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Jim Wallace

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Retired software architect, contrarian, and socialist. Interested in many different things; including politics, economics, literature, history, and travel.

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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 4h
To hell with imagery, it’s a genocide open.substack.com/pub/thecall1...
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To hell with imagery, it’s a genocide
A few updates from us; and, as the situation on the ground escalates, it’s time to move beyond imagery that bolsters the careers of promise-breaking politicians.
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 5h
Let Me Die with the Philistines: Israel’s Nuclear Psychosis is an Existential Threat as Real as Climate Change - CounterPunch.org www.counterpunch.org/2026/09/30/l...
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 5h
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When Law Fails: A Jew Reads ‘Confronting Zionism’
I am, maybe, a reader at cross-purposes from this book's intent. I translate the challenge of fighting Zionist oppression of Palestine gentiles, somewhat
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 6h
One More Reason Americans Hate AI: It Does Nothing for Them paulkrugman.substack.com/p/one-more-r...
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One More Reason Americans Hate AI: It Does Nothing for Them
Trillions of dollars in spending, higher interest rates, hardly any jobs
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 7h
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... Master List
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Ontario’s minimum wage is falling further behind the living wage | CCPA
Every year the minimum wage in Ontario has a modest increase. And every year the actual living wage pulls further away. 2026 is no different.
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 7h
Israel is a state based on religious bigotry and apartheid! The Pardon of Elor Azaria: Killing, maiming, and culpability in the Israeli law mondoweiss.net/2026/09/the-...
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The Pardon of Elor Azaria: Killing, maiming, and culpability in the Israeli law
Israeli courts put on a show of indicting criminals who kill and maim Palestinians, but the final verdict — a presidential pardon and a hero’s welcome — is already predetermined.
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 8h
Sexual Health Educator Concerned About Abbotsford's Focus on Abstinence via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Sexual Health Educator Concerned About Abbotsford’s Focus on Abstinence | The Tyee
The school district says it takes a comprehensive approach that reflects community context.
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 8h
Not a good thing! What is Eby doing? BC's Big, and Now Secret, Natural Gas Giveaway via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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BC’s Big, and Now Secret, Natural Gas Giveaway | The Tyee
Tax credits let companies pay little for resources. What do the parties say?
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 8h
Israel violates Gaza ‘ceasefire’ 5,147 times, kills 1,421 Palestinians as Smotrich reiterates genocide plans palestinewillbefree.substack.com/p/israel-vio...
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Israel violates Gaza ‘ceasefire’ 5,147 times, kills 1,421 Palestinians as Smotrich reiterates genocide plans
In the absence of any concerted effort to stop the Israelis, the killings continue with total impunity, with no end in sight.
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Magellan 🇵🇸 @magellan107.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Officials across the globe take no action; any words they do utter amount to blatant hypocrisy, demonstrating only that the lives of the innocent hold no importance for them. We need not criticize the occupation—it is well known to be a vile criminal entity—but what of these world officials?
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🇨🇦Tadhg Dalaigh @tadhgdalaigh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ban illegal harms, not young Canadians! 🇨🇦 #BillC34 should be amended to hold platforms accountable, protect privacy and free expression, and keep young people connected. Tell your MP to fix the bill: openmedia.org/BillC34-bsky @openmedia.org
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Fix Bill C-34: No Ban. No Surveillance!
Ban illegal harms, not young Canadians! 🇨🇦 #BillC34 should be amended to hold platforms accountable, protect privacy and free expression, and keep young people connected. Tell your MP to fix the bill:...
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Palestine’s Predicament is Making Necessary the Once Unthinkable: Ending Genocide Nonviolently - CounterPunch.org www.counterpunch.org/2026/09/29/p...
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Matt Elliott: There’s no mystery behind Mayor Olivia Chow’s budget record — there’s just math
Lately, the leading candidates taking on Mayor Olivia Chow in the race for mayor have taken to referring to the city’s budget like it’s some great cosmic mystery. A riddle
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Israeli Settlers are terrorist. Israel by and large supports their terror and does little or nothing to restrain them. It is basically state sponsored ethnic cleansing! Over 100 settlers attack West Bank village, block Palestinian family’s return home www.timesofisrael.com/over-100-set...
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Over 100 settlers attack West Bank village, block Palestinian family’s return home
IDF accused of failing to coordinate with police, after rioters burn homes and cars, attack security forces in Jalud; Haredi men assault Arabs outside Jerusalem's Old City
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Turning a peaceful movement violent noraloreto.substack.com/p/turning-a-...
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Turning a peaceful movement violent
Canadian elites blame Palestinian solidarity for Belleville synagogue shooting
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Damned good article! The social safety net has frayed considerably in the past decade or two. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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We were already behind the times. If Mark Carney doesn’t reform EI soon, we’ll be left in the dust
It's time for EI to meet the 21st century, writes Sabrina Maddeaux.
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Banker King Carney is no friend of the working class! Unions call Bill C-39 an attack on labour, Charter Rights - rabble.ca rabble.ca/labour/union...
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Toronto mayoral candidate Bradford’s campaign appears to have breached its own privacy policy www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/28/i...
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Toronto mayoral candidate Bradford’s campaign appears to have breached its own privacy policy
Its campaign tool, called the Victory App, was the subject of a CNO investigation last week for its use of AI to locate online discussions about Bradford. But another aspect of the app also raises que...
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump has always been a master of getting - or taking - money from other people to fund his endeavours. Too old to change, I guess. Or perhaps better: Too cheap to change! 'Dangerous for Democracy': White House Airs More Pro-Trump Propaganda on Taxpayer Dime www.commondreams.org/news/trump-t...
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'Dangerous for Democracy': White House Airs More Pro-Trump Propaganda on Taxpayer Dime | Common Dreams
"The president and his administration have gone from breaking the law to trampling it," said a former White House special counsel.
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Banker King Carney is no friend of the working class! www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
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ResJudicata22 @resjudicata22.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Cartoonist: Clay Bennett
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, UN Commission finds 16 September 2025 GENEVA – Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel.
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Dani @danimorocco.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is what EVIL looks like. Free Palestine !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🇵🇸 youtube.com/shorts/UDCSi...
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Ben-Gvir threatens to execute Palestinian detainee
YouTube video by Roya News English
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Rise And...Rise Of ‘Color Revolutions’ open.substack.com/pub/kitklare...
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The Rise And...Rise of ‘Color Revolutions’
All my investigations are free to read, thanks to the enormous generosity of my readers.
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
it actually doesn't rain very often in the pacific northwest. i visited seattle for a couple days one time and it didn't rain the entire time i was there
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Israeli apartheid puts a fatal crimp in Israeli democracy. Religious extremism triumphs once again! And Carney and the Canadian government are tolerating and abetting this! aje.news/p525qo
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Israel bans Arab parties from election: Who they are, why it matters
Israeli politicians subject to ICC arrest warrants or international sanctions remain eligible to run.
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Iceland FM hits back at Netanyahu over ‘moral cowards’ UNGA remark
Iceland’s FM hit back at Netanyahu after he called diplomats who walked out of his UN address ‘moral cowards’.
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Israel is conducting ethnic cleansing and stealing Palestinian land. And, of course, it continues to harass Palestinians in the West Bank in any way it can think of! Sadly, Carney and Canada are basically tolerating and abetting this. To our utter shame! aje.news/uqydqq
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Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich calls for war in occupied West Bank
Comments come as Israeli authorities announce military closure across occupied West Bank, citing Jewish holiday Sukkot.
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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I started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN Politics
Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ...
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Who needs a PC party when Carney is around to do it for them? Carney's sweeping new bill sparks backlash over environmental rollbacks www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/24/n...
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Carney's sweeping new bill sparks backlash over environmental rollbacks
The Liberal government’s proposed Building Canada Strong Act is facing pushback from political, environmental and labour groups. The bill aims to amend several laws to fast-track projects deemed in 't...
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
‘Give Palestinians a Voice’: Ro Khanna Calls for Marwan Barghouti’s Release www.palestinechronicle.com/give-palesti...
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Palestinian Journalist Death Toll Reaches 262 as Gaza Marks International Solidarity Day www.palestinechronicle.com/palestinian-...
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How the US Atlas Network Built Alberta Separatism via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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How the US Atlas Network Built Alberta Separatism | The Tyee
A global cabal of libertarian and right-wing organizations has fuelled the province’s independence movement.
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Avi Lewis’ Yom Kippur reflection speaks to Jews fighting for a better world
In advance of Yom Kippur, NDP leader Avi Lewis tweeted a brief reflection, naming that on a day when Jews are called to account for the year that has passed, “we failed to do our part to stop an ongoi...
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Banker King Carney is imposing his right wing agenda on Canada. Just say "NO" to his privatization and restrictions on unions and the working class.
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Why Al-Aqsa Flood Happened: Ilan Pappé Revisits October 2023 www.palestinechronicle.com/why-al-aqsa-...
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Trump’s UN speech was delusional and dangerous | Kenneth Roth
It is sad and dangerous that at such a perilous moment, the United States is saddled with a president like Trump
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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🇨🇦Tadhg Dalaigh @tadhgdalaigh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
@mark-carney.bsky.social Why is Canada trading with these monsters?
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Perpetually “concerned” Susan Collins should be VERY concerned by the latest reporting from ProPublica, revealing her involvement in an alleged bribery/pay to play scheme of awarding defense contracts to a specific firm right after that company made campaign “donations." youtu.be/f2fFlCPjKnk?...
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GOP Senator CAUGHT RED-HANDED In MASSIVE BRIBERY SCHEME Probe!?!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
FOX: We’re active with Iran—how do you get out? El-Sayed: You don’t get in in the first place. We had an agreement that had contained nuclear weapons. We did not need to do this, so the first time the dunce got elected he pulled back on the agreement.
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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As a former chair of the police services board, I have misgivings about the inspection into corruption of Toronto’s force
Questions remain regarding the independence of the inspection.
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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“New Low in U.N. History”: Trita Parsi on Trump’s Threat to Annihilate Iran at General Assembly
The annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly opened this week in New York City. On its opening day, President Trump in his address to all 193 U.N. member states threatened to annihilate I...
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🇨🇦Tadhg Dalaigh @tadhgdalaigh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Jim Wallace @jwallit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Carney is betraying Canada and Canadian values by not supporting Cuba against American aggression!
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