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Drawing on interviews with more than fifty data activists around the world, Mobilizing Data for Justice examines how social movement groups are applying new kinds of technology to collect and analyze data in ways that go beyond traditional information access...
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Brownlee and Walby ask if corporations and the medical establishment are suited to steward the mainstreaming of psychedelics, raising concerns with how the psychedelic renaissance is entrenching systems of inequality, limiting access, and increasing the reach of the drug war...
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Drawing on interviews with more than fifty data activists around the world, Mobilizing Data for Justice examines how social movement groups are applying new kinds of technology to collect and analyze data in ways that go beyond traditional information access...
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Brownlee and Walby ask if corporations and the medical establishment are suited to steward the mainstreaming of psychedelics, raising concerns with how the psychedelic renaissance is entrenching systems of inequality, limiting access, and increasing the reach of the drug war...
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Media Infrastructures and the Police Surveillance Economy Thursday Feb 26, 300pm CST Dr. Kelly Gates, Communication and Science Studies at University of California, San Diego CAIJ webinar...
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Media Infrastructures and the Police Surveillance Economy Thursday Feb 26, 300pm CST Dr. Kelly Gates, Communication and Science Studies at University of California, San Diego CAIJ webinar...
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Between the Lines
Between the Lines is a is a social movement press founded in 1977. We publish nonfiction books that expose and challenge oppression in our society. BTL authors are academics, journalists, artists, and...
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Mobilizing Data for Justice: A Guide to Activism in the Digital Age by Chris Hurl, Elena Rowan, Marius Senneville and Kevin Walby Now printed!
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is a social movement press founded in 1977, and they publish a lot of awesome books. Please check BTL out.
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Mobilizing Data for Justice: A Guide to Activism in the Digital Age by Chris Hurl, Elena Rowan, Marius Senneville and Kevin Walby Now printed!
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is a social movement press founded in 1977, and they publish a lot of awesome books. Please check BTL out.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
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“We’ve built this horrifying Orwellian surveillance industry over the last 10 to 20 years, and now ICE is buying access to all of it,” EFF’s Cooper Quintin told Minnesota’s Sahan Journal.
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ICE’s surveillance technology goes beyond facial recognition
Federal immigration agencies are using a vast surveillance network in Minnesota – from facial recognition technology to ‘stingrays’ that collect data by impersonating cell phone towers.
https://sahanjournal.com/immigration/ice-surveillance-technology-facial-recognition-phones-minnesota/
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Police are using ‘zombie’ court orders to shut down social movements ⋆ The Breach
Police are reanimating years-old injunctions to threaten activists, casting a chill over protests and free speech
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Canadian Dimension
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Canadians who oppose Washington’s barefaced imperial violence in Venezuela—and Ottawa’s complicity in it—must mobilize and raise our voices for change. As Owen Schalk writes, it is our responsibility to the hemisphere, and to the planet, on which we live.
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Trump’s war on Venezuela is a war on Latin America
The US has launched direct, illegal strikes on Venezuela, kidnapping President Nicolás Maduro and targeting civilians and infrastructure. Trump openly signals plans to seize resources, while allies an...
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Israel is banning dozens of major international humanitarian groups from Gaza as the Palestinian population struggles under mass displacement, hunger, winter cold and more.
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“One More Step to Push Out Principled Humanitarian Actors”: NRC on Israel Ban on Aid Groups in Gaza
Israel is set to suspend the operating licenses of Doctors Without Borders, Oxfam and dozens of other humanitarian aid groups in Gaza and the West Bank over alleged ties to Hamas, preventing internati...
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In a highly unusual move, the EPA is revising an assessment of the health dangers posed by formaldehyde, a widespread pollutant that causes far more cancer than any other chemical in the air. (Published Dec. 2025)
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Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or...
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Breaking our brains
When I was growing up with my best friend Gabe, we played all the sports together. He went on to play a lot of football in Canada. He was a linebacker, a hard hitter. He had hundreds of concussions in...
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Breaking our brains
When I was growing up with my best friend Gabe, we played all the sports together. He went on to play a lot of football in Canada. He was a linebacker, a hard hitter. He had hundreds of concussions in...
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Democracy Now!
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“I’m Not Going to Give Up”: Leonard Peltier on Indigenous Rights, His Half-Century in Prison & Coming Home
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Leonard Peltier on Indigenous Rights, His Half-Century in Prison & More
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
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There is no “cloud,” just someone else's computer—and when the cops come knocking on their door, these hosts need to be willing to stand up for privacy.
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How Cops Can Get Your Private Online Data
Can the cops get your online data? In short, yes. There are a variety of US federal and state laws which give law enforcement powers to obtain information that you provided to online services. But,
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/how-cops-can-get-your-private-online-data
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Canadian weapons are being used by the RSF to commit atrocities in Sudan, but the complicity runs deeper Ismail Adam,
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In the genocide in Sudan, Canada has a hand in the violence ⋆ The Breach
The massacres of civilians in Sudan are being fuelled by Canadian weapons, mining interests, and refugee restrictions. It’s time for Canada to end its complicity
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The next CAIJ Talk is coming up this Wednesday, November 26 at 2 p.m. CST. Learn about the basics of Freedom of Information (FOI) and hear about important contemporary research happening in Canada. Follow
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
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So-called "smart" devices are pushed heavily for the holidays, but be mindful of what you're opting that gift recipient into.
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Think Twice Before Giving Surveillance for the Holidays
With the holidays upon us, it's easy to default to giving the tech gifts that retailers tend to push on us this time of year: smart speakers, video doorbells, bluetooth trackers, fitness trackers,
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Freedom of Information Requests and Social Science Research Tandeep Sidhu, Uni of Manitoba Katrin Roots, Wilfrid Laurier Uni Lindsay Jennings, Tracking (In)Justice Project Alexander McClelland, Carleton University WED, NOV 26, 3pm EST, 2pm CST Zoom link:
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The Breach
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While Canadian politicians are still caught up in their AI love affair, panic is rippling through the industry. Tech expert
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The AI bubble may be about to burst. Mark Carney must not bail out its Tech Barons ⋆ The Breach
While billionaires bet against the hyped up multi-trillion-dollar AI market, Canada’s government is doubling down
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The Trudeau Liberals cut 10,000 public sector jobs beginning last year. PM Carney's plan to axe 30,000 more jobs will impact access to access pensions, Employment Insurance, and passports The latest from my colleague Harrison Samphir for
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‘Devastating and demoralizing’: public service braces for wave of cuts ⋆ The Breach
Carney’s austerity plan risks hollowing out government and hurting service delivery
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Haymarket Books
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Across the U.S., various organizations work to ensure that people who are incarcerated have access to literature.
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Sending Books to Prisons
PW checks in with two prison literacy groups, one of which originated with a publisher and the other with a bookstore.
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/99108-sending-books-to-prisons.html
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Canadian Dimension
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“Banker's Budget,” Evin Collis (
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Freedom of Information Requests and Social Science Research Tandeep Sidhu, Uni of Manitoba Katrin Roots, Wilfrid Laurier Uni Lindsay Jennings, Tracking (In)Justice Project Alexander McClelland, Carleton Uni WED, NOV 26, 3pm EST, 2pm CST Audience Zoom:
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Freedom of Information Requests and Social Science Research Tandeep Sidhu, Uni of Manitoba Katrin Roots, Wilfrid Laurier Uni Lindsay Jennings, Tracking (In)Justice Project Alexander McClelland, Carleton Uni WED, NOV 26, 3pm EST, 2pm CST Audience Zoom:
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Calgary police "image recognition" software identifies individuals in photos & videos posted online
Documents show that two years after being caught using Clearview AI facial recognition software, Calgary police signed contracts for AI software that scours photos and videos for individuals. Have pol...
https://drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-police-image-recognition-software-identifies-individuals-in-photos-videos-posted-online/
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7 months ago
From Indigenous rights to climate justice, Ricochet covers the stories you need to know. Support our reporting:
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Harbinger Media Network
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On ep78 of the 💫HARBINGER SHOWCASE💫 syndicated radio show ➡️@pressprogress.ca SOURCES on Ford's Ontario ➡️@techwontsave.us talk digital detox ➡️@albertaadvantage.bsky.social debunk the abstinence-only drug use model ➡️@srslywrong.bsky.social unpack 'Urine Theory'
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Jamie Brownlee and Kevin Walby on Psychedelic Capitalism - Columbia University Press Blog
Jamie Brownlee and Kevin Walby discuss their concerns that psychedelics are being appropriated and commodified by institutional power structures.
https://cupblog.org/2025/07/01/jamie-brownlee-and-kevin-walby-on-psychedelic-capitalism/
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Jamie Brownlee and Kevin Walby on Psychedelic Capitalism - Columbia University Press Blog
Jamie Brownlee and Kevin Walby discuss their concerns that psychedelics are being appropriated and commodified by institutional power structures.
https://cupblog.org/2025/07/01/jamie-brownlee-and-kevin-walby-on-psychedelic-capitalism/
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One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad is very much worth your time.
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On a new🐙THE NORTH STATE🐙 host
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The Emperor's New AI Economy ft. Paris Marx
Podcast Episode · The North State · 06/24/2025 · 41m
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Canadian Dimension
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Mark Carney just committed Canada to spend 5% of GDP on defence—more than double NATO’s target. No serious debate. No scrutiny. Just consensus from a political class sleepwalking into permanent militarization while public services decline.
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Military spending groupthink and Canada’s left
The vast majority of Western politicians have boxed themselves into too much of a corner after having demonized Russia to such an extent to really raise serious questions about the need for increased ...
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At the next Research Tools for Organizers training we’ll be digging into tools for researching nonprofits, from colleges and cultural institutions to corporate front groups. Register:
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Data Justice Hub
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Episode 4 of the Mobilizing Data for Justice podcast features interviews with Visualizing Palestine.
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Visualizing Palestine
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Chris Hurl
9 months ago
Over the past few months, we have been doing interviews with social activists engaging with data in creative ways. Check out our first interview, featuring the Accountability Archive.
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Chris Hurl
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The second episode of our Mobilizing Data for Justice podcast is now out, featuring the investigative collective, Bellingcat.
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Chris Hurl
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The third episode of our Mobilizing Data for Justice podcast features Petra Molnar, from the Refugee Law Lab, who is investigating the rapidly growing surveillance apparatus at our borders.
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Refugee Law Lab
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This week's episode of the Mobilizing Data for Justice podcast features interviews with Visualizing Palestine.
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Visualizing Palestine
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