Not quite sure why this is popping up in my feed today, because IIRC 1) this was 26 years ago, not 5 years ago; and 2) it was June 1, not July 26. I’m pretty sure this was taken at the anti-FTAA protest in Windsor, Ontario, just months after the anti-WTO Battle of Seattle the previous November. 1/

Remembering that time seven years ago when I debated Whole Foods founder and CEO John Mackie in a Las Vegas hotel on the merits of capitalism vs. socialism as part of FreedomFest, a big libertarian gathering. 1/

Check out the full program of our alternative conference with over 60 sessions (!) in NYC next month. Register today! Program: tinyurl.com/ResistSoc2026 Registration: tinyurl.com/ResistSoc #BoycottASA

Just got word that my proposed session on “Labour, Power, and Politics” has been approved for the XXI ISA World Congress of Sociology, which will be held in Gwangju, South Korea from July 4-10, 2027. 1:

Proud to be part of this initiative bringing together 70 labour scholars from across Canada criticizing recent governmental attacks on unions. Published today in @theglobeandmail.com and @lapresse.ca #canlab #cdnpoli 1/

Sociologists stand in solidarity for a democratic ASA and a free Palestine. Sign the boycott pledge, and look out for alternative sessions & organizing events outside of ASA for folks who will be in the NYC area. #BoycotttASA

I had a chance to review @ericblanc.bsky.social ‘s latest book for Contemporary Sociology. Worker-to-worker organizing is no panacea for reversing labour’s flagging fortunes, and Eric is acutely aware of this. 1/

What should the left do when it governs? My new one from @hammerandhope.bsky.social

We're excited to announce an alternative conference for those boycotting ASA! "Resisting Authoritarianism: Global Solidarity & Democratic Futures" will take place in NYC on Aug 10-11 at the CUNY Graduate Center. RSVP today: tinyurl.com/ResistSoc #BoycottASA

Still not fully recovered from last week’s @labornotes.bsky.social conference in Chicago. Despite taking place in a time of huge challenges for unions and the working class in general, it was an inspiring place to take stock, recharge, and gear up for the battles ahead. 1/

@eidlin.bsky.social rocking S4P's pin and showing support for Palestine 🇵🇸 We will be sharing more pins at our alternative conference in August. Another great reason to #boycottASA😉 There are many ways to support, and we appreciate how sociologists are showing up in this moment!

Barry Eidlin@eidlin.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Academic Conference Fashion Report, @cawls-acets.bsky.social 2026 Edition, Day 3: The conference wrapped with some great panels. Most notable for me was a two-part session on “The State of Canadian Labour” 1/

Pro tip: if you ever get the chance to hear @prof-deleon.bsky.social give a talk, sprint to it. He is an amazing speaker, incredible scholar, and all around great human. Thanks for the great talk and congratulations on the book prize Prof de Leon!

Barry Eidlin@eidlin.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It was great to reconnect with @prof-deleon.bsky.social at the @cawls-acets.bsky.social meeting in Winnipeg. Not only did we get to catch up & strategize together, but he got to pick up his hardware for the Leo Panitch Book Prize, & deliver the keynote. A true friend, colleague, and comrade ✊❤️

David Camfield and I go back three decades, to the days of the New Socialist Group and the various Days of Action citywide strikes across Ontario in the mid-1990s. 1/

It was great to reconnect with @prof-deleon.bsky.social at the @cawls-acets.bsky.social meeting in Winnipeg. Not only did we get to catch up & strategize together, but he got to pick up his hardware for the Leo Panitch Book Prize, & deliver the keynote. A true friend, colleague, and comrade ✊❤️

Academic Conference Fashion Report, @cawls-acets.bsky.social 2026 Edition, Day 3: The conference wrapped with some great panels. Most notable for me was a two-part session on “The State of Canadian Labour” 1/

Academic Conference Fashion Report, @cawls-acets.bsky.social 2026 Edition, Day 2: The conference continued with some great panels, including one where I presented alongside @thomascollombat.bsky.social , Steve Tufts, Julia Smith, and Geoff Bickerton 1/

Academic Conference Fashion Report, CAWLS 2026 Edition, Day 1: We kicked off this year’s premier gathering of Canadian labour scholars with a morning plenary, followed by paper sessions and then a bus/walking tour of Winnipeg’s North End led by a local indigenous community activist, 1/

Looking forward to gathering in Winnipeg with my fellow laboUr scholars for the annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies! See you 🔜 #CanLab

We are finally seeing ASA leadership recognize the ASA meeting boycott and its impacts, to the point where they're extending the deadline to June 15, and committing to an early council meeting to "work towards a resolution." Keep up the pressure! As we've been saying, boycotts work!

I was up early this morning for a 4:30 am PDT interview with CTV Your Morning to talk about the Carney government’s plans to revise the Canada Labour Code, which will likely include tighter restrictions on workers’ Charter-protected right to strike. 1/ youtu.be/H6c7cXkQz58?...

The Future of the Canada Labour Code: What’s Changing? | Your Morning

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So proud of my students who relaunched the labour radio show on CKUT, the student radio station. The inaugural episode features an interview with me about the origins of May Day, reporting from May Day in Montreal, and a story about this weekend’s sex worker strike: ckut.ca/archive-play...

CKUT 90.3 FM

CKUT is a non-profit, campus-community radio station based in Montreal

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My annual repost of Wallace, our punk rock kitty 🐱 #WallaceChaton #CatsOfPunkRock #BlackFlag

Nearly 700 sociologists have pledged to boycott this year's ASA meeting in a fight for a democratic sociology. Join the boycott, and share (DM or email video) with us why you plan to #BoycottASA Read #BoycottASA FAQ: www.sociologistsforpalestine.org/faqs

I appreciated @mcgillarts.bsky.social giving me the opportunity to reflect on my experience participating in the États généraux du syndicalisme (Estates General of Québec Labour) back in April: www.mcgill.ca/arts/article...

Mapping the Future for Québec’s Labour Movement

By many metrics, Québec’s labour unions are the envy of North America. Numerically, the province has the highest unionization rate on the continent, at around 40 percent of the workforce, including ov...

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Are you upset about the actions of the ASA leadership? Do you want a more democratic ASA, but are unsure of what to do? Support S4P's call to boycott the ASA registration fees and hotel block this August!

Journos based in the EU must press their respective governments for clear answers as to what kind of consular support has been provided to these hostages of a rogue state If they'd been kidnapped by the Iranian regime, their governments would've never heard the end of it

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Think about how little Washington is paying attention to this & then imagine if any other nation did it. Israel just kidnapped nearly 200 people from around the world in international waters near Greece. And it did what many are calling "piracy" all to defend its other crime: its blockade of Gaza.

[English below] Ce fut un grand honneur de participer à la session d’ouverture du colloque des États généraux du syndicalisme, qui a réuni à Drummondville des centaines de délégués venant de partout à travers le Québec mardi et mercredi dernier. 1/

ASA is fundamentally a member-driven organization, relying to the unpaid work and goodwill of thousands of dues-paying members. The executive's recent actions fly in the face of that reality, and undermine the basis for our association 1/

Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal.bsky.social · 5mo ago

S4P rejects ASA leadership's authoritarian decision to bypass its own procedures & membership engagement re: our BDS resolution. If the resolution is not considered via existing procedures we will BOYCOTT the 2026 meeting. SIGN ON TO JOIN US: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

"More than ever the American Sociological Association has to choose if it will use data and rationality to take a public stand & protect all social groups including Palestinians or knuckle under an administration that has no respect for our discipline and in some cases see sociologists as the enemy"

And this of course, links to the broader erosion of democracy that we're observing in the country, "The fundamentals of sociological reason and research ... are under attack by our own government. Antisemitism is being callously used ... to eliminate social sciences that criticize ... policy." 6/