Samir S-H

Canada is repeating a century of anti-migrant scapegoating ⋆ The Breach Carney’s immigration law C-12 is a new chapter in an old Canadian playbook of scapegoating migrants while serving the corporate elites

A collective of civil society voices just put out this scathing & brilliant critique via @breachmedia.ca of @liberalca.bsky.social's immigration law #C12, which scapegoats migrants in #Canada for the crises created by capitalism & colonialism here & abroad

#Solidarity
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This year has been a clinic in the reality that lots of people with good analysis don't have actual ideas about what people should do.

Ottawa hands corporate leaders 50 roles in government Ottawa plans to embed the private sector workers after adopting a business group's proposal — even naming the program after them, a briefing note reveals.

1/ The Carney government has fallen hard for AI hype, and it's endangering us all.

This unprecedented invitation of data-hungry tech execs inside our house (where all our confidential data is stored) is a disturbing betrayal of public trust.

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This is the desert of the real. The Wachowskis called it. But like Bernie says, no one wants this. Folks are organizing in amazing ways.

Israel preparing largest ever ‘archeological cleansing’ in West Bank Subordinating scientific value to colonial expansion, Israeli archeologists are putting up no resistance as the state moves to expropriate swaths of Sebastia.

Israel preparing largest ever act of ‘archeological cleansing’ in West Bank

Subordinating scientific value to colonial expansion, Israeli archeologists are putting up no resistance as the state moves to expropriate swaths of Sebastia.

www.972mag.com/sebastia-arc...

Daniel from Karate Kid smashes a block of ice. The text reads ICE Breakers.

Yes to protest art in general! More of this at www.nerdingham.com.

Lol. This is exactly how we've ended up with two conservative parties and how we'll end up with a Conservative government soon. Partisan politics melts partisan brains.

Les données d’enfants confiées à une plateforme américaine Québec a confié les données de jeunes enfants et de leurs parents à une plateforme américaine pour son nouveau portail d'inscription en garderie.

Québec a confié les données de jeunes enfants à une plateforme américaine ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/220...

Une année de recul des droits et libertés Nos dirigeants sont prompts à rayer les droits de ceux qui les dérangent, au gré de leurs humeurs.

Une année de recul des droits et libertés www.ledevoir.com/opinion/chro... L’état de droit est au plus mal lorsqu’un gouvernement se met à définir la vérification des faits et la modération en ligne comme des actes de censure.

En images | Rétrospective Jacques Nadeau Quarante-six ans de carrière en 16 photos marquantes.

Jacques Nadeau suscitait le respect aux manifestations parce qu'il était souvent dans le feu de l'action.

Il utilisait son métier-art pour avertir le public quant aux dérives autoritaires de nos sociétés.

Cette photo (Montebello, 2007) en témoigne magistralement.

www.ledevoir.com/societe/8044...

En images | Rétrospective Jacques Nadeau Quarante-six ans de carrière en 16 photos marquantes.

Jacques Nadeau suscitait le respect aux manifestations parce qu'il était souvent dans le feu de l'action.

Il utilisait son métier-art pour avertir le public quant aux dérives autoritaires de nos sociétés.

Cette photo (Montebello, 2007) en témoigne magistralement.

www.ledevoir.com/societe/8044...

Décès du photographe Jacques Nadeau La longue marche du photojournaliste vedette du «Devoir» s’est arrêtée mercredi.

Décès du photographe Jacques Nadeau www.ledevoir.com/actualites/s...

PL1 Constitution du Québec : plus de 300 organisations réclament son retrait - Ligue des droits et libertés Une vaste coalition d’organisations de la société civile québécoise dénonce le projet de constitution, une menace pour la démocratie, l’État de droit et le régime québécois de protection des droits et...

Les groupes réunis appellent la population, les mouvements sociaux et tous les groupes de la société préoccupés par la démocratie, l’État de droit et les droits humains à se mobiliser pour exiger que le gouvernement retire le projet de loi no1.

'Authoritarian and undemocratic': 318 groups unite against Legault's proposed Quebec constitution Groups that focus on human rights, immigration issues and the environment join unions in calling the CAQ's plan deeply flawed.

« [Paul-Étienne Rainville, de la LDL] said the bill denies Indigenous Peoples’ right to self-determination, concentrates power in the National Assembly, sidelines the courts, elevates “collective rights” over individual freedoms and weakens civil society’s ability to challenge laws. »

« Avec la montée de l’extrême droite un peu partout dans le monde, les anars sont un contre-pouvoir nécessaire. »
-@joblanchette.bsky.social #zeitgeist @ledevoir.com

Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...

Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work.

Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.

(Published May 2024)

In the genocide in Sudan, Canada has a hand in the violence ⋆ The Breach The massacres of civilians in Sudan are being fuelled by Canadian weapons, mining interests, and refugee restrictions. It’s time for Canada to end its complicity

Canadian weapons are being used by the RSF to commit atrocities in Sudan, but the complicity runs deeper

Ismail Adam, @nisrinelamin.bsky.social and @policingblack.bsky.social call for an arms embargo to Sudan, increased aid, and a robust refugee resettlement program

breachmedia.ca/in-the-genoc...

In the Fight Against Fascism, Libraries Should Be Defended — Not Defunded Libraries represent the kind of infrastructure progressive leaders must fortify at all costs, especially in this moment.

My latest reprinted in @truthout.org. "Libraries represent the kind of infrastructure progressive leaders should fortify and defend at all costs, especially in this moment. Instead, libraries in Chicago are being hollowed out, while the police budget remains sacrosanct."

Santé Canada a déjà reconnu se baser surtout sur les études des fabricants de pesticides pour les approuver. Si, en plus, la minorité d'études indépendantes ne sont pas toutes indépendantes, on peut se questionner sur le processus d'approbation. ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/108...

Le PQ défend le droit de manquer de décorum sur les réseaux sociaux PSPP s’est excusé de ses invectives envers le milieu culturel, arguant son «style peut-être un peu trop direct».

À quelques jours d'intervalle, PSPP ...

* a laissé entendre que des gens étaient des traîtres parce qu'ils ont eu des mots positifs pour une personne nouvellement nommée à un poste;

* plaidé pour le droit de « manquer de décorum » sur les réseaux sociaux.

www.ledevoir.com/politique/qu...

YouTube video by Blakaveli X Fred Hampton: "You Can Jail A Revolutionary, But You Can't Jail A Revolution"

56 years ago the United States Government murdered Chairman Fred Hampton at 21. Black people dont have to reference Nazi Germany. It was right here. Has been always. youtu.be/YEwv6-SgL0M?...

#OtD 4 Dec 1969 Chicago Black Panther leader Fred Hampton was murdered while asleep in his bed during a raid on his apartment by Chicago Police in conjunction with the FBI. Mark Clark was also killed, and other Panthers wounded. Learn more about the BPP: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...

Fred Hampton speaks

On Dec. 4, 1969, Chicago Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were assassinated by Chicago Police and the FBI

YouTube video by Cain Culto Cain Culto & Xiuhtezcatl - ¡BASTA YA! (Official Music Video)

Cain Culto & Xiuhtezcatl just dropped ¡BASTA YA!

#LandBack ✊🏽
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKQO...

Le regard de notre caricaturiste Chloé sur l'actualité du 1er décembre 2025 👉 bit.ly/48J7twX

Bloc uni de la FTQ et de la CSN contre la réforme Boulet à «Tout le monde en parle»

Leurs présidentes, Magali Picard et Caroline Senneville, ont dénoncé les dérives «autoritaires» du projet de loi. #TLMEP

"Happy Genocide Day"
Corrected Thanksgiving mural seen in Pensacola, Florida

"Fight Back! Organized! Leisure time is a human right"
Seen in Sofia, Bulgaria

Prisons, Prose & Protest - #33 Rants, Musings and More

In my final newsletter of the year, I discuss one of my all-time favorite topics—community archiving by marginalized groups. I recommend a two-episode podcast exploration of a Japanese psychiatric treatment model, several good recent articles, and much more… open.substack.com/pub/prisoncu...

Prescription drug prices are very likely to increase in Canada - CCPA Canada has a drug price problem, and it risks getting a lot worse in the near future. Canadian prices for patented drugs are already the 4th highest amongst 31 countries in the Organization for Econom...

Unless the federal government acts, prescription drugs are very likely to get more expensive. But there’s still time to preserve and enhance affordability. By Joel Lexchin @policyalternatives.ca
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