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Edward Hon-Sing Wong
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Union Organizer and Researcher (Healthcare + Sports Sectors), Lecturer at YorkU Social Work, Abolitionist ⚽🏴 Co-editor of Abolish Social Work (As We Know It) - Out Now! https://btlbooks.com/book/abolish-social-work
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Edward Hon-Sing Wong @yellowsweatygorilla.com · Nov 19
Rejecting the practices and values encapsulated by social work as embedded in carceral/colonial systems, Abolish Social Work (As We Know It) moves us towards a framework guided by mutual aid, accountability, and relationality led by communities most impacted. Order Now:
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Those shirts and these signs from supporters of the two teams which were cut from the CBS broadcast very clearly rankled people at USL HQ if they had to go to those lengths
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FC Tulsa supporters holding signs saying “USL HQ: Pro Rel? Try Pro Standards first.” signs Pittsburgh Riverhounds supporters holding signs saying “USL HQ: Pro Rel? Try Pro Standards first.” signs
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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This post by the USLPA needs to be seen and read.

The league withheld the materials from the USL Championship trophy celebration in retaliation for the players walking out in their USLPA shirts along with cutting out broadcast angles with that message.
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Graphic showing the trophy celebrations from the USL League One and USL Championship trophy celebrations with the words: Two Finals. Two Leagues. Two Very Different Endings. Photo of the USL League One Final celebration trophy lift by One Knox with the stage saying CHAMPIONS in big text and confetti in full view The USL Championship trophy lift with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds with noticeably no USL Champion signage or confetti anywhere From @us|players: Two finals. Two leagues. Two totally different endings. Last week, League One got the full trophy moment - stage, confetti, everything. This week, the Championship winners got none of it... even though all the ceremony materials were bought and ready on-site. The league canceled the celebration because players wore shirts calling for better standards. A quiet, united stand - met with silence. But canceling the moment doesn't cancel the message. It proves it. #StandUpForStandards
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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#CanPL
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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The Palestinian Football Association announces their World Cup qualifier squad with a video showing children finding pictures of the selected players amongst the devastation in Gaza

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2.9K reactions · 333 shares | 📢 القائمة الرسمية لمنتخبنا الوطني 🇵🇸 المستدعاة لمباراتي 🇯🇴 الأردن والعراق 🇮🇶 ضمن تصفيات كأس العالم 2026 | 📢 القائمة الرسمية لمنتخبنا الوطني 🇵🇸 المستدعاة لمباراتي 🇯🇴 الأرد...
📢 القائمة الرسمية لمنتخبنا الوطني 🇵🇸 المستدعاة لمباراتي 🇯🇴 الأردن والعراق 🇮🇶 ضمن تصفيات كأس العالم 2026 This is the official list of nominees for our...
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March 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Chinese volunteers who fought in the International Brigades interned at Argèles-sur-Mer Concentration Camp in pre Vichy France early 1939 in front of their banner. Some 60 Chinese fought against Franco in the IBs, although there was never a "Chinese detachment" in IBs as banner claims
February 12, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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@nsl.ca just made an appearance on my fav football podcast Football Cliches (open.spotify.com/show/6U4LfcF...)! At the 30:50 mark of the Jan 13 show, the team expresses skepticism about the choice of attributes to describe GK Tynan. It's all tongue-in-cheek but happy to have our league discussed.
January 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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So much has been gained for all workers thanks to CUPW members: collective bargaining rights (!), paid parental leave, job security, the right to retire with dignity, and safe working conditions.

Union history is workers history (yes, all workers). Learn more: canadianlabour.ca/uncategorize...
November 29, 2024 at 3:32 AM
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Wrote this 5 years ago and it's finally out. Social Work Abolitionism in the Midst of the Hong Kong Protests explores the social work abolitionist praxis that emerged in this context of the protests, from aunties cooking food for protestors to underground clinics.

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Social Work Abolitionism in the Midst of the Hong Kong Protests | Critical Social Work
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November 30, 2024 at 5:45 PM
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"contextualize our critique of China's further crackdown on Hong Kong activists in the ongoing genocide of Palestinians ... a forceful recognition of the US' hypocrisy that sees officials condemning the kangaroo courts of HK while supplying an endless stream of arms to Israel"
November 29, 2024 at 3:45 AM
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The sheer athletic cowardice of San Jose State women's vball opponents is remarkable. These individuals are either crying the wettest possible crocodile tears, or they simply do not belong in high performance sport. Just compare them to the comments of P4 players.

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But first, Gaines invites the Nevada volleyball players, wearing black "BOYcott" T-shirts, to the stage. Many in the crowd stand and wave signs saying "Protect Women's Sports" and "I stand with Nevada volleyball." Nevada is the fifth team that has refused to play San Jose State this season. The schools have not cited the San Jose State player as a reason for the forfeits, but the Nevada players are here to make their perspective clear. Nevada captain Sia Liilii steps to the microphone. She wipes away tears. "I never expected to be blindsided, having to compete against a male athlete," she says. "When the news broke, I was stunned, as many of my teammates were. This is not what we signed up for." "A lot of players that I talk to have been like, 'Have you been in the Nebraska gym? Have you been in the Texas gym?'" said former Texas player and AVCA national player of the year Logan Eggleston. "These biological women are hitting the ball just as hard or maybe, probably, harder and jumping even higher and all these things. That's kind of the conversation I've been hearing, is, 'Yeah, this woman at San Jose State, yes, she might be transgender, but that doesn't make her this superhuman athlete that's crushing other people.'" Multiple clips of the San Jose State player have been shared across social media, showing her striking the ball hard and sometimes hitting opposing players with the ball. "I get hit in the face in practice every single day -- either blocking or playing back-row defense," former Pitt and Penn State star Serena Gray said. "This is normal." "I think it was ridiculous how people kept saying, 'Oh, this is why it's dangerous,'" Michigan State outside hitter Akasha Anderson said. "At the end of the day, all these top-25, top-50 big-time programs have male practice players, male coaches constantly playing. If we're talking about danger, I feel like that's not a fair argument to make in this situation."
November 27, 2024 at 12:20 PM
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A story on the precarity of working as a footballer in the lower leagues

“I wasn’t just building a life,” he says forcefully. “I’ve got a life. I was going to move my whole life for Crawley. I was willing to take that risk. It just crumbled right in front of me.
jacobwhitehead.bsky.social Jacob Whitehead @jacobwhitehead.bsky.social · Nov 26
“I felt ashamed, I felt embarrassed. Although it wasn’t the case, I felt I’d failed.”

Muhammadu Faal thought he had his dream move to League One Crawley.

On signing, it became a nightmare - and showed just how callous and disposable football can be.

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‘I felt ashamed’ – How a dream summer transfer became one footballer’s nightmare
Muhammadu Faal was announced as a Crawley player on July 22 but he never received a final contract. Then it all turned sour
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November 26, 2024 at 5:26 PM
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Tim Howard: “Doing a dance that mimics Donald Trump is stupid. Why? Because, whether it’s the president of the US or my neighbor down the street, I would never back someone who I believe is racist. I wouldn’t glorify that... Any show of support for Trump is political.”

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Tim Howard lays into “stupid” USMNT star Christian Pulisic over ‘Trump dance’
In a column in the Daily Mail, ex-USMNT goalkeeper Tim Howard was highly critical of Christian Pulisic’s celebration against Jamaica.
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November 21, 2024 at 6:17 PM
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Pokemon Go is telling you to join the picket line! Love it!

Solidarity with CUPW postal workers on strike! #cupw #onlab #canadaposf #canadapoststrike
November 22, 2024 at 2:35 PM
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Introduce yourself with four footballers
Lee Kin Wo - South China AA/Hong Kong National Team ... My introduction to football was watching HKPL every weekend on tv with my grandmother George Ndah, who scored the winning goal against Newcastle for Wolves in the FA Cup and cemented my love for Wolves and football Danny Dichio, who scored the first goal for TFC, which remains one of my most memorable live sports moments and my introduction to football in Canada. Marcel de Jong, who was one of the leading figures behind the union drive that would become PFACan. My work for PFACan is at the intersection of two of my passions, labour organizing and football.
November 21, 2024 at 2:04 AM
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This is gonna do precisely nothing on national security. It’s ethnic cleansing and any China specialist trying to defend this shit is wrong
theferocity.bsky.social Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · Nov 16
“Undocumented immigrants from China who are deemed to be of military age will be among the first groups targeted for deportation by the incoming Trump administration, sources close to the campaign previously told NBC News, citing the potential risk to national security.”
As sources say Trump could deport undocumented Chinese first, Asian American groups rush to prep
Sources previously told NBC News that undocumented Chinese nationals of military age will be among the first groups targeted for deportation by the incoming Trump administration.
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November 19, 2024 at 4:11 AM
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Rejecting the practices and values encapsulated by social work as embedded in carceral/colonial systems, Abolish Social Work (As We Know It) moves us towards a framework guided by mutual aid, accountability, and relationality led by communities most impacted. Order Now:
btlbooks.com/book/abolish...
Abolish Social Work (As We Know It)
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November 19, 2024 at 1:34 AM
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Solidarity with Hong Kong leftists and unionists: Jimmy Sham, Lester Shum, Leung Kwok-hung, Eddie Chu, Carol Ng (HK Confederation of Trade Unions), and Winnie Yu (Hospital Authority Employees Alliance).
tomgrundy.hongkongfp.com Tom Grundy @tomgrundy.hongkongfp.com · Nov 18
⚠️Much of #HongKong's opposition have been detained for 1,359 days. hongkongfp.com/hong-kongs-4...

Tomorrow (Tue), the scholars, lawmakers, activists and a former journalist could be jailed for life... Stay tuned to @hongkongfp.com on the ground.
November 18, 2024 at 1:16 PM
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A thoughtful decision to memorialize Dylan Powley through renaming the Cavalry FC supporter group player of the year award after him. Powley who passed too soon was a pioneer of Canadian football and a fervent proponent of better working conditions for footballers through @pfacan.ca #canpl
footsoldierssg.bsky.social Foot Soldiers Supporters Group @footsoldierssg.bsky.social · Nov 17
In June, news came out that Dylon Powley passed away in a tragic accident. From this point forth, and with the blessing of his family, the Foot Soldiers player of the year award will be known as the Dylon Powley Memorial Trophy.

#heywewantsomepowley #canpl
November 17, 2024 at 9:12 PM
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Lots of really gross racist comments on this post.

One of the many points that people are missing is that this is not just going to affect undocumented Chinese nationals. All Asian Americans are going to be affected, due to mistakes in enforcement and vigilante violence.
November 16, 2024 at 12:48 AM
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Join nurses across Canada: Tell CFNU to Support Palestinian Human Rights!
Palestinian healthcare workers are among the thousands killed, injured or imprisoned by the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza which has entered its 9th month. CFNU and its affiliates have remained lar...
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November 16, 2024 at 7:16 PM
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When HKFP visited the site of a lamp post once numbered EB6489 in Tseung Kwan O on Tuesday, a worker was spray-painting a new figure. The lamp post is among 16 with numbers inadvertently referencing the date of the Tiananmen crackdown and which have recently been re-numbered: https://buff.ly/4etmWRC
November 16, 2024 at 7:59 AM