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@kylapiccin.bsky.social
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phd @ university of cambridge || researching policing and security in canadian resource extraction, and environmental governance || she/her

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Simone Schneider @simoneschneider.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
This PhD is absolutely thrilled that her latest publication is out in New Media & Society🔥 Ever came across dating platforms like Ashley Madison? My paper analyzes how such platforms discursively legitimize infidelity in contexts where such practices are widely stigmatized: doi.org/10.1177/1461...
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Caring for yourself and caring for your partner? The discursive legitimization of infidelity on dating platforms - Simone Schneider, 2026
Infidelity in intimate relationships is widely perceived as “wrong” and related to relationship problems. At the same time, dedicated dating platforms are expli...
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 04/10/2025
If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.
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Socialism Conference @socialismconference.org · 26/06/2025
How should socialists and abolitionists relate to the state? Join this roundtable featuring Robin D.G. Kelley, @dreanyc123.bsky.social, Geo Maher, and David McNally. Don’t miss it! Register for Socialism 2025 today! socialismconference.org
Featured session:
The State of the State

How should socialists and abolitionists relate to the state? How can we organize collectively against capitalist exploitation and state violence in an era of emboldened fascism and right-wing reaction?
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Adam Calo @adamcalo.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
If you are interested in land politics, check out @econgeo.bsky.social 's Institutional Landscapes webpage. They are graciously hosting this guest post:
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#25 Towards a Land-first Food Movement in the Global North: A New Collection on Sustainable Food and Land Governance | Institutional Landscapes
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irina cerić @irinaceric.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
I wrote about Toronto’s bubble zone bylaw for @canadiandimension.bsky.social TL;DR: it’s bad, but probably not (just) for the reasons you think it is
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Christi Belcourt @christibelcourt.com · 09/06/2025
The IOF has sprayed a white chemical substance onto the Freedom Flotilla.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Last image of the Freedom Flotilla crew before being stormed by Israeli soldiers and kidnapped in international waters
Everyone sitting in the Freedom Flotilla boat with their hands above their heads, taken from the official Telegram channel
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Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces. Pressure their foreign ministries and help us keep them safe! E: alertes.cdc@diplomatie.gouv.fr & courrier.scec@diplomatie.gouv.fr ...2/
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."
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Kai Bosworth @kaibosworth.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
incredible lineup in this Geopolitics forum on "Disruptive Geographies and the War on Gaza: Infrastructure and Global Solidarity" w/ Rafeef Ziadah, Christian Henderson, Omar Jabary Salamanca, Sharri Plonskid, Charmaine Chua, Riya Al Sanah & Elia El Khazen www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Disruptive Geographies and the War on Gaza: Infrastructure and Global Solidarity
This forum explores the geopolitics of infrastructure in the context of Israel’s war on Gaza, situating the current genocide within longer histories of settler colonialism, spatial control, and tra...
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kyla piccin 🌀 @kylapiccin.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
incredible resource put together by @alinau27.bsky.social addressing many big questions and concerns about GenAI in higher education (and, i’m thinking, as a guide for having these conversations in the classroom)
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ZoeSTodd (Dr Fish Philosopher Todd) @zoestodd.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
This article lists ways to donate/support wildfire evacuees in Manitoba <3 www.winnipegfreepress.com/featured/202...
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Where to donate, how to volunteer to help Manitoba wildfire evacuees
Wildfires have forced more than 17,000 Manitobans to flee their homes into temporary shelters in Winnipeg and beyond. Here
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 06/06/2025
B.C. has approved the PRGT pipeline, paving the way for construction to start — and setting the stage for what one First Nations leader warns could be a “long, hot summer” of conflict. #bcpoli via @writermjs.bsky.social @sobittersosweet.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/prgt-pipelin...
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B.C. approves PRGT pipeline, setting stage for conflict | The Narwhal
The green light for the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline could mean a ‘long, hot summer’ of conflict, one Indigenous leader warns
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 06/06/2025
CJPME is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to take immediate action to ensure the safety of the Freedom Flotilla, which is attempting to break Israel's siege on Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid. www.cjpme.org/pr_2025_06_0...
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Grateful to everyone who shared their thoughts with me for this piece about the difference between how people imagined they would show up for a moment like this one, and how we're actually showing up—and how we can begin to close the gap between aspiration and action.
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From Aspiration to Action: Organizing Through Exhaustion, Grief, and Uncertainty
“Some days, my best efforts feel insufficient and overwhelming at the same time.”
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kyla piccin 🌀 @kylapiccin.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
sign & support newcastle geography! chng.it/sDG99Nm7Rq
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We Can Make an Impact.
End unnecessary redundancies at Newcastle University
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kyla piccin 🌀 @kylapiccin.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
such a provoking and thoughtful keynote by Dr Emilie Cameron this morning at the @cangeographers.bsky.social conference — reminding us to rethink, question, and challenge settler-colonialism, again and again, wherever we are, and in all the forms and specificities it takes
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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 21/05/2025
take five minutes tonight to call or email your MP and ask what "further concrete actions" Canada will be taking immediately, as Israel continues to block essential aid from reaching Gaza www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...
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Joint statement from the leaders of Canada, the United Kingdom and France on the situation in Gaza and the West Bank
The Israeli Government’s denial of essential humanitarian assistance to the civilian population is unacceptable and risks breaching International Humanitarian Law.
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Palestine Solidarity Campaign @pscupdates.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
🚨MASSIVE VICTORY: King’s College Cambridge to divest from all arms and the occupation of Palestine Today Kings College Cambridge has committed to divest the millions it holds in the arms industry, and in companies complicit in the occupation of Palestine, by the end of the year
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
The news from Gaza is brutal and urgent. All governments must demand immediate ceasefire and access to aid. Starvation as a military tactic is a war crime! www.democracynow.org/2025/5/20/is...
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“Beyond Description”: Report from Gaza as U.N. Warns 14,000 Babies Could Soon Die
The U.N.'s humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher warned Tuesday that 14,000 babies could die in Gaza over the next 48 hours if more aid does not enter the besieged territory. The warning comes as Israel exp...
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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
An excellent analysis of the impacts of Ontario's Bill 5 - don't forget to submit your public comment to the ERO by May 17th!
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Ecojustice @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
YOU'RE INVITED 🎉⚖️ Discover cutting edge youth climate litigation work (including Ecojustice's) at this Columbia University/University College Cork webinar. Wed, May 21 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM Eastern REGISTER NOW 👉 www.ucc.ie/en/youthclim...
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ONLINE EVENT: Child/Youth Participation, Climate Action, and Success in a Climate Case | University College Cork
Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.
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Shiri Pasternak @shirip.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Come out and learn more about links b/w RCMP and Palestine solidarity on May 29. In-person Toronto event or livestream. Link through registration. www.eventbrite.ca/e/a-national...
RCMP and Palestine SOLIDARITY IN CANADA
The RCMP have converged their "war on terror" security frameworks with protocols for repressing Indigenous land defense movements.
Together, these forms of training, surveillance, and "intelligence-led" policing anchor the criminalization of Palestine solidarity.
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irina cerić @irinaceric.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Criminalizing Dissent? Toronto: join me, @policingblack.bsky.social, @judreb.bsky.social & others for this community teach-in about the city's proposed bubble zone bylaw. Tuesday, May 20, 5:30pm at TMU. Info & RSVP: communityteachin.rsvpify.com
CRIMINALIZING DISSENT? The Truth About the BUBBLE ZONE Bylaw
The City of Toronto has proposed a BUBBLE ZONE bylaw that would restrict protests near so-called “vulnerable” institutions. Join us for a community teach-in exploring its potential harms, featuring leading local voices in law, labour, housing, feminist activism, and disability justice.
May 20th, 5:30pm
Location: Toronto Metropolitan University, PD 457

Brad Evoy, Disability Justice Network Ontario
Dreddz B.L., Voices for Unhoused Liberation
Sid Jackson, Voices for Unhoused Liberation
Irina Ceric, Law Union of Ontario
Robyn Maynard, Another Toronto and Author of Policing Black Lives
Judy Rebick, Feminist, Activist, Journalist, Author and Educator
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
The family of Jordan's Principle namesake marks its 20 year anniversary; Pikangikum FN seeks $2B in damages from Canada over failing water and wastewater systems. Hear more on APTN News Brief:
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APTN News Brief: May 12, 2025—Pikangikum FN seeks $2B in damages from Canada over failing water and wastewater systems; family of Jordan's Principle namesake marks its 20 year anniversary
Our lead story: under a state of emergency due to failing water and wastewater systems, the Pikangikum First Nation seeks both $200M in immediate federal relief as well as $2B in damages for Canada...
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irina cerić @irinaceric.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Palestinian civil society and international orgs call for the immediate organisation and deployment of a Diplomatic Humanitarian Convoy to Gaza through the Rafah Crossing #DiplomaticConvoy law4palestine.org/unified-call...
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UNIFIED CALL TO CONFRONT FAMINE IN GAZA: LAUNCH THE DIPLOMATIC HUMANITARIAN CONVOY NOW  - Law for Palestine
UNIFIED CALL TO CONFRONT FAMINE IN GAZA: LAUNCH THE DIPLOMATIC HUMANITARIAN CONVOY NOW  12th May 2025 Palestinian civil society, joined by humanitarian and human rights organisations worldwide, issues...
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
“Rivers are the veins of our mother, the earth; they are the visual mapping of a watery network.” @biidaasamose.bsky.social on rivers as teachers.
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An Indigenous Theory of Water: Leanne Betasamosake Simpson on Rivers as Teachers
Rivers are connectors. The rivers feeding into Lake Ontario and then the St. Lawrence connect me, for example, with Audra and her homeland. My people are called Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg because we …
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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Ok this is pretty cool. Teen Vogue just published an excerpt from my Copaganda book today! www.teenvogue.com/story/copaga...
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How to Sniff Out ‘Copaganda’: When the Police and the Media Manipulate Our News
"By cherry-picking anecdotes, news reports can distort our interpretation of the world."
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Shiri Pasternak @shirip.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Come learn about the long struggle in Canada against the national police force and how it links so many communities together. Incredible speakers hosted by the remarkable journalist @brandimorin.bsky.social. May 29 in Toronto. More details here tinyurl.com/yc3skpmk
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A National Crisis: Reckoning with the RCMP
In a time of mounting repression, this event will address serious issues surrounding the RCMP and launching a collective response.
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Christi Belcourt @christibelcourt.com · 26/04/2025
When Idle No More started, before it became a national movement, it was started by four women who who were reading and paying attention to the massive omnibus bills Harper was pushing through that were going to have terrible negative impacts on the environment and Indigenous people. #BillC-69
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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 23/04/2025
Tired of the usual tepid election punditry? We're back with another night of live election coverage, hosted by @desmondcole.bsky.social and Donya Ziaee. Featuring: @pampalmater.com, @ricardotranjan.bsky.social, @nolore.bsky.social @parismarx.com &more! RSVP: breachmedia.ca/election-202...
Small icons with headshots from the participants of the Election 2025 LIVE night.
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Michal Schatz @miyyka.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Now up on the Verso Blog: an excellent essay analyzing the political conditions on university campuses and the strategic avenues available to students (and faculty) committed to the struggle for a free Palestine
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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Climate may not be getting much attention but #elxn2025 will have huge implications for Canadian climate policy. @simondonner.bsky.social and I compare climate-related commitments of the Conservatives, Liberals and NDP. 🧵 w bonus summary table! #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/21/o...
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This is a climate election
With the frontrunners pitching wildly contrasted policies in some ways and similar ones in another, it's vital for Canadians to keep abreast of their climate ambitions — and to hold them to account wh...
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Ilias Alami @iliasalami.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
New short article out in @dialogueshg.bsky.social! I offer a historical sketch and a conceptual framework tracing the formation of legal regimes of investment control in the dialectics of empire and capital. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @campolis.bsky.social (1/3)
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kyla piccin 🌀 @kylapiccin.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
!!! thenarwhal.ca/haida-gwaii-...
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Court rejects logging company's claim to conservation-related losses | The Narwhal
Forestry giant Teal sued for $75 million in compensation after old-growth trees on Haida Gwaii were protected, and lost — a victory for Indigenous Rights and law
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Lauren Wilcox @laurenbwilcox.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Love and solidarity to UK trans people today. Trans people exist, trans people have always existed and will always exist. Trans women are women and feminism without trans women is fascist feminism.
Sisters not just cis-ters pink red and black design with fabulous women.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Chilling. They are saying that simply taking action in opposition to US foreign policy is grounds for deportation. Think of the proud lineage of protests against US-backed wars, coups, torture... BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported, Immigration Judge Rules open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
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BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported, Immigration Judge Rules
The judge said the Trump administration’s evidence – a two-page letter from Secretary of State Marco Rubio – is sufficient to deport Khalil under an obscure legal provision.
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irina cerić @irinaceric.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Important Fairy Creek criminal contempt sentencing appeal decision addressing both Gladue principles and the Crown's approach to escalating punishments for multiple contempt convictions arising from injunction cases www.grandforksgazette.ca/home2/deputy...
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Deputy Green leader Rainbow Eyes sees jail time slashed in old growth protest
60-day sentence reduced to 51, Rainbow Eyes calls for 'braiding' of Indigenous, natural and colonial laws
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre announced plans to fast-track resource projects if elected. How could this affect the duty to consult Indigenous Peoples impacted by these developments? APTN News is partnering with the Yellowhead Institute to fact check. Here’s Ash Vols from the Yellowhead.
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RAVEN @raventrust.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
✨📣NEW CAMPAIGN📣✨ We're excited to launch our newest campaign to support Mowachaht-Muchalaht First Nation (MMFN) as they pursue Aboriginal title to protect their territory from unsustainable forest practices! Donate now and read more about MMFN's legal challenge: raventrust.com/campaigns/mo...
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Mowachaht-Muchalaht First Nation - Raven Trust
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University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies @cambridgegender.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Congratulations to our PhD student Kyla Simone Piccin on her article in Antipode, "Taking Settler Colonialism Seriously in Abolition Ecologies"-- open access below!
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Wilderness Committee @wildernews.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
“If a company is being given a formal exemption from a binding law, that should be public. Because otherwise, how are citizens to know that laws are being evenhandedly and faithfully executed?” - Kathryn Harrison, political science professor at UBC #bcpoli #climate thenarwhal.ca/b-c-quietly-...
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B.C. allowed CNRL to sidestep rules for over 4,300 pipelines: docs | The Narwhal
B.C.’s energy regulator quietly let one of Canada’s biggest oil and gas companies dodge the rules for thousands of ‘non-compliant’ pipelines
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kyla piccin 🌀 @kylapiccin.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
wow, very excited to see my first publication out in the world... and in my dream journal no less! so thankful to my supervisor @laurenbwilcox.bsky.social and the editorial team @antipodeonline.bsky.social for helping this come into being onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Taking Settler Colonialism Seriously in Abolition Ecologies: Centring Indigenous Dispossession in Geographies of Carceral Power, Ecocide, and the Abolitionist Ecological Imagination
Scholarship increasingly examines international social movements advocating for the abolition of the prison-industrial complex. Within this landscape, Abolition Ecologies has emerged as a generative ...
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kyla piccin 🌀 @kylapiccin.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
I’ll be presenting my research on logging tenures as carceral geographies tomorrow as part of "The Capitalist State in the 2020s" workshop @ucl.ac.uk, & excited to be presenting alongside @alktaif.bsky.social! come by for a panel on carceral infrastructures from 2:00 www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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The Capitalist State in the 2020s: Borders and carceral infrastructure
This series of four collaborative workshops will examine the evolution of the capitalist state in the contemporary moment, focussing on industrial strategy and financialization, militarism, and border...
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