Michaela Beder

Social justice activist and psychiatrist in Toronto.

[Ben Thomson 🇵🇸 (He/Him) @BenNephrology]

Israel is breaking the laws of humanity, engaged in a cycle of escalating aggression and impunity. This learned behaviour is modeled after settler-colonial states like Canada. I am the daughter of a Coast Salish woman whose ancestors survived the brutality of genocide and colonial erasure by taking their survival into their own hands, protecting and caring for one another. Indigenous resistance is more than a tradition: it is an obligation.

I am joining the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s Women’s boat to Gaza, part of a global effort to break the siege on Gaza NOW. Our boat is named the Hind Rajab, honouring a beautiful little Palestinian girl killed while pleading for help to come. We will come.

We are all women, and all healthcare providers. We are lawful, peaceful, and humanitarian.

My mothers farewell words to me: “Your ancestors are sea-bearing people. You have nothing to be afraid of. The ocean knows you and will protect you. Whatever happens, you will be guided.”

Free Palestine.

@CanadaBoatGaza

[Harsha Walia (she/her) @HarshaWalia]

With love for Filipinx comrades and community impacted by horrific violence during Lapu-Lapu Day celebrations.

For ppl seeking support such as meal train or counseling, you can access this Filipinx-led mutual aid network coming together. Share widely

https://t.co/PoOz1QtQtI

[Shane Martínez @martinezdefence]

When you're at the grocery store checking for "Product of Canada" labels, remember that most of our domestic fruits and vegetables are grown and harvested by migrant farmworkers from Mexico, Jamaica, and the Eastern Caribbean.

Produced in Canada under a system of laws that benefits the multibillion-dollar agriculture industry at the expense of the migrant workers who sustain it.

Produced in Canada by migrant workers who pay into EI but are denied access to regular EI benefits.

Produced in Canada by migrant workers who, in Ontario, are denied the right to join a union.

Produced in Canada by migrant workers who are regarded by the state as good enough to work, but never good enough to stay – no matter how many years of service they put in.

Canada's history of systemic racism and exploitation in agriculture exposes the falsehood of the claim that "we are all in this together." Class consciousness demands more than exercises of purchasing power in difficult times. It demands solidarity with workers in our collective struggle for economic justice and liberation.

[Ben Thomson 🇵🇸 (He/Him) @BenNephrology]

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya is an incredible physician, wonderful family man, and friend.

Despite threats against his life, he stayed to care for patients.

Due to Israel attacks, he has 6 pieces of Shrapnel in his thigh, which have damaged his major blood vessels. A vascular surgeon is desperately needed to enter Gaza to provide support, for both him and dozens of other critically injured patients.

If you are a vascular surgeon capable and ready to go to Gaza, PM me ASAP. Thank you

[MSF International @MSF]

“This is purely and simply a collective punishment imposed on Palestinians in Gaza, who must choose between being forcibly displaced from the North or killed. We fear that this will not stop.”https://t.co/371rRWUAPb

[Free Grassy @FreeGrassy]

I am the Chief of Grassy Narrows. Doug Ford’s silence in the face of our struggles is deafening

https://t.co/rgp0a8Zjbz via @torontostar

#FreeGrassy #GrassyNarrows #RiverRun2024

[Ben Thomson 🇵🇸 (He/Him) @BenNephrology]

Long🧵 about my good friend Dr. Hammam Alloh, killed by #Israel in November 2023.

I first met Hammam in 2015: He was a brilliant young doctor in #Gaza, when I was on my annual visit to teach at the Islamic University of Gaza.

We chatted about his children.
1/ @HA4Palestine

[Migrant Workers Alliance for Change @MWACCanada]

BREAKING: Collective action works!

Immigration Canada issued Charles a 1 year permit (TRP) because we organized.

CHARLES WILL NOT BE DEPORTED TOMORROW.

Share this message!

TAKE TO THE STREETS SEP 14-15
to win regularization for everyone
https://t.co/xA28azTjAV

[Gillian Kolla, PhD @GillianKolla]

Given the shocking announcement of forced closures of supervised consumption sites & needle and syringe distribution programs in Ontario yesterday, here is a thread of what was announced by Minister Jones, with most details pulled from her remarks at AMO https://t.co/SZR3AD4vrJ

[David Rider @dmrider]

New and exclusive from me: Moss Park safe consumption site is not on the Ford government's hit list - but still might be forced to close https://t.co/CjclOHvHrz via @torontostar

[Michaela Beder @Michaela416]

https://t.co/vXRWWMl1Pl

[Saadia Sediqzadah @Saadia_Sediq]

It is with mixed feelings that I receive the Young Leaders Award from @CMA_Docs. I am appreciative of this recognition. I am grateful to my nominators, which include mentors and learners. To be nominated in the first place by these wonderful people has meant the world to me. /1

[Healthcare For All @HealthForAllNow]

There is overwhelming support for a regularization program from the health and medical community
@JustinTrudeau @MarcMillerVM

Regularization would mean access to universal healthcare for thousands of people. It would mean healthier families & healthier communities. #StatusForAll

[Action Canada @actioncanadashr]

“The choice over what happens to our bodies and the ability to give birth safely and keep our babies safe should not be a privilege. Regularizing undocumented people is part of standing for fairness, for safety, and for equality.” Our Acting Executive Director @chabot_fred

[Aidan Simardone @AidanSimardone]

My client George Anthony Lindo, along with his family—which includes potential Paris 2024 Olympian Tamarri Lindo—are expected to be deported next week, facing death

They are running out of time. If you are upset just like me, contact your MP

https://t.co/XZWFrU83Wr

[Healthcare For All @HealthForAllNow]

JUST IN ➡️ @SylviaJonesMPP claims care for undocumented migrants are covered but Josue's story proves that it's not true. He was charged $90k life-saving care at @HRHealth_

Family physician Dr. Jessica Chan explains the gaps in our healthcare system 👇
https://t.co/V1qCuBsQi4

[Healthcare For All @HealthForAllNow]

#BREAKING - A young undocumented man living in #onpoli went into a coma, needed emergency leg amputation and was billed almost $90,000 by @HRHealth_ for hospital care! @fordnation @SylviaJonesMPP no one should have to pay for life-saving healthcare. https://t.co/pnFUWzRW2y

[MSF International @MSF]

“If there is an attack on Rafah, we just don't know where to put the patients. There is no place for the patients to go.”

Léo Cans, our head of mission in #Gaza, says any attack on Rafah would be catastrophic and describes the conditions for people in the southern Gaza town.

[Healthcare For All @HealthForAllNow]

Denying healthcare to people living or working in Ontario because of their immigration status can be a death sentence.

Dr. Alissa Tedesco is a palliative care doctor who sees migrant patients with serious illnesses, such as cancer, which could have been cured or even prevented if patients had access to healthcare sooner.

Everyone deserves to live and die in dignity. We need #Healthcare4All and #StatusForAll.

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