alyssa 🌾
@basement-wine.bsky.social
cowtown comrade. probably on a bike. she/her.
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SCOOP: I obtained the lists of books banned at the Edmonton and Calgary public school boards.
Click to find out which ones were removed.
open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
Click to find out which ones were removed.
open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
Here are the secret lists of banned books from Alberta's 2 largest school boards
The Calgary Board of Education removed 42 books from its libraries and the Edmonton Public School Board removed 33 in response to an order from Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides.
open.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:36 PM
SCOOP: I obtained the lists of books banned at the Edmonton and Calgary public school boards.
Click to find out which ones were removed.
open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
Click to find out which ones were removed.
open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
Not gonna watch the gay hockey show. Not homophobic just hockeyphobic.
January 30, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Not gonna watch the gay hockey show. Not homophobic just hockeyphobic.
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This weekend many cycling groups in the US are organizing rides in honour of Alex Pretti, the man recently killed by ICE in Minneapolis. Pretti was a cyclist and he died a hero. 1/5
January 29, 2026 at 3:56 PM
This weekend many cycling groups in the US are organizing rides in honour of Alex Pretti, the man recently killed by ICE in Minneapolis. Pretti was a cyclist and he died a hero. 1/5
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Every leftist begrudgingly signing up to support Avi Lewis today
January 28, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Every leftist begrudgingly signing up to support Avi Lewis today
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Thrilled to announce my new short book — Student Power:Canadian Student Movements From the Sixties to Today. Use code PALAUT for 20% discount
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link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Student Power
This book brings the story to the present moment, using news coverage, survey data, and interviews to examine recent pro-Palestinian encampments
link.springer.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Thrilled to announce my new short book — Student Power:Canadian Student Movements From the Sixties to Today. Use code PALAUT for 20% discount
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link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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This came in the same budget that axed a luxury tax on yachts. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Canada will require refugees and asylum seekers to co-pay for health care starting in May
They will have to pay 30 per cent of the costs of services such as dental, optometry and physiotherapy and a $4 flat rate on each prescription.
www.thestar.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:04 PM
This came in the same budget that axed a luxury tax on yachts. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
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New from me: More Than 100 Gazans Have Been Accepted to Canadian Universities. Canada Isn’t Letting Them In.
More Than 100 Gazans Have Been Accepted to Canadian Universities. Canada Isn’t Letting Them In.
See a map of the graduate programs they're planning to attend, if the government finally processes their visas
pressprogress.ca
January 27, 2026 at 9:54 PM
New from me: More Than 100 Gazans Have Been Accepted to Canadian Universities. Canada Isn’t Letting Them In.
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Well, I guess the cat is out of the bag. 10/20/26.
January 26, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Well, I guess the cat is out of the bag. 10/20/26.
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![VOLITION [Easy: Failure] – You wake up in your Hilton suite to a cacophony of whistles and horns. Half drunk and half hungover, you hastily throw on your tactical gear. It feels heavier than you remember. You stumble outside. The cold hits you like a brick. What are you doing here in this dismal city? Home is warm. Home is safe. Home is a thousand miles away. Tucking your shotgun between your legs, you fumble with a tear gas canister like a child learning how to tie their shoes. The gun goes off and you shoot yourself in the balls.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eqh433fdh2bqhvt455e3tg67/bafkreiahrbfuw4v4so56ikp2pxf5n253bs5pd5gq37l7nqsitkwynw56hy@jpeg)
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“Men and Boys…
…Revolution Begins in the Sink!”
Comes to mind.
And how broad this pattern is (even if varying in intensity across certain networks).
…Revolution Begins in the Sink!”
Comes to mind.
And how broad this pattern is (even if varying in intensity across certain networks).
January 26, 2026 at 1:53 AM
“Men and Boys…
…Revolution Begins in the Sink!”
Comes to mind.
And how broad this pattern is (even if varying in intensity across certain networks).
…Revolution Begins in the Sink!”
Comes to mind.
And how broad this pattern is (even if varying in intensity across certain networks).
just a straight up hand out to grocery chains, cool! thanks!
Prime Minister Carney announces the new Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit to address the higher level of food prices since the pandemic.
January 26, 2026 at 3:55 PM
just a straight up hand out to grocery chains, cool! thanks!
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I need Canadians to think about what is happening here at home. Carney is cutting the very agencies we need more than ever as things erode in the US.
Wake. Up.
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Wake. Up.
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January 24, 2026 at 10:43 PM
I need Canadians to think about what is happening here at home. Carney is cutting the very agencies we need more than ever as things erode in the US.
Wake. Up.
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Wake. Up.
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January 25, 2026 at 12:21 AM
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Canadian-built Roshel armored vehicles are being used by ICE right now in Minneapolis, including in today's operation where ICE murdered someone else.
I wrote about this company in December. And we know this thanks to the work of World Beyond War Canada.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/canadian-b...
I wrote about this company in December. And we know this thanks to the work of World Beyond War Canada.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/canadian-b...
Canadian-built machines of war
“As we move from fighting the war to fighting the peace, I think we really have to see this as an opportunity for an economic renaissance" - Chrystia Freeland
noraloreto.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Canadian-built Roshel armored vehicles are being used by ICE right now in Minneapolis, including in today's operation where ICE murdered someone else.
I wrote about this company in December. And we know this thanks to the work of World Beyond War Canada.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/canadian-b...
I wrote about this company in December. And we know this thanks to the work of World Beyond War Canada.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/canadian-b...
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The police also kill with impunity on a weekly basis. ICE is benefiting from what’s already an established state violence norm in the USA.
This only happened because DOJ let them get away with Renee Good.
January 24, 2026 at 10:11 PM
The police also kill with impunity on a weekly basis. ICE is benefiting from what’s already an established state violence norm in the USA.
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It's always the people who are not willing to take any risks that think that other people's risk-taking is not radical enough.
January 24, 2026 at 6:47 PM
It's always the people who are not willing to take any risks that think that other people's risk-taking is not radical enough.
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RIP Michael Parenti.
January 24, 2026 at 5:50 PM
RIP Michael Parenti.
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People are definitely setting up a barricade of trash cans and this couch, in the middle of the street where ICE is.
"That's my couch," said a woman standing nearby. "It's been on my porch for four years because it won't fit up the stairs. My neighbor will be pleased it's gone now."
"That's my couch," said a woman standing nearby. "It's been on my porch for four years because it won't fit up the stairs. My neighbor will be pleased it's gone now."
January 24, 2026 at 6:18 PM
People are definitely setting up a barricade of trash cans and this couch, in the middle of the street where ICE is.
"That's my couch," said a woman standing nearby. "It's been on my porch for four years because it won't fit up the stairs. My neighbor will be pleased it's gone now."
"That's my couch," said a woman standing nearby. "It's been on my porch for four years because it won't fit up the stairs. My neighbor will be pleased it's gone now."
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ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
Blackshirts and Reds was a formative book for me. I have quotes from the Yellow Parenti video floating around in my head all the time. RIP to a real one.
#Presente!
Michael Parenti, the path-breaking Marxist scholar, historian and political scientist, passed today at age 92
He went peacefully this morning, surrounded by his family
“Now he is in what he used to refer to as ‘the great lecture hall in the sky,’” his son, Christian, reflected
Michael Parenti, the path-breaking Marxist scholar, historian and political scientist, passed today at age 92
He went peacefully this morning, surrounded by his family
“Now he is in what he used to refer to as ‘the great lecture hall in the sky,’” his son, Christian, reflected
January 24, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Blackshirts and Reds was a formative book for me. I have quotes from the Yellow Parenti video floating around in my head all the time. RIP to a real one.
Riker straight up fucking chairs for years but god forbid a woman lounges in one
Imagine being this invested (or pretending to be) in preserving the dignity of an imaginary chair, sat in by imaginary people, on imaginary spaceships, and expecting to be taken seriously.
January 23, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Riker straight up fucking chairs for years but god forbid a woman lounges in one
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Canadians can strut around like we’re superior to Americans but I can’t imagine any city here responding to the oppression of its most vulnerable the way Minneapolis is. Americans know how to rally. Take notes
January 23, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Canadians can strut around like we’re superior to Americans but I can’t imagine any city here responding to the oppression of its most vulnerable the way Minneapolis is. Americans know how to rally. Take notes
It was nice seeing hundreds of people at the Avi Lewis event last night because it reminded me that there are other political events that Albertans attend instead of "The Most Shitty Gathering of All Time" conferences that we hear about so often, like the one below.
I'm at Heritage Park, a petition signing location in Stony Plain for Alberta Independence. Folks are lined up waiting to sign, with speakers set to begin at 7:00 pm. Will live tweet below 🧵
#abpoli #AlbertaIndependence
#abpoli #AlbertaIndependence
January 23, 2026 at 3:46 PM
It was nice seeing hundreds of people at the Avi Lewis event last night because it reminded me that there are other political events that Albertans attend instead of "The Most Shitty Gathering of All Time" conferences that we hear about so often, like the one below.
feeling chuffed about riding my bike in -27 windchill and feeling warm because I wore good clothes 😌
January 23, 2026 at 3:40 PM
feeling chuffed about riding my bike in -27 windchill and feeling warm because I wore good clothes 😌