Reposted by Tony TracyCuban Americans For Cuba @cubanamericansforcuba.org · 26/02/2026Cuban Americans are speaking for ourselves. Marco Rubio, Maria Elvira Salazar, and Carlos Giménez do not speak for us, and we refuse to let them push our families into a deeper crisis in our name. Join us in calling for engagement, not escalation: cubanamericansforcuba.org/letter 512251
Reposted by Tony TracySusana E Ramirez @susananotsusan.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Cuba has one of the highest literacy rates in the world, yet the USA with a literacy rate of ~79% wants to continue to oppress and choke the sovereign island nation? END THE EMBARGO, IT HAS NEVER WORKED. #cuba #EndTheEmbargo #freecuba 063
Reposted by Tony TracyChristine Saulnier (she/her) @csaulnier.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Who are the wealth creators? « it is the workers who create wealth, & their organized power that can bring capital accumulation to a grinding halt. » When things are bad, workers concessions needed; rewards never freely given. worthy read on Cape Breton construction strike by @tonytracy.ca #nspolispringmag.caCape Breton construction workers reach tentative agreement following historic strike - SpringPhoto: Nova Scotia Federation of Labour A tentative agreement was reached in the early morning of Monday July 21, 2025 between the affiliate unions of the Cape Breton Island Building & Construction Tr... 051
Reposted by Tony TracyRight On Yukon @rightonyukon.bsky.social · 12/06/2025springmag.ca/standing-the...springmag.caStanding the Gaff: One hundred years of Davis Day and the militant legacy of Cape Breton’s coal miners - SpringOne hundred years ago, on June 11, 1925, company police gunned down William “Bill” Davis, a 37-year-old unionized coal miner and father of nine, in the woods near Waterford Lake outside New Waterford,... 022
Reposted by Tony TracyErica Fischer @ericafd.bsky.social · 11/06/2025“In an era of increasing corporate power, precarious employment, and attacks on collective bargaining rights, William Davis’s sacrifice resonates with contemporary struggles for workplace dignity and economic justice.” springmag.ca/standing-the... #DavisDay #canlab #nsspringmag.caStanding the Gaff: One hundred years of Davis Day and the militant legacy of Cape Breton’s coal miners - SpringOne hundred years ago, on June 11, 1925, company police gunned down William “Bill” Davis, a 37-year-old unionized coal miner and father of nine, in the woods near Waterford Lake outside New Waterford,... 054
Reposted by Tony TracyMayworks Kjipuktuk-Halifax @mayworkskjipuktuk.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Today is the 100th anniversary of Davis Day✨ Today we to join in remembering William Davis, a coal miner tragically killed in 1925 during a strike for better working conditions and fair wages in New Waterford. His death ignited a crucial turning point in Nova Scotia’s labour movement. 065
Reposted by Tony TracyNova Scotia NDP @novascotiandp.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Davis Day today marks 100 years since William Davis was killed by company police during a strike. We honour those who stood the gaff and sacrificed so much for labour and human rights. And we remain committed to better wages and worker protections, and ending scab labour in NS. 033
Reposted by Tony TracyMichael @unprovoked.net · 11/06/2025"...it's crucial to understand not just the tragic circumstances of Davis's death, but the broader militant tradition of Cape Breton's coal miners that continues to inspire today's labour organizers and union members in the region and across Canada." #DavisDay springmag.ca/standing-the...springmag.caStanding the Gaff: One hundred years of Davis Day and the militant legacy of Cape Breton’s coal miners - SpringOne hundred years ago, on June 11, 1925, company police gunned down William “Bill” Davis, a 37-year-old unionized coal miner and father of nine, in the woods near Waterford Lake outside New Waterford,... 132
Tony Tracy @tonytracy.ca · 22/04/2025NO ONE LEFT BEHIND: Organizing A Workers-First Agenda To Address The Tariff Crisis HYBRID: In person *and* online on Zoom TUESDAY APRIL 22nd @ 6:30pm AT RadStorm 2177 Gottingen Street Halifax, NS SIGN UP for HALIFAX EVENT: bit.ly/TariffsHalifax HYBRID on ZOOM: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 292
Reposted by Tony TracyJustice For Workers - Nova Scotia (J4W-NS) @j4wns.bsky.social · 22/04/2025NO ONE LEFT BEHIND: Organizing A Workers-First Agenda To Address The Tariff Crisis HYBRID: in person *and* online on Zoom TUESDAY APRIL 22nd @ 6:30pm AT RadStorm 2177 Gottingen Street Halifax, NS REGISTER for HALIFAX EVENT: bit.ly/TariffsHalifax HYBRID on ZOOM: bit.ly/TariffsHalif... #canlab 074
Reposted by Tony TracyCCPA Nova Scotia @ccpanovascotia.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Join us tonight at @j4wns.bsky.social's No One Left Behind event. @csaulnier.bsky.social will be talking about what government can do to protect workers amidst tariffs. EVENT INFO: Tonight, Apr. 22 at 6pm - Radstorm 2177 Gottingen St, Halifax NS #NSpoli 073
Reposted by Tony TracyChristine Saulnier (she/her) @csaulnier.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Next week April 22 6pm at Rad Storm or join online. Organizing a workers first agenda to address the tariff crisis Registration link below Presented by @j4wns.bsky.social 046
Reposted by Tony TracyJustice For Workers - Nova Scotia (J4W-NS) @j4wns.bsky.social · 17/04/2025www.eventbrite.com/e/no-one-lef...eventbrite.comNo One Left Behind: Organizing A Workers-First Agenda To Address The TariffJoin us to learn about Trump’s tariffs, their projected impacts & what actions we can take to ensure all workers have essential protections. 021
Reposted by Tony TracyJustice For Workers - Nova Scotia (J4W-NS) @j4wns.bsky.social · 17/04/2025No One Left Behind: Organizing A Workers-First Agenda To Address The Tariff Join us to learn about Trump’s tariffs, their projected impacts & what actions we can take to ensure all workers have essential protections 1127
Reposted by Tony TracyUnionMaidNS.bsky.social @unionmaidns.bsky.social · 18/03/2025New "Know Your Rights At Work" Program. Offered (presented by me!) through the Halifax Workers Action Centre. Hope you might promote it on your own channels. More presentations coming soon. More info and registration (walk ins welcome) on our website www.halifaxwac.ca/workplace-ju... 043
Reposted by Tony TracyUnionMaidNS.bsky.social @unionmaidns.bsky.social · 16/04/2025@tonytracy.ca I loved this! I think it was you that shared my interest. Glad it is coming back. Truly stirring. The wind, the speed... not my usual entertainment, as it attracts all our biggest overlords. 1134
Tony Tracy @tonytracy.ca · 26/02/2025Like others here in Halifax, I am deeply saddened by news that longtime Halifax prisoner justice activist Harry Critchley died suddenly last week. Harry committed his life to solidarity work with prisoners and victims of police violence. Harry Critchley, ¡Presente! SpringMag.ca/defunding-th...springmag.caDefunding the Police in Halifax - SpringIn September 2020, the Halifax Board of Police Commissioners appointed Professor El Jones to chair an independent committee that would prepare a report outlining a roadmap for “defunding the police” i... 0121
Reposted by Tony TracySpring Magazine @springmagca.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Spring is deeply saddened by the news that Halifax prisoner justice activist Harry Critchley died suddenly last week. Harry committed his life to solidarity work with prisoners and victims of police violence. We were fortunate to interview him in 2021: springmag.ca/defunding-th...springmag.caDefunding the Police in Halifax - SpringIn September 2020, the Halifax Board of Police Commissioners appointed Professor El Jones to chair an independent committee that would prepare a report outlining a roadmap for “defunding the police” i... 0133
Reposted by Tony TracySuzanne MacNeil @esooze.bsky.social · 24/02/202512 Janitors at Alderney Gate are about to lose their jobs because the #HRM decided to go with a cheaper non-union contractor. Emergency rally taking place at Halifax city hall, tomorrow at 6:00pm. HRM needs to do the right thing and make sure these workers’ jobs and contract are upheld! #halifax 22418
Tony Tracy @tonytracy.ca · 23/02/2025Thinking of travel to Cuba? I’d welcome folks to join the 65,000+ member “Cuba Travel Tips” Facebook group that Suzanne ( @esooze.bsky.social) & I launched & co-administer. It is entirely focused on *independent travel* in Cuba. 🇨🇺 *Not* on resorts, at all. www.facebook.com/share/g/1AC1... #Cubafacebook.comRedirecting... 081
Tony Tracy @tonytracy.ca · 23/02/2025Suzanne (@esooze.bsky.social) and I were absolutely delighted to be able to catch up in person tonight over dinner & drinks with our dear friend Leanne, fresh back in Canada from her most recent weeks in Havana, and on a very brief whirlwind visit here to Halifax before she heads home to Ontario. 140
Tony Tracy @tonytracy.ca · 23/02/2025What a fabulous sunny Saturday afternoon, spent with amazing friends and comrades (new and old), doing petitioning on Halifax street corners today while chatting with folks about Nova Scotia’s Justice for Workers (@j4fns.bsky.social • Justice4WorkersNS.ca) campaigns! #NSpoli #canlab #1u #cdnpoli 1121
Tony Tracy @tonytracy.ca · 23/02/2025As my friend and comrade Mark (@fwmarkc.bsky.social) has said elsewhere: “There are no excuses for the Labour Board to delay a union’s certification. It should be very simple, if a majority of the workers indicate they want to join a union, they should be legally certified to do so.” #canlab #SEIU 130
Reposted by Tony Tracy🇨🇦NovaScotiaLive🇨🇦 @novascotialive.bsky.social · 22/02/2025What a waste of a trip for these two. Who paid for this little excursion? It was you and me, the taxpayers. And why is NS Premier #TimHouston aligning himself with Ont. Premier #DougFord?? It’s not a good look. #nspoli #cdnpoli halifax.citynews.ca/2025/02/21/p...?halifax.citynews.caPremiers Ford and Houston appeal to governors in latest push to stop Trump's tariffsOntario Premier Doug Ford and Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston are reaching out to state governors in Washington, D.C. as the deadline to avert U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs inches closer. The ... 2185
Reposted by Tony TracyTaryn Grant @taryngrant.bsky.social · 22/02/2025A real-life example of why the work of the auditor general matters to everyday Nova Scotians, and why they’re worried about what Premier Tim Houston is proposing to do to her office. #nspoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caWomen who fought for out-of-province care worry about fate of auditor general report | CBC NewsPremier Tim Houston asked for an audit of out-of-province care last fall, but now he's proposing major shakeups to the auditor general's office. 073
Reposted by Tony TracyMichael Gorman @michaeltgorman.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Crystal Ellingsen and Jennifer Brady thought their battle with the government of Nova Scotia ended last year, but now they're raising their voices once again to continue the fight. #nspoli via Taryn Grant www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caWomen who fought for out-of-province care worry about fate of auditor general report | CBC NewsPremier Tim Houston asked for an audit of out-of-province care last fall, but now he's proposing major shakeups to the auditor general's office. 095
Reposted by Tony TracyJenn Hoegg @jhoegg.bsky.social · 22/02/2025#nspoli pals, Nova Scotia’s Law Amendments committee considers the House of Assembly Act on monday nslegislature.ca/legislative-.... Info on submissions (while this committee still exists) : nslegislature.ca/get-involved... #haliskynslegislature.caLaw AmendmentsAfter Public Bills have received second reading in the House, the Standing Committee on Law Amendments gives them clause-by-clause consideration and hears representations from any interested persons o... 012
Reposted by Tony TracyLabour History Girl @labourhistorygirl.bsky.social · 22/02/2025On this day in 1944, female workers at McKenzie Seeds in Brandon, MB went on strike for increased pay and improved working conditions. Prior to 1944, female workers were paid 19-25 cents per hour while male workers were paid 25-30 cents per hour. #canlab #cdnpoli #mbpoli #canadasky 082
Reposted by Tony TracyCCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 21/02/2025"Canada lost as a result of the free trade agreements with the U.S. “Our manufacturing sector was obliterated,” said Stuart Trew, a senior @policyalternatives.ca researcher. #canlab www.readthemaple.com/time-to-thin...readthemaple.comTime To Think Beyond ‘Worthless’ Free Trade Agreements: Economists“Why should we feel constrained by a free trade agreement?” 24319
Reposted by Tony TracyLabour History Girl @labourhistorygirl.bsky.social · 21/02/2025On this day in 1992, 100 striking employees at the Trenton Works Lavalin Inc. rail-car plant in Nova Scotia ignored a provincial order to return to work. The workers had walked out 3 days earlier to protest unfair work practices. #canlab #cdnpoli #nspoli #canadasky 021
Reposted by Tony TracyLabour History Girl @labourhistorygirl.bsky.social · 20/02/2025On this day in 1945, the Family Allowance began as Canada's first universal welfare program. At the time, monthly payments were awarded without reference to a family's income or assets based on the idea that all Canadian children were worthy of public support. #canlab #cdnpoli #canadasky 196
Reposted by Tony TracyErica Fischer @ericafd.bsky.social · 20/02/2025“[…] the labour movement across #Canada needs to begin planning for broader political struggle and social mobilization rather than exclusively relying on bureaucratized back-and-forth of negotiations, mediations, and arbitration.“ #canlab 021
Reposted by Tony TracyWojtek Gwiazda @wojtekgwiazda.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Amazon Canada #labour #union #CanLab #CdnPoli 183
Reposted by Tony TracyLinda McQuaig @lindamcquaig.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Poilievre’s lead collapsing as he fumbles the Trump threat. While Carney slags Trump as a “bully,” Poilievre hails US president as “warrior.” #cdnpoli #onpoli #canlab www.thestar.com/opinion/star...thestar.comLinda McQuaig: Poilievre and Ford both tried to ride the Trump wave. Now one of them risks crashing downDonald Trump’s brazen aggression has created a bedevilling problem for federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Ontario Premier Doug Ford. 2188
Reposted by Tony TracySEIU Local 2 @seiulocal2.bsky.social · 19/02/2025A great show of #Solidarity in #Halifax today as 100 rally for shelter workers at the Nova Scotia Labour Board to protest certification delay! 💪 #CounttheBallots ! Delays disempower workers and helps the bosses, but we’re not giving up. #WhenWeFightWeWin ✊ seiulocal2.ca/100-rally-fo...seiulocal2.ca100 rally for shelter workers at the NS Labour Board to protest certification delay100 rally for shelter workers at the NS Labour Board to protest certification delay. Unfair delays mean ballot box still sealed 8 months vote. 0135
Reposted by Tony TracyHaymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 18/02/2025If you missed tonight’s town hall with @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @astra.bsky.social, and @keeanga.bsky.social on resisting the shock and awe politics of the far right and their billionaire enthusiasts, you can watch the video here:youtube.comThe Corporate Coup in Global Context: An Emergency Town HallYouTube video by Haymarket Books 7295127
Reposted by Tony TracyHaymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 17/02/2025LIVE NOW! Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @astra.bsky.social, and @keeanga.bsky.social for an emergency town hall on resisting the shock and awe politics of the far right and their billionaire enthusiasts. Stream here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyLi...youtube.comThe Corporate Coup in Global Context: An Emergency Town HallYouTube video by Haymarket Books 214547
Reposted by Tony TracySpring Magazine @springmagca.bsky.social · 05/02/2025For the labour movement and the Left, the trade war awakens long-dormant political questions about nationalism, free trade, and class power. The Left must put forward a clear political alternative or risk getting swept aside by the forces of reaction and profit. SpringMag.ca/trade-wars-a...springmag.caTrade wars and class wars<p>For labour and the left, the trade war awakens long-dormant political questions about nationalism, free trade, and class power. The Left must put forward a clear political alternative to the forces... 081
Reposted by Tony TracyLabor Notes @labornotes.bsky.social · 05/02/2025"This is a time to choose sides: between deeper class unity and solidarity, or shortsighted conciliation with Trumpist power brokers." @lfelizleon.bsky.social for @nplusonemag.com: www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...nplusonemag.comSolidarity in Retreat | Luis Feliz LeonLabor’s future will also be decided by its response to a reactionary political climate, and whether it can overcome two sinister and mutually reinforcing dynamics that are now at play in the movement:... 02812
Reposted by Tony Tracyn+1 @nplusonemag.com · 04/02/2025This is a time for the labor movement to choose sides: between deeper class unity and solidarity, or shortsighted conciliation with Trumpist power brokers. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...nplusonemag.comSolidarity in Retreat | Luis Feliz LeonLabor’s future will also be decided by its response to a reactionary political climate, and whether it can overcome two sinister and mutually reinforcing dynamics that are now at play in the movement:... 06624
Reposted by Tony TracyLabor Notes @labornotes.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Talk to union members about how to organize with your fellow union members to recommit to your union, and to change the culture into one where leaders respect and serve the members. Tuesday, Feb. 4, 7.30 p.m. ET Sign up here: labornotes.org/events/2025/...labornotes.orgWorkshop: What To Do When Your Union Breaks Your Heart (February)Cartoon by Mary Matthews, drawingdailyusa.com If you’re a union member, unfortunately the chances are good that you’ve had your heart broken at least once by one of your own leaders. Whether you tried... 05217
Tony Tracy @tonytracy.ca · 01/02/2025Fabulous Spring Socialist Network (@SpringMagCA.bsky.social) public meeting here in Halifax / Kjipuktuk last night on “Global Crisis, Global Rage: Politics in the Age of Trump”, with speaker James Clark, a Spring member based in Toronto. FULL VIDEO: share.icloud.com/photos/05eSp... #canlab #1ushare.icloud.comiCloud Photos - Apple iCloudView, organize, and share photos and videos with iCloud Photos on the web. Changes will sync across your devices with iCloud. 131
Reposted by Tony TracySpring Magazine @springmagca.bsky.social · 31/01/20257pm TONIGHT in HALIFAX: “Global Crisis, Global Rage: Politics in the Age of Trump” A Spring Socialist Network (@SpringMagCA.bsky.social) Public Meeting with speaker James Clark. TONIGHT (Friday, January 31st) 7pm to 9pm University of King’s College New Academic Building, Seminar Room Halifax, NS 011
Reposted by Tony TracySpring Magazine @springmagca.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Spring’s Red October 2024 talks are now on YouTube! Last October, Spring hosted a three-day conference in downtown Toronto featuring dozens of excellent talks on socialist ideas in action. You can now experience the razor sharp socialist analysis you were missing! youtube.com/channel/UCEZ... 011
Tony Tracy @tonytracy.ca · 30/01/2025“Global Crisis, Global Rage: Politics in the Age of Trump” A Spring Socialist Network (@SpringMagCA.bsky.social) Public Meeting in Halifax with speaker James Clark. TOMORROW (Friday, January 31st) 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. University of King’s College New Academic Building, Seminar Room Halifax, NS 083
Tony Tracy @tonytracy.ca · 29/01/2025Nova Scotia’s Minimum Wage increase for 2025: Still Not Enough. Increases “hardly begin to bridge the gap between the minimum wage and the living wage”. Great work by @csaulnier.bsky.social from @policyalternatives.bsky.social! www.PolicyAlternatives.ca/news-researc... #NSpoli #canlab #1u #wagespolicyalternatives.ca 2103
Tony Tracy @tonytracy.ca · 29/01/2025Nova Scotia’s Minimum Wage to increase by $1.30/hour in 2025. There will be two N.S. minimum wage increases in 2025: to $15.70 on April 1st and then to $16.50 on October 1st. Minimum wage workers will see an annual pay raise of up to $2,535. news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/01/2... #NSpoli #canlab #1unews.novascotia.ca 141
Reposted by Tony TracySuzanne MacNeil @esooze.bsky.social · 24/01/2025For these times, our man Gramsci. Having being imprisoned for 11 years by Mussolini’s fascists, he certainly was no stranger to its horrors. 092
Reposted by Tony TracySuzanne MacNeil @esooze.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Secondary prediction: the church uptake among US socialists** won’t be as dramatic because those who are/were open to churchgoing are more likely to already be involved. 111