@BrockLabour Prof | Author, Social Reproduction & the City @UGAPress (2020) | Producer, #ItTakesARiot (2017) | work, labour, care, and the political economy of.
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"I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops."
- Stephen Jay Gould
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Thanks @TorontoStar & @mahdishabibinia for this insightful piece clarifying @BradMBradford's & @fordnation's path to water privatization: "What qualifies as 'an agent' could be a private company, a public-private partnership like Metrolinx or the Canada Infrastructure Bank, which facilitates private investment in infrastructure projects." thestar.com/gift-redeem?t=e9…
@cupelocal79 @Local416 #keepwaterpublic
Yes!
Breaking News: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated Flávio Bolsonaro to stay president of Brazil, halting the right’s march in Latin America. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/4iFMwIg
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Brad Bradford has been endorsed by a tech billionaire, Rob Ford's former chief of staff, and the founder of the far-right rag Rebel News
Our friends at @TheGrindTO compiled a list of the mayoral candidate's most questionable supporters
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Some corporations don't just harm workers. They undermine democracy.
➡️ Our latest report Corporate Underminers of Democracy 2026 is out:
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Find out which companies and billionaire owners are profiting while
❌ Violating workers' rights
❌ Influencing politics for private gain
❌ Fueling far-right agendas
#FightforDemocracy
@luc_triangle @jordaniaurena04 @manzieric65 @ArabTradeUnion @ITUCAsiaPacific @ITUC_Africa @CSA_TUCA @ETUC_CES @ILO @ILOACTRAV
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World renowned environmentalist David Suzuki spoke out Wednesday about mayoral candidate Brad Bradford’s plan for Toronto’s water, appealing to people to vote to protect it rather than try to turn it into a money-making venture.
toronto.citynews.ca/2026/10/…
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I’ve been released from IDF custody with a “warning,” apparently because of my public profile (I told them I wasn’t even a congressmember yet, just a nominee).
But several dozen rabbis & participants harvesting olives with me are still in detention. For harvesting olives. They should all be released immediately.
To be clear: Palestinians face far worse consequences every day. These detentions by the IDF are one more attempt to undermine Palestinians’ right to harvest their olive groves, travel on their roads, and live in their homes. Yet one more element of escalating, and very clearly state-sponsored ethnic cleansing.
We’ll update on their status as soon as we hear.
Olivia Chow has run underwhelming campaign w/poor comms. Lack of big, bold ideas at the off, welcoming police union’s endorsement, record of 30 cents of every new property tax dollar going to police budget, has not excited her base. In tight race, she’ll need that base on E-Day.
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The textile industry must change. Workers have a vision for how.
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Get our Just Transition Manifesto – A plan to transform one of the world's most polluting and labour-intensive industries, with workers' rights, decent work, gender equality and social dialogue at its centre.
#JustTransition #GarmentWorkersNeedUnions
@industriAll_EU @IndustriALL_GU @luc_triangle @luc_triangle @ArabTradeUnion
@ITUCAsiaPacific @ITUC_Africa @CSA_TUCA @ETUC_CES @ILO @ILOACTRAV
@jordaniaurena04 @manzieric65
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He says the name just fine when he’s begging the Qataris for a personal jet or the Saudis for funding for his son-in-law’s private equity firm.
Wonder what’s changed?
"[G]overnments have effectively normalized a system in which full-time employment often fails to provide economic security. It’s working poverty by design." - @AdamDKKing1 on Canada's minimum wages.
Canada’s Minimum Wages Are Rising, But Not Enough readthemaple.com/canadas-min…
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4 years ago they were writing obituaries for @COPEVancouver. Now the municipal party is poised for a comeback.
@jamesgadair explores how COPE rebuilt around a younger, engaged base and democratic socialist vision.
breachmedia.ca/vancouvers-so…
If you're in the Vancouver area, I'll be on Redeye Radio, 100.5 FM, this Saturday at 10am PST to discuss what Bill-C39 means for unions, the right to strike, and working-class power more broadly. #canlab
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If you're a Canadian worker, there's no better place than BC to do an hour's labour for an hour's pay. Since 2024 BC has boasted the highest hourly wage of any province (incl. imputed hourly pay for salaried staff). BC passed SK in 2019, Ont in 2023, and Alta in 2024. #bcpoli /2
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Lawmakers have approved a constitutional amendment that will cap weekly employment hours at 40 with no cuts to wages, delivering on a signature pledge by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ft.trib.al/v2OHP1i
ALT Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva shakes hands with supporters as he rides in a vehicle during a campaign rally in Rio de Janeiro. Text on image reads: Brazil abolishes six-day workweek in win for Lula (Credit: Pilar Olivares/Reuters)
Of $882 million in new spending under Chow, about 30 per cent, or $266 million, went to an increase in the police budget.
No other department got a bigger share of the property tax increase. -@GraphicMatt
I’ll wait for someone to explain why this is “progressive” policy.
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ANWAR SHAIKH, 1945-2026
1 week ago, Anwar Shaikh, University in Exile Professor Emeritus of Economics, passed away. A preeminent political economist, Anwar was a towering intellectual figure both on the global stage and here at The New School --
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After 18 hours of bargaining yesterday, no deal was achieved and a strike date of July 22nd still looms.
Every worker adequate deserves sick days and a living wage!
Make sure to sign our e-action & tell IDEAL Child Services these workers are worth more! CUPE.ca/IDEAL
