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Co-op advocate; cancer resister; Jew by choice
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Dan Izzo
about 1 month ago
We all know Clarke's "sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" Well we have corollary:
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Karma Co-op
about 2 months ago
Anarres DIY Workshop: Spa Gifts Sunday, December 14, 12-1:30pm Make customized Body Scrubs, Bath Salts, Face Masks as a to gift to yourself, or to your loved ones!
www.karmacoop.org/events-calen...
#naturalwellness
#bathscrub
#selfcare
#torontoworkshop
#spa
#DIY
#facemask
#homemade
#holidays
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John Clarke
3 months ago
“If the government is able to enact what they’re proposing, it would basically spell the end of security of tenure for renters in Ontario.”
#Bill60
www.thegrindmag.ca/ford-governm...
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Ford Government Bill Could Spell the End of Rent Control in Ontario
Tenant groups are ringing the alarm over changes that could dramatically increase the price of rent and drive people out of their homes. But the proposed legislation, endorsed by the landlord lobby…
https://www.thegrindmag.ca/ford-government-law-could-spell-the-end-of-rent-control-in-ontario/
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Non-violence:
portside.org/2025-10-23/c...
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Can Nonviolent Struggle Defeat a Dictator? This Database Emphatically Says Yes
Can nonviolent struggle defeat a tyrant? There are many great resources that answer this question, but the one that’s been on my mind lately is the Global Nonviolent Action Database, or GNAD, built by...
https://portside.org/2025-10-23/can-nonviolent-struggle-defeat-dictator-database-emphatically-says-yes?fbclid=IwY2xjawNpeD1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHmasHWavjI3RNG6GFxPIB_6H7ia8EKZH5z30pfNGZ3-WSojWFRJLLF02sgWI_aem_nsvuwuzL70vvRBOHDbIMvQ&utm_medium=email&utm_source=portside-general
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The Cooperative Economy
4 months ago
Canada (and other countries) should support employee/worker ownership. Worker-owned businesses are more productive and resilient than traditional companies. They keep wealth local and more equitably distributed. This directly opposes the trend of economic consolidation under billionaires.
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Budget 2025 should bolster employee ownership to strengthen Canada’s economy
Budget 2025 offers Canada a chance to make employee ownership permanent by extending tax incentives for employee ownership trusts and worker co-ops. Doing so would boost productivity, reduce inequalit...
https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/budget-2025-should-bolster-employee-ownership-to-strengthen-canadas-economy
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The Cooperative Economy
4 months ago
More businesses are transitioning to worker ownership! Taproot's 750 employees will now equally own the company and receive dividends based on how many hours they've worked in the year. The business becomes Canada's largest employee ownership trust. This ensures the company stays locally grounded.
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Taproot Becomes Canada’s Largest Employee Ownership Trust
Taproot is now Canada’s largest Employee Ownership Trust and the first in social services, giving 750 employees an equal stake in the future.
https://taproot.ca/taproot-employee-ownership-trust/
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which side are YOU on? by REBEL DIAZ
YouTube video by lfenchinga
https://youtu.be/8Dr05tXktSo?si=0DtTcsxyqMqqRkV7
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Karma Co-op
5 months ago
Exchange your children’s freshly washed winter clothing (coats, jackets, snow pants, hats, mitts, gloves, scarves, etc.) for other children’s clothing during the Children's Winter Clothing Swap. ⛷️ From 12:15-3:15pm on Sat, October 18 at Karma Co-op ❄️
www.karmacoop.org/events-calen...
#swap
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Children’s Winter Clothing Swap — Karma Co-op
Parents, please bring in your children’s clothing (coats, jackets, snow pants, hats, mitts, gloves, scarves, etc.) freshly washed and ready for exchanging for other children’s clothing at Karma Coop.…
https://www.karmacoop.org/events-calendar/childrens-winter-clothing-swap
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Red Emma’s
6 months ago
Last week we hosted the first ever national gathering of worker co-op restaurants here in Baltimore—
@jnoor.bsky.social
wrote up a post-convening report for
@baltimorebeat.bsky.social
:
baltimorebeat.com/how-baltimor...
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How Baltimore became a rising star in America's worker cooperative movement
On a sweltering August afternoon at Red Emma’s, the anarchist bookstore, cafe, and community organizing space in Baltimore’s Waverly neighborhood, something that would have seemed impossible two…
https://baltimorebeat.com/how-baltimore-became-a-rising-star-in-americas-worker-cooperative-movement/
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Colum Sands, "What ever you say, say nothing"
YouTube video by Colum Sands official
https://youtu.be/6Pns4Aq-RNs?si=z-6J36mH89xOq8TW
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www-corporateknights-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.corp...
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The return of the collective economy
How cooperatives are stepping into the spotlight to solve our most pressing challenges
https://www-corporateknights-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.corporateknights.com/issues/2025-06-best-50-issue/return-collective-economy-cooperatives/?amp
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william pettus
6 months ago
crimethinc.com/2019/04/08/a...
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Against the Logic of the Guillotine
Fetishizing the guillotine is like fetishizing the state: it means celebrating an instrument of murder that will always be used chiefly against us.
https://crimethinc.com/2019/04/08/against-the-logic-of-the-guillotine-why-the-paris-commune-burned-the-guillotine-and-we-should-too
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Bruce Woodrow 🇨🇦 (he/him)
7 months ago
With all the talk of government-owned grocery stores in New York City, good time to reflect on shopper-owned grocery stores.
add a skeleton here at some point
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Bathsheba Demuth
7 months ago
In England “wood with beaver facets [were found] in multiple human constructions, along with extensive networks of ancient beaver dams and channels that had been integrated into prehistoric settlements.” A fascinating piece by Sarah Newman on how animals inspired culture 🦫
aeon.co/essays/did-a...
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Did animals provide the blueprints for human culture? | Aeon Essays
Prehistoric humans didn’t create art and architecture out of nothing. They took inspiration from the nonhuman world
https://aeon.co/essays/did-animals-provide-the-blueprints-for-human-culture?utm_campaign=feed&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=later-linkinbio&fbclid=PAQ0xDSwLANO9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp-jn_jftPa85mWvHnFFRECTMf9EA8xzRu7P7HfRNF8Iq-zUteCWx3RBlNIF-_aem_w86JbfZLu2Lqur3q-cNBVA
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Call for Contributions: 5th International Forum on Cooperative Law
https://crm.ica.coop/civicrm/mailing/view?reset=1&id=3949&cid=14794&cs=3d77d7ae0d4dfd9544f66af0bda0209b_1750065469_168
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Warnin' from the U.S.A. | A Blistering Protest Anthem Against Trump’s America (Live from the UK)
YouTube video by John D. Cundle
https://youtu.be/84EXT95IIkQ?si=8J-sJU8lBG9A7SCY
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canadianlabour.ca/buy-union/?f...
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Buy Canadian, Buy Union
A directory of Canadian union-made products and services.
https://canadianlabour.ca/buy-union/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJjnYlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHpdtz08d3yIN2P_qHaTPJ5ZwCR8LIRjanCtm925EYa4HVhsGT0DWw2DXE8Mh_aem_tlKKG2ARbayGcmOwQh3qKA
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The Cooperative Economy
10 months ago
The owners of Patina, a Twin Cities gift store chain in Minnesota, have sold their eight locations, initiating the transition to worker ownership. The sale was made to Teamshares, an employee ownership platform that specializes in converting small businesses into worker-owned enterprises.
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Patina Founders Sell Local Gift Store Chain After 32 Years
The eight-store Twin Cities gift retailer will become employee owned with the former head of Illume as its new CEO.
https://tcbmag.com/patina-founders-sell-local-gift-store-chain-after-32-years/?utm_campaign=feed&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=later-linkinbio
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ZooShare Biogas Co-op
11 months ago
With growing interest in buying Canadian, consider these member-owned co-ops 🇨🇦✨ 🍫 La Siembra – Camino Fair trade cocoa & chocolate 🥛 Gay Lea – Dairy products enjoyed in ON & MB For more co-ops, check out Ontario Co-operative Association
#SupportLocal
#CoopCommunity
#CanadianMade
#ShopCoop
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www.torontotoday.ca/local/arts-c...
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Can this new Toronto theatre help fight NIMBYism?
The new Nancy & Ed Jackman Performance Centre is in the basement of one of the city’s newest supportive housing projects
https://www.torontotoday.ca/local/arts-culture/can-this-new-toronto-theatre-fight-nimbyism-10398895?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Mar%2019,%202025%2004:15%20pm&utm_content=mc_to_tone
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"Get out Trump" - Canadian Anti-Trump Song
YouTube video by Redactably
https://youtu.be/VtlE-ZoDQMk?si=JEsj0Qx69SpZ3Cht
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news.engineering.utoronto.ca/healthy-agin...
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Healthy aging in place: Connaught Community Partnership Research Program funds activity spaces for older adults
Professor Mark Chignell (MIE) is piloting activity spaces and evaluating their cognitive, physical and social benefits
https://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/healthy-aging-in-place-connaught-community-partnership-research-program-funds-activity-spaces-for-older-adults/
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nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu
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Home | Global Nonviolent Action Database
The Global Nonviolent Action Database is a project of Swarthmore College, including the Peace and Conflict Studies Program, the Peace Collection, and the Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility.
https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/
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Something to listen to on the anniversary of Wounded Knee:
youtu.be/AvZbmLJlSoM?...
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Redbone - We Were All Wounded At Wounded Knee • TopPop
YouTube video by TopPop
https://youtu.be/AvZbmLJlSoM?si=NJrlzf2AKomf6wL8
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www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
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British musicians release silent album to protest AI use of their work | CBC News
With contributions from artists including Kate Bush, Annie Lennox, Cat Stevens and Damon Albarn, the album was released Tuesday to protest proposed British changes to artificial intelligence laws that...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/musicians-silent-album-ai-protest-1.7467700
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THE DAY DEMOCRACY DIED - by Founders Sing with Don McLean & Founding Fathers
YouTube video by Founders Sing
https://youtu.be/-Ue5F57dZMU?si=EeTh9vUTeLHw2tZx
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I BROUGHT YOU TARIFFS - A Parody | John Emory & Don Caron
YouTube video by Parody Project
https://youtu.be/tHOMe0mpNQk?si=2-FYOYAKfMG9um5O
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justfara
11 months ago
Here are 20 websites where you can download books for free: Project Gutenberg .com Open Library .org Google Books .com ManyBooks .net PDF Drive .com Bookboon .com Free-Ebooks .net Smashwords .com DigiLibraries .com GetFreeEbooks .com Obooko .com Baen Free Library .com Internet Archive .org
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Has anyone heard rumours of a revival of Sondheim's Assassins?
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Todays first snow shovelling done, made easier by a member of Sprucecourt Co-op stopping by and offering to take over from me. Co-operation among co-operatives on a grassroots scale.
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Steve Earle - Steve's Hammer (For Pete)
YouTube video by SwindonByf
https://youtu.be/wx9SGI97wuU?si=2WgEmzaoWQYb2gOd
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Jan Ska 🇨🇦
12 months ago
“The right to repair movement offers a way for Canada to reduce U.S. dependency.”
#Tarrifs
theconversation.com/bolstering-c...
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Bolstering Canada’s right to repair could shield it against U.S. tariffs and trade uncertainty
The right to repair can increase the amount of well-paying Canadian jobs and reduce Canada’s dependence on unpredictable global markets.
https://theconversation.com/bolstering-canadas-right-to-repair-could-shield-it-against-u-s-tariffs-and-trade-uncertainty-248970
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Phil Ochs - Power and the Glory, 1963 (All Verses)
YouTube video by kilovatt
https://youtu.be/Wz6kL7sSTBo?si=5o3H1t3WIuUkQiBH
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David Rovics: Vanguard
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Vanguard
YouTube video by David Rovics - Topic
https://youtu.be/W0sTOyDWVkY?si=WJuEow8ZLPdAh_xZ
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Examples of successful non-violent campaigns:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonviol...
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Nonviolent revolution - Wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonviolent_revolution
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