Nicola Vulpe
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Following backlash over the booting of a Palestinian author, Adelaide Writersā Week has been canceled.
As my colleague James Folta reported last week, the Adelaide Literary Festival descended into chaos after Dr. Randa Abdel-Fattah, a Palestinian-Australian author, was abruptly removed from the festā¦
https://lithub.com/following-backlash-over-the-booting-of-a-palestinian-author-adelaide-writers-week-has-been-canceled/
2 days ago
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Jewish Voice for Peace
7 days ago
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are experiencing the highest rates of settler and state violence in recent history, as the Israeli government enacts new policies to accelerate the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements and apartheid.
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Bet you didn't know this.
#elbowsup
#Canada
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āOur minerals could be used to annex usā: why Canada doesnāt want US mining
Opposition to a controversial graphite mine in Quebec strengthened once the Pentagon became involved
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/05/our-minerals-could-be-used-to-annex-us-why-canada-doesnt-want-us-mining?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
11 days ago
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Doctors Without Borders / MĆ©decins Sans FrontiĆØres (MSF)
14 days ago
āLetās not call it deregistration, letās call it a death sentenceā ā āthat is exactly what it would be for the Palestinian people,ā says
@sana.msf.ca
, MSF Executive Director, as Israel moves to bar nearly 40 aid groups under new registration rules.
montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...
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Oxfam-QuƩbec surprised to be among aid groups Israel bars from Gaza
Nearly 40 organizations supplying aid in Gaza are scheduled to be barred as of Thursday for not complying with new registration requirements.
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/oxfam-quebec-surprised-to-be-among-aid-groups-israel-bars-from-gaza
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Thank you once again for another thoughtful article.
@naomiaklein.bsky.social
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Alaa Abd el-Fattahās tweets were wrong, but he is no āanti-white Islamistā. Why does the British right want you to believe he is? | Naomi Klein
I have no interest in defending his social media posts, but calls to strip the newly freed activist of British citizenship pile torment on top of torture, says Naomi Klein, Guardian US columnist and c...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/31/alaa-abd-el-fattah-tweets-british-right-citizenship?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
17 days ago
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Hollay Ghadery
25 days ago
In this NBN episode, I speak with the wonderful Ann Cavlovic about her new novel, Count on Me (Guernica Editions, 2025). The holidays are not easy for so many with difficult family dynamics, and I think this book would be a timely read. Listen in:
newbooksnetwork.com/count-on-me
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The Madrid Review
29 days ago
Our bilingual Christmas poetry anthology goes out free to subscribers tomorrow š It's available to buy on Peecho:
themadridreview.com/christmas-an...
#poetry
#christmas
#christmasvibes
See you all in 2026 - Have a peaceful and good one! šš¤š
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rob mclennan
about 1 month ago
Six Questions interview (via
@chaudierebooks.bsky.social
) #233 : Ann Cavlovic /
@anncavlovic.bsky.social
@guernicaeditions.bsky.social
;
chaudierebooks.blogspot.com/2025/12/six-...
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Six Questions interview #233 : Ann Cavlovic
Ann Cavlovic ās debut novel is Count on Me (Guernica Editions, 2025). Her fiction and creative non-fiction have appeared inĀ CBC First Pers...
https://chaudierebooks.blogspot.com/2025/12/six-questions-interview-233-ann-cavlovic.html
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Thank you to all who read, all who listened, and to our host
#avant-gardebar
@guernicaeditions.bsky.social
@margolapierre.bsky.social
@anncavlovic.bsky.social
@ckculitnews.bsky.social
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 month ago
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Shame!
#BC
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Why was 'incredible' giant cedar cut down, despite B.C.'s big-treeĀ protectionĀ law? | CBC News
Conservationists are questioning why an old-growth yellow cedar tree with a diameter that should have ensured its protection and a buffer area around it under provincial law was logged.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/old-growth-tree-cut-down-vancouver-island-should-have-been-protected-advocates-9.7003408
about 1 month ago
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9 December 2025:
@guernicaeditions.bsky.social
#Ottawa
launch at Avant-garde Bar, 135 1Ć©2 Besserer Street, Ottawa.
@margolapierre.bsky.social
@anncavlovic.bsky.social
@akessaris.bsky.social
about 2 months ago
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#ElbowsUp
,
#Canada
! Even Lt-General
#Blondin
, who recommended the
#F-35
, now says it's a mistake. Buy the
#Gripen
. We need a plane we can count on.
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about 2 months ago
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www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
What are we afraid of that we detain a
#UN
special rapporteur? We are afraid that the
#Gaza
tribunal will show that
#Canada
is complicit in
#genocide
.
#Palestine
#Israel
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Former UN rapporteur who investigated Israeli abuses interrogated in Canada
Falk, who is in Canada for Palestine Tribunal, says questioning reflects push to silence truth of Israel's war on Gaza.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/15/former-un-special-rapporteur-richard-falk-interrogated-for-hours-in-canada
2 months ago
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The
#Gaza
ghetto just got smaller, the
#genocide
continues.
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US military planning for divided Gaza with āgreen zoneā secured by international and Israeli troops
Exclusive: Almost all Palestinians have been displaced to āred zoneā where no reconstruction is planned
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/14/us-military-plan-divided-gaza-green-zone?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
2 months ago
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I am honoured that MontrƩal Serai has published these two poems.
#MontrƩalSerai
#FreePalestine
#poetry
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Blame a Palestinian & This, for instance
... the only thing I know is that words come after words until they donāt.
https://montrealserai.com/article/blame-a-palestinian-this-for-instance/
3 months ago
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It does make sense to equip our military with weapons not controlled by a hostile nation threatening to invade us.
#gripen
#canada
#sweden
#saab
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Sweden's Saab considering Canada for its Gripen jet assembly | CBC News
The Swedish defence firm Saab is considering Canada as a place to assemble Gripen fighter jets as it moves to quickly ramp up production to meet demand from Ukraine.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saab-sweden-canada-jets-9.6959085
3 months ago
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If you're in Ottawa and looking for something to do this Halloween, come to the Happy Goat, 35 Laurel Street. I'll be reading with the excellent Jason Purcell and Margo LaPierre.
@margolapierre.bsky.social
@jasonvpurcell.bsky.social
@guernicaeditions.bsky.social
3 months ago
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#Palestine
#Gaza
#Israel
#DianaButtu
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A āmagic pillā made Israeli violence invisible. We need to stop swallowing it | Diana Buttu
For years, I pressed Palestinian interests in peace talks. The response to Trumpās plan proves the international community hasnāt learned from catastrophe
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/oct/05/gaza-palestine-israel-trump-peace-plan?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
3 months ago
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That's me--in brilliant company!
@guernicaeditions.bsky.social
add a skeleton here at some point
4 months ago
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montrealserai.com
Always such a pleasure to get a new issue of
#MontrƩalSerai
.
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Home - Latest issue
Bringing the margins to the centre...
https://montrealserai.com/
4 months ago
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Does
#Qatar
have the right to defend itself? Or are such rights reserved for
#Israel
only?
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Israel launches airstrikes against top Hamas members in Qatar for Gaza ceasefire talks
Israeli officials say US notified before attack, which Doha calls cowardly and a flagrant violation of international law
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/09/israel-targets-top-hamas-members-in-qatar-for-gaza-ceasefire-talks?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
4 months ago
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GUERNICA EDITIONS
5 months ago
āØWe're still celebrating these beauties! Happy Pub Day! š
@lwilliams-author.bsky.social
@nicolavulpe.bsky.social
#CanLit
#fiction
#Nonfiction
#essays
#poetry
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POLITICO Europe
5 months ago
A new aid flotilla bound for Gaza set sail from Genoa yesterday, with a dockworker warning that if communication with the flotilla is lost, port workers would immediately block all shipments to Israel.
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Italian dockworkers threaten Israel cargo ban if Gaza flotilla blocked
āIf we lose contact with our boats ā¦ even for just 20 minutes, we will shut down all of Europe,ā dockworker says.
https://ow.ly/5yEx50WOZqo
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themadridreview.com
I am honoured to have a poem in The Madrid Review
@madridlitmag.bsky.social
#Palestine
#Gaza
#Poetry
5 months ago
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Congratulations to all authors, living or dead, who have had their books banned on
#Alberta
schools.
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The Handmaid's Tale among more than 200 books to be pulled at Edmonton public schools | CBC News
A list confirmed by CBC News shows titles like The Handmaid's Tale and Brave New World are among books to be pulled. The development comes after a policy from Alberta's education minister outlines new...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-school-books-removal-1.7620807
5 months ago
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GUERNICA EDITIONS
5 months ago
SAVE THE DATE! Sunday, Sept. 14 at 3:30 pm. We'll be at Supermarket to launch these beauties.
#Torontoevents
#bookreading
#poetry
#fiction
#nonfiction
#essays
#CanLit
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Another offering from one of my favourite zines,
#montrealserai
.
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Home - Latest issue
Bringing the margins to the centre...
https://montrealserai.com/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Navigating%20Chaos&utm_content=Navigating%20Chaos%20CID_36917fc6c8264e969ccacc199bf3aba0&utm_source=Campaign%20Monitor&utm_term=Montral%20Serai
5 months ago
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Vicki Ziegler
5 months ago
The
@49thshelf.bsky.social
2025 fall
#poetry
preview includes works by Wendy Donawa,
@danielaelza.bsky.social
,
@scottjackshaw.bsky.social
,
@johnbradymcd.bsky.social
,
@christinashah.bsky.social
,
@annajswan.bsky.social
,
@paulvermeersch.bsky.social
,
@nicolavulpe.bsky.social
+ more!
tinyurl.com/5f7mt9ny
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Most Anticipated: Our 2025 Fall Poetry Preview Ā· Blog Post Ā· 49th Shelf
Poetry to look forward to in the second half of 2025
https://tinyurl.com/5f7mt9ny
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A rare bit of good news.
#Unifor
#Amazon
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Amazon's bid to overturn B.C. labour ruling granting unionization to its workers rejected | CBC News
British Columbia's Labour Relations Board has rejected a bid by e-commerce giant Amazon to overturn an earlier decision that awarded union certification to workers at a facility in Delta,Ā B.C.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/amazon-delta-bc-warehouse-unionization-1.7602892
5 months ago
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@theguardian.com
It's not a "war". Headline should read "Netanyahu meets cabinet to decide next phase of
#genocide
in
#Gaza
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Israel-Gaza war live: Netanyahu to meet security cabinet to decide on next steps in war
The Israeli prime ministerās meeting comes as local media reports he is inclining towards expanding the offensive and even seizing entire territory
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/aug/05/israel-gaza-war-netanyahu-security-cabinet-hostages-famine-latest-news-updates?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
5 months ago
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While
#Israel
starves
#Gaza
:
6 months ago
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"Canadian governments previously said they would acknowledge a Palestinian state only after a negotiated peace agreement between Israel and Palestinian leadership." Seems that this says: Canada will recognize
#Palestine
after
#Israel
does. Not helping stop the
#genocide
.
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France plans to recognize Palestinian statehood. Will Canada do the same? | CBC News
French President Emmanuel Macron has committed to formally recognizing Palestinian statehood at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly in September. Will Canada follow in Franceās footsteps any ...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/france-macron-palestinian-state-recognition-canada-1.7594392
6 months ago
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Well, let's hope
#France
does finally recognize
#Palestine
, and let's hope it does some good. And, by the way, Mr.
#Carney
, where's
#Canada
? Still afraid to do the right thing as opposed to just saying the right thing?
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France to recognise Palestinian state at UN general assembly, Macron says
French president announced decision on X, saying he hoped it would bring ālasting peaceā to Middle East
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/24/france-to-recognise-palestinian-state-at-un-general-assembly-macron-says?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
6 months ago
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In case you still had doubts,
#Gaza
is a death camp. Stop the
#genocide
.
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Eleven-minute race for food: how aid points in Gaza became ādeath trapsā ā a visual story
Hundreds of people have died while seeking food since delivery was taken over by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in May. But Palestinians facing extreme hunger have no choice but to take the risk
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jul/22/food-aid-gaza-deaths-visual-story-ghf-israel?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
6 months ago
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Bravo
#Mexico
!
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Firefighters from Mexico aid Texas flood search and rescue: āThere are no bordersā
Team of firefighters and first responders volunteer along Guadalupe River after mass flooding in show of solidarity
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/08/mexico-firefighters-texas-flooding-search-rescue?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
6 months ago
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www.972mag.com/uk-idf-music...
Thank you
@emhilton.bsky.social
&
@972mag.com
for this well-reasoned and thoughtful essay:
#FreePalestine
ā
#antisemitism
.
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The UK can excuse genocide, but draws the line at festival chants
A musicianās anti-IDF slogan isnāt what is making British Jews less safe. Repressing Palestine solidarity as āantisemiticā is.
https://www.972mag.com/uk-idf-music-festival-antisemitism/
7 months ago
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Let's see how this plays out:
#Canada
apologizes to the
#bully
stamping on our face and we expect better terms from the bully.
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Canada ditches tax on tech giants in bid to restart US trade talks
With digital services tax rescinded, Donald Trump and Mark Carney agree to resume negotiations with a view to agreeing a deal by 21 July
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/30/canada-digital-services-tax-technology-giants-us-trade-talks?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
7 months ago
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Good on
@theguardian.com
for reporting on this. Shame on
#KeirStarmer
and your government. You are complicit in the
#genocide
in
#Gaza
.
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Free speech target or terrorist gang? The inside story of Palestine Action ā and the plan to ban it
It started as a group of activists on a budget ā now it could be banned under terrorism laws. But were lobbyists behind the proposed ban?
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2025/jun/28/palestine-action-proscription-free-speech?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
7 months ago
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Do these
#children
have the right to defend themselves? Stop the
#genocide
in
#Gaza
.
@news.rte.ie
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Children in Gaza are dying of thirst, says UNICEF
UNICEF has warned that while the world's attention is focused elsewhere, the situation in Gaza is "at the worst it has ever been" with the Palestinian territory hitting "rock bottom".
https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2025/0625/1520187-israel-gaza/
7 months ago
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Got my vote with "running to improve city services ā from overflowing garbage in city parks to crumbling sidewalks ā and to make transit a first choice, not a last option.
#Ottawa
#JeffLeiper
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Coun. Jeff Leiper eyes mayoral run against Mark Sutcliffe | CBC News
The three-term city councillor for Kitchissippi ward is seriously exploring a run for mayor in next yearās municipal election.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-leiper-mayoral-run-1.7569914
7 months ago
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Shame
#CPP
! Bring the money home. Invest in
#Canada
, not in an enemy that wants to invade us.
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Nearly half of national public pension plan is invested in U.S. ā and only 12% in Canada | CBC News
It's one of the largest pension plans in the world ā and some are now asking why nearly half of the Canada Pension Plan's investments are based in the U.S. while just 12 per cent of the fund that Cana...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-pension-plan-us-1.7565080
7 months ago
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+972 Magazine
7 months ago
With Iran war as pretext, Israel suffocates the West Bank After striking Tehran, the army closed hundreds of gates to seal Palestinians inside towns and strand them on roads ā proof of annexation in all but name. Shatha Yaish reports from the West Bank
www.972mag.com/west-bank-lo...
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With Iran war as pretext, Israel suffocates the West Bank
After striking Tehran, the army closed hundreds of gates to seal Palestinians inside towns and strand them on roads ā proof of annexation in all but name.
https://www.972mag.com/west-bank-lockdown-israel-iran/
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A condemnation to wear with pride, but so little on the face of so many crimes. Stop the
#genocide
in
#Gaza
!
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U.S. condemns Canada, 4 other nations over Israeli sanctions | CBC News
The United States has condemned Canada and four other countries for imposing sanctions on two Israeli cabinet ministers.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-sanctions-israeli-ministers-1.7556968
7 months ago
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Well good on
#Sweden
!
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Swedish āqueen of trashā jailed for dumping thousands of tonnes of toxic waste
Fariba Vancor, former boss of Think Pink waste management company, convicted of 19 serious environmental crimes
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/17/swedish-queen-of-trash-jailed-for-dumping-hundreds-of-thousands-of-tons-of-toxic-waste?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
7 months ago
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Good on
#ElizabethYao
! Shame on
#OCDSB
!
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Valedictorian told to stay home after making pro-Palestinian remarks in grad speech | CBC News
Elizabeth Yao, the graduating valedictorian at Bell High School in west Ottawa, was told not to go to school on Monday after she made pro-Palestinian remarks during a speech at her commencement ceremo...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/valedictorian-told-to-stay-home-after-making-pro-palestinian-remarks-in-grad-speech-1.5758371
7 months ago
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Does
#Iran
have the right to defend itself?
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Iranian missiles hit Tel Aviv as Netanyahu warns attack on Iran ājust the beginningā
Israel says Iran has fired up to 100 missiles in retaliation for surprise assault as both sides threaten escalating hostilities
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/13/israel-says-attack-on-iran-just-the-beginning?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
7 months ago
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Is
@thunberggreta.bsky.social
allowed to defend herself? Stop the
#genocide
in
#Gaza
.
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āWe did nothing wrongā: Greta Thunberg accuses Israel of kidnapping yacht crew
Swedish activist says ā12 peaceful volunteersā did not break laws during attempt to bring symbolic aid shipment to Gaza
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/10/greta-thunberg-accuses-israel-of-kidnapping-yacht-crew-gaza?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
7 months ago
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Do Yemeni have the right to defend themselves? Stop the
#US
&
#Israel
#foreverwar
. Stop the
#genocide
in
#Gaza
.
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Israeli navy attacks Yemeni port city of Hodeidah for first time in conflict
Israeli military says port, which receives aid shipments, was being used by Houthi rebels to transfer weapons
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/10/israeli-navy-attacks-yemeni-port-city-of-hodeidah?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
7 months ago
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I'll sign on!
#Canada
join
#EU
.
#JoachimStreit
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Canada wonāt become the 51st US state ā but could it join the EU?
Donald Trumpās extraordinary threats have angered Canadians and Europeans, and the idea of a new kind of transatlantic alliance is gaining traction
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/08/canada-wont-become-the-51st-us-state-but-could-it-join-the-eu?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
7 months ago
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Yet again, the
#US
stands "shoulder to shoulder with
#Israel
" commiting
##genocide
in
#Gaza
.
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US vetoes resolution for unconditional Gaza ceasefire at UN security council
Russia, China, France and the UK all voted in favour of āimmediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefireā
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/04/us-vetoes-gaza-ceasefire-un-security-council?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
8 months ago
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