Jon Milton
@whosestreets.bsky.social
Montrealer. Social movements, journalism, unions, abolition. We have world to win. Writer and editor at @policyalternatives.ca
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Jon Milton
@whosestreets.bsky.social
· Jul 30
To stop Gaza genocide, Canada must escalate pressure on Israel - CCPA
Canadian companies, with the approval of the Canadian government, are supplying military equipment for Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.
www.policyalternatives.ca
Canada is sending hundreds of thousands bullets to Israel as it guns down children waiting in line for food. Not only should Canada cancel arms contracts, it should also cancel trade deals, punish Canadian investors in Israel, and expel Israeli diplomats.
I wrote about it for @policyalternatives.ca
I wrote about it for @policyalternatives.ca
The greatest irony of this comment is that it's actually fossil fuel companies (and the governments they've captured) who are living in the past. The rest of the world is moving towards renewables, and all this multi-billion dollar fossil fuel infrastructure is going to be worthless stranded assets.
People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The greatest irony of this comment is that it's actually fossil fuel companies (and the governments they've captured) who are living in the past. The rest of the world is moving towards renewables, and all this multi-billion dollar fossil fuel infrastructure is going to be worthless stranded assets.
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I can't speak for what was said at the protests, but seeing people react to an anodyne statement like "sacred spaces should not be used to promote activities in violation of international law" as if it were a vicious slur is clarifying.
Zohran Mamdani chastised a Manhattan synagogue that hosted an event promoting migration to Israel and settlements in occupied territories. His stance further tested his strained relationship with pro-Israel Jews in New York.
Mamdani Response to Protest Inflames Tensions with Jewish Leaders
The mayor-elect chastised a synagogue that hosted an event promoting migration to Israel and settlements in occupied territories. His stance further tested his strained relationship with pro-Israel Jews.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I can't speak for what was said at the protests, but seeing people react to an anodyne statement like "sacred spaces should not be used to promote activities in violation of international law" as if it were a vicious slur is clarifying.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
Google AI is so smart that it may soon be able to solve great existential mysteries such as "which number is larger than the other"
November 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Google AI is so smart that it may soon be able to solve great existential mysteries such as "which number is larger than the other"
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
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“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.” —Mike Davis
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.” —Mike Davis
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Happy John Brown’s Raid day to all who celebrate
October 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Happy John Brown’s Raid day to all who celebrate
I wrote this piece about Quebec nationalism, western alienation, and the nature of Canadian identity
Whose nationalism is it, anyway? - CCPA
“The first idea is to define oneself as a nation—therefore it requires a culture of their own,” said Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet, speaking to journalists at a media scrum. A reporter ...
www.policyalternatives.ca
October 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I wrote this piece about Quebec nationalism, western alienation, and the nature of Canadian identity
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for all people mock it wikipedia is genuinely one of the wonders of the modern world
September 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
for all people mock it wikipedia is genuinely one of the wonders of the modern world
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There are so many areas where Canada could go on the offensive and strengthen our economy and society by taking advantage of US self-immolation. This is one. Poaching all of US academia/R&D is another.
But they all require an activist, high-capacity state, not an austerity-obsessed government.
But they all require an activist, high-capacity state, not an austerity-obsessed government.
There are other fees/costs of course (legal, medical ++), but this TrumpCard really seems like a “don’t come here” card.
Canada could benefit, if we were organized…
Canada could benefit, if we were organized…
September 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
There are so many areas where Canada could go on the offensive and strengthen our economy and society by taking advantage of US self-immolation. This is one. Poaching all of US academia/R&D is another.
But they all require an activist, high-capacity state, not an austerity-obsessed government.
But they all require an activist, high-capacity state, not an austerity-obsessed government.
Banning arms shipments to a state committing genocide: ⛔️⛔️⛔️
Banning a hip hop group for speaking out against that genocide and slandering them as antisemitic: ✅️✅️✅️
Banning a hip hop group for speaking out against that genocide and slandering them as antisemitic: ✅️✅️✅️
A message to Vince Gasparro, who has banned us from Canada, and our many fans there. 👇
September 20, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Banning arms shipments to a state committing genocide: ⛔️⛔️⛔️
Banning a hip hop group for speaking out against that genocide and slandering them as antisemitic: ✅️✅️✅️
Banning a hip hop group for speaking out against that genocide and slandering them as antisemitic: ✅️✅️✅️
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countries outside the US should start seeing social media companies like they see propagandistic state media.
the fact average people can post doesn’t negate how the platform owner shapes what information we see, the power that gives them, and how little regard they have for social consequences.
the fact average people can post doesn’t negate how the platform owner shapes what information we see, the power that gives them, and how little regard they have for social consequences.
September 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
countries outside the US should start seeing social media companies like they see propagandistic state media.
the fact average people can post doesn’t negate how the platform owner shapes what information we see, the power that gives them, and how little regard they have for social consequences.
the fact average people can post doesn’t negate how the platform owner shapes what information we see, the power that gives them, and how little regard they have for social consequences.
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Vance, Trump, and Bondi each said things yesterday that were horrifying on their own. Taken together, a very clear roadmap for the future emerges
Trump is actively preparing a large-scale crackdown on left-wing dissent. The threat of widescale repression is no longer abstract; it is imminent
Trump is actively preparing a large-scale crackdown on left-wing dissent. The threat of widescale repression is no longer abstract; it is imminent
"A Vast Domestic Terror Movement"
Trump Prepares to Dismantle the Left
www.bannedinyourstate.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Vance, Trump, and Bondi each said things yesterday that were horrifying on their own. Taken together, a very clear roadmap for the future emerges
Trump is actively preparing a large-scale crackdown on left-wing dissent. The threat of widescale repression is no longer abstract; it is imminent
Trump is actively preparing a large-scale crackdown on left-wing dissent. The threat of widescale repression is no longer abstract; it is imminent
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We live in a time where the sane are losing the battle against the insane because the media keeps plaforming the insane over the sane because insane leads
to more clicks
to more clicks
September 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
We live in a time where the sane are losing the battle against the insane because the media keeps plaforming the insane over the sane because insane leads
to more clicks
to more clicks
Finally some good news
Brazil Supreme Court sentences Bolsonaro to 27 years over coup plot
Sentence comes shortly after a majority of justices voted to convict the former Brazilian leader on five charges.
www.aljazeera.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Finally some good news
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Liberals are doing the right’s job for it.
By lionizing Charlie Kirk and refusing to acknowledge his real political project, they’re giving power to the right’s completely predictable effort to use his death to forward their goal of an authoritarian, fascist state.
By lionizing Charlie Kirk and refusing to acknowledge his real political project, they’re giving power to the right’s completely predictable effort to use his death to forward their goal of an authoritarian, fascist state.
September 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Liberals are doing the right’s job for it.
By lionizing Charlie Kirk and refusing to acknowledge his real political project, they’re giving power to the right’s completely predictable effort to use his death to forward their goal of an authoritarian, fascist state.
By lionizing Charlie Kirk and refusing to acknowledge his real political project, they’re giving power to the right’s completely predictable effort to use his death to forward their goal of an authoritarian, fascist state.
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I do think it’s worth noting that few people in this country contributed to the culture of political violence quite as much as Charlie Kirk.
September 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I do think it’s worth noting that few people in this country contributed to the culture of political violence quite as much as Charlie Kirk.
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It's simple. They see themselves in him. They do not see themselves in his targets.
September 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
It's simple. They see themselves in him. They do not see themselves in his targets.
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One of the defining experiences of my life, and I think yours, is gradually witnessing the internet degrade from the most sophisticated tool for information distribution in history into a cesspit of misinformation and falsehoods.
It's a world-historical tragedy, what's happening to us.
It's a world-historical tragedy, what's happening to us.
Grok says that videos of Charlie Kirk being shot are memes and that he's actually fine
September 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
One of the defining experiences of my life, and I think yours, is gradually witnessing the internet degrade from the most sophisticated tool for information distribution in history into a cesspit of misinformation and falsehoods.
It's a world-historical tragedy, what's happening to us.
It's a world-historical tragedy, what's happening to us.
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it’s a beautiful day to shut the fuck up
September 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
it’s a beautiful day to shut the fuck up
A functioning society would lock these people up for the rest of their lives.
Genuinely one of the most evil things I’ve ever read, and these dudes are American citizens who went to Gaza for the chance and joy of killing
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
September 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A functioning society would lock these people up for the rest of their lives.
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Exactly, should be investigated the same way they went after Canadians involved with ISIS. Accountability needs to come from the countries who claim to stand for human rights.
www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/news/2023...
www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/news/2023...
Charges laid against Islamic State financier in Canada’s terrorist financing investigation | Royal Canadian Mounted Police
www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca
September 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Exactly, should be investigated the same way they went after Canadians involved with ISIS. Accountability needs to come from the countries who claim to stand for human rights.
www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/news/2023...
www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/news/2023...
Daniel Raab is an American from the Chicago suburbs. Here, he remorselessly describes murdering a family of unarmed civilians in Gaza as they try to retrieve the bodies of their dead family members.
Every person who has served in the IDF should be criminally investigated in their country of origin.
Every person who has served in the IDF should be criminally investigated in their country of origin.
The Gaza family torn apart by IDF snipers from Chicago and Munich
Five-month investigation reveals how four members of one family were shot and killed in a single day and highlights a pattern in which Israeli troops target unarmed civilians
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Daniel Raab is an American from the Chicago suburbs. Here, he remorselessly describes murdering a family of unarmed civilians in Gaza as they try to retrieve the bodies of their dead family members.
Every person who has served in the IDF should be criminally investigated in their country of origin.
Every person who has served in the IDF should be criminally investigated in their country of origin.
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we’re going to have to throw a lot of people in jail after all this is over
September 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
we’re going to have to throw a lot of people in jail after all this is over