Loves: words in particular orders. Hates: colonialism and associates.
Joined November 2021
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Tosh Sherkat retweeted
Border and Rule is available for free download!
I wrote a book spanning ICE & borders, Palestine & policing, colonialism & global fascism - in service to internationalist struggles.
I can no longer travel to US, but this book (and others!) can come to u
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Tosh Sherkat retweeted
In these dark moments, I’m reminded of these words by Palestinian poet Najwan Darwish
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i feel like everyone taking issue with the fact that he killed an ‘unrelated’ cop doesn’t understand that it wasn’t just that cop that killed his son. it is every cop who participates in the brutalization of black americans and allows others to, that killed his son.
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Homelessness crisis will get worse, advocates say, amid changes at Kelowna’s tent city globalnews.ca/news/11101899/…
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Following the deaths of 13 unhoused community members over the past 3 weeks, @TheBackPackPro1 founder Niki Ottosen sharply criticized City of Victoria Mayor & Council as they deliberated on allocating another $4.7 million to enforce the city’s daytime sheltering ban. #yyj
Tosh Sherkat retweeted
all I can say is, you and me are one bad unforeseen circumstance away from being in their shoes.
I see myself in every human struggling to exist under the crushing weight of capitalism. (8/8
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So excited to have a story published in @trampset! It's got the prairies, it's got being gay, the two things I will NEVER stop writing about.
Check it out: trampset.org/bird-watching-e…
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Canadian police are on a fkn rampage right now. So tired of seeing these releases every day of someone new being murdered by pigs.
STOP CALLING THE POLICE.
Canadian cops have killed again. This morning in Calgary.
Man in Distress Dies in Calgary Police Custody After Being Tased and Pepper Sprayed (Sept. 17, 2024)
#ACAB killercopscanada.wordpress.c…
Tosh Sherkat retweeted
Strange to finish a review of the Audre Lorde book after posting about how her silence on Palestine ended her friendship with June Jordan, only to have the same situation playing out with Black people online. I might write about the moral consequences that Jordan pointed to.
Tosh Sherkat retweeted
James Baldwin said being a great writer “involves attempting to tell as much of the truth as one can bear, and then a little more.” Like yoga, find your edge and work to expand it.
If we’re not ready to do that, as Baldwin said, “at least refrain from consciously telling lies.”
Tosh Sherkat retweeted
bangladesh successfully ousted a fascist dictator and the west thinks that peacefully marching down a street is revolutionary enough? stop allowing our fears of discomfort to override our need for revolution
Tosh Sherkat retweeted
Toni Morrison said, “Art does not cleanse you and make you morally superior to anything or anybody, even when it has a very strong political content. The artist himself is not made any better. I still have to try to be the best person I can be.” Thank you.
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📣CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Tosh Sherkat! @tosherkat
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No one is asking why it is so hard for the executives of universities to do what students, staff, and faculty are demanding: transparently disclose the institutions' investments in companies with ties to Israel; commit to divesting from genocide; respect civil rights. 1/
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We have doubled in one day.
1,900+ UBC Alumni & Workers Stand with Student Encampment for Gaza
As Israel bombs Rafah, UBC must not choose genocide. Any university that claims to be reckoning with settler-colonialism, must not remain silent or complicit
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Tosh Sherkat retweeted
I’m excited to announce that my piece “Funny Story” will appear in the Best Canadian Stories 2025 anthology, out in November! Thank you to @alacarteblanche for first publishing my story, I’m beyond thrilled.
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Delta Port, Canada's biggest export path from the West Coast is blocked by demonstrators calling for a full, immediate 2 way arms embargo on Israel -- no loop holes. This is part of a global mobilization.
Stop arming genocide! #FreePalestine
