Barry Eidlin

Former organizer, current Associate Professor of Sociology at McGill University. Author, Labor and the Class Idea in the US and Canada (@CambridgeUP, 2018)

[Barry Eidlin @eidlin]

Out now from @CambridgeUP: my book, Labor and the Class Idea in the United States and Canada. If you've been wondering what's behind union decline (and how to fix it), then check it out #labor #1u #classidea: https://t.co/Xiv2iAqwZu

[Barry Eidlin @eidlin]

Looking forward to gathering in Winnipeg with my fellow laboUr scholars for the annual meeting of the @CAWLS_ACETS Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies! See you 🔜 #CanLab

[Against the Current @atc_mag]

Happy #SocialismSunday.

This week, we’re highlighting Conspiracy, Class, and the American Empire by Youbin Kang. Don’t forget, you can read the article in full for FREE at this link: https://t.co/30x8HC2ZyN, or subscribe for a physical copy, starting at $25/year.

[NDP @NDP]

Labour leaders from coast to coast are backing MP Leah Gazan's Bill C-247 to scrap Section 107 and protect workers right to strike — a fundamental right that has been undermined time and time again by the Liberal government.

The NDP is proud to be the only party that has consistently sided with workers and defended the right to strike.

[Simon Black @_SimonBlack]

Insightful commentary from @eidlin on the Carney government’s Canada Labour Code “consultation”.

[Barry Eidlin @eidlin]

While you can see both Popper and Wallace sneaking around in the background briefly, unfortunately there was no viral “pop-up” cat content this time 🐱2/end

[Barry Eidlin @eidlin]

I was up early this morning for a 4:30 am PDT interview with @YourMorning to talk about the Carney government’s plans to revise the Canada Labour Code, which will likely include tighter restrictions on workers’ Charter-protected right to strike. 1/

https://t.co/3vGM4BEdoT

[Barry Eidlin @eidlin]

So proud of my students who relaunched the labour radio show on @ckut. The inaugural episode features an interview with me about the origins of May Day, reporting from May Day in Montreal, and a story about this weekend’s sex worker strike:

https://t.co/Lr7CAb5HwE

[Simon Black @_SimonBlack]

A rushed 38-day “consultation” on changes to federal labour law is inadequate.

Treating collective bargaining and right to strike as potential threats to “nation-building” is reactionary.

But is the labour movement up for this fight? We’ll see #canlab https://t.co/rywaP3yRaM

[Heidi Matthews @Heidi__Matthews]

The @CanadaBoatGaza’s @GazaFFlotilla vessel, the PERSEVERANCE, has been illegally attacked and its volunteers abducted by Israeli forces. Sign this petition and contact your government officials to demand their immediate release and an end to Canada’s complicity in genocide.

[Avi Lewis @avilewis]

The Israeli military has detained hundreds of activists who sailed to Gaza to break Israel’s blockade.

In the face of unending genocide and impunity, they continue to challenge Israel, to keep the spotlight on ongoing genocide.

At least 11 Canadians are among those taken.

We're calling on the federal government to drop its usual kid gloves treatment of Israel and exert real diplomatic pressure to secure their immediate release.

https://t.co/XP0ZmSf1Hp

[Bread & Roses DSA @breadrosesDSA]

Teacher, organizer, democratic socialist, and Bread & Roses member Robert LeVertis Bell has won the Democratic Primary for KY State House District 43. Robert’s campaign centered fighting for a Kentucky that works for working people and building the mass movement to deliver it.

[Against the Current @atc_mag]

Happy #SocialismSunday. This is the series where we highlight one article from Against The Current, a Socialist Journal, a week.

This week, it's Romulus, Michigan: No ICE Detention Camps Here by Christopher Oliphant. To read it in full, go to this link: https://t.co/nUreAmOPvL

[Barry Eidlin @eidlin]

Kudos to @NYCMayor Mamdani for this beautiful video focusing on the experiences of Palestinians and their dispossession during the Nakba (which of course is ongoing).

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Today marks Nakba Day, an annual day of remembrance to commemorate the expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians between 1947 and 1949 during the creation of the State of Israel and the year that followed.

Inea is a New Yorker and a Nakba survivor. She shared her story with us — one of home, tradition and memory over generations.

[Barry Eidlin @eidlin]

I appreciated @McGillARTS giving me the opportunity to reflect on my experience participating in the États généraux du syndicalisme (Estates General of Québec Labour) back in April: https://t.co/MuxAhlvPSU

[Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @CJPME]

Canada is "deeply concerned" and reaffirms its "opposition to Israeli settlement expansion and settler violence in the West Bank," yet maintains a trade agreement with Israel that extends free trade benefits to those same colonial settlers. Words without action are not a foreign policy. Sanction Israel now.

[Yipeng Ge 葛义朋 @yipengGe]

I tried to attend the @OntariosDoctors annual general meeting tonight in Ottawa, and was removed from the room by members of their executive team Sandy Zidaric and Adam Farber because I wore my watermelon pin that I’ve worn countless times without issue in many spaces including on parliament hill. They cited the concern that the watermelon pin as a political symbol could possibly make other physician colleagues in the room “uncomfortable” or “unsafe”.

All the while genocide continues in Palestine. When I asked if their policy of what could not be worn on the bodies of their members in their meetings have applied to any other political symbols or attire, they could not give me other examples. They asked me to remove the watermelon pin or leave the room, or sit in another room by myself to tune into the meeting virtually. I declined and left. I explained to them this is an incredibly disappointing and discriminatory policy for their meetings, and I hope it is revised.

I know medical colleagues including medical learners who have been kicked out of clinic because they wore a watermelon pin. These are examples of anti-Palestinian racism. As a physician, I stand in solidarity with my Palestinian medical colleagues who have been killed by the Israeli military and continue to be subjected to genocidal violence. Over 1,700 Palestinian healthcare workers have been killed by the Israeli military in Gaza. Many Palestinian healthcare workers remain in Israeli captivity and are being tortured by the Israeli military, including Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, a paediatrician who stayed to care for his patients in the hospital he was the medical director of.

Shame on @OntariosDoctors for not only censoring what is allowed to be displayed on the bodies of their members, and even more so to be painfully silent in the face of attacks on our medical and healthcare worker colleagues in Palestine. Don’t look away from the genocide in Gaza. These acts of discrimination are forms of racism, and racism is a distraction from the real issue of ending Canadian complicity in Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

[Jenny Kwan @JennyKwanBC]

Deeply alarmed by interception of Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters. With 2 Canadians detained and others injured, Canadian govt must act immediately to ensure their safety and hold the Israeli government accountable for this violation of international law.👇

[Against the Current @atc_mag]

Happy #SocialismSunday!

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[Avi Lewis @avilewis]

The government should be protecting our public airports, not selling them off for parts.

History is littered with examples of the failures of privatization.

It drives up costs for the public, quality suffers, and workers always end up paying the price.

[Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @CJPME]

Last night, Israeli forces violently raided the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters near Greece, and kidnapped unarmed activists at gunpoint, including at least two Canadians.

This is a major violation of international law, an act of piracy and war against non-violent activists who are trying to challenge Israel’s genocidal siege on Gaza and bring humanitarian aid to a people who are being deliberately starved.

The Canadian government must intervene to demand the release of Canadian flotilla participants and ensure the safe passage of the humanitarian mission to Gaza.

@AnitaAnandMP
@CanadaFP
@CanEmbIsrael
@CanadaGreece
@gbsumudflotilla

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