nominees, are withdrawing their work ahead of the 2025 nominations.
boycottphotoaward.org
70 artists, curators and photographers, including many past winners and nominees, are withdrawing their work ahead of the 2025 nominations.
boycottphotoaward.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
NEW: No Arms In The Arts launches boycott of the Scotiabank Photo Award.
70 artists, curators and photographers, including many past winners and nominees, are withdrawing their work ahead of the 2025 nominations.
boycottphotoaward.org
70 artists, curators and photographers, including many past winners and nominees, are withdrawing their work ahead of the 2025 nominations.
boycottphotoaward.org
With a few dozen students, teachers, and other education workers at Hamilton city hall rallying in defence of public education and against Ontario’s Bill 33. #onpoli
November 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
With a few dozen students, teachers, and other education workers at Hamilton city hall rallying in defence of public education and against Ontario’s Bill 33. #onpoli
"Sudanese fighters accused of massacres use Canadian-made rifles" www.cbc.ca/news/world/s... #cdnpoli
Sudanese fighters accused of massacres use Canadian-made rifles | CBC News
The Rapid Support Forces in Sudan, accused of civilian massacres, have posted numerous images posing with rifles bearing the logo of a small B.C. manufacturer called Sterling Cross Defense Systems. Ex...
www.cbc.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:48 AM
"Sudanese fighters accused of massacres use Canadian-made rifles" www.cbc.ca/news/world/s... #cdnpoli
An initial overview of the truly dreadful federal budget: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... #cdnpoli
Post-election budget could plunge Canada into another federal election - CCPA
With so much on the line, the newly elected federal government has tabled a budget that, in many ways, could pass as a Conservative budget.
www.policyalternatives.ca
November 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
An initial overview of the truly dreadful federal budget: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... #cdnpoli
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Carney allowed an anti-choice conservative into the Liberal Party in effort to consolidate a majority and ram through his austerity.
There is just no bottom floor with Carney, it seems.
There is just no bottom floor with Carney, it seems.
UPDATE: the new Liberal MP opposes a woman's right to choose according to the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada
Scary stuff to see the LPC welcome this. Luckily the NDP caucus remains fully pro-choice
www.arcc-cdac.ca/media/anti-c...
Scary stuff to see the LPC welcome this. Luckily the NDP caucus remains fully pro-choice
www.arcc-cdac.ca/media/anti-c...
www.arcc-cdac.ca
November 6, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Carney allowed an anti-choice conservative into the Liberal Party in effort to consolidate a majority and ram through his austerity.
There is just no bottom floor with Carney, it seems.
There is just no bottom floor with Carney, it seems.
Canadian federal "Budget 2025 is a shocking attack on refugees and migrants." migrantrights.ca/budget2025re... #cdnpoli
Migrant Rights Network Response to Budget 2025 - Migrant Rights Network
Syed Hussan, spokesperson for Migrant Rights Network, states: “Budget 2025 is a shocking attack on refugees and migrants. The government wants to charge refugees for basic healthcare, strip over 10,0...
migrantrights.ca
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Canadian federal "Budget 2025 is a shocking attack on refugees and migrants." migrantrights.ca/budget2025re... #cdnpoli
This is not a “why is no one talking about this” post — a genre that is almost always disingenuous and wrong. It is a “why is my timeline hardly showing that people are, in fact, talking about this”, re. Mark Carney’s terrible austerity-driven, militarist budget. #cdnpoli
November 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This is not a “why is no one talking about this” post — a genre that is almost always disingenuous and wrong. It is a “why is my timeline hardly showing that people are, in fact, talking about this”, re. Mark Carney’s terrible austerity-driven, militarist budget. #cdnpoli
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It's actually insane that the feds are promising to put more than double the amount of money they're putting into childcare, into AI.
Why not just set it on fire and dance around it hoping to sway the gods to our favour?
Why not just set it on fire and dance around it hoping to sway the gods to our favour?
November 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
It's actually insane that the feds are promising to put more than double the amount of money they're putting into childcare, into AI.
Why not just set it on fire and dance around it hoping to sway the gods to our favour?
Why not just set it on fire and dance around it hoping to sway the gods to our favour?
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Happy publication day to Women United by @peggynash.bsky.social and Julie White!
Based on the firsthand stories of dozens of women leaders in the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW), Women United examines what workplaces were like for women.
Learn more on our website: lnkd.in/g6TNw5f7
Based on the firsthand stories of dozens of women leaders in the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW), Women United examines what workplaces were like for women.
Learn more on our website: lnkd.in/g6TNw5f7
November 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Happy publication day to Women United by @peggynash.bsky.social and Julie White!
Based on the firsthand stories of dozens of women leaders in the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW), Women United examines what workplaces were like for women.
Learn more on our website: lnkd.in/g6TNw5f7
Based on the firsthand stories of dozens of women leaders in the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW), Women United examines what workplaces were like for women.
Learn more on our website: lnkd.in/g6TNw5f7
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Just picked up @scottneigh.bsky.social new book, Listen!, from my local independent booksrote. An important meditation on engaging in collective social justice activism.
November 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Just picked up @scottneigh.bsky.social new book, Listen!, from my local independent booksrote. An important meditation on engaging in collective social justice activism.
"At least four people were killed by police in Canada in October 2025. This means that at least 76 people have been killed by cops so far this year."
mediacoop.ca/node/119326 #cdnpoli
mediacoop.ca/node/119326 #cdnpoli
Canadian Police-Involved Deaths in October 2025
At least four people were killed by police in Canada in October 2025. This means that at least 76 people have been killed by cops so far this year. At least eight people were killed in police actions ...
mediacoop.ca
November 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
"At least four people were killed by police in Canada in October 2025. This means that at least 76 people have been killed by cops so far this year."
mediacoop.ca/node/119326 #cdnpoli
mediacoop.ca/node/119326 #cdnpoli
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Book launch event in Sudbury today!
October 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Book launch event in Sudbury today!
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i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
October 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
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"You don't choose the times you live in, but you do choose who you want to be, and you do choose how you want to think." –
Grace Lee Boggs
Grace Lee Boggs
October 29, 2025 at 2:52 AM
"You don't choose the times you live in, but you do choose who you want to be, and you do choose how you want to think." –
Grace Lee Boggs
Grace Lee Boggs
Virtual book launch happening tonight! Register by emailing info@fernpub.ca.
October 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Virtual book launch happening tonight! Register by emailing info@fernpub.ca.
I won't be in town so I can't go myself, but this event on the climate crisis and workers being put on by Environment #HamOnt and Solidarity Place looks interesting!
October 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I won't be in town so I can't go myself, but this event on the climate crisis and workers being put on by Environment #HamOnt and Solidarity Place looks interesting!
Many thank-yous to all who made last night's #HamOnt book launch a success! If you couldn't make it or you live elsewhere, email info@fernpub.ca to register for the virtual launch happening at 7pm Eastern on October 28.
October 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Many thank-yous to all who made last night's #HamOnt book launch a success! If you couldn't make it or you live elsewhere, email info@fernpub.ca to register for the virtual launch happening at 7pm Eastern on October 28.
Disturbed to hear about the cops telling organizers to cancel queer events in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, because of threats...but then, from what I've heard, refusing to actually investigate the threats. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #onpoli
Some 2SLGBTQ+ events cancelled in Kitchener following threats of disruption | CBC News
Beers with Queers was supposed to be a judgement-free place for members and allies of the 2SLGBTQ+ community to hang out on Tuesday. But it was cancelled after local police received a tip that there a...
www.cbc.ca
October 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Disturbed to hear about the cops telling organizers to cancel queer events in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, because of threats...but then, from what I've heard, refusing to actually investigate the threats. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #onpoli
I have never been a member of any political party, and I recognize that vigorous, even aggressive, debate and competition within the left has always been with us and always will be. But *wow* does the NDP leadership race feel unhelpful, destructive, and offputting. #cdnpoli
October 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I have never been a member of any political party, and I recognize that vigorous, even aggressive, debate and competition within the left has always been with us and always will be. But *wow* does the NDP leadership race feel unhelpful, destructive, and offputting. #cdnpoli
As of today, it is officially out!
October 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
As of today, it is officially out!
With all due acknowledgement of what these kinds of mobilizations do and what they don’t do, it’s very heartening to see the magnitude of the protests in the US today.
October 19, 2025 at 4:07 AM
With all due acknowledgement of what these kinds of mobilizations do and what they don’t do, it’s very heartening to see the magnitude of the protests in the US today.