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Stefan Kipfer

@skipfer.bsky.social
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is into politics and urban questions. Professor, union member, inhabitant, author of Urban Revolutions www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2120-u…

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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Sunday in TO
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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Among 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.com
Why bike lanes should remain on Ontario’s roads
Efforts to remove bike lanes in Toronto could result in more injuries and make transportation more challenging for people.
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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Tomorrow
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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
No, 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.ca
Le filtrage comme mirage de solution à la crise du logement : analyse des limites de ses effets
La crise du logement
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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.com
Doug 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.
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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.com
Trump tariffs and US Imperialism
Trump’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,...
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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Meanwhile, in other developments, there is this important and unexpected announcement from France.
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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Tomorrow @ York U, 1:30-3 519 Kaneff Tower
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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Coming up in 2 weeks in Toronto. Looking forward.
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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Well 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."
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Peter Ives @peterives.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
iai.tv/articles/we-...
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We need to rescue free speech from its defenders | Peter Ives
Arguing 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...
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 11/04/2025
Investors 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)
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Donald 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
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Craig Meadows @dawnslovenport.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
youtube.com/watch?v=oR1d...
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"Terrifying": Poorest Countries & Global Working Class Face Worst Impacts of Trump's Tariffs
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
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Sarah Rotz @sarahrotz.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Indigenous faculty at York University push back on enrolment suspension: Program suspensions are a shortsighted solution to managing school's financial crisis
cbc.ca
Indigenous faculty at York University push back on enrolment suspension | CBC News
Professors 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.
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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Many thanks to Jordan Camp and Christina Heatherton for this sharp and generous production of Conjuncture.
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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
'confidently wrong' = ai
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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
How 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...
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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Indeed
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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Mobilizing 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.ch
Einsiedeln: AfD-Sympathisant schaltet Inserat in Lokalblatt
Ein Einsiedler Ex-Richter gratuliert AfD-Frau Alice Weidel im Namen der Bevölkerung. Der Bezirksrat sucht das Gespräch.
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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
This coming Friday @ York U.
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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
This is a really useful overview of the Ontario party election platforms. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
thestar.com
Armine Yalnizyan: Ontario’s economy is facing a Trump-induced crisis. This is how your next premier intends to fix it
Ontario’s economy is in a sink-or-swim moment.
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Fatima Syed @fatimabsyed.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Hello 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
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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Tomorrow, Tuesday @ York University. Readings by Indigenous Authors (10:30) followed by a rally against the announced programme admission suspensions (1:30 in Vari Hall).
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Jordan T. Camp @jordantcamp.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Stills 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-...
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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Interesting thread
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Sarah Rotz @sarahrotz.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
How Ontario Sleepwalked into a Crisis in Higher Education - thelocal.to/ontario-post...
thelocal.to
How Ontario Sleepwalked into a Crisis in Higher Education | The Local
After years of underfunding, the province’s colleges and universities are now in financial free fall—slashing staff, cutting programs, and shuttering campuses.
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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
There are more of us
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Marvin. @marv2punkt0.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
In zahlreichen hessischen Städten finden derzeit Demonstrationen gegen den Rechtsruck in Deutschland statt. In Frankfurt haben sich laut Polizei rund 15.000 Menschen versammelt.
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Demos gegen Rechtsruck in Hessen - schon Tausende auf den Straßen
In zahlreichen hessischen Städten finden derzeit Demonstrationen gegen den Rechtsruck in Deutschland statt. In Frankfurt haben sich laut Polizei rund 15.000 Menschen versammelt.
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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
A 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.
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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
On the many uses of Trump. “Canada’s CEOs want to cash in on Trump’s tariff threats. breachmedia.ca/canadas-ceos...
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Canada's CEOs want to cash in on Trump's tariff threats ⋆ The Breach
Corporate lobby groups are turning the trade chaos in their favour by pushing for tax cuts, deregulation, pipelines, and military spending
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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Trumpism 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.ca
Pro-Canada or Pro-Trump? How The Far-Right is Navigating the Possible Trade War
The 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.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
This is a crime against humanity. www.democracynow.org/2025/2/6/hea...
ICE Agents in Colorado Go Door to Door Demanding IDs and Asking People to Turn In Their Neighbors
Feb 06, 2025

Image Credit: Reuters / Kevin Mohatt
In Colorado, heavily armed ICE agents carried out large-scale immigration raids at apartment complexes across Denver and Aurora on Wednesday. The Denver Post reports masked agents knocked on doors demanding residents show IDs and asking them to report any undocumented neighbors. Those arrested had their hands zip-tied and were loaded onto waiting buses.
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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Shocking indeed
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Roger 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."
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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Good question.
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 05/02/2025
Perfect 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...
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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
No, we can't.
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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
How 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.
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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Good news. For once
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Aaron 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."
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DCA crash puts Trump's appalling unfitness on full display
When crisis hits, he makes it worse.
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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.ca
Ford Government Plays Politics with Primary Healthcare
No 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...
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⳽ⳑⲇⳕⲛⲉ @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
one of the most dehumanising things happening to trans ppl is the dismissal of our persecution as a 'distraction'.
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Stefan Kipfer @skipfer.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
www.ijvcanada.org/remembering-...
ijvcanada.org
Remembering the Holocaust through Solidarity with Gaza
Today, 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...
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
I'd love to know the answer. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
thenation.com
Why 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.
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