Peter Ives
@peterives.bsky.social
Prof, Winnipeger, skier, rower, bike packer, dad, political & cultural theory, latest book: https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/rethinking-free-speech
Well it what Trump means by ‘rule’ that is bully with threats of violence , how he governs the US too
Jacob T. Levy@jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 7mo agoI feel a great disturbance in the force, as if millions of political scientists cried out in bafflement and then suddenly fell into silent sobbing.
It could not be more clear by ‘running the country’ Trump means bullying with coercion, that is how he run the US too. www.ft.com/content/fed6...
Donald Trump warns Venezuelan rulers as Washington prepares to dictate policy
US president says Latin American nation’s post-Maduro leader must give Washington ‘total access’
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What an outrageous response to illegal international aggression!! Canada must do better!!!!
Anita Anand@anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social · 7mo agoPlease see my statement on the situation in Venezuela:
Another great oration from today “Let equity not be a promise but a practice“. Imam Khalid Latif #mamdani
“a new politics and a new approach to power” — let’s hope this is the beginning of a movement that will sweep across America and beyond
Politico@politico.com · 7mo agoThe Mamdani era begins.
This is all true but totally inadequate. If calling out hypocrisy was sufficient we never would have had the anti-cancel culture group think from the left and right. The left was duped and needs to be much more serious about what free speech means. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Cancel Culture’s Boomerang Effect
How we got to a place where free speech means whatever conservatives want to say
theatlantic.com
I'm very critical of the IHRA definition of 'antisemitism' but explain to me how specifically by its example, "Holding Jews collectively responsible for actions of the state of Israel." Wouldn't "consulting" the Canadian Jewish community in this case be antisemitic? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Palestinian group praises Nakba exhibit coming to Canadian Human Rights while Jewish organization pans move | CBC News
A new exhibit on the Nakba, recounting the personal experiences of Canadian Palestinians who fled or were forced from their homes in 1948, is coming to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. However, a...
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The ray of hope that is #Mamdani appoints Lina Khan to his transition team— how cool is that!!!
@nytimes.com has been so disappointing for so long, this piece explains it well. My hope is that the growing movement that Mamdani represents will reveal to mainstream ‘liberal’ readers how it’s so problematic
Anne Trubek@atrubek.bsky.social · 9mo agoI havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
In the intro issue of New Left Review, Stuart Hall noted, “The humanist strengths of socialism—which are the foundations for a genuinely popular socialist movement—must be developed in cultural and social terms, as well as in economic and political.“ Zohran Kwame Mamdani‘s campaign got the point!
Today is only the beginning. Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.
Today is only the beginning.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
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Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"
@carleton.ca has not succeeded dodging problems of pretended ‘neutrality’ with ‘impartiality,’ the purpose of universities is to be partial on the side of credible knowledge and responsibility but ‘academic freedom’ may be a better approach charlatan.ca/carleton-pol... #freeexpression #freespeech
BREAKING: Proposed Carleton policy would limit freedom of speech on campus, advocates say - The Charlatan, Carleton's independent newspaper
Advocacy groups at Carleton University say the university's proposed institutional impartiality policy would limit free speech on campus.
charlatan.ca
An excellent article on the harms of residential school denialism. theconversation.com/confronting-...
Confronting residential schools denialism is an ethical and shared Canadian responsibility
Residential schools denialism is harmful on many levels, and jeopardizes Canada’s ability to work with Indigenous Peoples to create a stronger future.
theconversation.com
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market. Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Please explain to me how this utter abuse of state power to silence protest and override the #FirstAmendment is not garnering the level of outrage that the canceling of #Kimmel did. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Donald Trump says he is deploying troops to Portland, Oregon
Apparently misled by hyperbolic reporting from conservative outlets on a single small protest, president described peaceful city as ‘war ravaged’
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Please explain to me how this blatant abuse of govt power to silence protest is not garnering the level of outrage that the canceling of Kimmel did. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Donald Trump says he is deploying troops to Portland, Oregon
Apparently misled by hyperbolic reporting from conservative outlets on a single small protest, president described peaceful city as ‘war ravaged’
theguardian.com
Now is the time for the Canadian government to back off its terrible vision for Canada Post and offer new services like a not for profit social media platform, banking, and parcel service that fits the 21st century #postalstrike #goCUPW
An excellent article on the harms of residential school denialism. theconversation.com/confronting-...
Confronting residential schools denialism is an ethical and shared Canadian responsibility
Residential schools denialism is harmful on many levels, and jeopardizes Canada’s ability to work with Indigenous Peoples to create a stronger future.
theconversation.com
Indeed, but this intimidation is very real precisely because “Antifa” is not a defined organization, they can and will go after whoever they wish.
C🅰️S Ⓜ️UDDE@casmudde.bsky.social · 11mo agoWithin 24 hours the president of my country of residence and the parliament of my country of birth designated “Antifa” a terrorist organization. Neither has the actual authority to do so. But far-right politics has always been more about intimidation than legality.
Marcetic in @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social makes excellent points, but this censorship is not like the Dem's fumbling attempts to regulate the cesspool of social media and its billions of profit. Its bullying the spineless corporate media world to enforce the shift to Trump's personal power.
When first read about Ruth Marshall’s tweet I couldn’t imagine a context that would change the interpretation but thats the thing about language and context …. pressprogress.ca/university-o...
University of Toronto building shut down, police investigating threat, amid backlash to professor’s X post
While Ruth Marshall's comments were widely characterized as having concerned Charlie Kirk, evidence suggests a different context
pressprogress.ca
Frame 13 is now LIVE on Cultural Critique Online, with new reviews from Timothy Bewes, @peterives.bsky.social, Wilton Schereka, and Daniel Y. Kim. Check it out at manifold.umn.edu/projects/cc1...
On Gramsci at Sea, “this book is a delight partially due to its unwillingness to deliver on its provocations"—find out why in @peterives.bsky.social's book review at manifold.umn.edu/read/cc-fram...
Hear, hear.
hiebzky@hiebzky.bsky.social · last yr.#Manitoba & #Winnipeg don't want MAGA-loving, anti-2SLGBTQIA+, Christofascist concerts in our public spaces either, am I right? I think you know what to do. Email our elected officials. premier@manitoba.ca mayorgillingham@winnipeg.ca cgilroy@winnipeg.ca Uzoma.Asagwara@yourmanitoba.ca
Here’s my review of Sharad Chari’s _Gramsci at Sea_ manifold.umn.edu/projects/cc1...
Cultural Critique Online | University of Minnesota Press Manifold
Welcome to *Cultural Critique Online,* the open-access online section of *Cultural Critique*. This journal provides a forum for creative and provocative scholarship in the theoretical humanities and h...
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It turns out that being endorsed by virtually everyone on Jeffrey Epstein's flight log is not in fact appealing to voters.
Let’s be clear, N Korea wasn’t bombed because they have nuclear weapons. This gives #Iran little choice but to develop ‘deterrence’, but the US says it’s not a war, so we know they are in lulu land
