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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

23 days

I wrote on the historic student-led mass uprising in #Bangladesh and some of the challenges ahead. I hope folks will read and also share thoughts and perspectives.

Mass uprising in Bangladesh overthrew a dictatorship. Now what?

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11 months

@WabKinew Palestinians are getting their land back. If anything, this would be a moment to show solidarity with people resisting colonialism.

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6 years

@seewhatsnext @netflix @VanessaHudgens Vanessa Hudgens hasn't aged a day since High School Musical

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

11 months

Extremely proud of #Toronto today. This was undoubtedly one of the most spirited, energetic, and biggest protests I've been part of. For a moment, it felt like we're going to win the world. And I know that we will win 🇵🇸 #FreePalestine

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@I_Own_The_Sky

10 months

Tears of joy. Seeing photos from ~ 50 Canadian cities rallying for Palestine 🇵🇸 today. Some cities I'm only learning about today (Canada is big my friends). In our thousands, our millions, we are all Palestinians 🥹 Couldn't see the ends of the Toronto rally. #CeasefireNow

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

Full solidarity with over 150,000 workers at more than 200 Bangladeshi tea plantations on strike for better wages. Inflation is at an all time high. Dollar-a-day minimum wage makes no sense.

'Like modern-day slaves': Bangladeshi tea workers strike against dollar-a-day wages

Researchers say their wages are among the lowest in the world. Read more at straitstimes.com.

www.straitstimes.com

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

THE POWER OF THE DOG is beautiful. Hope it wins big at the #Oscars tonight !

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

8 years

"If Indians are starving, then why isn't Gandhi dead yet?" -Churchill during Bengal Famine, 1943

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

10 months

I'm so impressed, at awe, of how this neighbourhood came together and just shut down Bloor street. Just overwhelming support for an immediate ceasefire. How will @JulieDzerowicz remain silent after this? #CeasefireNOW

Spring Magazine

@springmagca

10 months

Big rally outside of Toronto MP Julie Dzerowicz's office demanding a #CeasefireNOW . Dzerowicz, a Liberal MP, has refused to support a ceasefire in Gaza. #FreePalestine

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

1 year

That's a wrap 💥 what an inspiring #EnoughIsEnoughON rally yesterday. Truly speaks to the moment we are in. Workers know that power isn't just at the ballot box, it's with the people. Proud to march with #Justice4Workers @WorkersAC @DecentWorkHlth & @ontarionurses

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

Disgusting 🤮 people in Ontario should see this as an attack on democracy. Workers should have every right to strike and fight for decent wages.

Stephen Lecce

@Sflecce

2 years

Kids will be in class. Enough is enough.

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

5 years

@geekylonglegs the class unity amongst rich white people should not be taken lightly

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

11 months

Horrified to learn that @MackenzieHealth suspended a doctor for supporting human rights in Palestine. This is an attack on free speech. This is an attack on all workers. I stand with @BenNephrology . Gaza is experiencing acute public health crisis, #NotATarget #ReinstateDrBen

Tarek Loubani

@trklou

11 months

Over the past days, harassment, and attacks on advocates for Palestinian human rights are up. This extends Israel's scorched earth policy in Gaza to all who seek basic rights and justice. How @BenNephrology got suspended, how to help, what to do if you get hit. #NotATarget A 🧵

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

CUPE education workers won back our right to fight for decent work. Now we must make sure they win a fair contract. Which means still showing up to paint the province purple.I'll be picking up posters frm #Justice4Workers today. Here for #onted workers, here for GO bus drivers.

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

6 years

the fact that director Pete Farrelly in Best Picture acceptance speech at the Oscars said "we have no movie without Viggo Mortensen" and after mentioning Mahershala Ali, the core of the film, for a brief sec, retorts back "but it started with Viggo" only proves the following 👇

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

I miss NOW magazine but grabbed a copy of @TheGrindTO today and it was great! Lots of excellent political pieces, all available for free at multiple TTC stops and neighborhood cafes

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

Migrant justice activists taking over Deputy PM @cafreeland 's Toronto office to deliver an invitation to meet with migrant workers in Ottawa in Nov. Demand: full and permanent immigration immediately. No exclusions, no delays. #StatusForAll @JustinTrudeau @SeanFraserMP

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

Wow just watched this interview. @Sflecce tells @Travisdhanraj that education workers have 11 fully paid sick days which is "more than most other workers in #OnPoli ." Who is denying 10 #PaidSickDays to workers in this province? Spoiler alert: it's @fordnation #Justice4Workers

Travis Dhanraj

@Travisdhanraj

2 years

My full interview w/ Education Minister ⁦ @Sflecce ⁩ and ⁦ @CUPEOntario ⁩’s ⁦ @waltonmom ⁩ #cdnpoli #Onpoli #Onted WATCH:

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

10 months

@brianonhere Der spiegel done that

DER SPIEGEL

@derspiegel

10 months

Is Greta Thunberg anti-Semitic, or just incredibly naive? Her comments in Amsterdam last weekend left little doubt as to where she stands on the Middle East conflict. The iconic activist's actions now threaten to divide the climate movement and the left.

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

6 years

@KhaledBeydoun @Jenn_Chowdhury Saudi is still a central authority on the kind of Islam that "should" be followed in the greater Muslim world--and they spread their propaganda through aid and relief to countries like Bangladesh, and also through funding an alternative syllabus in madrasas

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

What an unreal weekend at the #Justice4Workers beat the bosses bootcamp. Sometimes I have to pinch myself, can't believe i get to learn from all these fantastic leaders and comrades and organizers in such a deep way. 🥹🥹

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

Spent a sunny windy🍃 Saturday with the fam putting up #May1ON posters around the neighborhood. Excited to be marching for $20 minimum wage, 10 paid sick days and demand #Justice4Workers woot woot 🥳✊🏽

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

6 years

With a background of Y2K anxiety

TIFF

@TIFF_NET

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Was 1999 the last great year for movies? ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER BEAU TRAVAIL BEING JOHN MALKOVICH EYES WIDE SHUT FIGHT CLUB MAGNOLIA SUMMER OF SAM THE IRON GIANT THE MATRIX THE SIXTH SENSE THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY THE VIRGIN SUICIDES + more 💎s, this January.

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

Was at my favourite neighbourhood coffee shop today when the barista asked me if we were going to the #May1ON rally tomorrow to demand $20 min wage. The buzz is everywhere ! Kudos to all who helped build tomorrow's event. Just one sleep 😴 away till we march 🔥⚡️✊🏽

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

3 years

It's been freaking two years of this pandemic and literally no changes in government response & strategy. Every holiday we are asked to be alone, separate from our communities, while people are going in to work and spreading infection. We have normalized THE BOSS over family

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

3 years

If Ontario cared about providing a healthy education for future generations then @fordnation @sflecce would guarantee #safeschools & legislate 10 permanent #PaidSickDays for teachers, parents, early childhood educators, et al. #onted #onpoli #SafeSchoolsSaveLives #OSSTF #ETT

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

Went out postering in the neighborhood to show support for @osbcucscso education workers. Public schools are truly the backbone of our society and these workers make sure they run safely. @fordnation @Sflecce supporting workers = supporting kids #Justice4Workers

Spring Magazine

@springmagca

2 years

We went out to paint the town purple in solidarity with education workers in Ontario! #39kIsNotEnough #justice4workers

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

Had a fantastic outreach today talking to Toronto - St. Paul's folks about $20 minimum wage, 10 #PaidSickDays , equal pay for equal work. Lots of positive responses today. Folks are ready to show up on May 1 for @OFLabour 's province-wide day of action. ✊🏽 #Justice4Workers

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

4 years

@aliyapabani

Davide Mastracci 🤌🏼

@DavideMastracci

4 years

Reminder: criticism of Canadian media is always welcome @readpassage . $100 for 700-1200 words, and $250 for 1500+. DM me!

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

11 months

New low from Mayor Chow who, out of all people, knows very well that there is absolutely no threat from a peaceful solidarity demonstration in Toronto. This manufactured fear mongering will unnecessary make targets out of people.

Mayor Olivia Chow

@MayorOliviaChow

11 months

I'm aware of the unsanctioned rally at Nathan Phillips Square today. My statement below:

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

1 year

During Monte McNaughton's time he advanced the most insidious anti-worker agenda - cutting deals w/ some unions to break labour unity, portable benefits to reify precarious work, and significantly reducing inspection of workplace violations. Not #WorkingForWorkers

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

Went to a @BenBurgis talk last night hosted by the philosophy graduate union at X uni. @BryanTheva and I used it as an opportunity to hand out some #Justice4Workers flyers inviting folks to come out to #May1ON ✊🏽 Time to put that theory into practice and fight for workers 😏

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

This international workers' day, I am marching to win $20 min. wage, 10 paid sick days and decent work in Ontario. Excited to be fighting for better working conditions alongside @fairwagesnow @OFLabour and comrades from @springmagca 🍃 See you on May 1! #onpoli

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

What a fire 🔥 Friday evening with @Shut_downAmazon talking about meeting workers where they are at, and beating bosses through love & solidarity. And then listening to Vero from @WorkersAC connecting it all with the migrant justice movement and the fight to win #StatusForAll ✊🏽

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

Last weekend leaders from Victoria Park-Danforth's Bengali community got together to discuss workers' rights and getting prepared to elect decent work champions in the #OntarioElection2022 ! 🔥 Folks are demanding $20 min wage, 10 paid sick days and #Justice4Workers ! #onpoli

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

6 years

@AJEnglish You can't loan something you don't own

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

4 years

@aherman2006 Mad Men's the perfect show. Period.

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

Went out to Christie Station today to talk to my neighbours about Bill 4 - 10 paid sick days bill. Also met a wonderful @osbcucscso worker who defeated @fordnation 's cruel bill 28. They took home some #Justice4Workers posters. Our struggles are connected 🤝✊🏽

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

11 months

This statement is in line with a state that invites Nazis into the parliament

Justin Trudeau

@JustinTrudeau

11 months

Canada strongly condemns the current terrorist attacks against Israel. These acts of violence are completely unacceptable. We stand with Israel and fully support its right to defend itself. Our thoughts are with everyone affected by this. Civilian life must be protected.

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

. @SylviaJonesMPP , @MonteMcNaughton , @fordnation no one should have to choose between working sick, and not being able to pay the bills. It’s time for 10 permanent, employer-paid sick days NOW! #onpoli #Justice4Workers

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

What a spectacular rally. Ontario showed and it showed up big for workers' right to fight for better working conditions. #onted workers are not alone, we are here with @osbcucscso workers today and forever ✊🏽💜 take note @fordnation @Sflecce #OnPoli

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

Fantastic interview with @osbcucscso prez Laura Walton on how education workers are being underpaid while doing crucial jobs that ensure kids have safe and stable education. Education is low carbon work. Austerity hurts our communities & planet. #39KIsNotEnough #onpoli

Spring Magazine

@springmagca

2 years

"My coworkers and I have suffered 10 years of government-imposed wage cuts and now we’re facing high inflation. The status quo is not acceptable" #39kIsNotEnough #canlab #onpoli #onted

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

Abu came to Canada as an international student from Bangladesh but soon his tuition increased so much that he couldn't manage to pay them. Now Canada is trying to deport him.

He's been helping the Thunder Bay, Ont., community since 2018 but may soon be deported | CBC News

Abu Hena Mostofa Kamal came to Thunder Bay, Ont., to attend Lakehead University in 2018, and has been working and volunteering for several community groups. The 23-year-old now faces an exclusion...

www.cbc.ca

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

The latest episode of @springmagca podcast explores how Canada's immigration system exploits international students and upholds global capitalism. We interviewed students organizers from @MWACCanada who are fighting back. #StatusForAll Check it out:

Canada’s exploitation of migrant student workers

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

At @fairwagesnow 's first in-person meeting of the year in #Toronto Talking about building #EnoughIsEnough campaign in our communities. Real fightback against Ford's attacks will come from worker. #Justice4Workers

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

3 years

"Since I first got sick 10 years ago, people have always told me I should be grateful that Canada has universal healthcare. The reality is that we do not have universal healthcare." a first-hand account & a strong case for pharmacare by @nicccc88

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

3 years

Cancel your travels. Don't gather with your loved ones. But take a crowded bus to work & show up without paid sick days. Experiencing this pandemic under capitalism has been unreal. All the days this city has been under lockdown while most residents were required to go to work!

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

10 months

On Nov 17 join @springmagca for a pan-Canadian ☎️phone zap ⚡️to demand #CeasefireForNOW . 3pm ET | 12pm PT | 4pm AT A phone zap is an action where we collectively call our MPs. It's easy and fun - all are welcome! Register for zoom link:

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

4 years

@thejoshl Why didn't they just use the SNL cast??

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

Such a huge win for international students!!!! The 20hr/wk work cap deliberately kept student workers in precarious employment. This temporary change needs to be permanent. Congrats to all those who organized to make this possible. Solidarity ✊🏽 #StatusForAll

Migrant Workers Alliance for Change

@MWACCanada

2 years

BREAKING: More than 500,000 International Students Win Right to Work And Protect Themselves from Exploitation Move comes after three years of our campaign Permanent Changes and Fairness for All Migrant Student Workers Still Needed #StatusforAll

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

6 years

@Baikeru @seewhatsnext @netflix @VanessaHudgens Well now...

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

3 years

@parismarx TIL that people dont actually call western billionaires oligarchs?

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

6 years

@NetflixFilm honestly the last Disney live action Jungle Book was pretty cool and gave humans a lot to think about re: their relationship to the jungle. Why reboot the franchise within a 2 years span?

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

10 months

I love this so much

Martin Reis

@BikeLaneDiary

10 months

Breaking: Students from Central Tech School in Toronto march on Bloor Street after walking out of class to demand an immediate #CeasefireNOW and end to the #Genocide_of_Palestinians in Gaza. #CeaseFire #Gaza

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

Still reeling from the high that was #StatusForAll rally yesterday. SO. MUCH. FUN. So many languages & cultures w one common thread: no one left behind 💞 Abolish borders. Everyone deserves permanent immigration status. @JustinTrudeau @SeanFraserMP + @LidoPimienta performed!

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

Every single parent we talked to today outside of Crescent Town Elementary School supported #onted workers. Parents know that good education for kids mean decent wages for @osbcucscso workers. #39KIsNotEnough #Justice4Workers

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

6 years

@IamGMJohnson @IWriteAllDay_ those garages/sheds look like they live pretty stable lives tbh

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

This is an imp. thread. Many people like me cannot vote in #OntarioElection2022 . But whoever gets voted in, and the laws they enact, will have an impact on my life on the daily. I don't have representation in govt. but if YOU do, then consider voting for decent work champions.

Migrant Workers Alliance for Change

@MWACCanada

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Dough Ford is no friend to im/mmigrants. He cut support for refugees. He slashed the minimum wage, he refuses to enact paid sick days. Recent immigrant rely on these jobs and services; while migrants can't even access most of them. And there is more 🧵

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

ICYMI @MonteMcNaughton extended ON's 3 temporary & inadequate #PaidSickDays yesterday that is far from the 10 permanent paid sick days that we need. #onpoli #Justice4Workers We are in a 7th wave!! Thnx @starbeer for this report:

Ontario government extends paid COVID-19 sick leave program — but catch it more than once and...

The program, which reimburses employers when employees are off sick with COVID, will be extended to March 2023. But employers can’t be reimbursed if the same worker gets COVID more than once.

www.thestar.com

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

. @fairwagesnow just dropped this bomb 💥toolkit for #onpoli #ONelxn 🙌 Who has the best labour policy? How can you challenge candidates on decent work issues? Why is economic justice = racial justice? Stats, notes, visuals, and more 👇

Election Tool Kit

www.justice4workers.org

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

6 years

My article for ⁦ @hyperallergic ⁩ where I look at #FreeShahidulAlam protests across the region.

Why Activists Across South Asia Are Demanding Justice for Photojournalist Shahidul Alam

Ongoing protests in Nepal, India, and beyond are demanding the release of photojournalist Shahidul Alam, who was arrested and jailed in August for critiquing the Bangladeshi government.

hyperallergic.com

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

11 months

Full house at @springmagca 's session on imperialism

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

The news cycle has been wild in Ontario this week. ERs closing, no ICU beds, no #PaidSickDays , migrants and undocumented folks losing access to healthcare. Jfc makes me want to live in a quarantine cell just so I don't get sick in Ontario. Wtf is happening in this hell scape

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

Today is the day!! I'm marching for #StatusForAll Toronto - 2pm at Christie Pits!

Why international students should join the status For all day of action

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

Congratulations @DeenaLadd 🌸 a true inspiration ❤️

Brock Social Science

@BrockUFOSS

2 years

On Tuesday, June 14 during the #FOSS portion of #BrockU 's 111th Convocation, honorary degrees will be bestowed upon workers' rights advocate Deena Ladd (10 a.m. ceremony) and disability rights advocate David Lepofsky (2:30 p.m. ceremony). Learn more ➡️

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

3 years

Really excited to see Nadira from Workers' Action Centre repping the 🇧🇩Bangladeshi community & #Justice4Workers campaign on the cover of @nowtoronto . Checkout the stories of resilient workers from Regent Park, St James Town, Victoria Park and beyond!

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

Was out canvassing today at #TOStPauls and got photobombed by a supporter! Guess everybody wants to join our @fairwagesnow gang 😉 All the cool kids want $20/hr min wage, 10 paid sick days and #Justice4Workers 🕺🏿💃🏽

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

Happy to see my MPP support 10 paid sick days in legislature. This is long overdue. @fordnation @MonteMcNaughton this bill actually works for workers - legislate 10 #PaidSickDays now!

Jessica Bell

@JessicaBellTO

2 years

I'm proud to support our bill calling on the PC government to bring in 10 paid sick days for all Ontarians. Some of our health care workers don't have paid sick days, for goodness sake. It's time.

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

after almost 3yrs, i was super sick the whole of past week with what was prolly COVID. it felt horrible, despite having 4 doses of vaccines. I can't imagine navigating all this without having a MINIMUM of 10 #PaidSickDays . #OnPoli workers don't even have that. #Justice4Workers

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

Another superb turnout at the post-election planning mtg in Victoria Park/Danforth. En contraire to Twitterverse, folks on the ground are not defeated. We are ready to demand and WIN decent work ✊🏽 Most pressing issue: low wages & no #PaidSickDays ! #Justice4Workers @WorkersAC

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

3 years

No one is safe until everyone is safe. Canada must support TRIPS waiver and ensure global access to vaccine. No more profit from the pandemic. #FreeTheVaccine @CJusticeTO

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

6 years

My first piece of the new year is a humble tribute to #MrinalSen , the last of the Bengali auteurs, whose films were never shy of being political. Here I talk about what Sen had hoped to do with his cinema: via @dailystarnews

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

4 years

I wrote about female representation in Mrinal Sen's Padatik (1973) and Ek Din Pratidin (1980) for @dailystarnews

The newly urban woman in Mrinal Sen's cinema

For the legendary Bengali auteur Mrinal Sen, cinema often went hand in hand with agitprop, meaning the use of political messaging as an aesthetic element.

www.thedailystar.net

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

After a week of staying home sick I stepped out today to find the whole block around Dupont station postered !! Whoever did this, reveal yourself .... so we can be besties 🥺

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

3 years

@YorkUPresident This is a classic liberal co-opting of a movement. If you cared about Black community members then you would stand with Black faculty and staff on your own campus first. We need justice for Prof. Avolonto ! @justice4aime

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@I_Own_The_Sky

1 year

I interviewed @MayworksToronto poster designer Moe Pramanick about her art practices and supporting social movements. Check it out here:

Visibilizing labour and visualizing new futures: Interview with 2023 Mayworks Festival poster...

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

Attended a fantastic @MigrantRightsCA public mtg today and really excited to participate in local actions in the coming days 🔥 We have a historic opportunity to win #StatusForAll in so-called Canada; let's not sleep on it. Add your name to the petition:

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

Ok seeing photos of people working at cafes due to #RogersOutage but why are employees being asked to work when the network outage is clearly beyond their own control. Capitalism demands productivity beyond rhyme or reason.

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

6 years

. @lunarmantis and I were wondering earlier today what's the deal with Karl Lagerfeld. Thanks to @Femmefeministe we have a thorough and well informed detail of his racist, classist, sexist (list goes on) comments and actions.

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@WearYourVoice

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Rather than separating the art from the artist, I think it is time that fashion come to terms with Lagerfeld’s abhorrent comments. By @Femmefeministe

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

Checkout my latest for @springmagca on #PaidSickDays . We have a real window right now to push @fordnation to legislate 10 permanent paid sick days for all workers in Ontario. But it depends on how we can mobilize. #Justice4Workers #onpoli

There is an opening to win paid sick days in Ontario

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

3 years

Wrote this quick thing for @springmagca inspired by @fairwagesnow town hall

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@springmagca

3 years

With case counts exploding, admissions to hospitals rising and ICUs filling up, our public services are at their breaking point. Workers need at least 10 paid sick days & income supports #PaidSickDays #FordFailedOntario @I_Own_The_Sky

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

Communist manifesto was published on this day in 1848. Today is also the day Bengalis fought and won equal rights to speak ones own language through a series of general strikes and a unified student-worker movement. This is now globally known as #MotherLanguageDay .

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

3 years

Two headlines from the past week. First is from Canada, second is from Bangladesh. Vaccine imperialism.

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@I_Own_The_Sky

6 years

Thread for thought 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

Black Socialists in America

@BlackSocialists

6 years

How many of you artists/creatives out there have been wondering how/why it seems as though the quality of art and design with money behind it (in the mainstream) has lessened considerably over the years (saturation aside)? Ever hear of Marx’s “base and superstructure” theory? 😏

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

3 years

@micahuetricht Why the left should cancel fireworks once and for all.

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@I_Own_The_Sky

3 years

Here’s a list of MPPs who voted against Paid Sick Days and risked the lives of thousands of workers during a global pandemic! They need to listen to their constituents and legislate Bill 247.

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

5 years

Had a long day so didn't get a chance to share this but I wrote something for @nowtoronto !!! This is my first piece for a Canadian mag & couldn't be happier that it's abt an Indian arthouse film series @TheRoyalCinema Pls check it out:

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

1 year

Excited for this meeting - showing up to the #EnoughIsEnoughON is only the beginning. We need to build on this. Bigger. Better. Stronger.

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@springmagca

1 year

Marching today to say #EnoughIsEnough ? Want to figure out what's next? Join us in Toronto on June 15 to talk about what we can do to build worker power and take on Ford. #EnoughIsEnoughON

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

11 months

Just listened to this podcast episode looking at the inspiring organizing being done by @YSWtenants and what that means for the collective fight for affordable housing. Listen and subscribe:

Spring Radio

Podcast · [object Object] · This podcast is an extension of the revolutionary journalism of Spring Magazine. As an organization, our aim is to help advance working class struggles fighting against...

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@springmagca

11 months

The first episode of the Spring Radio podcast is now live! Spring Radio field reporter Benjamin Bilgen links up with organizers from the York South-Weston Tenant Union to see what organizing a rent strike looks like from the ground. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

5 years

WYV mag's editorial team is great to work with and they are very open to those "too niche" or "too radical" ideas one is afraid of pitching to mainstream platforms. Highly recommend for fellow young writers of colour 👇🏽

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

Hey @HighburyCanco : Your workers deserve A REAL WAGE INCREASE! Get back to the bargaining table & negotiate a fair deal now. Solidarity with striking @UFCW175633 members in Leamington, ON! #EnoughIsEnoughON #Justice4Workers #canlab #onlab Join us at

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

11 months

Afternoon session with @DBrabblerouser & @kaleybk on the socialist history of the NDP/CCF #RedOctober2023

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

2 years

No isolation requirement. No masking. No paid sick days. @fordnation is sending workers on a funeral march. This is ridiculous. #onpoli

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

1 year

Disturbed by wildfire smokes and f*cked up air quality? Here's what you can do: ➡️ join an org that builds working class power and fights capitalism. There's no #ClimateAction without class solidarity.

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

10 months

@LabourLawAlex @JesseBrown "First, a promise: I have no intention of trying to convince you that anti-Zionism is antisemitism." Then goes on to draft an entire thread trying to convince people that anti-Zionism is antisemitism

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

4 years

Bangladeshi Photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol has been missing for over a month now. He had been reporting on the prositution ring perpetuated by the ruling party. His son @MonoromPolok has asked us all to join the online human chain demanding his safe return. #whereiskajol

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

4 years

This is a great piece on how the Global North bailed on Bangladesh’s clothing industry, jeopardizing its workers during the pandemic. Canadian buyers cancelled orders for ~$50m. Congrats to my former boss @ss_preetha and the stellar @zymaislam on this well deserved recognition.

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@gijn

4 years

Editor's Pick: 2020’s Best Investigative Stories from Bangladesh includes @dailystarnews ' examination of the pandemic's impact on the local clothing manufacturing industry. 1,931 buyers had either delayed, put on hold, or canceled orders worth $3.7 billion

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

4 years

My first piece for @springmagca - dispatch from this weekend's DEFUND THE POLICE rally in Toronto. This was a historic moment bcs protests erupted nationwide in major cities across Canada. Thank you to the Black & Indigenous activists leading this movement for a better society.

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@springmagca

4 years

The reasons why we protest: Notes from nationwide Defund the Police call to action #DefundThePolice @notanotherblk #BlackLivesMatter #LandBack

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

3 years

@MonteMcNaughton @fordnation @OntarioPCParty How insensitive of you @MonteMcNaughton to show off your measly three temporary sick days the same day you voted AGAINST 10 permanent #PaidSickDays . This inadequate program is expiring next month and most folks have used up their three days. #WorkingForWorkers ? FALSE.

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Sarah Shahid (she/her)

@I_Own_The_Sky

1 year

So inspiring to hear from trade unionists from Mexico at last night's #Justice4Workers Toronto meeting. Workers across the globe, we are all fighting for the same thing: justice and dignity. Our struggle are connected. ✊🏽

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