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Hear how people across Canada and beyond are
Shutting It Down for Palestine
Listen in and find out how you can play a role in ending the siege on Gaza.
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Landlord is going ahead with eviction despite a commitment to accept payment. She wants to pay
We are occupying the office at 1440 Lawrence Avenue W until they give her the keys
You need to hear this story:
Targeted Scapegoating
A local group of activists targeted by the Zionist lobby, Police & politicians.
Told not to protest in their own neighborhood.
It didn’t stop them. It didn’t even slow them down.
@ELDV4Palestine
Encampments in the City of Toronto are still under attack by Police and city staff even with Olivia Chow as Mayor.
In our latest episode
@Diana_C_McNally
warns of anti-homeless narratives and policies being normalized - with devastating impacts.
Need another podcast for your line-up? We got you.
Blueprints of Disruption is a platform for activists, organizers and rabble rousers.
Get inspired to cause good trouble
#cdnpoli
#podcasts
Listen to former political prisoner Danny Morrison
@molloy1916
talk about the conditions in Ireland that led to the rebuilding of the IRA.
While he speaks - we remind you of the situation in Palestine.
Who Keeps Us Safe?
We get to dish on policing in Canada with journalist, author and activist
@DesmondCole
in our latest episode 👇
Most importantly- we ask him what we need to do to finally
#DefundThePolice
An amazing podcast to light a fire in you.
Whatever it Takes: Land Back
Six Nations Land Defenders
@landbackskyler
and
@laylastaats
explain what
#LandBack
means to them and why it’s a fight for all of us.
Just put up a BONUS EPISODE 🚨
This one is deeply personal.
Host
@Jessa_McLean
gives her response to the recent attacks she’s faced from the Ontario NDP.
A Community Union?
We know a lot about Labour unions, and why we need them.
But what about issues outside their scope? How to we mobilize people in the same way outside of the workplace?
@ACORNCanada
National Rep
@ARVForBEY
answers that on our latest episode.
The fight to obtain the most basic rights and services for unhoused people is NOT sustainable.
Hear
@cathyacrowe
talk about what it takes to get victories, and why nursing is
‘Inherently Political’
A reminder we go LIVE tonight to talk about the Fight Against
#FordNation
Want to find ways to plug in? Or share your own actions?
Be sure to tune in at 5pm ET
#onpoli
#onlab
The ICJ Ruled Against Israel
Don't let them tell you otherwise.
What WE do with this development is what matters most.
@dimitrilascaris
joins our hosts to break it all down
I hate birthdays but I had to tell you this
I’m no more 24 years old
الله كثير يحبني، الحمدلله
بكره عيد الميلاد، لكن يمكن اكثر عيد ميلادي راضي فيه عن نفسي وعن العام يلي انقضى من حياتي
كبرت سنة بالرقم، كبرت سنين بالشكل وفقدت كثير أشياء كنت بحلم فيها
قيمتها عندي
أنا مش تمام من
New Content 📢
Criminalizing Palestinian Resistance is happening in real time.
Not just by folks on social media, but by school boards, workplaces and of course, police.
Get the latest here:
The Tenant Class
An eye-opening interview w/author
@ricardo_tranjan
about the landlord/tenant class divide
and the failure of policy discussions that don't challenge the basic principles behind the commodification of shelter and ownership of land.
🔥🎧
There are a lot of you out there organzing against Ford.
We want to share your work (no matter how small) and connect as many of your networks as we can.
Drop is a line to join the Discord.
#onpoli
#FordFailedOntario
#Greenbelt
#odspoverty
The Ontario NDP had a pivotal fight on their hands against Ford. What did they do to prepare?
Host
@Jessa_McLean
& NDP Disability Co-Chair Jay Woodruff explain the Candidate Crisis that cost the NDP seats and the respect of many members.
#onpoli
@anna_lippman
@MayorOliviaChow
This Canada-wide police crackdown on protests and ridiculous levels of resources used is all part of the game to justify those budget increases and make Police look like the solution for everything.
Don’t miss the newest episode of Blueprints where we take another inside look at the institution that is the NDP.
Is it democratic? You decide…
Catch it here ➡️
Sometimes we’re not as progressive as we think on policy.
@FunFactsLulu
walks us through what we’re missing when it comes to disabled people - especially autistic and neurodiverse folks.
Lots to unpack for Autistic Resistance.
Listen here:
#cdnpoli
A must listen!
Folks across the globe are doing this today:
DISARMING IMPERIALISM
Here firsthand from activists shutting it down for Palestinian Liberation, as well as our own.
Courage Required: Advocating for Palestine
Palestinian activist and PhD student
@sasa_ghada
shares her own experiences on the ground, in academia and on Parliament Hill.
We could use a boost.
We’re a new podcast - part of the New Left Media family.
Our content is all about disrupting oppressive systems. We amplify the work being done on the ground to disrupt the status quo.
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Justice for Migrant Workers ✊
Our guest Chris Ramsaroop provides a very compelling argument the Seasonal Agricultural Workers’ Program is a form of apartheid in Canada.
Listen in:
@j4mw
#StatusForAll
NEW EPISODE: Building from the Ground UP
Activists from
@GroundUpWR
join us to talk tactics, tools and just how small community groups can do big things.
Get ready to get to work.
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Looking for a way to contribute beyond partisan politics now that
#onelxn
is over?
Blueprints of Disruption with
@Jessa_McLean
is all about activism in Canada.
Stream here:
Or subscribe wherever you catch your podcasts.
#onpoli
#cdnpoli
#PushLeft
We’re back in business!
🚨NEW CONTENT🚨
Lessons from: South America
Social movements can be unstoppable. Let’s learn from some that have changed political landscapes.
Next episode drops Thursday 👀
Community activists Tigra Li Campbell and
@deebizzo
chat w/
@Jessa_McLean
on activism in rural Alberta/Saskatchewan.
We talk mutual aid, allyship, decolonizing spaces and more.
Subscribe wherever you catch your
#podcasts
Manufactured Distractions
from RAFAH
Our hosts refocus the conversations to hospitals ACTUALLY under attack and the genocide of Palestinians.
Listen in:
Protest tip: “keep your attention on your people” says host
@Jessa_McLean
“Don’t give your energy to counter protestors or agitators”.
Hear more ways to protect yourself and the movement 👇🎧
Protest Safety 101
If you’re going out there to challenge the status quo - you will face opposition.
Our hosts
@Jessa_McLean
and
@Santiago_HQ
give out some practical advice for fellow rabble rousers:
Did we drop 3 epsiodes this week?
Yes we did!
ICJ Ruling w/
@dimitrilascaris
A Rabble Rant on electoral reform and Immigration and Housing w/
@matt_kercher
And a great interview w/5 activists from
@ELDV4Palestine
Find our feed anywhere you get your podcasts 🎙️
Protest Safety 101
If you’re going out there to challenge the status quo - you will face opposition.
Our hosts
@Jessa_McLean
and
@Santiago_HQ
give out some practical advice for fellow rabble rousers:
Celebrating victories “are like the gasoline” we need to fuel the next fight.
Our interview with Alejandra Ruiz Vargas
@ARVForBEY
of
@ACORNCanada
is about building sustainable movements & powering communities.
Get it anywhere you get your
#podcasts
Uncovering Social Murder
Our interview w/ investigative journalist Jack Ross (
@m0thercity
) on his recent piece for
@inthesetimesmag
He documents the systematic destruction of life saving Narcan by local authorities as they ‘sweep’ encampments in LA
Suppression, Solidarity & MPP Sarah Jama
We rant about the treatment MPP Jama has faced from her opponents and from her own "team".
Good news is: She isn't backing down and the response as been a wave of solidarity for Sarah and for Palestine.
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🚨New Episode is Up🚨
An interview with organizer extraordinaire
@PFrache
from Justice for Workers
@fairwagesnow
It’s about keeping people going in the tough fight ahead.
Links 👇
Breaking: As part of 20 natl actions, we are Palestinian, Indigenous, racialized, migrant, climate organizers occupying federal leader Singh’s office to demand
#CeaseFire
#EndTheSeige
We will not leave until he stands up against complicity in genocide. Come join us
#FreePalestine
That’s right - a BONUS episode
We couldn’t NOT talk about the r attacks on
@AnjaliApp
and the tensions between Labour and environmentalists in
#bcpoli
👇👇🚨
Host
@Jessa_McLean
asks
@molloy1916
how people should respond to the vitriol, labels and demonization that comes with resisting Imperialist powers…
He answer is near the end of the episode ⬇️
Why do we need an
Autistic Resistance?
Find out in our newest episode featuring
@FunFactsLulu
Listen anywhere you get your podcasts - or right here 👇👇👇
#cdnpoli
UPDATE: from last week’s interview.
The party seeking the injunction against local protests couldn’t produce a single witness who would say they felt threatened by Palestinian solidarity.
When challenged - their arguments crumble.
Scratching your head trying to figure out the NDP Convention?
We did a primer for folks awhile back, called it:
Controlled Conventions 🎙️🔻
Spoiler: there's nothing democratic about it
New Content 🚨
'Reporting on Genocidal Warfare'
Flooding tunnels, targeting children & bombing 'safe zones'...
And the contrasting ways in which these stories are being told.
The least we could do was share his words.
The best we can do is fill the void left with equal commitment with tactics that keep us in the fight, together.
“This was fought with people power”
@waltonmom
of
@osbcucscso
talking about what it took to push back on Ford.
Via
@ProgIntl
livestream on now.
Giving recognition for the widespread support that came out for
#CUPEStrong
Our library of episodes is 80+ and counting.
All of them useful to people looking to be more effective in activism, politics and organizing their community.
Check it out:
Action Alert 🚨
London, Ontario
London Region Social Forum is packing the gallery to get Council to declare a state of emergency related to housing.
March 28th 3pm
@RegionalForum
#HousingCrisis
We've got quite the line up of episodes for next week:
⚖️
@dimitrilascaris
joins us to breakdown the ICJ ruling against Israel
🗳️
@matt_kercher
rants about electoral reform, and
📢
@ELDV4Palestine
shares their experience organizing in a neighbourhood considered off-limits
@AnjaliApp
Appropriately
@AnjaliApp
takes a moment to talk of her own personal experience in being courted into politics only to be punished for taking a stand.
This is what they do. This is what they will continue to do if we keep guiding people into those spaces.
Let's try this again - with a link that works...
Activist
@anna_lippman
was a joy to interview - twice.
Here is Part 1 - where she talks about Answering the Call and mobilizing rank and file workers to
Free Palestine with
@PalestineLabour
Weekly Rabble Rant:
Ontario's Ministry of Dangerous Labour
The most dangerous job in Canada is on construction sites.
And ending mandatory coroner's inquests was just Ford's latest of many capitulations to industry bosses - i.e. developers 🤬
🎧
#onpoli
Chloe Brown makes an important point when asking where her opponents were in the last election?
Having only found their courage with John Tory out of the way.
Hear her story and what else she thinks of the current Councillors running against her.
@anna_lippman
@bnaibrithcanada
Hear the story behind the folks trying to excercise that right in that neighborhood - and the intense backlash they’ve been up against.
It’s crucial to understand power structures we aim to disrupt.
@AkuahFrempong
starts the episode off w/her recent experiences as an elected Executive in the
@OntarioNDP
We hear what it’s like to try to navigate these tightly controlled spaces.
#onpoli
Listen to
@patriciaorpat
of
@ghost_gurney
talk about why what we do now matters, whether Ford listens or not.
It’s a clip from our latest Blueprints of Disruption podcast.
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