LeftyLabourTech Toronto
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Mostly retired Toronto-based union activist & GNU/Linux Free/Libre software nerd.
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dharmalee3âđ
17 days ago
In a powerful moment, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey made clear he will NOT back down to the Trump regime's efforts to terrorize Somali immigrants. This is democracy.
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Sat, Dec 13, 6:00pm - 8:00pm EST Centre for Social Innovation - 192 Spadina Ave., Toronto, ON M5T 2C2,
act.lewisforleader.ca/climate-mili...
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Climate & Militarism: A Conversation About Canadaâs Future - Lewis for Leader - National
https://act.lewisforleader.ca/climate-militarism-a-conversation-about-canada-s-future
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Spend an hour and a bit with this Novara Media interview with Cory Doctorow.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wE8...
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The Plan is to Make the Internet Worse. Forever. | Aaron Bastani Meets Cory Doctorow
YouTube video by Novara Media
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wE8G-d7SnY
18 days ago
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LabourStart
22 days ago
CANADA: Hundreds of workers vote to leave CLAC
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Hundreds of workers vote to leave CLAC
This is the largest exodus from the Christian Labour Association of Canada in Canadian history.
https://albertaworker.ca/news/hundreds-of-workers-vote-to-leave-clac/
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Paris Marx
about 1 month ago
Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal weâre in peak gift-buying season. When youâre picking out gifts for friends and family this year, thereâs a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
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A tech criticâs guide to holiday gift-giving
Maybe your grandma doesnât need that Alexa smart speaker
https://disconnect.blog/a-tech-critics-guide-to-holiday-gift-giving/
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Avi Lewis
about 1 month ago
For those who've followed the story of Wet'suwet'en land defendersâcriminalized for peacefully fighting the CGL pipeline through their landsâread this statement on the final judgement in their case. The power and wisdom of this struggle are incredibly moving.
www.yintahaccess.com/news/sentenc...
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Sentencing Decision â Gidimt'en Yintah Access
âNo matter what they said, no matter what they did, they couldnât touch us because weâre standing on what our ancestors fought and died for.â -Sleydoâ âSince the beginning I feel like weâve always...
https://www.yintahaccess.com/news/sentencingdecision
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Canadian Dimension
3 months ago
Reconciliation isnât about token gestures, museum visits, or diversity training, writes
@pampalmater.com
. True reconciliation means respecting Indigenous peoplesâ right to say 'No'âto development on their lands, to discriminatory laws, and to ongoing abuse.
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True test of reconciliation: Respect the Indigenous right to say No
The right to say no is the core of any future relationship with the Canadian state and its citizens. Itâs a basic right â one which is grounded in our sovereignty as individuals and Nations to decide ...
https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/true-test-of-reconciliation-respect-the-indigenous-right-to-say-no
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Today, Micro$oft buries Windows 10. But you don't have to bury your computer!
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Ryan Grim
2 months ago
Incredible journalism here, documenting a scorched earth withdrawal by the Israeli military after the ceasefire announcement. A last effort to render Gaza uninhabitableâincluding torching a key sewage treatment plant
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Before the last Canadian federal election I ran Cory's ideas on how to challenge the Trump tariffs up the pipe to my contacts at NDP HQ. There were no takers, EXCEPT
@avilewis.ca
Looking for an anti-enshittification ally? Avi is your NDP leadership candidate.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9sg...
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Cory Doctorow Talks to Avi Lewis About His Proposal to Fightback Against Trumps Tariff Attack
YouTube video by Avi Lewis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9sgIAc6z_o
2 months ago
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Fuck US big tech oligarchs.
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial)
2 months ago
UN force in Lebanon says peacekeeper wounded by Israeli grenade -
https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-force-lebanon-says-peacekeeper-wounded-israeli-grenade
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UN force in Lebanon says peacekeeper wounded by Israeli grenade
<article data-history-node-id="430046" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-force-lebanon-says-peacekeeper-wounded-israeli-grenade" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-force-lebanon-says-peacekeeper-wounded-israeli-grenade" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">UN force in Lebanon says peacekeeper wounded by Israeli grenade</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (Unifil) said Sunday that one of its members was wounded by an Israeli grenade dropped near a UN position in the country's south, the third incident of its kind in just over a month.</p> <p>"Just before noon yesterday, an Israeli drone dropped a grenade that exploded near a Unifil position" in Kfar Kila, the force said in a statement published on Sunday.</p> <p>"One peacekeeper was lightly injured and received medical assistance."</p> <p>Earlier this month, Unifil said Israeli drones had dropped multiple grenades near peacekeepers providing security for workers clearing rubble left over from the war.</p> </div> </div> </article>
https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-force-lebanon-says-peacekeeper-wounded-israeli-grenade
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Paul T. Levin
3 months ago
ââThey dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,â the Turkish activist ErsinĂelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.â+
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Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags
Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/04/greta-thunberg-israel-gaza-sweden
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Livestream from the Sumud Flotilla as it is under attack by Israel.
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24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA
YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla
https://www.youtube.com/live/uEN2bWFtpjU
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Paris Marx
3 months ago
the argument that reining in the dominance of US tech companies and addressing the social harms their products cause in other countries would violate peopleâs civil rights is a perfect encapsulation of how US digital rights discourse protects the power of US tech companies
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Charlie Angus
3 months ago
Three days after the UN inquiry declares "genocide" in Gaza the Carney government says they are still waiting for "all the evidence" before taking a stand. What an epic moral failure.
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Paris Marx
3 months ago
never again, but only once weâve assessed all the evidence and tens or hundreds of thousands of people have already been slaughtered
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Canada needs all evidence assessed before recognizing genocide in Gaza, says incoming UN ambassador | CBC News
Incoming UN Ambassador David Lametti says Canada needs "all the evidence to come in" and be assessed before it can recognize whether Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza â and the first benchmark d...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-gaza-genocide-david-lametti-un-ambassador-1.7638638
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PublicWrx
3 months ago
Kind of weird that Obama's ICE Executive Associate Director was implicated in a bribery scandal in September of 2024 and it didn't come up during the Biden/Harris presidential campaign....
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
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Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a âdeep stateâ probe in early 2025.
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/tom-homan-cash-contracts-trump-doj-investigation-rcna232568
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Trump's Stormtrooper thugs.
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Fifty Shades of Whey
3 months ago
A Chinese person responds to Israel's accusations against China
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX8K...
CBC Power & Politics interview with NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis.
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Avi Lewis makes NDP leadership bid to 'restore the party's fortunes' | Power & Politics
YouTube video by CBC News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX8K63n8CWM&pp=ygUbUG93ZXIgJiBQb2xpdGljcyBBdmlzIExld2lz
3 months ago
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@avilewis.ca
launched his campaign for the leadership of the NDP this morning with this video containing a strong left populist economic and environmental message.
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Why Iâm running for NDP leader
YouTube video by Avi Lewis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVy99oiYszY
3 months ago
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If I were Carney or Sheinbaum, I'd be on the phone right about now with Hyundai about re-locating this shop to Canada or Mexico.
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T. Ryan Gregory đ¨đŚ
4 months ago
Austerity = cuts to public services Investment = deregulation and transfer of public funds to private corporations Discipline = don't complain about the above
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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Canada's budget will focus on austerity and investment, says PM Carney
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Wednesday that the upcoming federal budget would focus on both austerity and investments, adding that current government spending was unsustainable.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canadas-budget-will-focus-austerity-investment-says-pm-carney-2025-09-03/
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Prem Thakker ă
4 months ago
NEW: 16 months ago, a young Palestinian locksmith went to help unlock a car. He's been in detention ever since. The FBI interrogated him. After refusing to become an informant, he was put in high-security as "retribution." He's not convicted of a crimeâbut ICE will neither free nor deport him.
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A 22-Year-Old Palestinian Has Been Locked Up in 'High-Security' ICE Detention for 16 Months
Taher Mohammed Taher Hasan has faced harassment from detainees and guards and is held in a cockroach-infested cell, his legal team says.
https://zeteo.com/p/a-22-year-old-palestinian-has-been
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Those of us on the (actual) left knew that Carney would be all about neo-liberal austerity. We were correct. Sometimes it would be nice to be wrong.
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4 months ago
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial)
4 months ago
West Bank: Israeli soldiers shoot and injure around 10 Palestinians, including three children -
https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/west-bank-israeli-soldiers-shoot-and-injure-least-10-palestinians
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West Bank: Israeli soldiers shoot and injure around 10 Palestinians, including three children
<article data-history-node-id="427954" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/west-bank-israeli-soldiers-shoot-and-injure-least-10-palestinians" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/west-bank-israeli-soldiers-shoot-and-injure-least-10-palestinians" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">West Bank: Israeli soldiers shoot and injure around 10 Palestinians, including three children</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli soldiers raided the town of Tamun and attacked and injured around 10 Palestinians on Monday evening.</p> <p>The soldiers shot at a car, comprising of a man, woman, and their three children in the town, south of Tubas in the West Bank. The Ministry of Health said the family were rushed to Tubas Governmental Hospital, where the father was treated for a serious head injury, the mother for moderate injuries, while the three children were treated for minor injuries. </p> <p>The Palestinian Red Crescent said its teams treated several peoople for injuries, including a 55-year-old man who was shot in the knee inside his home. He was later transferred to a hospital.</p> <p>Wafa news agency reported that Israeli soldiers also shot and detained a young man whose identity and medical condition are currently unknown.</p> </div> </div> </article>
https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/west-bank-israeli-soldiers-shoot-and-injure-least-10-palestinians
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LabourStart
4 months ago
AUSTRALIA: Unions to negotiate with freebooting AI scrapers
www.adnews.com.au/news/unions-...
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Unions to negotiate with freebooting AI scrapers - AdNews
âFinally, the technology industry has agreed to stop the theft.â
https://www.adnews.com.au/news/unions-to-negotiate-with-freebooting-ai-scrapers
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial)
4 months ago
Reuters, AP mourn contributors killed in Gaza strikes -
https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/reuters-ap-mourn-contributors-killed-gaza-strikes
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Reuters, AP mourn contributors killed in Gaza strikes
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https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/reuters-ap-mourn-contributors-killed-gaza-strikes
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Harbinger Media Network
4 months ago
On a new đž
@techwontsave.us
đž Cecilia Rikap joins
@parismarx.com
to discuss how countriesâ dependence on US tech companies is harming them and why they need to get serious about digital sovereignty.
www.techwontsave.us/episode/290_...
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Why Countries Must Fight For Digital Sovereignty w/ Cecilia Rikap - Tech Wonât Save Us
A left-wing podcast for better technology and a better world.
https://www.techwontsave.us/episode/290_why_countries_must_fight_for_digital_sovereignty_w_cecilia_rikap
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Harbinger Media Network
4 months ago
On a new episode of đTHE ORCHARDCASTđ
@readtheorchard.org
unpacks headlines on measles in Alberta, a tentative deal for flight attendants, how The Epoch Times is subverting Meta's ad ban, a Ukrainian arrested for the Nord Stream attack + more.
www.readtheorchard.org/p/headlines-...
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Harbinger Media Network
4 months ago
On a new episode of đ´
@pressprogress.ca
SOURCESđ´
@emmaarkell.bsky.social
joins
@lukelebrun.ca
to unpack last week's tense stand-off between Air Canada and its 10,000 flight attendants, one of the most charged labour disputes in recent Canadian history.
www.listennotes.com/podcasts/pre...
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Harbinger Media Network
4 months ago
On đď¸FREE CITY RADIOđď¸ ep280 Palestinian activist Rabab Abdulhadi talks about academic repression, internationalism and building a collective analysis that links struggles against colonization.
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CCPA â Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
4 months ago
Ottawaâs interference in the Air Canada strike delayed a resolution. When it stepped aside, a deal quickly followed. Op-ed by
@policyalternatives.ca
Executive Director
#canlab
@peggynash.bsky.social
troymedia.com/business/air...
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Flight attendantsâ win proves the right to strike matters
Peggy Nash ⢠When Ottawa stepped aside, a deal quickly followed
https://troymedia.com/business/air-canada-flight-attendants-win-proves-the-right-to-strike-matters/
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Paris Marx
4 months ago
big surprise: mark carney is an ally of canadaâs capitalist class and doesnât respect workersâ rights
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Mehdi Hasan
5 months ago
"This Weekend, We Saw the UK Descend Into Censorship, Brutality, and Authoritarianism" Keir Starmer government arrested elderly protesters, a blind man using a wheelchair, & others â all in the name of providing diplomatic cover for a genocidal regime, writes
@graceblakeley.substack.com
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This Weekend, We Saw the UK Descend Into Censorship, Brutality, and Authoritarianism
Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper's government arrested elderly protesters, a blind man using a wheelchair, and others â all in the name of providing diplomatic cover for a genocidal regime.
https://zeteo.com/p/uk-palestine-action-arrests-protests-censorship-authoritarianism
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Truthout
5 months ago
Chris Smalls says his goal in sailing to Gaza was to highlight Amazonâs cloud computing contracts with Israeli weapons manufacturers, as well as to urge labor unions in the United States to block arms shipments to Israel.
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Chris Smallsâs Gaza Mission Part of Long History of Black-Palestinian Solidarity
The Amazon Labor Union leader exemplifies how Black and Palestinian freedom struggles have converged throughout history.
https://truthout.org/articles/chris-smallss-gaza-mission-part-of-long-history-of-black-palestinian-solidarity/
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Zeteo
5 months ago
Israel called Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif a "terrorist." Then they killed him. How many more journalists killed in Gaza will it take for us to do something?
@premthakker.bsky.social
reports. Read the full story:
zeteo.com/p/breaking-i...
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Prem Thakker ă
5 months ago
Between a "No Other Land" crew mate filming himself being killed by a settler, to a journalist being killed by airstrikes he was covering minutes earlier, I'm not sure how much more televised Israel's genocide can be
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This teenager is on the right track. The world needs much more "technological disobedience" where we find ways to keep on using our older tech stuff.
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Jeremy Corbyn
5 months ago
As peaceful protestors are arrested for holding placards, starving Palestinians are being shot in the street. This will go down as one of the most shameful moments in British legal history. No amount of suppression can hide the truth: our government is complicit in genocide.
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Al Jazeera English
5 months ago
Watch the moment a group of Israeli activists stormed a live television broadcast to protest Israelâs war on Gaza. Members of Standing Together, wearing 'Leave Gaza' T-shirts, jumped onto the stage during the airing of the Big Brother show on Channel 13.
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Prem Thakker ă
5 months ago
The Israeli military just killed him. (Look at the photo caption)
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Trapdinawrpool
5 months ago
The Liberal government is charging ahead with the technology despite mounting evidence of harm for workers, vulnerable groups, and public services
breachmedia.ca/mark-carneys...
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Mark Carneyâs AI agenda is a gift to Big Tech â The Breach
The Liberal government is charging ahead with the technology despite mounting evidence of harm for workers, vulnerable groups, and public services
https://breachmedia.ca/mark-carneys-ai-agenda-is-a-gift-to-big-tech/
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Fatima Syed
5 months ago
For the rest of my professional life, I will never forget how you all failed Gaza journalists who fought a genocide, an ecocide, the fifth stage of hunger, the murder of their family members and colleagues to tell the truth .
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