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Canada’s police are becoming deadlier and less unaccountable, but are still getting more and more money.
El Jones and @desmondcole.bsky.social explore why police violence, surveillance and budgets keep expanding, while basic services and supports are getting starved.
Can the NDP become a transformative force in Canadian politics?
We’re publishing a new book in which political figures debate the possibilities—and challenges—of charting a bold direction for the party.
Pre-order it here: breachmedia.ca/a-new-democr...
Canada's police are becoming more deadly and less accountable, but their budgets and powers keep expanding
Professor and poet El Jones joins me on our latest @breachmedia.ca podcastto discuss the possibility of defunding an institution that does so much harm breachmedia.ca/canada-polic...
The left is faltering in our response to antisemitism, argues Jordy Cummings.
It must show up with principled, consistent solidarity. Anything else is a betrayal of the left’s historic responsibility—and a missed opportunity to win Jewish people to anti-Zionism. breachmedia.ca/the-lefts-op...
The Pentagon is buying “unprecedented” ownership stakes in Canadian mining companies.
Nessie Nankivell tracks how Canada’s critical minerals are being extracted to build weapons for the U.S. military—all while the Canadian government is helping fund these projects. breachmedia.ca/elbows-up-ca...
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Canada has won its bid to host a new NATO-aligned bank that will fuel a weapons-building frenzy.
Rachel Small of @world-beyond-war.bsky.social explains to @desmondcole.bsky.social how the bank fits into Mark Carney’s militarization agenda and would further tie Canada’s economy to war profiteering.
It’s election year across Ontario’s municipalities, and news about cops doing harm could put policing on the ballot.
@desmondcole.bsky.social argues that candidates should be presenting their visions to divest from harmful policing, and reinvest in desperately needed services.
Canadians are being told that we must accept runaway oil prices as the inevitable result of the war on Iran.
It’s a lie that resigns us to paying oil companies far more than we should, argues @jimbostanford.bsky.social breachmedia.ca/an-oil-price...
Far-right Alberta separatists hit a hitch when courts ruled their referendum petition was unconstitutional because they failed to consult First Nations.
Indigenous scholar Matt Wildcat speaks to @desmondcole.bsky.social about why First Nations oppose separation
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Desmond Cole and El Jones discuss the expansion of policing in Canada by governments that refuse to better fund social services
First Nations were never consulted about Alberta's referendum process—and Indigenous scholar Matt Wildcat says it's a missed opportunity to explore ‘mutual flourishing’
