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Radio-Canada reports that the Canadian government has issued disturbing travel advice to its citizens in the occupied West Bank, which exposes the realities of Israel’s apartheid system.
Travel advice posted to the Government of Canada website warns Canadian citizens that “you, your friends, and your family members” could be arrested or have their permits suspended “if you share information deemed to be inaccurate and sensitive by Israel,” including “content shared on social media such as political opinions.” Canada therefore urges citizens to “refrain from discussing political views online.”
The government further warns Canadians of Palestinian or Arab descent that they could expect to be racially profiled and possibly arrested at Israeli checkpoints.
CJPME told Radio-Canada that these warnings expose the reality of Israel’s repressive apartheid system and that the Canadian government should loudly condemn it. So much for Israeli "democracy"!
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle…
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"The Israeli army called my shooting an 'accident,' claiming the soldiers fired live rounds into the air ... The truth is they fired straight at me."
Column: I'm an American activist. Israeli forces shot me at a peaceful protest in the West Bank time.com/7020159/daniel-sant…
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whenever a man says “childless women contribute nothing to society,” the ghost of the famously unmarried Jane Austen rises and says, “you are such a disagreeable man that it would be quite a misfortune to be liked by you.”
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This is an enormous victory for @UniforTheUnion, those workers at WalMart, and all warehouse workers. Seeing what the union has done to improve other warehouse jobs (eg Metro, Sobeys) sealed the deal. Congrats to all! #canlab Next stop: Amazon!!!
Workers at Walmart’s Mississauga warehouse have voted to join Unifor – becoming Walmart’s first warehouse to unionize in Canada. #canlab #warehouseworkersunite
unifor.org/news/all-news/mis…
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the US govt approached private companies offering to finance them if they would develop these technologies
they all said no saying it wasn't profitable
this is how its always been, private companies are reliant on the govt to the heavy research and development
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Taxing people with over $100m on assets they use to secure a bottomless supply of untaxed cash isn’t unthinkable.
Allowing there to be unhoused people in the land of wealth is unthinkable.
WTAF
A shocking new poll shows that almost two out of three Jewish Israelis oppose criminal prosecution for soldiers suspected of gang-raping Palestinian detainees at the Sde Teiman torture facility.
mondoweiss.net/2024/08/65-of…
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The pro-genocide UK regime has arrested @MENAUncensored's roving reporter and Human Rights Activist Sarah Wilkinson @swilkinsonbc for supporting the Palestinian resistance and relaying what is really happening in Gaza and the West Bank to the world.
The pro-rape British government @GOVUK falsely alleges that Mrs. Wilkinson supports terrorism.
We hold the anti-media British government full responsibility of this stupid act of intimidating and oppressing journalists as well as human rights activist in favor of the israeli occupation entity, and we demand that this zionist-run puppet British government releases our reporter Sarah Wilkinson immediately.
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Opinion: It’s time to consider nationalizing Canada’s railways /via @globeandmail
I second @TaylorNoakes proposal theglobeandmail.com/business…
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When ISIS hacked to pieces ancient Assyrian statues, the world rightly condemned them.
When the Taliban blew up the ancient Buddha statues in Bamyan, the world condemned it.
Israel just blew up the 700-year-old Grand Mosque in Gaza, equating itself with ISIS and the Taliban.
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Excellent in-depth reporting from @StockwellBilly @sananoorhaq on the attacks on Gaza's water supply. Crucial and overlooked part of this war. Especially concerning as the first case of polio has now emerged for the first time in 25 years.
edition.cnn.com/2024/08/23/m…
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Money spent on ankle monitors could be better spent on increasing community corrections to provide way more in-person monitoring – Winnipeg Free Press winnipegfreepress.com/local/… via @WinnipegNews #wpgpoli #mbpoli #cdnpoli
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Doctors in India🇮🇳launch nationwide strike over trainee’s rape and murder. Non-essential medical services paralysed as more than a million doctors expected to join 24-hour protest amid rising anger at #ViolenceAgainstWomen. theguardian.com/world/articl… via @guardian
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One thing that's been notable about grocery stores during the pandemic is that their earnings behavior has been empirically different from the rest of retail.
Whereas margins in other retail popped fast then came back down, grocery margins slowly rose & have stayed stubbornly high
