#encampments — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #encampments, aggregated by home.social.
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Investigations| Jul 30 2026
Canadian universities set up a secret network to crack down on student Palestine demonstrators
Universities in Canada coordinated to spy on and violently clear student encampments. Then, they deleted the evidence
by Euan Thomson & David Slater
#Canada #cdnpoli #FreePalestine #encampments #civilliberties
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Investigations| Jul 30 2026
Canadian universities set up a secret network to crack down on student Palestine demonstrators
Universities in Canada coordinated to spy on and violently clear student encampments. Then, they deleted the evidence
by Euan Thomson & David Slater
#Canada #cdnpoli #FreePalestine #encampments #civilliberties
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St. Paul unveils process to close #homeless #encampments throughout the city
The City of St. Paul announced it will begin closing homeless encampments throughout the city with the help of Ramsey County. According to the city, safety concerns associated with the encampments are the primary reason for the closures. “Every person deserves dignity and a path to housing and support services,” Assistant Mayor Cedrick Baker said in ...
https://alphanews.org/st-paul-unveils-process-to-close-homeless-encampments-throughout-the-city
#TidySearch(safety concerns my ass, if it was, they wouldn't be "#foreclosing" on the only place people have to live)
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St. Paul unveils process to close #homeless #encampments throughout the city
The City of St. Paul announced it will begin closing homeless encampments throughout the city with the help of Ramsey County. According to the city, safety concerns associated with the encampments are the primary reason for the closures. “Every person deserves dignity and a path to housing and support services,” Assistant Mayor Cedrick Baker said in ...
https://alphanews.org/st-paul-unveils-process-to-close-homeless-encampments-throughout-the-city
#TidySearch(safety concerns my ass, if it was, they wouldn't be "#foreclosing" on the only place people have to live)
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... #rapidresponse, a private antihomeless org co-owned by the portfolio managing partner of seattle wealth management, is in the business of plundering from the poor and #homeless:
pictured are the active sorting and storage of loot stolen from #evictions and destroyed #encampments, which includes #kids #bikes, #medical and #disability assistance equipment, #tents, blankets, #clothing, etc....
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... #rapidresponse, a private antihomeless org co-owned by the portfolio managing partner of seattle wealth management, is in the business of plundering from the poor and #homeless:
pictured are the active sorting and storage of loot stolen from #evictions and destroyed #encampments, which includes #kids #bikes, #medical and #disability assistance equipment, #tents, blankets, #clothing, etc....
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#Oregon - What homeless are saying as #SalemOR, ODOT clear downtown encampments
by Whitney Woodworth, 7/14/2026
"Kaitlyn Schwartz joined dozens of other campers under the Center Street off-ramp on July 13 in packing up her belongings and figuring out where she would sleep next.
" 'This is not living,' she said. 'We’re only surviving.'
"The 23-year-old said she tries to keep a clean camp and look out for others.
" 'I'm trying to make a difference,' she said.
"While she's young, many people living in the #encampments are older and vulnerable. Schwartz said she's been the target of sexual violence and theft and has witnessed drug overdoses.
"Some people lose everything they own when a sweep occurs.
" 'How is anyone supposed to live like this?' she asked."
#HomelessEncampments #HomelessSweeps #Houseless #USPol
#Unhoused #UnaffordableHousing
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#Oregon - What homeless are saying as #SalemOR, ODOT clear downtown encampments
by Whitney Woodworth, 7/14/2026
"Kaitlyn Schwartz joined dozens of other campers under the Center Street off-ramp on July 13 in packing up her belongings and figuring out where she would sleep next.
" 'This is not living,' she said. 'We’re only surviving.'
"The 23-year-old said she tries to keep a clean camp and look out for others.
" 'I'm trying to make a difference,' she said.
"While she's young, many people living in the #encampments are older and vulnerable. Schwartz said she's been the target of sexual violence and theft and has witnessed drug overdoses.
"Some people lose everything they own when a sweep occurs.
" 'How is anyone supposed to live like this?' she asked."
#HomelessEncampments #HomelessSweeps #Houseless #USPol
#Unhoused #UnaffordableHousing
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“THEY ARE NOT THE OTHER. THEY ARE US.”: Gibson rules on 100vic
From Apr. 16 to Apr. 20, 2026, the Ontario Court of Justice heard the case The Regional Municipality of Waterloo v. Named Respondents and Persons Unknown. This case was the result of an application filed by the Region of Waterloo to determine that the Sit-Specific By-Law Number 25-021, A By-Law Respecting the Use of 100 Victoria Street North, Kitchener (as Owned by the Regional Municipality […]
https://www.communityedition.ca/they-are-not-the-other-they-are-us-gibson-rules-on-100vic/ -
“THEY ARE NOT THE OTHER. THEY ARE US.”: Gibson rules on 100vic
From Apr. 16 to Apr. 20, 2026, the Ontario Court of Justice heard the case The Regional Municipality of Waterloo v. Named Respondents and Persons Unknown. This case was the result of an application filed by the Region of Waterloo to determine that the Sit-Specific By-Law Number 25-021, A By-Law Respecting the Use of 100 Victoria Street North, Kitchener (as Owned by the Regional Municipality […]
https://www.communityedition.ca/they-are-not-the-other-they-are-us-gibson-rules-on-100vic/ -
Campus Politics – Palestine and the New University Order | MERIP
https://www.merip.org/issue-318/
#Palestine #encampments #EU #US #UK #Israel #genocide #Gaza #Universities #University
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Campus Politics – Palestine and the New University Order | MERIP
https://www.merip.org/issue-318/
#Palestine #encampments #EU #US #UK #Israel #genocide #Gaza #Universities #University
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#Ulm 5Leandra Rollo, Daniel Tatlow-Devally, Crow Tricks, Vi Kovarbasic and Zo Hailu – had previously taken part in legal protests such as marches, #encampments and fundraisers before being spurred to #directaction
Their trial began in #Stammheim prison complex.https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/27/germany-activists-elbit-raid
#diectaction vs #elbit #Gaza #militaryindustrialcomplex #Palestine #solidarity #Ulm5
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#Ulm 5Leandra Rollo, Daniel Tatlow-Devally, Crow Tricks, Vi Kovarbasic and Zo Hailu – had previously taken part in legal protests such as marches, #encampments and fundraisers before being spurred to #directaction
Their trial began in #Stammheim prison complex.https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/27/germany-activists-elbit-raid
#diectaction vs #elbit #Gaza #militaryindustrialcomplex #Palestine #solidarity #Ulm5
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When I was a toddler, we were allowed to climb on all the farm implements displayed at the Grange Fair, as though they were jungle gyms. Or was this "Madmen-esque" memory implanted in me as a screen to cover an alien abduction? Centre Hall, 1973. #grangefair #grange #grangefairandencampment #encampment #fairs #fair #encampments #display #displays #selling #commerce #farmequipment #tractor #tractors #johndeere #johndeereequipment #johndeeretractors #centrehall #centrecounty #twentiethcentury
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When I was a toddler, we were allowed to climb on all the farm implements displayed at the Grange Fair, as though they were jungle gyms. Or was this "Madmen-esque" memory implanted in me as a screen to cover an alien abduction? Centre Hall, 1973. #grangefair #grange #grangefairandencampment #encampment #fairs #fair #encampments #display #displays #selling #commerce #farmequipment #tractor #tractors #johndeere #johndeereequipment #johndeeretractors #centrehall #centrecounty #twentiethcentury
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#Mamdani's restarting homeless sweeps, which he said he would not.
But this time, to his (small) credit, the decisions *if* to clear & *which* to clear will be made by #DHS Department of #Homeless Services, not by #NYPD (#Adams was a cop, so cops were king).
Gothamist analysis of Adams' 4.1K sweeps Jan24-Jun25, ZERO ppl found #homes, just 260 went to shelters.
#HomelessSweeps #NYC #homeless #shelter #Bellevue #closing #tent #encampments #MamdaniMandate #NewYorkCity #Mayor
https://gothamist.com/news/mamdani-administration-restarts-homeless-encampment-sweeps-at-11-nyc-sites -
#Mamdani's restarting homeless sweeps, which he said he would not.
But this time, to his (small) credit, the decisions *if* to clear & *which* to clear will be made by #DHS Department of #Homeless Services, not by #NYPD (#Adams was a cop, so cops were king).
Gothamist analysis of Adams' 4.1K sweeps Jan24-Jun25, ZERO ppl found #homes, just 260 went to shelters.
#HomelessSweeps #NYC #homeless #shelter #Bellevue #closing #tent #encampments #MamdaniMandate #NewYorkCity #Mayor
https://gothamist.com/news/mamdani-administration-restarts-homeless-encampment-sweeps-at-11-nyc-sites -
...if yall decide to act on this awesome vision...please ensure to stop by the #homeless #encampments and invite them too please. thanks. ⛺ 💚
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...if yall decide to act on this awesome vision...please ensure to stop by the #homeless #encampments and invite them too please. thanks. ⛺ 💚
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They spent over $120,000 dismantling #CampHope in #BangorME . Ideally, give folks real homes, but until that happens, give them a stable place to camp out! (Plus some folks prefer to live in an encampment rather than houses -- even here in #Maine! We have some hearty souls here in this state!
Bangor considers starting a sanctioned homeless encampment
by WVIIWed, December 3, 2025
BANGOR, Maine (WVII) -- "City leaders in Bangor are considering a new approach to Maine’s homelessness crisis: a city-established and regulated encampment.
"For years, the city has been clearing encampments, including Tent City, also known as Camp Hope, which was Bangor’s largest homeless encampment and was taken down in February.
"However, a new encampment has emerged along the railroad tracks behind the plaza at Washington and Exchange Street.
" 'We were living, okay. Here, there, everywhere. But every time we set up a place, the cops move us. And tell us you can’t be here, got to keep going, to keep going,' said David Ackley, who's been living at the encampment. 'Then I found out that there’s no railroad police down here, and they said that long as you’re on that side of the road tracks, you’re fine until so forth.'
"City officials say this new encampment is creating safety concerns. So, they are considering a new regulated encampment as a safer, more sustainable alternative.
" 'We can’t keep doing insanity, repeating the same thing over and over and over again,' Bangor City Councilor Joseph Leonard said. 'A sanctioned encampment site that allows the city to regulate, establish laws, get citizens there to actually represent themselves into actually produce rules and order to maintain the community that’s there — that makes it much easier for social services, for EMS, for police to be able to get in there.' "
#MainePol #Unhoused #BangorMaine #Encampments #Homeless #Houseless #SanctionedEncampments
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They spent over $120,000 dismantling #CampHope in #BangorME . Ideally, give folks real homes, but until that happens, give them a stable place to camp out! (Plus some folks prefer to live in an encampment rather than houses -- even here in #Maine! We have some hearty souls here in this state!
Bangor considers starting a sanctioned homeless encampment
by WVIIWed, December 3, 2025
BANGOR, Maine (WVII) -- "City leaders in Bangor are considering a new approach to Maine’s homelessness crisis: a city-established and regulated encampment.
"For years, the city has been clearing encampments, including Tent City, also known as Camp Hope, which was Bangor’s largest homeless encampment and was taken down in February.
"However, a new encampment has emerged along the railroad tracks behind the plaza at Washington and Exchange Street.
" 'We were living, okay. Here, there, everywhere. But every time we set up a place, the cops move us. And tell us you can’t be here, got to keep going, to keep going,' said David Ackley, who's been living at the encampment. 'Then I found out that there’s no railroad police down here, and they said that long as you’re on that side of the road tracks, you’re fine until so forth.'
"City officials say this new encampment is creating safety concerns. So, they are considering a new regulated encampment as a safer, more sustainable alternative.
" 'We can’t keep doing insanity, repeating the same thing over and over and over again,' Bangor City Councilor Joseph Leonard said. 'A sanctioned encampment site that allows the city to regulate, establish laws, get citizens there to actually represent themselves into actually produce rules and order to maintain the community that’s there — that makes it much easier for social services, for EMS, for police to be able to get in there.' "
#MainePol #Unhoused #BangorMaine #Encampments #Homeless #Houseless #SanctionedEncampments
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Anarchist Studies: **Encampments Paved the Way for Jewish Liberation by Naomi Bennet**
https://anarchiststudies.org/encmapments/
It feels downright naive at this point, but in 2016 Donald Trump shocked the political world with his campaign’s willingness to deploy antisemitic dog whistles to attack his political rivals. Prior to this, the common sense of US politics long held that there was no ... Read more
#Perspectives #encampments #gaza #genocide #iasperspectives -
Anarchist Studies: **Encampments Paved the Way for Jewish Liberation by Naomi Bennet**
https://anarchiststudies.org/encmapments/
It feels downright naive at this point, but in 2016 Donald Trump shocked the political world with his campaign’s willingness to deploy antisemitic dog whistles to attack his political rivals. Prior to this, the common sense of US politics long held that there was no ... Read more
#Perspectives #encampments #gaza #genocide #iasperspectives -
The #Trump admin has developed plans for a shift in #homelessness #policy that would slash support for long-term housing programs…& critics say it could place as many as 170k formerly #homeless people at risk of returning to the streets.
Pivoting from #housing #aid, the approach would shift billions to short-term programs that impose work rules, help #police dismantle #encampments, & require [force] the #unhoused to accept treatment for mental health or addiction.
#law
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/us/politics/trump-homeless-funding.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare -
The #Trump admin has developed plans for a shift in #homelessness #policy that would slash support for long-term housing programs…& critics say it could place as many as 170k formerly #homeless people at risk of returning to the streets.
Pivoting from #housing #aid, the approach would shift billions to short-term programs that impose work rules, help #police dismantle #encampments, & require [force] the #unhoused to accept treatment for mental health or addiction.
#law
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/us/politics/trump-homeless-funding.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare -
“‘Encampments are a sign that we have not succeeded in connecting folks to the housing and services that they need. But there’s a human-centered way and a trauma-informed way to approach moving folks out of an encampment and back into housing,’ said Alex Visotzky, senior California policy fellow at the National Alliance to End #Homelessness. According to Visotzky, the alternative and less effective approach ‘refuses to see the humanity’ in #encampments and instead discusses them as though they’re piles of trash. The right approach sees the people ‘who have things that they value, have possessions that they treasure, and just need a little bit of a hand getting back into housing.’”
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What are three books you’d recommend to the audience?
Omar El Akkad’s “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. (2025)”
Edward Said’s “The Question of #Palestine.” (late ’70s, before Hamas was founded.)
My Promised Land” by Ari Shavit (mirrors Rashid Khalidi’s “The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine.”
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Three #AntiProtestLaws recently passed in #Arizona, #Kentucky and #Texas
Source: https://www.icnl.org/usprotestlawtracker/
Arizona
HB 2880: Banning #protest #encampments on #campusBars protest encampments on the campuses of state colleges and universities. Under the new law, individuals or groups that establish an “encampment” are no longer lawfully present on campus for the purpose of speech protections under Arizona law; they are criminally liable to prosecution for trespass; and they are liable for any damage they cause, including the "direct and indirect costs" of removing the encampment and "restoring" campus. The new law defines “encampment” as “temporary shelter” installed on campus and used to stay overnight or “for a prolonged period of time.” The law requires colleges and universities to order individuals to dismantle and vacate any encampment; if the individuals refuse to comply, the institution is required to take disciplinary action and report the individuals to local law enforcement for trespassing. The sponsor of the new law said that it was motivated by #ProPalestine protests on college campuses.
Full bill text:
https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/83353Status: enacted
Introduced 12 Feb 2025; Approved by House 3 March 2025; Approved by Senate 30 April 2025; Signed by Governor Hobbs 7 May 2025
Issue(s): #CampusProtests, #Trespass, Camping
Kentucky
HB 399: New penalties for protesters at the capitolCreates serious new criminal offenses that can cover #PeacefulProtesters at the state capitol, as well as anyone who “conspires” with or otherwise supports them. The first new offense applies to someone who enters the capitol, or impedes access to the capitol by a legislator or legislative staff, with intent to disrupt or impede legislative business—regardless of whether legislative business was in fact “impeded.” “Conspir[ing]” to engage in such conduct or “facilitat[ing]” another person to engage in the conduct is subject to the same penalties as actually engaging in it. It is a Class B misdemeanor (punishable by up to 3 months in jail) for a first incident, and a Class A misdemeanor (up to one year in jail) for subsequent incident. The law creates a second, more serious offense for someone who engages in “disorderly or disruptive conduct” inside the Capitol with intent to disrupt or impede legislative business, if their conduct in fact “disrupts” or “impedes” the legislature’s business—even momentarily. As written, the offense could cover a demonstrator who shouts a single chant during a legislative hearing. “Conspir[ing]” to engage in such conduct or “facilitat[ing]” another person to engage in the conduct is subject to the same penalties as actually engaging in it. The offense would be a Class A misdemeanor (punishable by up to one year in jail) for the first incident, and a Class D felony (up to 5 years in prison) for third and subsequent incident. Prior to passing the bill, lawmakers added an amendment which provides that the law will not be construed "to prohibit... [a]ssembly in traditional public forums, including but not limited to the Capitol rotunda and outdoor areas of the Capitol grounds." While helpful, the amendment does not immunize all peaceful protest activity that the law could potentially punish, including protest organizing. When he vetoed the bill (later overridden), Governor Beshear noted the risks it poses to lawful #FirstAmendment activity.
Full bill text:
https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25rs/hb399.htmlStatus: enacted
Introduced 6 Feb 2025; Approved by House 7 March 2025; Approved by Senate 13 March 2025; Vetoed by Governor Beshear 25 March 2025; Veto overridden 27 March 2025
Issue(s): Protest Supporters or Funders, Police Response
Texas
#SB2972: New restrictions on #CampusProtestsRequires public colleges and universities to adopt new limitations on campus protests that among other things would ban protest encampments, limit protesters’ ability to wear a mask, and restrict vigils and other demonstrations at night. Under the law—which revises Texas’s 2019 law on campus speech—all public colleges and universities in the state must have policies that among other things prohibit: a) erecting tents or otherwise “camping” on campus; b) wearing a mask or other disguise while engaging in “expressive activities” on campus with certain intent, including intent to “intimidate others;” c) engaging in “expressive activities” between 10pm and 8am; d) engaging in “expressive activities” in the last two weeks of a school term by inviting speakers or using sound amplification or drums; and e) using sound amplification while engaging in “expressive activities” during class hours if it “intimidate[s] others.” Preexisting provisions of the law define “expressive activities” broadly as “any speech or expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment,” including but not limited to assemblies, protests, speeches, carrying signs, or distributing written material. As such, colleges and universities would seemingly be required to ban all kinds of expression between 10pm and 8am, from conversations in the dining hall to someone sending a text or wearing expressive clothing. The law repeals a provision in the 2019 law that established all common outdoor areas of campus as traditional public forums where anyone could engage in First Amendment activity, and replaced it with a provision authorizing the governing boards of schools to designate select areas as public forums.
Full bill text: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=SB2972Status: enacted
Introduced 14 Mar 2025; Approved by Senate 14 May 2025; Approved by House 28 May 2025; Signed by Governor Abbott 20 June 2025
Issue(s): Campus Protests, Face Covering, Camping
#USPol #CriminalizingProtest #CriminalizingDissent #AntiProtestLaws #TexasProtestLaws #KentuckyProtestLaws #ArizonaProtestLaws #ClothingBans #CollegeCampusProtests #MaskBans #EncampmentBans
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#Texas just gutted #FreeSpeech on #college #campuses. Is your state next?
New laws in the Lone Star State will silence dissent and undermine #faculty authority.
By Laura Benitez and Jonathan Friedman
July 14, 2025"As thousands of students return to college campuses this fall, they will find themselves stepping into an environment reshaped by political and ideological mandates. Across the country, state legislators have been racing to exert new influence over free expression in higher education. Now, Texas has surged to the forefront, closing its 2025 legislative session by passing two alarming laws that take effect Sept. 1.
"Signed by Gov. Greg Abbott (R) in June, the new laws amount to a stunningly aggressive legislative crackdown on campus protest (#SB2972) and academic shared governance (#SB37) at public colleges and universities. The laws will not just silence dissent and undermine faculty authority in Texas; they provide a blueprint for how to dismantle academic freedom and chill speech on campus state by state.
"Only a few years ago, conservative lawmakers railed against college 'free-speech zones,' arguing that liberal administrators were muzzling students on the rest of campus. In 2019, Texas legislators joined other states in taking action by declaring all outdoor spaces on public campuses open for protest and speech by students, employees and the general public.
"Now, some of the same legislators have done an about-face. The campus protest law actually directs public colleges and universities to implement a version of free-speech zones and adopt sweeping limitations on protests. #Encampments? Banned. #Megaphones or #speakers during 'class hours'? Forbidden — if anyone claims your 'expressive activity' is one that 'intimidates others' or 'interferes' with an employee’s duties. Even wearing a mask during a protest — something many do for safety — could land a student or employee a disciplinary hearing resulting in 'sanctions.' And any expressive activity between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. is off-limits altogether."
Read more:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/14/texas-campus-free-speech/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/2LuBD#TexasProtestLaws #ProtestLaws #ProtestLawsTexas #Project2025 #AntiProtestLaws #Authoritarianism #SilencingFreeSpeech #Censorship #AcademicFreedom #AntiMaskLaws #Fascism #USPol #CivilLiberties #Texas
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On 15th July, the People’s Inquiry into Campus Free Speech on Palestine heard public testimonies from staff and students across NSW on the USyd campus.
#EducationWorkers #Encampments #FreeSpeech #gaza #HoniSoit #Palestine #StudentProtests #USYD
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People’s Inquiry shines a light on #Palestine repression at Australian #universities
https://overland.org.au/2025/07/the-peoples-inquiry-shines-a-light-on-palestine-repression-at-australian-universities/#PalestineInquiry Preliminary Report
— Don’t talk or write about Palestine: it’s a career killer.
https://www.palestineinquiry.com/preliminary-report#ANU Poster Policy - #WORONI the voice of Australian National University students since 1950
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“It’s all just a little bit of history repeating” - Shirley Bassey
#YvetteCooper
https://skwawkbox.org/2025/06/30/video-new-direct-action-group-calling-itself-yvette-cooper-takes-up-struggle-against-genocide/International initiative #GlobalMarchToGaza #AlSoumoudConvoy and #FreedomFlotilla join the many voices, factory #blockades #directaction demonstrations #encampments musicians calling for an end to the siege on #Gaza and a future for #Palestine liberation, dignity and freedom.
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2025/07/02/tunis-our-shared-vision-is-stronger-than-ever-before/#antimilitarism #BobVylan #KneeCap #militaryindustrialcomplex #PalestineAction
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International initiatives #GlobalMarchToGaza #AlSoumoudConvoy and #FreedomFlotilla join the many voices, factory #blockades #directaction demonstrations #encampments musicians calling for an end to the siege on #Gaza and a future for #Palestine liberation, dignity and freedom.
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2025/07/02/tunis-our-shared-vision-is-stronger-than-ever-before/
#antimilitarism #BobVylan #KneeCap #militaryindustrialcomplex #PalestineAction
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I don't post about local things as much as I'd like to here, since we are still building up community on niagara.social, so I haven't posted about what's been going on at City Hall, but I wanted to share this statement.
The approach many local politicians have taken to encampments and houseless has been grimly racist, classist and ableist, all with a smiling face as per usual in 21st century Canadian settler colonialism. I am very thankful for all of the work the NRNC does, and for this statement in particular.
#CanPoli #OnPoli #OurHomeSTC #StCatharines #NiagaraON #Niagara #SettlerColonialism #Houselessness #Encampments #Classism
