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Cole Webber

@colewebber.bsky.social

legal clinic worker in Parkdale, Toronto. Forthcoming: https://btlbooks.com/book/renoviction-and-resistance-in-the-capitalist-city

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Cominsitu@cominsitu.bsky.social · last mo.

These cowards are so scared of Blackrock investors leaving Berlin that they will BAN any possible federal implementation of a constitutional article for socialization of housing, even when passed by popular referendum. Welcome to the capitalist state. www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/wir-...

„Wir wollen bauen, nicht enteignen“: Bund untersagt Ländern Verstaatlichungen von Wohnraum

Union und SPD haben sich in der Nacht auf ein Reformpaket verständigt. Die Passage zur Wohnungsbaupolitik enthält einen für Berlin wichtigen Passus.

tagesspiegel.de

Cole Webber@colewebber.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New child poverty report finds the ward Parkdale-High Park to have the lowest child poverty rate in Toronto, and Jameson and West Lodge—where Parkdale tenants are concentrated—to have child poverty rates comparable to wards with the highest rates in the city

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Toronto Star@thestar.com · 2mo ago

Several of Toronto's outreach workers worry about a crackdown on homeless people that may already be happening ahead of the 2026 World Cup. People report being ticketed for loitering, searched and told to leave for hanging around, and allege violence from private security guards.

Are homeless people at Union Station victims of a World Cup crackdown? Here’s what’s going on

The city says its pilot project is trying to better co-ordinate outreach at the hub. But advocates say they’re hearing about violence and harassment.

thestar.com

Gabe Oatley@gabeoatley.bsky.social · 2mo ago

NEW: About 600 workers across three Toronto community agencies are now on strike. It's part of a coordinated action with about two dozen peer agencies. OPSEU President JP Hornick called the action a "historic moment" for the labour movement. #labour #onpoli www.torontotoday.ca/local/policy...

Hundreds of social service workers begin strike in Toronto

A spokesperson for one agency said the strike will have a ‘significant impact’ on the organization's capacity to provide core services to clients

torontotoday.ca

Gabe Oatley@gabeoatley.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NEW: An ongoing rent strike at an apartment building in Parkdale has taken an unexpected turn: in May, the longtime owners sold the property to a new owner for $15.5 million. It's raising fears among some tenants about what the future will hold. #topoli www.torontotoday.ca/local/real-e...

Amid rent strike, Parkdale apartment building sold for $15.5M

The building at 75 Spencer Ave. was sold on May 4 — the third month of an ongoing tenant rent strike

torontotoday.ca

Cole Webber@colewebber.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The text I read before reading Capital vol. 1 for the first time that probably ended up being the most helpful for understanding some of its concepts was The Reproduction of Daily Life by Fredy Perlman

Rob Knox@pashukanist.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The thing is it actually is impossible to be any kind of social demoratic under capitalism. There aren't easy answers! You really are structuraly dependent on capitalism and capital accumulation in a wya that cuts against but the 'social' and 'democratic' things you want to achieve.