This PhD is absolutely thrilled that her latest publication is out in New Media & Society🔥
Ever came across dating platforms like Ashley Madison? My paper analyzes how such platforms discursively legitimize infidelity in contexts where such practices are widely stigmatized: doi.org/10.1177/1461...
If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.
Featured session: The State of the State How should socialists and abolitionists relate to the state? How can we organize collectively against capitalist exploitation and state violence in an era of emboldened fascism and right-wing reaction?
How should socialists and abolitionists relate to the state?
Join this roundtable featuring Robin D.G. Kelley,
@dreanyc123.bsky.social, Geo Maher, and David McNally.
Don’t miss it! Register for Socialism 2025 today!
socialismconference.org
If you are interested in land politics, check out @econgeo.bsky.social 's Institutional Landscapes webpage. They are graciously hosting this guest post:
I wrote about Toronto’s bubble zone bylaw for @canadiandimension.bsky.social
TL;DR: it’s bad, but probably not (just) for the reasons you think it is
The IOF has sprayed a white chemical substance onto the Freedom Flotilla.
Everyone sitting in the Freedom Flotilla boat with their hands above their heads, taken from the official Telegram channel
Last image of the Freedom Flotilla crew before being stormed by Israeli soldiers and kidnapped in international waters
SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.
Pressure their foreign ministries and help us keep them safe!
E: alertes.cdc@diplomatie.gouv.fr & courrier.scec@diplomatie.gouv.fr
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"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."
incredible lineup in this Geopolitics forum on "Disruptive Geographies and the War on Gaza: Infrastructure and Global Solidarity"
w/ Rafeef Ziadah, Christian Henderson, Omar Jabary Salamanca, Sharri Plonskid, Charmaine Chua, Riya Al Sanah & Elia El Khazen
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
incredible resource put together by @alinau27.bsky.social addressing many big questions and concerns about GenAI in higher education (and, i’m thinking, as a guide for having these conversations in the classroom)
amazing, Alina! thank you so much for putting this together, so valuable and needed 🩷
B.C. has approved the PRGT pipeline, paving the way for construction to start — and setting the stage for what one First Nations leader warns could be a “long, hot summer” of conflict. #bcpoli via @writermjs.bsky.social @sobittersosweet.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/prgt-pipelin...
CJPME is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to take immediate action to ensure the safety of the Freedom Flotilla, which is attempting to break Israel's siege on Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid. www.cjpme.org/pr_2025_06_0...
Grateful to everyone who shared their thoughts with me for this piece about the difference between how people imagined they would show up for a moment like this one, and how we're actually showing up—and how we can begin to close the gap between aspiration and action.
such a provoking and thoughtful keynote by Dr Emilie Cameron this morning at the @cangeographers.bsky.social conference — reminding us to rethink, question, and challenge settler-colonialism, again and again, wherever we are, and in all the forms and specificities it takes
take five minutes tonight to call or email your MP and ask what "further concrete actions" Canada will be taking immediately, as Israel continues to block essential aid from reaching Gaza www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...
🚨MASSIVE VICTORY: King’s College Cambridge to divest from all arms and the occupation of Palestine
Today Kings College Cambridge has committed to divest the millions it holds in the arms industry, and in companies complicit in the occupation of Palestine, by the end of the year
The news from Gaza is brutal and urgent. All governments must demand immediate ceasefire and access to aid. Starvation as a military tactic is a war crime!
www.democracynow.org/2025/5/20/is...
An excellent analysis of the impacts of Ontario's Bill 5 - don't forget to submit your public comment to the ERO by May 17th!
YOU'RE INVITED 🎉⚖️
Discover cutting edge youth climate litigation work (including Ecojustice's) at this Columbia University/University College Cork webinar.
Wed, May 21
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM Eastern
REGISTER NOW 👉
www.ucc.ie/en/youthclim...
RCMP and Palestine SOLIDARITY IN CANADA The RCMP have converged their "war on terror" security frameworks with protocols for repressing Indigenous land defense movements. Together, these forms of training, surveillance, and "intelligence-led" policing anchor the criminalization of Palestine solidarity.
Come out and learn more about links b/w RCMP and Palestine solidarity on May 29.
In-person Toronto event or livestream. Link through registration. www.eventbrite.ca/e/a-national...
CRIMINALIZING DISSENT? The Truth About the BUBBLE ZONE Bylaw The City of Toronto has proposed a BUBBLE ZONE bylaw that would restrict protests near so-called “vulnerable” institutions. Join us for a community teach-in exploring its potential harms, featuring leading local voices in law, labour, housing, feminist activism, and disability justice. May 20th, 5:30pm Location: Toronto Metropolitan University, PD 457 Brad Evoy, Disability Justice Network Ontario Dreddz B.L., Voices for Unhoused Liberation Sid Jackson, Voices for Unhoused Liberation Irina Ceric, Law Union of Ontario Robyn Maynard, Another Toronto and Author of Policing Black Lives Judy Rebick, Feminist, Activist, Journalist, Author and Educator
Criminalizing Dissent?
Toronto: join me, @policingblack.bsky.social, @judreb.bsky.social & others for this community teach-in about the city's proposed bubble zone bylaw.
Tuesday, May 20, 5:30pm at TMU. Info & RSVP: communityteachin.rsvpify.com
The family of Jordan's Principle namesake marks its 20 year anniversary; Pikangikum FN seeks $2B in damages from Canada over failing water and wastewater systems.
Hear more on APTN News Brief:
Palestinian civil society and international orgs call for the immediate organisation and deployment of a Diplomatic Humanitarian Convoy to Gaza through the Rafah Crossing #DiplomaticConvoy law4palestine.org/unified-call...
