Dean Dettloff
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Dean Dettloff
@deandettloff.bsky.social
Philosophy PhD | liberation theology | Toronto

Organizing in churches against imperialism. I teach a class or two at the Institute for Christian Studies (www.icscanada.edu). Writing a book on liberation theology and degrowth with @mattbernico.bsky.social
I've learned a lot organizing with people with analysis and approaches I don't agree with, including anarchists, in the other direction. I think people and orgs should have principles and those prevent some work, but these are genuine debates on the left that don't have to prevent all work, esp now.
December 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
No it's not. But it is anti-imperialism to be organizing when war looks like sanctions, legal coups, and intentional diplomatic isolation. No one was stopping the broader left from becoming more involved at that stage. We can have complicated discussions in organizing contexts.
December 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
To be fair PSL and Code Pink, regardless of what one makes of all their positions, have put the time and effort in to participate in Venezuela solidarity and opposition to imperialism before it was cool. All antiwar blocs are always made up of unlikely allies (as is peace generally!).
December 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I also end up going to several special Masses where there are like 80 bishops, or as I like to call it, MegaMass. I feel like that should count for extra Sundays.
December 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
More contemporary but I've been thinking of going back to play some older games.
November 29, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Fossil fuels and data centers are not sustainable, competitive, or independent.
November 28, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I hear you, but I think it matters that Carney has pulled the party further right, and I do think he's accomplishing a lot of Conservative goals. Even the arbitrary rolling back of a feminist foreign policy is a bizarre move. The Conservatives will be backed into a somehow weirder corner.
November 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
(This, too, is a lesson from my compatriots.)
November 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Not saying they're equivalent, but the policy agenda is one the Conservatives dream about, and easier to facilitate with less opposition. It's a conservative government, whether or not the Conservatives themselves appreciate it, which I also think will inevitably force them further right.
November 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
i actually do all my digital projection on this app for free
November 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM