Tim Maxwell
@timmaxwell.bsky.social
Social justice advocate, singer-songwriter
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The corporate coup is global.
Trump's mad tariffs do not mark the end of neoliberalism or free trade or whatever you want to call it.
They mark the end game of what we have been fighting for decades: corporate rule.
They do not believe in the public. They believe in their wealth.
Trump's mad tariffs do not mark the end of neoliberalism or free trade or whatever you want to call it.
They mark the end game of what we have been fighting for decades: corporate rule.
They do not believe in the public. They believe in their wealth.
February 3, 2025 at 3:26 AM
The corporate coup is global.
Trump's mad tariffs do not mark the end of neoliberalism or free trade or whatever you want to call it.
They mark the end game of what we have been fighting for decades: corporate rule.
They do not believe in the public. They believe in their wealth.
Trump's mad tariffs do not mark the end of neoliberalism or free trade or whatever you want to call it.
They mark the end game of what we have been fighting for decades: corporate rule.
They do not believe in the public. They believe in their wealth.
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It's all an open attempt to shatter what's left of the public and sell it for parts.
Unfortunately we are a half century into this counter-revolution, and all our collective institutions are so diminished that we don't feel strong or organized enough to fight them.
But fight them we must.
Unfortunately we are a half century into this counter-revolution, and all our collective institutions are so diminished that we don't feel strong or organized enough to fight them.
But fight them we must.
February 3, 2025 at 3:26 AM
It's all an open attempt to shatter what's left of the public and sell it for parts.
Unfortunately we are a half century into this counter-revolution, and all our collective institutions are so diminished that we don't feel strong or organized enough to fight them.
But fight them we must.
Unfortunately we are a half century into this counter-revolution, and all our collective institutions are so diminished that we don't feel strong or organized enough to fight them.
But fight them we must.
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And what it really requires is a refusal to participate in it. We could mandate ethical standards for US imports rather than imposing tariffs, we could require vaccinations & negative tests to enter the country, we could maintain high regulatory standards for food and drug imports...
February 3, 2025 at 12:51 AM
And what it really requires is a refusal to participate in it. We could mandate ethical standards for US imports rather than imposing tariffs, we could require vaccinations & negative tests to enter the country, we could maintain high regulatory standards for food and drug imports...
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I was asked what a Canadian anti-fascist response would look like compared to the nationalist focus on a so-called trade war that completely misses the point (the fact that we are fighting fascism, not tariffs) and plays into fascists' hands. This is what I came up with:
A strong identification and denunciation of the specific things the US is doing to eliminate democracy and people's civil rights and a declaration that these actions are contrary to Canadian values and that we will stand strong in solidarity against them.
February 3, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I was asked what a Canadian anti-fascist response would look like compared to the nationalist focus on a so-called trade war that completely misses the point (the fact that we are fighting fascism, not tariffs) and plays into fascists' hands. This is what I came up with:
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So Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes is at Trump’s speech in Las Vegas and has VIP seating
Reposting this horror that I never thought I would have to write for America
Reposting this horror that I never thought I would have to write for America
Trump's Strategy: Forging Loyalty With Extremists Through Pardons
The day Trump issued mass pardons for January 6 insurrectionists marked one of the most outrageous yet predictable betrayals of America.
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January 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
So Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes is at Trump’s speech in Las Vegas and has VIP seating
Reposting this horror that I never thought I would have to write for America
Reposting this horror that I never thought I would have to write for America
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If you share my deep concern that a fascist like Elon Musk could use the X algorithm to interfere with the upcoming Canadian election please write to Elections canada and demand a full investigation into X's interference in Canada.
stephane.Perrault@elections.ca
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
stephane.Perrault@elections.ca
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
NDP MP Angus calls for investigation into Elon Musk over potential election interference | CBC News
New Democrat MP Charlie Angus is calling on Elections Canada to launch an investigation into Elon Musk and his social media platform X, saying he is concerned about potential interference by the tech ...
www.cbc.ca
January 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
If you share my deep concern that a fascist like Elon Musk could use the X algorithm to interfere with the upcoming Canadian election please write to Elections canada and demand a full investigation into X's interference in Canada.
stephane.Perrault@elections.ca
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
stephane.Perrault@elections.ca
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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My latest reprinted in @truthout.org. "Feelings of fear and powerlessness are understandable, but if we surrender to fascism in our own minds, our feelings of helplessness will become self-fulfilling as Trump’s violence continues."
Trump Needs Public Cooperation to Enact a Fascist Vision. Here’s How We Refuse.
Our resistance to fascistic policies must be grounded in our sense of justice, rather than arguments about what’s legal.
truthout.org
January 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Wild. Top is the NBC upload, bottom is the one aired as the live feed
January 21, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Wild. Top is the NBC upload, bottom is the one aired as the live feed
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Lives are at risk, and we refuse to stay silent.
On #HumanRightsDay, we reaffirm the right to health and dignity. Along with Ms. Resendes and Jean-Pierre Aubry Forgues, we filed a Charter Challenge against the Community Care and Recovery Act.
Read more: tngcommunityto.org/News/Article...
On #HumanRightsDay, we reaffirm the right to health and dignity. Along with Ms. Resendes and Jean-Pierre Aubry Forgues, we filed a Charter Challenge against the Community Care and Recovery Act.
Read more: tngcommunityto.org/News/Article...
December 10, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Lives are at risk, and we refuse to stay silent.
On #HumanRightsDay, we reaffirm the right to health and dignity. Along with Ms. Resendes and Jean-Pierre Aubry Forgues, we filed a Charter Challenge against the Community Care and Recovery Act.
Read more: tngcommunityto.org/News/Article...
On #HumanRightsDay, we reaffirm the right to health and dignity. Along with Ms. Resendes and Jean-Pierre Aubry Forgues, we filed a Charter Challenge against the Community Care and Recovery Act.
Read more: tngcommunityto.org/News/Article...
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Thank you to the Toronto Underhoused and Homeless Union for doing the important work of updating the Toronto Homeless Resource List! This is the most up-to-date compendium of available services and spaces that homeless Torontonians can access. Please share widely! drive.google.com/file/d/1nTpU...
December 24, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Thank you to the Toronto Underhoused and Homeless Union for doing the important work of updating the Toronto Homeless Resource List! This is the most up-to-date compendium of available services and spaces that homeless Torontonians can access. Please share widely! drive.google.com/file/d/1nTpU...
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The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis
The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis
With degrees disappearing and reading rates plummeting, the arts face a critical moment in education and culture
The announcement that Canterbury Christ Church University in Kent is to stop offering English literature degrees has set several hares…
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2024 at 6:21 PM
The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis
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My next course starts in January. For more info, clarkecourse@gmail.com.
December 13, 2024 at 11:27 AM
My next course starts in January. For more info, clarkecourse@gmail.com.
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While the Ford government shuts down and severely underfunds public programs for people who use drugs — harm reduction programs, detox/treatment beds — unregulated for-profit rehab clinics are rinsing vulnerable people with zero guarantees of medical support. www.thestar.com/news/investi...
Death and lies at Muskoka Recovery: How this ‘luxury’ Ontario rehab operates without oversight
Part two of a two-part investigation into the “Wild West” of private addiction treatment centres in Ontario.
www.thestar.com
December 21, 2024 at 5:02 PM
While the Ford government shuts down and severely underfunds public programs for people who use drugs — harm reduction programs, detox/treatment beds — unregulated for-profit rehab clinics are rinsing vulnerable people with zero guarantees of medical support. www.thestar.com/news/investi...
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“we are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.”
- carl sagan
- carl sagan
December 21, 2024 at 1:18 AM
“we are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.”
- carl sagan
- carl sagan
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This time between Christmas and the inauguration feels like the part in the horror movie when the main character runs into the house because that’s where they feel safe, but the bad guy is also upstairs lying in wait.
December 21, 2024 at 2:01 AM
This time between Christmas and the inauguration feels like the part in the horror movie when the main character runs into the house because that’s where they feel safe, but the bad guy is also upstairs lying in wait.
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The handling of @ombudsmanto.bsky.social's report on the denial of shelter beds for African refugees was shameful. Council owes us public debate on the disgraceful policy of segregation it enacted in 2023 — not to dismiss it and double-down on anti-Black racism. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Edward Keenan: There were many ways council could have dealt with the refugee shelter report. It chose one of the worst
Instead of discussing a recent damning report from the ombudsman on the way the shelter system treated refugee claimants, council voted to quietly bury it.
www.thestar.com
December 20, 2024 at 4:19 PM
The handling of @ombudsmanto.bsky.social's report on the denial of shelter beds for African refugees was shameful. Council owes us public debate on the disgraceful policy of segregation it enacted in 2023 — not to dismiss it and double-down on anti-Black racism. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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First-past-the-post isn’t as ‘stable’ as claimed. Canada has had 5 early elections since 2006 and is on track for a 6th.
Meanwhile, NZ, with PR, has had just 1 early election (in 2002) in 25 years—and it was only 7 weeks early.
The case against PR is collapsing in real-time.
Meanwhile, NZ, with PR, has had just 1 early election (in 2002) in 25 years—and it was only 7 weeks early.
The case against PR is collapsing in real-time.
December 21, 2024 at 12:22 AM
First-past-the-post isn’t as ‘stable’ as claimed. Canada has had 5 early elections since 2006 and is on track for a 6th.
Meanwhile, NZ, with PR, has had just 1 early election (in 2002) in 25 years—and it was only 7 weeks early.
The case against PR is collapsing in real-time.
Meanwhile, NZ, with PR, has had just 1 early election (in 2002) in 25 years—and it was only 7 weeks early.
The case against PR is collapsing in real-time.
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“We’ve had over 1,300 injections occur inside the site in the past year — that’s 1,300 injections that did not occur on school property, in the community or in a washroom.”
Dr. Brett Wolfson-Stofko tinyurl.com/uwdekrm2
Dr. Brett Wolfson-Stofko tinyurl.com/uwdekrm2
Toronto Board of Health stands up against Ontario’s closure of supervised consumption sites
“What we’ve done today is that we can physically go to the courts and put in the paperwork and say that we are interested in being a potential intervener,” said Chris Moise, chair of the Toronto Board...
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December 20, 2024 at 9:43 PM
“We’ve had over 1,300 injections occur inside the site in the past year — that’s 1,300 injections that did not occur on school property, in the community or in a washroom.”
Dr. Brett Wolfson-Stofko tinyurl.com/uwdekrm2
Dr. Brett Wolfson-Stofko tinyurl.com/uwdekrm2
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My first day outside in a while (post-Shingles) was to celebrate all of the graduates of the Peer Shelter Worker Training Program at Working for Change! Sadly, this is the last time this program will be offered, as they have lost funding. I truly enjoyed facilitating these workshops.
December 20, 2024 at 9:33 PM
My first day outside in a while (post-Shingles) was to celebrate all of the graduates of the Peer Shelter Worker Training Program at Working for Change! Sadly, this is the last time this program will be offered, as they have lost funding. I truly enjoyed facilitating these workshops.
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Instead of Canada becoming the 51st state, the US should consider becoming an 11th province.
Americans would get universal healthcare, parental leave, sensible gun control and fries smothered in cheese curds and gravy.
Americans would get universal healthcare, parental leave, sensible gun control and fries smothered in cheese curds and gravy.
December 19, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Instead of Canada becoming the 51st state, the US should consider becoming an 11th province.
Americans would get universal healthcare, parental leave, sensible gun control and fries smothered in cheese curds and gravy.
Americans would get universal healthcare, parental leave, sensible gun control and fries smothered in cheese curds and gravy.
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Kwanzaa, which serves as a nationwide communal event reinforcing self-determination and unity in the face of oppression, spans seven days from the day after Christmas through New Year’s Day.
A quick guide to Kwanzaa
The holiday, which serves as a nationwide communal event reinforcing self-determination and unity in the face of oppression, spans seven days from the day after Christmas through New Year’s Day.
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December 20, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Kwanzaa, which serves as a nationwide communal event reinforcing self-determination and unity in the face of oppression, spans seven days from the day after Christmas through New Year’s Day.
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just blurted out in class "yes, you have to cite where you got your info. in a world in which lying loudly is the only thing that seems to get rewarded, citing your sources is an act of resistance" and folks, I really believe that.
December 19, 2024 at 3:35 PM
just blurted out in class "yes, you have to cite where you got your info. in a world in which lying loudly is the only thing that seems to get rewarded, citing your sources is an act of resistance" and folks, I really believe that.