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Well it what Trump means by ‘rule’ that is bully with threats of violence , how he governs the US too

It could not be more clear by ‘running the country’ Trump means bullying with coercion, that is how he run the US too. www.ft.com/content/fed6...

What an outrageous response to illegal international aggression!! Canada must do better!!!!

Another great oration from today “Let equity not be a promise but a practice“. Imam Khalid Latif #mamdani

“a new politics and a new approach to power” — let’s hope this is the beginning of a movement that will sweep across America and beyond

This is all true but totally inadequate. If calling out hypocrisy was sufficient we never would have had the anti-cancel culture group think from the left and right. The left was duped and needs to be much more serious about what free speech means. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

I'm very critical of the IHRA definition of 'antisemitism' but explain to me how specifically by its example, "Holding Jews collectively responsible for actions of the state of Israel." Wouldn't "consulting" the Canadian Jewish community in this case be antisemitic? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The ray of hope that is #Mamdani appoints Lina Khan to his transition team— how cool is that!!!

@nytimes.com has been so disappointing for so long, this piece explains it well. My hope is that the growing movement that Mamdani represents will reveal to mainstream ‘liberal’ readers how it’s so problematic

Today is only the beginning. Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.

Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"

@carleton.ca has not succeeded dodging problems of pretended ‘neutrality’ with ‘impartiality,’ the purpose of universities is to be partial on the side of credible knowledge and responsibility but ‘academic freedom’ may be a better approach charlatan.ca/carleton-pol... #freeexpression #freespeech

An excellent article by @malindasmith.bsky.social ! universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...

#freespeech #freeexpression

An excellent article on the harms of residential school denialism. theconversation.com/confronting-...

Five corporations control 90% of the US media market. Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

Please explain to me how this utter abuse of state power to silence protest and override the #FirstAmendment is not garnering the level of outrage that the canceling of #Kimmel did. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Please explain to me how this blatant abuse of govt power to silence protest is not garnering the level of outrage that the canceling of Kimmel did. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Now is the time for the Canadian government to back off its terrible vision for Canada Post and offer new services like a not for profit social media platform, banking, and parcel service that fits the 21st century #postalstrike #goCUPW

An excellent article on the harms of residential school denialism. theconversation.com/confronting-...

Indeed, but this intimidation is very real precisely because “Antifa” is not a defined organization, they can and will go after whoever they wish.

Marcetic in @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social makes excellent points, but this censorship is not like the Dem's fumbling attempts to regulate the cesspool of social media and its billions of profit. Its bullying the spineless corporate media world to enforce the shift to Trump's personal power.

When first read about Ruth Marshall’s tweet I couldn’t imagine a context that would change the interpretation but thats the thing about language and context …. pressprogress.ca/university-o...

Frame 13 is now LIVE on Cultural Critique Online, with new reviews from Timothy Bewes, @peterives.bsky.social, Wilton Schereka, and Daniel Y. Kim. Check it out at manifold.umn.edu/projects/cc1...

On Gramsci at Sea, “this book is a delight partially due to its unwillingness to deliver on its provocations"—find out why in @peterives.bsky.social's book review at manifold.umn.edu/read/cc-fram...

Hear, hear.

Here’s my review of Sharad Chari’s _Gramsci at Sea_ manifold.umn.edu/projects/cc1...

It turns out that being endorsed by virtually everyone on Jeffrey Epstein's flight log is not in fact appealing to voters.

Let’s be clear, N Korea wasn’t bombed because they have nuclear weapons. This gives #Iran little choice but to develop ‘deterrence’, but the US says it’s not a war, so we know they are in lulu land

Thanks to the folks at @LeftStreamed for this: socialistproject.ca/leftstreamed...

412 academics, diplomats, former ministers, + lawyers send 🇨🇦 PM @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social letter re: Israel’s Gaza genocide demanding Canada “do everything in its power to stop these atrocities and support efforts to bring those responsible to account,” including sanctions + end to free trade.

gosh that doesn't sound like him at all

Great article about the danger's and creation of the narrative of "university neutrality" #academicfreedom, #PalestineException #institutionalneutrality ubyssey.ca/opinion/ubc-...

RIP Ngugi — such a pivotal influence in my grad school years and then an honour to meet in Winnipeg, was that 2009 or so? www.bbc.com/news/article...

All these colleges that are shutting down affinity graduations, affinity groups, antiracist and feminist speakers, diversity offices, anti-genocide demonstrations, Ethnic Studies programs, Gender Studies programs, or Queer Studies programs are not committed to ideological diversity.

Kara Swisher and Judith Butler — what a combo podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/o...

Happy Easter and if you have forgotten the story this is your best source music.apple.com/ca/album/hos...

We've finally made the leap from the other place! 👋 Our first order of business is to congratulate our friends @umfa-faum.bsky.social on the ratification of their new collective agreement & to send our solidarity to our friends @appusb.bsky.social as they work towards a fair deal

Thanks @caut.bsky.social , this is such an important point, “It’s worrying that a leader of a political party in Canada would try to dictate how research funds will be granted,” Mr. Robinson said. “This kind of American-style culture war has no place in Canada.”

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An excellent and important article

NEW: The privately held company Deployed Resources has made billions running tent detention facilities to hold immigrants entering the U.S. at the border. Now it's cashing in again on Trump’s plan to hold immigrants before deportation.

An important response to a dead in the water legal gambit! Although however ‘narrow’ I don’t see how ‘neutrality’ can ever be defined and operationalized

This statement by Trump's Press Secretary is literal fascism. It's already here. Meanwhile, most Americans appear absolutely apathetic about it.

A new short piece about my book #RethinkingFreeSpeech at the Institute for Art and Ideas iai.tv/articles/we-... #freespeech #freeexpression

Don’t mess with @ellenlweintraub.bsky.social

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