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“if you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor”-Desmond Tutu || she/her

[Russ Diabo @RussDiabo]

Indigenous protesters set up tent 'occupation' at Queen’s Park over Bill 5 - The Trillium https://t.co/TCI12rJRE9

[Harsha Walia (she/her) @HarshaWalia]

The twelve aboard the Madleen Freedom Flottilla are absolutely heroes.

*And* we cannot deflect our own complicity onto them. While we follow their brave journey, let their heroism inspire *us* all to be creative, be defiant & keep finding ways to break the siege and end Zionism.

[Harsha Walia (she/her) @HarshaWalia]

chinga la migra

May spirit of rebellion grow!

I absolutely reject the logic that comrades are responsible for any increased state repression. We are living in fascist times, they don't need any "excuses"

Be ungovernable, maintain solidarity & keep tactical differences internal

[Kavita Algu @KavitaAlguMD]

Must read in @readthemaple by Dr. Suzanne Shoush.

“As I held that starving little girl in my arms, light as a feather, I felt the immense weight of historical destruction. I also felt the strength of our resilience. She has gone on to heal, thrive, laugh and live — like all Indigenous people, from Turtle Island to Palestine, should. 

Meagre words in a joint statement and crumbs of aid would not have saved her. She survived because of generations that have fought, and continue to fight, for access to health care, water, food, medicine, and basic human rights in the face of brutal policies of genocidal erasure. May this fight continue.”

@MarkJCarney @AnitaAnandMP @gary_srp @EmmanuelMacron @Keir_Starmer @liberal_party

[Chiefs of Ontario @ChiefsofOntario]

Bill 5 is moving ahead without First Nations consultation or consent. It threatens our lands, waters & governance. First Nations across Ontario stand united in opposition.

Tune in now, Regional Chief Abram Benedict addresses the Standing Committee: https://t.co/3kLaiSjSyW

[Anishinabek Nation @AnishNation]

Did you know May 5 is National Day of Awareness for MMIWG and Gender-Diverse People? Join us by wearing red to raise awareness across the country!

If you don’t have anything red to wear, you could also hang something red in your window and/or light a candle as a symbol of your commitment to ending this profound and expanding crisis ❤️ #NoMoreStolenSisters

[tabitha arnold @thetolerantweft]

“Sleeping Dragon,” a small tapestry I finished today in memory of Appalachian forest defenders.

[The Breach @TheBreachMedia]

Doug Ford has been in office for almost seven years—even while his policies hurt everyday Ontarians.

Desmond Cole explains @fordnation’s playbook for staying on top.

[AJ+ @ajplus]

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and pro-Palestinian protesters shut down the entrance of Maersk's headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark, demanding an end to weapons transfers to Israel.

[Harsha Walia (she/her) @HarshaWalia]

Judge finds RCMP violated Charter rights of Wet’suwet’en land defenders: entering & raiding without warrants and using extreme racism against Indigenous women.

"I view the conduct as extremely serious involving racism directed towards Indigenous women"

https://t.co/OZLCO8jbIY

[Shelter and Housing Justice Network @SHJNetwork]

In #Toronto it feels like -23. There is an extreme cold weather warning. The warming centres & shelters are full. Yet Toronto city hall is prioritizing police pay raises over ensuring everyone has a warm bed, ahead of building social housing. #MoreRespitesNow #CruelCityHall

[Read Jackson Rising @JPHilllllll]

New Yorkers took over this billboard today in honor of Tortuguita, murdered by the cops for defending the Atlanta forest two years ago.

[Louis Allday @Louis_Allday]

A level of devastation that's legitimately difficult to comprehend. This is what the West closed ranks to allow and facilitate for 15 months. Day after day after day.

[حيدر | Haydar @chronicalihere]

"This struggle to defend the trees and forests is above all a struggle against imperialism. Because imperialism is the arsonist setting fire to our forests and our savannas."

— Thomas Sankara

[Gidimt’en Checkpoint @Gidimten]

We saw the conclusion of final submissions last week for our Abuse of Process Application.
It has been over three years since the Coyote Camp arrests and we have heard what the crown believes is reconciliation, but we know that reconciliation does not come at the barrel of a gun

[The Breach @TheBreachMedia]

Mississauga Mayor @carolynhparrish made waves after stepping down from her local police board and criticizing the police’s spiralling budget.

@DesmondCole sat down with her to discuss her resignation, and the alternatives to policing.

Full interview: https://t.co/qdc21y8aNg

[Brandi Morin @Songstress28]

I've just returned to Canada after two weeks reporting from Ecuador's sacred lands, where the ancient Andes rise like guardians, their mist-shrouded peaks holding centuries of Indigenous wisdom. Here, where emerald mountains cascade into valleys painted with every shade of green imaginable, I documented horrific atrocities committed by Canadian-owned mining companies, backed by both the Canadian and Ecuadorian states, against Indigenous Peoples.

Where emerald mountains cascade into the Amazon basin – a living tapestry where towering ceiba trees stretch their cathedral-like buttresses into rich earth, where iridescent morpho butterflies flash brilliant blue against a thousand shades of green.

In this realm life pulses in every corner – from the haunting calls of wildlife echoing through dawn mist, to the brilliant flashes of macaws painting the sky, to the delicate orchids that bloom in the embrace of ancient trees.

The parallels to Canada's treatment of our own people are stark – the same calculated playbook of manufactured/false consent, manipulation, and human rights violations. But here, in these mountains where condors still soar and in forests where the very breath of Earth rises from countless leaves, the violence escalates to near-execution levels.

Ecuador's landscape strikes the soul with its raw beauty – from the snow-capped volcanos of the Andes where Indigenous communities have lived in harmony for millennia, to the Amazon's cathedral-like canopy where every breath we take is generated. The Indigenous Peoples here are the stewards of these lands, their traditional knowledge and ways of life intrinsically woven into every valley, every river, every sacred peak. Yet these same communities now face brutal persecution for defending their ancestral territories.

The lungs of our world are being strangled by corporate greed. While hummingbirds dart between orchids and ancient trees reach toward the sun, humanity remains complicit in this violence through our greed, ignorance, overconsumption, and silence.

For safety reasons, I've kept quiet about many details during my time in Ecuador. But know this – a comprehensive piece for Ricochet @ricochet_en and @IndigiNewsMedia Indiginews is coming, along with a major documentary. Canada, your reckoning approaches. The truth of what's happening in these sacred mountains and forests will no longer remain hidden.