Thinkers old and thinkers new; thinking from and thinking to; thinkers young and thinkers great; just don't say 'Trump' and don't be late! www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/events/works... @jowolff.bsky.social @psapolthought.bsky.social @biapt.bsky.social @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social

❗New Entry❗ Reparative citizenship may aim to right past wrongs, but @peterspiro.bsky.social argues it actually weakens the foundational concept of citizenship itself 🛂⚖️ It is unsentimental, instrumental, detached from the community and erodes civic ties 🧑‍🤝‍🧑🚫 Read here 🔗 tinyurl.com/dh6pkpyt

I don’t doubt that some of my co-religionists have experienced antisemitism. Sometimes aggressively so. But it’s use as a cudgel to destroy institutions essential to our country has absolutely nothing to do with that.

🚨 @pattitlenard.bsky.social & Jocelyn Kane join the Debate⚡ Reparations aren’t just about citizenship, what if refusal is the remedy? Settler states 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇦🇺 must recognise Indigenous Peoples' right to reject colonial citizenship while ensuring access to services & recognition 🔗 tinyurl.com/5afjvw8j

Shame on the handful of people who wore their expensive winter gear to city hall yesterday to protest the establishment of overflow refugee shelters in their communities. More than 3,000 people are homeless in Ottawa. ottawa.citynews.ca/2024/12/13/o...

I’m what I hope is at least half way through my first Covid infection - and I have to say, everything about this experience makes me confused about why we have decided to let it run rampant when we could … not.

3) 'Debating restrictions on emigration' with @pattitlenard.bsky.social, Amy Reed-Sandoval, Igor Bosc and Neha Wadhawan, Michael Blake, and Upasana Khadka: cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/...

The City of Ottawa has a gorgeous history of welcoming those fleeing oppression - and we can and should draw on that history to continue to do so.

The first three articles from the special issue of Moral Philosophy & Politics that I am editing on the theme "Relational Equality and Migration" are now out online first. #migcitsky🧵

My blog post on what immigration justice might look like is shortlisted for "best CIPS blog post" this year. Voting is open to the public. If I win, I'll direct the prize money to a refugee-serving organization! Read all the posts and cast your vote here: www.cips-cepi.ca/2024/10/01/c...

Thank you to the *16* people who responded so thoughtfully to my defence of mandatory citizenship oaths. Below is my attempt at a response! Short version: citizenship oaths build trust and formalize new political affiliations in ways that newcomers find meaningful.

Should new #citizen|s pledge allegiance in naturalization oaths? Explore this timely forum sparked by @pattitlenard.bsky.social at the EUI GCO. Insights from responders like Rainer Bauböck and @olivieroangeli.bsky.social, coordinator at #ForumMIDEM. globalcit.eu/swearing-loy...

Advice seeking, @dfisman.bsky.social: my partner has been testing positive for 17 days, and isolating the whole time. Only remaining symptom is a lingering cough. Is the right thing to do to continue isolating? (Me and one kid still covid virgins.)

An outflow of Russian LGBTQ+ asylum seekers is likely coming - in the post below, I consider what we should do about that. www.publicethics.org/post/priorit...

Another great contribution to the GlobalCit forum on mandatory citizenship oaths (with kickoff contribution by @pattitlenard.bsky.social). Rainer Baubock shifts the focus in his contribution on “embattled democracies”:

Christine Hobden argues persuasively that mandatory oaths are especially problematic in states filled with xenophobia directed against migrants in particular - South Africa is her test case: globalcit.eu/swearing-loy... @christinehobden.bsky.social

No one thinks mandatory citizenship oaths are a good idea? No one at all? Here's the fantastic @deeesharp.bsky.social arguing against them (and me), at the EUI's Global Citizenship Observatory: globalcit.eu/swearing-loy...

@ashwinivasantha.bsky.social offers a decisive, and possibly determinative "no" to the question, "should new citizens have to pledge allegiance to their new state in order to become citizens?" globalcit.eu/swearing-loy...

Should new citizens swear have to pledge allegiance to their new state, in order to become citizens? EUI's Global Citizenship Observatory is running a forum on just this question! I opened up the conversation and the wonderful Lior Erez is pressing it forward: globalcit.eu/swearing-loy...

I'll be participating in the connected webinar on October 10 at 12:30 EST. My take: laws around what should and shouldn't be protected/prohibited speech are a matter of domestic, multicultural, concern - they shouldn't be governed by what foreign governments will say. shuddhashar.com/a-quran-burn...