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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 (First 300 clicks free)

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...

Indeed

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

How Ontario Sleepwalked into a Crisis in Higher Education - thelocal.to/ontario-post...

There are more of us

In zahlreichen hessischen Städten finden derzeit Demonstrationen gegen den Rechtsruck in Deutschland statt. In Frankfurt haben sich laut Polizei rund 15.000 Menschen versammelt.

A most eloquent conversation with Jordan Camp and Sasha Lilley on we must absolutely understand Antonio Gramsci and Stuart Hall to understand Trump/ism and other forces in the current conjuncture.

On the many uses of Trump. “Canada’s CEOs want to cash in on Trump’s tariff threats. breachmedia.ca/canadas-ceos...

Trumpism über alles. The (self-)annexationist far right in English Canada. Works well with corporate proposals for an economic union (voiced on the website of the Fraser Institute). www.antihate.ca/pro_canada_o...

This is a crime against humanity. www.democracynow.org/2025/2/6/hea...

Shocking indeed

"And as the international student industry exploded, surpassing lumber or autoparts in the Canadian economy, the country enjoyed a massive transfer of wealth from places like rural India."

Good question.

Perfect Victims Join Mohammed El-Kurd & Robin D.G. Kelley for a virtual conversation to launch Mohammed’s new book Perfect Victims & the Politics of Appeal Tuesday, February 11th at 7:30 pm ET RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

No, we can't.

How about getting rid of the national anthems altogether? It is a scandal to have them at pro sports events on this continent in the first place.

Good news. For once

"Trump’s first actions included demolishing an air travel security group, forcing out the head of the FAA for corrupt reasons, implementing a hiring freeze for air traffic controllers, and sending blanket resignation offers to the remaining FAA employees. Then tragedy struck."

"The Ontario Health Coalition is demanding that Ford – and all of Ontario’s political parties’ leaders – commit to stopping the corporate takeover of primary care and commit to funding only non-profit and local teams without corporate ownership" socialistproject.ca/2025/01/ford...

one of the most dehumanising things happening to trans ppl is the dismissal of our persecution as a 'distraction'.

I'd love to know the answer. www.thenation.com/article/soci...