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Sunday in TO
Among the many benefits of bike lines: fewer accidents, effective mobility, more cycling, boosted transportation equity for those without cars. From the York U team Mahtot Gebresselassie, Joanna Silva, and Steven Lum. theconversation.com/why-bike-lan...
Tomorrow
No, building more market housing won't filter down to everybody. It will worsen the housing affordability crisis for many. Social housing is what we need. A fine study by Yaya Baumann and Hélène Bélanger. iris-recherche.qc.ca/publications...
"Our treaty is not red tape. Our rights are not red tape". Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, Nishnawbe Aski Nation.
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
"Trump tariffs and US Imperialism". Gillian Hart unpacks the various camps struggling to define the meaning and objective of these tariffs within the Trump regime. africasacountry.com/2025/05/trum...
Meanwhile, in other developments, there is this important and unexpected announcement from France.
Tomorrow @ York U, 1:30-3 519 Kaneff Tower
Coming up in 2 weeks in Toronto. Looking forward.
Well put: "Like Trump, Poilievre is aiming to divide the working class by [] presenting a [] clichéd image of what the working class is [] that [] ignores the fact that [] teaching assistants, sessional lecturers and contracted-out cleaning service workers [] are all part of the working class."
Investors are asking questions about whether they can trust the US that would have been *ridiculous* a few months ago. IDK how/whether Uncle Sam can get the trust back.
Me on a bonkers/terrifying few days in markets and what it all means: on.ft.com/4ct5Qnv
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Indigenous faculty at York University push back on enrolment suspension: Program suspensions are a shortsighted solution to managing school's financial crisis
Many thanks to Jordan Camp and Christina Heatherton for this sharp and generous production of Conjuncture.
'confidently wrong' = ai
How to respond to Trump North of the border? Here is my attempt at an internationalist take on national questions in these lands often called Canada.
socialistproject.ca/2025/03/ansc...
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It is one of a few FB posts. You can find it on my feed. If not on FB, send me msg @ kipfer@yorku.ca
Mobilizing against AfD abroad. Anti-fascist protest against local sympathizers with Alice Weidel in Einsiedeln (Switzerland), one of Alice Weidel's place of residence.
www.srf.ch/news/schweiz...
This coming Friday @ York U.
This is a really useful overview of the Ontario party election platforms.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Hello Ontario, there's an election on Thursday! We read all the platforms and asked all the parties questions about major environmental questions (how will you help communities adapt to extreme weather? What are your plans for fossil fuels?). Here's what you need to know before you go vote
Tomorrow, Tuesday @ York University. Readings by Indigenous Authors (10:30) followed by a rally against the announced programme admission suspensions (1:30 in Vari Hall).
Stills from our forthcoming interview with @skipfer.bsky.social on Antonio Gramsci, anti-fascism, the rise of the right, the "Toronto school," and much more. Co-sponsored by @antipodeonline.bsky.social. In meantime, check out our archive of previous episodes: trinitysocialjustice.com/conjuncture-...
Interesting thread
