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Im not sure what this kid’s weight has to do w anything. I wonder if Steve would like a do over?
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Less than two weeks to release of ‘True Reconciliation: How To Be A Force For Change’—looking forward to 📕 tour & all events, including w/ @Writersfest & the amazing @janephilpott 😁
Hope to see you there — Nov. 9th @ 7pm, 414 Sparks St, Ottawa.🙏🏽
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The incomparable @CarAdrianH takes the stage with El Jones for the second last event of the Festival. Abolitionist Intimacies is an essential read and we’re so lucky to be hosting this important conversation.
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Hold the date for the Ottawa launch of @jenniferadese’s new book! @OctopusBooks @CUIndigenous
Join us to celebrate the launch of AboriginalTM with author Jennifer Adese, in-person at Octopus Books or livestreamed. Explore the origins, meaning, & usage of the term “Aboriginal” and its displacement by the word “Indigenous”.
Register: eventbrite.ca/e/book-launch-…
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Join @interruptcrim + @haymarketbooks on Wed, Oct 26 at 5 pm for a convo on the role of the state in abolitionist futures w/ #NoMorePolice authors, @prisonculture + @dreanyc123, and #RehearsalforLiving authors, @policingblack + Leanne Betasamosake Simpson! bit.ly/StatexAbolition
ALT Black text on a yellow boxed background: "The Role of the State in Abolitionist Futures: No More Police x Rehearsals for Living. Oct. 26, 2022, 5-7 PM ET. ASL & CC provided." In smaller white text: "A conversation with authors Mariame Kaba & Andrea J. Ritchie, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson & Robin Maynard. RSVP at bit.ly/StatexAbolition. Hosted by Interrupting Criminalization & Haymarket Books." Off to the side are the covers of the book No More Police: A Case for Abolition by Mariame Kaba and Andrea J. Ritchie, and Rehearsals For Living by Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. The background of the entire graphic is a dark blue brushstroke background.
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Just a bit over 2h left to vote, heres why we need you to consider voting for @cmckenney today.
With an avid anti harm reduction mayor at the helm of our city for far too long, simply put, many of us are alive thanks to ❤️🧠💪🏻' like Catherine. Let me elaborate; 🧵/1
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So excited for the upcoming in-person and online launch of ABORIGINAL TM by @jenniferadese!
Join us to celebrate the launch of AboriginalTM with author Jennifer Adese, in-person at Octopus Books or livestreamed. Explore the origins, meaning, & usage of the term “Aboriginal” and its displacement by the word “Indigenous”.
Register: eventbrite.ca/e/book-launch-…
Join us to celebrate the launch of AboriginalTM with author Jennifer Adese, in-person at Octopus Books or livestreamed. Explore the origins, meaning, & usage of the term “Aboriginal” and its displacement by the word “Indigenous”.
Register: eventbrite.ca/e/book-launch-…
Let's get out there and vote for a city that works for us, not the wealthy!
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We want to get rid of borders, prisons, and militaries. does that mean we want to get rid of the state? Don't miss this conversation about the rel between abolition and anarchism. Nov 15 7pm ET online. Featuring @williamcson, @HarshaWalia and Gord Hill. no-borders-no-state.eventbri…
Interesting thread, thanks for sharing Peggy.
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I’ve been thinking a lot about my vote on Monday, and how the two leading campaigns have influenced my thinking. It’s a tight race. First, let me congratulate both candidates. I’ve run for office ; it’s not easy. They’ve both run strong campaigns and we are lucky to have them. 1/
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New to Twitter, late to the party, but I was delighted to see my research on prosocial behaviour in @lindy2350's great book "How to Raise Kids Who Aren't Assholes". I got my copy at @OctopusBooks.
Congrats to Carol Payne, Beth Greenhorn, Deborah Kigjugalik Webster, & Christina Williamson, co-editors of the new book Atiqput: Inuit Oral History and Project Naming, on a wonderful launch event last night.
#Atiqput is a multigenerational discussion of culture, history, & naming centring on archival photographs of #Inuit whose names were previously unrecorded. Royalties go to Nunavut Sivuniksavut @nunavutottawa, the Inuit college in Ottawa which was the initiator of the project.
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Les presses des universités McGill et Queen’s lancent mercredi le recueil « Atiqput: Inuit Oral History and Project Naming », qui collige des photographies d’archives d’Inuit des quatre coins du Nord canadien et découle d'un vaste projet d'identification. ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/fr/n…
