AN UNBELIEVABLY OUTRAGEOUS STORY: US Media Cowers, not Covers Chevron’s Prosecution of Human Rights Lawyer Donziger - Greg Palast gregpalast.com/us-media-cower…

4. If you believe that Omicron is a milder variant, that seems to be true only for the vaccinated. For the unvaccinated, let me tell you that from an imaging point of view, it still results in a severe pneumonia. Don't take any chances. Again, get vaccinated and get boosted. /10

Today is day 300 of the Hilton Metrotown Vancouver lockout. 300 days of standing up and fighting for their jobs, but Hilton Metrotown workers aren't giving up their careers and livelihoods just because of the pandemic! ✊✊✊ #OneDayLongerOneDayStronger

Here’s a wild idea. Amend the Freedom of Information Act to exempt student assessment data. FOI has lots of exemptions. Easy. Then have credible organizations apply to the #bced ministry if they have an ethical use for it. No need to gift the Fraser Institue this nonsense.

actionnetwork.org/letters/dsdl-c…

If you’re hoping that Western sanctions will topple the regime in Russia, here is a thread on why they won’t. 1/n

Here is my commentary published in today's Times Colonist newspaper. What do you think? "Comment: The sneaky game municipalities play to block lower-cost housing; provincial intervention is justified" timescolonist.com/opinion/commen…

Re: endless tiresome “useless mask” claims, see CDC study: “The findings of this report reinforce that [in addition to vaccination] consistently wearing face masks or respirators while in indoor public settings protects against the acquisition of SARS-CoV-2 infection.”

When many people mask up, spread of Covid goes down—mandate or not. A new analysis finds that wearing masks corresponds with a significant drop in the reproduction number of the virus.

When we let nature be nature amazing things can happen. Protect nature in all its forms. #ActOnClimate #ClimateAction #climate #energy #nature #rewilding

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon will be publicly punished for union-busting this week. A judge has ordered Amazon managers to stand in front of 8000 workers at JFK8 and read a 30-page memo that bars anti-union firings. The reading begins Thursday. The NLRB will be there to monitor.

Canada must choose a side in the wage war rabble.ca/columnists/can…

Some very stable messages on COVID-19: -Spread through the air (most efficiently at close range) -Mask use mitigates transmission *and* acquisition -Vaccination is very effective in preventing severe acute illness -Infection can also have non-respiratory and long-term impacts

Over-the-top claims of 'labour shortage' are used to justify a whole suite of regressive policies: delaying retirement, ramping up temporary migrant labour & interest rate austerity. These claims are false & ideological. My take in Toronto Star: thestar.com/business/opini… #canlab /2

You should be upsold for a poutine or large Coke, not a doctors visit or cataract surgery. It's time to close the loopholes in the Canada Health Act that allow corporations to take advantage of vulnerable patients. Our NDP motion aims to do just that.

On Monday I resigned from the PMPRB, Canada's drug pricing regulator. Here's why:

"If we want to find somewhere to save some money in the budget, it ought not be on the back of the workers who need this raise the most." cbc.ca/news/canada/br…

The end of Vancouver's Living Wage policy was decided in a closed door meeting, without public input or scrutiny. Join the 1000+ people demanding Mayor Sim and Council reinstate the living wage by signing the petition now. #vanpoli #livingwage SIGN HERE: onecityvancouver.ca/protect_living…

(THREAD) It’s important that everyone RETWEET this thread. As some of you know, Elon Musk has been on a deranged tear trying to destroy one of the most reliable news sources in the world, REUTERS. The recent reports in this thread are the ones Musk doesn’t want *anyone* to share.