Mary Grace
Retired archivist, librarian, linguist, feminist, reader, mom, grandma, pacifist, socialist, supporter of trade unions, the welfare state, and Amnesty International. I like digital preservation and old photographs. Banner photo of poppies.
- I’ve posted about koalas before. Their plight is heartbreaking. They are my daughter’s favourite animal, and they are so endangered in Victoria where she now lives. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- “…higher taxes for the wealthy can maintain Canada as a desirable location to both live and work. If we want thriving businesses… [we need] to be a nice place to live. Taxation and redistribution and good social services help a great deal with that…” www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
- Reposted by Mary Grace🧵These are excerpts from this excellent article, because the historical parallels between the rise of Nazi Germany and the US today are so clear. Goebbels said, "The big joke on democracy is that it gives its mortal enemies the means to its own destruction.”
- Canada must end the Safe Third Country Agreement. We must accept the refugees and immigrants targeted for deportation under the US reign of terror. If not, we are revisiting the SS St. Louis where our refusal to admit Jewish refugees led to the deaths of 254 passengers in the Holocaust.
