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Hi guys, I've been trying to find a more effective way to launch a platform that will bring in members who want to share more topics than those allowed on WF News. I think that I have to subdue my anger to think more clearly and effectively and that has led me to some changes in my approach. I don't think that posting/mirroring WF News will help to bring more members into the forum. I have considered a different name for the forum Wakefield-Covered-Bridge. It is symbolic and more positive and appealing. It will "cover" topics outside the scope of WF News to act as a complement to that group and serve community members. I wish we could have all these discussions in one place but I do not think that that will happen. I will reserve my satire/sarcasm for another arena - maybe my podcast where I can interview residents and present poetry investigating issues of social justice. The WakeyLeaks name was fun but not the best choice for a wider audience.

I have some names of supporters but not their emails. Do you know the emaill addresses? And Vagner maybe you have some names to add. These come from WFN Replies to Sender... The links below will lead you to the post in WFN – if you have access – are still a member – then you can Reply to Sender with a message But it would be nice to get their email addresses. Andrew Park Andrew Park Delphine Bishop Delphine Bishop Flower Marie Lunn F M Lunn Jonathan Wright Jonathan Wright Rob McCart Rob McCart Miriam Ponette Miriam Ponette Peter Gillies peteragillies Sarah Little Sarah Little Steve Harris Steve Harris Yvette Halpin Yvette Halpin

Hi guys, I want to use WakeyLeaks as our private planning platform. Please keep these shared ideas within this group until we lauanch a public forum. We can discuss strategies, draft joint communiques and stage campaigns here. I have set-up The-Bridge for an open public platform for community members. I have rough drafts for launch materials (invitation, mailing list, scope of forum and its complemetary relationship to WFN, code of conduct, guidlines for posting & reporting...) So many things are happening in the big scary world that members want to share - we need a space for our voices. I hope to move quickly and launch soon. Let me know what you think - and what commitments you can consider for the launch or for ongoing operations. We will need a team of repesentative (rotating?) moderators - men & women - to keep it going I am willing to spend time on this - but it must be a group thing not an individual thing - it must be seen as for the community, of the community & by the community for it to thrive - that will mean some work to get it going and keep it running I will park my satire and ego in another place - maybe my own WakeyLeaks podcast - so I don't pollute the community forum with any negativity that I may be perceievd as displaying. Let me what you want to do.

BTW one of our free speech supporters just won a Governor General's Arts award from the Canada Council. We are in prestigiuos company - her work is amazing and it speaks to issues of socila justice Dominique Blain | GGArts Here was her post: Dominique Blain Jan 26 #13030 I take note of the Admins' reminder of the initial purpose of this group and will abide by it. However, let me point out that ignoring difficult topics will not necessarily make us a stronger community; respectful and thoughtful dialogue will, regardless of topics. I don't expect to always agree or feel comfortable with everyone's ideas, nor do I think I own the truth. The point is precisely about broadening my understanding and perspective based on informed and balanced viewpoints. I appreciated the views some people expressed on the Israel-Hamas war in that regards - not that I relish reading about wars every morning! Be well, Dominique

Paula has a letter in this issue of the Low Down - a must-read Also excellent Steve Harris' letter

https://www.aljazeera.com/podcasts/2024/3/7/the-take-gazas-starvation-looms-over-bidens-state-of-the-union-address

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-listening-post/2024/3/9/the-airdrops-optics-of-urgency-illusions-of-aid

Hey Banditos, Here are the draft materials. Please check these out. They will need edits for the Sub Group approach (if we go that way) and anything else you see. Should we send out a letter to people asking iof they support the idea of a Sub Group and compile a list of signatories? Then we could approach T & T will fullsome support.

Hi guys, Only by my fumbling research have I discovered something. I found that WFN news has the capability of forming a subgroup. Help Center (groups.io) Any member of the existing WFN could choose to join either group or both. The posts of the subgroup are separate from those of the main group. If WFN agreed to do this we could have a "Global" subgroup (or some such name) If they agreed to do this I would volunteer as a moderator for that with our own code of conduct. What do you guys think? Should we pursue this avenue? Would you like to see this and maybe do a bit of moderating? If you feel it's worth pursuing I can write to Tim and put it to him (I know he is supportive of my Palestine posts on FaceBook) If he/they are williing to create a subgroup to solve the problem of censoring topics then, and only then, would I agree to meet with those moderators. If we step up and do the moderating then people can't complain that we are labouring the moderators and don't want to work. Please read Paula's letter in the Low Down if you haven't yet - we are waiting for the reactions to it next issue. I will send draft materials (Invitation, Code of Conduct, How to Mute a Topic, How to Report a Post) soon for your review and input. But since I found out about the subgrooups some of the wording may change.

Some better news ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East <info@...> Date: Fri, Mar 8, 2024 at 6:15 PM Subject: Hugely important win: Help us keep the pressure up! / Une victoire très importante : Aidez-nous à maintenir la pression ! To: Rob Snikkar <snikkar.paintings@...> La version fran?aise suit... Dear Rob, Just hours ago, Canada's Minister of International Development, Ahmed Hussen, announced that Canada is resuming funding to UNRWA, the UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees. This is hugely important win, and could mean the difference between life or death for millions of Palestinians! WE THANK EVERYONE who participated in our campaigns pushing for a reinstatement of Canada's funding, and we thank Hussen for listening to Canadians! This decision is a hugely important policy reversal for the Canadian government, which recklessly cut funding to UNRWA on January 26 based on unsubstantiated Israeli accusations against a handful of UNRWA employees. Against all common sense, this cut was announced on the very same day that the World Court concluded that Israel was "plausibly" committing a genocide in Gaza. But our work pressuring the Canadian government is far from done! Even if Canada has reinstated funding to UNRWA, it can still do more to Israel to allow humanitarian aid to flow freely to Palestinians in Gaza! And other government ministers refuse to take other important steps to help the Palestinians of Gaza. Palestinian lives are still in severe jeopardy! Two weeks ago, CJPME and over 125 other organizations signed an open letter entitled "STOP GENOCIDE OR RESIGN." Sadly, this imperative remains, as ministers have either failed to intervene in the unfolding genocide in Gaza, or have actually made matters worse: Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly has resisted calls for a ceasefire, refused to condemn Israel’s violence against Palestinians, and ignored the World Court’s finding of a “plausible” genocide in Gaza; Thankfully, Minister of International Development Ahmed Hussen has restored UNRWA funding. We now expect him to work within cabinet to call for pressuring Israel to allow funding to enter Gaza despite the life-threatening conditions faced by Gaza's civilian population Minister of Immigration Marc Miller delayed a program of temporary visas for Gaza relatives of Canadians, and ultimately delivered a racist program with limited spots, and unreasonable application requirements for people in a war zone. We cannot accept this to be Canada’s legacy amid the genocide unfolding before our eyes in Gaza. Each of these Ministers have a crticial role to play. If they cannot step up in this moment of extreme crisis and redress these errors, they should step aside. Click here to say, STOP GENOCIDE OR RESIGN! Even if you have already participated in this call, please do so again! Your email is sent to these ministers, as well as your own MP. They need to feel the heat! Please share this campaign: Click here to Tweet, or retweet our campaign tweet. Click here to share on Facebook, or share our campaign post. Click here to like our main Instagram post Forward this email to your friends More Info Despite the urgency of the unfolding genocide in Gaza, Ministers Joly, Hussen, and Miller have each announced decisions which reflect little regard for Palestinian life or international law, and have shown very little situational awareness concerning the impact of their decisions. By 1) transferring weapons into a genocidal context, and 2) knowingly withdrawing support for Gaza’s humanitarian infrastructure, the actions of Ministers Joly and Hussen directly violate the ICJ’s orders to prevent genocide. Meanwhile, Minister Miller has put up unnecessary barriers that complicate the ability of the loved ones of Canadians to flee a context of genocidal violence. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly - Minister Joly’s failure to respond to the ICJ’s initial ruling on the plausibility of genocide in Gaza demonstrates that Canada is not taking the catastrophic threat to human life seri

Good morning Rob, Today I looked at Wakieleaks on my computer (instead of phone) for the first time, and there seems to be no reply button anywhere! I do hate technology ;o) So please post this, if you want, so others can see…..Cheers, P I think the screen grabs are great. Good, simple, helpful tips. I believe the invite could be shorter, and more positive. Why hint at competition with the WN? Or suppressed speech? Or other things we all know have happened and are trying to move past? What about something like this of the invite? Cheers, Paola INVITATION: You are invited to subscribe to The-Bridge, a new open forum for community discourse that will complement the Wakefield News. Based on the same tech platform, The-Bridge will resemble the look and feel of the WN, and will also be distributed regularly via email. It will focus on topics beyond the scope of the WN, forming a space where disparate views, ideas and conversations on peace and war, politics and women’s rights, social justice and environmental challenges, and other meaty topics (vegan, too!) can constructively converge. The-Bridge will be an uncensored space, where a simple Code of Conduct applies. It will be moderated to ensure it operates in a safe, constructive manner. Join other members of your community to post and receive information on a breadth of topics, as we listen and learn from each other. Read, think, write, share, connect with your community and help build The-Bridge.

Hola Banditos! I hope we can get WFN to agree to a Sub Group (more thougts on that later) But consider thay flat out reject us - then we set up The-Bridge outside - and we have more evidence of their non-cooperative/arbitary censorship of the community Maybe then we could write that letter of protest exposing their unjustified censorship (I know Sean & Vagner that you'd like to tell it like it is and so do I!) We could tell that story on The-Bridge, blogs, Wakefield Folks on F/B and in The Low Down (by letter/ Valley Voices, a small ad) I think it is startegic to wait and get a Yes or No from them - that will gide our actions

Code of Conduct Only civil contributions will be published. Be nice. No personal attacks, name calling, abusive language or hate speech. Moderators’ Role Moderators will screen all posts, responses and reports to ensure they meet the Code of Conduct and the Tech Platform Standards. Posts ruled unacceptable will not be published. Moderators may preempt overly lengthy debates if members do not proactively move to private communication. If a member reports a concern with a post, moderators will resolve the issue by revisiting that post, communicating with the poster and reporter, occasionally communicating with the entire membership, and possibly removing the offending post or requiring alterations to it. Tech Platform’s Standards To use the group.io tech platform , members and moderators of The-Bridge must respect their standards, even if we may not agree with all of them. The standards are: no pornography, nudity or adult content: no harassment; no copyright violations; no extreme or hateful content; no conspiracy theories; no anti-vaccination ideologies; no advertising ; no sharing of GIFs, stationary, tags, graphics or such. Guideline for Posting Be respectful! Use a clear, descriptive title for your posts and try to be brief (100 words or less). If you have more to say, consider including an attachment or linking to a blog, websites or other media. Avoid links to sources if you suspect their accuracy or credibility. If overly lengthy debates arise, please move your conversation to private messaging. Members’ Tools Members can ignore or mute posts which do not interest them. The tech platform allows muting, and instructions on how to mute a post and any ensuing replies will be made available. Members can report posts to the moderators if they feel that what has been published fails to adhere to the Code of Conduct or Tech Platform Standards. Reports should clearly identify what portion of a post is considered objectionable, and why.

Hola Banditos! Good news! Since we all were in agreemnet with the general idea of a sub group I have written to Linda Vanderlee to ask her to propose the sub group idea to Tim and Tamara. She is happy to do this outreach! She will try to meet with each of them one on one to see if they are willing to host teh sub group on WFN. If so we move ahead - if not we move ahead. Let's see what tramspires...Rob

I enjoy the writing of the Canadian blogger, Dave Pollard. He writes on politics, social issues, and the environment, as well as on radical non-duality/free will, and a variety of other topics. His regular "links of the month" posts can lead one to many interesting things. Enjoy, Paola https://howtosavetheworld.ca/2024/03/16/links-of-the-month-march-2024/

https://scheerpost.com/2024/03/21/patrick-lawrence-authorized-atrocities/

An overview and a look at the challenges for any long-term resolution - too bad this doesn't discuss how the IRA lead to Sinn Fein and a peace accord What is the real Hamas? | Hamas | The Guardian

Hi guys - I know I know - Hurry up & wait - but Linda is going to meet individually with Tamara and Tim to float the idea of a Sub Group She has to find mutually agreeable times for this and wants to do it face to face over coffee - I think that is a good approach but we have to wait to hear any response (looks like start of April) If either of the moderators baulks then I think we have a NO reply and can move forward separately - if they both say YES that would be best

Who was Frantz Fanon, the freedom fighter Palestine supporters love to quote? | Colonialism | The Guardian

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