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From Community Organizing to Electoral Politics: briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/… #cdnpoli
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From community organizing to electoral politics
As we stare down a climate crisis and a hard-right political wave, women activists are setting out to transform electoral politics in Canada. But are the parties ready for them?
A new study revealed Ontario spent nearly $700 million to subsidize fossil fuel consumption and production over the last year. That doesn't include the massive transfer of taxpayer money to these companies from Ford cancelling cap and trade buff.ly/2SZdop7 #onpoli
I would cc: @cafreeland, but it's no use. It's up to workers and their unions to #StopSaudiArmsDeal. Unionized workers are manufacturing, transporting by rail, and loading onto ships $15b in weapons of war destined for Saudi. @hassan_yussuff @CanadianLabour it's time to act.
As the US Senate votes to override Trump's veto of resolutions aimed at blocking his sale of additional weapons to Saudi & UAE, Yemenis is Saadah are showing us what these weapons did to their children earlier today. This is a picture of the survivors of today's massacre.
Amazon has a 600 million dollar contract with the CIA. Alexa is always listening.
Amazon's acknowledgment that it saves Alexa voice recordings - even sometimes after consumers manually delete their interaction history - has thrust voice assistant privacy policies into the spotlight once again. twib.in/l/dgRkBKAGXGaR via @InfoSecHotSpot
Evolution and war: The ‘deep roots’ theory of human violence geneticliteracyproject.org/?p=1209710
In her upcoming @Toronto_Fringe show, Horseface, Alex Dallas takes on men, manspreading and #MeToo buff.ly/2FGQiOF
Ivanka Trump appears to be trying to get involved in a talk among Macron, May, Trudeau and Lagarde (IMF head). The video is released by French Presidential palace.
Doug Ford called a female reporter a "little bitch". Ford refused to apologize for appearing with a white nationalist. Ford endorsed the Yellow Vests convoy, a group with members who threatened to murder politicians. Conservatives don't care about civility.
Legal clinic workers agree to 20% pay cut to save Jobs under Doug Ford. Meanwhile Ford gave 31 Conservative MPPs a 14% pay raise buff.ly/2RLgVqD #onpoli
POLL RESULTS: Overwhelming majority of Canadians want #MedicineForAll including universal pharma, dental, and vision care.
The fact that the co-founder of Third Way, a neoliberal think tank dedicated to thwarting progressives, is heaping praise on Warren should raise some serious questions.
Elizabeth Warren kills it at @BlkEconAlliance candidate forum. Love her entrepreneurship fund. @ewarren #Warren2020
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BREAKING: Migrant Care Workers Claim Partial Victory, Continue to Demand Landed Status On Arrival!! migrantrights.ca/migrant-care-w… These changes respond to what care workers have been demanding for years. Take action on June 16 join us: migrantrights.ca/June16 #UniteAgainstRacism
On June 16, International Domestic Workers’ Day, @MigrantRightsCA will be holding a day of action. On the Briarpatch blog, they explain their work and vision. briarpatchmagazine.com/blog/view/the-…
A divided, poorly educated and uncritical society is particularly susceptible to a reactionary leader who can syncretize identity constructs and scapegoat others while gutting the public sphere. counterpunch.org/2019/06/12/dou…
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Doublespeak in Israel and the United States Targets “the Left” as Traitorous
In spite of a seemingly convincing victory in Israel’s recent elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a right-wing coalition, which would secure him the premiership for an...
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