This is a braver space. It is an evidence-informed, strategically designed community space where we practice uniting the left and model what it looks like on our shared platforms to invite more Canadians to do the same.
We don’t need another fragile network that collapses at the first disagreement. We need to hold people accountable and understand that cancelling people who are trying their best doesn’t help our cause.
We have to build the skills to hold tension, call each other in, and stay in the work—even when it’s uncomfortable.
We cannot afford to be yet another space that breaks down under the weight of ego, purity politics, miscommunication, or overwhelm. We’re not pretending this space is immune to that, but we’re also not accepting that as inevitable.
That’s why we’ve designed the community membership phase to slow down, build trust, clarify shared values, and co-create the norms we’ll need to withstand the hard parts—together.
We need to unite the ‘left’
– we are designing to mitigate progressive pitfalls
common progressive pitfalls
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It treats community like a tool, not a practice.
Relationships are leveraged for campaigns, optics, or reach—not nurtured for care, clarity, or longevity. When people feel used, they stop showing up.
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It covertly upholds dominant cultural norms while claiming to reject them.
White supremacy culture, individualism, ableism, and elitism sneak in through urgency, clout-chasing, passive aggression, and fear of being wrong
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It expects perfectionism and one-size-fits-all approaches from collaborators.
If you don’t show up in the exact right way, at the right time, with the right framing—you’re out. There’s no room for difference in pace, tone, capacity, or strategy.
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It mistakes shared language for shared values.
People assume alignment because we use the same words—but we’re often carrying different meanings, priorities, and boundaries. That confusion breeds resentment.
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It builds too fast, with no foundation.
People rush to launch before there’s shared language, trust, community agreements and tools for conflict navigation—so when things get hard, everything falls apart.
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We perpetuate individualism despite claiming to be collective.
We say we want community—but we protect our brands, hoard opportunities, and compete for visibility. We center self-preservation over coordination, and then wonder why no one has our back when things get hard.
Our Approach
We’re building this space with a clear purpose: help Canadians be more informed by coordinating to combat disinformation & fascism.
That means we know:
No one has all the answers.
Everyone is an expert in different ways.
Disagreement is inevitable—and it’s not a threat.
We’re stronger when we share what we know and stay in it with each other.
We’re not here to perform solidarity. We’re here to build the skills to live it.
This space isn’t about pretending we’re all the same – it’s about figuring out how to hold alignment when we’re not.
What That looks like in practice
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Relational infrastructure first, deliverables second.
We’re not jumping straight to paid posts, partnerships, or campaigns. We’re building trust, alignment, and shared norms before any money moves—because skipping that is how extraction happens.
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Co-design, not top-down.
Founding Members don’t just get perks—they shape the system. From onboarding to conflict navigation, we’re building this with the people in it.
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Alignment over agreement.
We don’t expect everyone to say the same thing the same way. We expect principled, values-rooted commitment to humanity—even when our strategies differ.
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Accountability without collapse.
We’re practicing how to call each other in, hold disagreement, and stay in community when it gets messy—because that’s the only way anything lasting gets built.
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Collective over clout.
We share opportunities. We ask for help. We teach each other what we know. Individual success is great—but it’s not the goal. We’re building power together.
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Transparency over performance
We don’t posture. We don’t pretend to have it all figured out. This space rewards honesty about capacity, conflict, and uncertainty—because being real is how we build trust, and trust is how we build anything at all.
membership expectations
This space is intentionally designed to hold difference—to make room for profiles with large followings who are values-aligned, even if they express that alignment in different ways.
But let’s be clear: that doesn’t mean anything goes. Not everyone will be a fit for this space, and that doesn’t mean that we’re ‘failing’ to unite the left.
Alignment doesn’t require sameness, but it does require shared values and a baseline of trust. If someone crosses a line that violates our collective commitments to justice, safety, or humanity, and they remain uninterested in growth they will be removed.
That’s not exclusion—it’s integrity.
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.”
― JAMES BALDWIN
Expectations for the People Behind the Accounts
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intentional community building vibe check
Being in community requires grace, boundaries, and the ability to navigate disagreement without defaulting to harm or fragility
Everyone is doing their best, and there is space to know better and do better
Not everyone shows up in the same way
The goal is to build something bigger than any one individual
This space is for being in community—not just getting content ideas or exposure
This is not about clout or aesthetics—it’s about building capacity, coordination, and culture-shifting infrastructure
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Team Humanity Vibe Check
The following is not a vibe check of your content, rather, is a vibe for you as a person
Collective liberation is the goal. Survival within this system is the reality. Both must be held.
Colonization is not in the past—it is active, ongoing, and shapes so much of our world's current reality.
The system protects the powerful 1% and punishes the rest of us. That’s not dysfunction—it’s design.
Corporations, billionaires, and institutions are not neutral. They profit from exploitation and avoid accountability.
Fascism isn’t a hypothetical threat—it’s here, and it must be opposed in all forms.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere - "imperialist white supremacy capitalist patriarchy", a term coined by bell hooks, explains how these issues are not separate—they reinforce each other.
Climate justice is indigenous justice
Genocide is always unacceptable, this includes (but isn't limited to) the genocide of Indigenous peoples on Turtle Island, the Holocaust and the ongoing genocide of Palestinians
Black, Indigenous, People of Colour, Trans, Queer, Disabled, Migrant, Women, and Lower Income folks have long experienced systemic violence and oppression in Canada.
Human rights of all people should be upheld