I love how Canadian provinces just have an option to go “Fuck the constitution, actually” for most things that’s constitutionally protected. Kinda makes our entire country a joke.

Alert!!! Transgender kids in Alberta had their rights trampled on by the UCP today! I am calling in favors--I need YOU to spread the news. I need your help in fighting for these kids.

Hasan only needs £100 to keep a roof over his family's head this month. They are so close, please help! ❤️🙏 He has managed to escape with his wife and two small children to Egypt, but they lost everything they owned and worked for in the last several years and need our solidarity to build new lives!

Workers in the late 1900’s and early 1900’s built the temples with money they raised themselves. They are built all over the place, but were especially prevalent through the PNW (including Canada) and California.

Later, especially during the Popular Front era of the mid‑1930s, the same spaces began to be marketed more broadly as “Maisons du peuple” (“Houses of the People”) or “Palais du peuple” (“The people’s palaces”) and eventually became known as “Union Halls”.

They were symbols of self‑management – embodying the libertarian‑socialist ideal that the working class could create its own cultural and educational institutions outside state or capitalist control. The global working class movement of the Industrial Revolution started with these buildings.

These temples du travail were typically worker‑run venues that were managed collectively by the people who used them. They were used as multipurpose halls – hosting political meetings, lectures, concerts, cinema screenings, libraries, and cooperative cafés. They were the peoples “third place”.

Yes! The PNW had them all over! We were VERY organized back then. Almost every city had one of these halls. They originated in France, in the early French labour‑movement tradition. The autonomous meeting places that were originally called “temples du travail” (literally “temples of work”)

Vancouver, BC, Canada also has a Labor Temple! (Yes, with the US spelling, which was common in Canadian labour at the time) Constructed 1911-12, it was the home of the Vancouver Trades and Labour Council along with union offices, and the site of a major clash during BC's general strike of 1918.

The modern building today:

"Our actions are working, and they are not enough. Nothing we do is sufficient, and everything we do matters. We must be strategic, and we must operate on multiple fronts simultaneously. Time is of the essence, and we have to act for the long haul. This is how change happens." Dan Berger

“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”

Anyone who’s ever used emergency contraception or gains peace of mind by even having it on hand owes Dr Camp a debt of gratitude. What a force. (Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!) Great obit—no paywall.

Tomorrow is the 11 year yahrzeit, death anniversary, of movement ancestor Leslie Feinberg Z”L. Leslie was a trans and working class lesbian Jew who stood in lifelong solidarity with Palestinians and viewed her/hir work for LGBT and Palestinian liberation as deeply connected.

Mark Carney proposed major cuts to the public service and changes to collective bargaining laws in Budget 2025 — what does that mean for the federal public service unions that are in bargaining this year? I spoke with PSAC, CAPE and labour prof Adam DK King about it for @pressprogress.ca

ICE abducted Leticia Jacobo and tried to deport her, she is Native American. Polk County Sheriff’s Office, which held her for ICE, admitted that it was a ‘clerical error’. Her family fought through layers of bureaucracy to stop her from being disappeared. www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...

You can support Starbucks workers by not crossing the picket, and you can also contribute to the strike fund!

This man clearly hates having to actually do his job (listen to the citizens of the city he is mayor of, who he also visibly distains). Do yourself and everyone else a favour and quit your job, Ken. I'm sure one of your rich friends will find you a new one.

QANON CULTIST IN 2017: "In this 1,879 page thread I will unravel the byzantine system of codewords and phrases the global elite use to mask their pedophile cabal." JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"

Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?

A great interview with Professor Mahmood Mamdani in which he discusses his new memoir, the shortcomings of the boycott as a political tool and its implementation in the anti colonial movement, academic freedom, libraries, and the relationship between scholarship and politics. No talk of Zohran!

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Breaking! Port of Vancouver being shut down. Join us! No more genocide. Shut it down.

Liberals want to change rules around collective bargaining Any guesses whether those changes will benefit workers? toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/06/u...

“Since 2018, labor columnist Kim Kelly brought the labor beat to teenage readers through her “No Class” column, covering everything from wildcat strikes to general strikes, the Gilded Age labor organizer Mother Jones to contemporary Amazon warehouse conditions.” 💔 thisislaborwise.com/teen-vogues-...

Calgary police are on a rampage downtown, using drones to find people and clear them off streets. Posting photos of unhoused folks they arrest (see twitter). It’s collective punishment for social disorder and violence they have failed to improve with prior violence. Film the cops if you see them.

BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike. Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%. Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.

NEW: Rockstar Games says the 30+ employees it fired last week were leaking confidential information, disputing allegations that the company is union-busting. The union says it was a private chat with labor organizers. This messy battle isn't over yet. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Good reminder today that the BCCLA are putting the notwithstanding clause in their sights. Maybe go sign the petition below

Gil McGowan isn’t playing:

Remember that the Alberta government plans to use the Notwithstanding Clause AGAIN this week to erase the right of trans youth to seek life-saving, evidence-based medical care. No rights are safe when the Clause is used for political expediency. transactionalberta.ca www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9V2...

Dachau began as a "work-conditioned housing" facility. Auschwitz began as a "work-conditioned housing" facility. Majdanek began as a "work-conditioned housing" facility.

This is the essay Albertans need to read going into the municipal election. I can’t say I’ve ever been more disgusted by public discourse anywhere in this country than the current race to the bottom for mayor. Calgary comes off as a city without a single courageous leader.

I really suggest that people learn what kettling is before they go to any protest and also spend a lot of time looking at the police to see if they are mobilizing for it. You can’t always avoid being kettled but you should really try to be aware of it.

US Government accounts have arrived on Bluesky. Block on sight. Protect your digital space. Be aware that the DHS account in particular is known to quote dunk on regular people to encourage their followers to harass them. The detach quote function will come in very handy here…

Today, unjust charges were filed against SEIU USWW President David Huerta, arrested while peacefully exercising his constitutional rights at an LA ICE raid. SEIU members will not be silenced when our communities and rights are under attack. Our statement: www.seiu.org/2025/10/char...

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#OtD 16 Oct 1918 the Immigration Act of 1918 (aka: Alien Anarchists Exclusion Act of 1918) was signed into US law by Pres Wilson. It expanded earlier powers to target anarchists and @IWW members, nearly 1000 of whom were later deported stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8829...

im not seeing any clear denunciations of American fascism and how Canada can respond if we had actual principles in articles in cdn mainstream media lots of propaganda like Scott describes here putting your elbows in your eyes so you don't see what's happening isn't going to work seriously

The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78. Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.

Some American trade unionists have argued that labor should remain “neutral” on the question of Palestine. In fact, the US labor movement has never been neutral: its union officialdom has a more-than-century-long history of allying with Zionism.

BREAKING: 45,000 health care workers just launched the biggest strike of the year. Workers at Kaiser Permanente on the West Coast and in Hawaii have walked out to secure a contract. These essential workers are fighting for patient care, good wages, and decent staffing.

People are spontaneously posting up near any laborers or street vendors they spot. Just saw a rapid responder guarding a man working on a building exterior. Many things are terrible today but lord, this stuff matters.

Saw some cool birds today

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Striking Canada Post workers will move to rotating strikes as of tomorrow — but they’re still fighting the uphill battle for both Canada Post and their labour rights. For @parismarx.com, the Carney government continuing to chip away at this essential service is the last straw:

I hate having hopes dashed repeatedly, but once again, the border *may* be opening and my friend Marwan is still trying to raise funds to get his young family to safety. Even if they cannot flee, they need more support to survive the unimaginable conditions that they've managed to endure #mutualaid

When the liberals enact conservative policies the conservatives in turn move further right. Shouldn't be surprised the whole thing ends up looking like MAGA www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

Attorney says video shows 'CBP agent taunting her—“Do something, bitch” before "steering unmarked vehicle into hers and opening fire." "“La Maggie” Martinez survived a federal shooting in #Chicago, [h]er attorney says body-cam footage shows agents provoked it." migrantinsider.com/p/chicago-la...