Tyler Shipley
@shipster.bsky.social
Professor and purveyor of takes of all temperatures. All opinions my own but willing to share. Details: https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/canada-in-the-world and https://linktr.ee/TylerShipley
One of the hardest periods in history to teach properly is WWII, because - for one strange but significant moment - the Anglo-American powers turned against fascism. The war subsequently became a pillar of the self-image of those powers despite it being a complete anomaly that they opposed fascism.
Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
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Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
One of the hardest periods in history to teach properly is WWII, because - for one strange but significant moment - the Anglo-American powers turned against fascism. The war subsequently became a pillar of the self-image of those powers despite it being a complete anomaly that they opposed fascism.
The NDP just propped up the most right-wing budget Canada has seen in, arguably, decades. Ask yourself why the NDP exists at all if it's going to do that. Just join the Liberal Party and stop wasting the energy of activists who want desperately to believe it is something better.
“But, at the same time, Canada [is] facing instability and overlapping crises ... in these challenging times, now's [not] the right time for an election.” (2/2)
November 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The NDP just propped up the most right-wing budget Canada has seen in, arguably, decades. Ask yourself why the NDP exists at all if it's going to do that. Just join the Liberal Party and stop wasting the energy of activists who want desperately to believe it is something better.
Canada actively supported the British war against the people of Kenya, supplying F-48 Sabre fighter jets and a host of military and police supports. A Winnipeg cop named John Timmerman tortured Kenyan prisoners in Nairobi earning the nickname "the Himmler of Kenya."
#OtD 18 Nov 1953 the British Royal Air Force began aerial bombing of Kenya in an effort to crush the "Mau Mau" anti-colonial insurgency. Over the next year and a half they dropped nearly 6 million bombs on the country stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9039...
November 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Canada actively supported the British war against the people of Kenya, supplying F-48 Sabre fighter jets and a host of military and police supports. A Winnipeg cop named John Timmerman tortured Kenyan prisoners in Nairobi earning the nickname "the Himmler of Kenya."
Stumbled upon this very fair and kind review of Canada in the World today. I don't know the reviewer or the publication but I'm glad people are still finding the book and getting something from it. www.itsallgeekto.me/2025/09/revi...
Review: Canada in the World by Tyler Shipley
A new classic, a must-read for Canadian leftists.
www.itsallgeekto.me
November 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Stumbled upon this very fair and kind review of Canada in the World today. I don't know the reviewer or the publication but I'm glad people are still finding the book and getting something from it. www.itsallgeekto.me/2025/09/revi...
Love to see this!
One of my favourite books I’ve read this year and already has an impact on my politics.
“Not only does Canada have a colonial history, it has a colonial present. Perhaps there is still time to prevent Canada from having a colonial future.”- @shipster.bsky.social.
“Not only does Canada have a colonial history, it has a colonial present. Perhaps there is still time to prevent Canada from having a colonial future.”- @shipster.bsky.social.
#NowReading: By @shipster.bsky.social. Admittedly I’ve been meaning to read this for a while but have been intimidated by the possibility of me being not smart enough.
October 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Love to see this!
Always love to hear this!
#NowReading: By @shipster.bsky.social. Admittedly I’ve been meaning to read this for a while but have been intimidated by the possibility of me being not smart enough.
September 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Always love to hear this!
You're allowed to just say nothing,
Wab
Wab
September 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
You're allowed to just say nothing,
Wab
Wab
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Carney & Canada's statements on Gaza are completely vacuous & shameless
Gaza doesnt need Canada's pity. Canada is still arming Israel. Canada must implement full and immediate arms embargo. And sanction Israel. And suspend all military and trade agreements.
Escalate to break imperialist consensus
Gaza doesnt need Canada's pity. Canada is still arming Israel. Canada must implement full and immediate arms embargo. And sanction Israel. And suspend all military and trade agreements.
Escalate to break imperialist consensus
August 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Carney & Canada's statements on Gaza are completely vacuous & shameless
Gaza doesnt need Canada's pity. Canada is still arming Israel. Canada must implement full and immediate arms embargo. And sanction Israel. And suspend all military and trade agreements.
Escalate to break imperialist consensus
Gaza doesnt need Canada's pity. Canada is still arming Israel. Canada must implement full and immediate arms embargo. And sanction Israel. And suspend all military and trade agreements.
Escalate to break imperialist consensus
Liberal PM Pierre Trudeau put the head of CUPW in jail for defying his strikebreaking legislation. But the postal workers arguably won that strike by holding the line. Carney may do the same, and I hope for all our sakes that these workers stand their ground. We owe them our support and our thanks.
Air Canada strike:
“We’re going to stay committed to making sure that those workers can do the job that they love doing and actually be able to afford a roof over their heads, to afford caring for their families,” CUPE president just said.
“If it means folks like me going to jail, then so be it.”
“We’re going to stay committed to making sure that those workers can do the job that they love doing and actually be able to afford a roof over their heads, to afford caring for their families,” CUPE president just said.
“If it means folks like me going to jail, then so be it.”
August 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Liberal PM Pierre Trudeau put the head of CUPW in jail for defying his strikebreaking legislation. But the postal workers arguably won that strike by holding the line. Carney may do the same, and I hope for all our sakes that these workers stand their ground. We owe them our support and our thanks.
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“Given the ongoing genocide in Gaza…we call on Sport Canada and Tennis Canada to forbid Canadian athletes to compete against Israeli athletes at the Davis Cup and all other international events.”
- 413 🇨🇦 academics, athletes + sports journalists, inc 3 former UN special rapporteurs + an Olympic 🥈ist
- 413 🇨🇦 academics, athletes + sports journalists, inc 3 former UN special rapporteurs + an Olympic 🥈ist
August 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
“Given the ongoing genocide in Gaza…we call on Sport Canada and Tennis Canada to forbid Canadian athletes to compete against Israeli athletes at the Davis Cup and all other international events.”
- 413 🇨🇦 academics, athletes + sports journalists, inc 3 former UN special rapporteurs + an Olympic 🥈ist
- 413 🇨🇦 academics, athletes + sports journalists, inc 3 former UN special rapporteurs + an Olympic 🥈ist
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“No one should accept being forced to work for free, for hours and hours, every day. No one should accept being forced to work for poverty wages for years in a profession, just to earn a dignifying living. That’s what this is about,” said CUPE Air Canada Component president Wesley Lesosky.
August 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
“No one should accept being forced to work for free, for hours and hours, every day. No one should accept being forced to work for poverty wages for years in a profession, just to earn a dignifying living. That’s what this is about,” said CUPE Air Canada Component president Wesley Lesosky.
Delete your fuckin bitcoins
The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as 'data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems'.
http://jrnl.ie/6788643
http://jrnl.ie/6788643
UK government advises people to delete old photos and emails as England faces water shortfall
The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as ‘data centres require cast amounts of water to cool their systems’.
jrnl.ie
August 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Delete your fuckin bitcoins
After months of juiced-up Canadian nationalism, it's worth reflecting on what people think it is that makes Canada 'better.' Cdn liberals emphasize things like a free and independent media, and yet, here is the Canadian media repeating an absurd lie that runs cover for a state committing genocide.
August 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
After months of juiced-up Canadian nationalism, it's worth reflecting on what people think it is that makes Canada 'better.' Cdn liberals emphasize things like a free and independent media, and yet, here is the Canadian media repeating an absurd lie that runs cover for a state committing genocide.
August 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Recent announcements by France, EU, Arab League, Canada is not them 'changing' - it is another two-state attempt at Oslo pacification and normalization.
There can be NO "solution" that demands disarmament of the resistance, maintains apartheid & occupation, denies the right of return for refugees.
There can be NO "solution" that demands disarmament of the resistance, maintains apartheid & occupation, denies the right of return for refugees.
July 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Recent announcements by France, EU, Arab League, Canada is not them 'changing' - it is another two-state attempt at Oslo pacification and normalization.
There can be NO "solution" that demands disarmament of the resistance, maintains apartheid & occupation, denies the right of return for refugees.
There can be NO "solution" that demands disarmament of the resistance, maintains apartheid & occupation, denies the right of return for refugees.
Nationalism is a fraud ideology. It sells out the working classes on behalf of the rich and powerful in the name of 'the nation' and empowers those who most embody 'the nation.' Every rube who fell for "elbows up" is being punished by their champion, and helped fertilize its growing racist reaction.
Bill C-2 lets Canadian cops demand users' info without a warrant—and it paves the way for that info to go to U.S. government agencies.
Canada’s Bill C-2 Opens the Floodgates to U.S. Surveillance
The Canadian government is preparing to give away Canadians’ digital lives—to U.S. police, to the Donald Trump administration, and possibly to foreign spy agencies.Bill C-2, the so-called Strong Borde...
www.eff.org
July 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Nationalism is a fraud ideology. It sells out the working classes on behalf of the rich and powerful in the name of 'the nation' and empowers those who most embody 'the nation.' Every rube who fell for "elbows up" is being punished by their champion, and helped fertilize its growing racist reaction.
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Poilievre worried there won’t be enough government left for him to cut (Podcast)
Poilievre worried there won't be enough government left for him to cut
“Save some for me Mark!” Luke and the Panel (Nile Séguin and Clare Blackwood) break down Mark Carney enacting spending cuts that even Harper wouldn’t dream of, and then dive into the biggest sports st...
thebeaverton.com
July 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Poilievre worried there won’t be enough government left for him to cut (Podcast)
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as far as i can tell there's only two ways Grok can go now, either flee to Argentina or be put in charge of the American rocket program...oh wait
July 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
as far as i can tell there's only two ways Grok can go now, either flee to Argentina or be put in charge of the American rocket program...oh wait
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My head is going to explode. ICE is recruiting by pitching travel as one of the key perks of the job.
Like, travel *accompanying deportation flights.* Literally.
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
Like, travel *accompanying deportation flights.* Literally.
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
July 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
My head is going to explode. ICE is recruiting by pitching travel as one of the key perks of the job.
Like, travel *accompanying deportation flights.* Literally.
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
Like, travel *accompanying deportation flights.* Literally.
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
Canada has only ever had one principle: what is best for canadian profits. To that end it has partnered with some of the most horrific govts in the world, from the British and French Empires to Pinochet, from Apartheid South Africa to Saudi Arabia to Israel to the United States. Nothing has changed.
Lloyd Axworthy accuses Mark Carney of “bending the knee to US President Donald Trump at the expense of Canadian values”.
I completely agree with the former Foreign Affairs Minister. Canada used to take principled positions. Canada used to stand up to bullies.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
I completely agree with the former Foreign Affairs Minister. Canada used to take principled positions. Canada used to stand up to bullies.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Lloyd Axworthy accuses Carney of taking ‘bootlicking’ approach to Trump
The former foreign affairs minister accused Prime Minister Mark Carney of bending the knee to U.S. President Donald Trump at the expense of Canadian values.
www.thestar.com
July 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Canada has only ever had one principle: what is best for canadian profits. To that end it has partnered with some of the most horrific govts in the world, from the British and French Empires to Pinochet, from Apartheid South Africa to Saudi Arabia to Israel to the United States. Nothing has changed.
"Elbows up, rubes"
The Liberals are going to cut social programs to pay for gargantuan increases in military spending, and legions of politicians, media and think tankers are going to tell you it's for your own good. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Hike in defence spending could mean cuts in other areas, Mark Carney warns
Prime Minister Mark Carney hailed a new and aggressive NATO target to boost military spending, while acknowledging that other areas might get cut back.
www.thestar.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
"Elbows up, rubes"
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Wracked with guilt because I accidentally tossed a plastic jar in the trash and not the recycling bin 🫤
A staggering 96 private jets are expected to fly in for Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s wedding – Supercar Blondie
Almost 100 private jets are expected to touchdown in Venice, Italy, this week for the wedding of billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez
supercarblondie.com
June 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Wracked with guilt because I accidentally tossed a plastic jar in the trash and not the recycling bin 🫤
We all watched Israel launch an unprovoked assault, it is already on Wikipedia, which prompted Iran to fire missiles in retaliation. There is no ambiguity about who shot first, it was Israel. Canadian PM issues a statement about Israel's right to defend itself.
June 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM
We all watched Israel launch an unprovoked assault, it is already on Wikipedia, which prompted Iran to fire missiles in retaliation. There is no ambiguity about who shot first, it was Israel. Canadian PM issues a statement about Israel's right to defend itself.
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So… does Iran have a right to defend itself?
June 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
So… does Iran have a right to defend itself?
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When your province is currently on fire due to climate change and thousands of Indigenous people are displaced because of it, it only makes sense to propose building an oil pipeline through the very same land, a pipeline even the oil industry doesn't want 🙃
Kinew floats oil shipments through Hudson Bay as part of potential trade corridor | CBC News
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says oil could be among the commodities shipped through Hudson Bay if Canada proceeds with a new or expanded port along the province's coastline.
www.cbc.ca
June 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
When your province is currently on fire due to climate change and thousands of Indigenous people are displaced because of it, it only makes sense to propose building an oil pipeline through the very same land, a pipeline even the oil industry doesn't want 🙃