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David Gordon Koch @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social · 3d

On this point, social forum organizer Susan O'Donnell (also an NB Media Co-op board member) points out that the teacher's strike followed the big CUPE strike here in New Brunswick in 2021. NB unionists travelled to Ontario to talk about how they did it.

nbmediacoop.org/2023/11/02/t...

David Gordon Koch @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social · 3d

He cites the example of international students in Brampton, Ont., most of them from India, facing work visa restrictions & deportation. They set up an encampment by a highway, stayed there thru the winter, ~140 days. They approached the socialist education initiative in part out of boredom, he says.

David Gordon Koch @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social · 3d

He's a delivery driver and member of Unifor. He says a major problem is the fragmentation of social movements. Notes the 2022 Ontario teachers' strike. There was a lot of energy but it didn't gain momentum, spreading to other provinces etc. He sees the problem as a lack of political education

David Gordon Koch @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social · 3d

"There is a limit to what speaking up alone can do," says Matt Davis, coordinator of the Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education. He says the emphasis must be on getting people together based on shared experiences as working-class people under the same system.

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David Gordon Koch @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social · 3d

He's a delivery driver and member of Unifor. He says a major problem is the fragmentation of social movements. Notes the 2022 Ontario teachers' strike. There was a lot of energy but it didn't gain momentum, spreading to other provinces etc. He sees the problem as a lack of political education

David Gordon Koch @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social · 3d

"There is a limit to what speaking up alone can do," says Matt Davis, coordinator of the Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education. He says the emphasis must be on getting people together based on shared experiences as working-class people under the same system.

www.youtube.com/live/aq-6fXt...

David Gordon Koch @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social · 3d

"There is a limit to what speaking up alone can do," says Matt Davis, coordinator of the Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education. He says the emphasis must be on getting people together based on shared experiences as working-class people under the same system.

www.youtube.com/live/aq-6fXt...

David Gordon Koch @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social · 3d

Last talk we're livingstreaming today: Capitalism, Socialism, Activism: What can we expect to achieve?
Hosts: Thom Workman • Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education
#SocialForumInWolastokuk #Livestream

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq-6...

David Gordon Koch @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social · 3d

Isn't it the an anti-capitalist outlook that makes your proposed alliance different? Prof Thom Workman asks. Glynn counters that she sees the Peace and Friendship Alliance as anti-capitalist. Some other people talk about how these kinds of alliances could work together...

David Gordon Koch @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social · 3d

Is there need for a new coalition or alliance? Tracy Glynn (also coordinating editor of the NB Media Co-op) points out that the Peace and Friendship Alliance already exists, for example.

David Gordon Koch @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social · 4d

Matthew Webber — steam plant operator at UNB and organizer for the Communist Party of Canada’s Fredericton Club — calls for a broad coalition of anti-imperialist, anti-monopoly forces across social movements. #SocialForumInWolastokuk #Livestream

www.youtube.com/live/aq-6fXt...

David Gordon Koch @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social · 3d

A couple dozen people here, actually seems pretty impressive for an explicitly commie event in a small Canadian city.

David Gordon Koch @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social · 4d

Matthew Webber — steam plant operator at UNB and organizer for the Communist Party of Canada’s Fredericton Club — calls for a broad coalition of anti-imperialist, anti-monopoly forces across social movements. #SocialForumInWolastokuk #Livestream

www.youtube.com/live/aq-6fXt...

David Gordon Koch @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social · 3d

Is there need for a new coalition or alliance? Tracy Glynn (also coordinating editor of the NB Media Co-op) points out that the Peace and Friendship Alliance already exists, for example.

David Gordon Koch @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social · 4d

Matthew Webber — steam plant operator at UNB and organizer for the Communist Party of Canada’s Fredericton Club — calls for a broad coalition of anti-imperialist, anti-monopoly forces across social movements. #SocialForumInWolastokuk #Livestream

www.youtube.com/live/aq-6fXt...

David Gordon Koch @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social · 4d

Matthew Webber — steam plant operator at UNB and organizer for the Communist Party of Canada’s Fredericton Club — calls for a broad coalition of anti-imperialist, anti-monopoly forces across social movements. #SocialForumInWolastokuk #Livestream

www.youtube.com/live/aq-6fXt...

David Gordon Koch @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social · 4d

Migrant workers in New Brunswick are subject to surveillance at homes controlled by employers, Saravia explains. Abusive employers prevent workers from talking to organizers.
#SocialForumInWolastokuk #Livestream

www.youtube.com/live/aq-6fXt...

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David Gordon Koch @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social · 4d

Niger Saravia of the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change describes how temporary foreign workers are subject to surveillance by bosses. TFWs on the Acadian peninsula often have no work and receive no pay, forcing them to rely on food banks that are often inaccessible in these rural areas.

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David Gordon Koch @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social · 4d

Temporary foreign workers in New Brunswick: "This is modern-day slavery," says Cristian Sanabria, Community Legal Worker at the Madhu Verma Migrant Justice Centre.

#SocialForumInWolastokuk

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq-6...

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David Gordon Koch @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social · 4d

Social Forum in Wolastokuk LIVESTREAM:

Temporary fish plant workers whose work permits are "tied to their bosses" face systemic abuse in New Brunswick, says Niger Saravia of the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change.

www.youtube.com/live/aq-6fXt...

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David Gordon Koch @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social · 4d

The @nbmediacoop.bsky.social is livestreaming from the Social Forum in Wolastokuk! www.youtube.com/live/aq-6fXt...

Connecting Gaza: New Brunswickers are among a network supporting families amid genocide

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NB Media Co-op / Coop Média NB @nbmediacoop.bsky.social · 6d

Connecting Gaza: New Brunswickers are among a network supporting families amid genocide
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New Brunswickers among network of volunteers supporting families in the Gaza Strip [video]

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 6d

Scenes from Gaza documented by photojournalist Rizek Abdel Jawad published in @nbmediacoop.bsky.social.

nbmediacoop.org/2025/10/01/n...

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Ryan Hillier @ryanhillier.bsky.social · 6d

This story from @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social @nbmediacoop.bsky.social weaves together a number of perspectives from Gaza to Canada as the genocide in Palestine continues unabated.

Independent Jewish Voices - New Brunswick @ijvnbvji.bsky.social · 7d

New Brunswickers among network of volunteers supporting families in the Gaza Strip [video]

@nbmediacoop.bsky.social @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social

nbmediacoop.org/2025/10/01/n...

Photojournalist Rizek Abdel Jawad was trying to buy a tent in his hometown of Gaza City shortly before he was

New Brunswickers among network of volunteers supporting families in the Gaza Strip [video]

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Independent Jewish Voices - New Brunswick @ijvnbvji.bsky.social · 7d

New Brunswickers among network of volunteers supporting families in the Gaza Strip [video]

@nbmediacoop.bsky.social @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social

nbmediacoop.org/2025/10/01/n...

Photojournalist Rizek Abdel Jawad was trying to buy a tent in his hometown of Gaza City shortly before he was

Journalist Samira Mohyeddin on the Israel Exception

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NB Media Co-op / Coop Média NB @nbmediacoop.bsky.social · 13d

A veteran journalist says that Canadian coverage of Israel's ongoing assault on the Gaza Strip, a military campaign widely condemned as a genocide, has revealed a crisis in contemporary journalism.
youtu.be/HxPgMx0gcBM?...

Canadian news media complicit in Israeli genocide cover-up, says veteran journalist [video]

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NB Media Co-op / Coop Média NB @nbmediacoop.bsky.social · 13d

Canadian news media complicit in Israeli genocide cover-up, says veteran journalist [video]

NB Media Co-op’s 16th annual keynote speech continued despite 'zoom bombing' attack

Report by @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social
nbmediacoop.org/2025/09/24/c...

A veteran journalist says that Canadian coverage of Israel’s ongoing assault on the Gaza Strip, a military campaign widely condemned

Moncton landlord accused of illegal renovictions, harassment

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NB Media Co-op / Coop Média NB @nbmediacoop.bsky.social · 15d

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NB Media Co-op / Coop Média NB @nbmediacoop.bsky.social · 18d

Moncton landlord accused of illegal renovictions, harassment

First, the new owner stopped accepting rental subsidies. Now, tenants have received termination notices — for renovations to create subsidized units.

Report by @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social
nbmediacoop.org/2025/09/19/m...

When a Dieppe-based holding company bought an apartment building in central Moncton earlier this year, low-income tenants learned that the

People with disabilities are the heroes in new plays by New Brunswick author [video]

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NB Media Co-op / Coop Média NB @nbmediacoop.bsky.social · 15d

Happening tomorrow!!

NB Media Co-op / Coop Média NB @nbmediacoop.bsky.social · 21d

We’re just one week away from NB Media Co-op’s 16th AGM & keynote address!!

📅Tuesday, September 23

🕕 AGM: 6:00 PM | 🕖 Keynote: 7:00 PM AT

Journalist Samira Mohyeddin will deliver the 16th annual keynote address entitled, The Israel Exception.
nbmediacoop.org/2025/09/16/j...

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NB Media Co-op / Coop Média NB @nbmediacoop.bsky.social · 15d

People with disabilities are the heroes in new plays by New Brunswick author [video]

Playwright's work will be featured at Alabama International Fringe Festival this week
nbmediacoop.org/2025/09/22/p...

People with disabilities are central figures in a pair of one-act plays by a New Brunswick writer that will be