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premthakker.bsky.social
Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."

"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
Statement on Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Genocide Denial at the Israel Hayom Summit December 9, 2025 The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security feels called to point out that former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s recent remarks at the Israel Hayom Summit on 2 December amount to outright genocide denial. During her remarks, the Secretary correctly noted that the recent deterioration of Israel’s standing among U.S. voters is not a “Republican versus Democrat kind of divide” but rather a generational one. Nevertheless, she incorrectly diagnosed the reasons for the shift as a matter purely of optics, stating that “Israel [has] the worst PR of any group” and accusing social media, particularly TikTok, of presenting “pure propaganda” that American youth are uncritically ingesting. Secretary Clinton’s framing is not at all an accurate reflection of why Americans are growing more critical of Israel. Young Americans of all political stripes have not fallen prey to propaganda, though that is always a legitimate concern. Rather, they have consumed two years of videos depicting Israel’s genocide against Palestinians that have been uploaded by Palestinian journalists, ordinary people trying to survive in Gaza, IDF soldiers, and ordinary Israelis themselves. There has been no convincing refutation of the sheer amount of raw evidence of genocide coming out of Palestine. Young people in the U.S. are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well. Secretary Clinton appears not to be bothered by the reality of genocidal violence – in fact, she did not mention anything about it. Her concern is, rather, in her words, “the narrative” – the fact that these crimes are no longer hidden and are now being live-streamed and documented in real time, making it harder for her and others to control it. TikTok cannot be blamed for the fact that many members of Gen Z understand that Israel is … It is in fact highly ironic to blame TikTok for the dissemination of content laying bare the realities of Israel’s genocide in Palestine. Like many other social media conglomerates, TikTok has been accused of systematic censorship of pro-Palestinian content. In July of this year, TikTok appointed an ex-IDF instructor as its new manager of hate speech. This person can hardly be accused of pro-Palestinian views given her background and stated opinions. It appears that what Secretary Clinton really means to say is that TikTok is not being effective enough at censoring the truth. What truly seems to unsettle Secretary Clinton is not “misinformation,” but rather the fact that younger generations are no longer consuming a single, state-controlled narrative. They are accessing unfiltered images and testimonies that challenge decades of political messaging. This helps explain why TikTok has become a target, not because it is misleading students, but precisely because the content uploaded by its users allow them to see beyond official propaganda. When former Secretary Clinton calls this “a serious problem for democracy,” it sounds less like a defense of democratic values and more like concern for the weakening of a long-standing political and ideological agenda, one that, it must be stated, is highly undemocratic. Secretary Clinton did get one thing right, although quite inadvertently: When you do not have the truth on your side, all you left with is indeed optics and “the narrative.” But she is wrong to think that any amount of PR – even really great and expensive PR – is going to hide this genocide. Israel would be better served by advice to end the genocide, engage in a transformational process that brings the perpetrators to justice, and build a future with Palestinians. That is the only way to change its image. America’s young people are no longer fooled by genocide denial – whether it is being presented by Israel, the United States, Sudan, Myanmar, Russia, or Secre…
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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paulcargnello.bsky.social
I make music for a living, I consider myself to be very lucky although it comes with its share of challenges. I want to forgo some big picture conversations about corporate cruelty in the arts and try to recount some personal reflections on @chom977.bsky.social

www.linkedin.com/pulse/corpor...
Corporate radio is failing independent artists, a personal story.
I consider myself to be very lucky, and privileged. I've made a decent living in a creative field which I realize is very rare.
www.linkedin.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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paulcargnello.bsky.social
In June, I released this #antifascist anthem w/@jonathanemile.bsky.social. The video just hit 50k views on Youtube! Thank you to every one who's listening... to the song and message. ✊

youtu.be/l2WgEOr-jaI
Paul Cargnello w/Jonathan Emile - Fascists In Our Midst
YouTube video by Paul Cargnello - Official
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October 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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paulcargnello.bsky.social
My son #DeclanEC is an extraordinary artist in his own right. So proud that he provided the music for the new #RemyxPicasso EP (feat @jonathanemile.bsky.social). Out today.

Congrats to everyone, but especially to the seventeen year old who can hold his own ❤ & ✊.

music.apple.com/ca/album/los...
Lost In Dysfunction by Remy Picasso on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 9 Songs
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November 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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paulcargnello.bsky.social
❝ I'm drawing a line in the sand, between artists like myself and those who are willing to placate exploiters. It's time for artists to creatively reject Artificial Intelligence and instead bring back a more important AI: Artistic Integrity. ❞

Read the article 👉 www.linkedin.com/pulse/artist...
November 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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paulcargnello.bsky.social
I want to express how lucky I am to be working with such wonderful people.Thanks to @jasminebleile.bsky.social for being a long-time collaborator. Tomorrow I’m dropping a #NewVideo for my song #UpperGen.

📸 @crimeisbeauty.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/c/PaulCargnelloOfficial
September 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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nameshiv.bsky.social
Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative
September 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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paulcargnello.bsky.social
Back by popular demand!
❗GROOVE CRITIQUE❗
with @brendanfromndg.bsky.social
Friday, July 18th #CabaretBerlin

8pm is when the Funk, Disco, New Wave, and Post-Punk begins. Hope to see you there!!

🔗 www.facebook.com/events/montr...
July 8, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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matociquala.bsky.social
The bulk of tech bros and people with inherited wealth do not fundamentally understand skilled labor at all because they have always been in a position to fail up, and they assume that they are actually the high performers and that everybody else is more incompetent than they are.
July 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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charlieangus104.bsky.social
And meanwhile in Canada, Prime Minister Carney has announced that building yet another oil pipeline is "nation-building."
This after we just spent $34 billion of public money on TMX. And we pay to subsidize every barrel.
Canada now leads the world in increased oil production.
#astheplanetburns
July 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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paulcargnello.bsky.social
Nice to see my 20th album COMBAT BLUES on the @naccchart.bsky.social TOP 30 ADDS. Ten stations all over the US putting the record into rotation this week alone !

Thank you Vitriol Radio, and to the college listeners !!
✊
June 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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jeetheer.bsky.social
Good @wickdchiq.bsky.social piece on how Mark Carney is caving to Trump even as he gets credit for opposing Trump. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Canadians said no to Trump – so why is Mark Carney pushing a Maga-inspired border bill? | Erica Ifill
If it goes ahead we will see the construction of a surveillance state that is in some ways worse than the US, writes political columnist Erica Ifill
www.theguardian.com
June 15, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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cultmtl.com
“It’s free, it's outdoors and it's all ages. It's going to be a celebration of revolutionary politics and love and partying all at the same time.”

Paul Cargnello launches his album Combat Blues at Fringe Park (Rachel & St-Laurent) on June 14, 8 p.m.
Paul Cargnello dropped a new video today and spoke to us about the resurgence of protest music
An interview with Montreal singer-songwriter Paul Cargnello, who dropped a new music video today from his latest album Combat Blues.
cultmtl.com
June 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
crimeisbeauty.bsky.social
RIP to Sly Stone. Truly one of the most groundbreaking and important artists of the 20th century. He changed contemporary music as we know it and he can't possibly get all the credit he deserves. An absolute legend.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqWQ...
Sly & The Family Stone - I Want to Take You Higher (Official Audio)
YouTube video by SlyATFamilyStoneVEVO
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June 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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lukelebrun.ca
After repeatedly failing fact-checks year after year after year, the Toronto Sun is copy-pasting this 3 paragraph disclaimer to the end of their annual Tax Freedom Day write-ups acknowledging all of the Fraser Institute's numbers they just reported might be "incorrect and misleading":
Toronto Sun: "Finally, it should be noted that calculating the total tax levels Canadians pay has long been a controversial issue and critics of how the Fraser Institute calculates Tax Freedom Day say its numbers are incorrect and misleading, These criticisms include that the use of average family incomes instead of median incomes inflates the amount of money average Canadians pay in taxes; that it includes taxes paid by businesses as if they were being paid by families and that it fails to calculate the benefits families receive from paying taxes such as hospitals, schools and other public infrastructure they could not otherwise afford. A more accurate calculation of Tax Freedom Day, they say, would be weeks or months earlier than the Fraser Institute claims"
June 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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emilymbender.bsky.social
There's so much to dunk on in this NYT piece and so little time, but I gotta start here: Some law profs at U Chicago did a study to see if the chatbots could answer questions based on specific materials and found, unsurprisingly, that they make shit up.

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/t...

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Welcome to Campus. Here’s Your ChatGPT.
www.nytimes.com
June 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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clockworklady.bsky.social
if the wheels had come off this thing any faster it'd be a Cybertruck
June 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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mtltoula.bsky.social
“We’re our own diverse crew,” he continues. “That’s going to be the thing that defeats ignorance and fear, right? It’s going to be the acceptance of diversity, and here’s this really cool fusion of sounds.” Gotta love, @paulcargnello.bsky.social. Great first track!
cultmtl.com/2025/06/paul...
Paul Cargnello dropped a new video today and spoke to us about the resurgence of protest music
An interview with Montreal singer-songwriter Paul Cargnello, who dropped a new music video today from his latest album Combat Blues.
cultmtl.com
June 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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paulcargnello.bsky.social
⭐️⭐️⭐️ New Video Alert! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
⭐️ FASCISTS IN OUR MIDST ⭐️

w/@jonathanemile.bsky.social
🎬 @nikbrovkin.com

✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿✊🏻✊🏼
#antifascist
#newvideo
#newsong
#antiracist
#reggae
#punk
#blues
#mtl

youtu.be/l2WgEOr-jaI
Paul Cargnello w/Jonathan Emile - Fascists In Our Midst
YouTube video by Paul Cargnello - Official
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June 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
crimeisbeauty.bsky.social
Carney and the Liberals' Strong Borders Act is one of the reasons some of us did not and would not ever vote Liberal. They are a right-wing party! We know this!
(Very glad we didn't get a Conservative government, in case that needs to be explicitly said)
June 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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audrelawdamercy.bsky.social
63% of American adults had unfavorable views of Martin Luther King Jr in August 1966, per Gallup surveys

46% of Mississippi GOP voters said interracial marriage should be illegal in a 2011 PPP poll

to push w/e is popular instead of trying to popularize justice is to admit you lack moral leadership
politico.com Politico @politico.com · Jun 3
EXCLUSIVE: A top Democratic strategist has launched new policy research and messaging hub, called Searchlight, with a goal of pushing the party toward the most effective, broadly popular positions.
Dems are quietly forming a think tank to help them win again
Searchlight, a name inspired by the birthplace of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, comes at a precarious moment for a Democratic Party.
www.politico.com
June 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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paulcargnello.bsky.social
Guess what? I've got shows! Everything kicks off next weekend. Dates au Quebec avec #MarcoCalliari mai/juin, launch of #CombatBlues at the #Mtlfringe June 14th, DJ sets in NDG throughout the summer (thank you #RendezVousNDG) et j'ai hâte au #FestivalFocus en août.

See you out there comrades!! ✊
May 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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greenleftonline.bsky.social
Here's this month's best protest music, including @paulcargnello.bsky.social‬

www.greenleft.org.au/content/10-n...

#protestsongs #protestmusic
May 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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paulcargnello.bsky.social
"Ten new albums to bring sanity to a mad world"

Thank you to @greenleftonline.bsky.social & @matwardmusic.bsky.social for putting me in such good company! ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

👇
www.greenleft.org.au/content/10-n...

#SuzanneVega
#BruceSpringsteen
#Propagandhi
#PeggySeeger

#protestsong
#protestsinger
May 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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mtltoula.bsky.social
“What hurt the most, she says, was knowing she had done everything required of her, including prioritizing the French language. “I chose to study in French,” Farhat says, “and yet this is how the government treats people like me.” #Bill21 #Bill94
thewalrus.ca/bill-21-queb...
Bilingual, Educated, Qualified—and Still Not Welcome in Quebec | The Walrus
As the province seeks to expand on its controversial Bill 21, critics warn of deepening discrimination
thewalrus.ca
May 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM