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The Unsettled Self | Los Angeles Review of Books Grace Linden reviews Katie Kitamura’s “Audition”

"When exactly, the novel asks, does playacting become metamorphosis?" Read Grace Linden's review of "Audition" by Katie Kitamura: lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...

.‪@natecrompton.bsky.social interviews Andrew Witt about documentary as form and photographing L.A. in a preview of LARB Quarterly, no. 45: Submission. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/what-persists-what-remains/

Zohran and Attorney General Tish James marching together in NYC Pride.

A joy to march in NYC Pride with the people's champ Tish James 🏳️‍🌈

CUPE Ontario leaders pledge solidarity with York Region paramedic fired for support of anti-war rally - CUPE Ontario TORONTO – Leaders of Ontario’s largest union have unanimously condemned the firing of one of their fellow executive board members, vowing to support the dedicated frontline paramedic who spoke out on ...

“No employer should be able to silence any worker for challenging injustice.” Solidarity with #KatherineGrzejszczak!
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Military spending groupthink and Canada’s left The vast majority of Western politicians have boxed themselves into too much of a corner after having demonized Russia to such an extent to really raise serious questions about the need for increased ...

Mark Carney just committed Canada to spend 5% of GDP on defence—more than double NATO’s target.

No serious debate. No scrutiny. Just consensus from a political class sleepwalking into permanent militarization while public services decline.

Looking forward to this one! Mine will be on Saturday in P518 at 16:00, “Worker Control, Autogestion, and Factory Struggles in Post-‘68 France”

For the Palestinian people, it is one minute to midnight: Canada must radically change its approach If it does not want to remain complicit in Israel’s crimes, Canada must immediately apply all means of political and economic pressure at its disposal. There are many things it could do, including rec...

It is no longer enough to condemn. Canada must end its complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza by halting arms exports, imposing sanctions, and recognizing Palestine.

The time for words has passed. It is time to act.

Excited to be carrying @power1312.bsky.social work on gender based violence in dtes! Come check out the zine section - best way to collect critical local updates !!

1938 Shows a People Taking Control of Their Economy The new Mexican film 1938 tells the story of the nation’s historic expropriation of the oil industry. Jacobin sat down with director Sergio Olhovich to talk about the long-awaited project — finally re...

The new Mexican film 1938 tells the story of the nation’s historic expropriation of the oil industry.

Jacobin sat down with director Sergio Olhovich to talk about the long-awaited project — finally realized with the support of the AMLO administration.

Trends in American sentiment towards labour unions and big businesses both were 47% in 2012 now American support of labour unions at 61% But big businesses has cratered to 44%

Public support. 61% Unions

44% big bus

Americans favor labor unions over big business now more than ever, analysis of new data from me & Adam Reich

In data back 60 years, Americans' sentiments are both warmer toward unions & cooler towards big business than ever before.

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This week marks the 70th anniversary of the historic anti-colonial 1955 Bandung Conference, when 29 nations from Asia and Africa gathered in Indonesia.

“They all gathered together because they understood their unity was very important,” says @vijayprashad.bsky.social.

Happy Wednesday

David Eby Knows Better - BC Civil Liberties Association The BCCLA condemns BC Attorney General David Eby for throwing human rights, civil liberties, and evidence under the bus by suggesting the state should be able to involuntarily detain and […]

bccla.org/2022/08/davi...

JUST IN: Councillor @seanorr.bsky.social’s first motion has passed unanimously.

He was elected to fight for fully-funded public services. And that's exactly what he's doing.

We'll keep fighting until we win 7-days-a-week libraries in every neighbourhood of Vancouver.

#FightForVancouver #vanpoli

Great to see this motion pass unanimously at Council. Fantastic way to honour Trey Helten!

Advocates Accuse Ford Government of Targeting the Homeless with New Bill Bill 6

Advocates accuse Doug Ford's government of targeting the homeless with its new Bill 6.

It "doesn’t actually solve homelessness, it just punishes people," says @dianacmcnally.bsky.social.

UnitedHealth Group abruptly replaces CEO Andrew Witty, deepening a terrible year The health care conglomerate is facing mounting financial problems – and ongoing consumer anger over high costs and denied claims.

The health care conglomerate is facing mounting financial problems – and ongoing consumer anger over high costs and denied claims.

We Need Alternatives to Alberta’s Compassionate Intervention Act | The Tyee A doctor calls for better investments in housing and mental health care, not policing.

With deadly, rights-stripping forced treatment legislation set to pass in Alberta tonight, please read and share this critical perspective from Dr @bonnierae.bsky.social 🙏
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

Signs point to

Check out our locals section - new #CRACKDOWN

In 2008 Gregor Robertson was elected on a promise to “end homelessness.” Instead he proceeded to give hundreds of millions in developer tax breaks, refused to increase CACs and DCLs & doubled the police budget in a naked war on the poor. Now we face Carney’s austerity agenda with Gregor at the helm

Great to see cuts to City’s grant for school meal programs reversed by unanimous vote.

Now bring back Renters Office, restore library hours, end the supportive housing ban, become a Living Wage employer again, and invest in desperately-needed social infrastructure.

#vanpoli

Vancouver mayor can’t answer how $5M for ‘Task Force Barrage’ was approved Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is sidestepping questions on how the budget for a five-million-dollar task force aimed at cracking down on the Downtown Eastside was approved.

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is sidestepping questions on how the budget for a five-million-dollar task force aimed at cracking down on the Downtown Eastside was approved.

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The ‘strategic voting’ election and its undemocratic consequences The 2025 federal election demonstrates the failings our electoral institutions from a democratic perspective. But here it is important to remember they were never created or kept in place with democra...

The federal election shows that our electoral institutions were never created or kept in place with democratic objectives in mind. Canada’s voting system is a pre-democratic holdover and it remains in use because it serves those that benefit from it.

This is one of the best articles I've read in a long time.

Many don't get the underlying eugenics of the far right (beyond COVID). Read this.

Nowhere to seek safety as gender-based violence worsens under drug supply & displacement crises Community organizations amplify calls alongside women and gender diverse people in the DTES for freedom and safety from violence

"as intersecting and seemingly unending crises continue to become more urgent, the acuity and nature of this violence has changed in shape. Both the frequency of gendered violence and lack of remaining space for respite is alarming"

the mainlander.com/2025/04/29/gbv/

Aaron Gunn coming up the middle thanks to "strategic voting" on Vancouver Island feels like both an immediate effect and larger metaphor for the way unprincipled action (disguised as "strategy") has opened a wider and wider space for the Right in recent years

He's also the contemptible self-hating closet case who once boasted about preventing gay men from visiting their dying partners in hospital.

Will the federal NDP be a Rachel Notley party or Chris Smalls party? An election rally in Edmonton showcased the party's recent past, present and potential future.

NEW: Former premier Rachel Notley and Amazon Labour Union founder Chris Smalls offered contrasting visions of the federal NDP's inevitable rebuild at Tuesday's rally in Edmonton.

www.readtheorchard.org/p/will-the-f...