The media just holds the right and the left to a different standard. If you're trying to save lives, you have to produce mountains of research knowledge - the veracity of which will be constantly scrutinized. If you want to increase deaths, some poorly sourced anecdotes will do.

Between October 7 and early February, the Toronto police hate crimes unit laid 137 criminal charges

Only one of those charges related to hate propaganda, commonly known as 'hate speech,' and it was withdrawn this afternoon

My latest for Yes, Everything! yeseverything.ca/blog/charges-d…

If the police commission is unwilling to hold police accountable to the public, then there needs to be serious conversation about why it exists, and what public oversight of EPS needs to look like going forward, because this ain't it. #yegcc

Have you written to your Board Trustee yet about saying NO to cops and YES to healthy, life-affirming, equitable schools?
#yeg #abed #epsb

New from me: the Edmonton Police Commission is refusing to release EPS's audit plan, saying a 'public facing audit program will diminish overall effectiveness.' Coun. Keren Tang, who made the request, said she's 'disappointed but not entirely surprised.' edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…

I cannot emphasize enough how much this thinking influences the UCP government in Alberta.

There is a growing fascist movement among tech elites. Read this and learn about their shocking vision of a society transformed under their influence.

🧵To understand what's happening in San Francisco today, you must examine the extremist politics of the 'Network State' cult.
For the @NewRepublic, I wrote about Balaji Srinivasan, an influential tech baron seeking to “ethnically cleanse” SF.
Read➡️ newrepublic.com/article/180487… ⬅️

UCP’s legislation sets stage for municipal political parties, arbitrary nullification of bylaws, and firing of councillors by cabinet. albertapolitics.ca/2024/04/ucps-l… #ableg #abpoli

Guess what capitalists do when they “earn” their money? They take it from workers. Greed!

The Edmonton police commission's decision to not co-operate in providing information for an audit and program service review plan has some city councillors calling for more transparency.

cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…

Parents raise concerns about impact of SRO’s potential return to Edmonton public schools

#epsb #yeg #policingfreeschools #PoliceFreeSchools #abed

theprogressreport.ca/parents_raise_… via The Progress Report

Columbia student’s “Epstein worked for Mossad” sign has enraged Israeli supporters to the point they’re trying to climb a 20 ft fence and raid campus themselves

NEW: Parents raise concerns about impact of SRO’s potential return to Edmonton public schools. theprogressreport.ca/parents_raise_…

'Zivo is not an expert in our lives despite his relentless crusade to close safer supply programs and harm reduction services'
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drugdatadecoded.ca/harm-reduction…

PSA: Many issues *should be* polarizing. Some issues are zero sum. Some issues are moral or material questions that cannot be solved by “compromise” without supporting injustice and oppression.

There is no middle-utopia. Technocracy won’t save us. Politics is struggle.

CBC News data reveals 1 in 3 suspensions of police officers across Ontario involved allegations of domestic abuse, sexual assault or sexual harassment.

Every line of this story is more shocking than the last, very important work here:
cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…

the guy who wrote the book in question is coming to edmonton on sunday. he has also written another book defending the 14th waffen ss division that was quickly written after the hunka affair.

Library Association pulls award for RMC professor's book -The book has been criticized by a Jewish organization and Holocaust scholars who have raised concerns it whitewashes Nazi collaborators in Ukraine during the Second World War.
ottawacitizen.com/news/national/… via @ottawacitizen

Out of curiosity, when was the last time massive student protests turned out to be on the wrong side of history, and the state using police violence against them turned out to be right?