Canada doesn’t interfere much in the world, it doesn’t elect crazy nationalists, it doesn’t threaten to deport people. It champions multiculturalism and tolerance. Canada is exceptional. It has its problems like all places, but when the world was on fire in 2016, we were fine. We still have systemic issues and need to deal with it, obviously. Me stating that Canada has many good qualities compared to similar nations =/= there isn’t an issue w/ racism towards aboriginals, etc.

anoldqueer: allthecanadianpolitics: mon-t-real: justsomeantifas: There is so much to unpack here. “Canada doesn’t interfere much in the world” Except when it’s selling weapons to repressive regimes like Saudi Arabia. Or when it’s overthrowing democracies in countries like Haiti and Honduras for its own benefit. Or when Canadian-owned companies are wreaking havoc in Latin America by … Continue reading Canada doesn’t interfere much in the world, it doesn’t elect crazy nationalists, it doesn’t threaten to deport people. It champions multiculturalism and tolerance. Canada is exceptional. It has its problems like all places, but when the world was on fire in 2016, we were fine. We still have systemic issues and need to deal with it, obviously. Me stating that Canada has many good qualities compared to similar nations =/= there isn’t an issue w/ racism towards aboriginals, etc.

quoms: political and war refugees are exiled, directly or indirectly, by a government that will not accept them. “economic migrants” are exiled, just as surely, not by a government but by the market people collapse in the sahara and drown in the mediterranean solely as a punishment levelled, kafkaesque, for their failure to produce value … Continue reading

EU condemns rescue boats picking up drowning refugees in Mediterranean

krwzprtt: cheeseanonioncrisps: cocainesocialist: The European Union has condemned rescue boats picking up drowning refugees in the Mediterranean, in a dramatic hardening of the bloc’s border policy that brings it in line with the continent’s anti-immigration populists. After a summit in Brussels EU leaders backed the approach of Italy’s new government to the boats, suggesting the … Continue reading EU condemns rescue boats picking up drowning refugees in Mediterranean

Riot in Portland as far-right marchers clash with anti-fascists

lexaproletariat: commissarchrisman: lexaproletariat: The far-right march had started near Schrunk Plaza in the city centre, where the rightwing group had held a rally, led by the Patriot Prayer founder and Republican US Senate candidate Joey Gibson. As soon as the group left the plaza, they clashed with anti-fascists who had been waiting across a heavily … Continue reading Riot in Portland as far-right marchers clash with anti-fascists

ladyshinga: pathlesspagan: dollsahoy: queeranarchism: itsfridaybutimstillaro: tracyalexander: asciiheart: amal-wa-ahlam: yourownpetard: proudblackconservative: asciiheart: The nuclear family is probably the greatest enabler of child abuse, ever. Putting two people in complete control of another person (who is particularly vulnerable and has few legal rights) and then having no oversight for the whole arrangement is the absolute worst idea. … Continue reading

antifamutant: erikkillmongerdontpullout: moonisneveralone: westfailia: westfailia: europeans really got stop pretending racism doesn’t exist in europe when their governments are shifting further and further right at the prospect of people trying to escape the chaos they created, as refugees. just because american racism is largely but not exclusively targeted against black people doesn’t mean you’re less … Continue reading

Power imbalances If you’re entering a relationship* with someone with less power than you (like maybe you have way more money, or are documented while they are not, or are older, or have a lot more social privilege than them, or you’re also housing them, or you’re also caring for their health, or a combination … Continue reading

smalltownantifa: hipstermarxist: Greek workers, after months without pay, apply austerity cuts on their bosses car Showed this to my brother and he went “bet they won’t have jobs after that” THEY WEREN’T GETTING PAID FOR THEIR WORK ANYWAY!!!!!! THAT’S THE WHOLE FUCKING POINT!!!

pregnantseinfeld: the mainstream politics of the US spans ‘xenophobic nationalists’ to ‘xenophobic nationalists that want more gay representation on nbc’ & Try north-west Europe for a spectrum that spans ‘xenophobic nationalists’ to ‘green xenophobic nationalists’!

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