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"I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops."
- Stephen Jay Gould
Olivia Chow inherited a mess, a city in decline. The Ford/Tory years were characterized by private affluence and public austerity.
She has her faults. For someone who taught community organizing, she has not prioritized engaging and mobilizing her base as a counterweight…1/4
…yet unwillingness to take on bloated police budget means 30 cents of every new tax dollar raised has gone to cops, when it could be spent addressing “quality of life” issues that conservatives have used to gain ground and undermine a progressive agenda. 3/4
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Another dictator down! After the historic victory of Lula against fascism (and US imperialism) in Brazil, the students movement in Serbia has an electoral victory!
theguardian.com/world/2026/o…
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Thanks @TorontoStar & @mahdishabibinia for this insightful piece clarifying @BradMBradford's & @fordnation's path to water privatization: "What qualifies as 'an agent' could be a private company, a public-private partnership like Metrolinx or the Canada Infrastructure Bank, which facilitates private investment in infrastructure projects." thestar.com/gift-redeem?t=e9…
@cupelocal79 @Local416 #keepwaterpublic
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Obrigado, povo brasileiro!
📸 @ricardostuckert
Yes!
Breaking News: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated Flávio Bolsonaro to stay president of Brazil, halting the right’s march in Latin America. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/4iFMwIg
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Brad Bradford has been endorsed by a tech billionaire, Rob Ford's former chief of staff, and the founder of the far-right rag Rebel News
Our friends at @TheGrindTO compiled a list of the mayoral candidate's most questionable supporters
Bad Badford’s BFFs? Nightmare blunt rotation
Some corporations don't just harm workers. They undermine democracy.
➡️ Our latest report Corporate Underminers of Democracy 2026 is out:
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Find out which companies and billionaire owners are profiting while
❌ Violating workers' rights
❌ Influencing politics for private gain
❌ Fueling far-right agendas
#FightforDemocracy
@luc_triangle @jordaniaurena04 @manzieric65 @ArabTradeUnion @ITUCAsiaPacific @ITUC_Africa @CSA_TUCA @ETUC_CES @ILO @ILOACTRAV
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World renowned environmentalist David Suzuki spoke out Wednesday about mayoral candidate Brad Bradford’s plan for Toronto’s water, appealing to people to vote to protect it rather than try to turn it into a money-making venture.
toronto.citynews.ca/2026/10/…
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I’ve been released from IDF custody with a “warning,” apparently because of my public profile (I told them I wasn’t even a congressmember yet, just a nominee).
But several dozen rabbis & participants harvesting olives with me are still in detention. For harvesting olives. They should all be released immediately.
To be clear: Palestinians face far worse consequences every day. These detentions by the IDF are one more attempt to undermine Palestinians’ right to harvest their olive groves, travel on their roads, and live in their homes. Yet one more element of escalating, and very clearly state-sponsored ethnic cleansing.
We’ll update on their status as soon as we hear.
Olivia Chow has run underwhelming campaign w/poor comms. Lack of big, bold ideas at the off, welcoming police union’s endorsement, record of 30 cents of every new property tax dollar going to police budget, has not excited her base. In tight race, she’ll need that base on E-Day.
The textile industry must change. Workers have a vision for how.
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Get our Just Transition Manifesto – A plan to transform one of the world's most polluting and labour-intensive industries, with workers' rights, decent work, gender equality and social dialogue at its centre.
#JustTransition #GarmentWorkersNeedUnions
@industriAll_EU @IndustriALL_GU @luc_triangle @luc_triangle @ArabTradeUnion
@ITUCAsiaPacific @ITUC_Africa @CSA_TUCA @ETUC_CES @ILO @ILOACTRAV
@jordaniaurena04 @manzieric65
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He says the name just fine when he’s begging the Qataris for a personal jet or the Saudis for funding for his son-in-law’s private equity firm.
Wonder what’s changed?
"[G]overnments have effectively normalized a system in which full-time employment often fails to provide economic security. It’s working poverty by design." - @AdamDKKing1 on Canada's minimum wages.
Canada’s Minimum Wages Are Rising, But Not Enough readthemaple.com/canadas-min…
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4 years ago they were writing obituaries for @COPEVancouver. Now the municipal party is poised for a comeback.
@jamesgadair explores how COPE rebuilt around a younger, engaged base and democratic socialist vision.
breachmedia.ca/vancouvers-so…
If you're in the Vancouver area, I'll be on Redeye Radio, 100.5 FM, this Saturday at 10am PST to discuss what Bill-C39 means for unions, the right to strike, and working-class power more broadly. #canlab















