Stefan Kipfer
@skipfer.bsky.social
is into politics and urban questions. Professor, union member, inhabitant, author of Urban Revolutions https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2120-urban-revolutions
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...
Why bike lanes should remain on Ontario’s roads
Efforts to remove bike lanes in Toronto could result in more injuries and make transportation more challenging for people.
theconversation.com
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...
Le filtrage comme mirage de solution à la crise du logement : analyse des limites de ses effets
La crise du logement
iris-recherche.qc.ca
"Our treaty is not red tape. Our rights are not red tape". Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, Nishnawbe Aski Nation. www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Doug Ford says some First Nations will ‘never agree’ to proposed bill speeding up mine development
"People elected us to move quick, and that's exactly what we're going to do," Ford said in Orillia.
thestar.com
"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...
Trump tariffs and US Imperialism
Trump’s April 2025 tariff blitz ignited market chaos and deepened rifts within his own coalition. Beneath the turmoil lies a battle between technocrats, ultranationalists, and anti-imperial populists,...
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Meanwhile, in other developments, there is this important and unexpected announcement from France.
Coming up in 2 weeks in Toronto. Looking forward.
IIESL@iiesl.bsky.social · 2y agoOn May 14, we’re thrilled to welcome Matt Thompson (@mattthompson.bsky.social) to the IIESL and to Toronto for a discussion of his research on conjunctural municipalism. He’ll be joined by Kanishka Goonewardena, Stefan Kipfer (@skipfer.bsky.social), and Rachel Bok as discussants.
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."
Enda Brophy@enda-b.bsky.social · 2y agothetyee.ca/News/2025/04...
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)
Donald Trump has added a political risk premium to US assets
[FREE TO READ] Parking money in America is no longer the routine, fuss-free, neutral option
on.ft.com
Indigenous faculty at York University push back on enrolment suspension: Program suspensions are a shortsighted solution to managing school's financial crisis
Indigenous faculty at York University push back on enrolment suspension | CBC News
Professors of Indigenous studies and gender studies say they'd like to see York University reverse the decision it recently made to suspend enrolment in those programs.
cbc.ca
Many thanks to Jordan Camp and Christina Heatherton for this sharp and generous production of Conjuncture.
Jordan T. Camp@jordantcamp.bsky.social · 2y agoIn the new episode of Conjuncture, I speak with @skipfer.bsky.social about Gramsci, anti-fascism, and the right. We release in anticipation of Gramscian Studies panels at the @geographers.bsky.social meetings next week. Season co-sponsored by @antipodeonline.bsky.social: youtu.be/7CcRqnplfJU. 1/2
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...
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...
Einsiedeln: AfD-Sympathisant schaltet Inserat in Lokalblatt
Ein Einsiedler Ex-Richter gratuliert AfD-Frau Alice Weidel im Namen der Bevölkerung. Der Bezirksrat sucht das Gespräch.
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This is a really useful overview of the Ontario party election platforms. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Armine Yalnizyan: Ontario’s economy is facing a Trump-induced crisis. This is how your next premier intends to fix it
Ontario’s economy is in a sink-or-swim moment.
thestar.com
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
The Narwhal@thenarwhal.ca · 2y agoThe four major parties running in the Ontario election have now released platforms, and three of them answered our survey on 8 big questions about the environment and energy. Here's how they'd address the issues — as well as some fun, confusing and strange pledges: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-elec...
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-...
How Ontario Sleepwalked into a Crisis in Higher Education - thelocal.to/ontario-post...
How Ontario Sleepwalked into a Crisis in Higher Education | The Local
After years of underfunding, the province’s colleges and universities are now in financial free fall—slashing staff, cutting programs, and shuttering campuses.
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