Brian K. Murphy
@murphyslog.bsky.social
Looking at life slantwise
Lifelong activist and internationalist, organiser, educator, and writer. And a dad, and a grandpa.
Lifelong activist and internationalist, organiser, educator, and writer. And a dad, and a grandpa.
Faith leaders from around the world speak in support of Salvadoran communities fighting to protect their scarce water resources from the destruction caused by the mining industry.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-G5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-G5...
Faith leaders speak in support of Salvadorean communities fighting to preserve clean water
YouTube video by STOPESMINING
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December 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Faith leaders from around the world speak in support of Salvadoran communities fighting to protect their scarce water resources from the destruction caused by the mining industry.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-G5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-G5...
Three Italians and a Canadian attacked in village by marauding Israeli settlers: “This is not about us. We were beaten for 15 minutes. Palestinians here endure this violence every day, every hour, a thousand-fold."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Israeli settlers attack and rob Italian and Canadian volunteers in West Bank
Group beaten in early hours of morning in village where they volunteered to help protect Palestinians from settler violence
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Three Italians and a Canadian attacked in village by marauding Israeli settlers: “This is not about us. We were beaten for 15 minutes. Palestinians here endure this violence every day, every hour, a thousand-fold."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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NEW: A letter released today from 153 faith-based organizations across 25 countries expresses solidarity with Salvadorans' right to clean water by urging the preservation of their hard-won 2017 ban on metals mining, which was overturned last year by Bukele.
Statement:
Statement:
Open Letter Urges Preservation of El Salvador's Historic Ban on Metals Mining - Institute for Policy Studies
153 faith-based organizations from 25 countries call upon the Salvadoran government to reject metals mining projects that would threaten Salvadoran communities.
ips-dc.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
NEW: A letter released today from 153 faith-based organizations across 25 countries expresses solidarity with Salvadorans' right to clean water by urging the preservation of their hard-won 2017 ban on metals mining, which was overturned last year by Bukele.
Statement:
Statement:
Israel is now escalating its aggression throughout the region to achieve what it could not during the war, launching strikes and military incursions across Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and the West Bank.
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
Israel is violating all its ceasefire agreements and escalating on all fronts
Israel is using existing ceasefire agreements to establish new realities on the ground, projecting itself as the regional hegemon by launching attacks on Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and the West Bank.
mondoweiss.net
November 29, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Israel is now escalating its aggression throughout the region to achieve what it could not during the war, launching strikes and military incursions across Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and the West Bank.
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
Behind Sudan’s catastrophe lies a web of international enablers...It’s past time for Canada to close the loopholes that keep arms flowing, widening pathways for Sudanese refugees, and steering the conflict toward a civilian-led resolution.
breachmedia.ca/in-the-genoc...
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 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Behind Sudan’s catastrophe lies a web of international enablers...It’s past time for Canada to close the loopholes that keep arms flowing, widening pathways for Sudanese refugees, and steering the conflict toward a civilian-led resolution.
breachmedia.ca/in-the-genoc...
breachmedia.ca/in-the-genoc...
British Columbians were shocked today by Alberta Premier, Danielle Smith announcing that she is using the notwithstanding clause of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to make herself Premier of that province, too.
www.thebeaverton.com/2025/11/dani...
www.thebeaverton.com/2025/11/dani...
Danielle Smith uses notwithstanding clause to declare herself premier of B.C.
Prime Minister Mark Carney disagrees with the concept of a premier of one province unilaterally taking over a different province, but his hands are tied by his unwillingness to do anything about it.
www.thebeaverton.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
British Columbians were shocked today by Alberta Premier, Danielle Smith announcing that she is using the notwithstanding clause of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to make herself Premier of that province, too.
www.thebeaverton.com/2025/11/dani...
www.thebeaverton.com/2025/11/dani...
"We spoke with nearly 700 returnees and forced migrants – women and men, girls and boys – many of whom shared similar experiences of being terrorised by soldiers and armed militias on both sides of the Sudan civil war."
theconversation.com/i-have-to-ta...
theconversation.com/i-have-to-ta...
‘I have to talk about it so that the world can know what happened to women and girls in Sudan’ – rape and terror sparks mass migration
Hundreds of returnees and forced migrants reported being terrorised by soldiers and armed militias on both sides of the Sudan civil war.
theconversation.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"We spoke with nearly 700 returnees and forced migrants – women and men, girls and boys – many of whom shared similar experiences of being terrorised by soldiers and armed militias on both sides of the Sudan civil war."
theconversation.com/i-have-to-ta...
theconversation.com/i-have-to-ta...
Marsha Lederman: "..the news that 'Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present' would open next year has caused a stir. An eruption, even...This backlash is against an exhibition which does not yet exist. It is not only premature, but preposterous."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: The backlash against the Canadian Museum for Human Rights’ Nakba exhibit is preposterous
There is every reason for a human rights museum to install an exhibit about the mass displacement in 1948 of at least 750,000 Palestinians
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Marsha Lederman: "..the news that 'Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present' would open next year has caused a stir. An eruption, even...This backlash is against an exhibition which does not yet exist. It is not only premature, but preposterous."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
“[Leonard] Leo derives immense political power through his ability to raise huge sums of money and distribute those funds throughout the conservative movement to influence elections, judicial appointments, and policy battles..”
www.levernews.com/how-a-secret...
www.levernews.com/how-a-secret...
Inside The Right’s Billion-Dollar Dark Money Transfer
An ultra-secretive businessman gave the largest known donation to a political advocacy group in U.S history to fund the architect of conservatives’ Supreme Court takeover.
www.levernews.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
“[Leonard] Leo derives immense political power through his ability to raise huge sums of money and distribute those funds throughout the conservative movement to influence elections, judicial appointments, and policy battles..”
www.levernews.com/how-a-secret...
www.levernews.com/how-a-secret...
"Poisonous dust falls from the sky over the town of Ogijo, near Lagos, Nigeria...With every breath, people inhale invisible lead particles and absorb them into their bloodstream. The metal seeps into their brains, wreaking havoc on their nervous systems...".
www.theexamination.org/articles/bat...
www.theexamination.org/articles/bat...
Recycling lead for U.S. car batteries is poisoning people
We documented the toxic fallout of a green technology.
www.theexamination.org
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
"Poisonous dust falls from the sky over the town of Ogijo, near Lagos, Nigeria...With every breath, people inhale invisible lead particles and absorb them into their bloodstream. The metal seeps into their brains, wreaking havoc on their nervous systems...".
www.theexamination.org/articles/bat...
www.theexamination.org/articles/bat...
The Gaza ceasefire is a one-sided truce that allows Israel to contine its relentless war on Palestine:
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/26/t...
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/26/t...
The New Kill Zone: Gaza's Borders after the 'Ceasefire'
The so-called Gaza ceasefire was not a genuine cessation of hostility, but a strategic, cynical shift in the Israeli genocide and ongoing campaign of destruction. Starting on October 10, the first da...
www.counterpunch.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The Gaza ceasefire is a one-sided truce that allows Israel to contine its relentless war on Palestine:
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/26/t...
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/26/t...
The B.C. Ministry of Forests warps data to prioritize economic interests over what’s truly sustainable: "the gap between what the Ministry is modelling, and what independent science is telling us...is startling.”
www.biv.com/news/resourc...
www.biv.com/news/resourc...
Leaked report claims B.C. timber harvest is vastly overestimated
An undisclosed report obtained by BIV estimates the province is likely approving twice as much logging than can be sustainably harvested
www.biv.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The B.C. Ministry of Forests warps data to prioritize economic interests over what’s truly sustainable: "the gap between what the Ministry is modelling, and what independent science is telling us...is startling.”
www.biv.com/news/resourc...
www.biv.com/news/resourc...
Reposted by Brian K. Murphy
TONIGHT!!! #Canada #cdnpoli #cdnpolitics #StopC9 #StopC2 #StopC12 #cdnimm #civilliberties #privacymatters #freespeech
Join us TONIGHT at 7PM EST for our discussion on how recent federal bills would erode our rights and freedoms.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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In spite of a general belief that the worst is over and a drop in public interest..."Israel remains in firm control of Gaza and is increasing its violence in the occupied West Bank....".
www.opendemocracy.net/en/israel-ga...
www.opendemocracy.net/en/israel-ga...
Israeli violence in Palestine rising despite US ‘peace’ deal
Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu appears to have free rein to do as he pleases, as UN Security Council backs Gaza plan
www.opendemocracy.net
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
In spite of a general belief that the worst is over and a drop in public interest..."Israel remains in firm control of Gaza and is increasing its violence in the occupied West Bank....".
www.opendemocracy.net/en/israel-ga...
www.opendemocracy.net/en/israel-ga...
"...Israel has violated the ceasefire nearly 500 times since the start of the truce...shooting incidents; incursions by Israeli military vehicles into areas across the yellow line; ...bombings; and demolishing homes and civilian infrastructure."
www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
Tracking Palestinian, Israeli deaths since the Gaza ceasefire went into effect | CBC News
In the first six weeks since Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas reached a truce deal aimed at ending their two-year war, Israeli attacks in Gaza have been reported almost daily.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"...Israel has violated the ceasefire nearly 500 times since the start of the truce...shooting incidents; incursions by Israeli military vehicles into areas across the yellow line; ...bombings; and demolishing homes and civilian infrastructure."
www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
Challenging A.I. It's not intelligence, just data crunching, and it soon may run out of data...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Rick Salutin: The problem isn’t that AI is artificial, it is that it’s not intelligence
AI does not think. It computes! Nobody thinks Google or their iPhone thinks, or is intelligent. Pseudo-intelligence would be a better term for AI.
www.thestar.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Challenging A.I. It's not intelligence, just data crunching, and it soon may run out of data...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
The federal government's border security bill is an open door to violate the rights of migrants and should be dropped advocacy groups said on Monday on Parliament Hill.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Migrants' rights groups call on Carney government to withdraw border security bill | CBC News
The federal government's border security bill is an open door to violate the rights of migrants and should be dropped, advocacy groups said on Monday on Parliament Hill.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The federal government's border security bill is an open door to violate the rights of migrants and should be dropped advocacy groups said on Monday on Parliament Hill.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Did Canada participate in seminar on Israel’s experiences in waging its war on Gaza: “...to strengthen cooperation, enhance familiarity with operational approaches, exchange professional knowledge and experience between the participating militaries.”?
www.readthemaple.com/minister-can...
www.readthemaple.com/minister-can...
Minister ‘Can’t Confirm’ If Canadian Officers Went To Israeli Seminar
The seminar reportedly focused on Israel’s experiences in waging its genocidal war on Gaza.
www.readthemaple.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Did Canada participate in seminar on Israel’s experiences in waging its war on Gaza: “...to strengthen cooperation, enhance familiarity with operational approaches, exchange professional knowledge and experience between the participating militaries.”?
www.readthemaple.com/minister-can...
www.readthemaple.com/minister-can...
The Trump Administration has been deporting scores of people, including some who had lived here for decades, to countries where they have no known connection––to Uzbekistan, South Sudan, Panama, Ghana, and the small African nation of Eswatini.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Disappeared to a Foreign Prison
The Trump Administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled. Sarah Stillman reports.
www.newyorker.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The Trump Administration has been deporting scores of people, including some who had lived here for decades, to countries where they have no known connection––to Uzbekistan, South Sudan, Panama, Ghana, and the small African nation of Eswatini.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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At a news conference today, a coalition of civil society groups call for the withdrawal of the federal government’s border security bill, C-12.
Watch & read the press release at iclmg.ca/c-12-press-c...
+ TAKE ACTION to stop C-12 & C-2: iclmg.ca/stop-bill-c-2/ 1/ #cdnpoli #Canada #stopC12 #cdnimm
Watch & read the press release at iclmg.ca/c-12-press-c...
+ TAKE ACTION to stop C-12 & C-2: iclmg.ca/stop-bill-c-2/ 1/ #cdnpoli #Canada #stopC12 #cdnimm
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
At a news conference today, a coalition of civil society groups call for the withdrawal of the federal government’s border security bill, C-12.
Watch & read the press release at iclmg.ca/c-12-press-c...
+ TAKE ACTION to stop C-12 & C-2: iclmg.ca/stop-bill-c-2/ 1/ #cdnpoli #Canada #stopC12 #cdnimm
Watch & read the press release at iclmg.ca/c-12-press-c...
+ TAKE ACTION to stop C-12 & C-2: iclmg.ca/stop-bill-c-2/ 1/ #cdnpoli #Canada #stopC12 #cdnimm