Chapter 4 - The Burden of Benevolence By constructing poverty as a moral problem, the humanitarian fable teaches that inequality is not the result of racial capitalism, trade, debt, etc., but the North’s failure to provide sufficient, effective aid. ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/djef...

For more on Patrice Lumumba, who Mboladinga is honouring, read: If you are intrigued by what Mboladinga is doing, read this brief introduction to Patrice Lumumba. africasacountry.com/2017/01/patr...

How Patrice Lumumba was assassinated by the Belgians with the full support of the USA.

Prime Minister Carney says the war in Iran was "worth it". I want to know who he thinks it was worth it for.

"Freddy" is the epitome of how sportswashing is taken up popularly.

There's an organized effort to make a racist movement mainstream in Canadian politics. That's why experts were so concerned to hear the pro-mass deportation group's leader attended one of Canada's largest Conservative conferences. In my latest piece for @thetyee.ca, I dig into this rising problem:

"‘They used dogs’: New Al Jazeera film exposes Israel’s use of rape in jails Former detainees detail systematic torture and sexual violence, including rape, while in Israeli custody." www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/...

Chapter 3 - The Humanitarian Informant This chapter argues that humanitarianism asserts the authority not just to speak of/for suffering others, but in place of the sufferer. ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/djef...

Chapter 3 - The Humanitarian Informant This chapter argues that humanitarianism asserts the authority not just to speak of/for suffering others, but in place of the sufferer. ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/djef...

Carney wants to test the use of AI in profiling prisoners. Our legal system is already biased against Indigenous and Black people. This will not go well at all because AI is already biased and only reinforces biases. www.propublica.org/article/mach...

+ Queer kids in small towns find community on social media. Kids in abusive homes escape on social media. What we need is social media literacy starting with parents & working their way down. We need more 3rd spaces. We need investments in community. We need addiction services for all - even youth

There were SO many reasons to critique We Charity/Me to We & the Kielburger brothers, but Brown had to make things up. Bloomberg documented many shady elements of the enterprise, and I highlighted in multiple venues how WE Charity reinforces a colonial ideal of white benevolence

I often quote Israel's own leadership on here for two reasons 1) They publicly define their own parameters for success routinely, and they are completely different from what Western media claims them to be. 2) It's useful to reiterate to people that these goals are incompatible with negotiations.

It bugs me to think that now that my article is published, it will be vacuumed up by AI and spit out again in a way that makes it seem like AI has absorbed and understood the new knowledge I created, with no credit, attribution, or compensation.

129. Stop pushing AI for everything while ignoring the enormous environmental costs. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/04/n...

79. Stop pushing to make Canada a major arms dealer to the world, and definitely stop selling weapons to the US. www.readthemaple.com/the-crown-co...

1/ The Liberal government might as well have called its AI strategy “All in for AI”. This is a document that's heavy on hype, but light on the right guardrails that we need to protect people – and to ensure that the benefits of the technology don’t just flow to a handful of tech giants & investors.

NEW: The Carney government has confirmed it is spending $2.6 billion on a missile system that the US has used extensively in its war of aggression against Iran. The deal signals Canada’s continued military integration with the US. www.readthemaple.com/canada-spend...

Chapter 2–The Image of the Global Poor This chapter examines the way the aid industry represents the global poor, historicizing the viral Radi-Aid social media campaign that seemed to challenge the stereotypes produced within development NGO marketing.⬇️ bsky.app/profile/djef...

The Pentagon is buying “unprecedented” ownership stakes in Canadian mining companies. Nessie Nankivell tracks how Canada’s critical minerals are being extracted to build weapons for the U.S. military—all while the Canadian government is helping fund these projects. breachmedia.ca/elbows-up-ca...

Should be the obvious move, but most postsecondary institutions are run by bankers whose friends in the tech industry need their shit to be bought by big colleges so that they can promise their shareholders that "AI" sells when, in fact, most people either actively hate it or have no real use for it

I'm attending a @world-beyond-war.bsky.social event: Online Discussion: End the 500-Year War Against Africa Now! June 5, 2026, 7:00 PM CEST. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/end-w...

We need more universities to make definitive statements about scholarship in this time of AI. Universities are a place to engage deeply in the process of *how* to think about complex topics, not find shortcuts in the name of 'productivity'

Thank you to @themrise.bsky.social for reviewing the SAGE Handbook of Decolonial Theory for LSE Review of Books. It is the first review of our handbook. We appreciate Themrise Khan's generosity in making our work visible & remain committed to decolonial thinking in all its complexity. Check it out👇🏽

canadians: don't forget to leave tea and biscuits out for queen victoria tonight

Canada plans to establish a new bank to finance the global arms trade In our latest @breachmedia.ca podcast, I speak with Rachel Small of @wbwcanada.bsky.social about the prospect of our economy being further tied to weapons and war breachmedia.ca/by-hosting-a...

SCOOP: Behind closed doors at a high-level Christian event in Alberta, Premier Danielle Smith said that a new oil pipeline to the BC coast would align with the teachings of Jesus. Read the exclusive story from @marylouisestuart.bsky.social and I in @desmog.com www.desmog.com/2026/05/13/o...

33. In a major victory for the Palestine solidarity movement, the Canadian Labour Congress votes to cut ties with the Histradut and take various other measures in support of the Palestinian people. www.labourforpalestine.com/statements/h... #MovementWins2026

32. From the US - after a week-long Indigenous occupation, mining company withdraws application to drill near a sacred site in the Black Hills. ictnews.org/news/mining-... #MovementWins2026

On the day they were made to leave their home, my father Anis was three months' shy of his ninth birthday, give or take a day. He remembers thinking it was perhaps a pleasure trip as they'd done the year before. And then realizing they'd never return home again. At eight. #TellYourNakbaStory

Throughout May & June, I will post short threads sharing some key arguments from The Humanitarian Fable (Routledge 2026). Analyzing popular forms of humanitarian communications, the book critiques humanitarianism as the dominant framework for understanding global poverty. ⬇️⬇️

Throughout May & June, I will post short threads sharing some key arguments from The Humanitarian Fable (Routledge 2026). Analyzing popular forms of humanitarian communications, the book critiques humanitarianism as the dominant framework for understanding global poverty. ⬇️⬇️

Mark Carney’s $25 billion 'Canada Strong Fund' looks less like Norway’s sovereign wealth fund and more like a convoluted, debt-fuelled investment vehicle, blurring the line between public purpose and private gain at a moment of deep economic crisis, writes @laurenceb-w.bsky.social.

👏 Faculty for Palestine performance art event at UBC.

But "we" will be spending billions on weapons.

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Shut down Canada's plans to lead and host the global headquarters of the newly announced DSRB war bank. We must oppose this new institution designed to fund and accelerate a global arms race and funnel public money directly to arms manufacturers. actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...

Ric Esther Bienstock’s 'SPEECHLESS' sets out to explore campus free speech, but delivers a disingenuous narrative that reduces students to caricatures and leaves the deeper struggles over power, knowledge, and (in)justice in the university largely unexamined. Read Rinaldo Walcott's review:

6/ Prime Minister Carney’s approach is to seed the fund with public money to subsidize big private projects. In other words, Norway uses industry profits to support the public good. Prime Minister Carney’s fund uses public money to support private profits.

A Canadian making $70k a year will save $11 a month. This will reduce contributions to the plan by $3 billion. A year. I can't even fathom the thinking that went into this. Carney keeps doing these tax breaks that don't do shit for individuals but cost the government billions. It's pathological.

I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Tell the CRA to take action: Stop allowing our tax dollars to fund schools supporting the Israeli military. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

The gall of me trying to send a birthday card to someone in Russia. Completely unacceptable and impossible says the Canadian government, as they continue to support genocide in Gaza and every other orientalist violence.

🧵 Palantir just dropped a 22-point manifesto called "The Technological Republic." I went through every word. Some of it is thoughtful. A lot of it is alarming. All of it tells you exactly who Palantir is. Let's go through it together. 👇 #Palantir #TechPolicy #AIEthics #SiliconValley

The invitation for a public celebration in Kelowna of the anniversary of Israel declaring its "independence" has fighter jets on it. The invitation has fighter jets on it.

This a very dishonourable thing to do. Eby and his government failed so broadly to make DRIPA real, to map out the institutional changes required, and to educate and enlist the public in the work, it almost looks like intentional sabotage. Shameful. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

This is 🔥🔥🔥 Dounana by Siba

Israel blew up a public high school in Marwahin, South Lebanon - 16 April, 2026 "Channel 14's Yinon Magal, along with a message he got from the soldier who sent it: "Hello Yinon, the village of Marwahin, in front of Zar'it [an Israeli settlement], had been taken care of"

On a wartime footing: Carney’s new defence initiatives risks corruption and global conflict #canpoli rabble.ca/politics/can...

Relative to the United States, Canada is often portrayed as polite and benevolent. In reality, Canada’s past and present are entrenched in colonial and imperialist conquest. Read Tara Al-Alami’s pertinent and timely reading list on Canada’s colonial role from Palestine to Haiti and beyond.

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