Yes I'll be inconvenienced along with everyone else in the city, BUT:
I am *entirely* siding with the TTC union, they deserve all they are asking for + more. I hope they make out like bandits, bc its a hard job that only got harder through the pandemic. #solidarity
the speaker is French MP @alma_dufour
here is an English dub
at the end, where the dub stops, she says:
"Rafah is not just a border, but a mirror”
"If you don't do it [impose a trade embargo on Israel and call for peacekeepers] my question, Mr.
Prime Minister, is how will you be able to look at yourself in the mirror?"
Historic!
The Palestinian flag waves proudly over the national parliament of Ireland in Dublin.
Ireland has officially recognized the State of Palestine.
🇵🇸 🇮🇪
What an amazing life, and what an incredible contribution to Canada and the world Ed Broadbent made. Grateful, too, for his most recent book documenting a lifetime's worth of engagement with ideas and the ideal of social democracy – something we can carry with us now. RIP
It is with the heaviest of hearts that the Broadbent Institute announces the passing of our founder, Ed Broadbent.
Read our full statement at https://t.co/6nVStvuWya
a lot of people seem so shocked and betrayed by the fact that not everyone believes arab and muslim people are inherently destined for war... that these children aren't the "children of darkness"... and that each and every life - even a brown life - is an entire world
I was working @nytimes on The Daily in May 2021 when Israel began another deadly bombing of Gaza
While recording the show, I pushed back, called out the wishy washy pro-Israeli slant. In response, an editor outright said “you shouldn’t work on this bc you’re Palestinian” 🧵
.@BeccaBalintVT has joined the call for ceasefire: the first Jewish member of Congress to do so.
Thank you Rep. Balint for bravely joining tens of thousands of #JewsForCeasefire across the country. Time for other Jewish members of Congress to follow her lead.
In her own words:
We interrupt this public mood of denial: Although many Canadians act as though the pandemic has ended, #COVID19 continues to evolve at an amazing pace with devastating consequences.
Andrew Nikiforuk on why masks and air filters remain vital. 🦠
https://t.co/ZAZpmCeF8L
Isr*el press is publishing horrific images of crimes against humanity by its soldiers: torture, brutality and even an army bulldozer deliberately running over a Palestinian man.
I don’t know if their publication demonstrates a sense of impunity or they are archiving evidence