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• Post #4423369

  This was also at the Israel pavillion. The tourist map is "Greater Israel", which includes all of Gaza and West Bank, erasing all Palestine. I didn't get a personal look myself, but I imagine it included southern Lebanon as well, in their usual definition of "Greater Israel". If anybody has a more closeup photo, I would like to see it. Incidentally, if you haven't all seen the movie "Israelism", I strongly suggest you do. It shows you how this version of &...

• Post #4387640

  This is what drivers in Edmonton think of speed limits, empowered by an Alberta government and MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION of all people, who feel.the same way about speed limits (fitst restricting enforcement, then raising limits). This playground zone is of course where MY children play. I can't wait until we have a government who represents the vulnerable population, not selfish interests! #yeg #yegbike #biketooter #urbanism #abpoli #ableg

• Post #4200726

  There is an initiative called "Week Without Driving" which asks elected officials to stop driving for 1 week to learn what mobility in the city is like for 1/3rd of the population, so they can make better infrastructure choices: https://weekwithoutdriving.org/ #yeg #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #urbanism #yegbike #biketooter

• Post #4174493

  Ever wonder why CPC leader, Pierre Poilievre, just makes sense? (Rheotrical question, btw.) Because, according to Mr. Poilievre, he speaks the language of white people. He doesn't use stupid ethnic words nobody gets. https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/poilievre-faces-backlash-for-comments-on-jordan-peterson-podcast/ Btw, this is the same 100-minute podcast interview where Poilievre claims that racism only exists after it's been exposed, thus racism is only created by anti-racism,...

• Post #4172944

  Gee, whatever could it possibly be? Hint: It's Climate Change. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-weather-summer-rainfall-9.7271555 #yeg #yegbike #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis

• Post #4153559

  My 5 year old son is obsessed with Petula Clark's Downtown. He asked me, "Where did you find this?" My sweet child....it was very popular, and I had this single on vinyl. https://youtube.com/watch?v=Zx06XNfDvk0&pp=0gcJCWQCo7VqN5tD

• Post #3996917

  When they scream at you and call you a "Motherfucking Jew Hater" for no reason but seeing you identify with Palestinian culture through an article of Arab clothing, just know that what they are actually calling you is an "Arab Lover" for showing solidarity with a persecuted people. They called you a "fucking f@gg0t lover" when you wore a rainbow for Pride. They called you a "n!ggrr lover" when you stood up for antiracism. Now they call you a "motherfu...

• Post #3948428

  One of our beloved Alberta activists, Mikayla Resists, came to a public event called the Premier's Pancake Breakfast, and asked Premier Danielle Smith why she used her position to platform the alt-right extremist and Alberta Separatist, Alberta Proud Dad. This line of questioning made the authoritarian Premier uncomfortable so Alberta Sheriffs were brought in to drag her away, leading her to scream out to the Premier, "Fuck your fascist pancakes!" This has now become the rallying c...

• Post #3876355

  This along with those who claim immigrants, both documented and undocumented, are a drain on public services. Guess what? They ALL pay taxes, and the undocumented ones can't even receive any benefits from it! If Danielle Smith's referendum questions are brought to pass, then even the documented ones will be cut off from public healthcare, education, and supports... all while paying taxes like the rest of us! #biketooter #yegbike #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #urbanism #yeg

• Post #3874908

  I can attest that those who stand with Israel do not "love their neighbours", and I'm not just talking about Israel's neighbours (whom they invade and occupy), I'm talking about the violent hate they show to the neighbours on their own block in Edmonton or elsewhere in Canada. This hatred does not belong in our city, yet those who speak up against it are accused of "sowing division" by the very same people who think they can threaten their own neighbours with dead...

• Post #3822732

  "Why do supporters of Ethnic Cleansing all turn out to be bigots?! Why do all Zionists engage in all kinds of hate speech, when I just want to hear hate and vitriol of Arabs! Why does the poem always end with, 'then they came for me'!?" #hate #racism #genocide #freepalestine #cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg

• Post #3800105

  In case this has eluded you, Meta's natural gas powered $13 billion AI data centre in Sturgeon Country north of Edmonton uses up nearly as much power each day as the entire city of Calgary (1.1B GW) or Edmonton (1.2B GW). #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #yeg #ai #climate #climatechange #climatejustice #gas

• Post #3729745

  Batten down the hatches, Edmonton! #yeg #yegwx #yegbike

• Post #3533906

  The Alberta Legislature on Canada Day. This is MY Canada, so diverse and inclusive! All the people I keep hearing "don't belong" are here donning red and maple leaf motifs, speaking many languages which I don't need to undersrand, wearing the trappings of many cultures and religious practices. This October 19th, your Alberta government wants you to vote on referendum questions to strip many of these people (all of the non-colonial immigrant groups) of their place in Alberta, a...

• Post #3448109

  Meanwhile, Zionists chase me around with a pickup truck just or wearing a keffiyeh... "When we say there's a material difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe, this is exactly what we mean. Mayim Bialik saw a man wearing a "Zionism is Racism" shirt in the parking lot of her favourite vegan restaurant— and immediately imagined a violent attack that never happened. No one touched her. No one threatened her. No one harmed her children. A grown, five-foot-four...

• Post #2822062

  via "We Stand with Francesca Albanese": Why did the Ertzaintza act as if they were receiving prisoners at Loiu Airport? Last Saturday, images from Bilbao Airport went around the world. Members of the Global Sumud Flotilla, who were returning after being intercepted and detained by Israel, were received with unusual harshness by the Ertzaintza. Baton blows, people being dragged, and a deployment that looked more like the reception of dangerous prisoners than that of peaceful activ...

• Post #2319821

  Just me waiting to pick up my kids in a too open area, turning my back to the sun so I can see any shadows coming up behind me and I don't feel so vulnerable. #racism #hate #HateSpeech #freepalestine #abpoli

• Post #2319820

  I like how my boy says, "Hi-lo daddy", combining hi and hello, but also making it a homophone to high-low.

• Post #2319819

  I just have to say this, though I wish I didn't have to say it. When somebody tells you that a specific ethnic group should die, and for supporting their right to live he's going to make you pay and draw you into his personal beef, then you respond that they do not and you will not be intimidated... That is NOT a difference in views or opinions. Canadian law is clear on this, as Hate Speech is not protected under Freedom of Expression. So why then do they still explain it away...

• Post #2319818

  I've watched enough mob movies to know that the way to peace is not gained through systematically murdering the sons of another faction's leader while they're at church. But this is what Israel calls "negotiating peace talks". https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-khalil-al-hayya-son-killed-israel-ceasefire-talks #freepalestine

• Post #2319817

  I know this is a generalization, but I have only known good, decent people to wear keffiyehs in my town. It's a sign of a safe space. However, it is NOT a generalization to say that NO good, decent people are ever involved in attacking, threatening, or intimidating someone just for wearing a keffiyeh. There is no excuse for hate. #racism #hate #HateSpeech #abpoli #cdnpoli #yeg

• Post #2319816

  I really wish I could know which of my neighbours are okay with lynching me, and which, if any, would stop it. I didn't know there were any of the former, and now I suddenly find out it's in the multiples. #racism #hate #HateSpeech #freepalestine

• Post #2319815

  If Alberta separates, will BIPOC here be able to claim refugee status in Canada? #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

• Post #2319814

  Now that I'm more clear-headed, I realize that I forgot or glossed over some pretty important details of the hate incident that occured a couple days ago. I was really taken by surprise, and didn't understand what was going on. The man in the white pickup truck that drove at me was actually parked on the wrong side of the road, so that he could watch me from a good distance as I walked home the same way I do every day from my kid's preschool. He was watching me. I saw hi...

• Post #2319813

  Alberta, meet Tennesee. Tennessee, meet Alberta. https://theintercept.com/2026/05/08/gop-memphis-tennessee-gerrymander-map-black-voters/ #abpoli #ableg

• Post #2319812

  If you want to fight antisemitism, keep amplifying the voices of anti-genocide Jews who are being erased and silenced by racist Zionists who claim that you can't support Jews without hating Arabs, and their own people are "not real Jews" because of a different opinion, while they slander and arrest Jewish activists, and brutalize rabbis. And if you care about Palestine, do not believe Zionist lies about Jewism, to co-opt their entire identity for themselves. Conflating...

• Post #2319811

  I've seen too much antisemitic hate in Canada too, against Jews who speak out against genocide, including but not limited to the new Federal NDP leader and his wife (much more so his wife, probably because of the intersectionality of being a woman as well as Jewish). This is why I disagree when people say, "there is not a rise in antisemitism, just criticism of Israel". No, I do see a rise in antisemitism, but from those who are accusing others for speaking up. Call o...

• Post #2319810

  No comment needed, although I will add that he is referencing I Samuel 15, which is the same in the Christian Old Testament as the Jewish Torah, but does not exist in the Muslim Quran (meaning it could not be verified). It's a blood feud between two sects of Canaanites, Amalekites and Israelites (which is not the same as Israeli). Palestinians are Canaanites too, but not related to Amalekites. Israel uses Amalekite as a metaphor for a completely different blood feud they started themselv...

• Post #2291165

  I want to make one thing VERY clear. One despised Black man tapping his heart in respect on seeing me in the street is worth more than any number of violent Israelis attacking me for wearing a keffiyeh. I stand with the tens of thousands of murdered children, and my children will not be safe until these terrorists are rooted out of our society. Free Palestine. Free Lebanon. End Genocide. Never Again means Never Again for ANYONE. Hate will never win. Hate will never back me down. It only gives me...

• Post #2291164

  My simple answer when confronted threateningly with, "I'm Jewish!" as a way to indicate that those who stand with Palestine are their "natural/mortal enemy" is to ask, "So what? That does not make me your enemy." Being Jewish does not make you pro-Israel, or pro-genocide, or a hater of Arabs. I would know very little about what is going on in Gaza, Palestine, and south Lebanon if it weren't for Jews who have spoken out about...