John Clarke
@johncke.bsky.social
Former organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP).
#Carney's efforts to diversify trade bring US reprisals as his effort to impose the burden on workers and communities intensifies. My column for Counterfire this week.
www.counterfire.org/article/trum...
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Trump threatens 100% tariffs on Canadian goods
The Canadian government’s response to Trump’s economic aggression involves major austerity, and as with European re-armament, we need working-class resistance, reports John Clarke
Following his wel...
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January 29, 2026 at 3:22 PM
#Carney's efforts to diversify trade bring US reprisals as his effort to impose the burden on workers and communities intensifies. My column for Counterfire this week.
www.counterfire.org/article/trum...
www.counterfire.org/article/trum...
A very interesting and useful look at the struggle in Iran that neither those who subordinate the class struggle to geopolitics nor those who pay scant attention to the decisive impacts of imperialist encirclement will view with any great favour.
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Iran’s Three-Body Problem | Iman Ganji and Bahar Noorizadeh
The ongoing uprising is rooted in the political economy of structural adjustment, which forms the unstable medium through which revolt becomes contagious.
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January 29, 2026 at 2:46 PM
A very interesting and useful look at the struggle in Iran that neither those who subordinate the class struggle to geopolitics nor those who pay scant attention to the decisive impacts of imperialist encirclement will view with any great favour.
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
#Trump's antics raise serious questions about the viability of a US hosted #WorldCup that are now being raised within establishment circles.
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www.ctvnews.ca
January 29, 2026 at 2:07 PM
#Trump's antics raise serious questions about the viability of a US hosted #WorldCup that are now being raised within establishment circles.
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
With #climatedenial reestablished as the dominant response, utter catastrophe is being set in motion. #ExtremeHeat
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Global population living with extreme heat to double by 2050 |
A new University of Oxford study finds that almost half of the global population (3.79 billion) will be living with extreme heat by 2050 if the world reaches 2.0°C of global warming above
www.ox.ac.uk
January 29, 2026 at 1:44 PM
With #climatedenial reestablished as the dominant response, utter catastrophe is being set in motion. #ExtremeHeat
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-01...
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-01...
'Camp' is a rather neutral term to use here. There are camps you'd pay to stay in and camps that are crucibles of human misery. We may infer that this one isn't the recreational kind. #GazaGenocide
January 29, 2026 at 1:00 PM
'Camp' is a rather neutral term to use here. There are camps you'd pay to stay in and camps that are crucibles of human misery. We may infer that this one isn't the recreational kind. #GazaGenocide
Someone should tell #Noem that the 'just following orders' defence has a pretty dismal history.
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Noem Says ‘Everything I’ve Done’ Has Been Directed by Trump and Stephen Miller: Report
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is chalking up her actions in office to the direction of President Donald Trump and Stephen Miller.
www.yahoo.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Someone should tell #Noem that the 'just following orders' defence has a pretty dismal history.
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The US doesn't need lesson from Israel in repressive cruelty.
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John Clarke
I fully appreciate how sickened and appalled Goldberg is, as Israel's genocidal fury plays out. It is also true that the Zionist state, as it moves to complete its colonial project, has developed...
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January 29, 2026 at 12:36 PM
The US doesn't need lesson from Israel in repressive cruelty.
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'The strategic question now is how to build a mass, multiracial, working-class resistance to #Carney at the scale required, capable of sustained confrontation.'
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Crisis as Class Strategy
Mostafa Henaway on the emergence of the Carney doctrine in Canadian politics: elbows up and austerity for the many.
www.midnightsunmag.ca
January 29, 2026 at 12:16 PM
'The strategic question now is how to build a mass, multiracial, working-class resistance to #Carney at the scale required, capable of sustained confrontation.'
www.midnightsunmag.ca/crisis-as-cl...
www.midnightsunmag.ca/crisis-as-cl...
Let me get this straight. #Maduro claimed that the #CIA was trying to topple his government and the CIA has indeed helped overthrow Maduro and is working to control how #Venezuela functions. This shows that he was lying all. Well, that makes perfect sense to me.
January 29, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Let me get this straight. #Maduro claimed that the #CIA was trying to topple his government and the CIA has indeed helped overthrow Maduro and is working to control how #Venezuela functions. This shows that he was lying all. Well, that makes perfect sense to me.
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"in the past year, several lines of evidence have come together to show such a visitor is not impossible. Astronomers have seen clear signs of runaway supermassive black holes tearing through other galaxies, and have uncovered evidence that smaller, undetectable runaways are
New fear unlocked: Runaway black holes
Last year, astronomers were fascinated by a runaway asteroid passing through our solar system from somewhere far beyond. It was moving at around 68 kilometers per second, just over double Earth's spee...
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January 29, 2026 at 2:14 AM
"in the past year, several lines of evidence have come together to show such a visitor is not impossible. Astronomers have seen clear signs of runaway supermassive black holes tearing through other galaxies, and have uncovered evidence that smaller, undetectable runaways are
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Please join me donating to the amazing orgs who are delivering food to Minnesotans too terrified by our authoritarian government, to even go to the grocery store.
SHAME.
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SHAME.
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These Minneapolis Groups Offer Food Aid as ICE Surges
We’ve compiled and vetted a list of Minneapolis organizations bringing food and assistance to those in need.
civileats.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Please join me donating to the amazing orgs who are delivering food to Minnesotans too terrified by our authoritarian government, to even go to the grocery store.
SHAME.
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SHAME.
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💙 A massive, cross-sectional coalition has formed…no longer just immigration advocacy groups. a united front of labor, student, and civil rights organizations. Below are the key groups identified as active in today’s mobilizations across #MN #TX, #CA, and New York. open.substack.com/pub/eyesonic...
Crisis in Dilley, Texas: The Detention of Liam Conejo Ramos and Adrian Conejo Arias
40 Groups Mobilize and Representatives Castro and Crockett Teargassed During Oversight Visit
open.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:14 AM
💙 A massive, cross-sectional coalition has formed…no longer just immigration advocacy groups. a united front of labor, student, and civil rights organizations. Below are the key groups identified as active in today’s mobilizations across #MN #TX, #CA, and New York. open.substack.com/pub/eyesonic...
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ESA/Hubble photo of a distant stellar birthplace, region of the N159 star-forming complex in the Large Magellanic Cloud, approximately 160 000 light-years away. Photo credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Indebetouw
Link for more information: esahubble.org/images/potw2...
Link for more information: esahubble.org/images/potw2...
January 28, 2026 at 10:51 PM
ESA/Hubble photo of a distant stellar birthplace, region of the N159 star-forming complex in the Large Magellanic Cloud, approximately 160 000 light-years away. Photo credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Indebetouw
Link for more information: esahubble.org/images/potw2...
Link for more information: esahubble.org/images/potw2...
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In Minneapolis and many other communities across the country, we're seeing people come together to peacefully protest and support their neighbors. If you're looking to get involved, here are some ways to help:
How to help the resistance to ICE in Minnesota — and beyond
What Minnesota’s immigrant communities need from you now.
www.vox.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:30 PM
In Minneapolis and many other communities across the country, we're seeing people come together to peacefully protest and support their neighbors. If you're looking to get involved, here are some ways to help:
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The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota's attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's neck of murder. https://to.pbs.org/3ZA2HfU
Family of Alex Pretti retains lawyers who helped prosecute the George Floyd case
The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota’s attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s neck of murder.
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January 29, 2026 at 12:44 AM
The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota's attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's neck of murder. https://to.pbs.org/3ZA2HfU
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Another take.... 👇
US consumer confidence dives to a more than 11-1/2-year low. www.reuters.com/business/us-...
US consumer confidence dives to a more than 11-1/2-year low. www.reuters.com/business/us-...
US consumer confidence dives to a more than 11-1/2-year low
U.S. consumer confidence slumped to the lowest level in more than 11-1/2 years in January amid mounting anxiety over a sluggish labor market and high prices, which could see households becoming more c...
www.reuters.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Another take.... 👇
US consumer confidence dives to a more than 11-1/2-year low. www.reuters.com/business/us-...
US consumer confidence dives to a more than 11-1/2-year low. www.reuters.com/business/us-...
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So...... this seems real bad.
The FBI executed a sealed search warrant today on a key Atlanta area election office - and wouldn't say what that warrant was for.
"A source told FOX the FBI was there to take custody of Fulton County election ballots from 2020."
www.fox5atlanta.com/news/fbi-exe...
The FBI executed a sealed search warrant today on a key Atlanta area election office - and wouldn't say what that warrant was for.
"A source told FOX the FBI was there to take custody of Fulton County election ballots from 2020."
www.fox5atlanta.com/news/fbi-exe...
FBI executing sealed search warrant at Fulton County election facility
Federal agents carried out a law enforcement action Wednesday at a Fulton County election facility located in Fairburn.
www.fox5atlanta.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:22 PM
So...... this seems real bad.
The FBI executed a sealed search warrant today on a key Atlanta area election office - and wouldn't say what that warrant was for.
"A source told FOX the FBI was there to take custody of Fulton County election ballots from 2020."
www.fox5atlanta.com/news/fbi-exe...
The FBI executed a sealed search warrant today on a key Atlanta area election office - and wouldn't say what that warrant was for.
"A source told FOX the FBI was there to take custody of Fulton County election ballots from 2020."
www.fox5atlanta.com/news/fbi-exe...
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Seems like a good video for his trial
January 29, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Seems like a good video for his trial
“#Gaza is only the first experiment to consider all of us disposable.”
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A Global Wave of Resistance to the US Empire Must Begin with Ending Israel’s Genocide
“Palestine is really the center of the world.” — Angela Davis The US administration has unilaterally announced a so-called “Board of Peace” for Gaza led by US President Trump in a statement that compl...
socialistproject.ca
January 28, 2026 at 1:07 PM
“#Gaza is only the first experiment to consider all of us disposable.”
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socialistproject.ca/2026/01/glob...
When it comes to Theodor Herzl's 'wall of defence for Europe in Asia, an outpost of civilization against barbarism,' #Netanyahu is only one of a long line of bricklayers.
January 28, 2026 at 1:01 PM
When it comes to Theodor Herzl's 'wall of defence for Europe in Asia, an outpost of civilization against barbarism,' #Netanyahu is only one of a long line of bricklayers.
When you look at the strategies of containment, forms of social control and brutal police methods used against #Indigenous people in both Canada and Australia, you have to wonder if those in power in both countries are working from the same handbook.
nit.com.au/26-01-2026/2...
nit.com.au/26-01-2026/2...
Aboriginal man dies in police custody after being tasered and pepper sprayed
A 43-year-old Aboriginal man has died in police custody in Kalgoorlie after being tasered and pepper sprayed.WA Police said they responded to reports of a man behaving erratically with a knife at the ...
nit.com.au
January 28, 2026 at 12:49 PM
When you look at the strategies of containment, forms of social control and brutal police methods used against #Indigenous people in both Canada and Australia, you have to wonder if those in power in both countries are working from the same handbook.
nit.com.au/26-01-2026/2...
nit.com.au/26-01-2026/2...
