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What 17th-century philosopher Thomas Hobbes would say about American democracy today | CBC Radio English philosopher Thomas Hobbes believed that life would be "nasty, brutish and short" without a strong government. IDEAS explores how a new take on Hobbes offers a surprising perspective on the rec...

Tonight on Ideas at CBC Radio One, 8:05 pm.

In the context of the No Kings movement in America, listen to a re-broadcast of my PhD thesis episode by Ideas, offering a new reading of Hobbes and what we can learn from him in these highly anxious times in democracies today!

www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...

If you listen, comments and reflections are most welcome!

Thank you :)

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I can see that there is a greater need for reason-based perspectives on the anxieties that characterize democracy today. I suggest that Hobbes has the resources to help us distinguish between reasonable and unreasonable anxieties, a task exceedingly difficult in the struggle between power and truth.

Reflecting on the past six months of a democratic government that came to power, whipping up anxiety over jobs, inflation, immigration and assumed authoritarian powers to keep not just the American people, but the global economy and the world in a continuous state of anxiety over tariffs, migration

What 17th-century philosopher Thomas Hobbes would say about American democracy today | CBC Radio English philosopher Thomas Hobbes believed that life would be "nasty, brutish and short" without a strong government. IDEAS explores how a new take on Hobbes offers a surprising perspective on the rec...

Tonight on Ideas at CBC Radio One, 8:05 pm.

In the context of the No Kings movement in America, listen to a re-broadcast of my PhD thesis episode by Ideas, offering a new reading of Hobbes and what we can learn from him in these highly anxious times in democracies today!

www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...

YouTube video by Rep. Melanie Stansbury Rep. Stansbury: The system is rigged

The system is rigged.

After scamming the American people out of healthcare, food, and educational assistance two weeks ago to fund tax breaks and boondoggles for billionaires—Trump and the GOP are now trying to rig the system to deregulate crypto.

We’re fighting for the working people!

I am once again asking you to have 1/10 the indignation on behalf of Palestinians being subjected to genocide that you do for Canadians abused by ICE

I've said it many times before and Andrew Cuomo is making me say it again: we don't have a cancellation problem. We have never had a cancellation problem. To the contrary, we have a problem that "disgrace" is a very temporary embarrassment— an brief entr'acte more than an intermission.

One of the greatest deceptions of our time is the false narrative that we should be more concerned about a poor person misusing the welfare system or an immigrant being here illegally than we are about the ultra wealthy abusing the system and cruel people having unchecked power over all of us.

The biggest reason government officials aren't giving any specifics about the criteria by which these arrests and deportations are selected, is that the criteria is "pro-Israel think-tanks and advocacy organizations created lists of troublesome individuals and gave them to us."

Hundreds of international students have just received an email telling them their visas have been revoked.

The ‘justification’ is campus activism or social media posts.

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Given the situation in the US, University of British Columbia is keeping their international undergraduate application portal open and will continue "to review admissions from international students, both transfer and direct-entry students, and likely will until the middle of April"

Bernie has been a very good opposition figure in 2025, but at this late date he's not suddenly going to become better on immigration than he's always been, and he's always been mediocre on it.

Trump bringing back "Free Speech" in America.

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You’ve got male!

Letter from Columbia student Ranjani Srinivasan after fleeing the United States to Canada Visit the post for more.

Columbia University grad student whose ‘self-deportation’ was celebrated by DHS explains how she was hounded by ICE—despite ‘legal’ status and lack of involvement with encampment—and utterly abandoned to her fate by the university.

www.normanfinkelstein.com/letter-from-...

Denver has come out to see AOC & Bernie tonight.

But, IUPAT President Jimmy Williams just set the crowd alight
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“I have a message to the Democratic Party: GET OFF YOUR ASS!

“We are not gonna poll our way out. We are not gonna consult our way out. We are gonna organize our way out." 👏

Things are scary

CBC Interview with the Indian PhD student in Columbia who had to flee to Canada to escape detention in light of the crackdown on students protesting against the genocide in Palestine.

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Many congratulations! @brianamcginnis.bsky.social 😊👏👏🥂

YouTube video by McGill Crowdfunding McGill Crowdfunding: RGCS Charles Taylor Student Fellowship

Today is #McGill24 which means that gifts to the RGCS Charles Taylor Student Fellowship attract matching funds for maximum impact. Please support this vibrant student intellectual community in political theory.

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The U.S. will resume Ukraine military aid and intelligence, as Kyiv approves ceasefire The United States said it will resume sending military aid and intelligence to Ukraine, as Ukraine agreed to a Trump administration proposal for a monthlong ceasefire.

The United States said it will resume sending military aid and intelligence to Ukraine, as Ukraine agreed to a Trump administration proposal for a monthlong ceasefire.

New — Rashida Tlaib, Mark Pocan, Nydia Velázquez, Delia Ramirez, Ilhan Omar, Jasmine Crockett, Summer Lee, Ayanna Pressley, Lateefah Simon, Al Green, Gwen Moore, André Carson, Nikema Williams, and James McGovern call on the Trump administration to release Mahmoud Khalil:

the only important thing is the Palestinian film NO OTHER LAND is an Oscar winner.

Methodological nationalism & mobile migration The world is mobile. People from the more privileged parts of the globe often move to access job opportunities and …

Amidst the humanitarian crises of mass deportation of undocumented immigrants south of the border & the anti-immigrant sentiment in advanced democracies today, a nuanced public philosophy piece on mobile migration by Dr. Anna Milioni, postdoc at @lecre.bsky.social

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Agreed :)

Thank you! :)

Broadcasting now on CBC Radio One on Ideas in the Afternoon in the context of the historically biggest take over of oligarchy of American democracy. My take on Hobbes on anxiety contextualised for American democracy on inaugation day.

www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...

Former GRIPP fellow @vertika.bsky.social on CBC Radio tonight (and also available here online) discussing Hobbes and anxiety

www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...

The episode is also available on the CBC Ideas podcast. 😇

I am pleased to share a preview of the overarching argument of my PhD dissertation, featured on CBC Ideas, to be broadcast nationwide on CBC Radio One tonight at 8:05 pm, with a repeat broadcast in the series Ideas in the Afternoon on Jan 27th at 2:05 pm. Episode link at www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...