Lis Pimentel
@lispimentel.bsky.social
I like free speech, facts, organizing, and social and economic justice. Thoughts are my own.
Naming names was wrong then and it’s wrong now. Shame on US universities who are collaborating with authoritarianism. #academicfreedom #freespeech
September 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Naming names was wrong then and it’s wrong now. Shame on US universities who are collaborating with authoritarianism. #academicfreedom #freespeech
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More than 250 people who work at the CN Tower have been locked out of the iconic landmark just before Canada Day, according to a statement from Unifor, the union representing the part-time and full-time staff.
More than 250 CN Tower workers locked out before Canada Day, union says
While the tourist destination’s restaurants will be closed for the labour disruption, the observation decks, gift shop and other services will still be open.
www.thestar.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
More than 250 people who work at the CN Tower have been locked out of the iconic landmark just before Canada Day, according to a statement from Unifor, the union representing the part-time and full-time staff.
Solidarity from Toronto!
June 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Solidarity from Toronto!
Instead of deporting people who supposedly don’t have papers, how about we just give them papers? Problem solved.
June 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Instead of deporting people who supposedly don’t have papers, how about we just give them papers? Problem solved.
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Marches and protests have erupted against Trump and ICE all across the country. On top of LA, demonstrations took place yesterday in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Portland, and so many other cities.
More here:
More here:
Protests Erupt Over Trump's Abuse Of Power and More Great News
Impeachment support spreads, Newsom’s powerful speech, and more
www.dworkinsubstack.com
June 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Marches and protests have erupted against Trump and ICE all across the country. On top of LA, demonstrations took place yesterday in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Portland, and so many other cities.
More here:
More here:
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An Attack on One Is an Attack on All.
Stand Up. Speak Out.
Defend Workers. Protect Immigrants. Fight for Our Freedoms.
📍 Find an action near you and show up to demand:
✊The release of David Huerta
🛑 An immediate end to ICE raids
📣 The right to protest without fear
🔗 bit.ly/FreeDavidEndRaids
Stand Up. Speak Out.
Defend Workers. Protect Immigrants. Fight for Our Freedoms.
📍 Find an action near you and show up to demand:
✊The release of David Huerta
🛑 An immediate end to ICE raids
📣 The right to protest without fear
🔗 bit.ly/FreeDavidEndRaids
#FreeDavidEndRaids
On Friday afternoon, military-gear-clad ICE agents launched aggressive raids throughout Los Angeles. At one location, SEIU-USWW President David Huerta was assaulted, injured and detained while advocat...
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June 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
An Attack on One Is an Attack on All.
Stand Up. Speak Out.
Defend Workers. Protect Immigrants. Fight for Our Freedoms.
📍 Find an action near you and show up to demand:
✊The release of David Huerta
🛑 An immediate end to ICE raids
📣 The right to protest without fear
🔗 bit.ly/FreeDavidEndRaids
Stand Up. Speak Out.
Defend Workers. Protect Immigrants. Fight for Our Freedoms.
📍 Find an action near you and show up to demand:
✊The release of David Huerta
🛑 An immediate end to ICE raids
📣 The right to protest without fear
🔗 bit.ly/FreeDavidEndRaids
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Unifor is rallying in Toronto and Windsor tomorrow to demand justice for Hudson’s Bay workers. As HBC undergoes liquidation, we’re calling on them to honour its obligations to workers and urge the federal government to reform insolvency laws to better protect workers.
www.unifor.org/news/all-new...
www.unifor.org/news/all-new...
Unifor rallies to demand justice for Hudson Bay workers
Unifor is mobilizing in Toronto and Windsor to demand that Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) put workers first as it moves through its liquidation process. The union is calling on HBC to honour its…
www.unifor.org
May 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Unifor is rallying in Toronto and Windsor tomorrow to demand justice for Hudson’s Bay workers. As HBC undergoes liquidation, we’re calling on them to honour its obligations to workers and urge the federal government to reform insolvency laws to better protect workers.
www.unifor.org/news/all-new...
www.unifor.org/news/all-new...
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#Texas is spending $210 million for the surveillance of women. Fuck you #txlege #HandsOff #toxicPaternalism #Gilead
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Texas Is Building a $210 Million Anti-Abortion Surveillance Machine
4.18.25
open.substack.com
April 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
#Texas is spending $210 million for the surveillance of women. Fuck you #txlege #HandsOff #toxicPaternalism #Gilead
open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...
open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...
I love Barbara Kingsolver’s book Demon Copperhead. It makes you want to ACTUALLY fix the opioid crisis (and stop blaming Canada).
March 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I love Barbara Kingsolver’s book Demon Copperhead. It makes you want to ACTUALLY fix the opioid crisis (and stop blaming Canada).
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The top 0.1% of Americans control $22 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth.
Read that back.
Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.
The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth.
Read that back.
Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.
March 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The top 0.1% of Americans control $22 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth.
Read that back.
Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.
The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth.
Read that back.
Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.
Sometimes I love people
March 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Sometimes I love people
I’m totally here for this
New lyrics to a karaoke standard, penned by a guy in Prince Edward County.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=8pei...
#Never51st
m.youtube.com/watch?v=8pei...
#Never51st
We Will Survive
YouTube video by Jesse McFaul
m.youtube.com
March 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I’m totally here for this
The US: “You have cancer? You should start a GoFundMe page.”
Also the US: “We don’t understand why people are getting radicalized.”
Also the US: “We don’t understand why people are getting radicalized.”
January 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The US: “You have cancer? You should start a GoFundMe page.”
Also the US: “We don’t understand why people are getting radicalized.”
Also the US: “We don’t understand why people are getting radicalized.”
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Who benefits the most from minimum wage increases? Here are the demographics of workers getting a raise:
🔹 58% are women
🔹 11% are Black
🔹 39% are Hispanic
🔹 26% are parents
🔹 20% are in families below the poverty line
🔹 58% are women
🔹 11% are Black
🔹 39% are Hispanic
🔹 26% are parents
🔹 20% are in families below the poverty line
December 18, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Who benefits the most from minimum wage increases? Here are the demographics of workers getting a raise:
🔹 58% are women
🔹 11% are Black
🔹 39% are Hispanic
🔹 26% are parents
🔹 20% are in families below the poverty line
🔹 58% are women
🔹 11% are Black
🔹 39% are Hispanic
🔹 26% are parents
🔹 20% are in families below the poverty line
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Unifor Local 2458 members at Clear Medical Imaging are standing strong in their demand for a fair deal.
National President @lanapayne.bsky.social joined them on the picket line in Windsor yesterday—their union has their back, every step of the way.
#Solidarity #Canlab
National President @lanapayne.bsky.social joined them on the picket line in Windsor yesterday—their union has their back, every step of the way.
#Solidarity #Canlab
December 13, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Unifor Local 2458 members at Clear Medical Imaging are standing strong in their demand for a fair deal.
National President @lanapayne.bsky.social joined them on the picket line in Windsor yesterday—their union has their back, every step of the way.
#Solidarity #Canlab
National President @lanapayne.bsky.social joined them on the picket line in Windsor yesterday—their union has their back, every step of the way.
#Solidarity #Canlab
This is so urgently needed in communities across the country - great to see the federal government’s commitment to enforcement. #affordablehousing #fairbnbcanada #canpoli
Big win for Fairbnb Canada's friends today!
The Feds finally announced the launch of their government’s $50 million Short-term Rental Enforcement Fund to assist eligible municipalities in enforcing regulations governing Airbnb-type rental properties.
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The Feds finally announced the launch of their government’s $50 million Short-term Rental Enforcement Fund to assist eligible municipalities in enforcing regulations governing Airbnb-type rental properties.
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December 4, 2024 at 9:11 PM
This is so urgently needed in communities across the country - great to see the federal government’s commitment to enforcement. #affordablehousing #fairbnbcanada #canpoli
Yay Shinade! London will be lucky to have you representing them! 🎉🍊
Vote Shinade Allder as the Federal NDP nominee for London West!
The in-person nomination meeting will take place on Saturday, January 11th, 2025. To be eligible to vote, you must be registered by 11:59PM EST Tuesday, November 26th 2024. For details visit shinadeallder.my.canva.site?fbclid=IwZXh...
The in-person nomination meeting will take place on Saturday, January 11th, 2025. To be eligible to vote, you must be registered by 11:59PM EST Tuesday, November 26th 2024. For details visit shinadeallder.my.canva.site?fbclid=IwZXh...
Shinade Allder
shinadeallder.my.canva.site
November 23, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Yay Shinade! London will be lucky to have you representing them! 🎉🍊
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Adios Airbnb.
En Barcelona, el derecho a la vivienda es nuestra prioridad. Eliminaremos las Viviendas de Uso Turístico en 2028 y seguimos impulsando políticas para que en Barcelona se pueda acceder a una vivienda digna y asequible.
Carta de respuesta a airbnb:
bit.ly/bcn_airbnb
Carta de respuesta a airbnb:
bit.ly/bcn_airbnb
November 22, 2024 at 2:56 AM
Adios Airbnb.
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At the same time Democrats and progressives are justifiably enraged at Trump’s gonzo Cabinet picks, they’re all but mute about corporate America’s continued siphoning of economic gains to the top.
GM, corporate greed, and the reason the Democrats lost the election
Dems must condemn GM and other big corporations that are laying off workers despite record profits — and make loud and dramatic moves to stop them
buff.ly
November 23, 2024 at 12:57 AM
At the same time Democrats and progressives are justifiably enraged at Trump’s gonzo Cabinet picks, they’re all but mute about corporate America’s continued siphoning of economic gains to the top.
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But don’t worry. Oklahoma is buying thousands of Bibles for their public schools.
November 17, 2024 at 4:37 PM
But don’t worry. Oklahoma is buying thousands of Bibles for their public schools.
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Loblaws credits record profits to “raising prices on things humans need to live”
Loblaws credits record profits to "raising prices on things humans need to live"
BRAMPTON, ON - Loblaw Companies Ltd.'s fourth-quarter results beat analysts' expectations, which executives credit to the grocery giant’s corporate strategy of “gouging people for things they need to ...
www.thebeaverton.com
November 12, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Loblaws credits record profits to “raising prices on things humans need to live”
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If Uber cannot afford to pay its drivers minimum wage, there is no socially necessary reason to keep that company around.
That simple.
Ban it.
Have someone else step in to provide that service and pay at least minimum wage.
www.amny.com/transit/uber...
That simple.
Ban it.
Have someone else step in to provide that service and pay at least minimum wage.
www.amny.com/transit/uber...
Uber threatens cutting off drivers if NYC increases minimum pay | amNewYork
Uber says it may effectively lay off thousands of New York City drivers if the Taxi & Limousine Commission decides to raise minimum pay standards.
www.amny.com
November 12, 2024 at 1:03 PM
If Uber cannot afford to pay its drivers minimum wage, there is no socially necessary reason to keep that company around.
That simple.
Ban it.
Have someone else step in to provide that service and pay at least minimum wage.
www.amny.com/transit/uber...
That simple.
Ban it.
Have someone else step in to provide that service and pay at least minimum wage.
www.amny.com/transit/uber...
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And a message to all:
We are not going backwards.
Not today. Not tomorrow. Not ever.
We are not going backwards.
Not today. Not tomorrow. Not ever.
November 14, 2024 at 12:27 AM
And a message to all:
We are not going backwards.
Not today. Not tomorrow. Not ever.
We are not going backwards.
Not today. Not tomorrow. Not ever.