nazpatel.bsky.social @nazpatel.bsky.social · 03/09/2026www.cbc.ca/news/world/f...cbc.caLeading U.S. feminist Gloria Steinem dead at 92 | CBC NewsGloria Steinem, the celebrated U.S. author and activist who became one of the most potent voices of the feminist movement, has died. She was 92. 000
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 30/05/2026Going into the 2026 World Cup qualifying process, no former champion had ever failed to qualify three straight times. Italy is now the first, and some have theorized that the country’s immigration policies could be to blame. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...newyorker.comWhy Has Italy Failed to Qualify for Three Straight World Cups?Going into the 2026 World Cup qualifying process, no former champion had ever failed to qualify three straight times. Italy is now the first, and some have theorized that the country’s immigration policies could be to blame. 23112
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 23/05/2026Pep Guardiola’s perpetual revolutions have changed face of English football | Jonathan Wilsontheguardian.comPep Guardiola’s perpetual revolutions have changed face of English football | Jonathan WilsonDeparting Manchester City manager has left huge imprint but equally stands alone in his willingness to adapt 5306
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialLuc Turgeon @lturgeon.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Ma chronique pour @onfrtfo.bsky.social sur le récent budget ontarien.onfr.tfo.orgBudget de l’Ontario : les choix difficiles remis à demain« Gouverner, c’est choisir, si difficiles que soient les choix ». Cette phrase toute simple, prononcée à l’Assemblée nationale française par Pierre Mendès France en 1953, est fréquemment citée pour fa... 044
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialAndrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉 @alonghurst.bsky.social · 18/03/2026The Alberta government continues to say that it is not bringing in US-style, two-tier health care Have a read of this update from an ophthalmologists' office A clear and blatant violation of the Canada Health Act and the principle of access based on need, not ability to pay #cdnpoli #abpoli 54845
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialIRPP @irpp.org · 29/01/2026📅 La conversation se poursuit le 5 février, lors d’un webinaire avec @cbreton.bsky.social, Irene Bloemraad et @mireillepaquet.bsky.social Inscription : irpp.org/fr/irpp-even... @irms-concordia.bsky.social @migration.ubc.cairpp.org« Canada’s Changing Immigration Landscape: Top five things to watch out for in 2026 » (Webinaire) - IRPPLe paysage de l’immigration au Canada est en plein changement et l’année 2026 s’annonce comme une année pivot. Joignez-vous à nous lors de ce webinaire qui sera l’occasion de se pencher sur les grande... 023
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialHeba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 17/01/2026My latest in the @theguardian.com on how the Trump admins latest immigrant visa ban takes us back to the racial quotas abolished in the wake of the Civil Rights Movement. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comRacial quotas for immigration are back | Heba GowayedThe Trump administration’s immigration policies hearken back to the racist 1924 Immigration Act, meant to whiten the US 2180115
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialPhilip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 17/01/2026Making America White Again with immigration policy. (I would add to @hebagowayed.bsky.social's comparison that the 1920s racists were also roiled by a birth rate panic, as we are again today) 12610
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialP Graefe @pgraefe.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Happy to share some recent research on the NDP and the working class (with @mattpolacko.bsky.social and @sjkiss.bsky.social) in the latest Perspectives magazine. perspectivesjournal.ca/changing-cla...perspectivesjournal.caThe Changing Class Basis of Canadian and Social Democratic Futures | Perspectives JournalElements of a redistributive and working-class agenda are already in demand, but many voters and especially the working class, feel politically alienated and disaffected that their interests are not b... 035
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialBen Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 30/11/2025I’m so thankful for the chance to compile & share #ScholarSunday threads of great public scholarly writing, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books. So let’s end the holiday weekend with my 252nd! Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...blackwhiteandread.com#ScholarSunday Thread 252 (11/30/25) – Black and White and Read All OverI’m so thankful for the chance to compile & share #ScholarSunday threads of great public scholarly writing, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. So let’s end the holiday weeke... 13530
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialEdward the Movie Buff 🎞🎬🎥📽 @midgetmoxie.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Graham Greene (1952-2025) #filmsky 🎬 #movies 🎬 #cinema 🎬📽🎥🎞 1115495633
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialAndrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉 @alonghurst.bsky.social · 03/06/2025King Charles’ speech from the throne is a harbinger of a rightward shift www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...policyalternatives.caKing Charles’ speech from the throne is a harbinger of a rightward shift - CCPAFor the first time since 1977, and the third time ever, the monarch of the British empire appeared before Canada’s parliament to read the speech from the throne to open a parliamentary session. 043
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialMatthew Mendelsohn @mendelmatt.bsky.social · 10/04/2025I would apply for this job if I didn't have the best job in the world. And if I knew anything about tax! 051
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialMatthew Mendelsohn @mendelmatt.bsky.social · 09/04/2025This is a super insightful thread. Canadians must think much more strategically about our interests in a world where the US has lost is primacy in Europe and where its power and credibility globally evaporate a bit more every day. 033
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialAlex Neve @alexneve.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Relieved to hear that Francesca Albanese has been renewed for 3 more years as UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights/Palestine, despite aggressive efforts to silence her. Note to governments: truth triumphs, Palestinian lives & rights matter. 0136
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 05/04/2025For those with institutional access: This book appears to now be available electronically. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... 210516
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialNotthedarkweb @notthedarkweb.bsky.social · 18/03/2025My modest contribution to the recent online discussion on whether Fukuyama is good, actually. 4467
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialThe Tyee @thetyee.ca · 15/03/2025“As much as my dad called himself a nationalist, he was also a fierce protector of Canada’s sovereignty — he dedicated his life to its defence.” thetyee.caTo My Late Father, Mel Hurtig: We Need You Now | The TyeeHis passionate work for Canadian sovereignty offers lessons for how to respond to the political moment. 612129
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialJennifer Robson 🇨🇦 @jrobson.bsky.social · 15/03/2025This paragraph definitely jumped out. Translation: “Why should other countries have sovereignty?! It’s not fair, and it’s not fine!” 33713
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialAndré Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Health in Canada: a pivotal political moment. Canada must fiercely defend the integrity of its cherished universal health-care system. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... via @thelancet.bsky.social 314460
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialnazpatel.bsky.social @nazpatel.bsky.social · 15/03/2025I’m Canadian - so my opinion should carry no weight as we respect the sovereignty of the USA. That said - YOU NEED TO BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT! 021
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialtrantidis.bsky.social @trantidis.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Nick Cowen and I were right about Trump. Unfortunately.journals.uchicago.eduHayek versus Trump: The Radical Right’s Road to Serfdom | Polity: Vol 52, No 2Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom has been interpreted as a general warning against state intervention in the economy.1 We review this argument in conjunction with Hayek’s later work and discern an institut... 022
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialYasmeen Abu-Laban @yasmeenabulaban.bsky.social · 12/03/2025A timely discussion of the trend to cut spending on the public good. thewalrus.ca/death-of-big...thewalrus.caThey Sold Out Big Bird, and They’ll Sell Out the Rest of Us Too | The WalrusThe spirit of uplift that gave us Sesame Street, the CBC, and public schools is under threat 131
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialHon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Is there a reason why Danielle Smith is traveling to Florida on taxpayers’ dime to participate in a far-right talk show that routinely has its content removed for hate speech? www.forbes.com/sites/antoni... #ableg 176977540
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialAndy Lamey @andy-lamey.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Philosopher Joe Heath (Toronto) on why the Democrats need a project 2029.nytimes.comOpinion | Democrats Need Their Own Version of Project 2025A call for a reform project that is ambitious, radical and iconoclastic yet grounded in a genuine desire to fix the problems of American governance. 041
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialBruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Well done, Mike Myers 1067977
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialTess Bridgeman @tessbridgeman.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Hard to miss the irreparable harm for #USAID employees tonight. Watch this litigation, and the foreign aid freeze cases - it isn’t over yet… www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...justsecurity.orgLitigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration ActionsA public resource tracking the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions. 0207
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialBruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Team Canada usually plays hockey like it needs it, but this was different. At this hinge point of history, at this moment of uncertainty, Canada really needed this one. It felt good to win. www.thestar.com/sports/hocke...thestar.comBruce Arthur: Canada’s 4 Nations win over U.S. transcends hockey. We’re keeping our country and, at least for now, our game tooBeating the United States in 2010 or 2014 was one thing: beating this America, right now, was something else, writes Bruce Arthur. 2245265
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialBen Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Perhaps our greatest contemporary thinker on democracy. 46922
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.social𝙰𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙰𝚋𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚑 @abizadeh.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Political philosopher Joseph Heath with a thought-provoking analysis of the USA crisis as fuelled by flaws inherent to the USA constitution, and why Dems are caught bw rock & hardplacejosephheath.substack.comObservations on the U.S. constitutional crisisI’m a bit surprised that Pierre Trudeau’s famous “sleeping with an elephant” speech has not been getting more play in recent weeks: 051
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialalex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Excerpted and adapted from Breaking Free of Neoliberalism: Canada’s Challenge - What it will take to deal with American decline, Inequality and the Climate Crisis 164
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.social𝙰𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙰𝚋𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚑 @abizadeh.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Giving online talk on “Ethics in Academic Publishing” at the SJ Center for Business Ethics on Feb. 10 at 5pm EST. I’ll be discussing the crisis of for-profit academic journal publishing, the emerging diamond open access alternative, and what we can do. You can register to attend online here:sju.zoom.usWelcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Ethics in Academic Publishing. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.Prof. Arash Abizadeh from McGill University will be discussing the ethics and inequities in academic publishing, focusing on exploitation by commercial publishers and barriers to accessing knowledge. ... 21914
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialDT Cochrane @dtcochrane.bsky.social · 02/02/2025I will follow Luke’s lead and let my Twitter go dormant. 3548
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialSean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 19/01/2025Strong statement in support of academic freedom for speech & learning related to Gaza by Dr. Peter McInnis, President of @caut.bsky.social. Thank you, Peter! Respect for the courageous group of UBC SPPH students who provided a statement for this article. 24416
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialAshwini Vasanthakumar @ashwinivasantha.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Because this is still going on, and will, as difficult as it is to conceive, likely get worse under Trump.theguardian.comGaza death toll 40% higher than official number, Lancet study findsAnalysis estimates death toll by end of June was 64,260, with 59% being women, children and people over 65 042
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialWilliam Clare Roberts 🇵🇸 @marxinhell.bsky.social · 02/01/2025I always love Jacob's ideas about the history of liberalism. A fun consequence of this thread: Marx when he was writing for the NY Tribune was perhaps one of the foremost liberal voices in America, since he opposed both the Southern planter class & the protectionism of the Northern Republicans. 1305
nazpatel.bsky.social @nazpatel.bsky.social · 29/12/2024www.vanityfair.com/news/story/f...vanityfair.comFormer President Jimmy Carter Is Dead at 100The Nobel laureate, who died Sunday at home in Georgia, was known for his dedication to public service, including his transformative partnership with Habitat for Humanity. 030
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10/12/2024"We will forever be grateful for the unconditional time she gave to us, to all her literary children across the writerly world," said Kwame Alexander in the statement on the renowned Nikki Giovanni’s deathnpr.orgRenowned poet and Black arts movement icon Nikki Giovanni dies at 81The poet and activist was a leading figure of the Black Arts Movement. Giovanni was working on her upcoming book of poetry, set to publish in the fall. 2741951221
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/12/2024Israel’s war in Gaza amounts to genocide, Amnesty International report findstheguardian.comIsrael’s war in Gaza amounts to genocide, Amnesty International report findsHuman rights group says Israel ‘brazenly, continuously and with total impunity … unleashed hell’ on strip’s 2.3m population A report from Amnesty International alleges that Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip constitutes the crime of genocide… 461048497
Reposted by @nazpatel.bsky.socialAndy Lamey @andy-lamey.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Jeff McMahan is always worth reading.philpapers.orgJeff McMahan, Proportionality and Necessity in Israel’s Invasion of Gaza, 2023–2024 - PhilPapersThis article seeks to show that Israel’s war in Gaza in 2023 and 2024 has been an unjust war because it has violated both the requirement of proportionality and the requirement ... 021