Judy Rebick

An uncomplicated grief Meditations on the urge to say what isn't being said.

If you don’t already follow @nolore.bsky.social I suggest you do.

This is was a gut punch. For many reasons. Not least of which the mirror it threw up in my face.

“To say something is complicated is to engage in dishonesty and cowardice.”

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The numbers don’t lie: The housing crisis is not caused by a supply shortage - CCPA Financialization, not demographics, caused the cost of housing to explode

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Canada must support Cuba "You cannot ‘live within the lie’ of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination.”

Canada must help Cuba. Here is my latest about Canada's long and deep relationship with the island nation, and how Carney's Davos speech turned out to be all talk and no action.

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Carney must resist Trump's 'Donroe Doctrine' to secure Canada's international trade future. Here's why How Prime Minister Mark Carney responds to U.S. President Donald Trump's recent threats, writes Jim Stanford, will shape our role in the hemisphere, and our potential as a full participant

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Grassy Narrows protesters briefly interrupt Doug Ford’s speech in Mississauga Protesters concerned about mercury contamination in Grassy Narrows First Nation briefly interrupted a speech by Ontario Premier Doug Ford Wednesday.

Grassy Narrows protesters briefly interrupt Premier Ford speech at Mississauga Board of Trade event this morning

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Groups call on Manitoba for more action, more money to meet targets In the wake of a devastating wildfire season and severe drought year, a group of more than two dozen environmental organizations is calling on the Manitoba government to step up investments in climate...

"Building retrofit investments create more local jobs, dollar for dollar, than almost any other investment in the energy system," said Niall Harney, senior researcher at @policyalternatives.ca. #mbpoli www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Latest Batch of Epstein Files Expose Survivors While Illustrating Elite Impunity The files reveal new details about Epstein’s connections to public officials, Hollywood figures, and tech billionaires.

Attorney Arick Fudali, who represents 11 Epstein survivors, says the release of the files has been a “perfect storm” of “incompetency and an active cover-up” by the Trump administration, as one the survivors he represents was named over 500 times by mistake.

Escalating Anti-Homeless Policies Fall Hardest on Disabled People in the US As legislative attacks on unhoused people ramp up, disabled people are on the front lines.

As legislative attacks on unhoused people ramp up, disabled people are on the front lines. Sources told me they are terrified of being rounded up and forced into a detention camp, as Trump promises to make those part of his administration's legacy.

Alberta’s new policy is forcing girls—cis and trans—out of school sports | Xtra Magazine Gender forms mandated by Bill 29 are forcing families into tough decisions around whether to put their daughters in sports

What scares me most about the Status of Women in Canada 🇨🇦 right now is I am the lone voice screaming as to what is being done to little girls. During the Olympics, I am going to need @julieslalonde.bsky.social and @judreb.bsky.social to say something.

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I will forward your message to his team

Record number of people in UK live in ‘very deep poverty’, analysis shows Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds problem is ‘deeper and more damaging than at any point in the last 30 years’

#Poverty in the UK is still not just widespread, it is deeper and more damaging than at any point in the last 30 years.'
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Amazon Web Services hosts massive surveillance systems for both ICE and DHS.

Citizens Bank provides nearly $1 trillion in credit & bonds to private prison companies.

AT&T has a $147 million contract to provide communications services to DHS.

Know who is profiting from ICE’s cruelty.

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Tonight! ❤️📚 #CanLit #BookSky

Here is why I’m voting Avi for NDP leadership. How about you www.solidarity.tech/ahoy/message...

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How public grocery stores could work in Canada - CCPA Chances are you spent some of your holiday gatherings talking about the price of food. Costs to consumers have increased by almost 30 per cent since 2020, while mega-grocers doubled their profit margi...

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Freeland to step down in 'coming weeks' after accepting role advising Ukraine's Zelenskyy | CBC News Longtime Liberal Chrystia Freeland says she'll step down as a member of Parliament in the "coming weeks" after accepting a new role advising Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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Tapper: This is one of the documents the DOJ released. It’s 100 pages. It’s all black. That’s the transparency we’re getting.

Abortion and Reproductive Justice by Marlene Fried, Loretta Ross - Paper Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

This new book is a call to action and a guide for building an inclusive and intersectional reproductive justice movement. Loretta J. Ross and Marlene Gerber Fried provide a history of abortion politics through a reproductive justice framework that centers those most vulnerable.

Union fights for missing pay of Essex workers Employees at a local long-term care facility are frustrated after months of ongoing with issues with a new payroll system that has resulted in missing pay.

EXTENDICARE RIPS OFF ESSEX HEALTH CARE WORKERS .. "New payroll system has resulted in missing pay" .. windsornewstoday.ca/windsor/news... @cupescfp.bsky.social #onpoli

How about a dog?

Taking some back from the price gougers.

Bondi beach shooting live updates: PM condemns act of ‘evil antisemitism’ as death toll from attack at Jewish festival rises to 12; event declared terror incident

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Bishop William Barber: ICE Raids & Shredding of Safety Net Are Linked Protests have erupted in North Carolina after federal agents arrested 370 people in immigration raids. On Monday, Bishop William Barber and other religious leaders gathered in Charlotte to demand an e...

Social justice campaigner Bishop William Barber says ICE raids tearing families apart and the shredding of healthcare and food support are all part of the same "policy violence."

No matter how you toss it, this salad tastes like WWIII.

A Backlash Is Brewing Against Companies Helping ICE Activists are targeting the reputations of Home Depot, AT&T, and other businesses.

'Companies that have collaborated with immigration enforcement..to aid Trump’s mass deportation initiative—whether through allowing ICE to raid their parking lots, taking on contracts with DHS..—are starting to feel the rumblings of a consumer revolt.'
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If Trump Cares About Drug Trafficking, Why Is He Pardoning a Convicted Drug Trafficker? By pardoning former Honduran leader Juan Orlando Hernandez, Trump will be directly helping out one of the most powerful, corrupt, and prolific convicted drug traffickers.

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Documentaries have always been the lifeblood of the Quebec film industry | CBC Arts Filmmakers like Sylvain L’Espérance, Sophie Bédard Marcotte and Nadine Gomez are continuing to make that clear.

CBC Arts: Documentaries have always been the lifeblood of the Quebec film industry
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