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I came here for Chris Selley
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Richie Assaly
about 4 hours ago
A 70-year-old woman and her son were hunted down and killed by an Israeli quadcopter drone for crossing the unmarked āyellow lineā in Gaza City. They were āleft to bleed to deathā as the drone hovered overhead, preventing anyone from reaching them.
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Israeli drone chases and kills elderly woman in Gaza as attacks continue
At least seven Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks as military pushes deeper beyond truce demarcation line.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/6/israeli-drone-chases-and-kills-elderly-woman-in-gaza-as-attacks-continue?taid=69349975f0642e000121ffe1&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
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Richie Assaly
17 days ago
Despite fierce political opposition, cultural boycotts of Israel and institutions complicit in the occupation of Palestine have gone mainstream. I spoke to some organizers in the arts about how we got here, and what's next for the movement.
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How Canadian Artists Brought Cultural Boycotts of Israel to the Mainstream
Boycotts of Israel and institutions supportive of the occupation of Palestine were a fringe activity just a couple years ago. But artists across the country have made them impossible to ignore.
https://www.thegrindmag.ca/how-canadian-artists-brought-cultural-boycotts-of-israel-to-the-mainstream/
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Richie Assaly
27 days ago
NEW: No Arms In The Arts launches boycott of the Scotiabank Photo Award. 70 artists, curators and photographers, including many past winners and nominees, are withdrawing their work ahead of the 2025 nominations.
boycottphotoaward.org
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Jane Shi | ē®ē¬é« echolalia echolalia is out now
2 months ago
lithub.com/why-i-risked...
I'm continuing to boycott the Giller and I'm grateful to folks like Rachelle Freisen who risked and endured state violence to ensure that we continue to hold the line.
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Why I Risked Arrest to Protest the Giller Prizeās Blood Money
On November 13th 2023, a little over month into Israelās ongoing assault on Gaza, the Giller Prize held its annual televised gala to award Canadaās biggest fiction prize. The broadcast was diā¦
https://lithub.com/why-i-risked-arrest-to-protest-the-giller-prizes-blood-money/
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Literary Hub
2 months ago
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Why I Risked Arrest to Protest the Giller Prizeās Blood Money
On November 13th 2023, a little over month into Israelās ongoing assault on Gaza, the Giller Prize held its annual televised gala to award Canadaās biggest fiction prize. The broadcast was disrupted twice by protestors who entered the room to spotlight the prizeās main sponsor, Scotiabank, and its $500 million stake in Elbit Systems, Israeliās [ā¦]
https://lithub.com/why-i-risked-arrest-to-protest-the-giller-prizes-blood-money/
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Harms Committed
4 months ago
"Israel is the top yearly international recipient of Canadian charitable donations, from charities and foundations whose non-profit status facilitates their ability to send millions of dollars to Israel."
#Canada
#Gaza
#Palestine
#Israel
#Genocide
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Lessons from the cultural front
No Arms in the Arts organizers look back on over a year of confronting cultural institutions complicit in Palestinian genocide
https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/lessons-from-the-cultural-front
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š«Scott Martinš¼
6 months ago
Since I covered the announcement today and the subsequent press conference, I used this week's edition of The Catch to sum up the problems with Carney's NATO groveling today. Check it out.
#cdnnews
#cdnpoli
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It's the Magical Military Tour
Carney touts expanded militarism and AI-hype as the right way to defend Canadians
https://readthecatch.ca/its-the-magical-military-tour/
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Kate Beaton
7 months ago
These principled artists have worked hard and put a lot on the line to protest Canadian wealth that funds both the arming of a genocide and feel-good prestige arts awards. Arts philanthropy looks good, bombing people does not. We are lucky to have these people.
breachmedia.ca/scotiabank-i...
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Inside the campaign that upended CanLitās ties to Scotiabank and Israeli arms ā The Breach
The grassroots campaign that took on the Giller for its ties to the genocide in Gaza forced a broader reckoning in the Canadian literary community
https://breachmedia.ca/scotiabank-israeli-arms-canlit-campaign/
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Jeremy Appel š
9 months ago
In honour of Evan Solomon being proclaimed the Liberal candidate for Toronto Centre, hereās 40 minutes of him getting absolutely manhandled by Noam Chomsky.
youtu.be/7lPnLK9z1fI?...
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CBC Hot Type Evan Solomon interviews Noam Chomsky on his book 9/11
YouTube video by TheEthanwashere
https://youtu.be/7lPnLK9z1fI?si=AzLE6GdeawuquQNt
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Blueprints of Disruption Podcast
9 months ago
Scotiabank is certainly a valid target for the anti-war movement. But
@aliyapabani.bsky.social
suggests that there are other economic targets that could yield more immediate, tangible results. Check out this clip from our latest Rabble Rants:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBW1...
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Aliya Pabani on Selecting Economic Targets in Canada #activism
YouTube video by Blueprints of Disruption
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBW1b2c5ke0
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Michael DeForge
10 months ago
One down, two to go - the Canlit Responds response to the Giller Prize and Scotiabank severing ties
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Jeremy Appel š
11 months ago
I sent the Gastro Guru an email asking him to correct his false assertions that I was fired from the CBC and repeatedly sued for defamation. He said he would āconsider holding backā if I stopped calling him a Nazi, ābad-mouthingā him on Reddit and āvandalizingā his Wikipedia page.
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Michael DeForge
11 months ago
i am an Araki diehard and i love this movie to death, so was extremely excited to be able to draw this
vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/...
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Laissez faire nationalism
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11 months ago
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Is there a single country out there where the majority are like idk we just live here
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Jonathan Goldsbie
about 1 year ago
At the Journalists for Human Rights gala, $102 well spent. (though regrettably not by me)
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Dave Gray-Donald
12 months ago
Today I ran into Loblaws' CEO Per Bank in the No Frills parking lot and asked about the $22 million he was paid last year.
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