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06.11.2025 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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David Harvey, On Sraffa’s Trail, NLR 152, March–April 2025 David Harvey recalls a lifetime of encounters, actual and intellectual, with the enigmatic Piero Sraffa. Interlocutor of Wittgenstein, Keynes and Robinson; devastating critic of neoclassical economics...

The American empire that has sheltered capital for so long is starting to crack. This is a moment of opportunity as well as of peril. A little bit of optimism of the intellect is called for, if only to jump-start the optimism of the will.

newleftreview.org/issues/ii152...

24.05.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 94    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

and to people, events and political currents that open doors to new ways of thinking, hopefully more adequate to confront the central contradictions of our times. It is, however, one thing to open doors but quite another to pass through en masse, to explore what might exist on the other side.

24.05.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

For anyone aware of the tragedy at Vancouver Lapu Lapu festival, here's a thread of GoFundMe's available to help support the many victims. (copy pasted from my friend 'J' in the Vancouver Filipino community)

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29.04.2025 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1152    πŸ” 1514    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 8

Poilievre vows to stay on as party leader for reasons of being otherwise unemployable #CanadaVotes #cdnpoli

29.04.2025 05:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4471    πŸ” 1005    πŸ’¬ 156    πŸ“Œ 69

Pierre Poilievre has a face that needs glasses.

29.04.2025 04:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I can hear how he practiced saying "House of Commons"

29.04.2025 04:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sean Fraser is toning down his Nova Scotia accent on CBC right now, and I'm upset!

29.04.2025 04:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wade Grant won! Musqueam nation - hΙ™nΜ“qΜ“Ι™minΜ“Ι™mΜ“ speaker (a Salish dialect, the Native language most of Metro Vancouver). The first Coast Salish person in parliament, AFAIK.

29.04.2025 03:54 β€” πŸ‘ 654    πŸ” 130    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 8

We should all be thanking Chrystia Freeland, yes?

29.04.2025 03:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I check the little screen, I check the big screen, I check the watch screen, I check the tablet screen. I check the screen that reminds me of the good times, I check the screen that reminds me of the better times.

29.04.2025 03:09 β€” πŸ‘ 12576    πŸ” 2634    πŸ’¬ 167    πŸ“Œ 110


πŸ•― πŸ•―
πŸ•― πŸ•―
Pierre
πŸ•― Poilievre πŸ•―
Loses his seat
πŸ•― πŸ•―
πŸ•― πŸ•―

29.04.2025 03:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2502    πŸ” 236    πŸ’¬ 66    πŸ“Œ 30

You can tell CBC has never cast a ballot in Vancouver civic election

29.04.2025 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stop the count!

29.04.2025 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 696    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 10

Gunn is a guy who might not lose, but deserves to lose

29.04.2025 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 116    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Seeing Cheryl Gallant losing, even with a total of 12 votes counted, is giving me a little bit of life

29.04.2025 01:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In Canada, when our head of government needs to make an extremely important decision, we call that "going for a long walk in the snow."

28.04.2025 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 344    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ™ Malpeque please, no

28.04.2025 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No one warned me I’d have to see Jason Kenney’s face today πŸ˜–

28.04.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Have been looking at the polls closely and it's clear they predict you should go and vote right now if you haven't already.

28.04.2025 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Home - Trans Lifeline Radicalcommunity care Trans Lifeline provides trans peer support for our community that’s been divested from police since day one. We’re run by and for

Please help us correct misinformation!

Our hotline is being incorrectly shared as "Canada's national suicide hotline open toll free for Americans".

We are not a general crisis hotline, we exist exclusively to support the trans community.

Find out more @ translifeline.org

28.04.2025 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 8351    πŸ” 7302    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 707
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Support for Trey Helten’s partner and kids. Ashtrey forever. The Downtown Eastside is reeling.

Fundraiser for Trey Helten’s partner and son, for anyone able to contribute.

Even if you don’t chip in, please take a few seconds to read about Trey and maybe think β€” how can you help others off this murderous conveyor belt? This isn’t normal.
chuffed.org/project/1296...

28.04.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Canadian Blood Services | Canada's Lifeline There are many ways to join Canada's Lifeline. Discover how you can make all the difference for someone in Canada today.

if you are feeling helpless, a simple but incredibly valuable thing that many of us can do after a catastrophe is sign up to donate blood and plasma. www.blood.ca/en

27.04.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 6

I finally watched it this year, and have decided I fully agree that Die Hard is a Christmas movie.

20.12.2024 05:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Capital City should be required reading for planners and urbanists these days

19.12.2024 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Vancouver council votes to demolish dilapidated downtown hotel The building at 500 Dunsmuir Street, owned by Holborn Properties, has been empty since 2013. It will be demolished within three weeks

So Council's voted to demolish the building and will explore "any avenues ... to seek compensation." πŸ™„ Holborned again. What Stein calls the Real Estate State, in which developer power is so structurally embedded that even politicians who want to push back can't. vancouversun.com/news/vancouv...

19.12.2024 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I regret to inform you it’s once again time to figure out dinner :(

18.12.2024 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1188    πŸ” 72    πŸ’¬ 79    πŸ“Œ 12

Holborn should be banned from owning property in the city of Vancouver.

19.12.2024 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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