James Marshall

Author of of post-capitalism 📊 ecological economics 🌲 cooperatives 🤝 labour 🛠️ social justice 🏳️‍🌈

[James Marshall @JamesWestEnd]

Just voted for myself! They ran out of "I Voted" stickers so we had to take "Future Voter" ones. Still relevant since I plan on voting next time too!

#bcpoli #BCelxn2020

[James Marshall @JamesWestEnd]

While the @bcndp and @BCNDPCaucus is looking at revising the rights of pets and pet owners, I really wish they'd prioritize the right to actually have and live with pets in the first place!

https://t.co/1zOWsed5bS

[James Marshall @JamesWestEnd]

I'm stoked that @NikiSharma2 @Dave_Eby and the @bcndp are looking at pet custody in divorces, but I'd rather that they finally act on Vancouver Council's unanimous call to ban "no-pets" clauses in rentals

The BC govt is still just ignoring this

#Vancouver #HousingCrisis #bcpoli

[James Marshall @JamesWestEnd]

The City of Vancouver doesn't have the power to enforce this on their own. It has to be a decision from the Provincial Government. It's already illegal in other provinces (Ontario) to discriminate against pets in rentals. We should do the same in BC!

@PetsOkBC #vanpoli #bcpoli

[James Marshall @JamesWestEnd]

@sarahkirby_yung @leehaber @gastown @PeterMeiszner @BrianVMontague @LennyNanZhou @MikeKlassen I was at this event and very nearly chose to duck out of the group picture, when I spotted that a sitting ABC councilor was wearing a thin blue line patch. I'm now really regretting that I didn't have the courage to do so.

It's gross, and ABC should be ashamed of this.

[James Marshall @JamesWestEnd]

@seanorr I was at the event where this was taken, and spotted this and was extremely uncomfortable. I guess that's who Vancouver wanted to elect, and that's really gross.

[James Marshall @JamesWestEnd]

Heck yes, preach it.

This is the kind of stuff I want to see more of from our media.

#housing #HousingCrisis #housingmarket #HousingIsAhumanRight

[The Globe and Mail @globeandmail]

Home owners are the new oil barons and it’s time to start taxing their housing wealth https://t.co/bBMpbZSxj0

[James Marshall @JamesWestEnd]

I know you folks tried to tackle this a few years ago, but I assume it went nowhere?

https://t.co/afM66R7j9U

Did this turn out to be a provincial issue (@BowinnMa) or a City of Vancouver (@kennedystewart) one?

#bcpoli #vanpoli

[James Marshall @JamesWestEnd]

@bccycle Just wanted to pass this along to you, cause it's still happening 😒🚳

https://t.co/jPRY3aZmW3

#Vancouver #BICYCLE

[Degrowth Vienna @DegrowthVienna]

Today, our book “Degrowth & Strategy” is finally published!

The book includes over fifty
authors from the degrowth community and beyond, highlighting needed strategies to
bring about social-ecological transformation.

Get your copy or free PDF here: https://t.co/1l7y5aCtvm

[West Coast Environmental Law @WCELaw]

HISTORIC WIN: @CityOfVancouver has just voted YES on a motion to fund legal action to #SueBigOil! #YVR joins a growing global movement of local govs demanding top polluters pay their fair share of #ClimateCosts. Full reaction: https://t.co/3O5u2llpKh #bcpoli #ClimateLitigation

[West Coast Environmental Law @WCELaw]

Way to go @CityofVancouver for taking this great step for #ClimateJustice! Funding set aside for this initiative is a fraction of what the city will be (& is already) spending to respond to #climate impacts. Time for polluters to pay their share https://t.co/exUBqh7Y1H #SueBigOil

[James Marshall @JamesWestEnd]

If I could distill the @BCGreens and @CanadianGreens platform and philosophy into a single article, it'd be this:

And yet somehow we get pegged as "niche", and not seen to have as broad an ideology as the Libs, Cons, NDP, etc.

https://t.co/r1iBVPhPSU

#cdnpoli #bcpoli

[James Marshall @JamesWestEnd]

This isn't a happy story, but I'm really happy to see #EcologicalEconomics being quoted front and center, and for the UN to actually be considering that #capitalism IS the problem.

#degrowth #postgrowth #unitednations #climate #ecology #climatecrisis

https://t.co/chtfI5QAHe

[James Marshall @JamesWestEnd]

It's odd how voters treat parties, and how they tend to punish the behaviour that we often say that we want from parties (working together, civility, less toxicity).

I do wonder if this will backfire on the @NDP as an organization, in the same way it has for everyone else.

[James Marshall @JamesWestEnd]

I'm very happy about the CASA (Confidence and Supply Agreement) between the @NDP and @liberal_party because I want parties to work collaborative together but...

Virtually every time two parties have worked together the smaller party has been punished by voters for it.

#cdnpoli

[James Marshall @JamesWestEnd]

In 2015 in the UK the Liberal Democrats were almost obliterated after partnering with the Conservatives. And in New Zealand the New Zealand First party was totally wiped out after partnering with Labour. The Irish Greens were wiped out in 2011 after joining in a coalition too.

[James Marshall @JamesWestEnd]

I want more #Vancouver-ites to be aware that our elected Council doesn't actually control our own police force or its budget.

That shocked me when I learned it last year.

#vanpoli

[Janet Brown @JanetBrown980]

Breaking: VPD chief @ChiefPalmer says ‘successful VPD budget appeal to Province, decision to restore $5.7 million to 2021 budget ‘will improve public safety for everyone’ @GlobalBC @CKNW @CherylZiola @JClerides @PeterMeiszner @MassMan44 @sarahkirby_yung @MelissaDeGenova

[Anjali Appadurai @AnjaliApp]

We're living through the nightmare that is a 40-year legacy of neoliberal capitalism. And our political leadership blindly follows its worst assumption: that the govt cannot tell industry what to do. We urgently need a new political class that understands what's at stake.

[James Marshall @JamesWestEnd]

Big congratulations to @MrMatthewNorris, @iona_bonamis, and @ICromwell4Van for running for #Vancouver City Council!

I'm hoping that they join @PtFry and @councillorwiebe on Council after this election and bring some awesome progressive changes to our city.

#vanpoli