Global Halifax #Boycott

I wrote this four years ago. It’s still relevant today.

“Men who are privately dangerous to women are publicly dangerous to everyone.”

halifaxexaminer.ca/mass-murders-2…

both funny and infuriating to see elected officials and media outlets portray Columbia University students who support Palestine as violent mobs when in reality, we are a bunch of nerds sitting on the grass.

Embargo just lifted! A new study with over 700,000 patients shows, once again, that patients have better outcomes when cared for by female physicians. The benefit, as shown in some previous studies, is greatest for female patients.

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Three hundred bodies exhumed from a mass grave *in a fucking hospital* including the bodies of medics *still in scrubs and wearing handcuffs* and the loudmouths are sucking up all the energy arguing over whether students and other people are protesting the correct way

This case should also remind people why we have bail and the importance of it. If Mr. Zameer had not been granted bail he would have sat in prison for 3 years serving time for a crime he did not commit.

When people protested Meghan Murphy, the head librarian said the Toronto Public Library was committed to the democratic value of free speech, whether or not it offended people. And now they’re banning poems by Palestinian academics and writers. The Palestinian exception yet again

10 provinces have said no to immigration detention in their jails.

Instead of community-based alternatives, the feds plan on incarcerating migrants in its penitentiaries, a 'betrayal of the notion of our country as a nation of refuge,' says Allan Rock. cbc.ca/news/canada/ot….

About 77,000 women are sitting in state prisons today, including almost 19,000 for drug crimes alone. 39% were single moms living with their kids at the time they were arrested.

Folks, who is the reporter who persisted with Brad? Would love to know.

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What not to do is to be like Brad.

Had an opportunity to listen in on the court case today for #Policy713 in Fredericton. Thank you to Egale Canada, Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Chroma/Imprint, Equality New Brunswick and all of the allies who are standing up for the kids! It means so much to us and the affected families. 💙🩷🤍🏳️‍⚧️

Four years ago today.

The Mass Casualty Commission's final report gives us the tools to prevent violence and build safer communities for everyone. Today would be a great day to read the Commission's findings and recommendations:

masscasualtycommission.ca

Thank you INCCIP!
Next INCCIP webinar is at 2.30pm UK time: Tues. April 30 re UNCRC's call for evidence re General Comment on Children's Rights to Access to Justice and Effective Remedies.
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A surprise to no one, but a grave disappointment nonetheless.

1/ I’m an Israeli academic. My community is still too silent about the war in Gaza. Following my viral tweet last month, this is the updated & expanded version of how I see things based on >1000 articles and 1000s of videos/images of the war. 🧵of summary conclusions:

6/ Israel has actively attempted to cause the death of the civilian population of Gaza. Israel has created famine in Gaza and used it as a weapon of war, resulting in the deaths of dozens of civilians from starvation. Israel created shortages of water, medicine and electricity.

On today in Canadian racism, the keffiyeh has been banned in Ontario’s legislative building.

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