🧵Dear #SagAftraMembers :

Today we close out one of the most important chapters in recent entertainment industry history. The 2023 TV/Theatrical Contracts have officially been ratified by SAG-AFTRA members by a vote of 78.33% to 21.67% with a turnout of 38.15%. (1/8)

This day will include an in-person reading + panel discussion of Hold These Truths, a play inspired by the life of Gordon Hirabayashi. To attend (Telus International Centre, Edmonton), register here: ejca.org/event-5446188
Prince Takamado Japan Centre Jeanne Sakata #holdthesetruths #yegevents

Held in conjunction with the international human rights convention, Ignite Change (hosted by John Humphrey Centre), the event will include video highlights from the original production of the play Hold These Truths,  which was performed at University of Alberta in May, 2022.

Honored to be taking part in this incredible event! Thanks to all who have worked so hard to bring our video showing and panel discussion to Edmonton, Calgary & Lethbridge! #HOLDTHESETRUTHS #GordonHirabayashi

And if I go who treats the patients ? !!

This is the unanimous answer among all of us as doctors who are still inside the hospitals and have not left till now.

Dr Hammam was a surgeon, he was killed along with his father by an Israeli strike in #Gaza .

The horrors unfolding before our eyes in Gaza clearly show that calls for restraint and adherence to IHL have gone unheeded. Working purposefully to reach a ceasefire is the most effective way to ensure the protection of civilians.

doctorswithoutborders.ca/patients-medic…

'When we sent the ambulance to bring the patients, a few metres away, they attacked the ambulance. There are injured people around the hospital, they are looking for medical care, we can’t bring them inside.' #Gaza

'From punishing his political opponents to locking up immigrants in camps to deploying the military – all while echoing the hateful rhetoric of Hitler – we know what we can expect if [Trump] retakes the White House.'

My monologue today on Trump& 'vermin':

If you’re not afraid, you should be afraid. There’s never been anything like this in our lifetimes, ahead of a presidential election. They’re not hiding their fascist intentions or plans.

I am trying to hold myself together despite the difficulty of the cases I witness,
But today,I couldn't bear it,& I cried from the bottom of my heart while performing an urgent intervention for an innocent girl not older than 6 years with a severe injury to her arm(open fracture)

Ceasefire. Release hostages. End the occupation. End settlements. Create a pathway towards Palestinian self determination. Or repeat this cycle of brutal violence.

If you care about this conflict, and have a few minutes to spare, please read this piece by Haggai Matar. It is the best thing I've read this whole month. Brave, detailed, balanced, empathetic, and with a few small embers of hope at the end. 972mag.com/october-war-is…

A week later, this still holds: Terror is always wrong. Revenge is not a strategy. A child is a child is a child. Release all the hostages now. End the occupation. Without a vision for a shared future, this does not end. Our blood is the same color, and our tears taste the same.

'Hell on earth.'

That's how a U.N. spokesman describes northern Gaza right now.

In this segment on tonight's The Mehdi Hasan Show on MSNBC, I laid out the dire situation on the ground as Gaza's hospitals come under increasing attack.

Please watch/share:

#SAG Actors, I want to make you aware of some of the language in the #AI portion of the tentative SAG agreement.
Though SAG leadership made much effort to protect members in AI, there are many issues you should look at. I have saved the most serious issue for the end. 1/

When we fight, WE WIN.

Thank you Adam Schiff for standing with #SagAftraMembers as we fight to ensure workers' rights remain in this age of technology. #SagAftraStrong

Dear #SagAftraMembers :

We are thrilled & proud to tell you that today your TV/Theatrical Negotiating Committee voted unanimously to approve a tentative agreement with the AMPTP.  As of 12:01 a.m. PT on Nov. 9, our strike is officially suspended & all picket locations are closed.

In a contract valued at over one billion dollars, we have achieved a deal of extraordinary scope that includes 'above-pattern' minimum compensation increases, unprecedented provisions for consent and compensation that will protect members from the threat of AI,...

We also thank our union siblings — the workers that power this industry — for the sacrifices they have made while supporting our strike and that of the Writers Guild of America. We stand together in solidarity and will be there for you when you need us.

THE #SagAftraStrike IS OVER.

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