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Canadian, university professor, Bertolt Brecht admirer, Raptors fan, South Riverdale enthusiast/resident, critic of capitalism. More info about me here: https://discover.academics.yorku.ca/Dennis.Raphael/about
30 years ago.
08.03.2026 15:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We can also acknowledge feelings of hopelessness, and try to fight against them, like she did. It doesnβt hurt to take time to feed birds and collect plants every once in a while too, like Luxemburg did between her political commitments.
07.03.2026 18:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
That is a person I can identify with! So, if we aspire to be like Luxemburg, we donβt need to always feel βunparalleled energy.β We donβt always have to enjoy our political work.
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07.03.2026 18:11 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Sometimes Rosa Luxemburg Was Depressed Too
Rosa Luxemburg was known as a ball of energy β βlike a candle burning at both ends.β But like every person, she also suffered moments of despair.
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3. the skill to manipulate it as a weapon;
4. the judgment to select those in whose hands it will be effective; and
5. the cunning to spread the truth among such persons.
NOWADAYS, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties.
He must have
1. the courage to write the truth when truth is everywhere opposed;
2. the keenness to recognize it, although it is everywhere concealed;
Five difficulties in writing the truth. Particularly timely nowadays.
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A lesson for today from World War II. Ballad of the soldierβs wife by Bertold Brecht.
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However much you twist, whatever lies you tell
Food is the first thing, morals follow on
So first make sure that those who now are starving
Get proper helpings when we all start carving
-- Bertolt Brecht, βSecond Threepenny Finaleβ (1928/2013)
seems to work, try again... :-)
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06.03.2026 17:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
This remarkable book is available on line and should form the basis of ALL health research.
Harvey, L. (1990).
Critical social research. Unwin Hyman.
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Social Determinants of Health: The Canadian Facts
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Oh and housing and food affordability as well. By the way these are called social determinants of health (google it) because they have the strongest effects upon health.
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Rather than see this as a medical problem perhaps we should focus on the deteriorating living and working conditions many Canadian are experiencing as a result of business-friendly public policy that reduces social programs, wages, and employment security.
06.03.2026 13:11 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 1
These chronic conditions are the fastest growing in Toronto. βWe need to start preparingβ
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Gee, I wonder why.
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"This is a life and death story for the UK β so why is it being brushed under the carpet?"
Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth Plummeting. π
It is a hideous scandal that they can publish a chart as obvious as this and not even mention the words 'covid infections'.
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Opinion: Is a nation (Canada) falling from 5th to 22nd in life expectancy rankings a sign of something wrong?
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As Trump and Netanyahu drag the region into war, Canada is shamefully cheering them on. Join us in emailing Prime Minister Carney and Foreign Minister Anand to demand that they retract their support for illegal US-Israeli attacks on Iran and impose sanctions on Israel. share.nwmd.social/s/dur3grJt
05.03.2026 05:01 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Sleepy cat.
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The Politics of Food Insecurity in Canada and the United Kingdom
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10: Exploring the Growth of βEmergencyβ Charitable Food Aid in the UK
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