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@desmondcole.bsky.social
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Website: breachmedia.ca
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Website: breachmedia.ca
Book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/536075/the-skin-were-in-by-desmond-cole/9780385686
Bookings: Scott Sellers
[email protected]
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Wab Kinew wants more cops in schools—despite his own work exposing their harm
YouTube video by The Breach
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As a hip hop artist and journalist, Wab Kinew documented the harms of policing on young people
As Manitoba premier, Kinew is calling for more police in his province's schools
We dove into his record on policing and youth for @breachmedia.ca
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa2n...
As Manitoba premier, Kinew is calling for more police in his province's schools
We dove into his record on policing and youth for @breachmedia.ca
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa2n...
There's a Stop Wage Theft rally happening tomorrow outside the Ministry of Labour, hosted by workers owed $400,000 in unpaid wages from their employers
November 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
There's a Stop Wage Theft rally happening tomorrow outside the Ministry of Labour, hosted by workers owed $400,000 in unpaid wages from their employers
Last night's NDP French language debate exposed a party that doesn't seem serious about rebuilding after the departure of Jagmeet Singh
The party's livestrteam links were faulty, and candidates weren't particularly engaging, mainly because the collective level of French was atrocious🧵
The party's livestrteam links were faulty, and candidates weren't particularly engaging, mainly because the collective level of French was atrocious🧵
November 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Last night's NDP French language debate exposed a party that doesn't seem serious about rebuilding after the departure of Jagmeet Singh
The party's livestrteam links were faulty, and candidates weren't particularly engaging, mainly because the collective level of French was atrocious🧵
The party's livestrteam links were faulty, and candidates weren't particularly engaging, mainly because the collective level of French was atrocious🧵
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For two years, a Sudanese paramilitary force has been massacring civilians—with Canadian-made weapons.
@nisrinelamin.bsky.social and Ismail Adam join @desmondcole.bsky.social to discuss how decades of Canadian mining interests and weapons smuggling makes Ottawa complicit in the war in Sudan.
@nisrinelamin.bsky.social and Ismail Adam join @desmondcole.bsky.social to discuss how decades of Canadian mining interests and weapons smuggling makes Ottawa complicit in the war in Sudan.
Canadian weapons are enabling Sudan’s ‘war against civilians’ ⋆ The Breach
Nisrin Elamin and Ismail Adam join Desmond Cole to discuss how decades of Canadian mining interests and weapons smuggling makes the country complicit in the war in Sudan
breachmedia.ca
November 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
For two years, a Sudanese paramilitary force has been massacring civilians—with Canadian-made weapons.
@nisrinelamin.bsky.social and Ismail Adam join @desmondcole.bsky.social to discuss how decades of Canadian mining interests and weapons smuggling makes Ottawa complicit in the war in Sudan.
@nisrinelamin.bsky.social and Ismail Adam join @desmondcole.bsky.social to discuss how decades of Canadian mining interests and weapons smuggling makes Ottawa complicit in the war in Sudan.
Canadian weapons are being used by the RSF to commit atrocities in Sudan, but the complicity runs deeper
Ismail Adam, @nisrinelamin.bsky.social and @policingblack.bsky.social call for an arms embargo to Sudan, increased aid, and a robust refugee resettlement program
breachmedia.ca/in-the-genoc...
Ismail Adam, @nisrinelamin.bsky.social and @policingblack.bsky.social call for an arms embargo to Sudan, increased aid, and a robust refugee resettlement program
breachmedia.ca/in-the-genoc...
In the genocide in Sudan, Canada has a hand in the violence ⋆ The Breach
The massacres of civilians in Sudan are being fuelled by Canadian weapons, mining interests, and refugee restrictions. It’s time for Canada to end its complicity
breachmedia.ca
November 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Canadian weapons are being used by the RSF to commit atrocities in Sudan, but the complicity runs deeper
Ismail Adam, @nisrinelamin.bsky.social and @policingblack.bsky.social call for an arms embargo to Sudan, increased aid, and a robust refugee resettlement program
breachmedia.ca/in-the-genoc...
Ismail Adam, @nisrinelamin.bsky.social and @policingblack.bsky.social call for an arms embargo to Sudan, increased aid, and a robust refugee resettlement program
breachmedia.ca/in-the-genoc...
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As a hip hop artist and journalist, Wab Kinew documented the harms of policing on young people
As Manitoba premier, Kinew is calling for more police in his province's schools
We dove into his record on policing and youth for @breachmedia.ca
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa2n...
As Manitoba premier, Kinew is calling for more police in his province's schools
We dove into his record on policing and youth for @breachmedia.ca
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa2n...
Wab Kinew wants more cops in schools—despite his own work exposing their harm
YouTube video by The Breach
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
As a hip hop artist and journalist, Wab Kinew documented the harms of policing on young people
As Manitoba premier, Kinew is calling for more police in his province's schools
We dove into his record on policing and youth for @breachmedia.ca
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa2n...
As Manitoba premier, Kinew is calling for more police in his province's schools
We dove into his record on policing and youth for @breachmedia.ca
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa2n...
need to do this again sometime soon
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
need to do this again sometime soon
As a hip hop artist and journalist, Wab Kinew documented the harms of policing on young people
As Manitoba premier, Kinew is calling for more police in his province's schools
We dove into his record on policing and youth for @breachmedia.ca
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa2n...
As Manitoba premier, Kinew is calling for more police in his province's schools
We dove into his record on policing and youth for @breachmedia.ca
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa2n...
Wab Kinew wants more cops in schools—despite his own work exposing their harm
YouTube video by The Breach
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
As a hip hop artist and journalist, Wab Kinew documented the harms of policing on young people
As Manitoba premier, Kinew is calling for more police in his province's schools
We dove into his record on policing and youth for @breachmedia.ca
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa2n...
As Manitoba premier, Kinew is calling for more police in his province's schools
We dove into his record on policing and youth for @breachmedia.ca
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa2n...
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Bill 60 passed earlier today.
“We see the risks, and we’re calling out this gaslighting for what it is — an attempt to weaken public oversight and hand critical services to private interests.”
My latest for PressProgress is on Ontario's Bill 60 and why some are concerned that it is paving the way towards water privatization.
My latest for PressProgress is on Ontario's Bill 60 and why some are concerned that it is paving the way towards water privatization.
Doug Ford's government claims the province isn’t privatizing water.
Experts aren't convinced.
pressprogress.ca/ontario-clai...
Experts aren't convinced.
pressprogress.ca/ontario-clai...
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Bill 60 passed earlier today.
It's rare for a police officer in Canada to be criminally charged for shooting someone, and then to plead guilty
Andrew Davis shot Devon Fowlin in 2023 and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced on Friday: no jail time and one year of probation
www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...
Andrew Davis shot Devon Fowlin in 2023 and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced on Friday: no jail time and one year of probation
www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...
Toronto police officer who shot man in park gets suspended sentence, conditional discharge
Expert tells court police should have used de-escalation in February 2023 incident. Because of his sentence, Const. Andrew Davis will have a chance to keep his job.
www.thestar.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It's rare for a police officer in Canada to be criminally charged for shooting someone, and then to plead guilty
Andrew Davis shot Devon Fowlin in 2023 and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced on Friday: no jail time and one year of probation
www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...
Andrew Davis shot Devon Fowlin in 2023 and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced on Friday: no jail time and one year of probation
www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...
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A pair of snowy owls on the coast of Chicago
November 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A pair of snowy owls on the coast of Chicago
The Trudeau Liberals cut 10,000 public sector jobs beginning last year. PM Carney's plan to axe 30,000 more jobs will impact access to access pensions, Employment Insurance, and passports
The latest from my colleague Harrison Samphir for @breachmedia.ca
breachmedia.ca/canada-publi...
The latest from my colleague Harrison Samphir for @breachmedia.ca
breachmedia.ca/canada-publi...
‘Devastating and demoralizing’: public service braces for wave of cuts ⋆ The Breach
Carney’s austerity plan risks hollowing out government and hurting service delivery
breachmedia.ca
November 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The Trudeau Liberals cut 10,000 public sector jobs beginning last year. PM Carney's plan to axe 30,000 more jobs will impact access to access pensions, Employment Insurance, and passports
The latest from my colleague Harrison Samphir for @breachmedia.ca
breachmedia.ca/canada-publi...
The latest from my colleague Harrison Samphir for @breachmedia.ca
breachmedia.ca/canada-publi...
Despite interference from Canadian Border agents and foreign officials, the Palestine Tribunal on Canadian Responsibility is going ahead in Ottawa today and tomorrow, featuring witnesses from Palestine and international advocates
Watch the Tribunal live: www.youtube.com/live/NvYkXaq...
Watch the Tribunal live: www.youtube.com/live/NvYkXaq...
Tribunal
YouTube video by Grace Song
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Despite interference from Canadian Border agents and foreign officials, the Palestine Tribunal on Canadian Responsibility is going ahead in Ottawa today and tomorrow, featuring witnesses from Palestine and international advocates
Watch the Tribunal live: www.youtube.com/live/NvYkXaq...
Watch the Tribunal live: www.youtube.com/live/NvYkXaq...
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Mark Carney's budget will make Trump and Canada’s corporate class happy, but it does little for working people.
Martin Lukacs and @desmondcole.bsky.social break down the Liberals' Stephen Harper-esque moves, from public service layoffs to corporate handouts. breachmedia.ca/a-budget-for...
Martin Lukacs and @desmondcole.bsky.social break down the Liberals' Stephen Harper-esque moves, from public service layoffs to corporate handouts. breachmedia.ca/a-budget-for...
A budget for tanks, banks, and oil barons ⋆ The Breach
Martin Lukacs and Desmond Cole discuss the Liberal government’s Harper-esque budget
breachmedia.ca
November 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Mark Carney's budget will make Trump and Canada’s corporate class happy, but it does little for working people.
Martin Lukacs and @desmondcole.bsky.social break down the Liberals' Stephen Harper-esque moves, from public service layoffs to corporate handouts. breachmedia.ca/a-budget-for...
Martin Lukacs and @desmondcole.bsky.social break down the Liberals' Stephen Harper-esque moves, from public service layoffs to corporate handouts. breachmedia.ca/a-budget-for...
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Doug Ford and Mark Carney are making big moves on housing — but tenant groups and housing experts are raising an alarm.
@ricardotranjan.bsky.social joins @desmondcole.bsky.social to discuss how the emerging policy heavily favours corporate landlords. breachmedia.ca/mark-carney-...
@ricardotranjan.bsky.social joins @desmondcole.bsky.social to discuss how the emerging policy heavily favours corporate landlords. breachmedia.ca/mark-carney-...
Mark Carney and Doug Ford keep serving Big Landlords ⋆ The Breach
Economist Ricardo Tranjan joins Desmond Cole to discuss how Ford and Carney’s housing policies heavily favours corporate landlords
breachmedia.ca
October 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Doug Ford and Mark Carney are making big moves on housing — but tenant groups and housing experts are raising an alarm.
@ricardotranjan.bsky.social joins @desmondcole.bsky.social to discuss how the emerging policy heavily favours corporate landlords. breachmedia.ca/mark-carney-...
@ricardotranjan.bsky.social joins @desmondcole.bsky.social to discuss how the emerging policy heavily favours corporate landlords. breachmedia.ca/mark-carney-...
On our latest podcast episode:
-Doug Ford's assault on tenants via changes to the landlord tenant board
-the federal housing plan with big goals and few details
have a listen
-Doug Ford's assault on tenants via changes to the landlord tenant board
-the federal housing plan with big goals and few details
have a listen
Doug Ford and Mark Carney are making big moves on housing — but tenant groups and housing experts are raising an alarm.
@ricardotranjan.bsky.social joins @desmondcole.bsky.social to discuss how the emerging policy heavily favours corporate landlords. breachmedia.ca/mark-carney-...
@ricardotranjan.bsky.social joins @desmondcole.bsky.social to discuss how the emerging policy heavily favours corporate landlords. breachmedia.ca/mark-carney-...
Mark Carney and Doug Ford keep serving Big Landlords ⋆ The Breach
Economist Ricardo Tranjan joins Desmond Cole to discuss how Ford and Carney’s housing policies heavily favours corporate landlords
breachmedia.ca
October 31, 2025 at 4:27 PM
On our latest podcast episode:
-Doug Ford's assault on tenants via changes to the landlord tenant board
-the federal housing plan with big goals and few details
have a listen
-Doug Ford's assault on tenants via changes to the landlord tenant board
-the federal housing plan with big goals and few details
have a listen
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Toronto Life did a feature on my hat collection. Look who’s a super meowdel!!! torontolife.com/style/inside...
Inside the massive hat collection of a Blue Jays superfan - Toronto Life
Lesley Mak owns more than 60 unique Jays caps—including pieces she designed herself
torontolife.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Toronto Life did a feature on my hat collection. Look who’s a super meowdel!!! torontolife.com/style/inside...
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A few more tickets have become available for sold out Book Relaunch of Policing Black Lives with brilliant co-thinkers David Chariandy, @dreanyc123.bsky.social , and @desmondcole.bsky.social . Come join us at the fab Black-run spot It's OK* Studios this evening! www.eventbrite.com/e/book-relau...
Book Relaunch | Policing Black Lives: Revised & Expanded Edition
Celebrate the launch of the extended and revised edition of Policing Black Lives by Robyn Maynard.
www.eventbrite.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
A few more tickets have become available for sold out Book Relaunch of Policing Black Lives with brilliant co-thinkers David Chariandy, @dreanyc123.bsky.social , and @desmondcole.bsky.social . Come join us at the fab Black-run spot It's OK* Studios this evening! www.eventbrite.com/e/book-relau...
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The NDP leadership race could turn the party into a vehicle for bold left politics—or cement its decline.
Martin Lukacs and @desmondcole.bsky.social analyze emerging themes of the race from “purity tests" to class war proclamations to candidates flouting race rules. breachmedia.ca/who-can-revi...
Martin Lukacs and @desmondcole.bsky.social analyze emerging themes of the race from “purity tests" to class war proclamations to candidates flouting race rules. breachmedia.ca/who-can-revi...
Who can revive the NDP and take it leftward? ⋆ The Breach
Martin Lukacs and Desmond Cole discuss how the NDP leadership race could turn the party into a vehicle for bold left politics—or cement its decline
breachmedia.ca
October 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The NDP leadership race could turn the party into a vehicle for bold left politics—or cement its decline.
Martin Lukacs and @desmondcole.bsky.social analyze emerging themes of the race from “purity tests" to class war proclamations to candidates flouting race rules. breachmedia.ca/who-can-revi...
Martin Lukacs and @desmondcole.bsky.social analyze emerging themes of the race from “purity tests" to class war proclamations to candidates flouting race rules. breachmedia.ca/who-can-revi...
In our latest episode of The Breach Show, Martin Lukacs
and I discuss the ongoing federal NDP leadership race, the candidates, and Yves Engler
breachmedia.ca/who-can-revi...
and I discuss the ongoing federal NDP leadership race, the candidates, and Yves Engler
breachmedia.ca/who-can-revi...
Who can revive the NDP and take it leftward? ⋆ The Breach
Martin Lukacs and Desmond Cole discuss how the NDP leadership race could turn the party into a vehicle for bold left politics—or cement its decline
breachmedia.ca
October 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
In our latest episode of The Breach Show, Martin Lukacs
and I discuss the ongoing federal NDP leadership race, the candidates, and Yves Engler
breachmedia.ca/who-can-revi...
and I discuss the ongoing federal NDP leadership race, the candidates, and Yves Engler
breachmedia.ca/who-can-revi...
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E-scooters are here to stay. The city should stop the futile banning & find a way to make this "problem" part of Toronto's transportation solution. Use bike share's roaring success as inspiration. City Hall CAN think big, bold & long term when it wants to. My Toronto Star column this weekend.
Shawn Micallef: E-scooters are here to stay. It’s time for Toronto to act boldly
Currently Toronto’s position is, officially, “e-scooters are not permitted to be operated on public roads, sidewalks or paths,” yet it's easy to see people using them everyday, and they are
www.thestar.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
E-scooters are here to stay. The city should stop the futile banning & find a way to make this "problem" part of Toronto's transportation solution. Use bike share's roaring success as inspiration. City Hall CAN think big, bold & long term when it wants to. My Toronto Star column this weekend.
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Miss Major Griffin-Gracy passed away this week at the age of 78.
We honour her legacy, and lessons, in her own words
We honour her legacy, and lessons, in her own words
Remembering Miss Major in her own words | Xtra Magazine
The late Miss Major was a pivotal activist and organizer for trans liberation for decades
xtramagazine.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy passed away this week at the age of 78.
We honour her legacy, and lessons, in her own words
We honour her legacy, and lessons, in her own words
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An hour and 11-minute long mix of nothing but D'Angelo live tracks from various shows during the Brown Sugar and Voodoo eras. It's so well done. Also downloadable.
D'Angelo Live, by Ian Wallace
15 track album
ianwallaceproductions.bandcamp.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
An hour and 11-minute long mix of nothing but D'Angelo live tracks from various shows during the Brown Sugar and Voodoo eras. It's so well done. Also downloadable.
"Hamas has insisted it will only release the hostages in return for a full Israeli withdrawal and final end of the conflict. Israel has said it will only stop fighting when all hostages are returned and Hamas is destroyed. Neither has totally got its way."
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Trusting Trump: Why Hamas gambled on giving up Gaza hostages
Hamas has called Donald Trump a racist, a recipe for chaos and a man with an absurd vision for Gaza. And it was the phone call he got Benjamin Netanyahu to make to Qatar's prime minister that changed their minds about him.
www.reuters.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
"Hamas has insisted it will only release the hostages in return for a full Israeli withdrawal and final end of the conflict. Israel has said it will only stop fighting when all hostages are returned and Hamas is destroyed. Neither has totally got its way."
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
this is just a pilot project, but it's also an acknowledgement from Toronto city council that we need alternatives to policing
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Council votes 23-1 to APPROVE deploying crisis service workers on the TTC subway system. They'll be stationed at Spadina Station, Union Station, and Bloor-Yonge, and respond to calls anywhere in the downtown U-shaped track area.
October 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
this is just a pilot project, but it's also an acknowledgement from Toronto city council that we need alternatives to policing
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bsky.app/profile/grap...
Until a few years ago, it was a criminal offence in Canada to scare the Queen of England
The Carney government's new hate crime proposals have a similar aim—to protect the ruling classes from discomfort and political dissent
My latest for @breachmedia.ca
breachmedia.ca/new-hate-cri...
The Carney government's new hate crime proposals have a similar aim—to protect the ruling classes from discomfort and political dissent
My latest for @breachmedia.ca
breachmedia.ca/new-hate-cri...
New hate crime law is a cover for suppressing Palestine protests ⋆ The Breach
The proposed 'Combatting Hate Act' is built on the idea that protests inspire hateful violence, and gives police the tools to crack down on expression
breachmedia.ca
October 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Until a few years ago, it was a criminal offence in Canada to scare the Queen of England
The Carney government's new hate crime proposals have a similar aim—to protect the ruling classes from discomfort and political dissent
My latest for @breachmedia.ca
breachmedia.ca/new-hate-cri...
The Carney government's new hate crime proposals have a similar aim—to protect the ruling classes from discomfort and political dissent
My latest for @breachmedia.ca
breachmedia.ca/new-hate-cri...