Nate Crompton
@natecrompton.bsky.social
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I just wrote a letter urging the Provincial and City governments to purchase the 570 Columbia / 105 Keefer site for community uses rather than gentrifying market condos. You can write a letter too: share.nwmd.social/s/p7r32R7G #vanpoli #vanre #chinatown #keefer
Tell Premier Eby and Mayor and Council to Acquire 570 Columbia / 105 Keefer
share.nwmd.social
November 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I just wrote a letter urging the Provincial and City governments to purchase the 570 Columbia / 105 Keefer site for community uses rather than gentrifying market condos. You can write a letter too: share.nwmd.social/s/p7r32R7G #vanpoli #vanre #chinatown #keefer
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What it means: The SCC affirmed that ODs are a medical event – not a policing opportunity. When police arrive at the scene, no one is to be arrested for, charged with, or convicted of drug possession. Read the decision here: decisions.scc-csc.ca/.../en/item/...
decisions.scc-csc.ca
October 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
What it means: The SCC affirmed that ODs are a medical event – not a policing opportunity. When police arrive at the scene, no one is to be arrested for, charged with, or convicted of drug possession. Read the decision here: decisions.scc-csc.ca/.../en/item/...
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BREAKING WIN for PWUD: Supreme Court of Canada rules against the Saskatchewan government and police attempt to claw back the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act in R v Wilson. Pivot argued, and the court agreed, the law protects against simple possession convictions, charges, AND arrests at ODs.
decisions.scc-csc.ca
October 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
BREAKING WIN for PWUD: Supreme Court of Canada rules against the Saskatchewan government and police attempt to claw back the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act in R v Wilson. Pivot argued, and the court agreed, the law protects against simple possession convictions, charges, AND arrests at ODs.
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"In a province where five people per day die from the toxic and unregulated drug supply, not one member of the compassion club overdosed while using the DULF supply"
DULF Case Wraps Up at the BC Supreme Court:
themainlander.com/2025/10/15/d... #drugsky
DULF Case Wraps Up at the BC Supreme Court:
themainlander.com/2025/10/15/d... #drugsky
DULF Case Wraps Up at the BC Supreme Court
Final hearings concluded today in the BC Supreme court in a crown case brought against the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF)
themainlander.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:27 AM
"In a province where five people per day die from the toxic and unregulated drug supply, not one member of the compassion club overdosed while using the DULF supply"
DULF Case Wraps Up at the BC Supreme Court:
themainlander.com/2025/10/15/d... #drugsky
DULF Case Wraps Up at the BC Supreme Court:
themainlander.com/2025/10/15/d... #drugsky
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NEW: Housing sat empty as people were displaced to nowhere during Hastings decampment according to internal correspondence obtained by The Mainlander
themainlander.com/2025/09/02/d...
themainlander.com/2025/09/02/d...
Emails reveal housing sat empty as people were displaced to nowhere during Hastings decampment
Documents obtained via Freedom of Information requests show that BC Housing kept supportive housing units empty while thousands of people were left unsheltered.
themainlander.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
NEW: Housing sat empty as people were displaced to nowhere during Hastings decampment according to internal correspondence obtained by The Mainlander
themainlander.com/2025/09/02/d...
themainlander.com/2025/09/02/d...
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"housing freezes" are a cruel policy that sees people prioritized for housing based on electoral interests. they are part of an explicit process of dehumanization
@natecrompton.bsky.social & I obtained documents that offer insight into how they are engineered:
themainlander.com/2025/09/02/d...
@natecrompton.bsky.social & I obtained documents that offer insight into how they are engineered:
themainlander.com/2025/09/02/d...
Emails reveal housing sat empty as people were displaced to nowhere during Hastings decampment
Documents obtained via Freedom of Information requests show that BC Housing kept supportive housing units empty while thousands of people were left unsheltered.
themainlander.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"housing freezes" are a cruel policy that sees people prioritized for housing based on electoral interests. they are part of an explicit process of dehumanization
@natecrompton.bsky.social & I obtained documents that offer insight into how they are engineered:
themainlander.com/2025/09/02/d...
@natecrompton.bsky.social & I obtained documents that offer insight into how they are engineered:
themainlander.com/2025/09/02/d...
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"When exactly, the novel asks, does playacting become metamorphosis?" Read Grace Linden's review of "Audition" by Katie Kitamura: lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
The Unsettled Self | Los Angeles Review of Books
Grace Linden reviews Katie Kitamura’s “Audition”
lareviewofbooks.org
July 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
"When exactly, the novel asks, does playacting become metamorphosis?" Read Grace Linden's review of "Audition" by Katie Kitamura: lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
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.@natecrompton.bsky.social interviews Andrew Witt about documentary as form and photographing L.A. in a preview of LARB Quarterly, no. 45: Submission. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/what-persists-what-remains/
July 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
.@natecrompton.bsky.social interviews Andrew Witt about documentary as form and photographing L.A. in a preview of LARB Quarterly, no. 45: Submission. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/what-persists-what-remains/
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A joy to march in NYC Pride with the people's champ Tish James 🏳️🌈
June 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A joy to march in NYC Pride with the people's champ Tish James 🏳️🌈
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“No employer should be able to silence any worker for challenging injustice.” Solidarity with #KatherineGrzejszczak!
cupe.on.ca/cupe-ontario...
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CUPE Ontario leaders pledge solidarity with York Region paramedic fired for support of anti-war rally - CUPE Ontario
TORONTO – Leaders of Ontario’s largest union have unanimously condemned the firing of one of their fellow executive board members, vowing to support the dedicated frontline paramedic who spoke out on ...
cupe.on.ca
June 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
“No employer should be able to silence any worker for challenging injustice.” Solidarity with #KatherineGrzejszczak!
cupe.on.ca/cupe-ontario...
cupe.on.ca/cupe-ontario...
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Mark Carney just committed Canada to spend 5% of GDP on defence—more than double NATO’s target.
No serious debate. No scrutiny. Just consensus from a political class sleepwalking into permanent militarization while public services decline.
No serious debate. No scrutiny. Just consensus from a political class sleepwalking into permanent militarization while public services decline.
Military spending groupthink and Canada’s left
The vast majority of Western politicians have boxed themselves into too much of a corner after having demonized Russia to such an extent to really raise serious questions about the need for increased ...
canadiandimension.com
June 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Mark Carney just committed Canada to spend 5% of GDP on defence—more than double NATO’s target.
No serious debate. No scrutiny. Just consensus from a political class sleepwalking into permanent militarization while public services decline.
No serious debate. No scrutiny. Just consensus from a political class sleepwalking into permanent militarization while public services decline.
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It is no longer enough to condemn. Canada must end its complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza by halting arms exports, imposing sanctions, and recognizing Palestine.
The time for words has passed. It is time to act.
The time for words has passed. It is time to act.
For the Palestinian people, it is one minute to midnight: Canada must radically change its approach
If it does not want to remain complicit in Israel’s crimes, Canada must immediately apply all means of political and economic pressure at its disposal. There are many things it could do, including rec...
canadiandimension.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
It is no longer enough to condemn. Canada must end its complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza by halting arms exports, imposing sanctions, and recognizing Palestine.
The time for words has passed. It is time to act.
The time for words has passed. It is time to act.
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Excited to be carrying @power1312.bsky.social work on gender based violence in dtes! Come check out the zine section - best way to collect critical local updates !!
June 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Excited to be carrying @power1312.bsky.social work on gender based violence in dtes! Come check out the zine section - best way to collect critical local updates !!
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The new Mexican film 1938 tells the story of the nation’s historic expropriation of the oil industry.
Jacobin sat down with director Sergio Olhovich to talk about the long-awaited project — finally realized with the support of the AMLO administration.
Jacobin sat down with director Sergio Olhovich to talk about the long-awaited project — finally realized with the support of the AMLO administration.
1938 Shows a People Taking Control of Their Economy
The new Mexican film 1938 tells the story of the nation’s historic expropriation of the oil industry. Jacobin sat down with director Sergio Olhovich to talk about the long-awaited project — finally re...
jacobin.com
May 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The new Mexican film 1938 tells the story of the nation’s historic expropriation of the oil industry.
Jacobin sat down with director Sergio Olhovich to talk about the long-awaited project — finally realized with the support of the AMLO administration.
Jacobin sat down with director Sergio Olhovich to talk about the long-awaited project — finally realized with the support of the AMLO administration.
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Public support. 61% Unions
44% big bus
Americans favor labor unions over big business now more than ever, analysis of new data from me & Adam Reich
In data back 60 years, Americans' sentiments are both warmer toward unions & cooler towards big business than ever before.
lnkd.in/g3bq5DGv
44% big bus
Americans favor labor unions over big business now more than ever, analysis of new data from me & Adam Reich
In data back 60 years, Americans' sentiments are both warmer toward unions & cooler towards big business than ever before.
lnkd.in/g3bq5DGv
May 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Public support. 61% Unions
44% big bus
Americans favor labor unions over big business now more than ever, analysis of new data from me & Adam Reich
In data back 60 years, Americans' sentiments are both warmer toward unions & cooler towards big business than ever before.
lnkd.in/g3bq5DGv
44% big bus
Americans favor labor unions over big business now more than ever, analysis of new data from me & Adam Reich
In data back 60 years, Americans' sentiments are both warmer toward unions & cooler towards big business than ever before.
lnkd.in/g3bq5DGv
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This week marks the 70th anniversary of the historic anti-colonial 1955 Bandung Conference, when 29 nations from Asia and Africa gathered in Indonesia.
“They all gathered together because they understood their unity was very important,” says @vijayprashad.bsky.social.
“They all gathered together because they understood their unity was very important,” says @vijayprashad.bsky.social.
April 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This week marks the 70th anniversary of the historic anti-colonial 1955 Bandung Conference, when 29 nations from Asia and Africa gathered in Indonesia.
“They all gathered together because they understood their unity was very important,” says @vijayprashad.bsky.social.
“They all gathered together because they understood their unity was very important,” says @vijayprashad.bsky.social.
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JUST IN: Councillor @seanorr.bsky.social’s first motion has passed unanimously.
He was elected to fight for fully-funded public services. And that's exactly what he's doing.
We'll keep fighting until we win 7-days-a-week libraries in every neighbourhood of Vancouver.
#FightForVancouver #vanpoli
He was elected to fight for fully-funded public services. And that's exactly what he's doing.
We'll keep fighting until we win 7-days-a-week libraries in every neighbourhood of Vancouver.
#FightForVancouver #vanpoli
May 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
JUST IN: Councillor @seanorr.bsky.social’s first motion has passed unanimously.
He was elected to fight for fully-funded public services. And that's exactly what he's doing.
We'll keep fighting until we win 7-days-a-week libraries in every neighbourhood of Vancouver.
#FightForVancouver #vanpoli
He was elected to fight for fully-funded public services. And that's exactly what he's doing.
We'll keep fighting until we win 7-days-a-week libraries in every neighbourhood of Vancouver.
#FightForVancouver #vanpoli
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Great to see this motion pass unanimously at Council. Fantastic way to honour Trey Helten!
This alley between Hastings and Pender, which connects Cambie and Abbott streets, will be known as Ashtrey Alley in memory of Trey Helten.
Unanimous decision by City Council.
Unanimous decision by City Council.
May 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Great to see this motion pass unanimously at Council. Fantastic way to honour Trey Helten!
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Advocates accuse Doug Ford's government of targeting the homeless with its new Bill 6.
It "doesn’t actually solve homelessness, it just punishes people," says @dianacmcnally.bsky.social.
It "doesn’t actually solve homelessness, it just punishes people," says @dianacmcnally.bsky.social.
Advocates Accuse Ford Government of Targeting the Homeless with New Bill
Bill 6
pressprogress.ca
May 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Advocates accuse Doug Ford's government of targeting the homeless with its new Bill 6.
It "doesn’t actually solve homelessness, it just punishes people," says @dianacmcnally.bsky.social.
It "doesn’t actually solve homelessness, it just punishes people," says @dianacmcnally.bsky.social.
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The health care conglomerate is facing mounting financial problems – and ongoing consumer anger over high costs and denied claims.
UnitedHealth Group abruptly replaces CEO Andrew Witty, deepening a terrible year
The health care conglomerate is facing mounting financial problems – and ongoing consumer anger over high costs and denied claims.
www.npr.org
May 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The health care conglomerate is facing mounting financial problems – and ongoing consumer anger over high costs and denied claims.
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With deadly, rights-stripping forced treatment legislation set to pass in Alberta tonight, please read and share this critical perspective from Dr @bonnierae.bsky.social 🙏
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
We Need Alternatives to Alberta’s Compassionate Intervention Act | The Tyee
A doctor calls for better investments in housing and mental health care, not policing.
thetyee.ca
May 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
With deadly, rights-stripping forced treatment legislation set to pass in Alberta tonight, please read and share this critical perspective from Dr @bonnierae.bsky.social 🙏
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
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Signs point to
In 2008 Gregor Robertson was elected on a promise to “end homelessness.” Instead he proceeded to give hundreds of millions in developer tax breaks, refused to increase CACs and DCLs & doubled the police budget in a naked war on the poor. Now we face Carney’s austerity agenda with Gregor at the helm
May 14, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Signs point to