Blueprints of Disruption

06/06/2025

Hosts Jessa McLean and Joe Morin ready to unpack:
- Carney's Border Security Bill
- Ford's Bill 5 "Unleashing the Economy"
- RCMP Investigating War Criminals?
- Actions from across Canada
- Resistance to ICE}
- NB Labour News and more...

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05/06/2025

Police turned up at a ratio of 3-1 in response to peace activists outside North America’s largest weapons convention.

Legal Observer Gee from the Orange Hats reports into Blueprints of Disruption and describes Police violence, kettling and arrested 15 people, including some attending as jail support.

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How Ottawa Police used violence against peace activists trying to shut down North America’s largest weapons convention

03/06/2025

Teachers and students are facing incredible levels of suppression and anti-Palestinian racism within Ontario school boards.

Board Trustees have been told stories of isolation, genocide denial, weaponized antisemitism and erasure of identity, but have done little to nothing about it.

Labour 4 Palestine Ontario Education Workers have helped document those lived experiences, analyze data from the delegations and wrote recommendations for Trustees to do better.

Hear more from 4 activist education workers on the front lines in the latest episode of Blueprints of Disruption.

30/05/2025

Blueprints of Disruption Host Jessa McLean, alongside Joe Morin breakdown the headlines of the week, including:
- the King Delivers a Throne Speech
- Bubble /Protest Zone Laws for Ottawa and Toronto
- Resistance to Ford's Bill 6: Safer Municipalities Act
- Ottawa Police Arrest 13 Peace Activists Outside CANSEC
- and more....

PLUS: Disruptive Updates from the Movements and Activist Tip of the Week.

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13/05/2025

NEW: Nourishing Community

A discussion with cook, activist and artist Krish Dineshkumar about his upcoming art exhibit, Derailing Dignity.

The installation and sound piece he’s created for the will help generate much needed discussions around migrant workers and the gig economy.

The experience will also build empathy, something integral to the work Krish does organizing and with

On top of highlighting the stories of migrants working for companies like UberEats, Krish talks about the importance of taking stock of our needs and nourishing community.

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08/05/2025

The NDP went from Official Opposition to unofficial Party status.

But you can’t blame Jagmeet for all of that.

Idolizing the Orange Crush as a strategical victory was actually the biggest factor in the NDPs historic 2025 loss.

Let Matt Fodor and Jessa McLean explain…

Listen now (58 mins) | Jessa McLean and Matt Fodor on how Jack Layton and his team changed the course of the NDP, why we need more than just a leadership change, and Labour's role.

01/05/2025

Did you know that some public sector pensions, like the Ontario Municipality Employees Retirement System (OMERS) invests in the very companies that contribute to the exploitation of retirees and the commodification of aging?

That is just one example of 'social investments gone awry' that author and researcher Tom Fraser brings to our discussion from his book, Invested in Crisis, Public Sector Pensions Against the Future. He explains how we got to the point where (mostly unionized) workers are heavily invested in real estate across the globe, pipelines, privatized healthcare and water infrastructure, and other industries we're mobilizing against.

Good news is Tom also talks about potential solutions and ways out of this cycle of trying to secure power over industries by investing in them.

Catch our discussion here: https://bpofdisruption.substack.com/p/cutting-through-the-knot-of-social-dfd

01/05/2025

Check out this opportunity to bring movements together on the local level.

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25/04/2025

COMING UP on our LIVE:
Conservatives' Trump Style Talking Points,
Warnings Against Ontario's Bill 5,
Record Advanced Poll Numbers,
Warnings on RFK's Autism Database and updates from the grassroots...

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24/04/2025

Politicians of all stripes are promising Bubble Laws that would limit where we can protest.

Read about the local battle to prevent a proposed Toronto bylaw and the ways in which we can respond no matter which way that vote goes.

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