David #ArmsEmbargoNOW Heap

Join me at : & human rights advocate; teacher-researcher; parent, spouse, sibling, neighbour, human. #CeasefireNOW 🍉

[David #ArmsEmbargoNOW Heap @DavidHeap]

Today & every day until Canada implements a full two-way arms embargo against apartheid Israel:
#ArmsEmbargoNow https://t.co/UsAyLvyliB

[Labour Against the Arms Trade @LAATCanada]

Israel is massacring Palestinians in schools. Canada is still arming Israel.

On Aug 20 we are flooding our MPs inboxes, voicemails and socials to demand they end the Canada-Israel arms trade and endorse the call for an #ArmsEmbargoNow.

Join us 👉 https://t.co/1bWOFoSm61

[Freedom Flotilla Coalition @GazaFFlotilla]

One #FreedomFlotilla boat made it to #Gaza -- in pieces : "Gaza Flotilla Boats Get Their Resilience From #Palestinians." https://t.co/TWKfBCkDs1
By @AnnWright46 via @PopResistance

[Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @LeahGazan]

“No worker wants to give up their own wages to go on a picket line, but when you’re talking about bargaining in Canada, in a cost of living crisis, where people cannot afford groceries, cannot afford rent and mortgages, being paid a fair wage is our only hope for workers in Canada of getting out of this cost of living emergency, and it’s only the right to strike that balances the scales in labor negotiations, so that employers can’t just do what they want" said Avi Lewis. https://t.co/eIbeihBwxw

[The Legal Centre for Palestine @LCPal_ca]

This week, The Legal Centre for Palestine joined Palestinian Students and Scholars At Risk to advocate for scholars who have waited far too long for their student visas after being accepted to Canadian institutions. The Canadian government must process these applicants fairly and without delay.

Thank you @PSSAR for putting together an incredible day of advocacy on the hill.

We will keep challenging Anti-Palestinian Racism wherever it occurs.

[PSSAR Network @PSSAR]

Thank you @LCPal_ca for standing with Palestinian students and bringing your voice to Parliament Hill.

The Legal Centre for Palestine raised serious and well-founded concerns about the treatment of Palestinian students by the @CitImmCanada , concerns that go beyond delays.

[Christo Aivalis 🌹🍊 @christoaivalis]

People are overthinking Carney's move: it's literally very simple

Carney wants to crush the working class and empower the wealthy

AI is a lever to do just that.

[The Lefty Canadian Radical 🇵🇸 @Tori_TLCR]

@dipbrat70 It's sad when Mark Carney orders airline attendants back to work like Pierre would probably do because there's little daylight between them.

[Don Davies @DonDavies]

It’s sad when Mark Carney governs like Pierre Poilievre.

[Samira Mohyeddin سمیرا @SMohyeddin]

Canadian writer, Ehab Lotayef, says an Israeli soldier stabbed him in the hand, as he was helping other people abducted from the flotilla’s.

[Samira Mohyeddin سمیرا @SMohyeddin]

Bravo to @TinaYazdani for holding these corporate hacks to account. Journalists are not supposed to be nice or pleasant. We are to hold power to account without fear or favour, and Tina does just that at Queen’s Park https://t.co/4EcdKboeOV

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

Thank you President 🇸🇮.
Palestine is the moral compass of our time.
From Spain to Slovenia there is hope for Europe. A Europe that puts people above banks and markets, rights above profits, and respects int'l law regardless of political calculus.

[Alex Cosh @AlexCosh_]

Yet more secrecy from the Mark Carney government. Make no mistake, he is an authoritarian.

He just does it with a smile and a handshake.

[Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @LeahGazan]

“Gazan says on July 24th last year, after thousands of wildfire evacuees had taken refuge in Winnipeg, she had sent a letter to Minister Gull-Masty with an urgent request for action to uphold the safety and dignity of those displaced. Minister Gull-Masty’s response came nearly a year later, on May 27th of this year, with no mention of Pimicikamak by name or any reference to any specific action taken to address the needs of evacuees in Winnipeg.”

https://t.co/XdH030ACTu

[Dimitri Lascaris @dimitrilascaris]

Did Iran ever kidnap Lebanon’s Prime Minister and then beat him and humiliate him publicly?

No, but that’s what the Saudis did, with the full backing of the US and Israel.

[Dimitri Lascaris @dimitrilascaris]

The entire German political elite and German corporate media constantly spew pro-Israel propaganda. Despite that propaganda, fewer than 1 in 4 Germans have a favourable few of Israel.

[Yipeng Ge 葛义朋 @yipengGe]

Last year, I spent a week with Chris Smalls as he got ready with the Handala crew to sail to Gaza. He’s a real one. He gets attacked because he’s principled and manages to find a way to do the work. Don’t listen to the armchair writers. Do the work, organize and unite.

[Alex Cosh @AlexCosh_]

NEW: The Liberal government’s new elections bill includes a loophole that will let dark money fund third-party groups during election campaigns, a watchdog warns.

Latest from @emmapaling https://t.co/qnO1YDQSwH

[Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @LeahGazan]

As we mark National AccessAbility Week, I extend my heartfelt gratitude and solidarity to disability advocates and organizations who have worked tirelessly to make Canada more equitable and inclusive for everyone.

Discussions about building an accessible Canada must include addressing the systemic human rights violations. As signatories to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, we must uphold the rights of the disability community.

The disability community has been forced into legislated poverty due to limited income supplements that have a high administrative burden to apply for. I extend my solidarity to all those fighting to decrease the administrative barriers. These income and administrative barriers underscore the importance of implementing a guaranteed livable basic income to ensure that everyone has access to a dignified income while eliminating administrative burdens.

The @NDP remains steadfast in our commitment to dismantling these barriers and ensuring the disability community can live in dignity. We know that building a "Canada Strong" means building a Canada that upholds disability justice, ensures human rights are upheld, and leaves no one behind.

[People for Peace, London, Ontario @ppl4peacelndont]

@DavidHeap @timeforchange_n @JennyKwanBC @GazaFFlotilla @CanadaBoatGaza @IDF When he was stabbed in the hand by an Israeli soldier (requiring six stiches) Ehab @lotayef58 had been handing out water to other prisoners. How is that "misbehaving" ? h/t @SMohyeddin https://t.co/y4U9Q7Jfxn

[Samira Mohyeddin سمیرا @SMohyeddin]

@JesseBrown Neither did this arsonist.

[Rachel Gilmore @atRachelGilmore]

Chilling details emerged today about the Canadian government’s inaction as Israel kidnapped and abused Canadians bringing aid to Gaza.

Israel shot at them, beat them, stabbed them, and left them for dead.

One activist called the Canadian consulate between Israel's attacks -- but no help came: