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Scott Neigh

@scottneigh.bsky.social
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Writer, media-maker, parent, activist in #HamOnt. My latest book is *Listen! Knowing the World and Fighting to Change It*: fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/listen. My author site: scottneigh.ca. (On Twitter, I can be found as @canadianlefty.)

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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
As someone who published a book about listening last year, I am so tired of liberals posing "listening" as a (magical, moralized, singular) solution to political problems, instead of recognizing the need for political choices and action, with listening as just an element of the *how* of it all.
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Rick Harp @rickharp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Weakening environmental protections to fast-track resource extraction is so late 2012. Relive the emergence of the Indigenous-led #IdleNoMore movement in the two-part APTN News docuseries I co-created with @anishinaboy.bsky.social 🎬Now at 40,000 views + counting! Pt 1 👇 youtu.be/VHgGbW6exB4?...
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The Power Was With Us: Idle No More - Part 1
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Daniel Rück @danrueck.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Toronto Star 1978
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"Global capitalism’s instability and Trump lie behind a new Act the Canadian Carney government has forced through trampling over Indigenous and workers’ rights" www.counterfire.org/article/carn... #cdnpoli
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Carney’s fossil-fuel bonanza and the ‘national interest’
Global capitalism’s instability and Trump lie behind a new Act the Canadian Carney government has forced through trampling over Indigenous and workers’ rights, explains John Clarke The Liberal gove...
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“Midwives in Ontario have been fighting for equitable pay and fundamental labour rights for decades. But the Ministry of Health has continually denied them fair treatment, devaluing their work and compromising patients’ access to midwifery care.” springmag.ca/the-ongoing-... #onpoli
springmag.ca
The ongoing denial of midwives’ labour rights - Spring
Midwives in Ontario have been fighting for equitable pay and fundamental labour rights for decades. But the Ministry of Health has continually denied them fair treatment, devaluing their work and comp...
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
65. It's not always clear when victories in court should count as popular grassroots victories, but this legal win against punitive, harmful drug laws wouldn't have happened without the Drug User Liberation Front's grassroots actions. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09... #MovementWins2026
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DULF Wins Constitutional Challenge, Judge Applauds Their Work | The Tyee
Compassion club co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum will avoid prison and Canada told to update its drug laws.
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I just added a backlog of updates to this thread so I'm going to this opportunity to repost the thread itself, with a reminder that I'm always on the lookout for social movement victories, large and small, especially in so-called Canada. Message me if there's a win in your area! #MovementWins2026
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
64. After months of popular pressure, in August the Canadian government partially reversed its cuts to refugee health care. iwc-cti.ca/stop-making-... #MovementWins2026
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Stop Making Refugees Pay for Canada’s Health-Care Crisis – Immigrant Workers Centre (IWC-CTI)
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
63. From the US - Popular opposition results in North Carolina county killing $19.2 billion data centre proposal. www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/nort... #MovementWins2026
datacenterdynamics.com
North Carolina AI data center proposal withdrawn as county officials mull moratorium
The project could have cost $19.2 billion with an initial proposed capacity of 300MW
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
62. In a win for students organizing across a number of movements, the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design has committed to disclosing its investments, which will allow scrutiny for their adherence to their investment policy. www.instagram.com/p/DcmfUEFmuC4/ #MovementWins2026
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SUNSCAD on Instagram: "On June 25th, 2026, the NSCAD Board of Governors voted unanimously to disclose investments, along with the stipulation that if an investment is out of line with their investment...
363 likes, 8 comments - studentunionofnscad on August 28, 2026: "On June 25th, 2026, the NSCAD Board of Governors voted unanimously to disclose investments, along with the stipulation that if an inves...
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Elegant Sledgehammer FREE LINK @tinyteerex.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Here's the link to their fundraiser: www.gofundme.com/f/saddle-lak...
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Donate to Saddle Lake Cree Nation Treaty Health Legal Defense Fund, organized by James Makokis
Help Saddle Lake Cree Nation Defend Treaty Health Rights and Pr… James Makokis needs your support for Saddle Lake Cree Nation Treaty Health Legal Defense Fund
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
61. In a win for tenants and affordable housing advocates, Manitoba has increased the number of units covered by rent control legislation. www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews... #MovementWins2026
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More residential units subject to rent control: minister
The province is expanding the number of residential units that are subject to rent control.
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
60. Always hard to judge whether a negotiated collective agreement should count as a victory, but these modest but real gains for education workers in Winnipeg seem to qualify. cupe.mb.ca/cupe-members... #MovementWins2026
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CUPE Members Ratify New Contracts With Louis Riel School Division
CUPE members ratify new contracts with Louis Riel School Division Five-year agreements follow successful information picket by school support staff WINNIPEG, TREATY 1 – Members of the Canadian Union…
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
59. Janitors at CFB Shilo in Manitoba have win their union. #MovementWins2026 www.facebook.com/J4J.L2/posts...
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
58. From the US - Popular opposition led to a township in Pennsylvania rejecting a developer's plans for building 5 data centres encompassing 4.6 million sq ft. whyy.org/articles/upp... #MovementWins2026
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Upper Merion board denies hyperscale data center campus near King of Prussia
Residents have pushed back against the data center campus, voicing concern about noise, pollution and impacts on property values.
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
57. A First Nation in Alberta has committed to becoming a safe haven for gender-affirming care, in the face of an Alberta law that restricts gender-affirming care in ways contrary to the medical consensus. www.aptnnews.ca/national-new... #MovementWins2026
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Gender affirming care to be set up by First Nation in Alberta
Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta says it is setting up gender affirming care on reserve because access to health care is a treaty right.
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
56. From the US - After years of company stalling, video game workers at Microsoft-owned Blizzard win a first contract. #MovementWins2026 labornotes.org/2026/09/vide...
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Video Game Workers Win First Contract at Microsoft-Owned Blizzard
Workers who make some of the world’s most popular video games, including World of Warcraft and Diablo, won their first union contracts in early September, in an important step forward for organizing i...
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
55. From the US - A town in Tennessee commits to removing Flock surveillance cameras in the face of popular pressure. #MovementWins2026 fox17.com/news/local/c...
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Coopertown to remove Flock license plate reader cameras after privacy concerns
Coopertown plans to end its agreement with Flock Safety and remove the town’s license plate reader cameras after residents raised privacy concerns.
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
54. From Spain - Mass protest reversed an eviction and rent increase previously imposed on an 87-year-old woman. #MovementWins2026 www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/...
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Spain protests: Evicted 87-year-old woman to return to Madrid home
The real estate firm backs down and restores her old rent after mass protests over Spain's housing crisis.
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
53. Organized tenants and other community organizations in Etobicoke, Ontario, won protections for the tenants and defeated a redevelopment initiative that would've destroyed hundreds of rent-controlled homes. www.nodemovictions.ca/post/a-major... #MovementWins2026
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A Major Demoviction Win for Etobicoke Tenants: Organizing Works
Lake Promenade tenants and their neighbours in Long Branch, Etobicoke, have won a major victory in protecting their rent-controlled rental homes, highlighting what tenants can accomplish when they wor...
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
52. Tenants at a building in Toronto declare victory in their rent strike as landlord withdraws request for above guideline rent increase. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #MovementWins2026
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Tenants in one Toronto building declare rent strike victory as another strike begins | CBC News
Tenants at a west-end Toronto apartment building have ended their months-long rent strike after they say the landlord withdrew an attempt to retroactively increase rents by more than five per cent.
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A key factor in municipal politics in Ontario seems to boil down to whether you enthusiastically support doing harm to homeless people and drug users, whether you quietly support doing that harm but don't want to look like it, or whether you actually oppose it. #onpoli
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"At least six people were killed through Canadian police actions in September 2026. This means that Canadian police have killed at least 71 people so far this year." mediacoop.ca/node/119374 #cdnpoli
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Canadian Police-Involved Deaths in September 2026
At least six people were killed through Canadian police actions in September 2026. This means that Canadian police have killed at least 71 people so far this year. Two people were shot and killed by p...
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Pork And Beef
YouTube video by The Coup - Topic
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"The Assembly of First Nations told The Canadian Press it has identified 'many red flags' in the pipeline's national interest designation and says the federal government appears to be predetermining outcomes..." ca.news.yahoo.com/indigenous-c... #cdnpoli
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Indigenous groups given just two months to consult on pipeline project designation
OTTAWA — Indigenous communities along the route for the newly announced West Coast oil pipeline were given just two months for consultations on whether the pipeline should be designated a project of n...
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Even in the last year and a half, there's been a marked and worrisome increase in the regularity and sophistication of pitches that are in one way or another AI-based scams being sent to both mainstream and grassroots media outlets. This story is wild: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #cdnmedia
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Who is Daniel Robson? Canadian websites take down articles by suspected AI-generated writer | CBC News
Several Canadian websites have taken down articles published under the name Daniel Robson, saying the writer's identity cannot be verified and was likely generated by AI.
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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In a note to herself, Octavia E. Butler said, “What shall I do? Write. When shall I begin. Now.” “We don’t have to wait for anything at all. What we have to do is start.”
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Courtney Harrop @courtneyharrop.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
DULF IS FREEEEEEE!!! 👏 👏 👏 this is incredible news and hands raised to Eris and Jeremy for weathering the storm and fighting for us all 💜 #safesupplysaveslives #freeDULF #compassionclub #vancouver thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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DULF Wins Constitutional Challenge, Judge Applauds Their Work | The Tyee
Compassion club co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum will avoid prison and Canada told to update its drug laws.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“One such wave hit the northern tip of South America in late August and has begun moving up towards the west coast of the US. That wave could reach California shores within days, and when it does, ocean scientists say it may raise sea levels by up to a foot for months as El Niño.” Oh.
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Concern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for California
The ocean phenomenon could raise sea levels by up to a foot as El Niño keeps warm water trapped along the coast
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Confusion everywhere in the land... Writers writing seemingly unaware of the moment we are in.
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🔫🎃Scott Martian Invaders 🎃🛼 @youcaughtscott.com · 25/09/2026
Carney is enabling war criminals with absolutely no pushback
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Many conceptions of a good thinker suggest they are a person who knows a lot, or who can argue well. But much of thinking well is actually about relating to and trusting other people wisely.” - Sarah Stein Lubrano
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staring blankly into the abyss @irmsby.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Believing in it while cutting literally all the efforts to mitigate it while doubling down on fossil fuels, doing almost nothing on renewables--hard to take seriously.
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ActiveHistory.ca @activehist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Karen Dubinsky, Professor Emerita of History and Global Development Studies at Queen’s U, passed away on 4 Sept. 2026 after a brief illness. Karen was a longtime supporter of—and contributor to—Active History. We mourn her loss, even as we celebrate her life. Post by Susan Lord and Scott Rutherford
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Remembering Karen Dubinsky (1957-2026)
Karen Dubinsky, Professor Emerita of History and Global Development Studies at Queen’s University, brilliant scholar and generous friend to so many, passed away on 4 September 2026 after a br…
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Chris Dixon @withmovements.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My book FOR THE LONG HAUL: HOW TO STAY IN THE FIGHT FOR A BETTER WORLD is now out! In the U.S., order from @akpress.org and in Canada, order from @btlbooks.com. Find all the info at www.writingwithmovements.com/long-haul/
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Media Co-op has been publishing (and paying for!) grassroots journalism in so-called Canada for more than 20 years. Learn more about what they're looking for and send them a pitch! mediacoop.ca/node/119373
mediacoop.ca
Call for Pitches!
The Media Co-op is a grassroots media outlet that has been publishing in so-called Canada for more than 20 years. We publish (and pay for) grassroots journalism focused on important issues and struggl...
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Awww, c’mon now, scammers, you’re not even trying now…don’t you think your AI-generated email heaping generic praise on a book and describing a once-in-a-lifetime promotional opportunity (which requires me to send you lots of $$$) might be more effective if it’s about a book that’s actually by me?
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“We need to stop thinking that talking about politics is the same thing as truly engaging in it, because all the evidence suggests that simply presenting one another with ideas changes very little. Instead, doing politics means taking new actions and building relationships…” - Sarah Stein Lubrano
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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“[Ella Baker] taught me one of the most important lessons I have learned in life: There are many legitimate and effective avenues for social change and there is no single right way.” -Mary King (from Charles Payne's I've Got the Light of Freedom.
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"Several union sources CTV News spoke with are on red alert over the possibility of this legislation and contend it will strip workers of their right to strike." www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art... #cdnpoli
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Feds could introduce new labour legislation as soon as next week: sources
A senior government source tells CTV News that plans are underway to introduce such legislation following a review of the Canadian Labour Code that began in April.
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Media Co-op has been publishing (and paying for!) grassroots journalism in so-called Canada for more than 20 years. Learn more about what they're looking for and send them a pitch! mediacoop.ca/node/119373
mediacoop.ca
Call for Pitches!
The Media Co-op is a grassroots media outlet that has been publishing in so-called Canada for more than 20 years. We publish (and pay for) grassroots journalism focused on important issues and struggl...
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Things like this make me appreciate #HamOnt — enough people publically asking if a new business is owned by the union-buster who owned the last business in that location that it gets a CBC article. (It isn’t, btw.) www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Here’s who owns the new café and bike shop that was Democracy, the café that closed after workers unionized | CBC News
The owner of a new restaurant and bike repair shop in Hamilton says he didn't expect so many questions about ownership when he opened his doors last week. Locke Cycle & Social is in the same place as ...
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
51. From the UK - a win for the Palestine solidarity movement as the UK Trade Union Congress votes to endorse the BDS campaign for the first time and to take action against the Israel state's genocidal violence in Gaza. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/... #MovementWins2026
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UK trade unions back motion to boycott and sanction Israel
Motion demands taking action to oppose the 'catastrophic destruction of Gaza' and Israeli settler violence.
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
50. Starbucks workers in Hamilton, Ontario, won their union vote and have become the newest members of the United Steel Workers. www.chch.com/chch-news/ha... #MovementWins2026
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Hamilton Starbucks workers join the United Steelworkers union
Employees at a Starbucks in downtown Hamilton have become the newest members of the United Steelworkers union (USW) in Canada.
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AK Press @akpress.org · 16/09/2026
"We don’t go from being alone to being suddenly part of mass movements instantaneously. What we do is we find the people around us with whom we can build, and we slowly get to it." — @withmovements.bsky.social in an interview about his forthcoming book, 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘢𝘶𝘭 mediacoop.ca/node/119372
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How to Stay in the Fight for a Better World, with Chris Dixon
In this difficult political moment, many of us are asking serious questions about how to get and stay involved in struggles for social justice and collective liberation. In his new book, For the Long ...
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Check out my interview with long-time organizer and writer @withmovements.bsky.social about his book, *For the Long Haul: How to Stay in the Fight for a Better World*, out next week from @akpress.org and @btlbooks.com: mediacoop.ca/node/119372
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Adrian Harewood @caradrianh.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
1. In late Sept. 2002 just a year after the Al-Qaeda led Sept. 11th attacks on the US & in the midst of the so called War on Terror that followed #9/11, #MaherArar, a Syrian-born-McGill University-educated engineer, was on his way home to Canada following a family trip to Tunisia.
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"Ford essentially moved $60 million straight from schools into the pockets of a private equity fund." springmag.ca/doug-ford-is... #onpoli
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Doug Ford is privatizing education at the expense of teachers, students, and taxpayers - Spring
Many of Ontario’s teachers started the school year underfunded, with no contract, and potentially with no supplies. We must continue to support educators and education workers in Ontario, as their fig...
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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
As both an academic and a writer, I am repelled by the "this looks like a long document. Would you like me to summarize it for you?" that seems to appear at the top of every pdf viewer now. NO. The *entire point* of good writing (either books or journal papers) is that every sentence has a purpose.
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Briarpatch Magazine @briarpatchmag.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Writing in the Margins is back! Every year, Briarpatch Magazine hosts a contest for creative non-fiction, poetry, and photography that bring to life issues of social and environmental justice.
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