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Is Canada complicit in Trump’s illegal war in Venezuela?

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 20h

NEW: Trump’s “war on drugs” in Venezuela looks more like regime change than law enforcement—and, according to a new report by @ploughsharesca.bsky.social, Canadian-made technology is playing a role. Ottawa can’t claim clean hands if its weapons are used in an illegal war.

The Trump administration’s covert bombing campaign against alleged Venezuelan “narco-terrorists” has drawn scrutiny from legal experts and human rights observers. As evidence of cartel ties remains un...

The structural contradictions of policing mental health

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 20h

People experiencing crisis are not criminals; they are persons in need of help from trained professionals. Perhaps it is time we leave crime work to police and the care of mentally ill persons to health care professionals.

People experiencing crisis are not criminals; they are persons in need of help from trained professionals. Perhaps it is time we leave crime work to police and the care of mentally ill persons to heal...

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 6d

The United States is waging drone strikes in the Caribbean under the banner of fighting drugs—but history tells a different story. From Panama to Venezuela, Washington’s interventions look less like justice and more like piracy, plundering resources while ignoring international law.

The United States is acting less like a global guardian and more like a Caribbean pirate—launching drone strikes, flouting international law, and pursuing oil under the guise of fighting drugs. From P...

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 7d

Trump’s “peace plan” for Gaza isn’t peace—it’s an ultimatum. Palestinians are told to disarm, abandon legal claims of genocide, and accept foreign control, while Israel retains the right to “finish the job.” A ceasefire that erases justice is no peace at all, writes @coastsofbohemia.bsky.social.

Almost two years after October 7, Gaza lies in ruins. Western governments have condemned the slaughter but continue to shield Israel, while Trump and Netanyahu push a “peace plan” critics see as surre...

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 6d

The Trump–Netanyahu “peace plan” rewards Israel for two years of civilian slaughter and genocide while demanding that Palestinians disarm and surrender their rights. This isn’t compromise—it’s coercion disguised as diplomacy.

Almost two years after October 7, Gaza lies in ruins. Western governments have condemned the slaughter but continue to shield Israel, while Trump and Netanyahu push a “peace plan” critics see as surre...

The changing tide of public opinion threatens Israel’s crumbling legitimacy

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 2d

What October 7 and the ensuing genocide forced back onto the world’s agenda is now impossible to ignore: Israel’s legitimacy is crumbling, not because of propaganda, but because its actions have radicalized even the previously apolitical.

Public opinion across the West is shifting decisively against Israel as polls show growing recognition of its campaign in Gaza as genocide. Once dismissed as fringe, sympathy for Palestinians is now m...

A graveyard of liberal illusions

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 2d

The West may now be finally waking up to the full enormity of the horrors Israel has inflicted in Gaza. It is time we started listening to Palestinian voices, while there are still Palestinians left alive to speak truth to power.

The West may now be finally waking up to the full enormity of the horrors Israel has inflicted in Gaza. It needs also to wake up to the evils it has nurtured not just for the last two years, but for o...

Millions in subsidies for mineral exploration undermine Indigenous rights

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 3d

Canadian governments have poured $63M in subsidies into mineral exploration on Grassy Narrows territory, helping Kinross Gold push a project that threatens the Wabigoon River. Tax breaks for investors are undermining Indigenous rights and local waters while the province collects little in return.

Millions in government subsidies are fuelling risky mining projects on Grassy Narrows’ ancestral lands, enriching investors while threatening the First Nation’s water and health. Despite Indigenous op...

Millions in subsidies for mineral exploration undermine Indigenous rights

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freegrassy.bsky.social @freegrassy.bsky.social · 2d

Read and share this article by Prof. Stanley highlighting how the government has subsidized mineral exploration on Grassy Narrows territory that helped Kinross

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 3d

Canadian governments have poured $63M in subsidies into mineral exploration on Grassy Narrows territory, helping Kinross Gold push a project that threatens the Wabigoon River. Tax breaks for investors are undermining Indigenous rights and local waters while the province collects little in return.

Millions in government subsidies are fuelling risky mining projects on Grassy Narrows’ ancestral lands, enriching investors while threatening the First Nation’s water and health. Despite Indigenous op...

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Deborah Leão 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @deborahleao.bsky.social · 2d

o que os EUA estão fazendo no Caribe é coisa de pirata de desenho animado. e é mais um capítulo da interferência estadunidense na América Latina.

Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 2d

Interventions framed as anti-drug operations often mask the pursuit of resources like oil. Washington’s “law and order” rhetoric echoes a long history of exploiting Latin America under the guise of security while ignoring international law.

The United States is acting less like a global guardian and more like a Caribbean pirate—launching drone strikes, flouting international law, and pursuing oil under the guise of fighting drugs. From P...

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 2d

Interventions framed as anti-drug operations often mask the pursuit of resources like oil. Washington’s “law and order” rhetoric echoes a long history of exploiting Latin America under the guise of security while ignoring international law.

The United States is acting less like a global guardian and more like a Caribbean pirate—launching drone strikes, flouting international law, and pursuing oil under the guise of fighting drugs. From P...

Why progressives need to abandon means-testing and embrace universality

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 2d

Means-tested programs divide the working class, create barriers, and reinforce inequality. Progressives must embrace universal social programs that are truly accessible and build solidarity, not just paper over capitalism.

Reducing barriers to dental care and other medical services not covered by Canada’s meagre and underfunded health care system is an improvement over the status quo. But if the NDP or any other party w...

Millions in subsidies for mineral exploration undermine Indigenous rights

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 3d

Canadian governments have poured $63M in subsidies into mineral exploration on Grassy Narrows territory, helping Kinross Gold push a project that threatens the Wabigoon River. Tax breaks for investors are undermining Indigenous rights and local waters while the province collects little in return.

Millions in government subsidies are fuelling risky mining projects on Grassy Narrows’ ancestral lands, enriching investors while threatening the First Nation’s water and health. Despite Indigenous op...

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 7d

If academic institutions won’t divest from companies fuelling genocide, what does that say about their commitments to human rights, or to the very idea of knowledge in service of the public good?

The University of Manitoba proclaims commitments to human rights and academic integrity, yet invests in arms manufacturers supplying Israel’s genocide in Gaza. This essay exposes the contradiction, fr...

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 7d

The University of Manitoba holds over 13,000 shares in General Dynamics—the maker of bombs that have levelled refugee camps in Gaza. As those shares rose by $2.14M and paid $206K in dividends, the university chose profit over principle, making itself complicit. Divestment is the only credible path.

The University of Manitoba proclaims commitments to human rights and academic integrity, yet invests in arms manufacturers supplying Israel’s genocide in Gaza. This essay exposes the contradiction, fr...

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Unrigged @unrigged.bsky.social · 6d

Writing @canadiandimension.bsky.social Jonathan Jenner unpacks The University of Manitoba’s complicity in genocide and the collapse of academic integrity.

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The University of Manitoba proclaims commitments to human rights and academic integrity, yet invests in arms manufacturers supplying Israel’s genocide in Gaza. This essay exposes the contradiction, fr...

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 6d

The Trump–Netanyahu “peace plan” rewards Israel for two years of civilian slaughter and genocide while demanding that Palestinians disarm and surrender their rights. This isn’t compromise—it’s coercion disguised as diplomacy.

Almost two years after October 7, Gaza lies in ruins. Western governments have condemned the slaughter but continue to shield Israel, while Trump and Netanyahu push a “peace plan” critics see as surre...

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 6d

The United States is waging drone strikes in the Caribbean under the banner of fighting drugs—but history tells a different story. From Panama to Venezuela, Washington’s interventions look less like justice and more like piracy, plundering resources while ignoring international law.

The United States is acting less like a global guardian and more like a Caribbean pirate—launching drone strikes, flouting international law, and pursuing oil under the guise of fighting drugs. From P...

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 7d

Trump’s “peace plan” for Gaza isn’t peace—it’s an ultimatum. Palestinians are told to disarm, abandon legal claims of genocide, and accept foreign control, while Israel retains the right to “finish the job.” A ceasefire that erases justice is no peace at all, writes @coastsofbohemia.bsky.social.

Almost two years after October 7, Gaza lies in ruins. Western governments have condemned the slaughter but continue to shield Israel, while Trump and Netanyahu push a “peace plan” critics see as surre...

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 7d

The University of Manitoba holds over 13,000 shares in General Dynamics—the maker of bombs that have levelled refugee camps in Gaza. As those shares rose by $2.14M and paid $206K in dividends, the university chose profit over principle, making itself complicit. Divestment is the only credible path.

The University of Manitoba proclaims commitments to human rights and academic integrity, yet invests in arms manufacturers supplying Israel’s genocide in Gaza. This essay exposes the contradiction, fr...

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 7d

If academic institutions won’t divest from companies fuelling genocide, what does that say about their commitments to human rights, or to the very idea of knowledge in service of the public good?

The University of Manitoba proclaims commitments to human rights and academic integrity, yet invests in arms manufacturers supplying Israel’s genocide in Gaza. This essay exposes the contradiction, fr...

The supply and demand myth of housing

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 7d

The housing crisis will not be resolved by increasing supply, but by increasing the right kind of supply. Constructing more homes will only lower costs if they are kept out of reach of investors and paired with significant non-market alternatives.

It is clear that supply and demand curves are not sufficient for understanding the housing crisis. We can build all we want, but if we are building houses as financial assets prices are going to stay ...

I read Mark Carney’s book so you don’t have to

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · Sep 5

Mark Carney presents himself as the steady hand Canada needs, but his politics amount to neoliberalism with a friendlier face. Canada needs more than tinkering around the edges of capitalism—we need a government willing to confront capital itself.

Fortunately, we don’t have to rely on campaign literature to discern Mark Carney’s vision for the future. The decades he’s spent in both the private sector and the public service, as well as his 2021 ...

Mark Carney’s silence on Venezuela reveals complicity

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 24d

The US massacre of 11 civilians in the Caribbean drew condemnation across Latin America. Canada’s Mark Carney offered none. His silence follows a history of undermining Venezuela, from blocking its gold reserves at the Bank of England to aligning with Washington’s regime-change agenda.

On September 2, the US military bombed a boat in the Caribbean, killing 11 civilians. Regional leaders denounced the attack as murder, but Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney remained silent. His stan...