Matthew Brett

Federal, Québec and Montréal politics from ecosocialist perspective. (en,fr)

[Raed Sadi @GazasOwn]

Happening now in my city, Khan Younis, again...

[Matthew Brett @Matthew_Brett_]

@canadianlefty I also like Twitter and Instagram for more instant news and reflections. These don’t leave a lasting impression but help me get a pulse on things and have a cumulative effect.

[Matthew Brett @Matthew_Brett_]

@canadianlefty I learn a lot on here. I like Twitter. I have curated lists that I follow (they are public if you’re interested). When I find an article that interests me I print it and read it closely.

[Matthew Brett @Matthew_Brett_]

Look forward to reading this report by @druojajay @spirodon and others in which 60 housing organizations in Canada are interviewed to get a pulse on the crisis and what to do. “From crisis to consensus.”

[Stefan Christoff @spirodon]

Political reporting largely focused on individual politicians, rather than systemic issues, leaves so much out. In Canada the frustration isn't simply with Trudeau, it is with economic injustice and the housing crisis. A focus on the systemic issues at play is urgently needed.

[Matthew Brett @Matthew_Brett_]

@CreeClayton Yessss! I’m in town this weekend so far if you find yourself with free time. Enjoy!

[Matthew Brett @Matthew_Brett_]

Just awful stuff here. Read this thread, watch the videos.

[Evan Dyer @EvanDyerCBC]

Israeli soldiers had a strange clash and standoff with each other today at the IDF’s Sde Teiman detention camp, when military police arrived to arrest a number of soldiers after media reports of a prisoner was left severely injured by rape and torture.
Some troops tried to … 👇

[Evan Dyer @EvanDyerCBC]

As polio spreads in Gaza, IDF engineers blow up the “Canada well” water treatment facility and reservoir in Tel Sultan, Rafah, Gaza.

[Matthew Brett @Matthew_Brett_]

I support French-language laws but, when it comes to health, patients must be able to understand. That means striving to meet patients’ language needs, whatever they may be.

We know in other jurisdictions there are translators and employees with a range of language skills.

[Montreal Gazette @mtlgazette]

A team of Health Ministry bureaucrats issued a 31-page directive spelling out the “exceptional” circumstances when English can be spoken in medical facilities, including:
• An 811 call from a teen in a state of psychosis
• A patient shows suicidal signs
https://t.co/ZP08A6I3sR

[Matthew Brett @Matthew_Brett_]

Recommandations très raisonnable par @PhilippeNmh @TariAjadi @TedRutland et trois autres auteurs. #polmtl https://t.co/6t3ytJAOtX

[Matthew Brett @Matthew_Brett_]

The tragic, awful, bitter irony of having to protect the very pipeline that is - in no uncertain terms - fuelling both our climate emergency and these wildfires.

[Jasper National Park, Parks Canada @JasperNP]

Structural firefighters remain in town and are working to save as many structures as possible and to protect critical infrastructure, including the wastewater treatment plant, communications facilities, the Trans Mountain Pipeline and others.

[Matthew Brett @Matthew_Brett_]

Good. But you can be sure these investors are finding ways to recoup these losses on the backs of renters, evictions, etc.

[The Globe and Mail @globeandmail]

Just over 80% of new condo investors in Toronto are losing money on their rentals https://t.co/XPvtfxxsaA

[Matthew Brett @Matthew_Brett_]

Genocide, raging wildfires, record-breaking global temperatures, and cops shooting an innocent Black woman in the face in her home, then lying about it. These are interconnected horrors of what bell hooks called "white-supremacist capitalist patriarchy." Let's dismantle it.

[Matthew Brett @Matthew_Brett_]

Beyond nightmares are these daily horrors in Gaza.

Keep speaking out, keep showing up to actions, scale things up.

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

Israel-Gaza: 400,000 residents ordered to leave Khan Younis

[Matthew Brett @Matthew_Brett_]

Such a great scene.

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

This Robin Williams thread will brighten up your day 🧵

1. His improvised scene in Good Will Hunting made the cameraman laugh so hard the camera started shaking. Matt Damon's reaction is authentic.

[Matthew Brett @Matthew_Brett_]

Congratulations on the new album, @spirodon.

[Stefan Christoff @spirodon]

A new solo album, Inner Lands, including soundscapes, piano, organ and also some synth work by my brother Jordan @PJSMAGIC. The project is here, thank you to Mivil Deschênes for the wonderful artwork. https://t.co/qqS0XprAIp

[Matthew Brett @Matthew_Brett_]

UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing calls for unseating Israel from UN, “as was done with apartheid South Africa.”

[UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing @adequatehousing]

Israel’s criminal attack on the UN continues without any consequences. High time to take action against Israel including through unseating from the UN, as was done with apartheid South Africa.

[Matthew Brett @Matthew_Brett_]

Happy birthday, @CreeClayton! On his birthday, here’s Clay’s request to help cover costs for his mum’s cancer treatment.

[Clayton George Thomas-Müller @CreeClayton]

A #Birthday #mutualaid Appeal to help during Moms Hospitalization https://t.co/IpaZrdMZcs #GreaterThanCancer #Kíyam #Pimaticiwin

[Matthew Brett @Matthew_Brett_]

Excellent reporting by @Martin_Lukacs in @TheBreachMedia explaining how a working group within the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General (@ONAttorneyGen) pushed for more severe charges against Palestinian solidarity protests. #onpoli #topoli

https://t.co/dg9lUug31n

[Matthew Brett @Matthew_Brett_]

Powerful first-hand account of working conditions in #Amazon’s SAT3 Fulfillment Center in San Antonio, Texas during peak season. Published in @tempest_mag. #Amazonlaborunion @amazonlabor #canlab

https://t.co/3djpGaze8r

[mostafa henaway @mostafah]

Interviewed on CTV on work conditions inside #Amazon this primeday when ovvr a million workers are face grueling conditions and extreme heat #Amazonlaborunion @amazonlabor https://t.co/D00C9Zxluw