It was nice to meet other leftists at the anti-capitalist social in #LdnOnt today!

"Let's think outside the box," says #LdnOnt councillor S. Lehman.

Seriously? Increasing dependency on cars is the exact OPPOSITE of thinking outside the box. Lehman & Rahman need to give their heads a shake.

@TheWarOnCars

#ClimateAction #CarDependency

https://www.ctvnews.ca/london/article/exclusive-motion-resurrecting-plans-for-a-ring-road-and-six-lane-wonderland-road-coming-to-city-hall/

The London and District Labour Council is seeking volunteers for its Health and Safety Committee. If you are interested, please complete our volunteer form #ldnont #onlab #canlab #HealthAndSafety

https://londonlabour.ca/campaigns/get-involved-with-ldlc/

The Farewell Tour Greatest Hits

https://samupress.ca/londontlife/the-farewell-tour-greatest-hits/
#polievre #ldnont #politics
PP flexes

So I was on CBC Radio this morning talking about why the city of #ldnont needs to stop using X/Twitter and it seems to have gotten some traction. I don’t necessarily want to be the face of this movement, but I’m glad we’ve got people talking about it now.

My original letter: https://www.inthemargins.ca/london-stop-using-twitter

CBC article: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/why-are-london-s-public-institutions-still-posting-to-x-this-man-says-it-s-time-to-stop-1.7475216

London Free Press article: https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/londoner-to-city-hall-please-stop-using-elon-musk-owned-twitter-x

A great opportunity to discover your next favourite Canadian whisky at your local distillery! In #LdnOnt, check out Union Ten Distilling and Paradigm Spirits, both in OEV!

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4ownlsrdmnvwgzmcdi2bof6s/post/3ljlkkdywes2g

If anyone is interested, I wrote a letter to my councillor and the mayor of #ldnont to ask them to get off of X/Twitter: https://www.inthemargins.ca/london-stop-using-twitter

@jasonwagar: RT @aarushwaliandp: MASSIVE welcome for @MaritStiles at the #ldnont rally today. LONDON is ready for CHANGE in Queen's Park! Thank you @ker…

Ontario premier Doug Ford made a special trip to my city, during his reelection campaign, to tell the police and their supporters that he literally wants to kill more people. That there was even "sparse" clapping tells you everything you need to know about the people in charge here.

https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/recording-reveals-doug-ford-calling-for-return-of-death-penalty-in-campaign-speech-send-em/article_1ecf4d96-e95d-11ef-9fb9-dfd7bb147253.html

7pm TONIGHT in London, Ontario #ldnont

Please join the Council of Canadians and the London and District Labour Council at the Central Public Library for CALL TO ACTION: A Town Hall on the Future of Canada.

February 04, 2025
Doors open at 6:30 PM - Event starts at 7:00 PM, ends at 8:45 PM EST
Stevenson Hunt Room, Central London Public Library
251 Dundas Street
London, ON
N6A 6H9

@ndrwy Thank you for the latest updates in #LdnOnt wastewater numbers.

https://wwater.ca/Ontario/London

#COVID19 #Influenza #RSV

#MaskUp

I made this link for sharing in group chats but I'll also share it here:

️️️ https://ldnont.loaf.group/s/Big_Tech_complicit_in_genocide ️️️

It links to the Chris Hedges discussion I linked to earlier with Saima Akhter, Hossam Nasr, and Tariq Ra’ouf, formerly of Meta, Microsoft, and Apple respectively.

I really want to convince other activists in #LdnOnt to start using alternative social media like Mastodon and Nextcloud. You can start without leaving Meta!

The London, Ontario LOAF server now has almost ten users, and I'm starting to use the tools provided to organize LOAF!

Using the Collectives app for Nextcloud I made a couple of pages about LOAF that can be co-edited in real time. It's very easy to use!

https://ldnont.loaf.group/apps/collectives/p/psyJJGERpXLRwaH/LOAF

(edit: previous share link expired, oops!)

More info about LOAF on our fledgling wiki: https://www.loaf.group/wiki/LdnOnt_LOAF

Ⓐ

Tomorrow I have a tough 8h shift which is why I can't attend the protest downtown. So, let's do online again! This time with more notice!

New Year's Eve 2024 LOAF Lounge: Opening at 22:00 EST until …?

Pop by to say "Happy New Year!", chat about Palestine, bashing the fash, and probably some pretty nerdy topics too.

All are welcome!

https://ldnont.loaf.group/call/iu5yxtzm

#NYE #2024 #antifa #FreePalestine #LdnOnt

I'm a little late posting this, and unfortunately I won't be able to make it out to this tomorrow night:

451 DAYS OF GENOCIDE

CEASEFIRE NOW!

Victoria Park demonstration

London, Ontario

December 31st, 9PM to 12AM.

Bring keffiyehs, flags, signs and make a bunch of noise at the downtown New Year's Even celebration!

@palestine

Here is a wiki page about the ldnont.loaf.group server, some Nextcloud features useful to organizers, and how to request an account: https://www.loaf.group/wiki/LdnOnt_LOAF

From my perspective, anti-fascist organizing and pro-Palestinian organizing are different facets of the same struggle.

Earlier this week the Nazis were flying a "MASS DEPORTATIONS NOW" banner in my city. All masked, afraid to show their faces.

I'm not afraid. I'm angry.

For LOAF in #LdnOnt I have a fresh Nextcloud instance with Talk, Office, and many other useful features, free for local organizers.

Also new is https://www.loaf.group/ a wiki where I will soon post notes on running Nextcloud and MediaWiki on Debian.

It's all hosted on my VPS from OVH, with DNS and email hosted by the excellent @koumbit both in Montréal.

The wiki is so others can copy, and maybe get new loaf.group subdomains for their groups.

The last couple weeks I've been working on some online resources for L Organizing Against Fascism, (LOAF) in general and for an #LdnOnt subdomain.

So far all software used has been from official #Debian packages and 100% #FreeSoftware.

Anti-fascist (or anti-capitalist) organizing should NOT be done on Big Tech.

I'm taking notes on every step required to replicate the setup for #LdnOnt and keeping it fairly simple.

To be shared soon!