Roberta Lexier
@robertalexier.bsky.social
New book, Student Power: Canadian Student Movements From the Sixties to Today (https://link.springer.com/book/9783032109620)
Professor of social movements and left politics. Proudly socialist, anti-fascist, anti-Zionist. All opinions my own.
Professor of social movements and left politics. Proudly socialist, anti-fascist, anti-Zionist. All opinions my own.
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Student Power
This book brings the story to the present moment, using news coverage, survey data, and interviews to examine recent pro-Palestinian encampments
link.springer.com
Thrilled to announce my new short book — Student Power:Canadian Student Movements From the Sixties to Today. Use code PALAUT for 20% discount
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Legit nervous about this separatist BS.
January 31, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Legit nervous about this separatist BS.
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People who hate universities are deciding on the future of universities and the end result will, unsurprisingly, be the dismantling of higher education.
Leaked consultant's report at Queen's University points to a push to massively downsize the humanities and social sciences as well as the eradication of disciplinary based departments. I wouldn't be surprised if my university has the same consultants.
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Leaked consultant document details proposed restructuring at Queen’s - The Queen's Journal
As Queen’s unveiled its Bicentennial Vision for 2041, a leaked consultant document obtained by The Journal outlined specific structural changes on a similar timeline. Announced in the Queen’s Gazette ...
www.queensjournal.ca
January 31, 2026 at 1:30 AM
People who hate universities are deciding on the future of universities and the end result will, unsurprisingly, be the dismantling of higher education.
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Protesting and advocacy works
Vancouver-based Jim Pattison Developments says it will not be selling a Virginia warehouse property to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which had said it wanted the site as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility.
B.C.-based Pattison says ICE warehouse sale won’t proceed
Vancouver-based Jim Pattison Developments says it will not be selling a Virginia warehouse property to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which had said it wanted the site as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility.
cheknews.ca
January 30, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Protesting and advocacy works
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I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
Check out the first episode of a six-part series on the history of Canadian student movements!!
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Canadian Student Movements: An Introduction
Podcast Episode · Student Power: A Canadian Student Movement History Podcast · 2026-01-26 · 40m
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January 29, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Check out the first episode of a six-part series on the history of Canadian student movements!!
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...
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Thrilled to announce my new short book — Student Power:Canadian Student Movements From the Sixties to Today. Use code PALAUT for 20% discount
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link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Student Power
This book brings the story to the present moment, using news coverage, survey data, and interviews to examine recent pro-Palestinian encampments
link.springer.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Thrilled to announce my new short book — Student Power:Canadian Student Movements From the Sixties to Today. Use code PALAUT for 20% discount
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link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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We're living in an era of market failure and housing is no exception. Handing billions to private developers won’t fix things: we need public housing built at scale.
Part of my conversation w/ @daviddoel.bsky.social
Join our campaign to build homes for the many, not the money! avilewis.link/join
Part of my conversation w/ @daviddoel.bsky.social
Join our campaign to build homes for the many, not the money! avilewis.link/join
We need a public developer for housing
YouTube video by Avi Lewis
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January 28, 2026 at 8:25 PM
We're living in an era of market failure and housing is no exception. Handing billions to private developers won’t fix things: we need public housing built at scale.
Part of my conversation w/ @daviddoel.bsky.social
Join our campaign to build homes for the many, not the money! avilewis.link/join
Part of my conversation w/ @daviddoel.bsky.social
Join our campaign to build homes for the many, not the money! avilewis.link/join
Thrilled to announce my new short book — Student Power:Canadian Student Movements From the Sixties to Today. Use code PALAUT for 20% discount
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link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Student Power
This book brings the story to the present moment, using news coverage, survey data, and interviews to examine recent pro-Palestinian encampments
link.springer.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Thrilled to announce my new short book — Student Power:Canadian Student Movements From the Sixties to Today. Use code PALAUT for 20% discount
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link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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I’m still looking, yo!
Calgary folks! I’m looking to interview someone who’s bought a place in the city’s east (green area in map below) over the last 12 months.
If this is you or someone you know, hit me up via dm for further deets. TIA.
If this is you or someone you know, hit me up via dm for further deets. TIA.
January 28, 2026 at 12:39 AM
I’m still looking, yo!
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Advocates in Alberta are kicking off 2026 by heading back to court to challenge the Alberta government’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors. And they’re trying a new tactic to get the law overturned.
Advocates mount new challenge to Alberta anti-trans law | Xtra Magazine
Skipping Stone and Egale Canada are headed back to court to try and overturn Alberta’s youth gender-affirming-care ban
xtramagazine.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Advocates in Alberta are kicking off 2026 by heading back to court to challenge the Alberta government’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors. And they’re trying a new tactic to get the law overturned.
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For @pressprogress.ca I spoke to Nada El-Falou from Palestinian Students and Scholars at Risk about the 100+ students accepted to Canadian Universities still waiting for a visa.
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Why won’t Canada’s government let Gazans come here to study?
Nada El-Falou, from the Palestinian Students and Scholars at Risk Network, explains how Canada’s inaction is endangering students who have already been accepted into grad programs across the country
pressprogress.ca
January 27, 2026 at 7:48 PM
For @pressprogress.ca I spoke to Nada El-Falou from Palestinian Students and Scholars at Risk about the 100+ students accepted to Canadian Universities still waiting for a visa.
pressprogress.ca/why-wont-can...
pressprogress.ca/why-wont-can...
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Planned Parenthood Ottawa is also looking for a new ED.
I have no insider knowledge on either job. I just know feminist jobs are hard to come by, so always try and amplify job ads when I see them!
I have no insider knowledge on either job. I just know feminist jobs are hard to come by, so always try and amplify job ads when I see them!
January 26, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Planned Parenthood Ottawa is also looking for a new ED.
I have no insider knowledge on either job. I just know feminist jobs are hard to come by, so always try and amplify job ads when I see them!
I have no insider knowledge on either job. I just know feminist jobs are hard to come by, so always try and amplify job ads when I see them!
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Therein lay the contradiction:i t isn't about sovereignty. It is about joining the United States, which, at this moment is bonkers.
"Of the most committed separatists in Alberta, 70 per cent would consider joining the United States instead of becoming an independent nation."
"Of the most committed separatists in Alberta, 70 per cent would consider joining the United States instead of becoming an independent nation."
3 in 10 Albertans would vote for independence — but only half committed to separating: poll | Globalnews.ca
Ipsos said for about half of separatist supporters, independence is more a political message to Ottawa than a plan they are prepared to suffer costs and sacrifices to achieve.
globalnews.ca
January 26, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Therein lay the contradiction:i t isn't about sovereignty. It is about joining the United States, which, at this moment is bonkers.
"Of the most committed separatists in Alberta, 70 per cent would consider joining the United States instead of becoming an independent nation."
"Of the most committed separatists in Alberta, 70 per cent would consider joining the United States instead of becoming an independent nation."
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The goal of nonviolent civil resistance is not to convince the regime they're wrong.
The goal of #NonviolentCivilResistance is to convince the people to work together to make it impossible for the regime to sustain itself.
We aren't nonviolent for the regime. We're nonviolent for each other.
The goal of #NonviolentCivilResistance is to convince the people to work together to make it impossible for the regime to sustain itself.
We aren't nonviolent for the regime. We're nonviolent for each other.
CANVAS Core Curriculum: A Guide to Effective Nonviolent Struggle | ICNC
You may also be interested in: A Guide to Nonviolent Activism (Ekta Parishad)Ekta Parishad is a mass-based peoples’ movement for land rights with an active membership of 250,000 landless poor and is r...
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January 25, 2026 at 2:41 AM
The goal of nonviolent civil resistance is not to convince the regime they're wrong.
The goal of #NonviolentCivilResistance is to convince the people to work together to make it impossible for the regime to sustain itself.
We aren't nonviolent for the regime. We're nonviolent for each other.
The goal of #NonviolentCivilResistance is to convince the people to work together to make it impossible for the regime to sustain itself.
We aren't nonviolent for the regime. We're nonviolent for each other.
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That's an armoured vehicle sold to ICE by a Canadian company btw.
Some of us were furious about the sale of such vehicles to Saudi Arabia under Harper/Trudeau, and we are equally furious about this under Trudeau/Carney.
Some of us were furious about the sale of such vehicles to Saudi Arabia under Harper/Trudeau, and we are equally furious about this under Trudeau/Carney.
This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
January 25, 2026 at 8:02 PM
That's an armoured vehicle sold to ICE by a Canadian company btw.
Some of us were furious about the sale of such vehicles to Saudi Arabia under Harper/Trudeau, and we are equally furious about this under Trudeau/Carney.
Some of us were furious about the sale of such vehicles to Saudi Arabia under Harper/Trudeau, and we are equally furious about this under Trudeau/Carney.
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Canadian-built Roshel armored vehicles are being used by ICE right now in Minneapolis, including in today's operation where ICE murdered someone else.
I wrote about this company in December. And we know this thanks to the work of World Beyond War Canada.
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I wrote about this company in December. And we know this thanks to the work of World Beyond War Canada.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/canadian-b...
Canadian-built machines of war
“As we move from fighting the war to fighting the peace, I think we really have to see this as an opportunity for an economic renaissance" - Chrystia Freeland
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January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Canadian-built Roshel armored vehicles are being used by ICE right now in Minneapolis, including in today's operation where ICE murdered someone else.
I wrote about this company in December. And we know this thanks to the work of World Beyond War Canada.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/canadian-b...
I wrote about this company in December. And we know this thanks to the work of World Beyond War Canada.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/canadian-b...
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An absolute titan of Marxist thought. He will be missed terribly. Rest in power, Parenti.
#Presente!
Michael Parenti, the path-breaking Marxist scholar, historian and political scientist, passed today at age 92
He went peacefully this morning, surrounded by his family
“Now he is in what he used to refer to as ‘the great lecture hall in the sky,’” his son, Christian, reflected
Michael Parenti, the path-breaking Marxist scholar, historian and political scientist, passed today at age 92
He went peacefully this morning, surrounded by his family
“Now he is in what he used to refer to as ‘the great lecture hall in the sky,’” his son, Christian, reflected
January 24, 2026 at 6:18 PM
An absolute titan of Marxist thought. He will be missed terribly. Rest in power, Parenti.
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If the US were a geopolitical rival the headlines would be like: US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident In the Streets As Militarized Occupation Enters Sixth Week
January 24, 2026 at 4:14 PM
If the US were a geopolitical rival the headlines would be like: US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident In the Streets As Militarized Occupation Enters Sixth Week
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Premier Death, Danielle Smith.
Number of COVID-19 Shots Delivered in Alberta Drops By Half, Following $100 Fee and Other Restrictions
“What we've heard over the last few months is extreme frustration from Albertans who were trying to use the booking system to get the vaccine.”
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“What we've heard over the last few months is extreme frustration from Albertans who were trying to use the booking system to get the vaccine.”
pressprogress.ca/number-of-co...
Number of COVID-19 Shots Delivered in Alberta Drops By Half, Following $100 Fee and Other Restrictions
“What we've heard over the last few months is extreme frustration from Albertans who were trying to use the booking system to get the vaccine.”
pressprogress.ca
January 24, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Premier Death, Danielle Smith.
This has clearly been the point of the separatist referendum and, as an Albertan, all I can say is: get fucked.
Bessent pushes Albertan independence from Canada: "Albertans are very independent people. There's a rumor they may have a referendum on whether they want to stay in Canada or not. People are talking. People want sovereignty. They want what the US has got."
January 23, 2026 at 11:25 PM
This has clearly been the point of the separatist referendum and, as an Albertan, all I can say is: get fucked.
So much solidarity with those in Minneapolis resisting the fascist attacks. ✊🏻
January 23, 2026 at 11:18 PM
So much solidarity with those in Minneapolis resisting the fascist attacks. ✊🏻
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@thetyee.ca is hiring a biodiversity reporter! We're looking for someone who can bring a good sense of curiosity & narrative to the role, and also do some investigative/accountability reporting. Deets here: thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202...
Are You The Tyee’s New Biodiversity Reporter? | The Tyee
We’re looking for a sharp journalist to join our team. Apply by Feb. 8.
thetyee.ca
January 23, 2026 at 9:21 PM
@thetyee.ca is hiring a biodiversity reporter! We're looking for someone who can bring a good sense of curiosity & narrative to the role, and also do some investigative/accountability reporting. Deets here: thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202...
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We’re looking for an experienced journalist to join a growing bureau at The Tyee with a special focus on oceans and rivers in Western Canada.
Apply by Feb. 8 and tell your journalist friends! 🪸📰 #CdnMedia
Apply by Feb. 8 and tell your journalist friends! 🪸📰 #CdnMedia
Are You The Tyee’s New Biodiversity Reporter? | The Tyee
We’re looking for a sharp journalist to join our team. Apply by Feb. 8.
thetyee.ca
January 23, 2026 at 3:16 PM
We’re looking for an experienced journalist to join a growing bureau at The Tyee with a special focus on oceans and rivers in Western Canada.
Apply by Feb. 8 and tell your journalist friends! 🪸📰 #CdnMedia
Apply by Feb. 8 and tell your journalist friends! 🪸📰 #CdnMedia
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Canada's big six banks made $70 billion in profits last year on the backs of working people.
So I went to Bay Street to ask bankers whether it’s time for a wealth tax.
If you agree, become a member of the NDP and let’s fight for it together: avilewis.link/join
youtu.be/KfNEsh9Hx6s?...
So I went to Bay Street to ask bankers whether it’s time for a wealth tax.
If you agree, become a member of the NDP and let’s fight for it together: avilewis.link/join
youtu.be/KfNEsh9Hx6s?...
Avi Lewis asks bankers on Bay Street if it’s time for a wealth tax
YouTube video by Avi Lewis
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January 17, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Canada's big six banks made $70 billion in profits last year on the backs of working people.
So I went to Bay Street to ask bankers whether it’s time for a wealth tax.
If you agree, become a member of the NDP and let’s fight for it together: avilewis.link/join
youtu.be/KfNEsh9Hx6s?...
So I went to Bay Street to ask bankers whether it’s time for a wealth tax.
If you agree, become a member of the NDP and let’s fight for it together: avilewis.link/join
youtu.be/KfNEsh9Hx6s?...
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Donald Trump has not assembled a “Board of Peace” for Gaza.
He has assembled a Board of Occupation.
The future of Gaza is not up to Trump, Blair or Netanyahu.
That is up to the Palestinian people.
He has assembled a Board of Occupation.
The future of Gaza is not up to Trump, Blair or Netanyahu.
That is up to the Palestinian people.
January 17, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Donald Trump has not assembled a “Board of Peace” for Gaza.
He has assembled a Board of Occupation.
The future of Gaza is not up to Trump, Blair or Netanyahu.
That is up to the Palestinian people.
He has assembled a Board of Occupation.
The future of Gaza is not up to Trump, Blair or Netanyahu.
That is up to the Palestinian people.