Thread by @hussansk

Ford is using the classic right-wing-in-gov playbook. Greenbelt attacked; tenant protections stripped; strikes criminalized. They expect us to scramble, become issue-centric, be shocked. It's early enough that voters may forget.

There is ONE strategic response that can work:
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We win against these tactics by UNITING at the point-of-resistance.

Right now, education workers are fighting back. So environmentalists, housing activists, others must join in. Show up with signs linking struggles.

Turn many different issues into a single political crisis.

In Canada this unity began to happen in 2012 in the student strike in Quebec. One difference is, Ford is at the beginning of this mandate. They are trying to catch up on the changes they couldn't make during COVID. And while he may not be an ideologue, those around him are.

When this has happened before, fight backs have taken longer to start. Not this time. Education workers are out already.

So winning a (any) fight early for us is essential. But even more is is making sure we are more linked every day; new alliances are being formed.

Now is when our actions matter.

While the playbook is an old one, we are off-script. Ford didn't wait for job action and he didn't just legislate back-to-work, he imposed a contract. Same with greenbelt.

The intention is not to just win, but to demoralize and demobilize us.

We will make gains, and sustain losses.

But only in being united - across any and all issues - do we have a chance.

Many will say, you can win or at least survive, if just defend your little piece, or keep your head down. That's never true.

We don't know what happens next..

And that's a good thing. Struggle will teach us lessons.

We cannot be distracted by those who will say that we should just vote them out. The elections are too far.

So we have a chance now. Unite the struggles. Show up. Build bridges. Challenge the entire agenda. We can win.

#onted #onpoli #onlab #greenbelt #housing