John Clarke
@johncke.bsky.social
Former organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP).
Capitalism can create trillionaires but it can't provide safe drinking water to billions of people. My column for Counterfire this week.
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The global threat of water scarcity
It is not just climate change, but the privatised systems through which water is accessed that is denying water to billions of people in the world, reports John Clarke
In 2013, the CEO of Nestle, P...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Capitalism can create trillionaires but it can't provide safe drinking water to billions of people. My column for Counterfire this week.
www.counterfire.org/article/the-...
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The effort to introduce the #deathpenalty reflects the brutal racist trajectory that #Israel is on.
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Why the death penalty would cement the Israeli radical right’s ascendancy
A bill to legalize the execution of Palestinians represents an effort to institutionalize revenge and erase all remaining limits on state violence.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The effort to introduce the #deathpenalty reflects the brutal racist trajectory that #Israel is on.
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Defend these comrades, defy those who seek to stifle their voices and build the movement against war and genocide.
November 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Defend these comrades, defy those who seek to stifle their voices and build the movement against war and genocide.
How to deal with our enemies within the power structure.
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John Clarke
A certain Toronto City Councillor once referred to the members of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) as 'nihilistic militants who disrupt the political process for the sake of it.'
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November 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
How to deal with our enemies within the power structure.
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A crime of incomprehensible enormity. #GazaGenocide
November 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
A crime of incomprehensible enormity. #GazaGenocide
“...all those responsible for this mass slaughter must face accountability, starting with #Netanyahu and other members of his openly racist, genocidal, and warmongering regime.” #GazaGenocide
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New Research Shows True Death Toll From Israeli Genocide in Gaza Could Be 126,000 or Even Higher | Common Dreams
Research reveals Israel's assault on Gaza led to over 100,000 deaths, plunging life expectancy by 44-47%. Genocide claims spark calls for accountability.
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November 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
“...all those responsible for this mass slaughter must face accountability, starting with #Netanyahu and other members of his openly racist, genocidal, and warmongering regime.” #GazaGenocide
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Foreign visitors without an annual pass will need to pay a surcharge of $100, in addition to existing fees, to enter popular national parks like Grand Canyon, Yosemite and Yellowstone.
Trump Administration Hikes National Park Fees For Foreign Visitors—Annual Passes To Cost $170 More
Foreign visitors without an annual pass will need to pay a surcharge of $100, in addition to existing fees, to enter popular national parks like Grand Canyon, Yosemite and Yellowstone.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Foreign visitors without an annual pass will need to pay a surcharge of $100, in addition to existing fees, to enter popular national parks like Grand Canyon, Yosemite and Yellowstone.
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#Coral #coralreefs #coralbleaching #oceantemperature #Australia
"For coral, sustained heat stress is measured using degree heating weeks (DHW). At 4 DHW, coral bleaching is likely....At Ningaloo Reef last summer, more than 20 DHW were recorded."
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"For coral, sustained heat stress is measured using degree heating weeks (DHW). At 4 DHW, coral bleaching is likely....At Ningaloo Reef last summer, more than 20 DHW were recorded."
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We knew Ningaloo’s coral bleaching was severe. But what we found 6 months later was still a shock
Mounting evidence shows the state of coral reefs is worsening despite concerted local conservation. The answer is public pressure for meaningful climate action.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
#Coral #coralreefs #coralbleaching #oceantemperature #Australia
"For coral, sustained heat stress is measured using degree heating weeks (DHW). At 4 DHW, coral bleaching is likely....At Ningaloo Reef last summer, more than 20 DHW were recorded."
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"For coral, sustained heat stress is measured using degree heating weeks (DHW). At 4 DHW, coral bleaching is likely....At Ningaloo Reef last summer, more than 20 DHW were recorded."
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From all that I have seen, Palestine Action is just a group of people who want another group of people to NOT BE MURDERED INDISCRIMINATELY.
There is nothing threatening about that unless you like to MURDER INDISCRIMINATELY.
There is nothing threatening about that unless you like to MURDER INDISCRIMINATELY.
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
From all that I have seen, Palestine Action is just a group of people who want another group of people to NOT BE MURDERED INDISCRIMINATELY.
There is nothing threatening about that unless you like to MURDER INDISCRIMINATELY.
There is nothing threatening about that unless you like to MURDER INDISCRIMINATELY.
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After 1 week, 3,857 trade unionists from around the world have shown their solidarity. Will you join us? bit.ly/4nT78fB
Guatemala: Stop persecution of union leader Lesbia Xiomara Conde Pacheco
Please support this LabourStart urgent action campaign and spread the word.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
After 1 week, 3,857 trade unionists from around the world have shown their solidarity. Will you join us? bit.ly/4nT78fB
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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The main reason any state needs energy is because data centers are hogging it …🔻
November 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The main reason any state needs energy is because data centers are hogging it …🔻
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In its annual country report, the US says abortion is a breach of human rights, along with gender-affirming care, DEI programs, hate speech laws, and safe access zones outside abortion clinics.
How Washington Turned NHS Abortion Into A Diplomatic Human Rights Cudgel
How Washington’s Human Rights report recasts NHS abortions as violations, weaponising foreign policy and exporting America’s abortion culture wars to UK healthcare.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:11 AM
In its annual country report, the US says abortion is a breach of human rights, along with gender-affirming care, DEI programs, hate speech laws, and safe access zones outside abortion clinics.
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"Some people are still blaming Tories for the current austerity.
Labour are doing the same, I know people who've been sanctioned. One lady had to visit her very ill daughter out of town. She missed her DWP appointment & was sanctioned for 1 month. Coping on foodbanks & charity."
via Piara Mia
Labour are doing the same, I know people who've been sanctioned. One lady had to visit her very ill daughter out of town. She missed her DWP appointment & was sanctioned for 1 month. Coping on foodbanks & charity."
via Piara Mia
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
"Some people are still blaming Tories for the current austerity.
Labour are doing the same, I know people who've been sanctioned. One lady had to visit her very ill daughter out of town. She missed her DWP appointment & was sanctioned for 1 month. Coping on foodbanks & charity."
via Piara Mia
Labour are doing the same, I know people who've been sanctioned. One lady had to visit her very ill daughter out of town. She missed her DWP appointment & was sanctioned for 1 month. Coping on foodbanks & charity."
via Piara Mia
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Here’s a list of people that should be in jail.
November 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Here’s a list of people that should be in jail.
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This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Says Noem Made Final Decision on El Salvador Removals in Breach of Court Order
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
'The situation in the #WestBank is deteriorating by the day and will only worsen, because there is no internal or external mechanism to restrain #Israel or stop its ongoing policy of ethnic cleansing.'
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
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Israel’s push to displace thousands of Palestinians from the West Bank
Displacement and Israeli settler violence against Palestinians has surged to record levels in occupied West Bank.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
'The situation in the #WestBank is deteriorating by the day and will only worsen, because there is no internal or external mechanism to restrain #Israel or stop its ongoing policy of ethnic cleansing.'
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Weeks into a supposed #ceasefire the basic emergency measures need to sustain life are still being withheld from the people of #Gaza.
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Weeks into a supposed #ceasefire the basic emergency measures need to sustain life are still being withheld from the people of #Gaza.
'After that extra-contaminated water leaves #Amazon’s #datacenter, it then gets dumped and sprayed across local farmland in Oregon. From there, the contaminated water soaks straight into the aquifer that 45,000 people drink from.'
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AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
'After that extra-contaminated water leaves #Amazon’s #datacenter, it then gets dumped and sprayed across local farmland in Oregon. From there, the contaminated water soaks straight into the aquifer that 45,000 people drink from.'
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The #Israeli killing machine's war of extermination. #GazaGenocide
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The #Israeli killing machine's war of extermination. #GazaGenocide
Following in the footsteps of Donald Trump, #DougFord is conjuring up an enemy within.
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Ford says he will audit ‘left-wing radical groups’ opposed to government legislation | Globalnews.ca
Ford's warning came after members of the tenant advocacy group ACORN interrupted the legislature to protest a controversial omnibus bill that shortens some eviction timelines.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Following in the footsteps of Donald Trump, #DougFord is conjuring up an enemy within.
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The agenda of intensified resource extraction faces a powder keg of #Indigenousresistance.
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Ontario First Nation prepared to block highway to stop mining near drinking water source
In a community grieving five recent deaths after a decade of government inaction, elders signal they’re done being ignored as development plans advance without consent
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November 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The agenda of intensified resource extraction faces a powder keg of #Indigenousresistance.
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