Schrijver #liekemarsman (35) is overleden. Haar interview in #Buitenhof (‘25) raakte mij. Pijnlijk dat zij heeft moeten knokken voor het onderzoeken van behandelopties:
“Ik had wel het gevoel dat de artsen heel snel de handdoek in de ring gooiden”
https://t.co/4kSpTJukFt
Lieke Marsman was een van de meest vooraanstaande literair auteurs van haar generatie. Op een eigenzinnige, vernieuwende manier wist ze zo te schrijven dat haar teksten zowel intiem-persoonlijk als maatschappelijk waren. https://t.co/0EiN6BXRvu
Think this one through. Beautiful olive trees that grow and mature and serve as the livelihoods of families. People who think they are righteous and devoted to an all-seeing god, burn them down. And it happens again and again and again.
1/ Right now, a bill called C-22 is moving through Parliament. It would let police pull information on who you talk to, when, and where, all without a warrant. It's at committee this week. 🧵
Canada is using borders to police Palestine solidarity, with pro-Pal advocates increasingly facing interrogations, visa revocations, denials of entry.
Weaponisation of immigration law, surveillance powers & institutional pressure is becoming normalised.
https://t.co/5ptxgz6yay
"The abuse of the [Gaza] flotilla activists is therefore not an aberration. It is the predictable behaviour of a [Israeli] system that has learned it can kill, rape, humiliate and starve people without consequence."
— #AJOpinion by @elmasry_mohamad ⤵️ https://t.co/gYH3pjavnj
Ben-Gvir’s actions are egregious but don’t fall for the narrative that he is just 1 bad apple. The decision to hijack the humanitarian flotilla and kidnap Canadians was taken by the Israeli government. That is what @AnitaAnandMP should be protesting. https://t.co/rCn3HMGxcy
Canada’s foreign minister @AnitaAnandMP has summoned the Israeli Ambassador for “mistreatment” of Gaza flotilla activists, including Canadians.
Israeli National Security Minister Ben-Gvir today posted videos openly boasting of acts of cruelty, humiliation and abuse against hundreds of kidnapped and detained activists.
Anand mentions Canada’s existing sanctions on Ben-Gvir, but these are insufficient. This incident is not about a single politician, but an entire regime that abuses its critics while committing the crimes of apartheid and genocide against the Palestinian people.
We need broader sanctions on Israel now.
PM Carney seems ready to suspend environmental regulation in Canada under the illusion that he can buy political peace with Danielle Smith (ie the oil industry).
The benefits will be real: for a handful of companies with already-bloated profits.
The costs will be real too: a rising tide of economic and ecological disaster that sinks all boats.
https://t.co/c5RovWjEe8
Evangelical Christian leaders literally gathering around a gold statue of the president and celebrating it, all while raging against any accusation of idolatry.
This is what idol worship looks like.
I'm glad it can finally be reported that Rajiv Menon KC, lead defence barrister in my daughter's (Filton 6) trial, is being *prosecuted*
Judge 'Injustice' Johnson is trying to punish Rajiv for a brilliant speech in the 1st trial because it led to the jury refusing to convict.
«La loi 94 devait renforcer la laïcité dans le réseau de l’éducation. Dans les faits, elle y renforce l’absurdité et les préjugés.»
Bin non, sont pas racistes à la CAQ… https://t.co/ifawaX1Rvs
Last night, Israeli forces violently raided the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters near Greece, and kidnapped unarmed activists at gunpoint, including at least two Canadians.
This is a major violation of international law, an act of piracy and war against non-violent activists who are trying to challenge Israel’s genocidal siege on Gaza and bring humanitarian aid to a people who are being deliberately starved.
The Canadian government must intervene to demand the release of Canadian flotilla participants and ensure the safe passage of the humanitarian mission to Gaza.
@AnitaAnandMP@CanadaFP@CanEmbIsrael@CanadaGreece@gbsumudflotilla
For updates and ways to support: https://t.co/fABvZ0ALLq
PM Carney: "Members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard rightly have been prohibited from entering this country."
What about IDF soldiers who are doing a genocide in Gaza, which has killed journalists, aid workers, and children? No prohibition. No ban. No consequences.