Hannan

Absolutely shocking few weeks at CCMW.

Any Attacks against a hijabi is GENDER BASED VIOLENCE

I have seen some (racist) rumblings online about Ottawa’s new housing project designed for asylum seekers, suggesting that newcomers are being prioritized over “local” people experiencing homelessness.

First of all, unless you are Indigenous, you or your family came from somewhere else.

What Therapists Treating Immigrants Hear Some mental-health-care providers are trying new approaches to treat patients whose worst fears have come true.

“There’s a level of terror I haven’t seen before.” A psychiatrist who provides care to undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles talks about the psychological harm caused by recent ICE raids and anti-immigrant rhetoric.

"They said the security staff hired were often unqualified, unvetted, heavily armed and seemed to have an open license to do whatever they wished."

Currency exchange owners accused of defrauding major banks to launder more than $40-million from Middle East Defunct Canex Forex Ltd., former co-owners Kevin and Saba Sarrafi, face a total of 29 fraud, money-laundering offences

Reporting from the Globe and Mail implies that recent RCMP money laundering charges are related to Iranian money laundering activity.

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This Palestinian boy is comforting his younger siblings after they were injured in an Israeli attack that targeted a displacement shelter in Gaza City.

Amazing news this morning.

People would rather throw themselves into the sea than be taken to Libya.

The GazaFFlotilla boat en route to break Israel's siege on Gaza detoured today to rescue four Sudanese migrants who had been intercepted by the Libyan coast guard (paid for by Italy and the EU).

Bureaucratic politics explanation for ICE arrests: 1) they arrest people for whom they have data, i.e. those who comply with requests for info from the govt; 2) they go for easy arrests (people who won't fight back). So, expect more law-biding, non-threatening people to be arrested. 1/2

Madleen & Freedom Flotilla rescued 4 migrants being intercepted by Libyan Coast Guard. EU-funded Libyan Coast Guard is one of the most violent agencies & EU's deadly gatekeepers, deporting 21,000+ ppl last year alone.

Struggles for Palestinian liberation are illuminating social order of our world.

Trump’s travel ban is a doubling down on global mobility apartheid. It targets those who already have few options for entering other countries.

“Why did one photo of a burned child help end a war, while hundreds of clips showing burned Palestinian children can’t even provoke a ceasefire?”

Exec. Director of the Institute for Palestine Studies-USA
@jehadabusalim.bsky.social on the reaction to images from the Vietnam war vs. Gaza

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“You should root for the Oilers because they’re Canadian,” says man who has confused this with the fucking Olympics TORONTO/CALGARY/VANCOUVER/MONTREAL/OTTAWA/WINNIPEG - Casual hockey fan David Hildebrandt was surprised to discover that you are not routing for the Canadian team in the Stanley Cup Finals, because app...

“You should root for the Oilers because they’re Canadian,” says man who has confused this with the fucking Olympics

NEW REPORT: Artificial Power, our 2025 Landscape Report, is out.

Today’s AI isn’t just being used by us, it’s being used on us. We urgently need to reclaim public power over the future trajectory of AI. Another path is possible.

Read the report: ainowinstitute.org/2025-landscape

Surveillance by the security state was a key theme of APTN News doc on #IdleNoMore's emergence. Looks like it's about to only intensify

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lol wtf is this, Canada's version of the Patriot Act?

The Authorized Access to Information Act (SAAIA) compels electronic service providers to "fulfill legally authorized requests to access or intercept information and communications"

I guess they are getting ready to criminalize Idle No More 2.0

Last night, the NDP successfully forced an emergency debate on the wildfires that are devastating communities across Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The federal response has been slow, inadequate, and needlessly bureaucratic—putting lives at risk.

This isn’t about public health or safety. It’s about using the opioid crisis and border fears to justify more control over already-marginalized people.

More "oversight" often just means more state power—not real accountability or justice for our communities.

It tightens asylum and refugee access, criminalizing people fleeing war, occupation, or violence—many of whom come from racialized and Muslim-majority countries.

It reinforces the dangerous idea that safety means more policing, more borders, and fewer rights.

It expands police and border powers, increasing surveillance of Muslim and Black people—especially Muslim women—who have long been targeted by discriminatory security practices.

Since 9/11, Muslim and Black communities in Canada have faced increased surveillance, racial profiling, and systemic over-policing—all under the guise of "national security." Bill C-2, the Strong Borders Act, continues this harmful legacy.

This isn’t about public health or safety. It’s about using the opioid crisis and border fears to justify more control over already-marginalized people.

"Hate crime laws strengthen and legitimize the criminal-punishment system, a system that targets the very people these laws are supposedly passed to protect,"

Wrote this peice back in 2021 it still stands relevant.

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Your presence will make clear that our community stands firmly against gender-based violence and gendered Islamophobia. No one should face this alone.

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*Court Appearance for the Guilty Plea*

*Date: Thursday, June 5, 2025*
*Time: 9:30 AM EST*
*Location: Oshawa courthouse, 150 Bond St East, Oshawa, ON, L1G 0A2*
*Courtroom: 403*
*For those attending virtually, please see the Zoom link and details below:*

COMMUNITY ACTION REQUEST:

Tomorrow, June 5, 2025, the assailant who attacked a visibly Muslim woman, Elshimaa Abdelhafiz, in the Ajax Public Library (Main Branch), will plead guilty. 

We are encouraging people to attend the court hearing in person or by Zoom.