David Jefferess
@djefferess.bsky.social
Parent. University teacher. Gardener.
Research and teach on the colonial and racial politics of humanitarianism, and heritage/public memory practices.
Live in Syilx Okanagan territory.
Research and teach on the colonial and racial politics of humanitarianism, and heritage/public memory practices.
Live in Syilx Okanagan territory.
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Absolutely incredible sequence from CNN.
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
January 28, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Absolutely incredible sequence from CNN.
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
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New from me: More Than 100 Gazans Have Been Accepted to Canadian Universities. Canada Isn’t Letting Them In.
More Than 100 Gazans Have Been Accepted to Canadian Universities. Canada Isn’t Letting Them In.
See a map of the graduate programs they're planning to attend, if the government finally processes their visas
pressprogress.ca
January 27, 2026 at 9:54 PM
New from me: More Than 100 Gazans Have Been Accepted to Canadian Universities. Canada Isn’t Letting Them In.
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In December, the Canadian government gave $1 million to Ottawa's JSI Telecom to commercialize AI-driven data analytics.
JSI, a wiretaps and investigation support firm, had a banner year in U.S. government sales in 2025, including a big new contract with ICE.
thelogic.co/news/exclusi...
JSI, a wiretaps and investigation support firm, had a banner year in U.S. government sales in 2025, including a big new contract with ICE.
thelogic.co/news/exclusi...
Ottawa is subsidizing a tech firm that provides wiretapping tools to ICE - The Logic
The $1-million contribution came after the U.S. agency showed up in force in Minneapolis
thelogic.co
January 26, 2026 at 5:23 PM
In December, the Canadian government gave $1 million to Ottawa's JSI Telecom to commercialize AI-driven data analytics.
JSI, a wiretaps and investigation support firm, had a banner year in U.S. government sales in 2025, including a big new contract with ICE.
thelogic.co/news/exclusi...
JSI, a wiretaps and investigation support firm, had a banner year in U.S. government sales in 2025, including a big new contract with ICE.
thelogic.co/news/exclusi...
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If you admire Minnesotans and are worried about this kind of violence coming to your community, the best way to prepare is to start building networks. Get to know your neighbours.
abolitionschool.org
abolitionschool.org
W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School for Abolition and Reconstruction
The W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School for Abolition & Reconstruction is a political education program for aspiring revolutionaries and movement leaders.
abolitionschool.org
January 25, 2026 at 10:11 PM
If you admire Minnesotans and are worried about this kind of violence coming to your community, the best way to prepare is to start building networks. Get to know your neighbours.
abolitionschool.org
abolitionschool.org
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Marimar Martinez was the first US citizen shot by ICE.
They claimed she was a terrorist. Said she was brandishing a weapon.
They lied. Video footage exonerated her and showed the ICE agent shot her five times.
He bragged to other agents “five shots, 7 holes”.
A 🧵 of ICE abuse
They claimed she was a terrorist. Said she was brandishing a weapon.
They lied. Video footage exonerated her and showed the ICE agent shot her five times.
He bragged to other agents “five shots, 7 holes”.
A 🧵 of ICE abuse
Text messages and a moved SUV: How the government’s case against a Chicago woman shot by a Border Patrol agent fell apart | CNN
A wide grin was plastered on Marimar Martinez’s face Thursday as she thanked her attorneys outside an Illinois courtroom and told reporters, “I’m just blessed. I’m happy.”
www.cnn.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Marimar Martinez was the first US citizen shot by ICE.
They claimed she was a terrorist. Said she was brandishing a weapon.
They lied. Video footage exonerated her and showed the ICE agent shot her five times.
He bragged to other agents “five shots, 7 holes”.
A 🧵 of ICE abuse
They claimed she was a terrorist. Said she was brandishing a weapon.
They lied. Video footage exonerated her and showed the ICE agent shot her five times.
He bragged to other agents “five shots, 7 holes”.
A 🧵 of ICE abuse
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I need Canadians to think about what is happening here at home. Carney is cutting the very agencies we need more than ever as things erode in the US.
Wake. Up.
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Wake. Up.
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January 24, 2026 at 10:43 PM
I need Canadians to think about what is happening here at home. Carney is cutting the very agencies we need more than ever as things erode in the US.
Wake. Up.
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Wake. Up.
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Some people say not to call them Nazis because there are antecedents in our own history, while others are over-reliant on outside examples. But it's important to acknowledge the mingling of our own trends and history with global fascist legacies and movements because that's our reality.
January 25, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Some people say not to call them Nazis because there are antecedents in our own history, while others are over-reliant on outside examples. But it's important to acknowledge the mingling of our own trends and history with global fascist legacies and movements because that's our reality.
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As Israel’s genocide has continued, western outlets have undermined the death toll from the Min of Health in Gaza, dubbing it “Hamas run.” Even tho the Ministry’s #s r reliable & a big undercount. When it comes to Iran, they openly run w/the highest unverified #s they can time.com/7357635/more...
Iran Protest Death Toll Could Top 30,000: Local Officials
According to two senior officials of the country’s Ministry of Health who spoke with TIME.
time.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:32 PM
As Israel’s genocide has continued, western outlets have undermined the death toll from the Min of Health in Gaza, dubbing it “Hamas run.” Even tho the Ministry’s #s r reliable & a big undercount. When it comes to Iran, they openly run w/the highest unverified #s they can time.com/7357635/more...
Yet, most of the population is gleefully cheering the great leader.
Nation-building by cutting 10,000 jobs at:
* Global Affairs
* Health Canada
* Immigration, Refugees & Citizenship
* Transport
* Innovation, Science & Economic Dev
* Fisheries & Oceans
* Environment & Climate Change
* Agriculture
* Employment & Social Development
* Public Safety
* Canadian Heritage
* Global Affairs
* Health Canada
* Immigration, Refugees & Citizenship
* Transport
* Innovation, Science & Economic Dev
* Fisheries & Oceans
* Environment & Climate Change
* Agriculture
* Employment & Social Development
* Public Safety
* Canadian Heritage
January 25, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Yet, most of the population is gleefully cheering the great leader.
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I don't want to amplify this account but I do want to point out that actually Gandhi's nonviolence worked out pretty well
January 24, 2026 at 8:04 PM
I don't want to amplify this account but I do want to point out that actually Gandhi's nonviolence worked out pretty well
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A ton of what gets labeled woke is just basic pro social behavior. There’s nothing inherently progressive about calling people by preferred pronouns, that’s just human decency. And that is what the “war on woke” is. They want an antisocial individualistic society in which every other is suspicious.
January 25, 2026 at 5:45 AM
A ton of what gets labeled woke is just basic pro social behavior. There’s nothing inherently progressive about calling people by preferred pronouns, that’s just human decency. And that is what the “war on woke” is. They want an antisocial individualistic society in which every other is suspicious.
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Drop the names of any Canadian companies you’ve seen working with ICE in the comments.
I’m aware of Gardaworld, Roshel, Hootsuite.
Would love to gather any and all other names.
I’m aware of Gardaworld, Roshel, Hootsuite.
Would love to gather any and all other names.
January 24, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Drop the names of any Canadian companies you’ve seen working with ICE in the comments.
I’m aware of Gardaworld, Roshel, Hootsuite.
Would love to gather any and all other names.
I’m aware of Gardaworld, Roshel, Hootsuite.
Would love to gather any and all other names.
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Canadian-built Roshel armored vehicles are being used by ICE right now in Minneapolis, including in today's operation where ICE murdered someone else.
I wrote about this company in December. And we know this thanks to the work of World Beyond War Canada.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/canadian-b...
I wrote about this company in December. And we know this thanks to the work of World Beyond War Canada.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/canadian-b...
Canadian-built machines of war
“As we move from fighting the war to fighting the peace, I think we really have to see this as an opportunity for an economic renaissance" - Chrystia Freeland
noraloreto.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Canadian-built Roshel armored vehicles are being used by ICE right now in Minneapolis, including in today's operation where ICE murdered someone else.
I wrote about this company in December. And we know this thanks to the work of World Beyond War Canada.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/canadian-b...
I wrote about this company in December. And we know this thanks to the work of World Beyond War Canada.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/canadian-b...
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This is a Roshel Senator-style armoured vehicle, built in Brampton, Ontario.
Canada profits from US fascism. Carney says he took the sign out of the window, but he's still tapping it.
Canada profits from US fascism. Carney says he took the sign out of the window, but he's still tapping it.
🚨 Minneapolis protester stands directly in front of an armored vehicle, before being joined by several others.
January 24, 2026 at 8:55 PM
This is a Roshel Senator-style armoured vehicle, built in Brampton, Ontario.
Canada profits from US fascism. Carney says he took the sign out of the window, but he's still tapping it.
Canada profits from US fascism. Carney says he took the sign out of the window, but he's still tapping it.
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Federal agents were assaulting women: striking them, shoving them to the ground, pepper spraying them.
Alex Pretti acted in solidarity with those women rather than in loyalty to other men who had strength of arms and state power. A betrayal to white supremacist patriarchy he was murdered for.
Alex Pretti acted in solidarity with those women rather than in loyalty to other men who had strength of arms and state power. A betrayal to white supremacist patriarchy he was murdered for.
January 24, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Federal agents were assaulting women: striking them, shoving them to the ground, pepper spraying them.
Alex Pretti acted in solidarity with those women rather than in loyalty to other men who had strength of arms and state power. A betrayal to white supremacist patriarchy he was murdered for.
Alex Pretti acted in solidarity with those women rather than in loyalty to other men who had strength of arms and state power. A betrayal to white supremacist patriarchy he was murdered for.
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this is exactly correct. and it is, historically, extraordinarily effective.
It is a horrible thing but one of the *points* of non-violence is that state violence in response causes outrage to spread.
January 24, 2026 at 8:45 PM
this is exactly correct. and it is, historically, extraordinarily effective.
This is a Roshel Senator-style armoured vehicle, built in Brampton, Ontario.
Canada profits from US fascism. Carney says he took the sign out of the window, but he's still tapping it.
Canada profits from US fascism. Carney says he took the sign out of the window, but he's still tapping it.
🚨 Minneapolis protester stands directly in front of an armored vehicle, before being joined by several others.
January 24, 2026 at 8:55 PM
This is a Roshel Senator-style armoured vehicle, built in Brampton, Ontario.
Canada profits from US fascism. Carney says he took the sign out of the window, but he's still tapping it.
Canada profits from US fascism. Carney says he took the sign out of the window, but he's still tapping it.
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🧵“How do seemingly ordinary people become agents of state murder?” This is one of the guiding questions I ask students in my graduate class on genocide/state violence. With recent events, it is a question many Americans are asking.
I do not have a definitive answer, but here is a reading list: 1/
I do not have a definitive answer, but here is a reading list: 1/
January 24, 2026 at 5:45 PM
🧵“How do seemingly ordinary people become agents of state murder?” This is one of the guiding questions I ask students in my graduate class on genocide/state violence. With recent events, it is a question many Americans are asking.
I do not have a definitive answer, but here is a reading list: 1/
I do not have a definitive answer, but here is a reading list: 1/
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January 24, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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All those listeria and salmonella outbreak are about to get way worse.
Alarming news for Canadians: www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
Health Canada the latest federal department to issue layoff notices
More than 2,000 employees at Health Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada have been notified their jobs may be affected as federal departments continue to issue notices about possible layoffs in...
www.ctvnews.ca
January 23, 2026 at 9:48 PM
All those listeria and salmonella outbreak are about to get way worse.
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Trump went after Carney’s Davos speech. The Left should too. Beneath the buzzwords lies a roadmap for militarism, extraction, and elite dealmaking dressed up as "realism."
Here are 7 reasons why it’s not a break from empire, it’s a rebrand of it. worldbeyondwar.org/carney/
Here are 7 reasons why it’s not a break from empire, it’s a rebrand of it. worldbeyondwar.org/carney/
Trump Attacked Carney After His Davos Speech. Here’s Why the Left Should Too. - World BEYOND War
Carney is offering a path. We need to build another one. #WorldBEYONDWar
worldbeyondwar.org
January 24, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Trump went after Carney’s Davos speech. The Left should too. Beneath the buzzwords lies a roadmap for militarism, extraction, and elite dealmaking dressed up as "realism."
Here are 7 reasons why it’s not a break from empire, it’s a rebrand of it. worldbeyondwar.org/carney/
Here are 7 reasons why it’s not a break from empire, it’s a rebrand of it. worldbeyondwar.org/carney/
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TikTok is now under US ownership and their new ToS reads like a guide to giving fascists everything they need to put you on a list.
They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.
They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.
January 23, 2026 at 9:11 PM
TikTok is now under US ownership and their new ToS reads like a guide to giving fascists everything they need to put you on a list.
They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.
They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.
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Concentration Camp: a prison or other facility used for the internment of political prisoners or politically targeted demographics, such as members of national or ethnic minority groups, on the grounds of national security, or for exploitation or punishment.
CNN’s Jake Tapper cuts off bookstore owner after clash over ‘concentration camps’ remark
YouTube video by Erik De La Garza
www.youtube.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Concentration Camp: a prison or other facility used for the internment of political prisoners or politically targeted demographics, such as members of national or ethnic minority groups, on the grounds of national security, or for exploitation or punishment.
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23% of Americans want their State to separate from the USA. Alberta is polling at 19% wanting to separate. It's less separatist than: Alaska, Hawaii, Washington Montana, Idaho, California, Nevada, Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Illinois, Louisiana, Arkansas, Indiana, New York.......
January 23, 2026 at 8:53 PM
23% of Americans want their State to separate from the USA. Alberta is polling at 19% wanting to separate. It's less separatist than: Alaska, Hawaii, Washington Montana, Idaho, California, Nevada, Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Illinois, Louisiana, Arkansas, Indiana, New York.......