Suzanne MacNeil
@esooze.bsky.social
Socialist
Unions and decent work
Anti-fascist
Unions and decent work
Anti-fascist
The general strike in Italy is one of the most hopeful things in the world right now. It shows the way for both solidarity with Palestine and a critical
lesson in how to oppose a far-right government.
lesson in how to oppose a far-right government.
'The dockers’ determination to block weapons and stifle trade has been a crucial component of the pro-#Palestinian uprising in Italy as pressure mounts on #GiorgiaMeloni’s far-right government to take a stronger stance against #Israel.'
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‘Starting to be very afraid’: Italy’s Gaza protests raise pressure on Meloni
With strikes and demonstrations, intensifying Italian opposition to Israel’s war is challenging the PM’s stance
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October 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The general strike in Italy is one of the most hopeful things in the world right now. It shows the way for both solidarity with Palestine and a critical
lesson in how to oppose a far-right government.
lesson in how to oppose a far-right government.
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That’s not how it works. A dangerous law from a government dancing to the Reform drum.
Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office
Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
That’s not how it works. A dangerous law from a government dancing to the Reform drum.
“The media and gov’t want us to believe that Canada Post is both an inefficient waste of money that we can do without and also a vital part of our country’s infrastructure that must not shut down for a labour disruption.” Read @springmagca.bsky.social on CUPW strike: springmag.ca/postal-worke...
Postal workers are striking to save public services (again) - Spring
This past Thursday, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) resumed their strike in response to the proposal announced by Joël Lightbound (Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and P...
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October 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
“The media and gov’t want us to believe that Canada Post is both an inefficient waste of money that we can do without and also a vital part of our country’s infrastructure that must not shut down for a labour disruption.” Read @springmagca.bsky.social on CUPW strike: springmag.ca/postal-worke...
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There’s no audience at the Davis Cup in order to protect Israeli players’ fee-fees
Morning File by me
Morning File by me
There's no audience at the Davis Cup in order to protect Israeli players' fee-fees - Halifax Examiner
There's a broad cowardice in our society, a refusal to use plain language to decry horrific crimes.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
September 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
There’s no audience at the Davis Cup in order to protect Israeli players’ fee-fees
Morning File by me
Morning File by me
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Postering and summer social with @cupe3912.bsky.social and @j4wns.bsky.social
#NovaScotia, it’s time to #MakeItFair
#cdnpse #HigherEd #canlab #CollectiveBargaining
@csaulnier.bsky.social @esooze.bsky.social
#NovaScotia, it’s time to #MakeItFair
#cdnpse #HigherEd #canlab #CollectiveBargaining
@csaulnier.bsky.social @esooze.bsky.social
July 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Postering and summer social with @cupe3912.bsky.social and @j4wns.bsky.social
#NovaScotia, it’s time to #MakeItFair
#cdnpse #HigherEd #canlab #CollectiveBargaining
@csaulnier.bsky.social @esooze.bsky.social
#NovaScotia, it’s time to #MakeItFair
#cdnpse #HigherEd #canlab #CollectiveBargaining
@csaulnier.bsky.social @esooze.bsky.social
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There’s a huge culture of entitlement and lack of accountability in boys and men’s hockey in Canada.
That culture doesn’t exist for girls and women who play. They don’t even get the same kind of money!
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That culture doesn’t exist for girls and women who play. They don’t even get the same kind of money!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
After 5 ex-Hockey Canada players not guilty of sexual assault, talk of 'vindication' but also devastation | CBC News
Five former world junior hockey players on Thursday were found not guilty of sexual assault, prompting a wave of reaction — including from the NHL and NHLPA — and a scathing rebuke from defence lawyer...
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July 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
There’s a huge culture of entitlement and lack of accountability in boys and men’s hockey in Canada.
That culture doesn’t exist for girls and women who play. They don’t even get the same kind of money!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
That culture doesn’t exist for girls and women who play. They don’t even get the same kind of money!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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“I think it’s a serious breach of professional ethics for any professor to be involved with an organization whose explicit aim is to deport our students.”
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The Professors Who Supported the Student Deportation Frenzy
GoFundMe donations, social media posts, and board memberships reveal how a handful of faculty members are backing Zionist doxxing outfits.
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July 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM
“I think it’s a serious breach of professional ethics for any professor to be involved with an organization whose explicit aim is to deport our students.”
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Anyone else getting ads for paid plasma? With the guy on disability who donates twice a week. It is bleak as hell.
May 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Anyone else getting ads for paid plasma? With the guy on disability who donates twice a week. It is bleak as hell.
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We've taken the first part of my multi-part series, "Nova Scotia's Policing Panic," out from behind the paywall for everyone to read for free.
This is the wildest story you'll read all week:
Nova Scotia's Police Panic, Part 1: ‘A coupla suckers’
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/investigatio...
This is the wildest story you'll read all week:
Nova Scotia's Police Panic, Part 1: ‘A coupla suckers’
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Part 1: 'A coupla suckers' - Halifax Examiner
Sidney Rafuse and Gerald Freckleton had a plan: they were going to rob a bank. As they say, that’s where the money is.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
March 19, 2025 at 12:50 AM
We've taken the first part of my multi-part series, "Nova Scotia's Policing Panic," out from behind the paywall for everyone to read for free.
This is the wildest story you'll read all week:
Nova Scotia's Police Panic, Part 1: ‘A coupla suckers’
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/investigatio...
This is the wildest story you'll read all week:
Nova Scotia's Police Panic, Part 1: ‘A coupla suckers’
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/investigatio...
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Over 200 organizations - and growing - have signed the statement by Canadian feminist organizations expressing concern at the elimination of a standalone minister for women and gender equality in Carney’s cabinet. Including one former Status of Women minister. www.criaw-icref.ca/statements/j...
Joint News Release on Minister of WAGE - CRIAW
Canadian Government Eliminates Minister for Women and Gender Equality Amid United Nations Women’s Rights Summit For Immediate Release New York UNHQ – It is unacceptable that the new Canadian Prime Min...
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March 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Over 200 organizations - and growing - have signed the statement by Canadian feminist organizations expressing concern at the elimination of a standalone minister for women and gender equality in Carney’s cabinet. Including one former Status of Women minister. www.criaw-icref.ca/statements/j...
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Hey Halifax, today is my last day with The Coast. The changes made at TC last week were the impetus I needed to start making planning a reality. It'll take a few weeks to finish getting everything set up, but you can continue to find me on the Grand Parade pod in the interim; maybe in a new ep today
March 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Hey Halifax, today is my last day with The Coast. The changes made at TC last week were the impetus I needed to start making planning a reality. It'll take a few weeks to finish getting everything set up, but you can continue to find me on the Grand Parade pod in the interim; maybe in a new ep today
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Custodian union suing Halifax, cleaning company over contract for Alderney Gate
Story by me
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Story by me
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Custodian union suing Halifax, cleaning company over contract for Alderney Gate - Halifax Examiner
SEIU Local 2 alleges new contractor for Alderney Gate is not complying with municipality's living wage policy.
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March 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Custodian union suing Halifax, cleaning company over contract for Alderney Gate
Story by me
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Story by me
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Premier Tim Houston is withdrawing his proposed legislative changes affecting the office of the Attorney General
February 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Premier Tim Houston is withdrawing his proposed legislative changes affecting the office of the Attorney General
Attn folks in #hrm #halifax #novascotia ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Contacy Mayor Fillmore, CAO O’Toole & your city councillor to demand that the new janitorial contractor hire the current Alderney Gate janitors at a liveable wage, adopt the existing union contract & delay the new contract at least 1 month for review.
Contacy Mayor Fillmore, CAO O’Toole & your city councillor to demand that the new janitorial contractor hire the current Alderney Gate janitors at a liveable wage, adopt the existing union contract & delay the new contract at least 1 month for review.
February 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Attn folks in #hrm #halifax #novascotia ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Contacy Mayor Fillmore, CAO O’Toole & your city councillor to demand that the new janitorial contractor hire the current Alderney Gate janitors at a liveable wage, adopt the existing union contract & delay the new contract at least 1 month for review.
Contacy Mayor Fillmore, CAO O’Toole & your city councillor to demand that the new janitorial contractor hire the current Alderney Gate janitors at a liveable wage, adopt the existing union contract & delay the new contract at least 1 month for review.
12 Janitors at Alderney Gate are about to lose their jobs because the #HRM decided to go with a cheaper non-union contractor.
Emergency rally taking place at Halifax city hall, tomorrow at 6:00pm. HRM needs to do the right thing and make sure these workers’ jobs and contract are upheld! #halifax
Emergency rally taking place at Halifax city hall, tomorrow at 6:00pm. HRM needs to do the right thing and make sure these workers’ jobs and contract are upheld! #halifax
February 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Dismantling democracy: this is not business as usual www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file... Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
Dismantling democracy: this is not business as usual - Halifax Examiner
Taking the approach that this is business as usual makes it much easier to eventually accept full-blown authoritarianism as inevitable
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February 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Dismantling democracy: this is not business as usual www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file... Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
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I and my NDP colleagues wrote an urgent letter to Prime Minister Trudeau urging him to urgently respond to the threats made by Donald Trump against the people of Gaza.
Donald Trump, Elon Musk and their cohort represent the greatest threat to Canada and to humanity that we have seen in decades.
Donald Trump, Elon Musk and their cohort represent the greatest threat to Canada and to humanity that we have seen in decades.
February 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I and my NDP colleagues wrote an urgent letter to Prime Minister Trudeau urging him to urgently respond to the threats made by Donald Trump against the people of Gaza.
Donald Trump, Elon Musk and their cohort represent the greatest threat to Canada and to humanity that we have seen in decades.
Donald Trump, Elon Musk and their cohort represent the greatest threat to Canada and to humanity that we have seen in decades.
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Power Grab: Tim Houston is dismantling democracy in the birthplace of responsible government www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file... Morning File by me
Power Grab: Tim Houston is dismantling democracy in the birthplace of responsible government - Halifax Examiner
This is not about one election or another. Governments come and go, left, right, and centre. But never before have previous governments, even super-majority governments, made such radical changes in t...
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February 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Power Grab: Tim Houston is dismantling democracy in the birthplace of responsible government www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file... Morning File by me
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This was predicted. It could be terrible. www.reddit.com/r/halifax/co...
February 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
This was predicted. It could be terrible. www.reddit.com/r/halifax/co...
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so here we are. I wrote this when RFK Jr's presidential campaign was being laughed off by the self-styled serious people.
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Beware: we ignore Robert F Kennedy Jr’s candidacy at our peril | Naomi Klein
Given the strengths that Kennedy possesses as a candidate, we should expect him to continue to build momentum. Ignoring him is not an option
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February 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
so here we are. I wrote this when RFK Jr's presidential campaign was being laughed off by the self-styled serious people.
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"Cease and desist letter says shelters violate municipal code"
Sounds familiar, remember Mutual Aid Halifax
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Sounds familiar, remember Mutual Aid Halifax
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Toronto orders creator of tiny mobile homes for unhoused people to stop | CBC News
The City of Toronto has sent a cease and desist letter to a man who’s built several tiny mobile homes to give temporary shelter to those experiencing homelessness, ordering him to have them removed fr...
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February 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"Cease and desist letter says shelters violate municipal code"
Sounds familiar, remember Mutual Aid Halifax
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Sounds familiar, remember Mutual Aid Halifax
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Is the #NovaScotia government really not going to invite @ccpanovascotia.bsky.social to the stakeholder lock-up? Is our analysis really that threatening?
Budget is tabled at 1pm Feb 18. I will be down at the NS Leg to respond regardless; we do appreciate the 40 mins extra to read & ask questions.
Budget is tabled at 1pm Feb 18. I will be down at the NS Leg to respond regardless; we do appreciate the 40 mins extra to read & ask questions.
a black and white photo of a woman standing in front of a mirror and saying `` i mean ... '' .
Alt: a black and white photo of a woman Lucille Ball standing in front of a mirror and saying `` i mean ... '' .
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February 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Is the #NovaScotia government really not going to invite @ccpanovascotia.bsky.social to the stakeholder lock-up? Is our analysis really that threatening?
Budget is tabled at 1pm Feb 18. I will be down at the NS Leg to respond regardless; we do appreciate the 40 mins extra to read & ask questions.
Budget is tabled at 1pm Feb 18. I will be down at the NS Leg to respond regardless; we do appreciate the 40 mins extra to read & ask questions.
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Man who has spent entire political career attacking everybody promises he’ll attack Trump and Elon any minute now
Man who has spent entire political career attacking everybody promises he’ll attack Trump and Elon any minute now
OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre, who has famously spent his 21-year political career vociferously attacking any person or political entity which opposed him, has vowed to "any day now" begin training that s...
www.thebeaverton.com
February 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Man who has spent entire political career attacking everybody promises he’ll attack Trump and Elon any minute now