Emma Jackson
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"environmentalism without class struggle is just gardening” - Chico Mendes | organizer | @ https://t.co/IYsqZT9Q4c
From Liberal Convention: Patty Hajdu, Minister of Jobs and Families: "Are there any members of unions in the audience?" "woo" "One lone voice! You are our partners!" The Liberals and working class are very clearly divided. Embarrassing governance.
The NDP has a democratic socialist at its helm. What should Canada’s left do next? We asked five organizers—@wrong_shon, @DBrabblerouser, @EmmaJackson57, Deena Newaz & Nathan Rao—to weigh in on how the left should orient itself to the Lewis-led NDP. breachmedia.ca/opportunity-or…
Edmonton mayor Andrew Knack announces former NDP MP Blake Dejarlais as his chief of staff.
An Edmonton court today heard arguments in a lawsuit filed by the ACFN, formerly known as the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation against the Alberta Energy regulator and the province over spills from a tailings pond at the Kearl oilsands aptnnews.ca/?p=286123
Great to meet with Randa Alhijawi, President of the Canada Palestine Cultural Association. The new Palestine Cultural Centre here in #Edmonton showcases what community looks like — building on the legacy of the former Dutch Canadian Centre as a space where Edmontonians can continue to come together and celebrate their diverse roots. The ongoing crisis in Palestine has been devastating — felt deeply by Palestinians here at home and around the world. Our new government is committed to supporting a sustained ceasefire, and working toward a dignified two-state solution.
My father Stephen Lewis is spectacularly uninterested in social media, so I’m posting this myself (though he has read it and is prepared to suffer the indignity of all I'm about to reveal). When he was Canada’s ambassador to the UN from 1984-88, Dad was truly shocked by the regularity of open, vitriolic antisemitism in the cocktail parties and ambassadorial receptions that surround that crucial but flawed institution. For this reason (among others) he’s always been the one in our family with the deepest atavistic fear of antisemitism. He was sympathetic to the idea of Israel as a refuge longer than the rest of us. This is no longer the case. Like so many Jews who for decades adopted the dominant narratives of Zionism, he can no longer defend the current actions of the state of Israel. He now regards Israel as a rogue state, committing genocide and other crimes against humankind, which ought to be opposed by every tool and tactic in Canada's diplomatic arsenal. To return to the personal, seven years ago my Dad was diagnosed with a vicious cancer and was given as little as 3 months to live. It’s a sublime understatement to say that he’s a fighter - but he has persevered in life with a tenacity familiar from his political, diplomatic and humanitarian pursuits. Which brings us to this morning, when at 87 years old, he spent an hour standing at the side of the road in his old riding of Scarborough West. Standing up as a Jew against genocide. Standing up for justice for Palestine. Standing up on the right side of history, where the vast majority of humanity currently stands. I’ve never been prouder, never more humble before the stubborn principle and insistent moral clarity of the guy I’m so lucky to call Dad. People of Canada: don’t stop talking about Palestine. Starvation as collective punishment can never be forgiven. Burning and burying children alive can never be defended. Stand up against genocide until we make it stop! Thanks Dad. And special thanks to @CharlieAngusNDP for shining his spotlight on Ted Schmidt and the other excellent folks who gather every Thursday at 8 am at the corner of Victoria Park and Kingston Road in Scarborough.
Stephen Lewis, longtime politician and diplomat, dies at 88, days after victory of son, Avi, in NDP leadership race thestar.com/politics/steph… via @torontostar
