Network for Democratic Solidarity

For mutual learning between democracies. This account only amplifies messages from more democratic channels. Pls reply on Mastadon via @[email protected]

[Ben Rowswell @benrowswell]

We close today’s exchange with Vice-Chief Aly Bear of the Whitecap Dakota First Nation recounting the value that international support provides her people in confronting the struggles they lead here in #Saskatchewan. Thanks to @KAS_Canada for today’s event

[Network for Democratic Solidarity @DemSolidarity]

@KAS_Canada, @thecic, CANIS and the @DemSolidarity invite you to join us for a conference on disinformation on Tuesday October 24th. Register to learn about a comparative study on anti-migration disinformation: https://t.co/lgLtfnzs4D

[Network for Democratic Solidarity @DemSolidarity]

Jon Allen, former Canadian ambassador to Israel and distinguished fellow at @thecic, discusses the importance of a mutual recognition to end violence within the region: https://t.co/os6Gqi6m8X

[Network for Democratic Solidarity @DemSolidarity]

Via [email protected] on Mastodon:

Democracy works, at least sometimes! Popular mobilization to protest government corruption appears to have led the Ford government to back off its plans to build in the Greenbelt:

https://t.co/jHIHF9fDXu

[Network for Democratic Solidarity @DemSolidarity]

Via [email protected] on Mastodon:

First Nations trailblazer Jim Bartleman died this week: https://t.co/JUKy291exs He was the most senior indigenous diplomat in the Canadian Foreign Service for decades, before going on to serve as Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.

[Network for Democratic Solidarity @DemSolidarity]

Via LinkedIn

Over the coming weeks we will mobilize citizens like you, alongside experts in technology and democracy to determine what request to make of our government [in response to Meta and Google News Ban].

Join the discussion:
https://t.co/YGJVdSCuWU

[Network for Democratic Solidarity @DemSolidarity]

Via @[email protected] on Mastodon:

The best guide I have found so far to how Meta is interfering with our access to news and what Canadians can do about it:

https://t.co/DlQ62l5hlh

[Network for Democratic Solidarity @DemSolidarity]

Via @[email protected] on Mastodon:

Manitoba could become the first province with an indigenous premier. But the headwinds are strong.

In a speech, NDP leader Wab Kinew pushed back at Conservative complaints about his past:

https://t.co/msD6dJXLbN

[Network for Democratic Solidarity @DemSolidarity]

Via LinkedIn:

"Je suis au volant encore une fois, de retour dans le nord de l’Ontario. Je suis en train de retracer chemin jusqu'à Chapleau pour assister à une cérémonie pour honorer les enfants morts dans l'école résidentielle de la ville."

Lire plus: https://t.co/KY28KkJLyY

[Maxwell A. Cameron @MaxwellACameron]

Looking forward to this @IEPeruanos mesa verde.

[Network for Democratic Solidarity @DemSolidarity]

Chapleau is a town that saw terrible tragedies throughout the 41 years a residential school operated here. Many of the children who died here have still not been found

Read more:
https://t.co/vCLwq7cwNE

[Network for Democratic Solidarity @DemSolidarity]

Via [email protected] on Mastodon:

Lots of disinformation fanned the flames of public anger in #France during protests against the police murder of the teenager named Nahel last month:
https://t.co/ognUNgRuju

[Network for Democratic Solidarity @DemSolidarity]

Via [email protected] on Mastodon

Astonishing statement by the top spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces yesterday. In describing settler violence against Palestinians, he said “it’s terrorism, there’s no other way to say it.”

https://t.co/7GmfhGb6Ch

[Network for Democratic Solidarity @DemSolidarity]

Via LinkedIn

What does it mean for Canada's democracy that Meta has taken advantage of that Canadian's dependency from Facebook to be informed to deprive Canadians of news?

Our goal is to strengthen Canadian democracy from such threats. Please join us.

https://t.co/UnnMc7ehmD

[Network for Democratic Solidarity @DemSolidarity]

Via [email protected] on Mastodon

Promising research on disinformation: not only is the vast majority of false information shared through not through intention, but through lack of attention to its veracity.
https://t.co/GAuYYrpkU9

[Brittany Hobson @bhobs22]

Calls grow for residential school abuse records to be re-examined for names of deceased /via @StephTaylorCP @alespassafiume https://t.co/KkIKwPZUV3

[Network for Democratic Solidarity @DemSolidarity]

via LinkedIn

Some chapters of Canadian history have featured more positive relations between First Nations and Europeans.

"That clearly ended at some point, to give way to the attempt by one culture to eradicate the other. But when?"

Read more:
https://t.co/7YmCnTMBQp

[Network for Democratic Solidarity @DemSolidarity]

Via [email protected] on Mastodon:

"So great to see a large delegation of Haudenosaunee leaders in Geneva to commemorate 100 years of advocacy for their rights https://t.co/7MYd2JSgPs"

[Network for Democratic Solidarity @DemSolidarity]

via LinkedIn

Each week, we uncover news articles relating to online threats to democracy.

Sign-up to receive updates on how malign actors attack democracy via disinformation and online mobilization: https://t.co/AnZSXy04w9

Read the articles here:
https://t.co/HNLAUTWR9J

[Network for Democratic Solidarity @DemSolidarity]

"Violence against pro-democracy protesters is a bad sign of what lies ahead: https://t.co/mA3sYGqFOd"

Via [email protected] on Mastodon