@labourlawalex.bsky.social

go follow me at @labourlawalex.bsky.social

[The Ginger Swindler @lilydsmith]

sure elmo

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

.@NYCSanitation I'd like to report a sweep

[Nora Loreto @NoLore]

Big news! @Sandela and I are raising money to hire a journalist to investigate the extent to which pro-Israel narratives are influencing Canadian media, and what the impact of that influence is on coverage.

Chip in a few bucks! Help us hire somone!

https://t.co/AOktaj7WDh

[Lyn🦋 @_ayandamay]

Maybe Lupita is a really good choice for Helen of Troy. All I’ve seen is men fighting about her...

[Spring Magazine @springmagca]

Through cuts and power grabs, the Conservative government is eating away at everything that makes classrooms functional. #OntEdUnited #Redfored #onpoli

https://t.co/D7Ok6zDApy

[Larry Savage @Prof_Savage]

The reflex to treat strikes as a public policy ‘problem’ instead of a democratic tool to rebalance power shows how Carney sees unions: disruptions to contain, not organizations workers rely on for fair wages, safety, and a voice.

https://t.co/lLcwmcJZok

#canlab #cdnpoli

[Variety @Variety]

Pedro Almodóvar wears a "Free Palestine" pin to his #Cannes press conference.

“Silence and fear is a symptom that things are going badly. It’s a serious sign democracy is crumbling... We have a moral obligation to speak out.”

https://t.co/NjPJwNcfuu

[Variety @Variety]

Hannah Einbinder is not concerned about being blacklisted by Hollywood when it comes to supporting Palestine. She champions Melissa Barrera, Susan Sarandon and other actors speaking out:

"I think what they know is what I know, which is that the cost of not speaking is higher, you know? There is a greater toll in not speaking and you just gotta have your priorities straight. I am under no impression that my one small career could ever measure up in comparison to even one human life.

@KeringGroup

[Spring Magazine @springmagca]

Carney's CSF offers low returns with the risk of workers bearing the cost. It is is just a tool to further advance the interests of business over the interests of workers

https://t.co/x1I6VmCipn

[Variety @Variety]

#Cannes jury president Park Chan-wook says "I don’t think politics and art should be divided."

" I think it’s a strange concept to think that they’re in conflict with each other. Just because a work of art has a political statement, it should not be considered an enemy of art. At the same time, just because a film is not making a political statement, that film should not be ignored. Even if we are to make a brilliant political statement, if it’s not expressed artfully enough, it would just be propaganda. So what I want to say is that art and politics are not concepts that are in conflict with each other, as long as they are artistically expressed, they are valuable."

[Jim Stanford @JimboStanford]

Are you enjoying your 10c/litre holiday from the federal excise tax on gasoline (starting April 20)? The avg Cdn price fell 10c that day. But since then it's risen 20c. So the avg price now is 10 cents higher than BEFORE the 10c tax cut! (Data from https://t.co/hTOL3UXMHq) /2

[ToonHive @ToonHive]

Guillermo del Toro says his upcoming stop-motion film ‘The Buried Giant’ is being made strictly for adults.

He describes it as a “fascinatingly difficult” project with “no concession to a family audience.”

[Spring Magazine @springmagca]

Governments should strengthen, and not retreat from the promise of #10adaychildcare. That means sustained federal and provincial investment in operational funding, public and non-profit expansion, and workforce recruitment and retention.

https://t.co/Cv6lRBcTPX

[Spring Magazine @springmagca]

It is strategically important for education workers to maintain a united approach in bargaining for the common good. Forefronting the fight for quality public education and public services will be essential to take on Ford. ##OntEdUnited #BigDifference

https://t.co/h3566N2K9G

[MichaelHurleyCUPE @HurleyOCHUCUPE]

$1.2b cut from mental health & addictions. $600m cut from LTC. $500m cut from drugs for rare diseases. Health transfers cut from 5% to 3% after 2028, despite a growing, aging population. Pharmacare phased out as of 2029.
Isn't it time we spoke up?

https://t.co/8ik724ZwXz

[Investigative Journalism Foundation @IJFMedia]

Ontario bills have opened the door to for-profit investments in municipal water systems despite government promises to keep water public, according to a new legal opinion.

https://t.co/TbCqYfMnKp

[Spring Magazine @springmagca]

Happy May Day! Today, Spring is launching its ambitious fund drive to help us do more organizing. Fund the fight for a better world, donate today!

https://t.co/oHYg1yu54D

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

“I have never in my quarter of a century in journalism seen a greater effort to criminalize and demonize speaking to people on the other side of America’s wars.”

—Drop Site’s @JeremyScahill spoke to Progressive International’s @VarshaGandikota about Drop Site News being labeled “pro-terrorism” for interviewing Palestinian and Iranian figures. He said that in any society that professes to be democratic, a public has the right to understand the other side of things.

[Richie Assaly @rdassaly]

NEW: The Giller Prize boycott has ended. The embattled literary prize confirmed that it is no longer sponsored by groups with ties to Israeli occupation and genocide.

I spoke to previous Giller winners and nominees about the news for @TheGrindTO.

https://t.co/G0HEetOrJu

[Spring Magazine @springmagca]

Spring members, Dave and Deena, interviewed for this piece