Anti-FIFA Vancouver protest now at Hornby and W. Hastings, human rights, sex worker safety and displacement/gentrification issues.

Surveillance drone of Vancouver FIFA protest at Vancouver Art Gallery, Apr 30 ~3:45pm. Human Rights abuses incl Israeli against Palestinian, sex worker safety, displacement and gentrification issues are being explained as reasons for protest.

"Show FIFA the Red Card", on steps of Vancouver Art Gallery. Happening now: protest of Vancouver FIFA on grounds of human rights violations, incl Israeli killing of Palestinian footballers.

Thurs Apr 30 3:30pm: crowd gathers at Vancouver Art Gallery to protest FIFA Vancouver over humans rights abuses, displacement of marginalized people, sex worker safety concerns, and acceleration of Mayor Ken Sim's Downtown Eastside gentrification plans.

LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer / Microsoft is running one of the largest corporate espionage operations in modern history. https://browsergate.eu/

Islamic State attacks mines in eastern DRC / The assault on the Chinese-owned Muchacha mining site is something new "[IS] exploited the Congolese army's focus on fighting the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group" https://adf-magazine.com/fr/2026/04/letat-islamique-attaque-les-mines-de-lest-de-la-rdc/

"Weaknesses in technology and governance allow mobile networks to be used as covert surveillance platforms....By leasing or obtaining access to legitimate network entry points, they can hide surveillance traffic and operate as trusted operators." […]

Wtf! Am I reading this right?! Someone used AI to write a completely incorrect article that merges BC's Great Bear Rainforest with NWT's Great Bear Lake thousands of kilometers away and *completely unrelated*. Wow. This is f*cked. https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/visit-bc-wild-area-world-wonders

Sina Toossi: "The Iran war was a tactical & strategic disaster. Despite heavy efforts to control the narrative, it’s becoming clear just how much US bases & equipment in the region were damaged or destroyed. The war backfired & inflicted far more damage than its proponents want to admit." […]

India Now Among Countries Where Facebook, Instagram Can 'Automatically Restrict Content', "giving police authorities wide powers of immediate and lasting censorship that they can exercise by merely filling out an online form, the report stated." […]

"Sevare Air Base is one of the most important airbases in Mali and is known to host not only the Malian Air Force but also Russian forces operating in Mali and drones. Based on published footage, it appears that the fighting is approaching the airbase rather quickly." […]

"Fort Chipewyan Is Being Poisoned. I Asked Alberta Why. They Went Silent." https://open.substack.com/pub/indigenousinsider/p/fort-chipewyan-is-being-poisoned

A senior Langley RCMP officer has been convicted for the second time of assaulting a suspect, kicking him in the head while he was lying on the floor of a cell (Nov. 26 last year, but wasn’t published on the B.C. Supreme Court website until April 23) […]

Surveillance companies exploiting telecom system to spy on targets’ locations / Evidence surfaced by the researchers suggests an Israeli company may be behind the surveillance https://therecord.media/surveillance-companies-exploiting-telecom-systems-to-track-location

Canadian gov't suggests using Indigenous people to funnel public money into subsidizing Alberta bitumen pipeline to the Pacific through BC https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/alberta-bitumen-pipeline-federal-dollars-9.7175446

"A hunger strike launched by over 200 male prisoners at ICE’s North Lake Detention Center in Michigan continued into its fifth day on Friday as prisoners protest horrid conditions and 75 religious leaders are set to launch a solidarity fast." […]

Canadian culture is crazy, man. Indigenous Rights are "racist" and "ethno-nationalism" but it's Hate Speech to say that about Zionism.

Ottawa bylaw bans protests in "bubble zones": your democratic rights are being taken away under your nose and Israel-supporters are celebrating https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/council-passes-bubble-bylaw-after-fraught-debate-on-legal-risks-9.7173262

A UN peacekeeper has died from injuries from a March 29 blast targeting his base, Chinese media is including that "preliminary investigation by the UN indicated that he was killed by an Israeli tank shell", while this is being omitted by Western media […]

A group identifying itself as "People Against Genocide" caused damage to a facility linked to Elbit Systems in Leicester, United Kingdom, by creating a hole in the roof of the site, which is an Israeli drone-related factory. The group says its activists are occupying the roof and disrupting […]

Ah Canada, that beautiful country where you will be jailed for 2 years for anti-Zionist hate, but it's perfectly acceptable to describe Indigenous people as brutal ethno-nationalist cannibals (yes, the Kelowna MLA really did). And who deserves the apology, why Jews of course!

The drama of BC politics today was that a Kelowna MLA used Nazi language to describe Indigenous people as brutal ethno-nationalist cannibals (yes, really), and all the Conservative leader could do was tell her to apologize to *Jews* (yes, really).

University of Queensland Press destroys books because they were illustrated by the author of this article: https://open.substack.com/pub/mattchun/p/we-dont-mourn-fascists

Authors abandon University of Queensland Press after it destroys already-printed copies of unreleased book because Aboriginal illustrator was deemed "antisemitic". https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-23/authors-quit-university-of-queensland-press-jazz-money-matt-chun/106596326

RCMP infiltrated and obsessively surveilled Inuit political organizing before being replaced by CSIS (Canadian Security and Intelligence Service). #spycops https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/john-amagoalik-rcmp-surveillance-9.7171894

Lebanese Journalist Amal Khalil Bombed and Left to Die by Israel -in Canada, you can cheer this on with impunity, but our judges will be "repulsed" by antisemitism and sentence you to 2 years in prison https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/lebanon-journalist-amal-khalil-killed-israel

In Canada you can cheer on the monstrosity of Gaza -indeed, you can actually take part in it- with impunity, our judges will shrug their shoulders, turn a blind eye and instead be "repulsed" by antisemitism, sentencing the offender to *2 years* in prison […]

Officials from the Palestine Football Association have been denied entry to Canada ahead of a pre-World Cup meeting of Fifa’s member associations to be held in Vancouver this month. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/apr/16/palestine-fa-officials-denied-entry-canada-fifa-world-cup-meeting

Europe has “maybe six weeks or so” of remaining jet fuel supplies, the head of the International Energy Agency said Thursday in a wide-ranging interview. https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-europe-jet-fuel-flight-cancellations-birol-6e67fafd493861b3858de5548aa77703

Assembly of First Nations head rejects RCMP 'regret' for secret Indigenous surveillance program / AFN urges release of all intelligence files and public inquiry into federal policing and surveillance https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/afn-rcmp-indigenous-surveillance-9.7165191

Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, IDF headquarters, hit by Iran https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-892034

The Ethiopia government has instructed all public institutions and state-owned enterprises to put non-essential employees on annual leave in an attempt to mitigate the fuel shortage suffocating transportation across the country https://www.thereporterethiopia.com/49965/

Financial Times reports "UK to receive last tanker of jet fuel from Middle East this week" https://www.ft.com/content/19f155b1-8b12-491a-bbc5-a3bdb2a2e607

Intense US-Israeli attacks on Iranian city of Isfahan / Witnesses have captured intense US-Israeli attacks on Isfahan, a city in Iran with a population of 2.3M, and home to the Badr military airbase. Huge explosions and fires have lit up the night sky […]

Leaders from South Korea and Italy say they 'can't sleep' over Iran War fallout.

"Rob Hastings, who infiltrated pro-Palestinian and left wing protest groups for three years during his covert deployment, was convicted of assaulting his now ex-partner...He was sacked by the Metropolitan police for gross misconduct" […]

"Exclusive: Satellite images show Israeli excavators demolishing Khiam Detention Center in southern Lebanon, where more than 5,000 people were once held and tortured by an Israeli proxy" https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/satellite-imagery-reveals-the-israeli-demolition-of-khiam-detention-center/

In Bangladesh, which imports approximately 95 percent of its oil, fuel reserves are expected to be depleted "within days". https://politicstoday.org/fuel-prices-surge-as-iran-war-disrupts-energy-markets/

"Officers discharged a firearm and a person was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries." Aka, "Police Shoot Man", lol https://energeticcity.ca/2026/03/29/fort-st-john-rcmp-investigating-weekend-incident/

An international media association on Saturday condemned what it described as a "violent assault" by Israeli soldiers who detained a CNN crew in the occupied West Bank this week. https://www.newarab.com/news/press-group-slams-israeli-forces-violent-assault-cnn-crew

More than 3,500 U.S. troops, including the USS Tripoli with about 2,500 Marines, arrived in the Middle East, officials announced Saturday, as strikes in the Iran war intensified. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-troops-uss-tripoli-centcom-middle-east-arrive-iran/

Avi Lewis' win is surprising to absolutely no one, anyone paying attention had a sense the decision had already been made. As such, it provides an important example of how so-called "democratic" processes obscure the true loci of power and decision-making.

Franco-Palestinian MEP Rima Hassan was refused entry to Canada, days before two conferences she was due to attend / Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) allegedly "actively worked" to "prevent the arrival of Rima Hassan in Canada" […]

Vancouver BC #nokings protest arrives at the waterfront

"ICE out of Vancouver!" #nokings protest passes US consulate on W Pender, Vancouver BC

Georgia St at Burrard, downtown Vancouver BC, #nokings protest

Georgia St. Westbound, downtown Vancouver BC now, #nokings protest

12pm Vancouver Public Library downtown, crowd gathered for #nokings protest, Vancouver BC

"Hootsuite Helps Promote ICE hatred & recruitment" "No 51st State" "Resist MAGA fascism" Seen now at Vancouver Public Library #nokings protest, Vancouver BC.

Happening now at Vancouver Public Library downtown: large crowd gathered for #nokings protest, Vancouver BC. *please note: my coverage is neutral and journalistic in tone, focuses on simple messages and is not intented to silence or invalidate any radical critiques of No Kings.