John Clarke

When the bubble was still inflating, the Toronto #condomarket was all about pre-sales. To-day, as investors look elsewhere and owners walk away without closing, the developers are reduced to hawking their vacant units in this undignified fashion.

The authoritarian edge of Alberta conservatism Danielle Smith’s unprecedented use of the notwithstanding clause is reshaping Alberta politics, targeting labour, trans youth, and minority rights. Ryan Kelpin traces the far-right project behind her ...

'To understand Smith’s ideology is to situate it within a long lineage of anti-central-planning and anti-welfare-state politics that have defined Alberta conservatism for more than 60 years.'
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The repressive state function is uniquely immune from the dominant austerity agenda. #TorontoPolice

Trump says Israel must seek ‘strong and true dialogue’ with Syria Donald Trump warns against actions that could 'interfere with Syria’s evolution' amid new Israeli incursion, strikes.

Some tension between the US and #Israel over #Syria. Washington wants a moderately strong and stable client state in place, while Israel is primarily concerned with neutralizing any possible future threat.
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John Clarke It's no good engaging in nationalistic self-righteousness and complaining that superior 'Canadian values' are being compromised here. As global predators, Canadian businesses are well-used to...

Canadian businesses are well-used to supplying the tools of repression.
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Some annoying questions as to whether #Trump has the authority to operate unaccountable and pitiless death squads.
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More vultures circling over #Gaza's suffering. #AI

Trump calls Somalis ‘garbage’ who ‘come from Hell’ as ICE plans hundreds of arrests President launches derogatory attacks saying ‘all they do is b****’ as federal agents prepare for Minnesota operations

#Trump is a racist thug with state power.
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The #Trump cult of personality.
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Thankfully, we have an environment minister who doesn't jump to simplistic conclusions on the complex question of whether increasing the production and export of #fossilfuels might increase #carbon emissions.

Africa Is Stuck Between Global Pathogen-Sharing Talks And Conflicting US Bilateral Agreements - Health Policy Watch African countries affirmed their commitment to a global agreement to share information about pathogens that may cause pandemics on Monday – yet several of

🌎African countries reaffirmed support for a global pathogen-sharing framework — even as some negotiate bilateral US MOUs that could undermine it.

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Tweet quoting Megyn Kelly expressing extreme comments about alleged war crimes. Below is a split-screen video still of Kelly on one side and a male guest on the other.

There is something very wrong with Megyn Kelly.

AI's impact could worsen gaps between world's rich and poor, a UN report says BANGKOK (AP) — Behind the hoopla over the promise of artificial intelligence lay difficult realities, including how such technology might affect people already disadvantaged in a data-driven world. A ...

AI’s impact could worsen gaps between world’s rich and poor, a UN report says #AISlop #AI-Is-Garbage

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Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers in settlement as ongoing strike draws pols to picket line New York City officials say Starbucks will pay about $35 million to more than 15,000 New York City workers to settle claims it denied them stable schedules and arbitrarily cut their hours.

​Starbucks to pay New York City workers staggering $35 million to settle claims of unstable schedules and arbitrary hour cuts. Settlement lands amid an ongoing union strike with politicians like Sen. Bernie Sanders amplifies baristas' demands for decency and fair contracts.

Donald Trump, Union Buster Although President Donald Trump has claimed that “every policy” of his administration was “designed to lift up the American worker,” he has acted

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Why the disastrous 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill looms large over northern pipeline debate | CBC News The Exxon Valdez disaster happened more than 36 years ago off Alaska's coast, but the catastrophic oil spill still looms over plans for a pipeline from Alberta to the northern British Columbia coast.

"That was a spill under 700 barrels in size and polluted over 1,500 acres of our territory. In contrast, supertankers can carry (two) million barrels of oil. We cannot imagine and will never allow that kind of risk in our territory."
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#Netanyahu is far too busy conducting a #genocide to have to bother with these petty details.

Make Amazon Pay For Its Abhorrent Labour Practices This weekend’s actions drew attention to Amazon’s negative impact on workers the world over.

'#Amazon, #JeffBezos and their political allies are betting on a techno-authoritarian future, but this Make Amazon Pay Day, workers everywhere are saying: enough.'
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As an exhibit at #Hegseth's trial, this would nail down the criminal intent side of things.

White House Claims Trump 'Has the Authority to Kill' Survivors of Boat Strikes | Common Dreams "The president has made it quite clear that if narco-terrorists... are trafficking illegal drugs toward the United States, he has the authority to kill them, and that's what this administration is d...

An interesting look at how the 'rule of law' works in practice. #BoatStrikes
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#DougFord's crude bigotry and jarring ignorance are entirely the product of wealth and privilege.

More than 1 million people in Ontario needed a food bank in the past year: Hunger Report | CBC News The Hunger Report released by Feed Ontario on Monday says more than one million people needed to access a food bank or hunger-relief organization in the last year and they made more than 8.7 million v...

'...46 per cent of those with stable housing said they would “most likely be homeless without #foodbank support” and they were able to use money they would spend on food toward rent and housing.'
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An incessant bombardment of racism and hatred.

The Ontario Federation of Labour adopts a "Hot Cargo" resolution against Israel The Ontario Federation of Labour has voted to no longer handle hot cargo or use services associated with Israel.

'The organization hopes to see the Canadian Labour Congress, which represents more than three million workers, endorse the arms embargo now campaign and make a nation-wide #hotcargo resolution at its convention which will take place next year.'
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It seems that property rights remain intact until US bombs blow up and kill people.

At some point the people who voted out the LNP only to get LNP will torch this govt and it can’t come soon enough.
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Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...

ProPublica found more than two dozen cases of immigration agents using "less lethal" weapons in ways that appear to flout the government's own rules, including by aiming at someone’s head, spine or groin or deploying chemical agents near children.

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'Genocide has been rebranded as "ceasefire".'

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Universal healthcare would save Americans $450B ANNUALLY but requires dismantling systemic racism & that scares too many unmelinated folks so we continue to suffer as is.