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Featured session: The State of the State How should socialists and abolitionists relate to the state? How can we organize collectively against capitalist exploitation and state violence in an era of emboldened fascism and right-wing reaction?

How should socialists and abolitionists relate to the state?

Join this roundtable featuring Robin D.G. Kelley,
@dreanyc123.bsky.social, Geo Maher, and David McNally.

Don’t miss it! Register for Socialism 2025 today!

socialismconference.org

If you are interested in land politics, check out @econgeo.bsky.social 's Institutional Landscapes webpage. They are graciously hosting this guest post:

I wrote about Toronto’s bubble zone bylaw for @canadiandimension.bsky.social
TL;DR: it’s bad, but probably not (just) for the reasons you think it is

The IOF has sprayed a white chemical substance onto the Freedom Flotilla.

Everyone sitting in the Freedom Flotilla boat with their hands above their heads, taken from the official Telegram channel

Last image of the Freedom Flotilla crew before being stormed by Israeli soldiers and kidnapped in international waters

SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.
Pressure their foreign ministries and help us keep them safe!
E: alertes.cdc@diplomatie.gouv.fr & courrier.scec@diplomatie.gouv.fr

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"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."

Disruptive Geographies and the War on Gaza: Infrastructure and Global Solidarity This forum explores the geopolitics of infrastructure in the context of Israel’s war on Gaza, situating the current genocide within longer histories of settler colonialism, spatial control, and tra...

incredible lineup in this Geopolitics forum on "Disruptive Geographies and the War on Gaza: Infrastructure and Global Solidarity"

w/ Rafeef Ziadah, Christian Henderson, Omar Jabary Salamanca, Sharri Plonskid, Charmaine Chua, Riya Al Sanah & Elia El Khazen

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

incredible resource put together by @alinau27.bsky.social addressing many big questions and concerns about GenAI in higher education (and, i’m thinking, as a guide for having these conversations in the classroom)

amazing, Alina! thank you so much for putting this together, so valuable and needed 🩷

Where to donate, how to volunteer to help Manitoba wildfire evacuees Wildfires have forced more than 17,000 Manitobans to flee their homes into temporary shelters in Winnipeg and beyond. Here

This article lists ways to donate/support wildfire evacuees in Manitoba <3

www.winnipegfreepress.com/featured/202...

B.C. approves PRGT pipeline, setting stage for conflict | The Narwhal The green light for the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline could mean a ‘long, hot summer’ of conflict, one Indigenous leader warns

B.C. has approved the PRGT pipeline, paving the way for construction to start — and setting the stage for what one First Nations leader warns could be a “long, hot summer” of conflict. #bcpoli via @writermjs.bsky.social @sobittersosweet.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/prgt-pipelin...

CJPME is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to take immediate action to ensure the safety of the Freedom Flotilla, which is attempting to break Israel's siege on Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid. www.cjpme.org/pr_2025_06_0...

From Aspiration to Action: Organizing Through Exhaustion, Grief, and Uncertainty “Some days, my best efforts feel insufficient and overwhelming at the same time.”

Grateful to everyone who shared their thoughts with me for this piece about the difference between how people imagined they would show up for a moment like this one, and how we're actually showing up—and how we can begin to close the gap between aspiration and action.

We Can Make an Impact. End unnecessary redundancies at Newcastle University

sign & support newcastle geography! chng.it/sDG99Nm7Rq

such a provoking and thoughtful keynote by Dr Emilie Cameron this morning at the @cangeographers.bsky.social conference — reminding us to rethink, question, and challenge settler-colonialism, again and again, wherever we are, and in all the forms and specificities it takes

Joint statement from the leaders of Canada, the United Kingdom and France on the situation in Gaza and the West Bank The Israeli Government’s denial of essential humanitarian assistance to the civilian population is unacceptable and risks breaching International Humanitarian Law.

take five minutes tonight to call or email your MP and ask what "further concrete actions" Canada will be taking immediately, as Israel continues to block essential aid from reaching Gaza www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...

🚨MASSIVE VICTORY: King’s College Cambridge to divest from all arms and the occupation of Palestine

Today Kings College Cambridge has committed to divest the millions it holds in the arms industry, and in companies complicit in the occupation of Palestine, by the end of the year

“Beyond Description”: Report from Gaza as U.N. Warns 14,000 Babies Could Soon Die The U.N.'s humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher warned Tuesday that 14,000 babies could die in Gaza over the next 48 hours if more aid does not enter the besieged territory. The warning comes as Israel exp...

The news from Gaza is brutal and urgent. All governments must demand immediate ceasefire and access to aid. Starvation as a military tactic is a war crime!
www.democracynow.org/2025/5/20/is...

An excellent analysis of the impacts of Ontario's Bill 5 - don't forget to submit your public comment to the ERO by May 17th!

ONLINE EVENT: Child/Youth Participation, Climate Action, and Success in a Climate Case | University College Cork Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

YOU'RE INVITED 🎉⚖️

Discover cutting edge youth climate litigation work (including Ecojustice's) at this Columbia University/University College Cork webinar.

Wed, May 21
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM Eastern

REGISTER NOW 👉
www.ucc.ie/en/youthclim...

RCMP and Palestine SOLIDARITY IN CANADA The RCMP have converged their "war on terror" security frameworks with protocols for repressing Indigenous land defense movements. Together, these forms of training, surveillance, and "intelligence-led" policing anchor the criminalization of Palestine solidarity.

Come out and learn more about links b/w RCMP and Palestine solidarity on May 29.

In-person Toronto event or livestream. Link through registration. www.eventbrite.ca/e/a-national...

CRIMINALIZING DISSENT? The Truth About the BUBBLE ZONE Bylaw The City of Toronto has proposed a BUBBLE ZONE bylaw that would restrict protests near so-called “vulnerable” institutions. Join us for a community teach-in exploring its potential harms, featuring leading local voices in law, labour, housing, feminist activism, and disability justice. May 20th, 5:30pm Location: Toronto Metropolitan University, PD 457 Brad Evoy, Disability Justice Network Ontario Dreddz B.L., Voices for Unhoused Liberation Sid Jackson, Voices for Unhoused Liberation Irina Ceric, Law Union of Ontario Robyn Maynard, Another Toronto and Author of Policing Black Lives Judy Rebick, Feminist, Activist, Journalist, Author and Educator

Criminalizing Dissent?
Toronto: join me, @policingblack.bsky.social, @judreb.bsky.social & others for this community teach-in about the city's proposed bubble zone bylaw.
Tuesday, May 20, 5:30pm at TMU. Info & RSVP: communityteachin.rsvpify.com

APTN News Brief: May 12, 2025—Pikangikum FN seeks $2B in damages from Canada over failing water and wastewater systems; family of Jordan's Principle namesake marks its 20 year anniversary Our lead story: under a state of emergency due to failing water and wastewater systems, the Pikangikum First Nation seeks both $200M in immediate federal relief as well as $2B in damages for Canada...

The family of Jordan's Principle namesake marks its 20 year anniversary; Pikangikum FN seeks $2B in damages from Canada over failing water and wastewater systems.
Hear more on APTN News Brief:

UNIFIED CALL TO CONFRONT FAMINE IN GAZA: LAUNCH THE DIPLOMATIC HUMANITARIAN CONVOY NOW  - Law for Palestine UNIFIED CALL TO CONFRONT FAMINE IN GAZA: LAUNCH THE DIPLOMATIC HUMANITARIAN CONVOY NOW  12th May 2025 Palestinian civil society, joined by humanitarian and human rights organisations worldwide, issues...

Palestinian civil society and international orgs call for the immediate organisation and deployment of a Diplomatic Humanitarian Convoy to Gaza through the Rafah Crossing #DiplomaticConvoy law4palestine.org/unified-call...

Please spread the correct information about Mayor Baraka's arrest. He had apparently been trying for a few days to visit the ICE prison and was rebuffed. Then the members of Congress tried to visit today and were made to wait in the waiting area for 90 minutes. Then 20 ICE Gestapo showed up...

An Indigenous Theory of Water: Leanne Betasamosake Simpson on Rivers as Teachers Rivers are connectors. The rivers feeding into Lake Ontario and then the St. Lawrence connect me, for example, with Audra and her homeland. My people are called Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg because we …

“Rivers are the veins of our mother, the earth; they are the visual mapping of a watery network.” @biidaasamose.bsky.social on rivers as teachers.

How to Sniff Out ‘Copaganda’: When the Police and the Media Manipulate Our News "By cherry-picking anecdotes, news reports can distort our interpretation of the world."

Ok this is pretty cool. Teen Vogue just published an excerpt from my Copaganda book today! www.teenvogue.com/story/copaga...