I wrote for @rabble.ca, that it’s time the NDP reject the false option of movementism or electoralism. The future of the NDP might actually be a mass party.
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It is great news that the city is buying the hotel at Gladstone + O’Connor to use as transitional housing for families — many of whom are currently holed up in awful motel rooms. These suites have full kitchens and the building is close to schools, the Y and transit.
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Want to talk about a nation building project?
Federal investment in sports hasn’t increased since 2005, its at an actually ridiculously low level
www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
The fundamental problem for the left is that the right is hyperstitious, and the left believes in the certainty of its own failure
Jake Sanderson says in a People's magazine article that he'd be accepting of a Gay teammate.
"I don’t think we would treat them any differently. They’re our teammate, we love them no matter what, and obviously embrace them, absolutely.”
people.com/nhl-jake-san...
The left doesn’t have a policy problem—it has a power problem. Shifting intellectual firepower from wonkery to collective action means rebuilding parties as more than just electoral brands, writes @aliterrenoire.bsky.social.
Writing for the Fulcrum, Curtis Metcalf argues that considering the rise in hate speech, digital sexual violence, and pathetically low engagement rates, it is time @uottawa.ca leave X.
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Dude
Wit respect to Neil, and I have quite a bit, I don’t fully understand this decision.
We already have a principled, experienced, and progressive challenger to Sutcliffe in @jleiper.bsky.social
Risking splitting the vote, especially in an election this important is bizarre
“The sens lose!” You foolish lackeys! Your “loses” are built on sand. Tomorrow the sens will “rise up again, clashing their sticks,” and to your horror they will proclaim with trumpets blazing: I was, I am, I shall be!
Loved being in person for the Charge, crazy atmosphere
Ottawa hockey rocked tonight
Labor vs. Fascism. Oakland dockworkers of ILWU Local 34 honor Renee Good by spelling her name on a cargo ship.
Ive been asking myself lately how we’re meant to bear everything going on, especially as a student. I had the privilege of publishing some of my thoughts in the Fulcrum.
I would be honoured if you gave it a read.
Ultimately, I conclude, it comes down to conviction.
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canadian political media is so useless. after manufacturing a news cycle about whether there would be an election over christmas, they took the holidays off and now they’re back to manufacturing a news cycle about whether there will be an election in the next couple months.
Trump could be impeached and the democrats could be elected tomorrow, it shouldn’t matter.
The Canadian-american relationship is over.
If the US were a geopolitical rival the headlines would be like: US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident In the Streets As Militarized Occupation Enters Sixth Week
Heated Rivalry has mostly made me realize CanCon is a great system, finding out songs I love are Canadian is huge
Becoming the main character of my class by accident is a nightmare
Sens fans trying to survive the 2025-26 season
At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,
Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York has inspired the Left far beyond the city.
But in Canada, as elsewhere, trying to replicate his style without rebuilding the institutions and political cadre that made it possible is a dead end.
Canadian leftists have been obsessed with emulating the Mamdani moment, without understanding what made it happen.
You can read more about what Canadian socialists can actually learn from Mamdani in my piece for @jacobinmag.bsky.social below.
At this point, I can’t understand why any international traveller would visit the US
Even if you think you’re not at risk, you could get caught in the crossfire of ICE gunning people down in residential streets or have masked gunmen storm your restaurant and haul kitchen staff away as you eat lunch
There is a little boy who has been orphaned because of these fascists. At some point something has to give
She had stuffed animals in her glove box.
Elbows up at the bowling alley (5 pin bowling)
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