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@matthewbehrens.bsky.social

The arc of the moral universe only bends toward justice when we make that happen. Rights for refugees, abolition of War Dept, prisons and police, fund a caring economy.

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Sign the Petition Reject Drone Warfare Testing in Downtown Ottawa: No Canadian City should Host War "Games"

Unless we stop it, Ottawa will host drone warfare testing the final week of November. We need to stop – not normalize – the terror that afflicting civilians in Gaza, Ukraine, Somalia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and countless other spots on the globe. Please sign/share: www.change.org/p/reject-dro...

09.11.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I object to both

05.11.2025 12:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for sharing this!

03.11.2025 02:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Can you spare a minute to help this campaign? Stop Silencing Survivors: Ban National Security Secrecy in Violence Against Women Cases

c.org/zMgtm7HttP

02.11.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sign the Petition Stop Silencing Survivors: Ban National Security Secrecy in Violence Against Women Cases

When the full details of a devastating assault on a woman’s personal security can be disappeared from the public record in the name of Canada’s β€œnational security,” it poses yet another obstacle to women coming forward. www.change.org/p/stop-silen...

30.10.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sign the Petition Stop Silencing Survivors: Ban National Security Secrecy in Violence Against Women Cases

For the first time in Canadian history, in May 2025 national security secrecy was invoked to silence a survivor in a catastrophic case of male violence against women. Let's make sure that never happens again. Please sign & share: www.change.org/p/stop-silen...

29.10.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sign the Petition Stop Silencing Survivors: Ban National Security Secrecy in Violence Against Women Cases

Case of Canadian soldier charged with catastrophic assault of his spouse shockingly shut down in May 2025 for undisclosed "national security" reasons, silencing a survivor & setting a dangerous precedent.@SeanFraserMP must ban state secrecy in such cases
www.change.org/p/stop-silen...

28.10.2025 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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White supremacy is so insidious. This from the home page of the Weather Network.

23.10.2025 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mark Carney Anita Anand Gary Anandasangaree That's how long Canadian Jack Letts has been arbitrarily detained without charge under horrible conditions in NE Syria. Also held for years are 19 other Canadian women, children & men. Sign & share to bring them home: chng.it/C5tc5vHN

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Look up: Military drones to be tested over downtown Ottawa The Canadian Forces will be using downtown Ottawa to test new technologies to track mini-drones in an urban setting.

Why is lethal, sickening tech being tested in downtown Ottawa? "The systems, which can cost less than $500, are currently being widely used in the Russia-Ukraine war as well as in fighting in Gaza, Haiti, Lebanon and Syria." ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...

01.10.2025 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Instead of taxing the rich to feed his Military Industrial Complex, Carney has decided to literally take food out of the mouths of babes.

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thank you

29.09.2025 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

details?

28.09.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m a Congressional Candidate. I Was Assaulted by ICE. An interview with Kat Abughazaleh, a 26-year-old Democratic House candidate in Illinois, who was violently thrown to the ground twice at a peaceful protest in Illinois on Friday morning.

As I told @newrepublic.com, "Once last week, twice today, ICE has picked me up and thrown me on the ground. Honestly, it doesn’t compare to what our neighbors who are trapped inside the Broadview processing facility are going through. They’re committing crimes against humanity there."

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These kids simply want to go to school but they can't because they are among over 2,500 Palestinians trapped in Egypt waiting up to 20 months for Canadian visas. Ukrainians waiting only two weeks for visa approval. What's the holdup for these kids and so many others?

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for both. such a wonderful legacy.

07.09.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

wow. thank you for this.

06.09.2025 09:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
YWCA Canada denounces the ongoing genocide in Gaza | YWCA Canada

ywcacanada.ca/news/ywca-ca...

05.09.2025 11:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Project 2025 author to give Carney’s cabinet a briefing on Trump Carney opened the event on Wednesday morning by telling reporters he had spoken to Trump on Monday night, and said the two leaders had a β€œvery constructive” conversation.

When the Liberals invite the guy behind Project 2025 to speak with them, you know there is no point worrying about Poilievre. King Carney is the real threat. www.thestar.com/news/world/p...

04.09.2025 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today is Day Two of the Chain Fast for Palestinian Family Reunification to end Canada's None is Too Many Palestinian visa policy (fewer than 2% of 5,000 applicants have been directly evacuated by Canada in 20 months). Bring them all here now! Thanks Sharen Craig for fasting today!

02.09.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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EspaΓ±a, te amo. On left, Spanish crowds cheer the International Brigades resisting 1930s fascism. On the right, people of Spain cheering on an international group of freedom riders/sailors heading out on the huge Samud flotilla to break the siege of Gaza and end Israeli fascism.

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Today begins a Chain Fast for Palestinian Family Reunification for immediate evacuation corridor for 3500+ applicants in Gaza and those stranded in Egypt. Kicking off the fast today: Kim Leblanc of Toronto and Eric Unger of Winnipeg. Join the fast at rrrncanada.blogspot.com/2025/08/chai...

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www.facebook.com/share/r/14JD... this is so beautiful and reminds me of the International Brigades who went to Spain to fight fascism

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Resisting the Hamilton War Show
YouTube video by Homes not Bombs Resisting the Hamilton War Show

Condolences to all suffering this weekend from the Toronto War Show. Here's is a look back to when we were able to shut down the Hamilton War Show. They are not as all-powerful as they think. We CAN stop militarism. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rzF...

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We cannot, we must not, look away. Canada must evacuate Mamdouh. His story is one we bring to our weekly Wednesday vigil (11 am-1 pm) at Immigration HQ in Ottawa, 300 Slater (at Kent) August. We demand immediate evacuation corridor for all Gaza-Canada visa applicants, waiting & dying for 19 months

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Sign the Petition Canada MUST Evacuate Mamdouh from Gaza Immediately to Join his Ontario Family

Over 630 days after being placed on the Canadian evacuation list, Mamdouh remains stranded in the kill zone, even though Canada has clearly shown it has the capacity to evacuate people through the Karem Shalom crossing.

Please sign and share www.change.org/p/canada-mus...

04.08.2025 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

More war crimes from Israel

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Health advocates shocked as Carney Liberals back away from pharmacare program Health advocates say they’re shocked to hear the federal government may not sign more pharmacare funding deals, which would leave coverage uneven across the country.

They will spend untold billions on war and ruin your health at the same time. www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...

29.07.2025 00:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mark Carney Anita Anand: will you call for the release of these hostages taken by the Israeli apartheid regime? They were kidnapped in international waters by a state committing genocide.

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