Jessica Salts @pearlysalts.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Happy International Women’s Day - let’s keep gossiping! open.substack.com/pub/jessicap... 000
Jessica Salts @pearlysalts.bsky.social · 24/02/2026“Beware those with authority who demand you stay silent in service to abusers, and find ways to disable your own complacency. Gossip, be rude to misogynists, and practice anarchist calisthenics when appropriate. Practice what is right over what is allowed.” substack.com/@jessicapear... 000
Jessica Salts @pearlysalts.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Cowichan’s statement on combating racism and some comments showing what we’re talking about. substack.com/@jessicapear...substack.comPlease Consider Signing Anti-Racism StatementGroups and individuals can sign this collaborative document denouncing racism in Quw’utsun. 000
Jessica Salts @pearlysalts.bsky.social · 10/02/2026That feeling of having misogyny mansplained to me. 🥲 000
Jessica Salts @pearlysalts.bsky.social · 02/02/2026My thoughts on the recent #epsteinfiles dump 😩 open.substack.com/pub/jessicap... 011
Jessica Salts @pearlysalts.bsky.social · 22/01/2026This morning I woke up to a lot of, “I am far left scum that will lie down and die for my Canadian comrades in the face of American imperialism”. Carney’s speech is not a call to security, strength, and patriotism - it is a call to war. 010
Jessica Salts @pearlysalts.bsky.social · 14/01/2026open.substack.com/pub/erinblon...open.substack.comWe went to a Conservative town hall and were threatened with arrest. Here’s why we’ll do it again (and you should too)A reflection on political scapegoating, the policing of dissent, and how your solidarity can threaten the establishment. 0105
Jessica Salts @pearlysalts.bsky.social · 11/01/2026substack.com/profile/2877...substack.comJessica Salts (@jessicapearl)Yesterday two of my friends and I were threatened with arrest and escorted out of the townhall event being hosted by our conservative MP Jeff Kibble and federal conservative leader Pierre Poilievre. T... 010
Jessica Salts @pearlysalts.bsky.social · 10/01/2026open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...open.substack.comICE Is Out Here Shooting White Mothers NowAre we witnessing the end of whiteness as a buffer against state violence? 000
Jessica Salts @pearlysalts.bsky.social · 23/12/2025“Our colonial world often demands perfection in place of humanity.” Read my reaction to the Campbell River mayor’s opinion about the Crofton Mill closure. open.substack.com/pub/jessicap... 000
Jessica Salts @pearlysalts.bsky.social · 21/12/2025Authors of the blog, “The westward independent” (“powered by COAP”) make narcissistic confessions about their own behaviour. 000
Jessica Salts @pearlysalts.bsky.social · 14/12/2025New Substack after I upset another fascist. 🥱 open.substack.com/pub/jessicap... 010
Reposted by Jessica SaltsErin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 05/12/2025On Nov 17, North Cowichan displaced ~75 unhoused residents from Lewis Street encampments to a marsh without the promised Ramada shelter open or toilets available. NEW substack collab by me & @pearlysalts.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/jessicap...open.substack.comSwept off Lewis Street and Into North Cowichan’s WetlandsA street sweep on November 17 during a disease outbreak forced unhoused residents into Cowichan’s wetlands. 80 overdoses followed in the next 24 hours. 12111
Jessica Salts @pearlysalts.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Cowichan politicians need to denounce white supremacy and the alt-right disinformation machine that is leading people there.open.substack.comLose Nazism. Gain Votes.On September 10th, Cowichan Valley Regional District (CVRD) Area G director Jesse McClinton set a precedent when he expressed his concerns regarding the murder of American fascist provocateur Charlie ... 010
Jessica Salts @pearlysalts.bsky.social · 01/11/2025My response the recent displacement of People living in the Duncan railway corridor.substack.comJessica Salts (@jessicapearl) 010
Jessica Salts @pearlysalts.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Dixon’s beliefs are not “political” - they’re hate propaganda and she is a dangerous agent of the far right faction of Vancouver Island, determined to drag down and distract our education system for her own selfish interests. www.jccf.ca/court_cases/...jccf.caComplaint alleges Nanaimo school board discriminated against parent over political beliefs | Justice Centre for Constitutional FreedomsParent barred from homestay program for political views A Nanaimo woman has filed a complaint with the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal after being excluded from a local school district’s homest... 010
Jessica Salts @pearlysalts.bsky.social · 31/08/2025Show up at North Cowichan’s council meeting on Wednesday if you support this important bill! www.timescolonist.com/local-news/n...timescolonist.comNorth Cowichan to tackle public confidence with disclosure policyThe policy would require councillors to provide reports of meetings held with developers, lobbyists and land-use consultants. 000
Jessica Salts @pearlysalts.bsky.social · 19/04/2025From “The Elements of Journalism” by Bill Kovach & Tom Rosenstiel (4th ed.) 000
Jessica Salts @pearlysalts.bsky.social · 17/04/2025“When politicians attempt to control the conversation by avoiding public forums or calling out their constituents, our response should be clear: we will not accept a democracy that operates in the shadows or through intimidation.” 011
Jessica Salts @pearlysalts.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Conservatives pretending that all-candidate meetings are too divisive but then Americanizing our democratic process through arranging celebrity-centered public discussions and “local hero” candidates, tho. 021
Reposted by Jessica SaltsErin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 04/04/2025The entire Conservative brand is based on a white supremacist legacy: ricochet.media/politics/how...ricochet.mediaHow Pierre Poilievre’s ‘Canada First’ slogan parallels white nationalist ideologyCanadian Conservatives appear to be inspired by Donald Trump's "America First" platform, a slogan with roots in white supremacy and racism. 095
Jessica Salts @pearlysalts.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Perhaps at the next all-candidates meetings we can continue pressing candidates on how they are going to protect all of our community from the toxic masculinity, misogyny and rape culture that stems from the hands of cis men. 042
Reposted by Jessica SaltsMaurice J. Casey @mauricejcasey.com · 07/03/2025Being a historian, people ask me if I think the US is living through Germany 1933. I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them. 784317178266
Reposted by Jessica SaltsErin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Iconic www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comCanada goose fights off bald eagle in rare, symbolism-laden battle on icePhotographer captures 20-minute clash between birds emblematic of Canada and US amid high trade tensions 042
Reposted by Jessica SaltsRevolve Cowichan, social justice collective @revolvecowichan.bsky.social · 25/02/2025The first Revolve book club meeting was inspiring, empowering and enlightening 🖤 Thank you so much to everyone who attended and contributed to the important conversation about colonialism, white supremacy and the revolutionary action of Assata Shakur. Stay tuned for more book club dates! 041
Jessica Salts @pearlysalts.bsky.social · 16/02/2025The Westward Independent, which is run by Joseph Enslow and Adrienne Richards, appears to have a fake journalist. 6 articles published between 01/30/24 and 02/10/24, some on the same day. “Taylor Wilson” has no internet presence other than the six articles at the WWI. 020
Reposted by Jessica SaltsErin Blondeau ✷ writer & researcher @erinblondeau.bsky.social · 09/02/2025I had the honour of joining CBC's What On Earth with Dr. Chris Russill recently. We talked all about climate conspiracism and how this is playing out in real time as climate disasters become more frequent. Have a listen! 198
Jessica Salts @pearlysalts.bsky.social · 07/02/2025A library in Alberta was closed afternoon council’s (shady sounding) vote after hosting a GSA.cbc.caA shadow war on librariesSome Canadian politicians and influencers, inspired by an American-born movement, are trying to roll back 2SLGBTQ+ rights in Canada — one book at a time. 021
Reposted by Jessica SaltsSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Great job by Ruben (@rubenbolling.bsky.social). 450259368186
Jessica Salts @pearlysalts.bsky.social · 07/02/2025thediscourse.caHarm reduction doctor behind Nanaimo overdose site resigns in protest – The Discourse.Dr. Jessica Wilder steps down from harm reduction leadership roles at Island Health and at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital after being put on administrative leave following participation in an unsan... 010
Jessica Salts @pearlysalts.bsky.social · 02/02/2025youtu.beCanadians are not the nice ones | Rob BebenekYouTube video by CBC Comedy 010
Reposted by Jessica SaltsRevolve Cowichan, social justice collective @revolvecowichan.bsky.social · 26/01/2025We also hold space on our blog for community submissions, like this one: www.revolvecowichan.com/revolve-blog... We are unapologetically anti-fascist and we live up to our label of "radical woke activists" 👍. This & more. Hopefully now you know a bit more about Revolve. Oh, and FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸revolvecowichan.comNazi Punks Fuck Off — Revolve Cowichan 1101
Jessica Salts @pearlysalts.bsky.social · 13/01/2025All this person did was make me feel bad for Trudeau.convoywatch.caAnti-LGBTQ+ Activist Who Ambushed Justin Trudeau During Family Ski Trip was Subject to Peace Bond, Banned From Entering SchoolEmily Duggan, failed school board trustee candidate who runs 'Moms Against the Norm', filmed video telling Justin Trudeau to ‘get the f—k out of BC’ 010
Jessica Salts @pearlysalts.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Becoming a professional should require practicing professionalism, not obedience. 092
