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Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

I literally spent 10 min translating Lula’s speech about Palestine to English. I just need every single one of my gringo friends to listen to this man in order to maybe restore their faith in politics. This right here is a politician. This is why we voted for him. And personally, I’ll do it again.

ABC VOTES TO KEEP YOU STUCK ON NOISY, BUSY STREETS Governing party votes to bury motion that would have unlocked thousands of family-friendly homes on quiet streets

Ken Sim and ABC have voted to bury Lucy Maloney’s motion that would have brought six floors and corner stores to side streets across Vancouver, unlocking thousands of family-friendly homes.

Motion 7. Improving the Empty Homes Tax. In favour: Fry, Orr, Maloney. Opposed: Ken Sim and ABC.

JUST IN FROM CITY HALL:

ABC has voted down a motion to strengthen the Empty Homes Tax to curb speculation.

We can't have good things in Vancouver until we defeat the power of the billionaires and the super-rich at City Hall.

This is why we're going to Evict Ken Sim and ABC next year. #vanpoli

coates is genuinely a generational writer

Nav Pillay: "The Genocide Convention was born out of humanitys darkest chapters. Today we witness in real time how the promise of never again is broken and tested in the eyes of the world. The ongoing genocide in Gaza is a moral outrage and a legal emergency"

Israel's military says its long-threatened ground offensive into Gaza City began overnight, with a goal of occupying and displacing remaining residents from the Gaza Strip's largest urban center. This comes after weeks of heavy bombardment that leveled many buildings still standing in Gaza City.

BC just approved Ksi Lisims LNG. This project threatens ecosystems and human health, locks us into decades of expanded fracking and burning of fossil fuels, and ignores Indigenous consent.

Why does BC have an $11B deficit? Tax cuts.

Tax cuts, largely for the rich, have decreased government revenue by about $9B/year plus $1.5B lost from scraping the carbon tax.

Annual downstream GHG emissions from Ksi Lisims will be roughly equivalent to HALF BC's total annual emissions, and about 1/20th of Canada's total annual emissions.

An environmental assessment process that can't take that into account is broken.

Vancouver too pls

The expected result of forcing people to leave their centres of community and resources

Harry Potter™: A Forbidden Forest Experience coming this fall to Stanley Park September 3 2025 – The Vancouver Park Board is pleased to announce that a new special event is coming to Stanley Park this fall. For the first time in Canada, Harry Potter Fans™ of all ages will have an opportunity to explore a spellbinding illuminated trail inspired by the iconic Forbidden Forest.

I support a democratically elected park board. Part of democracy is ensuring that the government’s decisions match the city’s values.

Vancouver is a city for all its people. Trans people included. I am calling on the Park Board to rethink this event and make this right.

Act Now: Stop Ken Sim's Cuts to Public Services! Participate in the 2026 Vancouver Budget Survey.

COPE's Top Priorities 2026 budget survey #1) Stop ABC's Handout to the Wealthy: Mayor Ken Sim is seeking a property tax increase as low as 0% for 2026. This handout to the rich will mean cuts to services, austerity, increased user fees, and neglected infrastructure. #2) Protect Public Services, Staff & Infrastructure: Sim's tax gimmick will mean cuts to public services, infrastructure, and the unionized staff that make the city work for people. #3) Boost Library Funding & Increase Hours: Under ABC, library hours are already being cut. A previous COPE motion to support libraries is going to be on the chopping block if there are new cuts. Vancouver must library users and library workers.

"Council Priorities" The survey pushes you to pick only 3 priorities, inappropriately pitting reconciliation, climate, housing and public services against each other. We've flagged priorities that relate to cuts.

"Financial Pressures" Staff originally said 6-7% was needs for 2026, but the survey's maximum is 5%, likely meaning at least some cuts. It would be ideal if a significant contingent of survey respondents advocated for 6-7% in the 'other' box.

The City’s 2026 Budget process is now open.

We're fighting against Ken Sim and ABC's austerity and threats to public services.

With your help, we can stop these cuts.

Take the survey by calling 311 or clicking here: www.shapeyourcity.ca/2026-budget

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end times fascism

BC Government Quietly Cuts $20 Million School Affordability Fund | The Tyee ‘Transformative’ program had allowed schools to cut fees and provide supplies to vulnerable students.

NEW: The Tyee has learned a “transformative” $20-million fund that reduced costs for vulnerable kids and connected others with supplies, clothing and shoes has been quietly cut by the B.C. government.
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Breaking!

City of Burnaby just became first city in Canada to join arms embargo movement against Israel AND the first Apartheid-Free City, breaking ties with Israeli apartheid and settler colonialism.

We've been organizing for months towards this precedent in colonial Canada.

Imperialism and racism are central to the capitalist world economy. The barbarism is a feature, not a bug.

Vancouver’s Integrity Commissioner has found Mayor Ken Sim and ABC councillors broke the code of conduct on multiple occasions for coordinating amendments to controversial motions in separate private online conversations ahead of public council meetings

BREAKING: Israel Killed Al Jazeera Journalist Anas Al-Sharif Journalists in Gaza continue to be murdered in record numbers, while Western media outlets and reporters show little or no outrage.

“How many murdered Palestinian journalists will it take for the mainstream press’s cowardly fever to break?” asks ⁦‪Prem
Thakker,‬⁩ in the wake of Israel’s killing of ⁦‪Anas al Sharif. ‬⁩

How much of Gaza is left standing? Analysis by independent researchers reveals the scale of the destruction

“The studies imply estimated [Gaza] life expectancy has fallen by more than 35 years, to ~ half the pre-war figure. In percentage terms…bigger than…during China’s Great Leap Forward; in absolute terms it is similar to the one in the Rwanda genocide” www.economist.com/interactive/...

Recent announcements by France, EU, Arab League, Canada is not them 'changing' - it is another two-state attempt at Oslo pacification and normalization.

There can be NO "solution" that demands disarmament of the resistance, maintains apartheid & occupation, denies the right of return for refugees.

Gaza Freedom Flotilla has released statement that Black labour leader Chris Smalls (Amazon Labour Union) faced violence that no one else on Handala did. He has been severely beaten in Israeli custody.

Smalls follows in legacy of Black radical tradition for Palestine. Labour must stand for Smalls.

It’s worse than “Gaza is being starved and destroyed and no one cares.” It’s that hundreds of millions *do* care and are powerless to stop it. We need a world where that can never happen, where the masses actually have political power.

BREAKING: At least 116 Palestinians, including 38 people near Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid sites, have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza today, according to medical sources in the enclave.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/f6uvdq

"I Know It When I See It”: Prof. Omer Bartov Says Israel Committing Genocide in Gaza We speak with leading Israeli American historian Omer Bartov about his latest essay for The New York Times, headlined “I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.” Bartov cites the United…

Genocide "doesn’t mean that you have to kill everyone," says historian and renowned Holocaust scholar Omer Bartov. "It means that the group will be destroyed and that it will not be able to reconstitute itself as a group. And to my mind, this is precisely what Israel is trying to do."

every day israel is slaughtering more palestinians and you barely hear a peep from supposed western “leaders” who love to talk about human rights and international law whenever it comes to china, russia, or iran, but go mum about them when israel comes into the mix

conservatives: let’s cut important crown corporations

liberals: let’s have important crown corporations *cut themselves* we are much better

BIGGER HOMES AND BETTER PLEXES OneCity Vancouver

ABC's biggest housing move to date has been to implement Kennedy Stewart's multiplex plan - and they haven't even gotten that right.

That's why @lucymaloney.bsky.social is bringing a motion to Council to punch up our small-scale multi-unit housing program - so we can deliver the homes we need.

Getting off US tech: a guide I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.

Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.

For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!