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chrisox.bsky.social
"In contexts of grievance-fueled illiberalism, helping civic and political actors learn from comparative experiences on how to broadcast alternative messages, form effective alliances,& implement effective campaign techniques that work against illiberal causes is of special importance"
#VoteTactical
December 10, 2024 at 12:53 PM
chrisox.bsky.social
Pierre Poilievre is a threat to everything Canadians hold dear
Poilievre said he wants to scrap pharmacare & further privatize Canada's healthcare so its more like US system where mothers have to pay to hold their own babies
#cdnpoli
#nevervoteconservative
#votetactical
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The real cost of giving birth: '$40 to hold my newborn baby'
A photo of an itemised hospital bill for a Caesarean section delivery of a baby has sparked a heated debate about US healthcare.
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December 5, 2024 at 5:45 PM
chrisox.bsky.social
To beat a far-right Con govt & prevent democratic backsliding in Canada, most important strategy progressives can use is "forming effective alliances" & not divide& conquer-ing ourselves for anti-dem forces attacking us
A #progressivealliance must #VoteTactical
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December 11, 2024 at 2:44 AM
chrisox.bsky.social
#Progressivealliance
#VoteTactical
January 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
chrisox.bsky.social
Doug Ford's cruel cuts to child welfare services, means parents no longer get preventative help meeting special needs of their children in family home & are forced to surrender their children to state care.
Vote Ford Out!
#cdnpoli
#votetactical
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Overwhelmed families surrendering custody of their children to CAS
Overwhelmed families in Ontario are having to surrender their children to the Children's Aid Society, and according to the society, the residential crisis is part of the problem.
www.ctvnews.ca
February 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
chrisox.bsky.social
Of course Musk promotes Poilievre Fascism=oligarchs, price-gouging corps & economic elite investing in RW populist, anti-democratic govts to protect them from public
Unlike US, Canada still has democracy #Votetactical for prog party in your riding w/best chance of beating Cons to protect it
#cdnpoli
January 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
chrisox.bsky.social
#VoteTactical in 2025 to protect Canada's democracy from US oligarchs & traitorous Cdn Conservatives working for them.
#ProgressiveAlliance Vote for the progressive party (Lib, NDP or Greens) most likely to beat CPC in your riding
January 13, 2025 at 1:10 AM
chrisox.bsky.social
Canada #1 Country in the world to move to
Lets #votetactical to keep it that way!
Majority of Cdns have progressive values & vote for a prog party (Lib, NDP or Greens) every Fed elxn
#Progressivealliance must vote for prog party in each riding w/best chance of beating CPC
cultmtl.com/2024/12/cana...
Canada named most desirable country in the world for relocation
According to a new report by Jobseeker, Canada has been named the most desirable country for job relocation.
cultmtl.com
January 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM
chrisox.bsky.social
Canada's democracy is under attack from US Oligarchs & most Cdns do not believe Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives are on our side or that of our work on climate change, inequality &community support
#cdnpoli
#Votetactical
#nevervoteconservative
& stop #democraticbacksliding
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Job 1 for 2025: Protecting Canada from US Oligarchs | The Tyee
They’ve long targeted our sovereignty. The next federal election has them salivating.
thetyee.ca
January 1, 2025 at 3:25 AM
chrisox.bsky.social
Canada still has time to prevent that happening here. Follow Europe's lead, stop the oligarchy power-grab fronted by populist Conservative puppet Poilievre! #VoteTactical while progressives are still the majority in Canada.
December 3, 2024 at 2:32 AM
chrisox.bsky.social
Poilievre & the Conservatives double digit lead is GONE. Now. down to just a 7pt lead & still falling. #Votetactical for leading progressive party in yr riding & we can stop the far-right, mapleMAGA Con party from harming Canada, Cdn democracy & vulnerable Cdns! #cdnpoli
January 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
rowlandpeveril.bsky.social
Gorton and Denton. Are you thinking what we’re thinking?

#NoSpivPolitics #NoReform #TacticalVoting #VoteTactical
#VoteWisely #UKIsNotaNiceLittleEarner
#DontRecycleTheTories
February 25, 2026 at 4:32 PM
chrisox.bsky.social
Excerpt from HyperNormalisation by Adam Curtis:
How Trump, Musk & Western oligarchs copied Putin & Surkov's methods of manipulating the masses & their sense of reality, to maintain their grip on power.
#votetactical
#progressivealliance
#nevervoteconservative
#cdnpoli
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"Shapeshifting" an excerpt from HyperNormalization by Adam Curtis
YouTube video by Benjamin James
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November 28, 2024 at 1:35 PM
chrisox.bsky.social
#VoteTactical Progressives are still the majority in Canada. Labour beat RW populist Tories in UK by a landslide because UK progressives all voted tactically for the progressive party with the best chance of beating Cons in their riding.
December 2, 2024 at 2:37 AM
chrisox.bsky.social
Cdn Conservatives #DanielleSmith , #OLeary & benzo-coma Jordy bootlicking Trump after he threatened Canadian democracy.
Conservatives will never stand up for Cdn families!
#Nevervoteconservative
#votetactical for progressive party (Lib/NDP/Greens) w/best chance of beating CPC in your riding, instead
January 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
andyking.bsky.social
It is possible, given the margin error of polls achievable even, that we can kick the Tories into third. #VoteTactical

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The Polling the Media Steer Clear Of
Another MRP poll has been published, and the media are happy to report the headline figures in terms of seat predictions, and how the Conservatives are facin...
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June 25, 2024 at 11:39 AM
chrisox.bsky.social
Protect Canada's economy,
Protect Canada's democracy
#NeverVoteConservative
#VoteTactical for the progressive candidate in your riding with best chance of beating Conservative candidate
#cdnpoli
March 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
chrisox.bsky.social
Good point. We can never get comfortable especially when the threat to Cdn democracy, human rights & community safety is this high! We must in big numbers & must #Votetactical to keep Cons out.
February 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
timkinsella.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“There are many more people in Britain who like to live happily alongside their neighbours, regardless of skin colour and country of origin, than want to burn them out of their homes”

#NeverVoteReform
#VoteTactical
Nigel Farage looks trapped and rattled - now the nationalist tide can be turned | Rafael Behr
There are more votes in tolerance and decency than in toxic division. It doesn’t take a great leap of political courage to fight back against Reform, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
August 12, 2026 at 7:26 AM
chrisox.bsky.social
Good faith discussion on how ALL progressive parties (Greens, NDP & Libs)must do better can happen after anti-dem CPC threat has been defeated. Until then we must focus on voting for prog party in our riding w/ best chance of beating CPC
#cdnpoli
#VoteTactical
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
Understanding and Responding to Global Democratic Backsliding
As the world faces a democratic recession, many of the most common explanations fall short. But looking more closely at antidemocratic leaders’ motivations and methods reveals valuable insights about ...
carnegieendowment.org
December 11, 2024 at 3:04 AM
chrisox.bsky.social
Thin-skinned oligarch Musk, emboldened by the pat on the head he got from his owners Trump & Putin, for helping them undermine US democracy, is now arrogantly threatening to undermine democracy in UK & Canada too.
Just because he got called out, smdh
#oligarchy
#cdnpoli
#ukpolitics
#votetactical
iandunt.bsky.social Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · Dec 1
I mean this obviously can't stand. You can't have a foreign extremist, who used social media to encourage & facilitate far-right violence, plough huge donations to his favoured British political party.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/is-elo...
Is Elon Musk Planning To Make A 'F*** You Starmer' $100 Million Donation To Reform UK?
The tech billionaire has been at war with the PM for months.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
December 1, 2024 at 6:15 PM
chrisox.bsky.social
Oh dear. MAGA fans finding out the hard way that RW populists like Trump only collected data on their beliefs to exploit them, not to meet them.
Kash Patel, Pam Bondi, Dr. Nesheiwat,..Trump's cabinet picks are to meet his own $$ needs not their ideological ones.
#NeverVoteConservative
#VoteTactical
December 2, 2024 at 12:22 AM
budhaig.bsky.social
Out campaigning in my lunch break for @SusanDungworth today. She’s worked so hard for #BlythValley as a councillor and will be a brilliant MP. #VoteTactical #VoteLabour in Blyth Valley.
November 19, 2024 at 2:41 AM
chrisox.bsky.social
#VoteTactical
Progressives beat populist Conservatives by a landslide in UK by using tactical voting. Progressives (Lib,NDP,Greens)are still the majority in Canada & can defeat Cons if everyone votes for progressive party with best chance of beating CPC in their riding
December 5, 2024 at 2:58 AM
fionaswriting.bsky.social
Please, #VoteNotTory

In Scotland, that means #VoteSNP

In England, it mostly means #VoteTactical - but remember relative risk. The Lib Dems led by Swinson are Tory lite, so go with Labour if there is any chance of success.

Our lives depend on your votes....
November 24, 2024 at 4:02 PM