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Clement Nocos @clementnocos.bsky.social · 9h

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Clement Nocos @clementnocos.bsky.social · 12d

I am proud to announce that the People's Republic of Plakata have gone back-to-back for the championship.

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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · 21d

NEW PUBLICATION: One Hundred Years of Progressive Influence: Social Democracy in Canada

@clementnocos.bsky.social and David McGrane examine Canada's last century of social democratic movements and parties.

Full report from @feps-europe.eu : broadbentinstitute.ca/research/next-left-canada/

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Clement Nocos @clementnocos.bsky.social · Aug 22

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Adam Wren @adamwren.bsky.social · Aug 22

Scoop: Third Way is circulating a memo, shared first with @playbookdc, featuring a new blacklist of words Dems shouldn’t use.

www.politico.com/newsletters/...

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Clement Nocos @clementnocos.bsky.social · Aug 22

My Chemical Romance Toronto show merch today is very NDP circa 2004-2012 coded.

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Clement Nocos @clementnocos.bsky.social · Aug 16

Just wanted to share the names of my latest MLB fantasy waiver wire pickup and dropoff.

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Clement Nocos @clementnocos.bsky.social · Aug 15

Went to Mexico and felt kinda embarrassed that Canada couldn't go on stage and name one progressive thing we've done lately that isn't facing retrenchment or backsliding.

Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · Aug 15

New op-ed: What Canadians Can Learn from Progressives Across the Americas by @clementnocos.bsky.social

"Their struggles are ongoing and incomplete, but their transformative visions and substantial wins can leave Canadians thinking: why not us too?"

🔗 ➡️ perspectivesjournal.ca/2025congress-cdmx/

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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · Aug 15

New op-ed: What Canadians Can Learn from Progressives Across the Americas by @clementnocos.bsky.social

"Their struggles are ongoing and incomplete, but their transformative visions and substantial wins can leave Canadians thinking: why not us too?"

🔗 ➡️ perspectivesjournal.ca/2025congress-cdmx/

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Brishti Basu @brishti.bsky.social · Aug 13

I'm so excited to announce that as of last week, I've joined the power-packed team at @pressprogress.ca as their health reporter.

It's a topic that touches everyone's lives, and a healthy healthcare system is often a litmus test for a healthy community.

In this new role, I'd like to... (1/n)

PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · Aug 13

Meet Brishti Basu, PressProgress’ new health reporter:

The promise of universal public healthcare has always been central to the ‘Canadian Dream’. Our new health reporter Brishti wants to help keep the dream alive.

Say hi to @brishti.bsky.social 👋

Meet Brishti Basu, PressProgress’ New Health Reporter

The promise of universal public healthcare is core to the ‘Canadian Dream’. Our new health reporter wants to help keep the dream alive.

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lukewsavage.bsky.social @lukewsavage.bsky.social · Aug 9

I have a new piece out for the Toronto Star today on how the Carney Liberals ran on public investment and nation-building and have swung immediately to the right. Among other things, Canada may soon experience the most sweeping austerity program it's seen in decades. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Mark Carney won on a promise of strong but fair Canada. This is how he is betraying that vision

The Carney government is repeating the mistakes of Paul Martin and Stephen Harper.

www.thestar.com

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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · Aug 3

Thank you to 2025 Panamerican Congress hosts 🇲🇽 Partido Morena & @claudiasheinbaum.bsky.social for a wonderful closing to this event. The 🇨🇦 Canadian delegation is thrilled to have connected with progressive legislators from across the Americas on issues of sovereignty, democracy & equality.

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Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social · Jul 29

At the Israeli prison, US human rights defender Chris Smalls was physically assaulted by seven uniformed individuals. They choked him and kicked him in the legs.
We condemn this violence against Chris and demand accountability for the assault and discriminatory treatment he faced. #BreakTheSiege

When he reached the Israeli prison, U.S. human rights defender Chris Smalls was physically assaulted by seven uniformed individuals. They choked him and kicked him in the legs, leaving visible signs of violence on his neck and back.

When his lawyer met with him, Chris was surrounded by six members of Israel’s special police unit. This level of force was not used against other abducted activists.

The Freedom Flotilla Coalitions condemn this violence against Chris and demand accountability for the assault and discriminatory treatment he faced.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · Jul 28

Update on treatment of Handala detainees:

“Christian Smalls reported severe physical violence by Israeli forces. Several female activists described similar abuse and deplorable detention conditions.”

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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · Jul 22

While Mark Carney says it’s time to cut back the public service, @cupescfp.bsky.social senior economist @angella.bsky.social explains how workers will pay the price in a new era of austerity.

Listen here: perspectivesjournal.ca/carneys-cuts/

Carney's Cuts with Angella MacEwen | Perspectives Journal

Angella MacEwen explains what is at stake with Carney’s chosen course of “cuts, cuts, and more cuts.”

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · Jul 1

What if Canada could make groceries more affordable for underserved communities and support Canadian farmers / food workers all while taking power back from Galen Weston and the price-fixing grocery barons?

@vassb.bsky.social says public grocery stores could be a good idea in Canada too:

A New Kind of Corner Store | Perspectives Journal

A grocery model that puts affordability and access ahead of margins could nourish something we’re starved for: a little more stability, and a little more imagination.

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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · May 29

"Left politics emerged out of people's struggles for a better life." – @graceblakeley.substack.com

Watch the full lecture at youtube.com/broadbentinstitute

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · Jun 22

not really news today, but still crazy that Canada's idea of export promotion is to lend to Canadian public pension fund to 'invest' in - read privatise - a British public good that's now so badly run it discharged 300,000 hours of raw sewage into our rivers last year

www.ft.com/content/418f...

Canadian export agency hit by £350mn loss on loans to Thames Water

Agency said the losses, more than half of what it lent, were ‘part of the reality of doing business’

www.ft.com

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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · Jun 17

NEW PAPER

Oil, shipping, tariffs: We are back in a world of cost shocks.

Our AI/LLM analysis of 138,962 corporate earnings calls shows how economy-wide cost shocks let large firms raise prices & increase profits—triggering sellers' inflation. 🧵

Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · Jun 10

WATCH: 2025 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecturer @graceblakeley.substack.com talks with Luke Savage to explain neoliberalism's failures and show how the left can win back the working class.

Full interview ⤵️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pjj...

Neoliberalism’s Failure and What the Left Must Do

YouTube video by Broadbent Institute

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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · Jun 11

New in Perspectives Journal: @nikoblock.bsky.social explains why Canada’s corporate tax system is too weak, too complex, and too generous — costing public revenue and deepening inequality.

It's time for a real debate on tax fairness.

Read more ⤵️
perspectivesjournal.ca/corporate-ta...

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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · Jun 10

📊 NEW IMMIGRATION POLICY RESEARCH:

Many Canadians—especially unionized workers & younger people—support immigration, but they want policies based on fairness, rights & long-term planning.

More from @clementnocos.bsky.social at @p2pconnects.bsky.social ⤵️
broadbentinstitute.ca/shifting-bor...

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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · Jun 9

New on Perspectives: Neoliberalism's Failure and What the Left Must Do

Luke Savage sat down with @graceblakeley.substack.com in a frank conversation on the failures of neoliberal capitalism and what the left must do to win back the working-class.

Listen here: perspectivesjournal.ca/neoliberalis...

Neoliberalism's Failure and What the Left Must Do | Perspectives Journal

2025 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecturer Grace Blakeley sits down with Luke Savage in for a conversation on the failures of neoliberal capitalism and what the left must do if it is to win the working-class.

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EmmaaaAHH! 🧟‍♀️ ArkHell 💀 @emmaarkell.bsky.social · May 23

Canada Post is broke, negotiations with the union have stalled, and now postal workers are refusing overtime work in an effort to push back against company proposals that would see the part-time workforce triple.

my latest for @pressprogress.ca 📬

PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · May 23

In trying to compete with Amazon, Canada Post is in a "race to the bottom."

As the Crown corporation gets squeezed out of the parcel business, its union is fighting hard to hold the line on working conditions.

In Trying to Compete with Amazon, Canada Post is on a ‘Race to the Bottom’

As the Crown corporation flails, its union is fighting to hold the line

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