David Gordon Koch

A poster featuring a photo of Mostafa Henaway, and the following info for the event where he is the featured speaker "The Emergence and Legacy of Palestine Solidarity: Revisiting Quebec's Histories of Anti-Imperialist Struggle in the Face of Ongoing Genocide" Tuesday, March 10, 5-7PM Tilley 102 9 Macaulay Lane This talk examines the trajectories of Palestine solidarity in Quebec and Canada within a broader international context. It traces key moments in the development of solidarity politics—from labour and left support for Palestine in Quebec during the 1970s, including the framing of Palestine within a wider anti-imperialist tradition, to the emergence of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and the consolidation of an anti-apartheid analytical framework in 2004. It will examine how solidarity with Palestine has functioned—and must continue to function—as a central terrain for articulating a wider anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist, and anti-colonial politics. Mostafa Henaway is an organizer and writer, and active in Palestine Solidarity and anti-war movements since 2000. He is the author of Essential Work, Disposable Workers: Migration, Capitalism and Class (2023) and a PhD Candidate at Concordia University.

Viva España 💪

Hundreds gather for First Nations-led protest in Nova Scotia over budget cuts HALIFAX -

"Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the Nova Scotia legislature in Halifax to oppose the provincial government’s resource extraction policies and cuts to cultural programs."
#Mikmaki #NovaScotia #NSpoli #TimHouston #Fracking #Uranium #Austerity

Last year, 800 workers in Edmonton voted to leave the Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC) and join the IUOE. Months later, CLAC was singled out by MP Heather McPherson’s bill to ban “company unions.”

But what is CLAC? I dug into the union’s history and operations for @pressprogress.ca

The Government of New Brunswick says that "dialogue" is a core feature in its new mining industry strategy.

But a number of environmental groups were passed over in consultations leading up to its publication at an industry conference in Toronto. New from me:

Thousands sign petition opposing cuts to post-secondary education in New Brunswick An online petition calling on the Government of New Brunswick to reverse course on plans to cut tens of millions

ICYMI: An online petition calling on the Government of New Brunswick to reverse course on plans to cut tens of millions of dollars from the post-secondary budget has garnered thousands of signatures within just a few days.

Report by @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social

Global News’ Ben Mulroney Shared a Video of Airstrikes. The Footage is Actually from a Video Game. The host of Global News’ West Block gets lost in a misinformation-driven fog of war as American and Israeli forces strike Iran

NEW FROM ME:

While US and Israeli forces launched strikes against Iran this weekend, Global News' The West Block host Ben Mulroney reposted video of fighter jets that had been miscaptioned as American F-15s attacking Iran

I double-checked. Ben was actually sharing footage from a video game

Canadians largely oppose making concessions to Donald Trump — except Conservatives Canadians are largely opposed to making concessions to Donald Trump, except for Conservatives.

The vast majority of Canadians oppose making concessions to Donald Trump — except Conservatives:

🔴 LPC: 84%
🟠 NDP: 90%
⚜️ BQ: 84%
🔵 CPC: 36%

Consultations ‘hollow’ without greater self-determination, Indigenous-owned forestry company tells government The head of an Indigenous-owned forestry company in New Brunswick says that provincial government statements about consultation with Indigenous communities

The head of an Indigenous-owned forestry company in New Brunswick says that provincial government statements about consultation with Indigenous communities over forestry policy are “hollow” without efforts to increase self-determination.
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But which parties will he be meeting with in the UK and Germany?

*Important* At the Senate on Tuesday, the President summarized the Province's plan to cut University funding across the province by 10%. This is nuclear, amounting to ~50M divided among the four universities. (While Irving pulp and paper is to get +45M for tariff relief.) But it is not yet a done deal. All university and union presidents are responding firmly. Please write to your MLA asap. There is not much time.

Dear Hon. Susan Holt, It has come to my attention that the budget for universities in the province may be cut by $50 million. I am writing to plead with you to reconsider. New Brunswick universities like the University of New Brunswick--recently ranked tops in Atlantic Canada and 14th in the country ahead of Western and Ottawa by TIME Magazine--serve a vital role educating the young people of this province. Our constituency is our own children. These proposed cuts would have a catastrophic impact on institutions that quite frankly require more public investment not less. This would be an incredibly short-sighted decision, with devastating long-term impacts. I hope New Brunswick can count on you to reconsider and put its young people first, ahead of corporate interests. Many thanks, Nathan Kalman-Lamb Associate Professor of Sociology, University of New Brunswick

Catastrophic higher education news in New Brunswick: the Liberal government of my MLA @susanholtnb.bsky.social is potentially going to cut 10% of the budget for universities—$50M across 4 schools when much *more* funding is needed, not less.

The impact would be devastating.

Please share, NBers.

Today we uncovered that just under half of the budget 2025 cuts at Dept immigration, refugees and citizenship are just cuts to dental and prescription coverage for asylum seekers. Read about it in the @ottawacitizen.com or the full @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

The only way you can somehow conspire to make a mass shooting of young kids at school worse is by weaponizing it to fuel a transphobic moral panic.

I hate it here.

Naming it: Canada's Dunblane Canada's first mass shooting against children is overshadowed by what terfascists are saying

The far right was in overdrive yesterday to make the mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge about trans people.

It helped obscure the fact that it's actually Canada's first mass shooting targeting children. Canada's Dunblane.

My latest - noraloreto.substack.com/p/naming-it-...

A Mossad-Linked Israeli Org Is Trying To ‘Shut Down’ The Maple The organization has sent demand letters to Ontario law enforcement and global payment processors.

NEW: A Mossad-linked Israeli lawfare organization is trying to shut down The Maple and get criminal charges laid against me.

Read, share and let Israelis know that they don’t get to decide what Canadian journalism looks like.

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Canada must support Cuba "You cannot ‘live within the lie’ of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination.”

Canada must help Cuba. Here is my latest about Canada's long and deep relationship with the island nation, and how Carney's Davos speech turned out to be all talk and no action.

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NB Update: Could P.E.I.’s tougher rent control system serve as a model for New Brunswick? [video] In this edition of the NB Update, we look at stronger rent control measures that advocates say are needed in

NB Update: Could P.E.I.’s tougher rent control system serve as a model for New Brunswick?

In this edition of the NB Update, we look at stronger rent control measures that advocates say are needed in New Brunswick.
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NB Update: Could P.E.I.'s tougher rent control system serve as a model for New Brunswick? YouTube video by NB Media Co-op

This week’s NB Update examines rent control in New Brunswick following a Moncton screening of
”Thinking Beyond the Market“ where panelists discussed vacancy control and rental registries as tools to address the housing crisis

Watch the full video:
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For people in Fredericton: check out this exhibition featuring the work of a brave and talented photojournalist from Gaza City. We've been fortunate to have a number of his contributions published at nbmediacoop.org. Hoping this show will also come to Moncton soon.

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Alberto Castañeda Mondragón says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance. But the violence he endured last month in Minnesota while being detained is seared into his battered brain. He remembers Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulling him from a friend’s car on Jan. 8 outside a St. Paul shopping center and throwing him to the ground, handcuffing him, then punching him and striking his head with a steel baton. He remembers being dragged into an SUV and taken to a detention facility, where he said he was beaten again. He also remembers the emergency room and the intense pain from eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages.

ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”

What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.

Canada Proud: “Pierre was spotted flying economy on the way to the Conservative convention in Calgary. ••”

CBC News: “Poilievre's campaign hires team behind Canada Proud to boost his messages online Jeff Ballingall's company specializes in crafting popular, shareable anti-Liberal content”

Flying economy to Calgary: $200?

Hiring a digital content agency to announce to Facebook that you’re flying to Calgary in an economy-class seat to “brand” yourself as an everyday working joe: $20,000?

Well, tiny victories.

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

‘Fascism is here now’: the US athletes pushing back on Trump’s America World Series winner Sean Doolittle, Super Bowl champion Doug Baldwin and college star McKenzie Forbes have strong opinions on a troubled era

“What we’re seeing play out in our cities feels like the natural progression of militarizing our police forces, providing endless taxpayer dollars at the expense of schools and social safety net programs.”
~ World Series champ Sean Doolittle 👑

Great piece from @nkalamb.bsky.social ⭐️

Migrant workers’ labour conditions not on the table at Canada–U.S. lobster industry conference [video] Lobster industry representatives from Canada and the U.S. gathered in Moncton this week for an annual conference, with discussions on

Lobster industry leaders from Canada and the U.S. met in Moncton this week to talk trade, tariffs, and falling prices.

Questions about labour and living conditions for migrant workers didn’t appear to be top-of-mind for attendees.

By @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social
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I think it's especially significant combined with the fact that billionaire Larry Fink introduced him: "... and I am proud to call him a friend, please welcome Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney".

I can't get over the unfortunate Havel greengrocer reference --- "'Yes, we must all take down our 'workers of the world unite' signs -- give this man a standing ovation"

Carney's speech was ultimately a sales pitch, couched in anti-hegemonic language, intended to pull nations off of the path toward an alternative economic order à la BRICS etc. While being praised as antagonistic toward US power, in fact the speech is acting in service of US geopolitical interests.

RCMP detachment shuttered following fatal shooting in Neqotkuk First Nation A police officer fatally shot a man in Neqotkuk on Sunday evening, prompting the First Nation's leadership to shutter the

A police officer fatally shot a man in Neqotkuk (aka Tobique First Nation), N.B. on Sunday evening, prompting the First Nation’s leadership to shutter the community’s RCMP detachment “indefinitely.”

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RCMP detachment shuttered following fatal shooting in Neqotkuk First Nation A police officer fatally shot a man in Neqotkuk on Sunday evening, prompting the First Nation's leadership to shutter the

A police officer fatally shot a man in Neqotkuk (aka Tobique First Nation), N.B. on Sunday evening, prompting the First Nation’s leadership to shutter the community’s RCMP detachment “indefinitely.”

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