I've worked in Community, Harm Reduction, Housing and Health for over 20 years. Opinions are my own and not those of the organizations I work with.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Joined April 2017
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This holds for the @liberal_party of Canada and most Western countries. If they won't - we MUST. Pressure the political class - they love stasis. This is how Apartheid in South Africa was dismantled.
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It took less than 24 hours for the Indian government to ban me. Faster than the EU sanctions imposed on me.
The reason? My latest documentary:
Kashmir: Palestine in the making
Well, the only thing left to say is:
Lal Salaam ! 🚩
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This is a map of voting sites in Jerusalem. As you can see, they are completely absent from most of East Jerusalem, where the majority is Palestinian. This is how apartheid works. You give a small and harmless minority of Palestinians the right to vote, take pictures of them and talk about how you have democracy. Then you don't let them into the coalition and make sure only Jews have power.
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The Israeli Army just issued a Closed Military Zone order stopping an olive harvest in Hawara, Nablus.
It was organised by @rabbis4HR and only lasted 20 minutes before soldiers stopped it.
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Lowan is the voice of young and working British Columbians. Boomers and culture war dipshits like this will never understand just how disillusioned and angry this next generation of workers, innovators, educators, and entrepreneurs is. They’re pissed. And rightly so. #BCpoli
Frankly disgusting… does Emily Lowan of the #Green party not realize the vast majority of British Columbians have spoken.
She is more out of touch as her speech goes on with lies and activist fantasy. You can be sure that the media will give her far more coverage over the coming years than she deserves. Shame on her and her supporters for more fear-mongering even in the face of an overall resounding B.C. voice of “NO” to her and her party.
#bcpoli #BCElection2026 #bcelection
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Your friendly reminder Apartheid Israel is STILL perpetrating genocidal acts in Lebanon.
🔴Summary of Israeli attacks on Lebanese territory on October 26, 2024:
🟠 Airstrikes:
Outskirts of Bani Hayyan
🟠 Artillery shelling:
Al-Mansouri
Wadi al-Hujair
Wadi al-Salouqi
Khiam
Al-Qantara
Outskirts of Baraachit
Outskirts of Mifdoun
Beit Yahoun
Hadatha
Wadi Zibqin
Majdalzoun
Outskirts of Shebaa
Zawtar al-Sharqiya
🟠 Demolitions:
Zawtar al-Sharqiya
🟠 Illumination flares:
Zawtar al-Sharqiya
🟠 Sound grenades:
Nabatieh al-Fawqa
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We have released Zero Breach Toolkit, a free open sourced tool capable of detecting over 12,100 traces of Israeli & other spyware on your devices. It works on Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and Iphones.
You can download it here: github.com/interplains/Zero-…
Inside the folder with the tools run this command: python -X utf8 scan/zero-breach-toolkit.py
It never writes to disk, never connects to the internet, or ask for admin perms. It takes around 10-15 minutes to run depending on the device.
This project is fully open source, so feel free to take the code and use it to create your own tools.
If you find some spyware on your device, consider sending it to us via telegram. Leave us a star on GitHub if the tool helped you.
Follow our backups: @ZionismExposedx
@IsraelExposedAr
God bless
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This is a powerful opinion on Canada's housing crisis, and it raises a question we should all be asking. I'M ASKING!
Who is actually benefiting from this crisis?
When tenants are pushed out, rents go up. When rents go up, property values rise, and investors get richer.
Meanwhile, families are priced out, seniors are struggling, and homelessness keeps growing.
We're told to just build more housing. But what good is building new homes if we keep losing the affordable ones we already have?
Housing should be about building lives, not building wealth at the expense of others.
A housing system should be measured by how many people it keeps housed, not how much profit it generates.
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
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Peter Oborne on the West Bank: "It is a horrific, racist project to drive out Palestinians... 65 of [the Bedouins'] communities have been destroyed in the last three years... The fact that we, the democratic, human rights-respecting West, is tolerating this horror is extraordinary."
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The next time someone tells you homelessness is caused by addiction, mental illness, laziness, poor choices, or generous social services, show them this.
Homelessness is a housing problem. Not ONLY a housing problem, but ALWAYS a housing problem.
We can address addiction, mental illness, and poverty, but if people still can't afford a place to call home, we haven't solved homelessness.
You cannot end homelessness without housing, it's that simple.
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🇮🇱 🇵🇸 Israel has committed the crime against humanity of "extermination" in the West Bank, while continuing to commit "genocide" against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, United Nations-mandated investigators said on Monday ➡️ u.afp.com/SywJ
ALT File photo shows Israeli security forces patrolling the area where the houses of the two Palestinian gunmen who killed two Israeli soldiers and injured three others are located, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Hebron on October 23, 2026.
What does the term 'Ceasefire' even mean in 2026? Just a chess move it would seem:
In Gaza, no privacy, no peace: this is what our lives look like a year after the ‘ceasefire’
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Cuando los brasileños se dieron cuenta que Musk y Zuckerberg estaban manipulando el algoritmo para interferir en elecciones de su país se volcaron hacia las RRSS y la llenaron de videos de Lula elaborados con IA.
Fenómeno social a estudiarse por décadas.
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Thank you Grand Rapids!
When we send Abdul El-Sayed to the U.S. Senate, we are going to send a profound message:
NO to hatred, bigotry and diviseness
NO to oligarchy
NO to authoritarianism
Let’s get it done.
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The work continues Mayor Chow. I'm an ER doctor and I'm reporting there are no shelter beds for the homeless patients who come to the ER primarily needing shelter. Let's get to work on this Mayor, I know we can improve things. @oliviachow
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WATCH NOW:
India and I$rael share intelligence and weaponry to oppress both Palestinians & Kashmiris. This documentary traces India's system of oppression, mirroring I$raeli occupation.
Militarisation, killings and forced displacement.
Documentary link in comment section
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In every community and workplace I speak in, I see the devastating impact of the toxic, illegal drug supply.
This crisis isn't limited to vulnerable communities. The construction and trades industries are disproportionately impacted by overdose deaths.
These are our coworkers, friends, neighbours, and family members.
The toxic drug crisis affects every community. It's not someone else's problem. It's all of ours.
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This is great... @LDoerkson @ClaireRattee
It will really help people. I know a lot of people with disabilities who cant work full-time because of pain, mental health issues and other obstacles.
- We will increase the annual earnings exemption for a single person receiving PWD assistance from $16,200 to $30,000.
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Last night's Ovaltine meal was an amazing success. Dignity in hospitality, collaboration at its finest.
@sarahblyth @oddfellowsent @rusmaynard – at Vancouver, British Columbia
