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Steven High
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Professor of History at Concordia's Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling. Current Project: Deindustrialization & the Politics of Our Time -- deindustrialization.org . New Book: The Left in Power: Bob Rae's NDP and the Working Class (Feb '25) .. more

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 23h
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
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Prof David Bailey @dgbailey.bsky.social · 3d
Great to see our @regionalstudies.bsky.social paper (with a stellar list of authors, me excluded…) getting lots of reads.: ‘critical review of the UK's Modern Industrial Strategy: lessons for ‘place-based’ policy.’ @https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00343404.2025.2597466
A critical review of the UK's Modern Industrial Strategy: lessons for ‘place-based’ policy
The paper explores the implications for regional development contained within the UK’s recently launched Modern Industrial Strategy White Paper (2025). We critically examine the industrial strategy...
www.tandfonline.com

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Steven High @stevenhigh.bsky.social · 3d
Seeing a lot of courage in the streets of Minneapolis. The city deserves the Nobel peace prize (not those willing to give theirs away to curry favor from this tyrant).

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Steven High @stevenhigh.bsky.social · 5d
A nice review of my book from Jamie Swift.

thekingstoncrow.substack.com/p/from-swift...
From Swift’s Shelf: ‘Highly personal’ disillusionment with the NDP
Book offers insights for today's struggling party
thekingstoncrow.substack.com

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Steven High @stevenhigh.bsky.social · 6d
Very much looking forward to reading this new edited volume (released last month) - a fantastic line-up!

@deindustrialpol.bsky.social

www.atlande.eu/nos-ouvrages...
Ouvriers et ouvrières dans la désindustrialisation
Ouvriers et ouvrières dans la désindustrialisation Europe occidentale (1960-1999) Par Fanny Gallot et Pascal Raggi (dirs.).
www.atlande.eu

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Steven High @stevenhigh.bsky.social · 8d
I don't disagree with your point. Domestically, we see ample evidence of this. And he is not questioning the insulation of the market (trade and investment) from democratic interference, quite the opposite. But his use of Havel has real edge, challenging those that lament what was.

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Steven High @stevenhigh.bsky.social · 8d
It is much more than that. Carney spoke of the lie of the old order, where the 'rules based order" never applied to the big powers. It is an essential critique. Also speaks of extreme global integration designed to benefit some over others, critiquing neoliberalism.

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Steven High @stevenhigh.bsky.social · 8d
Carney's speech declares the 'rules based order' dead, and even goes so far to call it a lie, as great powers always did what they wanted anyways. I wish the NDP could rise to this moment.

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Steven High @stevenhigh.bsky.social · 8d
Well worth watching Mark Carney's speech. Right person, right moment.

www.weforum.org/meetings/wor...
Davos 2026: Special Address by Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada
Watch Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada, deliver a special address at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026 in Davos on Canada’s global vision, economic partnerships and strategic cooperati...
www.weforum.org

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Steven High @stevenhigh.bsky.social · 9d
Canada draws up military defense strategy if US invades modelled on Afghan defense against Russia. Meanwhile two Canadian provinces are on the road to sovereignty referenda.
cathmckenna.bsky.social Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 9d
Just normal breakfast reading…

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Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 9d
Just normal breakfast reading…

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Sabine Pitteloud @sabinepitteloud.bsky.social · 9d
Hopefully of interest for the business history/history of capitalism community including @entandsoc.bsky.social @businesshistoryc.bsky.social @hagleycenter.bsky.social @businesshistory.bsky.social

resolve.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
The Cambridge Companion to the History of Multinationals and Society
Cambridge Core - International Business - The Cambridge Companion to the History of Multinationals and Society
resolve.cambridge.org

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CAUT/ACPPU @caut.bsky.social · 9d
Members of @lufappul.bsky.social have taken to the picket lines following months of negotiations.

LUFA members have endured years of instability and made extraordinary sacrifices following the university’s unprecedented use of the CCAA.

Read more: www.caut.ca/news/laurent...
Laurentian University academic staff on strike - CAUT
Members of LUFA have taken to the picket lines to achieve a fair contract, following months of negotiations.
www.caut.ca

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Stephanie @stephanie-eccles.bsky.social · 10d
Rereading this as it marks 11 yrs since my mom's death attributable to working on the assembly-line at GM for ~ 30 years. Would love to return to St.Catharines to work on a project to tell the workers stories even if it means being told by those of us left behind.

thenarwhal.ca/st-catharine...
Former GM plant in St. Catharines is leaking toxic chemicals | The Narwhal
St. Catharines residents waiting for Bayshore Groups to clean up former GM plant learned province, city kept suspicions of leaks quiet for years
thenarwhal.ca

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Steven High @stevenhigh.bsky.social · 13d
Some mornings you wake up, shake your head, and wonder about the future of humanity. This is the man entrusted with the nuclear codes. Then there is the person beside him, which makes me shake my head some more.

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Steven High @stevenhigh.bsky.social · 14d
Companies have long used their control over geography against trade unions. Anti-unionism has been a primary driver of deindustrialization, as work is purposefully moved elsewhere. My next book is on precisely this topic.

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 14d
CANADA: Union files labour board complaint over closure of Ubisoft's Halifax video game studio www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Union files labour board complaint over closure of Ubisoft's Halifax video game studio | CBC News
The complaint accuses the Paris-based company of trying to keep out the union and asks the labour board to order compensation for employees.
www.cbc.ca

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Steven High @stevenhigh.bsky.social · 15d
Some good news for a change.

ici.radio-canada.ca/info/en-dire...
[Couverture en direct] François Legault annoncera sa démission
François Legault tient un point de presse à 11 h pour annoncer sa démission.
ici.radio-canada.ca

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Steven High @stevenhigh.bsky.social · 16d
The occupational mix of a party caucus (or leadership) reveals a great deal. Studies of the Obama administration showed just how high % of White House staff/advisors were graduates of a handful of Ivy League schools (another key indicator).
alexusherhesa.bsky.social Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 16d
Lawyers as a % of the Canadian population: 0.3% (maybe 2x that if you include ppl with law degrees who don't practice).

Lawyers as a % of the Carney cabinet: 46.4%.

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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 16d
Lawyers as a % of the Canadian population: 0.3% (maybe 2x that if you include ppl with law degrees who don't practice).

Lawyers as a % of the Carney cabinet: 46.4%.

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Steven High @stevenhigh.bsky.social · 16d
You can also sign up for our March 12th virtual round-table on "Political Abandonment, Silencing and Absence in Deindustrialization." Papers focus on Eastern Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Western Europe and North America.
Roundtable: Political Abandonment Silencing and Absence
Join us for the March Roundtable to discuss Political Abandonment Silencing and Absence in deindustrialization
www.eventbrite.ca

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Steven High @stevenhigh.bsky.social · 16d
Register online for our next @deindustrialpol.bsky.social virtual roundtable on "(In)Justice and Heritage After Industry" which will be held on February 20th @ 9h30 (Eastern Time). Great line-up!
Roundtable: (In)Justice and Heritage After Industry
Join DePOT for this new roundtable as we talk about the aftermath of industry!
www.eventbrite.ca

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Alexandrina Vanke @alevan.bsky.social · 16d
Good news 🎉 ‘The urban life of workers in post-Soviet Russia’ will be out in paperback on January 20 making the book more affordable. @manchesterup.bsky.social is now offering 40% off all titles, including pre-orders, with the code JAN40 👉🏽manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526195746/

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Steven High @stevenhigh.bsky.social · 20d
Fabulous Concordia History MA student Philippine D'Halleine received a prize for her research photograph related to @deindustrialpol.bsky.social . Her wider project is looking at domestic violence and deindustrialization.
Here is the link:
www.concordia.ca/cunews/artsc...

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Xavier Vigna @xvigna.bsky.social · 21d
Le 2 février, à 16 h, il sera à l'Humathèque du Campus Condorcet à Aubervilliers pour le présenter et dialoguer avec des collègues, dont @hnry-marion.bsky.social
Une occasion unique à ne pas rater !

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Xavier Vigna @xvigna.bsky.social · 21d
Agone publie un premier livre d'Alessandro Portelli, immense praticien de l'histoire orale, et m'a fait l'honneur de m'en proposer la préface. Elle est ici : agone.org/entre-recits...
Une invitation à acquérir ce livre qui va devenir très vite un classique.

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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 21d
Our #ElbowsUp Summit in September highlighted the dangerous regression in Canada's trade profile since 2000, with primary staples now making up almost 50% of merch exports. We need to diversify not just where we sell, but what we sell: policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... #cdnecon #canlab

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Steven High @stevenhigh.bsky.social · 21d
There is a long history of runaway shops. If the right to collective bargaining means anything, companies must not be able to shut down in response to unionization without massive penalties. Amazon (in Quebec) and Ubisoft (in Halifax) make enormous profits.

www.ign.com/articles/ubi...
Ubisoft Shuts Down Assassin's Creed: Rebellion Developer Halifax Studio Just Weeks After It Unionized - IGN
Ubisoft has shut down its Halifax Studio, just one month after 61 of its 71 workers voted to unionize.
www.ign.com

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Steven High @stevenhigh.bsky.social · 22d
Just released - the preliminary program for @deindustrialpol.bsky.social's June 18-20 conference in Montreal on "(Un)Just Transitions? Deindustrialization and the Environment." Check it out!

deindustrialization.org/depot2025con...

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Arn Keeling @arnkeeling.bsky.social · 24d
The geopolitical ecology of mining:

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
‘Our minerals could be used to annex us’: why Canada doesn’t want US mining
Opposition to a controversial graphite mine in Quebec strengthened once the Pentagon became involved
www.theguardian.com