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Labour for Palestine 🍉YVR🍉

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The "Vancouver" [stolen xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wúʔmesh, səlilwətaɬ, kʷikʷəƛ̓əm, qw̓ɑ:nƛ̓ə̓n̓, Stó:lō, +other lands] chapter of Canadian labour activists fighting against Palestinian genocide. https://www.labourforpalestine.com/ [email protected]

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Labour for Palestine 🍉YVR🍉 @labour4palyvr.bsky.social · Nov 17

As long as both comfy liberal centrists and conservatives continue to malign the activist grassroots left, the REAL threat of fascism will continue to grow.

ALL of our union leadership needs to WAKE-UP and rekindle its relationship with its activist roots, NOT shun and ignore us!

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Labour for Palestine 🍉YVR🍉 @labour4palyvr.bsky.social · 1d

Yes Dallas, we are ALL ANTIFA. ✊🏻✊🏽✊🏿 WE ARE LEGION. EXPECT US. 🤫

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Snapshot of dallas brodie tweet:

"ANTIFA is a leftwing terrorist organization."

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Labour for Palestine 🍉YVR🍉 @labour4palyvr.bsky.social · 11d

LMFAO 😂😂😂

Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 11d

Update: Lindsay Shepherd says the B.C. Conservatives have fired her.

An X post that reads: Today, BC Conservative Leader John Rustad fired me from my position as Comms Officer with the Conservative Party of BC Caucus. It was because of this tweet.

I am a mother of two young children, and I am 32 weeks pregnant -- I was about to go on maternity leave.

More to come.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 14d

It’s always interesting when politicians say hate and violence have no place in this country. It was founded on those principles.

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Labour for Palestine 🍉YVR🍉 @labour4palyvr.bsky.social · 18d

If you've ever had to try and address anti-Palestinian racism/Islamophobia in your circle of family or friends, it was probably an uncomfortable conversation.

This FREE workshop this Saturday from SURJ Vancouver will talk about all of that!

Consider attending and/or spreading the word!

SURJ Vancouver @surjvancouver.bsky.social · 20d

✊🏻❤️🧠 SATURDAY!
FREE ANTI-RACISM LEARNING WORKSHOP:
Sat Sept 27th 1-4p #VinesArtsSociety (825 E Hastings)

Build skills to approach challenging conversations w/ friends & family. Support & practice going beyond performative allyship; deepen anti-oppressive practices.

More info at - surjvancouver.ca

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Labour for Palestine 🍉YVR🍉 @labour4palyvr.bsky.social · May 25

From April 15th to June 15th, all across Canada, Labour for Palestine chapters are fundraising to help workers in Palestine. Help spread the word about our efforts to fund liberation, not occupation!!! ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

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Fund Liberation — Not Occupation

YouTube video by Labour4Palestine Canada

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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · May 28

I urge you to view the entire press conference on @cpac.ca
www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...

Doctors Returning from Gaza Hold a News Conference – May 28, 2025

NDP MP Heather McPherson holds a press conference in Ottawa alongside Canadian doctors and health-care workers returning from Gaza. (no interpretation)

www.cpac.ca

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Labour for Palestine 🍉YVR🍉 @labour4palyvr.bsky.social · May 28

Thank you for this important reporting Rachel!

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · May 28

WATCH THE REST OF THE VIDEO HERE (I can only post up to three minutes on Bluesky): youtu.be/6zfdzmH5sN0

Eyewitness accounts of atrocity: healthcare workers speak about their time in Gaza

YouTube video by Rachel Gilmore

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · May 28

International journalists can’t enter Gaza. But healthcare workers can.

That makes their testimony vital. They can cut through to the reality of the atrocities Israel is committing in Gaza.

In today’s video, you’ll hear their firsthand accounts of witnessing a genocide:

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SURJ Vancouver @surjvancouver.bsky.social · May 20

The kind of movement we want to create (article written by members of @surjto.bsky.social):

convergencemag.com/articles/a-c...

A Culture of Care: The Secret to Building Organizations People Want to Stay In

What we learned about organizing white folks away from the racist right.

convergencemag.com

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Labour for Palestine 🍉YVR🍉 @labour4palyvr.bsky.social · May 26

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Blocking Ontario food terminal

YouTube video by Sivanesan Krishnan Joseph

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Labour for Palestine 🍉YVR🍉 @labour4palyvr.bsky.social · May 26

Solidarity with Toronto-based activists blocking the Ontario Food Terminal protesting famine in Palestine!!! ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

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CTV | Pro-Palestine Rally | Ontario Food Terminal Blockade | Israeli-Made Famine in Gaza

YouTube video by Movement Media Hub

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Labour for Palestine 🍉YVR🍉 @labour4palyvr.bsky.social · May 25

Fund Liberation — Not Occupation

YouTube video by Labour4Palestine Canada

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Labour for Palestine 🍉YVR🍉 @labour4palyvr.bsky.social · May 20

peter griffin from family guy holding a note that says not okay

ALT: peter griffin from family guy holding a note that says not okay

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Labour for Palestine 🍉YVR🍉 @labour4palyvr.bsky.social · May 20

Dire prediction: whatever "coNcREtE acTiONs" are, they will be only after Gaza is almost/fully ethnically cleansed.

Change my mind, please prove me wrong.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · May 20

UK, France and Canada say they will take ‘concrete actions’ if Israel doesn’t end ‘intolerable human suffering in Gaza’.

Israeli forces kill 84 in Gaza; Canada, France, UK threaten sanctions

UK, France and Canada say they will take ‘concrete actions’ if Israel doesn’t end ‘intolerable human suffering in Gaza’.

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · May 18

Noah Samsen has already fundraised nearly $140,000 for the UNRWA! If you want to donate go visit the stream 👇🏻🍉

www.youtube.com/live/4-iw_oO...

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Labour for Palestine 🍉YVR🍉 @labour4palyvr.bsky.social · May 16

Chris Smalls speaking at our Nakba Day event tonight at the Red Gate Arts Society.

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Labour for Palestine 🍉YVR🍉 @labour4palyvr.bsky.social · May 15

For Nakba Day, we've been busy preparing for our sold out event tonight at the Red Gate Arts Society with food from Tammam, live music, and discussion with author/speaker Dr. Gabor Maté, Chris Smalls from the Amazon Labour Union, Moe Alqasem from L4P Canada, and Tslail-Waututh chief Rueben George!

Poster for our Nakba Day fundraiser, sold out event tonight May 15th at the Red Gate Arts Society, and endorsed by the VDLC. Described on the poster is food from Tammam, live music, and discussion with author/speaker Dr. Gabor Maté, Chris Smalls from the Amazon Labour Union, Moe Alqasem from L4P Canada, and Tslail-Waututh chief Rueben George.

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Megan @craftyintentions.bsky.social · May 14

Watermelon dress and boots to match,
Serving fruity fashion with a yarny splash. 🍉🧶

#watermelongirl #watermelondoll #amigurumi #crochetdoll #dolladdon #crochetcute #crochetersofinstagram #yarnmagic #handmadewithlove #amigurumipattern #crochetfashion #summerprojects #fruitcore #fiberart

A crocheted doll with long black yarn hair, and large black eyes poses leaning on a white wooden chair. She is wearing a bright pink watermelon-themed outfit, including a sunhat, dress, and matching boots, all decorated with black seed-like beads and green-and-white edging. The background is leafy greenery and red brick flooring.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · May 13

You know who I respect? Ms. Rachel. After being called out for her stance that genocide is bad did she capitulation? No she said bet partnered with the pcrf and is showing cute kid content from kids who were rescued (which is appropriate given her audience)

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Labour for Palestine 🍉YVR🍉 @labour4palyvr.bsky.social · May 12

You should look into zionism a little deeper, my friend 🤭

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Labour for Palestine 🍉YVR🍉 @labour4palyvr.bsky.social · May 12

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The Dangerous Ones @thedangerousones.com · May 4

“We need a popular uprising and a general strike”

— @mherskovitz.bsky.social

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Labour for Palestine 🍉YVR🍉 @labour4palyvr.bsky.social · May 10

Tomorrow, 2-4 pm
📍 Location: Grandview Park
🚶🏽‍♀️March to: QVA Elementary.

Join us for the second annual kid-led Nakba Day event with powerful youth and educator speakers, followed by a kid-led march to QVA elementary and more kid-friendly programming, including Dabke dancing and facepainting.

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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · May 9

Free Kashmir

Featuring

Author Hafsa Kanjwal, Journalist Azad Essa and Poet Rahat Kurd

Sat May 17, 5:30 – 7 pm

IRL only. 1803 East 1st Ave, East Vancouver, xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh & səlilwətaɬ lands

www.weavingourworlds.ca/free-kashmir/

Free Kashmir

Don't miss Hafsa Kanjwal, award-winning author of Colonizing Kashmir: State-building Under Indian Occupation, and Azad Essa, award-winning journalist and author of Hostile Homelands, with poet & cultu...

www.weavingourworlds.ca

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