Raquel Park
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Prairie queer on occupied Coast Salish Territories. *Looks to the left*.
Joined June 2016
WE UPHOLD AND AFFIRM UNQUALIFIED SUPPORT FOR THE PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE AND POLITICAL SPEECH! Statement on political attacks against Natalie Knight and the Palestinian struggle for liberation. All encouraged to circulate, sign as individuals & as orgs. https://t.co/daIw8mmgZf
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The German government outlaws and dissolves the Samidoun International Network of Solidarity with Political Prisoners.
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Today Nancy Faeser, the German interior minister (previously known for multiple anti-Arab propaganda campaigns), announced a ban on Samidoun: The ban on Samidoun by German officials is active...
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FILIPINOS FOR PALESTINIAN LIBERATION! Read our statement below (1/2)
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United in Struggle interviewed by local North Star journalist on Operation Barcode. Sensationalism Over “Violent Shoplifting” Concerns Amidst Inflation
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Last Spring the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) launched a crackdown on so-called “violent shoplifting” called Operation Barcode. The operation, in which the VPD partnered with local retailers over…
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On May 10 2023, several hundred members of the St'at'imc Nation from across their traditional territories came together to celebrate and uphold the principles of the 1911 Declaration of the Lillooet Tribe. https://t.co/7pGulIfmzP
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On May 10 2023, several hundred members of the St’at’imc Nation from across their traditional territories came together to celebrate and uphold the principles of the 1911 Declaration of the Lillooet…
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Workers face the pinch of low wages and skyrocketing prices, while the big monopoly capitalists who dominate the food industry rake in record profits. But in BC alone, there are 400,000 workers connected to the food industry: if we unite, we have the numbers to fight and win!
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Again, about a dozen tents on Hastings overnight and, again, city crews and police work to clear them and enforce fire chief’s order. According to leaked city plans, this will happen daily at first then assessed weekly. “May take several weeks or longer to re-set behavior.”
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Residents of Surrey, BC are dealing with the fallout from their city's botched plan to create a civic police force. The city is planning to make residents pay for the costly reversal of this transition through a 17.5% property tax hike, a move that residents are not happy about.
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A Landfill Search Feasibility Committee has been established since December after the family of Morgan Harris, one of 4 Indigenous women slain by a Winnipeg serial killer, decried the Winnipeg Police Service refusal to search 2 landfills 4 their remains. What’s happening now?
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(1/3) North Star spoke with Sleydo' Molly Wickham, spokesperson for #Gidimten Checkpoint about the Coastal GasLink #pipeline and its economic and social impact on the #FirstNations affected by the project.
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On Nov. 29th, to inaugurate the first big snowfall of the year, @CityofVancouver and @VancouverPD evicted residents of the Hastings Tent City and destroyed their homes. They did not offer housing. Residents were ordered to "get off of Hastings." Here's what we saw:
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Update: full decampment on south side of Hastings between main & Columbia - nobody offered housing, nowhere to go, and it’s snowing. To the folks saying people should go to "shelters" - can you please send us a list of available shelter beds? Otherwise fuck off.
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(1/7) North Star spoke with Hanna Kawas of the Canada Palestine Association to discuss the new wave of resistance in Palestine that defies Israeli occupation and breaks with the past of the nation's liberation movement. #Palestine #news #westbank
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BREAKING: At approx. 2:15PM today in the #DTES, @VancouverPD shot an unarmed man with his hands up. Constables fired multiple beanbag rounds at the man and sicced a canine on him once incapacitated. We have permission from the victim’s loved ones to publish video of the incident.
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The videos in this thread really help explain what's going on in #Haiti. #imperialism
Haitians are calling for an end to foreign military intervention in waves of popular rebellion, supporters in Canada and around the globe are showing their solidarity. *** #haiti #canada #unitedstates #caribbean #foreignpolicy #militaryintervention #imperialism #politics
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A "nutritionist" is suggesting people just skip meals to save money. They're using the coding "intermittent fasting" and burying it in a bunch of new-age babblespeak, but that's the gist. People are already getting malnourished. https://t.co/f0e2m09FCD
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CBC News followers on Instagram share some ways they are cutting down on grocery bills while still putting nutritious meals on the table.
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There'll be opportunities to support @palyouthmvmt at tomorrow's Liberation Cafe in east van (1-4, maritime labour centre, 1880 Triumph). But if you cant make it, please support their work, here:
SUPPORT PALESTINIAN YOUTH ORGANIZING! 🇵🇸 Donate to our work online at https://t.co/62mNLAKeqh or venmo @palyouthmvmt As a grassroots, youth-led movement we rely on you to grow this movement. Join us in carrying the struggle forward by donating today. Thank you! ✊
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Timely with all the police harassment and attacks against Indigenous Peoples defending their land...if you're free this coming Sunday Liberation Cafe is sure to be inspiring!
Free all political prisoners now from Palestine to Turtle Island!! (I'm excited for this event and hope to see you there!) #internationalsolidarity #freethemall
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Having survived the siege of Kanehsatà:ke by the Canadian army in 1990, Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel writes the violence against Wet’suwet’en and Secwepemc land defenders, those at Fairy Creek and other Indigenous land defenders must stop. https://t.co/P5PRFK9Qbq
#RCMPofftheYintah
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