Out to Defend Ourselves tells the story of Montreal's first Haitian street gang, les Bélangers. It traces how the gang emerged from a group of friends, how they battled white racial violence, and how police actions worsened gang violence. Available at bookstores everywhere.

You will hear a lot about the protests in France today, but Albania has practically collapsed with protestors controlling almost the entire country. The Police are literally forming defensive lines outside the main Government offices while firing rubber bullets. A last stand.

Je courais pour éviter les lacrymos j’ai vu un mec courir en sens inverse vers les CRS en hurlant « JE SUIS LE DIABLE »

Le pouvoir a allumé le feu, il y a le feu. Il a cherché la bagarre, il y a la bagarre. Une société d’injustices, d’exploitations, d’oppressions, de précarisation, d’appauvrissement… ça finit par peter, par exploser. Le ras le bol, la colère, avec la jeunesse, c’est dans la rue.

Des véhicules de police sont prises pour cible par la foule dans le secteur République à Paris. #Paris #17octobre

Global strikes and mass civil disobedience should take place everywhere against Western regimes for the Holocaust they have funded and co-perpetrated in Gaza.

Faut voir Paris là. T’es dans une foule qui scande “on a guillotiné un roi, on peut recommencer”, tu tournes à gauche, y a des groupes en train de barricader une rue & de faire reculer la police, tu tournes à droite, y a un cortège avec 20 drapeaux 🇵🇸 qui arrive à toute vitesse.

J’ai pris des vidéos que je pourrai jamais mettre ici mais on vit des trucs de malade mentaux mais jsuis tellement fier de gens. Même les gens qui pillent les magasin c’est tellement beau. Ils redistribuent à tout le monde dans la rue. Aux sans abris en priorité c’est DINGUE

A cop is caught urinating on an unhoused person, and La Presse manages to turn this into a positive story about the police and their good relationships with unhoused people. Bravo.

X has suspended the account of academic and researcher @MujammaHaraket whose writings and translation projects about Palestine are essential historical works that fall clearly within the public interest. This ban should be reversed immediately.

Reposting this episode with @MujammaHaraket, whose @x account was just suspended. If you don't know his work yet, I really recommend diving in. I've learned so much from him.

There is no reason beyond clear political bias to ban @MujammaHaraket from this platform. He is a vital researcher for many across the movement space and is providing unbelievably well detailed work. He needs to be reinstated immediately

More outrageous censorship by @elonmusk @x! @MujammaHaraket is a meticulous researcher and has written rock solid articles for @intifada. Was he banned for journalism challenging mainstream misinformation? Reverse this now!

It’s post midnight in Gaza: The Israeli military is ratcheting up its attacks all across the beleaguered territory. People are panicking on social media describing it as “hellish and unbearable beyond description.” The airstrikes are pummelling vast swathes in northern Gaza.

They have literally gone insane. Gaza is under repeated strikes right now. Aircraft are flying extremely low, and their sounds are terrifying. People are fleeing their homes after the warnings. The situation is horrifying, and no one knows what will happen next. Do not stop talking about Gaza. Do not let the world forget the terror we live through every day.

Damn seems like the protests didn’t work. Back to the blue checks chastising the protestors for lacking a theory of change.