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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 3h

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Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 10h

Barrie #Ontario recently declared a "state of emergency" over homelessness.

But for its mayor, the risk to human lives is not the emergency. The visibility of poverty is.

New op-ed from Nir Hagigi:

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In Barrie, poverty is the crime and visibility the emergency

The Ontario city’s so-called ‘state of emergency’ is a manufactured crisis built on cruelty, not care

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 8h

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Kanadensiskt larm: Svensk hälsa hotad

Kanadensiska forskare har framhållit Sverige som ett föregångsland inom välfärd och folkhälsa. Men nu larmar en ny studie om en ideologisk U-sväng som riskerar

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 9h

On Tuesday, Pritzker took a jab at Trump, saying at an event in Minneapolis that the president is deploying the units because “he’s out of his mind and has dementia.”

Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 10h

Coming up on one year anniversary of Philpott being coopted by Ford. This review of her book may be of interest.
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Review: A Critical Analysis of Jane Philpott’s Health for All: A Doctor’s Prescription for a Healthier Canada
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Randall Denley: The Ford government finds a brilliant way to silence health critics

The Philpott appointment should get the PCs off the health-care hook until after the next election. In politics that’s everything.

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 11h

Meanwhile, the overall rate of property crime was higher in Canada (1,995 incidents per 100,000 population versus 1,906 in the United States).
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The Daily — Crime comparisons between Canada and the United States, 1998 to 2023

In 2023, the rate of police-reported violent crime continued to be lower in Canada than the United States, though the gap between the two countries has narrowed over the last 25 years. Meanwhile, the ...

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 11h

In 2023, the rate of police-reported violent crime continued to be lower in Canada than the United States (252 incidents per 100,000 population versus 334 incidents), though the gap between the two countries has narrowed over the last 25 years.

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 1d

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 1d

Here we go again!
Aspiring NDP leader who has raised thousands may be breaking party rules, official says

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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 2d

Greta Thunberg releases a video describing the conditions faced by Palestinian adults and children in Israeli custody after her release.

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 2d

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We fail our citizens in Canada -- and the UN is onto us

This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure in…

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 3d

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AI and Education: The Kids are in Danger

Big tech, ever on the hunt for new markets for their generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems, are pushing hard to get them into public schools as well as colleges and universities. Their inter...

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 3d

All those who have thought about the bad state of things refuse to appeal to the compassion of one group of people for another. But the compassion of the oppressed for the oppressed is indispensable. It is the world's one hope.
– Bertolt Brecht, 1938

Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 5d

Tabby boys in the second floor study.

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Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 5d

The film ‘Orwell: 2+2=5,’ connects Orwell's writings to modern totalitarianism. It’s a loose assembly of biography, reflection & key moments of political awakening, with actor Damian Lewis narrating Orwell’s words with a poetic gravitas, interspersed w/ a collage of images, words & archival footage.

Movie Review: In ‘Orwell: 2+2=5,’ a Powerful Portrait of the Author and His Still Relevant Writings - Bucks County Beacon

The film connects Orwell's writings to modern totalitarianism.

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 6d

Commentary – The evidence is in: accountability needs to be injected into the policy-making process for household food insecurity reduction
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The evidence is in: accountability needs to be injected into the policy-making process for household food insecurity reduction, HPCDP: Vol 45(9), September 2025

The systematic reviews of evidence compiled by PHAC provide an important foundation for such action, but they also indicate the need for accountability, so that precious public funds do not continue t...

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 6d

The system works -- for some.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 7d

A bus of Bronx middle schoolers pulled up to the Capitol this morning for a long-planned field trip just a few hours after the government shut down.

All Capitol tours were cancelled as the guides can’t work in shutdown.

So I escorted them in myself and gave them a personal tour. They were great!

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Ontario Health Coalition @onthealthcoalition.bsky.social · 7d

Every one of us needs to make it visible that we oppose #dougford's plan to expand privatization. Come out in Kitchener-Waterloo & Oxford County this weekend to build the fightback to save public health care before we lose it.

Contact info here: ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/ev...

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 7d

“Our organization believes that any campaign or initiatives have to be deliberated and conducted by workers who are themselves facing and fighting the exploitation.”
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To start winning in Canada, here’s how the Left can organize the suburbs ⋆ The Breach

Conservatives are capturing working-class, visible-minority voters outside Toronto’s downtown—and in suburban neighbourhoods across the country. The Left needs a playbook to win them back

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 7d

“In many organizing spaces or NGO-type organizations, the strategy is decided by a small group of people—typically those not directly affected,” she said.

Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 9d

Another well meaning NGO type who has no economic analysis and understanding of the real problem, facing Canadians: an out of control capitalist, economic system.
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Heather McPherson for Leader of Canada's NDP

Heather is running to be the next leader of Canada's NDP. Fearless, fiercely fair, and a builder – Heather leads by opening doors and making space for everyone.

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 9d

Another well meaning NGO type who has no economic analysis and understanding of the real problem, facing Canadians: an out of control capitalist, economic system.
www.heathermcpherson.ca

Heather McPherson for Leader of Canada's NDP

Heather is running to be the next leader of Canada's NDP. Fearless, fiercely fair, and a builder – Heather leads by opening doors and making space for everyone.

www.heathermcpherson.ca

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 8d

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Climate Destruction – The Irresponsibility of Capitalist Societies

Within a historically short period, capitalist society has generated enormous wealth but also caused profound ecological degradation and threats to survival. Yet the capitalist market economy is incap...

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 8d

Promoting Health Equity in an Era of Growing Contradictions Between Capital Accumulation and Social Reproduction in Capitalist Economies
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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 9d

Genocide

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