Blueprints of Disruption Podcast
@blueprints.bsky.social
A podcast dedicated to amplifying activism and organizing our communities. https://bpofdisruption.substack.com/ 🎧 https://podfollow.com/blueprints-of-disruption
Its not against the law to burn a flag, or carry a toy sword. But Toronto Police are either too stupid to know this, or so biased they don't care. Hear the story of David Schultz - a teacher who has been repeatedly arrested - only to be vindicated each time. 🎧 pod.fo/e/57b7c9
cannot recommend this episode enough!
Blueprints of Disruption Podcast@blueprints.bsky.social · 3w agoWhen the State becomes desperate enough to target soup lines with a heavy-hand - they've lost legitimacy. This is why Food Not Bombs resonates with so many people - with over 1000 chapters worldwide. Listen to our interview with co-founder Keith McHenry: 🎙️ pod.fo/e/557393
When the State becomes desperate enough to target soup lines with a heavy-hand - they've lost legitimacy. This is why Food Not Bombs resonates with so many people - with over 1000 chapters worldwide. Listen to our interview with co-founder Keith McHenry: 🎙️ pod.fo/e/557393
Blueprints of Disruption: Criminalized Mutual Aid: Food Not Bombs Over the Years
Keith McHenry, author, activist and co-founder of Food Not Bombs, shares great stories of how he and a few friends started the grassroots mutual aid network that eventually spread to over 1,000 cit...
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We LOVE telling the stories other outlets won’t.
Canadian Cynic@canadiancynic.bsky.social · last mo.I look forward to the CBC covering this not at all.
Canadian Universities created (what they thought would be) a secretive network to suppress the Charter Rights of students. Hear how journalists David Slater @drugdatadecoded.ca worked together to get the receipts, and how some institutions tried to thwart their efforts. 🎧 pod.fo/e/50644d
Blueprints of Disruption: Getting the Receipts: Canadian Universities' Secret Chats and Networks
Journalists Euan Thomson and David Slater tell us how they uncovered secret chats between Canadian universities, and national networks of school administrators and police - all seemingly tasked wit...
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Our latest for @BPofDisruption is really two shocking stories. 1st - Universities were caught swapping stories and data to suppress students’ right to protest 2nd - the cover-ups Hear it all ⏬ 1/2
We all need to support @thegrindto.bsky.social in their defence against Zionist lawfare. They do incredible work in an environment already hostile to independent journalism. Their steadfastness to Palestinian liberation has made them even bigger targets. Read below 👇
The Grind@thegrindto.bsky.social · last mo.The Grind is being sued for defamation. We intend to defending our reporting. We need your support to be able to fight this case and to continue publishing essential journalism in Toronto. See the full announcement for more info.
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Blueprints of Disruption
Blueprints of Disruption is dedicated to amplifying the work of activists, organizers and rabble rousers. This weekly podcast, hosted by Jessa McLean and Santiago Helou Quintero, features in-depth dis...
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Part of what makes AI such bullshit, is that they all know it’s also unsustainable. Meaning, there will be an eventual end to it. What will our recovery look like? We asked @stopgenai.com ⬇️
Blueprints of Disruption: Recovery After AI with Kim Crawley
AI is here - but it won't last.Cyber security expert, author, and activist, Kim Crawley makes the case that generative AI is unsustainable, and will eventually meet its demise. But not before our p...
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I listened to this podcast, and I would recommend everyone take the time to check it out.
Blueprints of Disruption Podcast@blueprints.bsky.social · 2mo agoHear the whole interview with Deana in our latest episode. Noisemaker 🎧 pod.fo/e/440053
According to an Ontario judge, whistles are considered a weapon when used to disrupt during protests. That’s a slippery slope to fascism…
Blueprints of Disruption Podcast@blueprints.bsky.social · 2mo agoHear the whole interview with Deana in our latest episode. Noisemaker 🎧 pod.fo/e/440053
340 days in jail for making noise. Denied bail despite no criminal record. This is just one of the ways Ontario Police try to sideline activists and silence the movement. Spoiler: it doesn’t work 🎥 vt.tiktok.com/ZSCKPq917/
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Deana spent over a year in detention for protesting nazis with a squeeky toy.
Blueprints of Disruption Podcast@blueprints.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe’re back - with a doozy. ‘Noisemaker’ is the legal saga of Ottawa area activist, Deana Sherif - @DNArigged She was charged and eventually convicted for assault with a weapon - A WHISTLE 💥 It gets worse than that. Hear for yourself 👇 pod.fo/e/440053 🎙️
Showing it doesn't matter how "peaceful" you are, they're coming for you anyways...
Blueprints of Disruption Podcast@blueprints.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe’re back - with a doozy. ‘Noisemaker’ is the legal saga of Ottawa area activist, Deana Sherif - @DNArigged She was charged and eventually convicted for assault with a weapon - A WHISTLE 💥 It gets worse than that. Hear for yourself 👇 pod.fo/e/440053 🎙️
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Blueprints of Disruption Podcast@blueprints.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe’re back - with a doozy. ‘Noisemaker’ is the legal saga of Ottawa area activist, Deana Sherif - @DNArigged She was charged and eventually convicted for assault with a weapon - A WHISTLE 💥 It gets worse than that. Hear for yourself 👇 pod.fo/e/440053 🎙️
Deana continues to be targeted by malicious, fascist, legal entities eager to criminalize dissent & critics using dishonest lawfare... this is a must-listen.
Blueprints of Disruption Podcast@blueprints.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe’re back - with a doozy. ‘Noisemaker’ is the legal saga of Ottawa area activist, Deana Sherif - @DNArigged She was charged and eventually convicted for assault with a weapon - A WHISTLE 💥 It gets worse than that. Hear for yourself 👇 pod.fo/e/440053 🎙️
We’re back - with a doozy. ‘Noisemaker’ is the legal saga of Ottawa area activist, Deana Sherif - @DNArigged She was charged and eventually convicted for assault with a weapon - A WHISTLE 💥 It gets worse than that. Hear for yourself 👇 pod.fo/e/440053 🎙️
Their origin story helps explain how the United Jewish Peoples’ Order has managed to navigate such extraordinary times with their political compass intact. Our latest is loaded with lessons for building an organization to last. 🎧 pod.fo/e/42c2df
Blueprints of Disruption: "The Cultural Expression of Our Politics" - 100 Years of the United Jewish Peoples Order
The United Jewish Peoples' Order is in the midst of celebrating their 100th year as a secular, leftist Jewish organization in Canada.Three of UJPO's staff join Blueprints to share some of what they...
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Chris Wiebe is one of the few lawyers repping protestors who've had their Charter Rights breached by agents of the State. Hear about a lawsuit he's filed against the University of Calgary & Calgary Police on behalf of 9 Palestinian solidarity activists in Alberta. /1
Nine activists are suing the Calgary Police Services and the University of Calgary. In part 3 of our mini-series on the case, we talk to Chris Wiebe, the Plaintiff's legal counsel. Hear what its like going after the state and its institutions... pod.fo/e/426ade
Blueprints of Disruption: Setting Precedent: The Right to Protest on Campus, Charter Violations (Part 3)
This is Part 3 of our series that tells the whole story behind the lawsuit activists have launched against the University of Calgary and the Calgary Police in response to an encampment eviction on ...
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“I want to see this Canadian society recognize that these people were the ones who put their necks on the line in the middle of the Gaza holocaust and were punished by the system for doing so.” Wesam Cooley on @blueprints.bsky.social player.captivate.fm/episode/fc3a...
Setting Precedent: The Right to Protest on Campus, Liaising with Police (Part 2)
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Back on May 9, 2024, Calgary Police BRUTALLY beat back and arrested peaceful protestors on the University of Calgary campus. Now some of those activists are fighting back - in court. Today we launched Part 1 of our series: SETTING PRECEDENT: The Right to Protest on Campus /1
We work with communities in Latin American, Africa and Asia-Pacific whose rights have been violated by Canadian mining companies. Some of these communities have filed complaints that are languishing in limbo because there is no Ombudsperson. The need for an independent, empowered CORE is clear.
Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability - RCRCE@cnca-rcrce.bsky.social · 4mo agoToday marks one year since the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise was left leaderless and unable to move complaints forward. Directly-impacted communities and workers still haven't received answers to requests for even basic information. cnca-rcrce.ca/2026/05/21/f...
This week’s episode is the first of many on the shocking case of police brutality at the University of Calgary - and the lawsuit it generated. Check it out 👇
Euan Thomson@drugdatadecoded.ca · 4mo agoso excited to listen to this one!!!
Blueprints of Disruption Podcast@blueprints.bsky.social · 4mo ago“I think we have a system that has worked to put landlords on notice” - Bruno Dobrusin, Co-Chair of the @tenantsunionto.bsky.social To hear more about Scaling UP the work of tenant organizing in #Toronto: 🎧 bpofdisruption.substack.com/p/scaling-up...
“I think we have a system that has worked to put landlords on notice” - Bruno Dobrusin, Co-Chair of the @tenantsunionto.bsky.social To hear more about Scaling UP the work of tenant organizing in #Toronto: 🎧 bpofdisruption.substack.com/p/scaling-up...
Residents at 240 Markland have been dealt FIVE consecutive 'above guideline rent increases' or AGIs. What did they do? They organized. As part of our coverage of the @tenantsunionto.bsky.social founding convention, we interviewed Steve and Jerry about the battle at their building. /1
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Blueprints of Disruption Podcast@blueprints.bsky.social · 4mo agoToronto finally has a city-wide Tenant Union! Blueprints was at their founding convention to witness the moment, interview tenants about their fight and hear how they plan on "taking housing off the market" bpofdisruption.substack.com/p/scaling-up... @tenantsunionto.bsky.social 🔥
Toronto finally has a city-wide Tenant Union! Blueprints was at their founding convention to witness the moment, interview tenants about their fight and hear how they plan on "taking housing off the market" bpofdisruption.substack.com/p/scaling-up... @tenantsunionto.bsky.social 🔥
Scaling UP: Toronto Tenant Union
In-depth coverage and analysis of the founding convention for Toronto's first city-wide tenants' union.
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🇨🇦 Hot Cargo Kills Day of Action - May 9th 🚨 Hear straight from Labour for Palestine organizers on why stopping the flow of weapons to Israel IS absolutely a workers’ issue 👇 🎧 open.substack.com/pub/bpofdisr...
