It’s confirmed: Danielle Smith will force teachers back to work, using the notwithstanding clause against workers for the first time in Alberta’s history. TUNE IN NOW as Alberta’s New Democrats respond to the UCP’s unprecedented abuse of power: youtube.com/live/8BJkmSA...

It is so demoralising to look at an entire household where 4 people live and 2 adults work from home and wonder how many boxes I’m going to need to pack up this whole place. 40? 1000? I really have no idea.

Hey Danielle, this is what an actual Alberta “town hall” looks like. WE SUPPORT THE TEACHERS! #Alberta #Canada #yeg #yyc #CanadaSky #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli #abed

Italian unions call for general strike as global protests grow and multiple governments criticise Israel.

Power to Italian Unions✊️ #eyesongaza #freepalestine

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"Something I have noticed after writing hundreds of articles on collective agreements is that public sector workers in Alberta have, over the last decade, seen years of wage freezes and below inflation wage increases."

“We’re asking Edmontonians to reach out to your friends and neighbours and ask them how they plan to vote and if they have all the information they need. Unless the strike is resolved quickly, we will not be sending voter identification cards out.” #yeg edmontonjournal.com/news/edmonto...

See you there. In solidarity! ✊

We are watching the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social live as one of the ships has been surrounded and communications were cut. Sending all of our love and strength to the brave flotilla trying to break the illegal blockade of Gaza! Live feed from Middle East eye: www.youtube.com/live/Hd-V93t...

Also, for most of us, the mere existence of our unions is all that is preventing our employers from firing us and replacing us with a fleet of wig-wearing roombas, so I promise, those dues pay dividends.

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My fellow union members* in Alberta: get your shit together. My parents would never have identified as leftists, but if I'd have crossed a picket line, they'd have burned me in effigy. Who raised you? Solidarity. *Police unions excluded.

I haven't noticed any change whatsoever on my paycheck but I really miss that carbon tax rebate that I could use to get an oil change or stock my pantry up, actually

I have mended the jeans that were on the dresser and which you were probably expecting me to throw away Forgive me they were not even that expensive and easily replaceable but I keep it real with the habits of poverty that I refuse to abandon

It's a good idea at this point to keep as many eyes as possible watching their livestream to make sure the genocidal regime knows the world cares what happens to them. Put it on in the background if you are busy doing something else

It’s nice when there’s good news from my hometown.

We really need an opposition party that will be as angry at greedy oil companies as our government is at teachers.

In the FIVE ENTIRE MONTHS of bargaining since Alberta teachers rejected the previous contract offer, the province offered [checks notes] a free Covid shot and one additional EA per school. This was never a real negotiation and they know it. This strike is on them. Solidarity with teachers.

Would love to be a fly on the wall at the in camera portion of the Athabasca University board of governors meeting today.

Fuckshits weren't crying "separate the art from the artist" when they were banning Kneecap from Canada, just to have "terrorism" charges dropped soon after.

Terrible story about someone shooting either by mistake or deliberately at people on a southern Saskatchewan highway. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Friends, I could really use some help $LaurenMcKenziest 💜 ca,v,pp I hope you have a surprisingly magical day :)

Utter contempt and disrespect from Bruce McAllister. Cutting off the kid's mic and limiting his freedom of expression is one thing, but saying he should be spanked is a fireable offense from a supposedly neutral moderator. Bruce needs to be removed immediately.

Solidarity, Teachers! This family has your back. ✊🏻 #AbEd #AbLeg

It's not up for debate. Describing politics in the U.S. in any other context, even the most ridiculous person would immediately identify it all has the hallmarks of a dictatorship. The need to believe that it CAN'T HAPPEN in the U.S. in the face of all evidence to the contrary is actually scary.

Beware of corporate Quislings, Canada.

This is what you need to know about fascism:

People who are nervous about being associated with Nazis: "Don't be ridiculous! That was not a Sieg Heil salute!" People who are proud to call themselves Nazis: "Damned right, it was!"

alright you wanna know how to support trans people? hire them. It's REALLY hard already for visibly trans people to get jobs, even before this shit. Support places that have trans people working front of house, and make sure owners know that's part of why you're there.

We failed to stop fascism's rise. Now it's dancing about on the White House lawn. I don't know how to fix all this but I do know that the shit we've been doing won't get us out of this one. shatterzone.substack.com/p/we-failed-...

It is illegal for landlords to do this. And it's evil. And it shows why housing should not be a for-profit industry.

I haven’t spoken to Reem but she is friends with @sakher-in-gaza.bsky.social who I know well

For someone I've never met, @pronounced-ing.bsky.social has made me cry an awful lot in this life. Even so, you should read her books. All of them. But stay hydrated out there, Team. Whew. #BookSky

The feelings your kids share with YOU do not belong on the internet.

ITS FLAT FUCK FRIDAY ROLL THE CLIP

“If you have an idealized conception of the police as friendly cops patrolling the neighborhood and helping out, please let it go. That is both not the function of policing…” More: www.jphilll.com/p/the-police...

this guy wore a mask and didn't keep his cell phone on him when he fled and as a result a police department that is itself one of the largest armed forces and intelligence agencies on planet earth is completely flummoxed

I am sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Shorouq. Shorouq was a graphic designer and has lost all of her equipment for doing that job due to bombings. She is hoping to raise enough money to evacuate her family of eight hopefully to Turkey and also rebuild her career.

So to be clear, no one is calling him The Underwriter?

This is what "not reading the room" looks like in real time

“Written on the shell casings were the words ‘deny,’ ‘defend’ and ‘depose,’ according to sources.”

my beloved mona’s account has been limited while her #GazaGFM is a mere $1,630 away from reaching her goal gofund.me/4afe7094 while she and her small children are living through this every night. i swear this woman is so strong, but how much can any human being endure?

What has happened re: femme hairstyles? I need a haircut (it's been about a zillion years) and from the looks of stylist instas, there is exactly one acceptable style at this point. While it's lovely, I don't want long, wavy hair with curtain bangs, so...?

I am sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Nareman. Nareman was injured from a bombing while she was pregnant and shattered her heel. She was able to evacuate to Egypt in March but is stateless and her injury keeps getting worse but she can’t afford to get it treated.