How did construction machines become staples of boyhood culture? Why were they given female/male pronouns? How did they impact ideas of masculinity and whiteness? Answers in "Gendering 'Intelligent' Machines: How Operating Engineers Constructed their Masculinity" in the latest Technology and Culture

Great opening night for Basta! No More Fear! The Toronto Workers' Theatre Group did a wonderful job bringing to life this tragic story about a mostly forgotten milestone episode in our city's past. All shows are "sold out," but come anyways if you don't have a ticket and we'll try to find you a seat

This evening, 7.30pm, at the Steelworkers Hall on 25 Cecil St., is the opening of the play I co-wrote "Basta! No More Fear!" about the Hoggs Hollow disaster that killed five Italian tunnellers in 1960 and the immigrant construction workers' uprising that followed.

I co-wrote a play about the Hoggs Hollow tragedy of 1960 and the subsequent uprise of Italian construction workers. It will be performed by the Toronto Workers' Theatre Group at the Steelworkers Union Hall, May 7-11. Entrance is free but registration is required. mayworks.ca/project/bast...

Where is the Ontario student movement on this issue? In Portugal, high school and university students launch protests and go on strike frequently on a range of things. Or in Quebec in 2012.

Porque ninguém está muito preocupado com esta "crise" para além da bolha politica e mediática em Lisboa. Há questões existenciais a serem debatidas na Europa e no mundo das quais Portugal não se pode alhear nem adiar para primeiro lidar com uma eleição que ninguém quer exceto a extrema direita.

C'mon say it with me Canada. C-o-a-l-i-t-i-o-n. Want to be less like the U.S. and more like the EU? Then act like adults around our democractic system. Instead of a Lib. minority with the NDP's volatile support, we could have a gov. that actually represents the majority. This should be a no-brainer.

Currently in Europe and scanning the news in Canada. It doesn't seem like people in Canada realize that pundits over here are now openly talking about preparing for an EU war with Russia outside of NATO. Where does that leave Canada, now that the transatlantic alliance is in shambles?

I wrote about the hypocrisy underlying our national conversation around housing. People & politicians blame immigrants for unaffordable housing (ignoring the real causes), then quietly rely on immigrants to fill the most precarious, low-paying jobs to build our housing supply.

"I think they were discriminating against Hispanic employees...they didn't ask the white people who were there anything...That doesn't make sense. Either you ask everyone or you don't ask anyone," said the Portuguese-American owner of business raided by ICE where 3 Hispanic migrants were arrested.

Looking forward to being part of this panel on January 30, 6pm, at @museumoftoronto.bsky.social. See here for more: www.museumoftoronto.com/collection/b...

Starting in one hour.

A funny thing about the car-centric attack on bike lanes is that Ontario owes much of its road network to bicycle advocates whose lobbying led to the creation of one the first Dept. of Highways in Canada and the intro of modern road building technology. See ep. 2 storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/26f7...

An important piece to understand how simply promoting the building trades is not enough to make it appealing and accessible to new apprentices or retaining existing ones, especially women, indigenous peoples, and other groups who have been historically marginalized in the construction industry. 1/2

Obrigado Ana Jordão pelo seu interesse no meu trabalho e por o divulgar no seu podcast Apanhados na Rede. www.rtp.pt/play/p6466/e...

This Nov. 26, 8.30 p.m., I will be participating in the Q&A session following the screening of Sérgio Graciano's film about the revolutionary April Captain, Salgueiro Maia, showing at the Spadina Theatre, as part of the EU Film Festival. See link for details. euffto.com/singlefilmpa...

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