Stefan Kipfer

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Sunday in TO

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.

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...

Tomorrow

Le filtrage comme mirage de solution à la crise du logement : analyse des limites de ses effets La crise du logement

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...

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.

"Our treaty is not red tape. Our rights are not red tape". Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, Nishnawbe Aski Nation.

www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

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,...

"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...

Meanwhile, in other developments, there is this important and unexpected announcement from France.

Tomorrow @ York U, 1:30-3 519 Kaneff Tower

Coming up in 2 weeks in Toronto. Looking forward.

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."

We need to rescue free speech from its defenders | Peter Ives Arguing over 'free speech' has become a political weapon used by both sides. Professor Peter Ives argues that free speech isn’t a single principle but a tangled web of competing ideals. Only by untang...

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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

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)

YouTube video by Democracy Now! "Terrifying": Poorest Countries & Global Working Class Face Worst Impacts of Trump's Tariffs

youtube.com/watch?v=oR1d...

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.

Indigenous faculty at York University push back on enrolment suspension: Program suspensions are a shortsighted solution to managing school's financial crisis

Many thanks to Jordan Camp and Christina Heatherton for this sharp and generous production of Conjuncture.

'confidently wrong' = ai

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...

Indeed

It is one of a few FB posts. You can find it on my feed. If not on FB, send me msg @ kipfer@yorku.ca

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.

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...

This coming Friday @ York U.

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.

This is a really useful overview of the Ontario party election platforms.

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

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

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-...

Interesting thread