James Adairš
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Miscellaneous writer, activist, organizer
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The Leveller
21 days ago
ā...the very person who stands to gain from controlling who can come in and who doesnāt, is the same person who controls that...ā What happened at the Ottawa District Labour Council elections? Our report:
leveller.ca/2026/04/inco...
#ottnews
#ottpoli
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Inconsistencies at Ottawa District Labour Council Elections Keep Status Quo - The Leveller
By James Adair Editorās Note:Ā There are a lot of union acronyms in this article. Weāve provided references at the bottom. U nion locals with membership in the Ottawa District Labour Council (ODLC) cla...
https://leveller.ca/2026/04/inconsistencies-at-ottawa-district-labour-council-elections-keep-status-quo/
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In February the Ottawa District Labour Council held their executive elections, reelecting a majority incumbent executive. But some are asking questions about how the election was run, and how it may have impacted results You can read my coverage here
leveller.ca/2026/04/inco...
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Inconsistencies at Ottawa District Labour Council Elections Keep Status Quo - The Leveller
By James Adair Editorās Note:Ā There are a lot of union acronyms in this article. Weāve provided references at the bottom. U nion locals with membership in the Ottawa District Labour Council (ODLC) cla...
https://leveller.ca/2026/04/inconsistencies-at-ottawa-district-labour-council-elections-keep-status-quo/
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about 1 month ago
Avi Lewis could nationalize the atom
#canpoli
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Avi Lewis could nationalize the atom
In one move, Avi Lewis could bridge a divide in his party, right a historic wrong, and create by nationalizing nuclear power.
https://rabble.ca/politics/canadian-politics/avi-lewis-could-nationalize-the-atom/
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In my first piece for
@broadviewmedia.bsky.social
I had the chance to speak with Jorge GonzƔlez NuƱez, president of the Student Christian Movement of Cuba You can read about how Cubans, and Canadian Christian are responding to the ongoing blockade here:
broadview.org/cuban-blocka...
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Paralysis, fear and faith under Cubaās blockade | Broadview Magazine
Canadian Christians respond to the energy shortage with solidarity and prayers
https://broadview.org/cuban-blockade-church-response/
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Student politics has a dark side. I spoke to student leaders across the country about the toll student politics took on their mental health:
thefulcrum.ca/features/the...
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The hidden side of student politics - The Fulcrum
Reading Time: 4 minutesStudent leaders across Canada discuss the hidden side of student politics.
https://thefulcrum.ca/features/the-hidden-side-of-student-politics/
about 1 month ago
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The Unicersity of Ottawaās Ophthalmology department is facing a notice of intent to withdraw accreditation. But the problem may go deeper than that. You can read my reporting here:
thefulcrum.ca/news/accredi...
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Accreditation threatened: University of Ottawaās Ophthalmology department under review since 2024 - The Fulcrum
Reading Time: 3 minutesA notice of intent to withdraw accreditation is serious, serving as a final warning before a program loses its right to train residents.
https://thefulcrum.ca/news/accreditation-threatened-university-of-ottawas-ophthalmology-department-under-review-since-2024/
about 1 month ago
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I had the privilege of addressing over 300 students in Ottawa about Doug Fords cuts to OSAP, and the fight we have to win. I ended with a pretty simple message: Fuck Doug Ford
about 2 months ago
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I wrote for
@rabble.ca
, that itās time the NDP reject the false option of movementism or electoralism. The future of the NDP might actually be a mass party.
rabble.ca/politics/can...
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The future of the NDP might be a mass party
Choosing between electoralism and movements is a false dichotomy. There is a future for the NDP as a mass party.
https://rabble.ca/politics/canadian-politics/the-future-of-the-ndp-might-be-a-mass-party/
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Ariel Troster
3 months ago
It is great news that the city is buying the hotel at Gladstone + OāConnor to use as transitional housing for families ā many of whom are currently holed up in awful motel rooms. These suites have full kitchens and the building is close to schools, the Y and transit.
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
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City of Ottawa to buy downtown hotel for $45 million
A report for the finance and corporate services committee recommends council approve the deal to purchase the eight-storey former long-term stay hotel at 377 OāConnor Street at Gladstone Avenue for $4...
https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/city-of-ottawa-to-buy-downtown-hotel-for-45-million/
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The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.
3 months ago
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Want to talk about a nation building project? Federal investment in sports hasnāt increased since 2005, its at an actually ridiculously low level
www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
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Carney government's 1st budget sees no new sports funding in announcement | CBC Sports
Canadaās summer and winter Olympians, along with other athletes, were left on the outside during Tuesdayās budget announcement by the federal government, despite a push in recent months by the Canadia...
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/sports-no-funding-federal-budget-2025-canada-olympians-carney-shoemaker-9.6966806
3 months ago
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The fundamental problem for the left is that the right is hyperstitious, and the left believes in the certainty of its own failure
3 months ago
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Alex Adams
3 months ago
Jake Sanderson says in a People's magazine article that he'd be accepting of a Gay teammate. "I donāt think we would treat them any differently. Theyāre our teammate, we love them no matter what, and obviously embrace them, absolutely.ā
people.com/nhl-jake-san...
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NHL Star Jake Sanderson Believes Players Would Be Accepting of Openly Gay Teammates: āWe Love Them No Matter Whatā
Ottawa Senators player Jake Sanderson opened up about the possibility of having openly gay players on NHL teams. The 23-year-old, who is playing on Team USA at the 2026 Winter Olympics, believed that ...
https://people.com/nhl-jake-sanderson-believes-players-would-be-accepting-of-openly-gay-teammates-11908105
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Canadian Dimension
3 months ago
The left doesnāt have a policy problemāit has a power problem. Shifting intellectual firepower from wonkery to collective action means rebuilding parties as more than just electoral brands, writes
@aliterrenoire.bsky.social
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The NDP and the parliamentary illusion
Parties are a necessary tool for connecting individuals and transforming shared interests into collective power. The left will not win by simply electing better politicians, but by forging a political...
https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/the-ndp-and-the-parliamentary-illusion
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Writing for the Fulcrum, Curtis Metcalf argues that considering the rise in hate speech, digital sexual violence, and pathetically low engagement rates, it is time
@uottawa.ca
leave X.
thefulcrum.ca/opinions/uni...
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University of Ottawa, itās time to quit X - The Fulcrum
Reading Time: 3 minutesWith allegations, investigations, and a general bad vibe piling up around X, it begs the question; why are reputable institutions of higher education like uOttawa are still act...
https://thefulcrum.ca/opinions/university-of-ottawa-its-time-to-quit-x/
3 months ago
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3 months ago
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Wit respect to Neil, and I have quite a bit, I donāt fully understand this decision. We already have a principled, experienced, and progressive challenger to Sutcliffe in
@jleiper.bsky.social
Risking splitting the vote, especially in an election this important is bizarre
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3 months ago
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āThe sens lose!ā You foolish lackeys! Your ālosesā are built on sand. Tomorrow the sens will ārise up again, clashing their sticks,ā and to your horror they will proclaim with trumpets blazing: I was, I am, I shall be!
4 months ago
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Ottawa hockey rocked tonight
4 months ago
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Joe Wrote
4 months ago
Labor vs. Fascism. Oakland dockworkers of ILWU Local 34 honor Renee Good by spelling her name on a cargo ship.
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Ive been asking myself lately how weāre meant to bear everything going on, especially as a student. I had the privilege of publishing some of my thoughts in the Fulcrum. I would be honoured if you gave it a read. Ultimately, I conclude, it comes down to conviction.
thefulcrum.ca/opinions/how...
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How can we bear it? - The Fulcrum
Reading Time: 2 minutesMy friend is having a 2016 party, how can I bear it? Because when I think of 2016 I think of that election.Ā Because a woman in Minneapolis had her head blown off, with stuffed...
https://thefulcrum.ca/opinions/how-can-we-bear-it/
4 months ago
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Paris Marx
4 months ago
canadian political media is so useless. after manufacturing a news cycle about whether there would be an election over christmas, they took the holidays off and now theyāre back to manufacturing a news cycle about whether there will be an election in the next couple months.
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Trump could be impeached and the democrats could be elected tomorrow, it shouldnāt matter. The Canadian-american relationship is over.
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4 months ago
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š«Scott Martinš¼
4 months ago
If the US were a geopolitical rival the headlines would be like: US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident In the Streets As Militarized Occupation Enters Sixth Week
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Heated Rivalry has mostly made me realize CanCon is a great system, finding out songs I love are Canadian is huge
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Aaron Wherry
4 months ago
This is a good read.
thewalrus.ca/evan-solomon...
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Evan Solomon Wants Canada to Trust AI. Can We Trust Evan Solomon? | The Walrus
The journalist-turned-minister says the tech will make us richer and regulation should be ālightā
https://thewalrus.ca/evan-solomon-ai/
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Becoming the main character of my class by accident is a nightmare
4 months ago
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SensMonster
4 months ago
Sens fans trying to survive the 2025-26 season
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Eileen Clancy š§æ
4 months ago
At last nightās candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,
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Jacobin
4 months ago
Zohran Mamdaniās win in New York has inspired the Left far beyond the city. But in Canada, as elsewhere, trying to replicate his style without rebuilding the institutions and political cadre that made it possible is a dead end.
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To Emulate Zohran, Rebuild Left Institutions
Zohran Mamdaniās win in New York has inspired the Left far beyond the city. But in Canada, as elsewhere, trying to replicate his style without rebuilding the institutions and political cadre that made it possible is a dead end.
https://jacobin.com/2026/01/canada-zohran-mamdani-left-institutions?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign&utm_content=ap_hrx8jwiuzy
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Canadian leftists have been obsessed with emulating the Mamdani moment, without understanding what made it happen. You can read more about what Canadian socialists can actually learn from Mamdani in my piece for
@jacobinmag.bsky.social
below.
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4 months ago
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Luke LeBrun
4 months ago
At this point, I canāt understand why any international traveller would visit the US Even if you think youāre not at risk, you could get caught in the crossfire of ICE gunning people down in residential streets or have masked gunmen storm your restaurant and haul kitchen staff away as you eat lunch
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There is a little boy who has been orphaned because of these fascists. At some point something has to give
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Tim Onion
4 months ago
She had stuffed animals in her glove box.
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Elbows up at the bowling alley (5 pin bowling)
4 months ago
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Guy who quotes Shoresy on the
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Off the Hill show about the NDP leadership race
4 months ago
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jon christian's flesh mecha
4 months ago
guy who has only read "The Silmarillion" observing current events: "hmmm getting real Downfall of NĆŗmenor vibes from this"
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Larry Savage
4 months ago
Has the NDP lost its labour roots? My new piece for
@broadbent.bsky.social
traces how the unionāparty relationship has frayed, and why that matters for Canadian politics today. Labour and the NDP: Revisiting the Past, Looking to the Future
perspectivesjournal.ca/labour-ndp-p...
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Labour and the NDP: Revisiting the Past, Looking to the Future | Perspectives Journal
The NDPās ability to credibly advance this alternative vision depends largely on whether the labour movement is itself willing and able to engage in such political and economic education.
https://perspectivesjournal.ca/labour-ndp-past-future/
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Super excited to be joining this tomorrow with
@libbydavies.bsky.social
Judy Rebick,
@karlnerenberg.bsky.social
, and the Rabble team tomorrow! Tune in!
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4 months ago
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Beer and pasta with beautiful girlfriend life is good
4 months ago
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Start a conversation by telling my friend I wanted to do more masculine activities and less politics, ended that convo by starting a DND campaign with mostly women
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4 months ago
š£ Save your spot for our upcoming Off the Hill:
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With the NDP set to choose a new leader at the end of March, our panel breaks down the race so far, including key issues, endorsements, and campaign moments.
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āI want to try Bluesky, struggling to find non-politics on itā āHave you considered you suckā
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4 months ago
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Going to try using Bluesky instead of Twitter, my issue is that besides politics almost none of my interests are represented here.
4 months ago
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Canadian conservatives are such horrifying losers
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Paris Marx
4 months ago
Donald Trump literally calls the illegal invasion of Venezuela a āprecise attack on sovereigntyā in his address. How every country in the world doesnāt condemn such an action is unfathomable.
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Starting Fears of the Setting Sun by Dennis Rasmussen
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Rob Ashton for NDP Leader
4 months ago
AI is being used to strip workers, women, children, artists, and communities of their autonomy. Meanwhile Mark Carneys AI Minister, is more interested in rubbing shoulders with tech billionaires than regulating. Our NDP will take on AI with people-first policy.
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Rob Ashton for NDP Leader
4 months ago
The food we eat isnāt meant for human health anymore, itās meant for profit. They break our bodies at work, fill our lives with AI-generated algorithms meant to dumb us down, and feed us slop at home. Itās time to fight back.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
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Opinion: Not only is food more expensive, it is also becoming ultraprocessed garbage
In a way, claims made by food companies about ultraprocessed products are fundamentally a form of economic disinformation
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-food-more-expensive-becoming-ultraprocessed-garbage/
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