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David #ArmsEmbargoNow! Heap
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Peace & human rights advocate, trade-unionist & anti-militarist; teacher-researcher; parent, spouse, sibling, neighbour, human. #ArmsEmbargoNOW 🍉
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David #ArmsEmbargoNow! Heap @davidheap.bsky.social · Nov 15
Today & every day until Canada implements a full two-way arms embargo against apartheid #Israel:
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We’re coming together to demand the Canadian government impose a full, immediate arms embargo on Israel.
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Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social · 12h
Full interview on @cbcnews.ca www.youtube.com/watch?v=12CW...
Israel intercepts new flotilla bound for Gaza, carrying 6 Canadians
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Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social · 12h
Israel intercepts new #flotilla bound for #Gaza, carrying 6 Canadians. via @cbcnews.ca :
"Israel has no legal authority to detain international volunteers aboard these ships. " says @davidheap.bsky.social of @freedomflotilla.bsky.social
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Screenshot from CBC news on Youtube at 0:54 here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12CW3POad3U with the FFC logo and an onscreen quote reading "David Heap | Flotilla Coalition Steering Committee" and '“Israel has no legal authority to detain international volunteers aboard these ships. This seizure blatantly violates international law and defies the ICJ’s binding orders requiring unimpeded humanitarian access to Gaza.” Bottom, the title from the CBC Youtube channel. "Israeli forces intercept new aid flotilla bound for Gaza, carrying six Canadians." CBC logo, CBCNN Live and "Breaking news - Israel-Hamas War"
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Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social · 18h
Press Update as of 17:09 Gaza Time, October 8, 2025.
All the humanitarian vessels (Conscience and the eight Thousand Madleen sailboats) were attacked starting at approximately 4:30 am local time, and are currently being brought to Ashdod. ... 1/2
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Israeli Military Attacks Flotilla in International Waters - Freedom Flotilla
Press Update as of 17:09 Gaza Time, October 8, 2025. All the humanitarian vessels  (Conscience and the eight Thousand Madleen sailboats) were attacked starting at approximately 4:30 am local time, and...
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Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social · 18h
2/2 Israeli occupation forces boarded the Conscience using a helicopter. We have lost contact & are awaiting an update from our lawyers. 145 activists from 30 different countries were abducted & are now being take against their will to a country they did not chose
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Israeli Military Attacks Flotilla in International Waters - Freedom Flotilla
Press Update as of 17:09 Gaza Time, October 8, 2025. All the humanitarian vessels  (Conscience and the eight Thousand Madleen sailboats) were attacked starting at approximately 4:30 am local time, and...
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Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social · 18h
View & share their #SOS videos:
All the #FreedomFlotilla & Thousand Madleen boats were pirated in the early hours of October 8. These messages by participants on board from different countries ask you to call on governments to end complicity in the genocide.
freedomflotilla.org/2025/10/08/b...
Video screenshot of eight US citizens standing on the deck of Madleen, with white writing over the screen: "forces of a country complicit in Israel's genocide of Palestinians."
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canadaboatgaza.bsky.social @canadaboatgaza.bsky.social · 20h
Mskwaasin Agnew (Dene/Cree, Salt River First Nation) was among the humanitarians on board Conscience that was illegally boarded by Israel in international waters.
We are asking everyone to contact the Canadian Government (email addresses & phone numbers on the poster)
#EyesOnGaza #EndGazaBlockade
Photo of Mskwaasin with a keffyeh, black background with Canadian Boat to Gaza logo + LARGE red text: "MSKWAASIN AGNEW (DENE/CREE) ABDUCTED BY ISRAEL." and smaller white text: "Contact the Government to demand: - immediate sanctions on Israel - a two way arms embargo - demand the release of Mskwaasin and other Canadian members of the Flotilla." White text in a red outlined box: "Prime Minister Mark Carney mark.carney@parl.gc.ca Anita Anand (Foreign Affairs) anita.anand@international.gc.ca David Mcguinty (National Defence) david.mcguinty@forces.gc.ca Rebecca Alty (Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations) rebecca.alty@parl.gc.ca 613-992-4587 MP Karim Bardeesy Taiaiako'n-Parkdale-High Park. karim.bardeesy@parl.gc.ca 416-769-5072
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canadaboatgaza.bsky.social @canadaboatgaza.bsky.social · 1d
Canadians #FreedomFlotilla volunteers on 'Conscience' have been illegally abducted by Israel.
youtube.com/shorts/TtlDz...
#EndGazaBlockade
🆘 Canadians #FreedomFlotilla volunteers on 'Conscience' have been illegally abducted by Israel.
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canadaboatgaza.bsky.social @canadaboatgaza.bsky.social · 1d
Write TODAY to MP #AnitaAnand @globalaffairs.canada.ca Minister.
MP DavidMcGuinty Minister of @canadianforces.bsky.social
& Canadian PM Mark Carney
to demand justice for abducted international #FreedomFlotilla volunteers & an END to the blockade of #Gaza.
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Marie Lecocq @marielecocq.bsky.social · 1d
La flotille dans laquelle se trouvait notre députée @benelinard.bsky.social a été interceptée cette nuit.

Nous pensons fort à elle et à son équipage, courageusement mobilisés pour l'essentiel : notre humanité.

La famine et le génocide à Gaza doivent cesser. Maintenant.
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Blueprints of Disruption Podcast @blueprints.bsky.social · 1d
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Call to Action:

We ask that you track Mskwaasin’s journey, and put pressure on 🇨🇦 authorities to intervene should the vessel be intercepted and those onboard kidnapped.

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FFC-TMTG & Conscience Tracker - Freedom Flotilla
Freedom Flotilla – Thousand Madleens to Gaza & Conscience Tracker Freedom Flotilla – Thousand Madleens Livestream
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Blueprints of Disruption Podcast @blueprints.bsky.social · 1d
Episode 202:

Call to Action:

We ask that you track Mskwaasin’s journey, and put pressure on Canadian authorities to intervene to ensure safe passage of the vessel and the immediate release of activists who have been kidnapped.

🎧 pod.fo/e/338267
👉 freedomflotilla.org/ffc-tmtg-con...
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canadaboatgaza.bsky.social @canadaboatgaza.bsky.social · 3d
Tell the Canadian government & your MP that Israel must allow safe passage to #Gaza for humanitarian cargo & free the kidnapped @freedomflotilla.bsky.social @1kmadleenfr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy activists, now. Just click on this link, send & SHARE!
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6 canadians standing in two rows on the deck of the Conscience, a Freedom Flotilla boat to break the blockade of Gaza.
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Blueprints of Disruption Podcast @blueprints.bsky.social · 1d
Ep. 202

Hear from Mskwaasin Agnew, a Toronto based Dene/Cree harm reduction worker - now aboard the Conscience, yet another Freedom Flotilla ship bound for Gaza.

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Wave After Wave: Freedom Flotilla
Mskwaasin Agnew, an Indigenous Harm Reduction worker and activist from Toronto, from aboard the Freedom Flotilla's the Conscience ship.
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Blueprints of Disruption Podcast @blueprints.bsky.social · 1d
Ep: 202

When I asked Mskwaasin if she had a message for her comrades back home in Toronto, she said:

"I hope they SHUT IT DOWN"

Activists on the front lines are fed up with taking all the risks while those in power weigh their safest options.

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Blueprints of Disruption: Wave After Wave: Freedom Flotilla
The recent Freedom Flotilla ships seized in international waters by the IOF were not the first, nor the last to try to break the illegal naval blockade on the, now starving, population of Gaza.Mskw...
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canadaboatgaza.bsky.social @canadaboatgaza.bsky.social · 1d
Nearing #Gaza: message from on board the #Conscience, part of the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social #FreedomFlotilla
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#EndGazaBlockade #LetThemSail #SailToGaza
Nearing Gaza: message from on board the Conscience - Canadian Boat to Gaza
FREEDOM FLOTILLA NEARS GAZA New Flotilla Almost at Interception Point With MPs, Medics and Journalists Onboard Demands Safe Passage as Global Outrage Grows— Any Blockade a Diplomatic and Economic Risk...
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David #ArmsEmbargoNow! Heap @davidheap.bsky.social · 1d
No, like most sensible people I want the killing to stop.
#ArmsEmbargoNow!
An end to the genocide & access for aid unhindered by the occupying power.
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Mary Grace🕷️🕸️🎃👻 @emgeekay.bsky.social · 2d
The UK government is, like the USA, trampling on human rights including the right to freedom of expression and the right of assembly.

www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-...
UK police to get new powers after latest pro-Palestinian protest
British police will be given powers to restrict repeat protests in the same place, the government said on Sunday after a latest pro-Palestinian demonstration went ahead despite requests to cancel it in the wake of a deadly attack at a synagogue.
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Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social · 1d
As Israeli Forces Seize Final #Sumud Boat, Another #FreedomFlotilla Sails Toward #Gaza.
“As journalists and medical professionals, we carry the responsibility to speak truth and preserve life,” said an Italian surgeon.
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As Israeli Forces Seize Final Sumud Boat, Another Flotilla Sails Toward Gaza | Common Dreams
As Israeli forces captured the last remaining vessel from the Global Sumud Flotilla that aimed to break Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip and deliver humanitarian aid, another group of boats was h...
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David #ArmsEmbargoNow! Heap @davidheap.bsky.social · 1d
No, like most sensible people I want the killing to stop.
#ArmsEmbargoNow!
An end to the genocide & access for aid unhindered by the occupying power.
armsembargonow.ca
Home - Arms Embargo Now
We’re coming together to demand the Canadian government impose a full, immediate arms embargo on Israel.
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Hiki Komori @hikikomorisaito.bsky.social · 4d
""As a child in Israel, you are being brought up in very strong Zionist militaristic education. You don’t know almost anything about Palestine, you don’t know about the Nakba 1948, you don’t know about ongoing oppression," Shapira asserted."
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David #ArmsEmbargoNow! Heap @davidheap.bsky.social · 4d
According to this man, who knows what he is talking about, the Israeli Occupation Forces ("IDF") are a terrorist organization that should disarm & stop targeting civilians.
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Israeli government, army commanders are 'war criminals': Former Israeli army pilot
'Once you realized that you are part of terrorist organization, you understand that you have to say no,' says Yonatan Shapira - Anadolu Ajansı
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 6d
WATCH THE FULL VIDEO HERE: youtube.com/shorts/Vgujz...
Protests spark around the world as Israel illegally intercepts the Sumud flotilla
YouTube video by Rachel Gilmore
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 6d
Israel has continued to illegally intercept vessels from the Sumud Flotilla.

As Canada says it's “not able to guarantee the safety of Canadian travelers, or to provide them with security and protection abroad," the people are defending the flotilla.

Protests are sparking around the world:
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 5d
GOING LIVE NOW! TUNE IN :)
Title image for my podcast featuring myself and Yipeng Ge. Title reads: Rejecting complicity in the face of genocide
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 5d
FOLLOW YIPENG:

Twitter: x.com/yipengGe
Instagram: www.instagram.com/yipeng.ge/
BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/yipengge.bsky.social
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/yipengge/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Yipeng.ge
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@yipeng.ge
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 5d
Canadian physician Yipeng Ge has been on the ground in Gaza during the genocide.

A year and a half later, he joined me and reflected on what he saw — and what the people are doing in the face of government complicity.

Here’s a sneak peek of our conversation:
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 5d
Oops, didn’t tag @yipengge.bsky.social!
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