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Deborah Bourque

@deborah-bourque.bsky.social
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Intersectional feminist, athiest, Socialist, retired trade unionist, mother, grandmother, proud cat lady, happy to be back in New Brunswick, she/her. #freePalestine #transrightsarehumanrights #noplaceforhate

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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 01/10/2026
We are disgusted and disturbed to see a piece run in the National Post that appears to potentially endorse violence against NDP Leader Avi Lewis for his argument that we all bear a collective responsibility to stop the genocide in Palestine. See our joint response:
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Kneecap @kneecapceol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We stand with the people of the Garvahy Road. After 28 years of peace this change isn't about rights, but pushing conflict and supremacy. ¡No pasarán!
A large crowd of local residents blocks the Orange Order from parading through their area.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Delegates walk out as Netanyahu addresses the UN General Assembly
Largely empty auditorium with people walking out

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christoaivalis.bsky.social @christoaivalis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Avi Lewis is the only one speaking out against Carney's privatizations schemes and how they fail workers We don't need another 407 catastrophe
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Kim Siever @kimsiever.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Saddle Lake Cree Nation is asserting its Treaty rights in an attempt to create a safe haven for gender-affirming healthcare, directly challenging restrictions already imposed by Danielle Smith’s Alberta government. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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BREAKING: First Nation defies Alberta’s Restrictions on Gender-Affirming Care
Saddle Lake Cree Nation is asserting its Treaty rights in an attempt to create a safe haven for gender-affirming healthcare, directly challenging restrictions already imposed by Danielle Smith’s Alber...
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
BREAKING! "Saddle Lake Cree Nation is asserting its Treaty rights and jurisdiction to provide safe refuge for those seeking and providing gender-affirming care. Any Albertan will be able to access gender-affirming care on Saddle Lake Cree Nation reserved lands and territories"
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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I'll have more to say as the event gets closer but I urge people to attend and to use it as an opportunity, as #Carney and #Ford intensify their attacks, to build the fighting movement that the present situation demands.
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Walking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
BREAKING: sucks to have stuff renamed by white people, doesn’t it?
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton and Patti LaBelle playing their acrylics. Two icons.
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 21/08/2026
After a two-month delay, Montreal City Council is set to vote next week on an important motion to recognize the genocide in Gaza and sever institutional ties with Israel. This is our final push to show that Montrealers support this motion! www.cjpme.org/montreal_cut...
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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The rich shouldn't have a veto power when it comes to the historical record. #Palestine #Humanrights
Donation to museum cancelled over Nakba demonstration.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 24/07/2026
Uncontrolled AI is a threat to our jobs, our environment, and our communities. Canadians across the political divide know this, and that’s why they’re fighting back. The public must assert its role in the technologies shaping our lives, and draw hard lines where AI causes nothing but harm.
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Kim Siever @kimsiever.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Mark Carney’s Government is Rushing Through Major Changes to Canada’s Labour Laws. Unions Say Workers Should Be Alarmed. pressprogress.ca/mark-carneys...
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Mark Carney’s Government is Rushing Through Major Changes to Canada’s Labour Laws. Unions Say Workers Should Be Alarmed.
Unions are warning Carney is planning to place limits on the right to strike and deliver other items on 'Corporate Canada's wish list'
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 07/04/2026
The President of the United States is openly threatening to commit genocide against 90 million people. Prime Minister Carney: if there was ever a moment to denounce this illegal war, withdraw your support, and call for accountability for war crimes—it’s now.
Screenshot of a post from Donald Trump: A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!
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NB Media Co-op / Coop Média NB @nbmediacoop.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Free contraception remains an unfulfilled election promise for Premier Susan Holt’s Liberals. The provincial budget doesn’t include any money towards universal birth control coverage, but it's "the number one priority for family planning providers,” says the New Brunswick Abortion Care Network.
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Birth control coverage absent from provincial budget, leaving election promise unfulfilled
Free contraception remains an unfulfilled election promise for Premier Susan Holt's Liberals. The provincial budget, released last week, doesn't include
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Rosella Melanson @rosellam.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
«Le gouvt du N-B a lancé une ligne téléphonique pour informer les femmes sur les services d’avortement et faciliter leur prise de rendez-vous. Vous avez une grossesse non désirée et vous ignorez comment éviter d’avoir un enfant? Appelez au 1-844-806-9205, où que vous viviez au Nouveau-Brunswick»
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Nouvelle ligne téléphonique pour les avortements
Le gouvernement provincial a lancé une ligne téléphonique pour informer les femmes sur les services d’avortement et faciliter leur prise de rendez-vous.
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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
To everyone who cheerleaded Carney's faux speech in Davos & posturing as independent middle power - His atrocious statement today backing US-Israeli attacks on Iran make clear that he & Canada are firmly aligned with dominant imperial interests. And he did so while shaking hands with Modi in India
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Derek Simon @dartmouthderek.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
They’ve been claiming Iran is on the verge of developing nuclear weapons for as long as I can remember. The US isn’t even bothering to come up with a different lie than the one they used to sell the Iraq war. Except this time the Canadian government is supporting them.
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Deborah Bourque @deborah-bourque.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Fucking Mark Carney...
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
The US has declared Cuba an "unusual and extraordinary threat", authorising new sanctions and tightening its illegal blockade. Trump is trying to starve Cuba into submission — and millions of people will suffer. This is economic warfare, plain and simple. Hands off Cuba!
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 19/01/2026
CJPME is alarmed that Carney has accepted in principle an invitation to join Trump’s so-called “Board of Peace,” which aims to oversee the governance of occupied Gaza. CJPME urges Carney to decline any role for Canada in the colonial outsourcing of Israeli occupation. www.cjpme.org/pr_2026_01_1...
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Canada should refuse Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ invitation: CJPME
Montreal, January 19, 2026 — Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is alarmed that Prime Minister Carney has accepted in principle an invitation to join US President Trump’s so-ca...
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Donald Trump has not assembled a “Board of Peace” for Gaza. He has assembled a Board of Occupation. The future of Gaza is not up to Trump, Blair or Netanyahu. That is up to the Palestinian people.
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Deborah Bourque @deborah-bourque.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
This guy just sucks so much....
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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
#RosaLuxemburg and #KarlLiebknecht were murdered on this day in 1919. We take their enormous contributions to the struggle for socialism into the decisive battles we face today.
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Deborah Bourque @deborah-bourque.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
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Deborah Bourque @deborah-bourque.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba... you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba...
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Ban X/Twitter in Canada
I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ban-x-twitter-in-canada/?source=f...
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Kim Siever @kimsiever.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
American companies did not build Venezuela’s oil industry. Venezuelan workers built it.
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CUPW @cupwsttp.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
CUPW Statement: CUPW Condemns Attack Against Venezuela www.cupw.ca/en/cupw-statement-cupw-…
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CUPW Statement: CUPW Condemns Attack Against Venezuela
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) joins the international trade union community in condemning the United States’ military attack against Venezuela, and the abduction of President Nicolás Mad...
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Recs for on-the-ground reporters/observers/people in Venezuela posting at least part of the time in English?
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Deborah Bourque @deborah-bourque.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Are we ever going to see a response from our prime minister about Trump's illegal attack on Venezuela???
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
⚠️ The Vice President of Venezuela has spoken by phone to a Venezuelan television news channel. She confirmed that Venezuelan President Maduro’s whereabouts are unknown, demanded proof of life for Maduro from Trump, and called the people of Venezuela to the streets.
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I Delcy Rodríguez: "The cradle of the Liberator was attacked. In the face of this situation, we do not know the whereabouts of President Maduro.
We demand from Donald Trump proof of life of President Maduro. People to the streets"
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EN VIVO
CONTACTO TELEFÓNICO
DELCY RODRIGUEZ
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4:03 AM • 1/3/26 • 7.3K Views
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The United States has no authority, legal or moral, to go to war with Venezuela. Trump is using our military to invade and attack another country under false pretenses. Does anyone remember what happened the last time the U.S. government did that?
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Deborah Bourque @deborah-bourque.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Omg. Just woke up to the news that the US has bombed Venezuela! This is terrible news. Hands off Venezuela!
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John Robb @realstirfryguy.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
I for one am super excited that Poilievre and the CPC have hired Outhouse and I think everyone from NB should just SHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
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UNI Global Union @uniglobalunion.org · 20/11/2025
🏳️‍⚧️ Today, on Transgender Day of Remembrance, we mourn our lost siblings and call for justice. Trade unions have a duty to defend trans workers. An injury to one is an injury to all. uniglobalunion.org/news/defendi... #TDoR
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Canadian Labour @canadianlabour.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Trans Awareness Week reminds us that inclusion isn’t optional. Trans workers deserve respect, safety, fair treatment, and to see themselves represented in our movement. Unions fight for justice. That includes fighting for trans rights. #TransAwarenessWeek #canlab
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Deborah Bourque @deborah-bourque.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
I just joined the global call to #DrawTheLine — for peace, climate justice, and a world beyond fossil fuels. I'll be taking action in Saint John on Sept. 20, 2025. Will you join me? drawtheline.world?event_id=264...
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Home | Draw The Line - For life, for people, for the planet.
Join us this September to draw the line against injustice, pollution, and violence; for a future of peace, clean energy, and fairness.
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Deborah Bourque @deborah-bourque.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Two young men just walked up to my garden and walked away with a small shrub...wtf??
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
This is really, really bad. Do you really need to rub elbows with Nazis to know thy enemy? Do people not see that these are fascist grifters who created an authoritarian hellhole and are now selling how-to advice to the opposition? Nothing about this is defensible.
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Project 2025 mastermind invited to speak at Carney's cabinet meeting | CBC News
A prominent conservative figure in American politics and the mastermind behind Project 2025 — the infamous policy blueprint that proposed a drastic overhaul of the U.S. government — will speak to Prim...
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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
The harsh realities of #Carney's class war government are setting in very quickly. We face a struggle of historic proportions and had better be ready for it.
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Spooky JC in Rothesay 🌲 🇨🇦 @jc-in-rothesay.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Happy Labour Day from the birthplace of the labour movement in Canada ✊️
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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
If you see someone stealing food, ask yourself a simple question. Who really belongs behind bars, the person who took the food or price gouging #billionaire who owns the supermarket?
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UNI Global Union @uniglobalunion.org · 06/08/2025
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza demands urgent action. With @etuc-ces.bsky.social, we write that violations of #humanrights and international law must have consequences. The EU must pressure the Israeli government to end the blockade and demand peace. uniglobalunion.org/news/uni-and...
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Independent Jewish Voices @ijvcanada.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
IJV reaffirms our support for Palestinian liberation, and calls for Canada to enact an arms embargo now! Go to armsembargonow.ca to read the report and take action.
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Home - Arms Embargo Now
We’re coming together to demand the Canadian government impose a full, immediate arms embargo on Israel.
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Independent Jewish Voices @ijvcanada.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Last week, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Canada plans to recognize Palestinian statehood in September. This came one day after the groundbreaking report demonstrating ongoing flow of arms from Canada to Israel, yet made no mention of enacting an arms embargo.
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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Uber Drivers Have Unionized For The First Time In Canada www.readthemaple.com/uber-drivers... #canlab #Uber
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Uber Drivers Have Unionized For The First Time In Canada
UFCW Local 1518 in British Columbia has announced that 500 drivers in Greater Victoria unionized.
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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
A lesson to all here. Paging Canada.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
I am begging Canadians to look at government policies objectively and then ask yourselves "If Poilievre was behind this, would I be mad?" A horrifying amount of you are in a partisan cult where you're re-framing terrible policies as Good Actually! just because your guy is behind them.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
All I have to say about the Diddy trial verdict is I’ll never get over how much our society hates women.
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BC Labour Heritage Centre @bclhc.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
June 25, 1919 the Winnipeg General Strike came to an end. Workers in BC who supported the Winnipeg strikers returned to work, with the notable exception of the Vancouver's women telephone operators, who remained out for another 13 days. Praise came from the labour press. #bclab #bchist #labourhist
Special notice to strikersWestern labour revolt 1919 timelineMass meeting at the arena this afternoon. Chair to be taken at 2.30. Proceeds to be Used for Necessitous Cases. Everybody attend. Women invited.Woman telephone operator
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