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Kerry Sinanan @kerrysinanan.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

You can listen here to our roundtable. Anti-Imperial Solidarities and Canadian Complicites: From the Caribbean to Iran. Thank you Tamanisha John, Brendan Devlin and Owen Schall! It's more than complicity:Canada is part of empire & expansionism www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdh8...

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Anti-imperial solidarities and Canadian complicity: From the Caribbean to Iran

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 27/03/2026

“Here we are, six years after every province and territory in Canada declared states of emergency because of #COVID19, and yet we have not learned basic lessons from the pandemic.” 🦠

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The Human Cost of Failing to Name COVID ‘Airborne’ | The Tyee

Safety laws are being sidestepped. One doctor’s nightmare shows how health-care workers pay the price.

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Kerry Sinanan @kerrysinanan.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Looking forward to this roundtable here in Winnipeg tomorrow with Tamanisha John, Brendan Devlin and Owen Schalk. All welcome! Anti-Imperial Solidarities and Canadian Complicity: From the Caribbean to Iran Monday 30 March 6pm: in person *Link will be shared to YouTube after*

Anti-Imperial Solidarities and Canadian Complicity:
From the Caribbean to Iran

Monday 30 March 6pm: in person *LINK to YouTube will follow*

Venue: West End Commons
641 St Matthews Ave
Masks Encouraged and will be distributed

Early 2026 has seen a marked escalation in US-Western backed actions with global repercussions. The US bombings of Caribbean citizens at sea, military installations in Trinidad, the kidnapping of Venezuela’s President Maduro, the increased drone attacks in Haiti, and the blockade of fuel to Cuba following decades of fatal sanctions, place the entire Caribbean region in extreme precarity. These events are linked to the ongoing genocide in Palestine, the UAE-backed genocide in Sudan, the crises in the Democratic Republic of Congo where child enslavement underpins global tech-economies, and, most recently, the illegal US-Israeli bombings of Iran and Lebanon. This roundtable makes connections across hemispheres by naming Canada’s own complicity in these Western imperial actions, from arms trading to extensive mining interests, and considers what committed anti-imperial solidarity in Canada should look like at this time.

All welcome
Moderator: Aarzoo Singh
Speakers
Tamanisha John
Brendan Devlin
Owen Schalk
Kerry Sinanan

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Kerry Sinanan @kerrysinanan.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Looking forward to presenting with Tré Ventour-Griffiths and and Désha Osborne."Still in a time of slavery" We discuss Counterinsurgency in white-dominated slavery historiography that praises “resistance” in the past, while affirming antiblackness, ongoing coloniality and genocide now.

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In The Same Sea @inthesamesea.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

IN THE SAME SEA's team and Dr. Joy Lewis have guest-edited the special issue “Small Islands, Proximity and Connection in the Eastern Caribbean” of the Journal of Caribbean History. See: www.uwipress.com/journals/the... Thanks to all contributors and the journal’s main editor Kathleen Monteith.

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Journal of Caribbean History | University of the West Indies Press

The Journal of Caribbean History (JCH) is a peer reviewed journal produced by the Departments of History, The University of the West Indies, and published by the University of the West Indies Press. T...

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Decolonial Conference @decolonialconf.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Registration is filling quickly for the Decolonial Conference! Join us in building coalitions and dialogues across struggles, practicing solidarity, and putting radical thoughts into action. #decolonialconference

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Kerry Sinanan @kerrysinanan.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Today in my 18thc Lit class we read the opening of the novel The Woman of Colour (1808) with Saidiya Hartman's 'The Belly of the World' as depicting the foundational structure of the heteropatriarchal white supremacist-Epstein class of today. "The slave ship is a womb/abyss" 1/

The soul of my mother, though shrouded in a sable covering, broke through the gloom of night, and shone
celestial in her sparkling eyes! - Sprung from a race of native kings and heroes, with folded hands, and
tearful eyes, she saw herself torn from all the endearing ties of affinity, and relative intercourse! A gloomy,
yet a proud sorrow, filled her indignant breast; and when exhibited on the shores of my native island, the
symmetry and majesty of her form, the inflexible haughtiness of her manner, attracted the attention of Mr.
Fairfield. He purchased the youthful Marcia; his kindness, his familiarity, his humanity, soon gained him an
interest in her grateful heart! She loved her master! She had not learned the art of concealing her sentiments,
she knew not that she was doing wrong in indulging them, and she yielded herself to her passion, and fell
victim of gratitude! - But as her understanding became enlightened, and her manners improved, she was
eager for information; my father yielded it to her from the rich stores of his own capacious mind; and while
he poured into her attentive and docile ear, those truths for which the soul of Marcia panted, he made her
start with horror at the crime of which she had been innocently guilty: and the new Christian pointed her
finger at him, who, educated under the influence of the Gospel, lived in direct opposition to its laws!

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Kerry Sinanan @kerrysinanan.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Would love to see some of you virtually at 12.30pmCST for Désha Osborne's talk! Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Dr Osborne specialises in Caribbean history, the Garifuna, and Scottish presence (settlers and enslavers) in the islands of St Vincent and the Grenadines in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Dr Osborne has recently launched a new book series for the University of Edinburgh Press, with Dr Michael Morris, Scotland and Empire.

This talk will consider the simultaneous settlement of Scottish, Irish and Welsh colonists to the Caribbean islands and Canadian territories and provinces from the mid seventeenth century to the eighteenth century. This talk considers Celtic identity in the Atlantic colonies through incomplete stories of people whose lives were forever affected by their presence.

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Kathryn Vomero Santos @kathrynvsantos.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Hi, Bluesky! Allow me to (re)introduce myself by sharing the cover of my forthcoming book, Shakespeare in Tongues, which will be published by Routledge in the Spotlight on Shakespeare series next year. Many thanks to artist Fausto Fernandez for permission to use his gorgeous collage!

Cover image for the book Shakespeare in Tongues by Kathryn Vomero Santos

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Kerry Sinanan @kerrysinanan.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Would love to see some of you virtually at 12.30pmCST for Désha Osborne's talk! Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Catastrophic higher education news in New Brunswick: the Liberal government of my MLA @susanholtnb.bsky.social is potentially going to cut 10% of the budget for universities—$50M across 4 schools when much *more* funding is needed, not less. The impact would be devastating. Please share, NBers.

*Important*

At the Senate on Tuesday, the President summarized the Province's plan to cut University funding across the province by 10%. This is nuclear, amounting to ~50M divided among the four universities. (While Irving pulp and paper is to get +45M for tariff relief.)

But it is not yet a done deal. All university and union presidents are responding firmly.

Please write to your MLA asap. There is not much time.

Dear Hon. Susan Holt,

It has come to my attention that the budget for universities in the province may be cut by $50 million.

I am writing to plead with you to reconsider.

New Brunswick universities like the University of New Brunswick--recently ranked tops in Atlantic Canada and 14th in the country ahead of Western and Ottawa by TIME Magazine--serve a vital role educating the young people of this province.

Our constituency is our own children.

These proposed cuts would have a catastrophic impact on institutions that quite frankly require more public investment not less. This would be an incredibly short-sighted decision, with devastating long-term impacts.

I hope New Brunswick can count on you to reconsider and put its young people first, ahead of corporate interests.

Many thanks,

Nathan Kalman-Lamb

Associate Professor of Sociology,
University of New Brunswick

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Kerry Sinanan @kerrysinanan.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Join us at 12pm EST today! Link below

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Kerry Sinanan @kerrysinanan.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Come along on Friday and show solidarity with Palestine, with decolonial and global south scholars whose work comes from their lives, and with @insurgentthought.bsky.social whose work with @anadiazbetran is a model for us all 👇🏽❤️‍🔥

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ali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com · 17/02/2026

i want to unpack the conspicuousness of the project to "find a place" for AI in contrast to working for one another in this world where we actually exist. that's work that seems worth doing, and yet we're not *frantically* doing it. a world for BIPOCs, for trans people, for sex workers, for the sick

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ACLU @aclu.org · 18/02/2026

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

The Provost at Texas Tech University had denied a talented and extremely productive faculty member tenure, despite 90% approval at the department and college levels, because of his outspoken critique of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Academic freedom in the US is a myth.

I received over 90% of the votes at the department and college levels, yet the provost denied me tenure. I met and exceeded the promotion and tenure guidelines and expectations as well as my annual and mid-tenure reviews.

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Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

“They’re trapped in this little confinement cell, a dark cell with no sunlight, with multiple people,” said Shaan Chatterjee, an attorney at New England Immigration Law. “They’re basically torturing people into signing off on their own deportation.” (Free article) www.sunjournal.com/2026/02/07/i...

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ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.

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Kerry Sinanan @kerrysinanan.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

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Bryan Banks @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I remember sitting by the banks of the Chatahoochee River, talking with @cindyermus.bsky.social about this volume. We knew we had the themes to publish the volume from @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social for such a book. As it turned out, it’s better than either of us imagined!

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Kerry Sinanan @kerrysinanan.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Our first Early Caribbean Society 2026 event is an online screening of these two incredible films that will ask us to think about the early Caribbean and its global connections. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Under the Sky of Fetishes, Caroline Déodat, 2023.This short film "reinvents the specters of a haunting gaze to tell the story of Mauritian sega—a cultural practice born during colonization and slavery, now mainly seen in tourism". We hope to be joined by Caroline.

SUNKEN Works/Don't Bite, Galiah Conroy and CJ Roxas, 2025. "What effect does the history of the human zoo in Europe have on Black women today?"

Registration link is also on the PDF and please share these fliers with your students and networks.

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/mBbpW8LxRka6T2OTi1fgAw#/registration

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Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️ @equitableforall.com · 09/02/2026

Reposted with #AltText! 🫂 Congratulations, @sandeepbak.bsky.social!🥳

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Against a white background, with an intricate border of embroidery on top and bottom, text states:

Canadian Launch
The Sage Handbook of Decolonial Theory

Friday 20 February 11am CST: Online
Ana Carolina Díaz Beltrán: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Jairo l. Fúnez-Flores: Texas Tech University Wafaa Hasan: University of Toronto
Kerry Sinanan: University of Winnipeg

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Kerry Sinanan @kerrysinanan.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

U Winnipeg is pleased to host the Canadian virtual launch of The Sage Handbook of Decolonial Theory (2025) Friday 20 February at 11am(CST)/12pm (EST). Join us we discuss the volume & commitments to decolonization and their importance in a Canadian context. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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weird little whale guy @tumblesweed.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

We're entering a huge astrological shift moment this month, and if anyone would like a chart reading about this transition or a tarot reading, please hit me up.

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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Anyone heard about the riots in Italy outside the Olympic Village protesting ICE and Israel’s presence there? Anyone heard about it on mainstream Canadian news?

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Kerry Sinanan @kerrysinanan.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Not the core issue but I do hope that the confirmation of depravity and its colonial, white supremacist affiliations in the files, will give academics, especially in Romanticism & 18thc studies, pause when they argue that sexual behaviour and 'adventurousness' is itself inherently radical. It's not.

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Kerry Sinanan @kerrysinanan.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

None of this is new. June Jordan perfectly understood white US depravity: "Something like a sonnet for Phillis Wheatley": "Suzannah and John Wheatley finished their breakfast . . .They planned to buy yet another human being . . .1/ poetryfoundation.org/articles/68628

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ali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com · 05/02/2026

the US military, for instance, is never going to sour on AI, because the idea of a system that makes up an endless list of legally permissive targets, & produces an endless stream of words to justify such engagements, will always, ALWAYS, be appealing to a warmongering, settler-colonial empire.

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grosmorne29.bsky.social @grosmorne29.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

here is the US secretary of treasury admitting to crashing the value of Iran’s currency so that there would be protests that they could then manipulate (with Mossad agents on the ground in Iran) for regime change. The sick pedophiles that run the US/west are the biggest terrorists in the world!

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Kerry Sinanan @kerrysinanan.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 05/02/2026

#OtD 5 Feb 1885 King Leopold of Belgium declared his new colony the Congo Free State. What followed was one of the most horrific examples of European colonialism, with 8 to 10 million killed. More on colonialism in the Congo here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...

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Kerry Sinanan @kerrysinanan.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

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Kerry Sinanan @kerrysinanan.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Every single University "investing" in the extractive, Zionist project of AI needs to be stopped with urgency. Anyone promoting AI needs to be regarded as a conscript of this evil network and its aims.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

"The winter has returned to Gaza.." A report by Ali al Burai on conditions in Gaza for people trying to shelter in tents

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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

When I heard Trinidad was actively supporting Trump’s moves on Venezuela, my response was that Dey too damn schtupid and voilà they are. Turn on your family get eaten up alone and subsequently discarded www.theguardian.com/world/commen...

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Trinidad and Tobago went all in with the US – it will prove a costly misjudgment | Kenneth Mohammed

Aligning itself with Washington and casually dismissing regional diplomacy has left the dual island nation isolated amid the Venezuela crisis, says Caribbean analyst Kenneth Mohammed

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Siobhán McElduff @siobhanmcelduff.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Got to keep Grok running.

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@charleshb@mastodon.sdf.org @charleshb.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Black Alliance( @blkalliance4peace.bsky.social )for Peace "Venezuela Resists US Regime Change Operation" Jacquie( @luqmannation.bsky.social )Luqman, Kamau( @kamaufranklin.bsky.social )Franklin, Chris Gilbert, Cira Pascual Marquina #BlackLiberationMedia www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtAQ...

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Venezuela Resists US Regime Change Operation

YouTube video by Black Alliance for Peace

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 13/01/2026

Celebrate the public domain on Jan 21, 2026! 🕵️🔍 “The Case of the Disappearing Copyright" is a virtual event — FREE to attend! Come explore what enters the #publicdomain & why it matters. 📅 Wed Jan 21 🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET 📍ONLINE 🎟️ Register ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1977502652... #PublicDomainDay

A noir-style illustrated poster titled “The Case of the Disappearing Copyright.” The Lockette—a cartoon character whose body is an open yellow padlock—cautiously steps out of an open vault marked with a copyright symbol. A strong beam of light shines from outside the frame, casting a large copyright symbol onto the floor. Floating eyes and a magnifying glass with a question mark evoke a detective mystery. Red footprints lead toward the open vault door. Text reads: “Public Domain Day 2026” and “Jan 21st @10am PT: Virtual.” Illustrated by Freya Morgan.

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Revoltinghippie @revoltinghippie.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

The hunger strikers demands

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Kerry Sinanan @kerrysinanan.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Be clear that this is state attempted murder. This is imperial power. It is all of our responsibility to refuse the terms.

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Kerry Sinanan @kerrysinanan.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

ICE, like Trump, is a product of the entire system of settler -colonial, white supremacist nationalism that is the foundation of the US project from its inception. Do not speak of dismantling ICE alone without insisting on the end of US empire.

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Black Agenda Report @blackagendareport.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Venezuela linchpin of anti-imperialism, history of struggle in Americas, reading list, solidarity statement, Israel kills journalists and families, corporations cash in on invasion, Sudan war, Venezuelans support Maduro, Cubans died fighting for Venezuela, Israel in Somalia. blackagendareport.com

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"There is a widespread and unprecedented outbreak of the COVID virus in Gaza, while Israel continues to prevent the entry of vaccines. in addition to blocking the entry of a large number of medications." Omar Hamad, pharmacist, writer & tailor from Gaza

posts from @OmarHamadD:

There is a widespread and unprecedented outbreak of the COVID virus in Gaza, while Israel continues to prevent the entry of vaccines.

in addition to blocking the entry of a large number of medications.

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Kerry Sinanan @kerrysinanan.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

This is why we must connect: empire abroad is empire at home, as always, claiming Black and Indigenous lives and futures.

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