Matthew Behrens

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

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.

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More war crimes from Israel

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...

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.

The Israeli generals leaking this is ... you know ... it doesn't look good. It doesn't look good at the top.

“Under the Microscope”: Activists Opposing a Nevada Lithium Mine Were Surveilled for Years, Records Show Law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, have collaborated with private security to surveil largely peaceful protesters opposed to the Thacker Pass mine, according to a ProPublica review of…

Ka’ila Farrell-Smith grew up deeply involved in the fight for Indigenous rights. “I’ve been warned my entire life, ‘The FBI’s watching us.’”

Now the agency is focused on her and a new generation of activists challenging a lithium mine in Nevada.

Julie S. Lalonde on Instagram: "I believe EM and you should, too." yellowmanteau on July 24, 2025: "I believe EM and you should, too.".

As always, @julieslalonde.bsky.social Lalonde puts it out there with such truthful clarity. I believe EM as well. www.instagram.com/yellowmantea...

Fantastic book, enjoyed reviewing it!

"Wildfires" makes them sound like freaks of nature & disappears the oil companies & political arsonists responsible for them. How about "capitalist flames"?

Atlanta journalist fights deportation from Ice jail despite dropped charges: ‘I’m seeing what absolute power can do’ A Salvadorian reporter with an audience of millions, Mario Guevara was arrested while livestreaming a protest against Trump in June – and is still struggling for freedom

“Today, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, he’s the only reporter in the United States sleeping in a prison cell for doing his job”

The ‘free speech’ ‘anti cancel culture!’ party did this. Hypocrites. All of them.

ICE attempted to enter the home of a woman with her children in Huntington Beach. However, the entire community, police department, and city council intervened and forced them to leave.

Keep fighting back ✊🏽

TACO meets CACO

The author's Teams background - a still-life image including figs, olives, grapes, oranges, watermelon, and a few glass bottles - which was deemed "potentially anti-Semitic." [Courtesy of Ahmad Baker]

A NHS nurse was told that this background image on a Teams call was “potentially antisemitic” and cause for disciplinary action.

Palestinian existence has been criminalized in the UK.

www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

photo of Jaime Alanis

Our hearts are heavy for the grieving family of Jaime Alanis, who died from injuries sustained during a chaotic raid on Thursday.

We will do everything we can to support them. We continue to work with the hundreds of farm worker families navigating the aftermath of this violent raid.

Always grateful for the remarkable analysis and inspirational advocacy of @julieslalonde.bsky.social as this must read thread illustrates.

Cynthia Olivera is a Canadian who’s been living in the US since she was 10 She’s in ICE custody, after being grabbed at her green card interview. The 45 year old wife & mother has been moved between facilities while her husband begs ICE to let her get on a plane to Canada. 🧵 They’re willing to pay. She’s willing to leave. But she can’t escape. This is why we call them concentration camps. There’s no due process. Some people go in and never come out.

Reports that a Canadian citizen who has resided in the US since age 10 was abducted at a green card interview.

Her husband is begging ICE to let him fly her back to Canada and they refuse to release her.

Humanity is being buried in Gaza. We must rise up to save our collective future. Gaza is not an anomaly. It is a mirror. A reflection of our world as it really is today. And for many, a preview of what is to come.

READ: Gaza isn’t an anomaly. It’s a mirror.

A live experiment in AI warfare, forced famine, and global indifference—coming soon to all of us if we don’t act. Omar Aziz’s must-read essay on the moral collapse of our world—and what comes next: mondoweiss.net/2025/05/huma...

same reason they've left dozens of Canadian men, women and children illegally detained in Northeast Syria under conditions akin to torture for years. They refuse to stand for Canadians in trouble abroad unless it's in their interests ie 2 Michaels

Nova Scotia Mountie now facing seven charges of sexual assault: police watchdog - Halifax | Globalnews.ca Nova Scotia's police oversight agency says an RCMP officer facing a series of sexual assault charges has again been charged with the same offence.

The most shocking thing about this isn't that a Mountie is a repeat sex offender. It's that he was suspended *without pay*

ICEblock, which allows users to alert others to the geographical location of ICE officers, is the top social networking app in the App Store right now after Karoline Leavitt condemned it from the podium yesterday.

If you’re zip-tying grandmas protesting losing health care maybe you’re not the good guys in the story?

King Carney is such a disaster for people in this country. We need social investments, not massive handouts to corporate war profiteers. We really need to raise our voices and say not a penny more for war. The whole point of defeating Poilievre was not to adopt his agenda!

Hockey Canada sex-assault trial spotlights roadblocks and missed opportunities in first London police probe Court documents and trial testimony point to flaws in handling of initial investigation, ‘bigger system failures,’ experts say

I don't know EM but I hope she sues everyone who failed to protect her and that she spends the rest of her life in peace, fulfilling all her wildest dreams.

She was done dirty by every system and she deserved better.

We all do.

Please take a few moments Thursday to make these calls.
It’s been another week of genocide, starvation & massacres. These moms & kids are weak, exhausted, & desperate to reunite with their loved ones in Canada, which has failed to prioritize their lives. www.facebook.com/events/58225...

Federal agents handcuff and detain New York City mayoral candidate Brad Lander was taken into custody at an immigration court in Lower Manhattan.

Zohran Mamdani, who recently cross-endorsed with Lander, called for the comptroller’s immediate release. “This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice,” said Mamdani.

Former CSIS, RCMP investigators call for inquiry into Buddhist monks, nuns' Chinese connections | CBC News About 250 people packed into the P.E.I Convention Centre in Charlottetown Sunday to hear questions about Buddhist monks and nuns living on P.E.I. — with many there calling for a public inquiry into th...

Remarkable how @CBCNews takes at face value the words of long discredited state security retirees who continue making a liking making baseless accusations rooted in racism. Are Anne of Green Gables and Marissa Cuthbert cowering from the monks? Unlikely. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Valedictorian told to stay home after making pro-Palestinian remarks in grad speech | CBC News Elizabeth Yao, the graduating valedictorian at Bell High School in west Ottawa, was told not to go to school on Monday after she made pro-Palestinian remarks during a speech at her commencement ceremo...

There is always hope when folks like Elizabeth Yao speak out. The despair comes from principals like that at Bell High School, who act no differently than those who would ban and burn books. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Urgent Action Needed: Write/Call to Grant a Permit to Endangered Afghan Women's Rights Activist Friends, Please take a few moments to write and call (sample templates below) in support of bringing at-risk Afghan refugee Mohammad Younesi to Toronto. This 27-year-old Afghan women's rights advocate...

Write/call (templates below) to bring Afghan refugee Mohammad Younesi to Toronto. This 27-year-old Afghan women's rights advocate & torture survivor is detained in the US. A US court agreed to release him if Canada takes him but Canada refuses to allow him in. www.change.org/p/canada-mus...

Sign the Petition Canada Must Permit Endangered Afghan Women's Rights Activist to Join Toronto Family

Please sign/share: chng.it/TxFDdByN4Y Canada must immediately issue a Temporary Resident Permit to Mohammad Younesi, a 27-year-old Afghan women's rights advocate & torture survivor detained by US immigration. A US court agreed to release him to come to Canada, but Canada refused to allow him in.