Ryan Hillier

Any US strikes on Iran likely to be layered, targeting air defence first, then HVT like refinery capacity, energy generation, public infrastructure.

Scotiabank Divests From Israeli Arms Company Following Public Pressure “I do think it’s safe to say that Elbit became less and less sustainable for them to hold on to in this way.”

NEW: After Scotiabank divested from Israeli arms company Elbit Systems, I spoke to activists who kept up the pressure for 3 years.

“I do think it’s safe to say that Elbit became less and less sustainable for them to hold on to.”
www.readthemaple.com/scotiabank-d...

Complaint accusing the Presidents of FIFA and UEFA of aiding in war crimes and crimes against humanity in the occupied Palestinian territory has been filed with the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. FIFA President Infantino and UEFA President Čeferin have been accused of aiding and abetting war crimes (specifically, the transfer of civilian population into occupied territories) and crimes against humanity (specifically, apartheid) under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Communication was formally filed with the ICC Office of the Prosecutor on 16 February 2026.

A 120-page filing has been submitted to the ICC accusing FIFA's President Infantino and UEFA's President Ceferin of "aiding and abetting war crimes (specifically, the transfer of civilian population into [Palestine] occupied territories) and crimes against humanity (specifically, apartheid)."

An NBA investor in four teams profits from immigrant athletes — and immigrant megajails [eyeblack] identifies four NBA teams tied to an investor that made $120M selling property for a planned ICE detention center, and explains why more owners could follow.

I identified four (4) NBA teams part-owned by a firm that sold a property to the Department of Homeland Security for a planned ICE detention center. And I explain why more owners could follow in the warehouse to megajail business.

it's the new [eyeblack]:

First, the Government needs to provide a clear, long-term demand signal to Canadian industry for defence and dual-use goods so it can be better prepared to meet the requirements of the Canadian Armed Forces. One of the fundamental challenges facing Canadian industry has been the lack of clear and predictable demand signals and commitments from government, making it difficult for Canadian companies to forecast demand and make informed investment decisions. Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy will provide that clear demand signal.

One of the first sections of the new "Defence Industrial Strategy" released by the Canadian government describes how private businesses *must* be assured that any potential conflict requiring arms production will last for an extended period. www.canada.ca/en/departmen...

Kremlin aide warns West over seizure of Russian vessels Russia could deploy its navy to prevent European powers from seizing its vessels and may retaliate against European shipping if Russian ships are taken, Nikolai Patrushev, one of Russia's leading hard...

"'By implementing their naval blockade plans, the Europeans are deliberately pursuing a scenario of military escalation, testing the limits of our patience and provoking active retaliatory measures,' Patrushev said."

Venezuela: the end game The kidnapping of Venezuela’s President Maduro and his wife by US military forces, the subsequent takeover by the Vice President Rodriguez and her agreement to allow the US to control Venezuela’s o…

"Between 2017 and 2018 alone, [US] sanctions killed an estimated 40,000 Venezuelans and plunged many more into precarity. Over 300,000 people were put at risk because of the lack of medicine and health care […]."

Archived link: archive.today/2026.02.17-1...

Ottawa faces calls to send oil and aid to Cuba amid fuel shortage Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand did not say whether Canada will speak out against Washington or send necessities amid the U.S. oil blockage

"Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand did not say whether Canada will speak out against Washington or offer fuel or humanitarian aid. She instead noted efforts to support Canadians in need, including to leave the country."

Scotiabank fully divests from Elbit Systems.
Scotiabank’s most recent filings reveal that it has fully divested from Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems. They currently have zero shares in the company.
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National amnesia is a Canadian pastime

The US and Israel spent years creating shell companies and infiltrating the entire supply chain of a pager manufacturer to make hundreds of exploding devices which killed and maimed Hezbollah members and Lebanese civilians.

And people are paranoid about China knowing their seat warmer settings.

International fugitive and genocidaire Benjamin Netanyahu admits that there are "no heavy weapons in Gaza," and that weapons used during Al-Aqsa Flood were primarily assault rifles. Direct contradiction to the narrative that Hamas destroyed entire buildings and 100s of vehicles on Oct 7 2023.

How and why police actually support the federal invasions—I have been working on this article for ~6 months, trying to make sense of Trump’s nationwide surge of DHS officers, how it has evolved, what brought us here, and what will remain after it ends.

We stand with the Cuban Revolution against Yanqui Hyper-imperialism. We believe in the importance of sovereignty and dignity against intimidation and theft.
¡Cuba sí! ¡Yanquis no!

Donate to buy solar panels for Cuba:
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#LetCubaLive #EndTheBlockade #Solidarity

He says "had entered into terminal decline" which reads as an oxymoron. It's terminal. There is no "I had terminal cancer but now I don't."

Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.

CPJ scrapped "Impunity Index" to shield Israel, whistleblowers say Email shows CEO proposed "lighter lift" statement in place of annual ranking, after surge in Palestinian journalist killings.

"According to CPJ’s own database, Israel deliberately killed 64 journalists in 2023, 76 in 2024, another 51 in 2025 and three so far in 2026."

Shooting dozens of rounds of tear gas and using pepper spray and their batons, the SPVM violently pushed back more than a thousand people who showed up this afternoon to send a message to GardaWorld over their contracts with ICE at their offices and training center in Ville Saint-Laurent. (thread)

Not a flag guy by any means but I consider the blacked-out maple leaf to be a desecration of the original Canadian flag. A black maple leaf means it's dead.

Building a better future: Socialist Project Fredericton to launch this month A new group launching in Fredericton later this month will give socialists, and everyone interested in socialism, the opportunity to

A new group launching in Fredericton later this month will give socialists, and everyone interested in socialism, the opportunity to meet, learn more and build community.
nbmediacoop.org/2026/02/12/s...

Stephen Rigby is Vincent Rigby's brother afaik. Vincent was Trudeau's NSIA in 2020.

Group Sending Canadian Right-Wing Media Personalities on Free Trips to Israel Quietly Funded by the Israeli Government Israeli foreign ministry granted Exigent Foundation $175,000 CAD to bring ‘Canadian influencers and policymakers’ to Israel, documents show

NEW: Group sending Canadian right-wing media personalities on free trips to Israel quietly funded by Israeli government

Documents unearthed by @pressprogress.ca show Israel's foreign ministry granted the Exigent Foundation $175,000 CAD to bring "Canadian influencers and policymakers" to Israel

Naming it: Canada's Dunblane Canada's first mass shooting against children is overshadowed by what terfascists are saying

The far right was in overdrive yesterday to make the mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge about trans people.

It helped obscure the fact that it's actually Canada's first mass shooting targeting children. Canada's Dunblane.

My latest - noraloreto.substack.com/p/naming-it-...

Every single time

All Big Six Canadian banks now backing proposed defence bank TORONTO — Canada's Big Six banks have all put their support behind the proposed international Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB).

"Major global banks including JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, and ING Group have also signed on."

Importantly, Arctic Indigenous Peoples feature prominently as partners in US Arctic strategy and their inclusion has been elevated to the first guiding principle of the new strategy, strengthening the domestic and transnational bonds of Arctic cooperation even as Russia remains sidelined. Two of the strategy’s four pillars directly address Indigenous Peoples and their wellbeing. The second pillar (on climate change and environmental protection) describes Washington’s commitment to partnering with both “Alaskan communities and the State of Alaska” to foster climate resilience, emissions reduction, improved scientific cooperation, and ecosystem conservation, while the third pillar (on sustainable economic development) outlines Washington’s pledge to “sustainable development and [the] improve[ment of] livelihoods in Alaska, including for Alaska Native communities.”

So important to point out how the US and other Arctic actors are instrumentalizing Indigeous populations for state purposes. All while continuing to enable the genocide of other Indigenous peoples in other regions. Truly sick system.

See:

"While on paper the alliance initiative was created to guard against Russian and Chinese activities and influence in the region, it was a direct response to complaints by U.S. President Donald Trump that Greenland wasn't being properly defended and the U.S. should annex the Danish territory."

The intended result, which was always the increased militarization of the Arctic to attack Russian and Chinese shipping lanes, has been obvious to anyone bothering to see Trump's "threats" for what they actually were. A set of orders, that have been dutifully followed by Canada and Europe.

Canada urges NATO to make Arctic Sentry initiative permanent | CBC News Canada's foreign minister is urging NATO to make its newly launched Arctic Sentry initiative a permanent part of the alliance's operations. Anita Anand argues the High North can no longer be treated a...

"NATO's Arctic Sentry initiative will be headquartered out of the alliance's military command in Norfolk, Va."

Zero change in Canada's subordination to US geopolitical priorities.