World Cup games to have largest police deployment in Vancouver's history theprovince.com/sports/vanco...

I’m going to keep highlighting this because it matters. There’s a difference between solidarity and spectatorship. Some of you are so focused on feeling bad for oppressed people that you end up twisting yourself into positions that strip agency from those actually resisting.

B.C. Premier will outline plans for Indigenous rights law on Monday David Eby’s office said Sunday the government ‘will not be introducing legislation on DRIPA during this session’

B.C. First Nations leaders say they were informed Saturday by Premier Eby’s office that gov would table legislation Monday to suspend parts of DRIPA – a plan that was then nixed Sunday.

Eby to hold news conference on next steps tomorrow.
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On this third year anniversary of the war in Sudan we woke up to the devastating news that our friend and comrade Muzan Al Neel has passed away. She was a brilliant revolutionary thinker, writer and organizer and a wonderful human.

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un

Indigenous patient who sought ER help twice in 2 days was 'crying' in pain before she died, inquest hears | CBC

I know Indigenous people in Canada who are scared to go to hospitals because anti-Indigenous racism is all too common in healthcare.

It may be an old clip, but it's never lost its relevance.

Nineteen (19) words is all it took for Nelson Mandela to crush an American politician’s attempts to make him out to be a fool over Cuba, Palestine and Libya.

Louisiana Advances One of the Country’s ‘Cruelest’ Anti-Homeless Bills One homeless advocacy group said the bill, which would require homeless people to perform unpaid labor to pay for involuntary treatment, "evokes debtor’s prisons, convict leasing, and the ugliest day of Jim Crow."

Louisiana Advances One of the Country’s ‘Cruelest’ Anti-Homeless Bills

The bill requires homeless people to perform unpaid labor to pay for treatment, which advocates said "evokes debtor’s prisons, convict leasing, and the ugliest day of Jim Crow."

notice where income and housing costs become completely untethered from one another

I consistently repeat to folks that they do not in fact ever *succeed* on their own. Sometimes the assistance is visible, often it is submerged. None of the USian billionaires *succeeded* on their own. In fact, most of them continue to benefit from your money, labor, etc....

Suburban expansion costs increase to $465 per person per year in Ottawa | CBC News Infill development is known to be much cheaper for cities than adding new subdivisions, and City of Ottawa staff have shared estimates for how much the municipality saves — and spends — depending on w...

It costs the City of Ottawa $465/person each year to serve new low-density homes, over & above what it receives from property taxes/fees.

On the other hand, high-density infill such as apartment buildings pays for itself plus an extra $606/person each year.

Sprawl costs, infill saves. #UrbanTruth

BREAKING: Maryland is about to become the first state in the nation to ban the use of surveillance data and dynamic pricing at grocery stores.

The Maryland House has just passed the Protection from Predatory Pricing Act.

Governor Wes Moore plans to sign the bill.

Two Messages, One Premier Premier David Eby made a mess of Declaration Act amendments. Then he doubled down.

NDP Premier Eby is accelerating his heel turn on Indigenous rights. After winning the last BC election by a single seat, the question is whether abandoning FN communities will cost him re-election, given that 5-7 ridings could swing on the Indigenous vote alone.
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“What the past three weeks have demonstrated is that this Premier prefers to triangulate rather than lead.”

INDEED.

this piece by @khelsilem.bsky.social is essential reading

Indigenous communities shouldn’t have to defend their humanity and land rights every time right-wing politicians and so called “progressive” local party leaders (BCNDP) - who unsurprisingly saw DRIPA as merely symbolic, until it wasn’t - want to whip up the fury of the public to win some votes.

Doug Ford got rid of Toronto’s school trustees.

At one school, things blew up.

Parents say that while issues at Bowmore predated the provincial takeover, the ensuing "chaos" should stand as a "warning sign for the entire public education system in Ontario":

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meme with Canadians lecturing Americans about racism on the left and it's a hippy and Canadians talking about Indigenous land rights on the right and it's Hitler

Zack Polanski calls for UK to withdraw trade agreement with Israel after strikes on Lebanon Green leader says PM should impose tougher sanctions on Israel, which he accuses of acting in ‘completely uncontrolled way’

Don't pretend to be the most knowledgeable person about the British political environment but it is exciting to see someone say things like this so clearly.

Submission from the District of Sechelt reads: “I have seldom seen an initial submission by a registered professional that met the requirements of the building code. I truly wish that I could say that the items that I questioned were minor in scope, but they were not; here are just a few of the things that I note here: • A proposed 6 storey wood frame residential building that exceeded the maximum building area of 1500 m2 by 750 m2. Non-combustible construction required. • A building for an assembly occupancy proposed in wood construction (combustible) that the building code required to be non-combustible due to its height. • A 6-storey residential building without access. No ramps or lifts for people in wheelchairs or with mobility impairment. • Absence of adaptable dwelling units in a residential building. • A parkade for a 6-storey building proposed without a mechanical ventilation system to remove vehicle exhaust and Carbon Monoxide. • Wall, floor, and roof assemblies did not have the required minimum Fire Resistance Ratings for the article of construction. • Missing fire separations. • Absent sub-soil drainage for below grade floors. • Under sized Sanitary Drainage systems. • Under sized Water Distribution systems. • A 27-storey residential building relying on a Sewage pump system for all above grade floors. All of these were proposed by the registered professional but were not constructed as these errors were noted at the time of building permit review and compliant amendments were required.”

Here’s a submission from Sechelt, detailing examples where bldg code requirements weren’t met and were caught during the municipal review process. Many errors included life and safety concerns:

• A parkade for a 6-storey bldg without a mech ventilation system to remove exhaust and Carbon Monoxide.

There have been too many poorly thought out “streamlining bills” from the BCNDP and I’m glad to see this one being withdrawn.

If you’ve ever worked for a municipality reviewing submissions, you’d know just how rare it is to receive complete submissions that meet most bylaw requirements.

Here is a (FREE) article by Dr. Sasa on "green colonialism":

Viral photo from some years back of a man nonchalantly mowing his yard with a tornado on the horizon .

How it feels doing literally any task right now.

South Korean members of the opposition woke up at 3AM to storm their capital and stop a despotic president from declaring martial law. That same president is going to jail.

Anyone in US opposition on vacation right now should be at the same Hague trials if we get there.

something a little too on the nose about saying it's "non-negotiable" that he will be curbing a law that makes repeated use of the phrase "free, prior and informed consent"

Premier Eby says changing DRIPA is 'non-negotiable' and will be pushed into law B.C. Premier David Eby says that changing the Declaration on the Rights of Aboriginal Peoples Act is "non-negotiable" and it will be pushed into law.

“For Premier Eby to suddenly say changing DRIPA is ‘non-negotiable’ and will pass this session is an absolute betrayal of everything DRIPA and of our evolving relationship with the NDP over the last decade” Grand Chief Stewart Phillip #bcpoli cheknews.ca/premier-eby-...

Why Montreal isn't hosting the World Cup — and FIFA's strict conditions for Toronto, Vancouver | CBC News Thousands of documents obtained by Radio-Canada's investigative program Enquête shed light on why Montreal isn't among the host cities, how much the event will cost Canadian taxpayers — about $1 billi...

One of FIFA’s demands has been to ensure that the cities that signed on to host would agree to a large local and sporting event blackout clause.

This FIFA agreement is one of the worst deals for Canadian residents and tax-payers and will haunt the Canadian cities that agreed to host for decades.

There’s a long history of Black liberationists standing on the right side of history, not only when it comes to Palestine, but when it comes to domestic injustices and the injustices of western imperialism.

Even when the system plays its divisive cards, it’s often Black ppl that stand their ground.

Governing by Algorithm: What Smart Cities Are Teaching Us About Power in Liberal Democracies The current automation of governance is an evolution in the long-standing tension between democratic responsiveness and technocratic executive power.

“The loss is not just transparency. It is responsiveness. Citizens can no longer tell whether anyone is actually listening. They cannot easily understand why a decision was made. And they often have no meaningful way to challenge it.” www.liberalcurrents.com/governing-by...

The world not screeching to a halt when the US killed more than 100 little school girls on the very first day of this "liberating war" led us exactly to this moment

Trump warns deadline ‘final’ as Iran pushes proposal to end war US president says proposal not enough to avert threat to infrastructure should Iran fail to open Strait of Hormuz.

"There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen" - Lenin

And we are, currently, in the weeks where decades happen.

Let Israel’s crimes radicalize you towards an unconditional and unapologetic resolve for justice.