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Catherine Lu

@catherinelu.bsky.social
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Professor of Political Science, Director of the Yan P. Lin Centre, and Coordinator of the Research Group on Global Justice, McGill. Co-editor of International Theory. Posts here speak only for myself.

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Catherine Lu @catherinelu.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
My review in Perspectives on Politics, of Bob Goodin's book on structural mechanisms of perpetuating advantage: doi.org/10.1017/S153...
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Perpetuating Advantage: Mechanisms of Structural Injustice. By Robert E. Goodin. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. 258p. | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
Perpetuating Advantage: Mechanisms of Structural Injustice. By Robert E. Goodin. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. 258p.
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SFU Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences @sfufass.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
There has been much discussion of the future—and the past—of the rules-based international order. Was it the guarantor of international law, human rights, and economic openness that many claimed? This in-person, free event is open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. @sfu.ca
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Parasiuk Dean’s Symposium: Whither the Rules-Based International Order
Addressing the questions raised by Mark Carney’s Davos speech about a “rules-based international order" and what it means for Canada.
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
New piece "Russia’s war against Ukraine is no longer a foreign policy question for Europeans. It has become a domestic political battleground. This security–collaboration divide structures public opinion, reshapes party competition, and increasingly decides elections. In our research...
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Europe’s New Political Divide isn't Left-Right, it's About Russia - Policy Magazine
Across Europe, a new divide is hardening over how to respond to Russia’s aggression. The divide cuts across the familiar lines of left and right, and even
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Catherine Lu @catherinelu.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
What are walls for? To keep people out, or in? The Iron Curtain remains an iconic representation of the Cold War. But what was it really on the ground? Congratulations to Lorenz Lüthi! share.google/1wLOhhtmI3Ni...
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The Iron Curtain
Cambridge Core - Russian and East European History - The Iron Curtain
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Catherine Lu @catherinelu.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
What are walls for? To keep people out, or in? The Iron Curtain remains an iconic representation of the Cold War. But what was it really on the ground? Congratulations to Lorenz Lüthi! share.google/1wLOhhtmI3Ni...
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The Iron Curtain
Cambridge Core - Russian and East European History - The Iron Curtain
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Research Group on Constitutional Studies, McGill University @rgcs-mcgill.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
www.mcgill.ca/rgcs/ptps/20... Pls share & circulate to junior political theorists & scientists. CFP Political Theory In/And/As Political Science (PTPS) panels at the annual meeting of the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Society (PPE). Deadline April 10. #poliski #poltheory
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Catherine Lu @catherinelu.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Delighted to have this published: Symposium on Inés Valdez’s Democracy and Empire: Labor, Nature, and the Reproduction of Capitalism. The contributions are based on a Lin Centre roundtable held at McGill University in spring of 2024. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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What’s left of democracy: introduction to the symposium on Inés Valdez’s Democracy and Empire
This is the introduction to the symposium on Inés Valdez’s Democracy and Empire: Labor, Nature, and the Reproduction of Capitalism, providing a brief summary of her book’s main contributions to the...
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Catherine Lu @catherinelu.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Atmospheric violence: Fanon and postcolonial subjectivity | International Theory | Cambridge Core
Atmospheric violence: Fanon and postcolonial subjectivity - Volume 18 Issue 1
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Research Group on Constitutional Studies, McGill University @rgcs-mcgill.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
TODAY: @tomginsburg.bsky.social at @mcgillumedia.bsky.social @mcgillarts.bsky.social
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Centre for International Peace and Security Studies (CIPSS) @cipss-mcgill.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
🌟 The CIPSS Winter 2026 Speaker Series is here! 🌟 We are excited to welcome a distinguished lineup of scholars who will present their research on a wide range of topics in international security. 🗓️ Mark your calendars and join us—don’t miss out!
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Catherine Lu @catherinelu.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Reading about PRC President Xi Jinping's speech vowing to realize his 'one China' plan - 'The reunification of our motherland, a trend of the times, is unstoppable' - brought this to my mind. Stay sane in 2026!
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Catherine Lu @catherinelu.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Reading about PRC President Xi Jinping's speech vowing to realize his 'one China' plan - 'The reunification of our motherland, a trend of the times, is unstoppable' - brought this to my mind. Stay sane in 2026!
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Catherine Lu @catherinelu.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social explaining how current US(Russia) 'peace talks' lead to the peace of the graveyard for Ukraine and Ukrainians.
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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Honestly, I’m furious. Sandy Hook should have been the end of this. Yet on its anniversary more children are dead, injured, and traumatized. It is a horror that is entirely preventable. And we should prevent it. It is not impossible. No matter what the received wisdom has become.
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Catherine Lu @catherinelu.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/26ba978...
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Why Canadian students will pay the price for international student cuts
Ottawa’s policy could lead to significant cuts in services for students and push provincial governments to lift limits on tuition-fee increases
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Ryan Griffiths @rygriff.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Excellent, can’t wait to watch/listen. Obviously I recommend it to you all.
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Catherine Lu @catherinelu.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
A wide-ranging video podcast in which I answer questions about why & how we should argue, the importance of thinking clearly & academic freedom, what to think about historic, structural and global justice, who broke international order & how did we get here. Happy 10th Anniversary to the Lin Centre!
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McGill PoliSci @mcgillpolisci.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
See you tonight!
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Max Bell School of Public Policy @maxbellschool.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
If you missed last week’s "Climate at a Crossroads," the recordings are now up! Hosted by The Walrus, the Max Bell School and the Centre for MTD, expert panels examined how climate disinformation crosses borders and shapes global action. Watch the recordings below.
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Climate at a Crossroads | Ecofiscal Annual Conference - YouTube
Thursday, October 9, 2025 https://www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/events/past/2025/climate-crossroads At a time of mounting climate urgency, the integrity of our...
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Manon Garcia @manongarcia.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Hi anglo friends! Living with men came out in the UK this weekend! I went to talk about it on BBC Woman’s Hour (www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...) and on ABC Late night if you want to listen, otherwise you can read this wonderful interview ⬇️ I hope it’ll make you want to read the book!
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Catherine Lu @catherinelu.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Today and tomorrow! Learning about democracy and design from Black feminist perspectives, at the Lin Centre conference at McGill University. @mcgillarts.bsky.social @mcgillpolisci.bsky.social @gripp-montreal.bsky.social @lecre.bsky.social
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Anna Jurkevics @annajurkevics.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Hello APSA folks, please come and join me Catherine Lu, Arturo Change, Matt Longo, and Niklas Plaetzer for an author-meets-critics roundtable on my new book, Contested Territory (OUP 2025) on Thursday morning at 10am! Thu Sept 11 10am Vancouver Convention Centre, East Ballroom C
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Catherine Lu @catherinelu.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
This enthralling examination of a tragic personal/political story reimagines how people respond to politically tumultuous times, uncertainty & injustice. A bold, riveting, humbling reflection on humanity & human dignity. Congratulations, @leaypi.bsky.social! www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/752510...
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Indignity by Lea Ypi | Penguin Random House Canada
The award-winning author of Free returns with an extraordinary investigation into historical injustice, personal and collective dignity, truth and imagination
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Catherine Lu @catherinelu.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
'It shouldn't be so easy to nudge people toward what might be their own destruction.' Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents.
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
A very important message that everyone who assumes Ru victory needs to hear. But unfortunately Ru’s deluded fans and paid stooges in the West are so disconnected from reality they repeat that Ru has won already or will win tomorrow every day for 3.5yrs now.
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Check out this conversation I had about Trump, Europe, and the Russo-Ukrainian war for Pacifica Network's Ukraine 4 2 4 series: soundcloud.com/pacificanetw...
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07.16.25 / Europe:
Dr. Maria Popva, Associate Professor of Political Science at McGill University in Montreal and expert in European, Russian, and Ukrainian geopolitics, describes the current situation for Europe: What
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Catherine Lu @catherinelu.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
This Fourth of July, remember Fritz Gerlich, who warned his fellow Germans of Hitler and the road to ruin, and who was shot and killed on the Night of the Long Knives, 30 June 1934, during a purge of critics of the Nazi regime.
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Good Authority @goodauth.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Juneteenth is a celebration of Black resiliency and joy. It’s also a day to think about systemic inequalities Black Americans face in criminal justice. Read the latest from @brownphdgirl.bsky.social & @christines.bsky.social: goodauthority.org/news/junetee...
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Juneteenth is a celebration of Black resiliency and joy.
It’s also a day to think about systemic inequalities Black Americans face in criminal justice.
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Critical Theory in Berlin @ktbberlin.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Tonight it is finally time for Tommie Shelby's first Benjamin Lecture! He will begin with the topic of "Race and Class in the Political Ethics of the Oppressed". We are looking forward to seeing many of you at Haus der Kulturen der Welt at 6pm! criticaltheoryinberlin.de/en/benjamin_...
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NPR @npr.org · 12/06/2025
JUST IN: Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was removed from a Homeland Security press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday.
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Sen. Padilla removed from DHS press conference
Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was removed from a Homeland Security press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday.
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Ayşe Zarakol @aysezarakol.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Tomorrow
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Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire en philosophie politique @gripp-montreal.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Co-lauréats 2025 du Prix de l’atelier annuel de théorie politique de Montréal du GRIPP: Charles Girard, La liberté d’expression à l’épreuve: Dilemmes démocratiques @charlesgirard.bsky.social Jakob Huber: Diachronic Democracy: A Political Philosophy of Hope @jakobhuber.bsky.social Dates à venir
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Gagnants du Prix de l’atelier annuel de théorie politique de Montréal du GRIPP 2025 | GRIPP Montréal
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Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire en philosophie politique @gripp-montreal.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
GRIPP Annual Montreal Political Theory Manuscript Workshop Award 2025 co-winners: Jakob Huber: Diachronic Democracy: A Political Philosophy of Hope @jakobhuber.bsky.social Charles Girard, La liberté d’expression à l’épreuve: Dilemmes démocratiques @charlesgirard.bsky.social Dates TBA
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GRIPP 2025 Annual Montreal Political Theory Manuscript Workshop Award Winners | GRIPP Montréal
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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
State repression of peaceful protests can subject activists to injury and even death but—when broadcast to the world through media—often turns mass opinion against the state. bsky.app/profile/owas...
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Catherine Lu @catherinelu.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Sadly, this warning is even more true today. Courage to my American friends.
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Catherine Lu @catherinelu.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Congratulations, @jakobhuber.bsky.social ! Looking forward !
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Catherine Lu @catherinelu.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Make no mistake about what the unfolding political struggle in California is about. Are Americans free from tyranny and enslavement? 'This is what it means to be a slave: to be abused and bear it, compelled by violence to suffer wrong.' Euripides, Hecuba. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump authorizes 2,000 national guard troops to deploy to LA amid Ice protests
California governor calls move ‘purposefully inflammatory’ and says it will ‘escalate tensions’ amid immigration crackdown
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Catherine Lu @catherinelu.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
First Canada, then, maybe California? With the militarization of US federal-state relations, we can see now how presumptuous it was for Tyrant Trump to mock Canada becoming the 51st state, as if he could be certain that the union of 50 states would continue. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Canada won’t become the 51st US state – but could it join the EU?
Donald Trump’s extraordinary threats have angered Canadians and Europeans, and the idea of a new kind of transatlantic alliance is gaining traction
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Catherine Lu @catherinelu.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Make no mistake about what the unfolding political struggle in California is about. Are Americans free from tyranny and enslavement? 'This is what it means to be a slave: to be abused and bear it, compelled by violence to suffer wrong.' Euripides, Hecuba. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump authorizes 2,000 national guard troops to deploy to LA amid Ice protests
California governor calls move ‘purposefully inflammatory’ and says it will ‘escalate tensions’ amid immigration crackdown
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Catherine Lu @catherinelu.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
First Canada, then, maybe California? With the militarization of US federal-state relations, we can see now how presumptuous it was for Tyrant Trump to mock Canada becoming the 51st state, as if he could be certain that the union of 50 states would continue. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Canada won’t become the 51st US state – but could it join the EU?
Donald Trump’s extraordinary threats have angered Canadians and Europeans, and the idea of a new kind of transatlantic alliance is gaining traction
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SEIU California @seiuca.org · 07/06/2025
UPDATE: David Huerta has been released from the hospital but remains in custody. His words: "We all collectively have to object to this madness because this is not justice. This is injustice." Free David Huerta. Free them ALL.
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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
EVERYBODY WATCH. ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL. Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today. He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader. Don’t turn away.
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Anna Jurkevics @annajurkevics.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Hello folks! My book, Contested Territory, is now out with Oxford University Press. In it, I offer a critical, non-sovereign approach to territorial rights. My theory is democratic, anarchic, cosmopolitan, and here to shake up the conversation on land rights :-) academic.oup.com/book/59797
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Contested Territory: A Theory of Land and Democracy beyond Sovereign Bounds
Abstract. Contested Territory presents a critical, non-sovereign theory of territorial rights capable of responding to border-defying global crises such as
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Catherine Lu @catherinelu.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Thank you so much, @ycpt.bsky.social , for the constructive questions and great discussion, and the opportunity to share my work with you!
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Now that the Trump-Pu call has ended with a nothingburger, Europe needs to make good on the threats it issued 10 days ago. Arm Ukraine better, strangle the Ru economy, confiscate the frozen assets.
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Martin O'Neill @martinoneill.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Just published! Jan Kandiyali (@jankandiyali.bsky.social) and I writing, open access in *Political Philosophy*: "We Cease to be Mere Fragments: Justice, Alienation, Liberalism and Socialism " Hopefully of interest to both liberals and socialists! politicalphilosophyjournal.org/article/id/1...
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"We Cease to be Mere Fragments": Justice, Alienation, Liberalism and Socialism
What is the relationship between liberalism and socialism? Partisans of each political tradition often focus on the shortcomings of the other, with socialists charging liberals with defending merely f...
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York Centre for Social Justice and Democracy @ycpt.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
We’re looking forward to Catherine Lu’s talk tomorrow on “Seeing structural injustice: A tragic view” at our political theory workshop tomorrow! @catherinelu.bsky.social
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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
The history of democratic backsliding offers limited but nonetheless real hope that official corruption can catalyze pro-democracy reforms. But for that to happen, anti-corruption & rule of law measures have to be championed by political elites, demanded by the public, & seen through to enforcement.
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Catherine Lu @catherinelu.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
It's Trump First, America Last. Analysis by my dear colleague, @jacobtlevy.bsky.social . wapo.st/3YFsNyd
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Opinion | Qatar’s gift to Trump reveals a loophole big enough to fly a jumbo jet through
A $400 million present shows how presidential libraries remain a blind spot in U.S. corruption law.
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