ICYMI: Dec. 31 - Jan. 6

What I wrote and read this week.

Jeremy Appel

Jan 07, 2024

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‘Tyranny of the rainbow guard:’ Inside the anti-2SLGBTQ+ movement’s efforts to take over Alberta school boards

Jeremy Appel

Jan 5

‘Tyranny of the rainbow guard:’ Inside the anti-2SLGBTQ+ movement’s efforts to take over Alberta school boards

This piece was originally published in the Progress Report. Leaked audio provides details on how Take Back Alberta (TBA), in concert with a loose coalition of far right groups, are meeting monthly and working on building a slate of candidate…

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At Alberta Native News, I wrote about the City of Edmonton and the Edmonton Police Service kicking off the new year by tearing down homeless encampments.

What I’ve been reading

Story of the Week

Inside Israel’s torture camp for Gaza detainees, Yuval Abraham, +972 (Jan. 5)

Alberta

Alberta sovereignty push: Learning from the economic fallout of similar separatist movements, Carlos Freire-Gibb, The Conversation (Jan. 3)

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