Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Among 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...theconversation.comWhy bike lanes should remain on Ontario’s roadsEfforts to remove bike lanes in Toronto could result in more injuries and make transportation more challenging for people. 031
Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 12/06/2025No, 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...iris-recherche.qc.caLe filtrage comme mirage de solution à la crise du logement : analyse des limites de ses effetsLa crise du logement 020
Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 26/05/2025"Our treaty is not red tape. Our rights are not red tape". Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, Nishnawbe Aski Nation. www.thestar.com/politics/pro...thestar.comDoug 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. 010
Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 14/05/2025"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...africasacountry.comTrump tariffs and US ImperialismTrump’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,... 021
Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Meanwhile, in other developments, there is this important and unexpected announcement from France. 000
Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Well 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." 001
Reposted by Stefan KipferPeter Ives @peterives.bsky.social · 11/04/2025iai.tv/articles/we-...iai.tvWe need to rescue free speech from its defenders | Peter IvesArguing 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... 021
Reposted by Stefan KipferKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 11/04/2025Investors 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)on.ft.comDonald 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 2122383
Reposted by Stefan KipferCraig Meadows @dawnslovenport.bsky.social · 07/04/2025youtube.com/watch?v=oR1d...youtube.com"Terrifying": Poorest Countries & Global Working Class Face Worst Impacts of Trump's TariffsYouTube video by Democracy Now! 011
Reposted by Stefan KipferSarah Rotz @sarahrotz.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Indigenous faculty at York University push back on enrolment suspension: Program suspensions are a shortsighted solution to managing school's financial crisiscbc.caIndigenous faculty at York University push back on enrolment suspension | CBC NewsProfessors 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. 061
Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Many thanks to Jordan Camp and Christina Heatherton for this sharp and generous production of Conjuncture. 130
Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 19/03/2025How 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... 131
Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Mobilizing 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...srf.chEinsiedeln: AfD-Sympathisant schaltet Inserat in LokalblattEin Einsiedler Ex-Richter gratuliert AfD-Frau Alice Weidel im Namen der Bevölkerung. Der Bezirksrat sucht das Gespräch. 000
Reposted by Stefan KipferAaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 24/02/2025This is a really useful overview of the Ontario party election platforms. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...thestar.comArmine Yalnizyan: Ontario’s economy is facing a Trump-induced crisis. This is how your next premier intends to fix itOntario’s economy is in a sink-or-swim moment. 0107
Reposted by Stefan KipferFatima Syed @fatimabsyed.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Hello Ontario, there's an election on Thursday! We read all the platforms and asked all the parties questions about major environmental questions (how will you help communities adapt to extreme weather? What are your plans for fossil fuels?). Here's what you need to know before you go vote 13923
Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Tomorrow, Tuesday @ York University. Readings by Indigenous Authors (10:30) followed by a rally against the announced programme admission suspensions (1:30 in Vari Hall). 022
Reposted by Stefan KipferJordan T. Camp @jordantcamp.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Stills from our forthcoming interview with @skipfer.bsky.social on Antonio Gramsci, anti-fascism, the rise of the right, the "Toronto school," and much more. Co-sponsored by @antipodeonline.bsky.social. In meantime, check out our archive of previous episodes: trinitysocialjustice.com/conjuncture-... 0104
Reposted by Stefan KipferSarah Rotz @sarahrotz.bsky.social · 20/02/2025How Ontario Sleepwalked into a Crisis in Higher Education - thelocal.to/ontario-post...thelocal.toHow Ontario Sleepwalked into a Crisis in Higher Education | The LocalAfter years of underfunding, the province’s colleges and universities are now in financial free fall—slashing staff, cutting programs, and shuttering campuses. 023
Reposted by Stefan KipferMarvin. @marv2punkt0.bsky.social · 15/02/2025In zahlreichen hessischen Städten finden derzeit Demonstrationen gegen den Rechtsruck in Deutschland statt. In Frankfurt haben sich laut Polizei rund 15.000 Menschen versammelt.hessenschau.deDemos gegen Rechtsruck in Hessen - schon Tausende auf den StraßenIn zahlreichen hessischen Städten finden derzeit Demonstrationen gegen den Rechtsruck in Deutschland statt. In Frankfurt haben sich laut Polizei rund 15.000 Menschen versammelt. 0759
Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 15/02/2025A most eloquent conversation with Jordan Camp and Sasha Lilley on we must absolutely understand Antonio Gramsci and Stuart Hall to understand Trump/ism and other forces in the current conjuncture. 051
Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 09/02/2025On the many uses of Trump. “Canada’s CEOs want to cash in on Trump’s tariff threats. breachmedia.ca/canadas-ceos...breachmedia.caCanada's CEOs want to cash in on Trump's tariff threats ⋆ The BreachCorporate lobby groups are turning the trade chaos in their favour by pushing for tax cuts, deregulation, pipelines, and military spending 000
Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Trumpism über alles. The (self-)annexationist far right in English Canada. Works well with corporate proposals for an economic union (voiced on the website of the Fraser Institute). www.antihate.ca/pro_canada_o...antihate.caPro-Canada or Pro-Trump? How The Far-Right is Navigating the Possible Trade WarThe recent delay of the so-called trade war has left parts of Canada’s Trump-supporting far-right trying to straddle a line between nationalism and Trump’s anti-Canada agenda. 010
Reposted by Stefan KipferNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 07/02/2025This is a crime against humanity. www.democracynow.org/2025/2/6/hea... 24431146
Reposted by Stefan KipferRoger Keil @rkeil.bsky.social · 04/02/2025"And as the international student industry exploded, surpassing lumber or autoparts in the Canadian economy, the country enjoyed a massive transfer of wealth from places like rural India." 144
Reposted by Stefan KipferHaymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 05/02/2025Perfect Victims Join Mohammed El-Kurd & Robin D.G. Kelley for a virtual conversation to launch Mohammed’s new book Perfect Victims & the Politics of Appeal Tuesday, February 11th at 7:30 pm ET RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma... 124374
Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 04/02/2025How about getting rid of the national anthems altogether? It is a scandal to have them at pro sports events on this continent in the first place. 000
Reposted by Stefan KipferAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/01/2025"Trump’s first actions included demolishing an air travel security group, forcing out the head of the FAA for corrupt reasons, implementing a hiring freeze for air traffic controllers, and sending blanket resignation offers to the remaining FAA employees. Then tragedy struck."publicnotice.coDCA crash puts Trump's appalling unfitness on full displayWhen crisis hits, he makes it worse. 20254211776
Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 31/01/2025"The Ontario Health Coalition is demanding that Ford – and all of Ontario’s political parties’ leaders – commit to stopping the corporate takeover of primary care and commit to funding only non-profit and local teams without corporate ownership" socialistproject.ca/2025/01/ford...socialistproject.caFord Government Plays Politics with Primary HealthcareNo matter how anyone tries to spin the numbers, the actual data from sources not tainted by politics show that more than a million Ontarians have lost their family doctor since before the Doug Ford go... 1145
Reposted by Stefan Kipfer⳽ⳑⲇⳕⲛⲉ @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 31/01/2025one of the most dehumanising things happening to trans ppl is the dismissal of our persecution as a 'distraction'. 3727212
Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 27/01/2025www.ijvcanada.org/remembering-...ijvcanada.orgRemembering the Holocaust through Solidarity with GazaToday, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we pause to honour the six million Jews and millions more victims—including Romani, queer and trans people, disabled people, and political dissenters... 000
Reposted by Stefan KipferNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 21/01/2025I'd love to know the answer. www.thenation.com/article/soci...thenation.comWhy Did the US Block a Canadian Professor From His Own Book Event?Nathan Kalman-Lamb was barred entry into the US. This is a harbinger of the dark political future that Trump is ushering in. 18813305