Fred Furlong
@paraporla.bsky.social
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Moments ago, Premier Danielle Smith's government made a terrifying decision and introduced legislation to suspend the charter-protected rights of transgender young people in Alberta.
Now is the time to act. Visit www.stop-smith.ca to sign our petition denouncing this draconian erosion of freedom.
Now is the time to act. Visit www.stop-smith.ca to sign our petition denouncing this draconian erosion of freedom.
November 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Moments ago, Premier Danielle Smith's government made a terrifying decision and introduced legislation to suspend the charter-protected rights of transgender young people in Alberta.
Now is the time to act. Visit www.stop-smith.ca to sign our petition denouncing this draconian erosion of freedom.
Now is the time to act. Visit www.stop-smith.ca to sign our petition denouncing this draconian erosion of freedom.
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These #Indigenous people are showing us how to respond to climate summits that jet in fossil fuel lobbyists and the political agents of the oil and gas companies to make empty speeches and issue duplicitous communiques while a #climate disaster unfolds. #COP30
November 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
These #Indigenous people are showing us how to respond to climate summits that jet in fossil fuel lobbyists and the political agents of the oil and gas companies to make empty speeches and issue duplicitous communiques while a #climate disaster unfolds. #COP30
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SOLIDARITY! 98% of AUPE nursing care staff vote in favour of strike. Majority of 16,000 members are licensed practical nurses and health care aides. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
98% of AUPE nursing care staff vote in favour of strike | CBC News
Nursing care staff represented by the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees have voted 98 per cent in favour of strike action in a vote this week.
www.cbc.ca
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
SOLIDARITY! 98% of AUPE nursing care staff vote in favour of strike. Majority of 16,000 members are licensed practical nurses and health care aides. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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'The feds plan to cut $57 billion in programs over five years. They didn’t campaign on such deep cuts, and it is 40 per cent more than the cuts proposed in the Liberal’s spring election platform.'
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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 5, 2025 at 10:37 AM
'The feds plan to cut $57 billion in programs over five years. They didn’t campaign on such deep cuts, and it is 40 per cent more than the cuts proposed in the Liberal’s spring election platform.'
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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More outrage over a ban on Israeli football hooligans than there is over Israel wiping Gaza from the face of the earth.
The world turned on its head.
The world turned on its head.
October 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM
More outrage over a ban on Israeli football hooligans than there is over Israel wiping Gaza from the face of the earth.
The world turned on its head.
The world turned on its head.
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In the context of #Carney's assault on #publicservices, each and every act of working-class resistance takes on a vital significance. Solidarity with the #postalworkers!
October 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
In the context of #Carney's assault on #publicservices, each and every act of working-class resistance takes on a vital significance. Solidarity with the #postalworkers!
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“Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism will stop us all.”
- Fred Hampton
- Fred Hampton
August 31, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Revealed: gambling logos and ads seen up to every 13 seconds during big sports games in US | US news
Hockey fans are bombarded with gambling logos and adverts – sometimes as often as every 13 seconds – during TV coverage of high-profile games, according to exclusive research shared with the…
Hockey fans are bombarded with gambling logos and adverts – sometimes as often as every 13 seconds – during TV coverage of high-profile games, according to exclusive research shared with the…
Revealed: gambling logos and ads seen up to every 13 seconds during big sports games in US | US news
Hockey fans are bombarded with gambling logos and adverts – sometimes as often as every 13 seconds – during TV coverage of high-profile games, according to exclusive research shared with the Guardian. Viewers of June’s Stanley Cup finals encountered an average of 3.5 marketing messages from betting firms every minute, a new study by the University of Bristol found. Since the supreme court overturned a federal ban on sports betting in 2018, the US gambling industry has surged.
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August 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Revealed: gambling logos and ads seen up to every 13 seconds during big sports games in US | US news
Hockey fans are bombarded with gambling logos and adverts – sometimes as often as every 13 seconds – during TV coverage of high-profile games, according to exclusive research shared with the…
Hockey fans are bombarded with gambling logos and adverts – sometimes as often as every 13 seconds – during TV coverage of high-profile games, according to exclusive research shared with the…
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The Liberals no longer legislate workers back to work. They outsource it using obscure provisions to suspend strikes and impose deals.
It’s not just anti-union, it’s a blueprint for dismantling Charter-protected rights under cover of “due process.”
It’s not just anti-union, it’s a blueprint for dismantling Charter-protected rights under cover of “due process.”
How the Liberals are eroding workers’ Charter-protected rights
Prime Minister Mark Carney is presenting himself as a politician who has a vision of a new, more prosperous and sovereign Canada. Yet, whatever he and his government have in mind, writes Harry Glasbee...
canadiandimension.com
August 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The Liberals no longer legislate workers back to work. They outsource it using obscure provisions to suspend strikes and impose deals.
It’s not just anti-union, it’s a blueprint for dismantling Charter-protected rights under cover of “due process.”
It’s not just anti-union, it’s a blueprint for dismantling Charter-protected rights under cover of “due process.”
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If Canada goes through with hosting Israel in a Davis Cup tennis match in September, it is tantamount to endorsing the genocide of Palestinians—at the very moment it claims it will acknowledge a Palestinian state.
We argue for @mondoweiss.net that the only moral choice is to cancel.
We argue for @mondoweiss.net that the only moral choice is to cancel.
Canada must boycott Davis Cup match with Israel
Given the ongoing genocide in Gaza, Canada’s upcoming Davis Cup tennis match with Israel is an unjustifiable violation of Canada’s obligations under international law and basic human rights. Canada mu...
mondoweiss.net
August 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
If Canada goes through with hosting Israel in a Davis Cup tennis match in September, it is tantamount to endorsing the genocide of Palestinians—at the very moment it claims it will acknowledge a Palestinian state.
We argue for @mondoweiss.net that the only moral choice is to cancel.
We argue for @mondoweiss.net that the only moral choice is to cancel.
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N.S. has not joined! #nspoli #canpoli
Provinces and territories that have not joined the new national universal pharmacare program are missing out on hundreds of millions of dollars in potential federal funding for cash-strapped public health care services.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Provinces and territories that have not joined the new national universal pharmacare program are missing out on hundreds of millions of dollars in potential federal funding for cash-strapped public health care services.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Most provinces are refusing hundreds of millions in federal pharmacare funding - CCPA
Provinces and territories that have not joined the new national universal pharmacare program are missing out on hundreds of millions of dollars in potential federal funding for cash-strapped public he...
www.policyalternatives.ca
July 19, 2025 at 10:41 AM
N.S. has not joined! #nspoli #canpoli
Provinces and territories that have not joined the new national universal pharmacare program are missing out on hundreds of millions of dollars in potential federal funding for cash-strapped public health care services.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Provinces and territories that have not joined the new national universal pharmacare program are missing out on hundreds of millions of dollars in potential federal funding for cash-strapped public health care services.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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My Fighting to Win courses for union and community activists gets underway in September at a location in central Toronto.
You can apply through the Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education leopanitchschool.ca. You can also contact me at clarkecourse@gmail.com.
You can apply through the Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education leopanitchschool.ca. You can also contact me at clarkecourse@gmail.com.
The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education – Socialist Education for all!
Socialist Education for all!
leopanitchschool.ca
July 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
My Fighting to Win courses for union and community activists gets underway in September at a location in central Toronto.
You can apply through the Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education leopanitchschool.ca. You can also contact me at clarkecourse@gmail.com.
You can apply through the Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education leopanitchschool.ca. You can also contact me at clarkecourse@gmail.com.
And another song from Cousins and co ... The www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGrr...
Strawbs ► New World [HQ Audio] Grave New World 1972
YouTube video by Suha Önder
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July 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
And another song from Cousins and co ... The www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGrr...
Dave Cousins, leader and songwriter of The Strawbs left us yesterday. But he and his cohorts left us with some wonderful music.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Xc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Xc...
The Shepherd's Song - Strawbs
YouTube video by Brandon Kloppenburg
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July 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Dave Cousins, leader and songwriter of The Strawbs left us yesterday. But he and his cohorts left us with some wonderful music.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Xc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Xc...
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Reposted by Fred Furlong
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Since leaving Twixxer, my reach has declined. Please spread the word if you are inclined: After two weekends of being preempted due to building maintenance, Fervor Coulee's Rootsicana & Bluegrass is back live Sunday at 2 Mountain with two hours of the best of roots and 'grass on @cjsrfm.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Since leaving Twixxer, my reach has declined. Please spread the word if you are inclined: After two weekends of being preempted due to building maintenance, Fervor Coulee's Rootsicana & Bluegrass is back live Sunday at 2 Mountain with two hours of the best of roots and 'grass on @cjsrfm.bsky.social
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Time to evict AirBnB from your life, if you have't already.
Airbnb’s co-founder is joining Elon Musk’s DOGE
Gebbia, a close friend of Musk, has praised DOGE’s work and defended it against criticisms on social media
www.independent.co.uk
February 16, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Time to evict AirBnB from your life, if you have't already.