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Decades of climate organizing hasn't really produced many victories to feed off of. Why?
Climate Justice Toronto took a hard look at the environmentalist movement, studied Labour organizing models and decided to undertake a major shift in their work. One that focused on actually challenging points of power while building their own.
Hear how they went from a class-based climate organization to one that is almost entirely dedicated to tenant organizing, without compromising the end goal of defending the planet.
CALL TO ACTION: Sign up for Climate Justice Toronto October 2024 Orientation - Action Network
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Referenced Episode with York-South Weston Tenants UnionNational Observer (Seth Klein) The climate movement must shift gears or it's doneInstagram: CJTOClimate Justice Toronto –Homepage
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Harm reduction advocates have their work cut out for them in this current political climate that has Provincial governments targeting their services using dehumanization language and legislation. Ola Skudlarska, of the Leslieville Harm Reduction Coalition helps myth bust some of the commonly used narratives to criminalize and displace people who use drugs.
Safe consumption facilities have been the focal point of moral panic that is playing out in harmful legislation aiming to shut them down. Hear how people are coming together to defend these sites in their communities that provide support, connection, and a pathway to recovery for individuals who use drugs.
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Other Harm Reduction ResourcesToronto Life: Safe Consumption Site Kensington MarketToronto Star: Supervised Consumption Site What its Really LikeLeslieville Harm Reduction Coalition
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230 Fightback has been battling over a crucial piece of real estate in downtown Toronto for a very long time. A real estate investment company, Kingsett Capital is who owns the building, but their fight has been just as hampered by Toronto City Hall.
Hear how the campaign persisted through organizational changes, set backs and discouragement from their own City Councilor.
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Contact KingSett Capital and Toronto City Councilor Chris Moise to protest against the redevelopment of 214-230 Sherbourne.
History - 230 FightbackRabble: Questions remain about eviction of 150 Toronto seniors 2019Tenant Power - a Podcast Playlist
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Our hosts get personal with their lived experiences with ADHD.
Its a very candid discussion on how ADHD impacts their lives, the accommodations that help them thrive and the politics behind preventing us from realizing more inclusive spaces for neurodivergent folks.
The episode was largely left uncut to better demonstrate some of the very characteristics people associate with ADHD, but also to challenge the misconceptions that are out there.
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Referenced video: How to ADHD's Wall of Awful Part 1Related Episode: Autistic Resistance: The Foundations - Blueprints of Disruption
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Hear a story of tenants forming a union to fight back against a slumlord, going on Rent Strike and winning!
Bruno, an organizer with York-South Weston Tenants Union is back to share a victory from an unlikely place, the Ontario Landlord Tenant Board. We previously heard from Bruno on one of our favourite episodes, Blueprints of a Rent Strike.
We don't just get the story - we get the blueprints of how they did it.
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The Tenant Class - Blueprints of Disruption | PodfollowBlueprints of Rent StrikeFollow YSW Tenants Union on Twitter (X)
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Canada's has deep ties to Haiti's current political dilemma, and deep pockets when it comes to meddling in their democracy. Since 2022, that is $300 million and counting.
Teacher and writer Travis Ross, of the Canada-Haiti Information Project gets us up to speed on what is happening on the ground in Haiti right now and how we got there. It includes a foreign policy discussion, but also explains from a local perspective the various coalitions and classes battling it out on the streets of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
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Referenced Documentary: Another Vision (YouTube)Follow Travis Ross on Twitter (X)Global Fragility Act Statement - President BidenCanada announces $123 million in funding to improve security in Haiti - Canada.caLatest News | The Canada-Haiti Information ProjectAll of our content is free - made possible by the generous sponsorships of our Patrons. If you would like to support us: Patreon
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Alex Cosh, Managing Editor at The Maple joins us to talk about their work holding the powerful accountable. Their most recent story, ignored by Canadian media, is explosive, as it proves Trudeau has been lying about an arms embargo with Israel. There is lots to learn about the Canadian arms trade if we're going to shut it down.
We also talk about the importance of finding the truth and exposing it - especially as it related to the work of the movements to disarm Israel.
CALL TO ACTION: Get involved with #ArmsEmbargoNow
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Al Jazeera: Canada's Off the Record Arms TradeAppel and Cosh: Pierre Poilievre’s Incoming War On Support For PalestineThe Maple: U.S. Names Quebec Contractor In Newly Approved Arms Sale To IsraelFollow Alex Cosh on Twitter (X)The Maple
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Not only does Unicorn Riot put out impressive, badly needed content that covers our movements - but they do it using a decentralized, non-hierarchal model that we could all learn from. A model that frees their members, pulls in as many people as possible and gets a lot done with little resources.
We get to talk to three members of Unicorn Riot about how they work with contributors from all over the globe to tell previously untold stories of resistance, state suppression and more. For example, they are the folks imbedded in the protests we're seeing around the Democratic National Convention (DNC).
They certainly do provide, Blueprints of Disruption.
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Unicorn Riot's Legal Defense Fund
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Despite what they'll tell you, Scotiabank is feeling the heat from No Arms in the Arts, a coalition of cultural sector workers who have deftly weaponized the banks own PR machine to get them to divest from Israeli weapons manufacturers.
Aliya Pabani from Canlit Responds and Michael DeForge of Writers Against the War on Gaza (W.A.W.O.G) talk about how they were able to turn Scotiabank's sponsorships of things like the Giller Prize and Hot Docs into liabilities as a means of pressure.
Its also a discussion about creating, activating and structuring coalitions, encouraging folks to go beyond their craft and look beyond the typical leverage points.
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Attention Required! | CloudflareHow the Giller Prize Became Associated with Genocide | The WalrusCanlit RespondsToronto Star: Scotiabank Divests_______________________
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Groups of White Nationalists took to the streets around the U.K. in a wave of racist, xenophobic violence in early August 2024. Although they attempted to capitalize on a tragedy to target mostly the Muslim Community, their numbers were small and the show of force against them daunting.
Our hosts discuss the possibilities of this occurring in Canada, and what our response should be.
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The City of Toronto evicted yet another encampment. When pressed for a reason, City Staff claimed it was at the behest of the organizers for Caribana. Marilyn Bell Park had been the home of several community members for the last year. Listen in as organizers with Voices for Unhoused Liberation tell that story and share what they're doing to fight back - not just against this latest eviction, but against the war on the poor.
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Fundraiser by Unhoused Liberation : Support the Fight for Unhoused Liberation
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Would a coalition, similar to what we saw in France, stop Pierre Poilievre in the next election? This is a scenario independent journalist, political analyst and author Jeremy Appel lays out in his recent piece for the Tyee.
Jeremy joins host Jessa McLean to talk about the feasibility of a one-time political coalition to keep the Conservatives out of power, the need for electoral reform and the state of the electoral 'Left' here in Canada.
Is voting a tool for change or simply harm reduction? Let us know what you think.
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Their name represents the fact we are the Last Generation with the ability to do something meaningful on climate change. We interviewed their two full time organizers, Laura Sullivan and Gillian Graham, and asked them about what they call their "recipe for civil resistance" and their calls for an international uprising.
These determined climate activists provide practical advice for other organizers, talk about their theories for change and discuss the organizations emphasis on non-violent disruptions.
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Investigative journalist Martin Lukacs from The Breach discusses his investigations into Toronto Police's Project Resolute and the secretive committee in the Ontario Attorney General's office tasked with cracking down on Palestinian solidarity activism.
A beefed up hate crimes unit is backed by a committee staffed with former Prosecutors who have openly declared their affinity for Israel and penchant for "leveraging criminal law for critical action". And we would have not heard anything about it had it not been for the tenacity of independent journalists like Martin and the mistakes of a local police board.
Hear the whole sordid story....
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Martin's Previous Appearance on Blueprints - Corporate Lobbyists Running the Workers' PartyThe Breach: Inside the ‘shocking’ police operation targeting pro-Palestine activists in TorontoThe Breach: Secretive Committee in Ontario's Ministry for the Attorney General
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The University of Toronto student encampment, named the People's Circle for Palestine, dismantled their tents after an Ontario Superior Court judge ordered an injunction against them.
Our hosts break down the ruling, what it means for other encampments and bring up lessons learned from the end of just "one tactic in the toolbox" of students demanding their institutions disclose and divest.
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Special Guest: Scott Martin
With special guest Scott Martin, we unpack the criticism and backlash faced by activists who disrupt and protest against climate change. In this case its Just Stop Oil, orange cornstarch and Stonehenge, but this conversation applies to all that disrupt the status quo.
The repetitive and disingenuous arguments used by politicians and media to discredit these actions just underscore the need for more revolutionary optics and diverse tactics. We also look at the criminalization of indigenous land and water defenders in Canada and around the world, and the lack of media coverage on these critical struggles.
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Just Stop Oil homepage
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Virtue Signaling?
Subtitle: Red Keffiyehs and White Supremacists
Our hosts rant after a seemingly innocuous (yet viral) tweet of Jessa wearing a red keffiyeh triggered both zionists and white supremacists, who felt quite safe to air their anti-Arab racism, misogyny and affinity for violence.
As they unpack the response, they discuss individualism and lack of understanding of solidarity among right-wing ideologies, as well as the misconceptions around multiculturalism, cultural appropriation, and the complexity of the Palestinian resistance movement.
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An expert panel of activists and independent journalists talk media strategy when it comes to setting the narratives around our movements.
We find out from organizers Fatima Saleh (Edmonton) and Anna Lippman (Toronto) what its been like responding to the ridiculous claims levelled at the Palestinian Solidarity movement, and what they've been doing to make sure our opponents don't decide the talking points.
Journalists Dave Grey-Donald of The GrindTO and our very own Santiago Helou Quintero talk media strategies for activists - what works, who we don't talk to and ways to get your points across as effectively as possible.
This was from an event livestreamed from our YouTube channel on June 18, 2024. To be at the next one, be sure to Follow us on Instagram
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Find Dave Grey-Donald on Twitter (X)Find Anna Lippman on Twitter (X)Find Fatima on Twitter (X)The GrindTO
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Two special guests, Kim Crawley and Bothered Boy, join host Jessa McLean to talk about the mask bans being introduced in the United States, the attitudes here in Canada and the recent uptick in activists being charged for wearing COVID protective masks during direct actions.
We keep us safe - wear a mask comrades.
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REFERENCED EPISODE: Unlawful Assembly While MaskedAP NEWS: North Carolina Mask BanFind Bothered Boy on YouTubeKim Crawley's LinkTree
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As we discuss and draw lessons from recent police actions at student encampments, peaceful protests and marches for genocide, it becomes clear exactly who is breaching the peace.
McGill students escalated their actions and occupied a building on campus, while York University students finished setting up their encampment. Both had the police set on on them by the very people tasked with ensuring their safety. We talk about anarchist organizing, the need for backup plans, and remind folks to never trust these University Presidents.
The discussion then moves to the Walk for Israel and the arrest of counter-protestors for breach of peace. This is contrasted with the egregious police violence at a Toronto rally that same weekend, where they stole a large Palestinian flag.
Beyond getting mad - our hosts provide constructive takeaways for organizers everywhere. They provide, Blueprints of Disruption.
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