Today, Mo Chara's words ring true: "We know this story is more than just me. It’s more than Kneecap. [It's] ... about Palestine and us as a distraction from the real story. We know unfortunately this story will end up in the media today while Israel commits genocide ...”

My dad just barked at me about why Hamas took hostages so I sent him this and haven't heard back yet

Israel killed this woman’s daughter in Gaza and she still has family in Palestine. She’s been with protesters following Mark Carney around Montreal today. She was arrested for, apparently, trying to get Mark Carney to care about her family a little too loudly. Here’s what she

Canada's media organization must push the government to fulfill its moral and legal obligations. We have the means and mechanisms to hold Israel accountable for killing Palestinian journalists. Our statement in Al Jazeera Journalism Review institute.aljazeera.net/en/ajr/article…

New report from @policyalternatives: Canada’s $10-a-day child care space expansion is falling behind...by not creating enough new spaces to meet growing demand and not ensuring that new spaces remain in public, or non-profit, hands. By David Macdonald #cdnpoli policyalternatives.ca/news-research/…

Simply incredible work being doing by "controversial" here

"Revealed: Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war" theguardian.com/world/ng-inter…

The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal orders Canada back to the negotiating table to meet with Indigenous parties on long-term reform of the child welfare system. Hear more on APTN News Brief: pod.fo/e/319294

🚨 Pentagon seems to all but confirm my article on its preparations for strikes on Mexican cartels. "The Department of Defense will undoubtedly play an important role towards meeting the President’s objective to eliminate the ability of these cartels to threaten the territory,

Funny he didn’t have an answer prepared but I guess no one ever asks him.

Canada absent in multi-nation call to protect Gaza journalists, allow foreign media thestar.com/politics/feder…

We need our countries to get serious about abandoning US tech and putting serious resources behind developing more public-oriented alternatives their citizens can use instead. Always great to get Cecilia Rikap’s insights on these topics. Don’t miss our chat!

Pentagon confirms my story on Mexico attacks kenklippenstein.com/p/pentagon-con…

NEW: On today's Headlines, I discuss measles in Alberta, the aftermath of the CUPE flight attendants' strike, internal Israeli documents that suggest the vast majority of people killed in Gaza were civilians, and more! theorchard.substack.com/p/headlines-08…

ICE has also been detaining Canadian babies and no word from them

fresh audio product: • Osita Nwanevu <Ostianwavenu>, author of The Right of the People, on the flaws of American democracy—and some cures • Derek Guy <derek guy> on the evolution of upper-class men’s dress over the decades leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S25…

Ha-Joon Chang wrote in the Financial Times about the need to rejuvenate economics teaching (as Mariana Mazzucato and many others have been claiming). Not only does its teaching need to be open to variety, but the economics science itself needs to become interdisciplinary.

Update: Canada has now signed on to the statement. Proof again that pressure campaigns and public support matters. We keep pushing.

"If we want real democracy, we need to extend it to the economy. That means overcoming the capitalist law of value and redirecting production toward social and ecological needs." Thanks to Rosa Luxemburg Foundation for this conversation.progressive.international/wire/2025-08-2…

Advocates are renewing calls for Canada to recognize a genocide in Gaza after a new report found that at least five out of every six people Israeli forces have killed in Gaza were civilians. cbc.ca/1.7615280