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@leftylabourtech.bsky.social
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Mostly retired Toronto-based union activist & GNU/Linux Free/Libre software nerd.

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 9h
Running roughshod over environmental protections, Indigenous consultation and workers’ rights is not nation building. It’s building a pipeline to the courts.
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Kevin Rupasinghe @kevinrupasinghe.ca · 5h
For too long, renters have been left behind by City Hall. I'm going to change that. When my tenant guide shows up at your door, hold on to it! And October 26, vote for a Councillor you can count on - for a change. Join me: KevinR.ca/Tenants #ScarboroughSouthwest #Ward20 #TOPoli
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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 4h
So many media and political figures have been completely silent on this.
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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 16h
NETHERLANDS: Public transport unions threaten weekly strikes until Christmas nltimes.nl/2026/10/01/p...
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Public transport unions threaten weekly strikes until Christmas
The trade unions FNV and CNV are preparing to strike in regional public transport from October 12 if employers do not meet their demands. Talks on a new collective labor agreement broke down in July, ...
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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 16h
CANADA: Unions fight bill giving minister power to end lawful strikes www.industriall-union.org/canadian-uni...
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Right to strike Canada: impacts on workers' rights
Discover how the right to strike Canada is shaped by Bill C-39 and what it means for labor disputes and negotiations.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 30/09/2026
The National Post is using language that seems wildly irresponsible and dangerous here Citing ancient “Jewish law,” it labels Avi Lewis as a “rodef” The ultranationalist extremist who assassinated Yitzhak Rabin rationalized his killing on the same basis: www.theguardian.com/world/2020/o...
None of this applies, however, when a Jewish person presents a clear and present danger to the Jewish community. When that happens, Jewish thought is much more forceful: you must prevent the perpetrator from
causing harm.

Jewish law developed two character sketches to describe such scenarios. The first is known as a "mosar" — a Jewish person who informs to oppressive
authorities, potentially leading to the imprisonment, torture or death of community members. The second, called a "rodef," refers to a Jew who is actively pursuing another with the intent to harm or kill them. In both scenarios, the law is clear that a Jew is duty-bound to step in. Protecting the community and its members is the most important thing.It was around then that Yigal Amir, an earnest law student, made up his mind to kill the prime minister. Later he would insist he was not swayed by extremist rabbis; he had reached his own decision that Rabin - through his willingness to cede territory and to allow the creation of a Palestinian Authority, with its own armed police force - was a rodef and therefore a legitimate target. He got a weapon easily enough. With his brother, Amir was working on the creation of an anti-Palestinian militia. Nor was access difficult; on at least three occasions before the rally, Amir attended public events where Rabin was present. He was waiting for the right moment: he didn't want to shoot and miss.
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Derek gendvil @derekbshelby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Italy Shows How Amazon Can Be Forced to Bargain: Shut Down Its Distribution truthout.org/articles/ita...
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Italy Shows How Amazon Can Be Forced to Bargain: Shut Down Its Distribution
Amazon is huge and powerful, but Italian workers have shown it can be forced to negotiate. Could US workers do the same?
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 28/09/2026
shouldn’t it be the US that gets isolated in this case?
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Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Inside the contract to rip out Toronto’s bike lanes Spacing has obtained the RFP for the Ford government's bike lane removal, and it looks even worse than thought. spacing.ca/toronto/2026... #toronto #bikes #torontobike @cycletoronto.bsky.social
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EXCLUSIVE: Inside the contract to rip out Toronto's bike lanes - Spacing Toronto
After the Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) shot down CycleTO’s legally innovative charter challenge that sought to stop Doug Ford’s attack on the city’s bike lanes, Queen’s Park wasted little time befor...
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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Brad Bradford's campaign app for Mayor of Toronto is super creepy.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 28/09/2026
More than 38,000 residential school survivors testified to the abuse they experienced as children. Next September, Canada plans to destroy their records.
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Canada plans to destroy thousands of residential school testimonies. These women are trying to save them
The 38,000 testimonies are the largest body of evidence about children’s experiences in these institutions. Journalist Connie Walker and lawyer Kimberly Murray say losing it would mean losing history — both painful and illuminating
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 29/09/2026
Nestlé worried AI will destroy world’s water supply before they do
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Nestlé worried AI will destroy world’s water supply before they do
VEVEY, SWITZERLAND - Nestlé executives gathered from around the world to announce their grave concern regarding the impact that artificial intelligence’s water consumption will have on their own abili...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 29/09/2026
There's less need to stress about advertisers following where you go online when you have Privacy Badger installed. privacybadger.org/
privacybadger.org
Privacy Badger
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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
More corporate oligopoly job destruction.
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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The AI Slop Galen Westonification enshittification of healthcare in Canada.
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Eric Wickham @ericwickham.ca · 29/09/2026
The latest from associate editor Emma Arkell!
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Jenny Kwan @jennykwan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Liberal MP Sean Casey was demoted by Mark Carney last week after voting in favour of Jenny Kwan’s Bill C-233, the No More Loopholes Act. When will the Liberals stop punishing MPs for doing their job—and finally act to close this loophole?
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NDP @ndp.ca · 29/09/2026
Last week, Avi Lewis and our NDP caucus joined Bank of Canada security workers on the picket line. As the Liberals ramp up their attacks on the right to strike, we'll keep standing with workers to fight back, together.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 28/09/2026
Brad Bradford disputing @nationalobserver.com’s reporting: “There’s no rewards … there’s nothing” Audio recording from Brad Bradford’s campaign meeting: “There are going to be rewards … it’s a gamification of the system”
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Keep the data centers away from our Great Lakes.
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Trapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Suppliers and retailers set a minimum price a product can be advertised for even if it is actually sold for less. www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
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Competition Bureau investigates minimum advertised pricing policies in grocery sector
The Competition Bureau has launched an investigation into the use of minimum advertised pricing policies in the grocery sector.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 28/09/2026
Rising residential school denialism and anti-Indigenous racism have created an environment where white supremacists feel emboldened to target and intimidate First Nations in their communities. It’s disgusting and completely unacceptable.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The rich would prefer you to believe that the "free market" is subject to the immutable law of supply and demand. But for years, the wealthy and powerful have manipulated the market for their own gain. There is nothing “free” about it. Watch.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 28/09/2026
It's outrageous that an American company is laying off hundreds of steelworkers, breaking their promise even after being offered financial support from the federal government to weather the tariffs. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Hamilton steel plant to lay off hundreds of workers as U.S. tariffs prompt 'survival' move | CBC News
Steelmaker Stelco Holdings says it's idling some production at its Hamilton plant in response to U.S. tariffs.
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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Some of the coolest Toronto city election swag is being produced by candidate Jenny Worden, community activist city council candidate in Beaches East York ward. Who in this town isn't familiar with these furry neighbours?
Toronto city council candidate Jenny Worden (Beaches East York) campaign button depicting a raccoon.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Mark Carney is complicit in Israel's genocide and anyone who speaks up about it within his own party is quickly reprimanded and demoted
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I just saw a film about the AI-enabled apocalypse. Only it's not science fiction. It's not even in the future. It's in the present. The film is called NAZA. See it. @theguardian.com @us.theguardian.com youtu.be/98xLCdc7t7E
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Apocalypse is here
YouTube video by Naomi Klein
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 01/08/2026
Hey everyone, I have some news: I'm creating a new project today called @thewatchdog.ca The Watchdog's editorial mission is to protect the public and defend democracy through original public interest watchdog journalism. Sign up here as it gets ready to launch: www.thewatchdog.ca/p/sign-up
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Sign Up For The Watchdog
The Watchdog protects the public and defends democracy through original public interest watchdog journalism.
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Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The NDP caucus and I are proud to stand in solidarity with the @psac-afpc.bsky.social workers at the Bank of Canada who have been on the picket line for over 90 days, and their employer has violated the Canada Labour Code not once-but twice. This must end. These workers deserve a fair deal (1/2)
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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is absolutely fucking awesome!!!!!!!!!!!
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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ooopsie!!!! OpenAI hacked your health files.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE TOO.......
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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I have no say of course in US elections but it would appear that California governor Gavin Newsom is the corporate shitlib's shitlib choice. For those of us outside the US, a President Newsom would be very little different from the current President Trump.
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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Bank of Canada has not once, been TWICE found guilty of scabbing on workers by the Canada Industrial Relations Board.
Mark Carney

Strike Breaker
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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Let the next phase of Google spying on users in Canada begin! www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...
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Google to begin using age assurance tech to identify underage accounts in Canada
Google is bringing its age assurance technology — which uses artificial intelligence to detect underage users — to Canada.
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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Emily Lowan sounds more like @avilewis than @davidebybc.bsky.social does.
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NDP @ndp.ca · 22/09/2026
Today @avilewis.ca, MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social and labour leaders came together to send a clear message to Mark Carney: Canada's airports are not for sale. If you agree, sign the petition at: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Michelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 23/09/2026
The more I think about this as I wake up this morning, the more I realize that journos covering this story should probably include the fact that a doctor local to this synagogue received an antisemitic COVID conspiracist death threat about 6 months after this shooter left the army.
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Michelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Belleville synagogue shooter was an antisemitic COVID conspiracist discharged from the army for refusing vaccines. It's wild that commentary on this shooting IMMEDIATELY went to anti-immigrant, Islamophobic bigotry. But THIS is the extremism that sent me an antisemitic death threat in 2022.
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Belleville gunman spouted COVID-19 conspiracies while in army, say sources | Globalnews.ca
The Canadian Armed Forces confirmed Sean Ward served in the military until 2022.
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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Every legal roadblock put in the way of climate destruction is a good one.
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Trapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The government says it is limiting the use of section 107 to instances where strikes harm the National interest. We guess who decides when strike breaking is in the national interest? Yup, that very same government, by fiat, with no input from parliament or Canadians
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This lawyer breaks down why the so-called guardrails Carney includes in this bill just create a cog in a machine built to deny workers their right to strike. Then ministers, in deciding what the “national interest” is in quashing a strike, can consider the “impact on the Canadian economy.”
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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In the UK, Starmer and Burnham arrested seniors for carrying signs saying "I support Palestine Action". In Canada seniors concerned about climate change are arrested for carrying signs with pics of their grandkids.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Workers are losing their right to strike and Canada is being sold for parts so naturally Canada’s columnist class is focused on what really matters: Why the only prominent progressive voice in politics right now is Evil for criticizing a literal genocide
Robyn Urback, sharing her Globe op-ed, writes: “Avi Lewis' foolish statement should be disqualifying for the leader of a major political party.
However, because he is leader of the NDP, and because his target was Jews, it very well could boost his internal support by five points.”Gary Mason, another prominent Globe and Mail columnist, shares Robyn’s post and writes: “This is the best and most important piece I have read today. My colleague nails it. I hope Avi Lewis reads it and responds appropriately.”Stephen Maher, sharing Robyn’s op-Ed (which is titled ‘Opinion: Avi Lewis's foolish statement on 'Jewish people' should be disqualifying’) writes: “I think Lewis is in many ways impressive, and Carney is creating conditions for an NDP revival, but I must agree with this.”
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Robert Jago @rjjago.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A Vancouver-area First Nation has issued a travel advisory for the US, after members were detained by ICE.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/09/2026
DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history. This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.
DoorDash messed up.
They repeatedly left more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers underpaid or paid late, causing them immense stress and financial difficulty.
That's unacceptable.
We've secured a $131.5M settlement from
DoorDash - the largest worker settlement in NYC history and largest delivery worker settlement in
American municipal history.
Every worker will be paid what they are owed, and every company will be forced to abide by the laws of this city.

LOGOS:
The OFFICE of the MAYOR of NYC
NYC Consumer and Worker Protection Mayor Mamdani and Deliveristas representatives stand behind a podium.Mayor Mamdani signs a giant check.Three delivery workers holding a giant fake check for $131.5M.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Important breakdown (and fact check of government talking points) here: “The special mediator that the government has created is essentially a cog designed to put the parties on the road to arbitration, to, essentially, to not being able to go on strike,” says this labour lawyer. 1/6
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The NDP requested an emergency debate in Parliament over the plan to open up Canada's four largest airports to private investment. The speaker said no. Cool.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 21/09/2026
This upcoming session of parliament is going to be intense and historic (and unfortunately, not in a good way). I am full of pride and fierce love for our party and our incredible caucus that I get to work with day after night after day. We are blessed to be part of the struggle of the 99%.
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