Known as "World's oldest Rebel" , WW2 Vet, Author of Harry's Last Stand & 4 other books. Refugee advocate. Feb 25, 1923-Nov 28, 2018. Curated by his son John

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We reject every threat related to US ambitions toward Cuba. Our coastline is full of beautiful beaches, but there are also razor-sharp limestone spikes, an inhospitable environment for those who make it to our shores with hostile purposes and lust for domination. #CubaIsNotAThreat The Blockade Is.
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The Israeli army has ordered more than 400 Palestinian families to evacuate their homes in Hebron, leaving thousands of people stranded in the streets with nowhere to go.
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Our beautiful William Morris banner on loan and on display at the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge @FitzMuseum_UK for the exhibition ‘A Call to Art: William Morris & the Pre-Ralphaelites’ 🖼️ 🚩
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One of the stupidest things I’ve ever heard from a UK government. Stock up because of a totally unspecified menagerie of dangers, ‘a dangerous and uncertain world’. What the fuck are they talking about? A desperate ploy to sow fear, low expectations and deference to government.
“Be ready by having some everyday essentials… three litres of water per person per day, tinned goods... to last a few days” Speaking to @vicderbyshire, Defence Secretary Wes Streeting details advice to households to be prepared for a “dangerous and turbulent world”. #Newsnight
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We all know why Dana Bash doesn’t interview grieving Gazan mothers or why the NYT doesn’t issue breaking news alerts when a West Bank olive farmer is lynched: Zionist journalists recognize the unique humanity of every Israeli, but see Palestinians as one wretched warlike mass.
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And here in 'world class's Toronto we're ripping out bike lanes to take another look at whether 1950s logic might work this time.
Since 2016, London’s cycling network has grown fivefold, from 90 to 450 km. The result? 1.5 million daily cycle journeys—a 43% spike since 2019—twice as many bikes as cars on City of London streets during the day, and motor traffic in steady decline—having fallen 25% since 2019.
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Who has access to the data Ford works so hard to hide from Ontarians? How many of Dougie's burner cells are compromised? #DougFordIsCorrupt
More great work by U of Toronto’s @citizenlab. Israeli spyware was used to infect phones at Australia’s public broadcaster, government departments, critical infrastructure, and universities. abc.net.au/news/2026-10-23/a…
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The two IOF soldiers shot dead in the West Bank were occupiers and thus legitimate targets under international law.
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So the reason they want you to use a digital ID card on your Apple or Google Wallet is because showing it unlocks your phone and then the cops can seize your unlocked phone and search it legally without having to get past your password or pin code.
NEW - Your drivers license and health card are coming to your phone. The Ford government says it will begin offering digital IDs, but says it will be optional, The government will table legislation to permanently guarantee Ontario’s have access to physical ones if they want.
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The right knows how to channel the legitimate rage of working class people. The problem is where they direct that rage. It’s not immigrants and trans kids making your life impossible. It’s the bankers and the billionaires with all the wealth and power. It’s time to put the blame where it actually belongs.
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At least $50 billion for another pipeline. $82 billion in new military spending in 5 years. $300 billion in corporate welfare and mega incentives at an investment summit. But the cupboard is bare for Parks Canada. Despite the heroic efforts of the @psac_afpc workers who'll remain, camping will be chaos next summer. If you’re not a big corporation or foreign investor, you might just be invisible to this government.
2,671 PSAC members at Parks Canada received notice this week that their positions may be cut. These cuts put our environment, natural and cultural heritage, parks, and national historic sites at risk. psacunion.ca/psac-raises-ala…
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Neither Churchill or Washington were accumulating tens of millions of dollars from the "war effort" like Zelensky and his government.
Churchill could have shortened WW2 by years if he had just “done a deal” with Hitler. George Washington could have done a deal to end the American Revolution. Zelenskyy is in good company.
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The Long March is one of the greatest epics in the annals of human history. In 1934, 86,000 Chinese Red Army soldiers began an arduous 12,500 kilometre journey to escape encirclement. They crossed 40 mountains, 100 rivers and a marshland known as the “death zone”. They fought more than 600 battles on their journey. Only about 7,000 survived the trek to Yan’an, where they established a revolutionary base. Along the way, the marching soldiers formed deep connections with local peasants. In many ways, that experience formed the bedrock of China's revolutionary process, which was led by the peasantry and continues to be rooted in the countryside to this day.
China held a grand commemorative gala for the 90th anniversary of the Red Army’s Long March victory. This shot is epic.
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Benjamin Netanyahu, declared today that he is planning to carry out the ethnic cleansing of entire neighborhoods in Hebron. His declaration represents an alarming escalation in Israel’s policies of forced displacement and a flagrant violation of international law and the fundamental rights of the Palestinian people. It must be unequivocally condemned, and the international community must act immediately to prevent the forcible displacement of Palestinian residents and hold those responsible accountable.
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Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez accused the Trump administration of threatening countries with sanctions to change their votes on the upcoming UN resolution condemning the U.S. blockade. The UN has overwhelmingly voted against the blockade for 33 consecutive years.
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put it in the “kidnapped from a tank” file
The New York Times is calling armed Israeli soldiers enforcing an aparthied system "Israelis" again
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This is not good considering it is being implemented by arguably Ontario's most corrupt government in the province's history.
NEW - Your drivers license and health card are coming to your phone. The Ford government says it will begin offering digital IDs, but says it will be optional, The government will table legislation to permanently guarantee Ontario’s have access to physical ones if they want.
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Important to recall that after Clinton beat Dole, Rahm wrote his infamous memo saying that Clinton needed to follow up crime bill with an attack in migrants: “claim and achieve record deportations of criminal aliens.” Clinton ok’ed strategy.
This was just 30 years ago. But it seems a million years ago.
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Many years ago, I had to take a White woman with me to be able to rent an apartment in a predominantly White neighborhood right here in Canada. So if you think this type of housing discrimination is only in the U.S., think again. Racism is disgusting. I hope they sue them into oblivion!
A New York couple is suing after reportedly receiving a text message from a real estate agent while searching for an apartment that said, “ugh they are black” The agent is no longer with the company abc7ny.com/post/queens-housi…
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One way to make sense of the world is to view it through an anti-Imperialist lens. We can find common ground on this front as leftists simply because it goes to the root of the choices our governments make. Listen to the latest @BPofDisruption for more:
NEW EPISODE! Anti-Imperialist Organizing A discussion on how one organization is working to "intensify the class struggle here in the heart of the Empire". w/The Alliance of Workers and Students (AWAS) pod.fo/e/6df35a
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