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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · Jun 30

!!!

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Jun 30

Canada’s prime minister says trade talks with US will resume with decision to drop new levy.

Canada rescinds digital services tax after Trump suspends trade talks

Canada’s prime minister says trade talks with US will resume with decision to drop new levy.

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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · Jun 20

Sunday in TO

Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · Jun 17

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...

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.

theconversation.com

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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · Jun 13

Tomorrow

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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · Jun 12

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...

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

La crise du logement

iris-recherche.qc.ca

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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · May 26

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

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

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.

www.thestar.com

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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · May 14

"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...

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,...

africasacountry.com

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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · May 9

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

Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · May 7

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

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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · May 4

Luisa Sotomayor @luisasotomayor.bsky.social · May 3

We're in fundraising mode at @cityinstitute.bsky.social to secure endowment funds to honour the inspiring work of our dear colleagues and CITY's former Directors @rkeil.bsky.social and Linda Peake. Please contribute if you can - those in 🇨🇦 will get a tax receipt: donate.yorku.ca/site/Donatio...

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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · May 2

Coming up in 2 weeks in Toronto. Looking forward.

IIESL @iiesl.bsky.social · May 2

On May 14, we’re thrilled to welcome Matt Thompson (@mattthompson.bsky.social) to the IIESL and to Toronto for a discussion of his research on conjunctural municipalism. He’ll be joined by Kanishka Goonewardena, Stefan Kipfer (@skipfer.bsky.social), and Rachel Bok as discussants.

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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · Apr 22

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."

Enda Brophy @enda-b.bsky.social · Apr 22

thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...

What Does the 2025 Election Tell Us about Class in Canada? | The Tyee

Defrocking ‘Boots, Not Suits’ and other common talking points with SFU professor Enda Brophy. A Tyee interview.

thetyee.ca

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Peter Ives @peterives.bsky.social · Apr 11

iai.tv/articles/we-...

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...

iai.tv

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · Apr 11

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)

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

on.ft.com

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Craig Meadows @dawnslovenport.bsky.social · Apr 7

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

"Terrifying": Poorest Countries & Global Working Class Face Worst Impacts of Trump's Tariffs

YouTube video by Democracy Now!

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Sarah Rotz @sarahrotz.bsky.social · Mar 21

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

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.

www.cbc.ca

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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · Mar 20

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

Jordan T. Camp @jordantcamp.bsky.social · Mar 19

In the new episode of Conjuncture, I speak with @skipfer.bsky.social about Gramsci, anti-fascism, and the right. We release in anticipation of Gramscian Studies panels at the @geographers.bsky.social meetings next week. Season co-sponsored by @antipodeonline.bsky.social: youtu.be/7CcRqnplfJU. 1/2

Conjuncture: Stefan Kipfer on Gramsci, Anti-fascism, and the Resurgence of the Right | S4 Ep4

YouTube video by Trinity Social Justice Institute

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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · Mar 19

'confidently wrong' = ai

Paris Marx @parismarx.com · Mar 18

Columbia Journalism Review tested eight generative AI search tools and found their answers were wrong 60% of the time, and the paid ones actually fared worse than the free ones.

Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.

AI search engines cite incorrect sources at an alarming 60% rate, study says

CJR study shows AI search services misinform users and ignore publisher exclusion requests.

arstechnica.com

Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · Mar 19

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...

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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · Mar 8

Indeed

Roger Keil @rkeil.bsky.social · Mar 8

This is the end of society as we know it. It has to be resisted at all cost. Critical urbanists unite!

Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · Mar 8

'freedom cities' are climate arson.

they will not be located in places set up to succeed. they will induce massive GHGs and VMTs.

a massive waste of public resources and land.

www.wired.com/story/startu...

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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · Mar 5

It is one of a few FB posts. You can find it on my feed. If not on FB, send me msg @ [email protected]

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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · Mar 4

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...

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.

www.srf.ch

Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · Mar 1

This coming Friday @ York U.

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