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December 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Universities are no longer neutral spaces. In this article, I examine how higher education is being reshaped under a rising fascist politics, and why defending academic freedom and critical pedagogy is now an urgent democratic task.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/12/12/h...
www.counterpunch.org/2025/12/12/h...
Higher Education in the Time of Fascist Plague
What is at stake is far more than a rejection of gangster capitalism and the global misery it produces. The deeper danger lies in recognizing that education has become the primary battlefield in the c...
www.counterpunch.org
December 13, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Universities are no longer neutral spaces. In this article, I examine how higher education is being reshaped under a rising fascist politics, and why defending academic freedom and critical pedagogy is now an urgent democratic task.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/12/12/h...
www.counterpunch.org/2025/12/12/h...
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This is Brenda and Linda. They were brought into the shelter together, and Brenda had no interest in being separated from her friend. She jumped the kennel wall to get to Linda, and made sure everyone knew they're a package deal. The best news? It worked: They were adopted together. 14/10 for both
December 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This is Brenda and Linda. They were brought into the shelter together, and Brenda had no interest in being separated from her friend. She jumped the kennel wall to get to Linda, and made sure everyone knew they're a package deal. The best news? It worked: They were adopted together. 14/10 for both
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White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
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A landmark study on the safety of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the controversial herbicide Roundup, has been formally retracted by its publisher, raising new concerns about the chemical’s potential dangers.
The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.
The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.
Science journal retracts widely cited study that claimed Roundup is safe
The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.
www.motherjones.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
A landmark study on the safety of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the controversial herbicide Roundup, has been formally retracted by its publisher, raising new concerns about the chemical’s potential dangers.
The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.
The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.
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Understandably, it's been slow going for this project this year. They need at least 75 more toys for parents at Cook County Jail to give to their kids: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
December 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Understandably, it's been slow going for this project this year. They need at least 75 more toys for parents at Cook County Jail to give to their kids: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Smith: why am I not an American Governor unfettered by Canadian law?
Alberta’s Smith says courts should not be gatekeepers on constitutional questions
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says those seeking an independence referendum should not have “gatekeepers,” like the courts, standing in their way.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Smith: why am I not an American Governor unfettered by Canadian law?
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#OtD 30 Nov 1975 UK NHS junior doctors were taking industrial action over new, inferior contracts which began earlier in the month. They worked strictly to a 40-hour week and dealt with emergencies only until getting an improved deal in December stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1032...
November 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
#OtD 30 Nov 1975 UK NHS junior doctors were taking industrial action over new, inferior contracts which began earlier in the month. They worked strictly to a 40-hour week and dealt with emergencies only until getting an improved deal in December stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1032...
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"There is a role for every person in revolution if he is revolutionary."
—H. Rap Brown, later Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin.
—H. Rap Brown, later Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin.
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, Black Power Activist Known as H. Rap Brown, Dies at 82
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
"There is a role for every person in revolution if he is revolutionary."
—H. Rap Brown, later Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin.
—H. Rap Brown, later Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin.
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
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We're in the "raping young teenage girls isn't pedophilia" part of the cope from MAGA.
These people are evil.
These people are evil.
November 13, 2025 at 2:28 AM
We're in the "raping young teenage girls isn't pedophilia" part of the cope from MAGA.
These people are evil.
These people are evil.
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Given the enormous threats to education being waged by tyrants all across the globe, I wanted to post this video which argues against the idiotic claim that education is not political, which really is the bedrock for a pedagogy of repression.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCMX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCMX...
Henry Giroux: “All education is a struggle over what kind of future you want for young people"
YouTube video by CCCB
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Given the enormous threats to education being waged by tyrants all across the globe, I wanted to post this video which argues against the idiotic claim that education is not political, which really is the bedrock for a pedagogy of repression.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCMX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCMX...
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PM Carney makes it sound like we can insulate ourselves from Silicon Valley tycoons who genuflect to Trump and serve his authoritarian aims.
But how realistic is that as #BigTech hungers for our country?
@harrisonmooney.bsky.social interviews “The Nerd Reich” author @gilduran.com. #uspoli #canpoli
But how realistic is that as #BigTech hungers for our country?
@harrisonmooney.bsky.social interviews “The Nerd Reich” author @gilduran.com. #uspoli #canpoli
The Man Who Tracks Silicon Valley’s ‘Nerd Reich’ | The Tyee
Wonder what US tech titans wish for, Canada? Study their roots, says writer Gil Duran. A Tyee Q&A.
thetyee.ca
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
PM Carney makes it sound like we can insulate ourselves from Silicon Valley tycoons who genuflect to Trump and serve his authoritarian aims.
But how realistic is that as #BigTech hungers for our country?
@harrisonmooney.bsky.social interviews “The Nerd Reich” author @gilduran.com. #uspoli #canpoli
But how realistic is that as #BigTech hungers for our country?
@harrisonmooney.bsky.social interviews “The Nerd Reich” author @gilduran.com. #uspoli #canpoli
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"Each overdose handled at Chumir saves $1,600 compared to treating it in the street or ER. From 2017-2020, the SCS saved Alberta’s health system more than $2.3 million. Closing SCSs doesn’t erase those costs; it shifts them to 911 calls, ER beds and court dockets."
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
Public deaths, public costs: Why Calgary needs decentralized safe consumption
Decentralizing supervised consumption – smaller sites, mobile units, inhalation booths, wraparound care – restores order and saves lives.
calgaryherald.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"Each overdose handled at Chumir saves $1,600 compared to treating it in the street or ER. From 2017-2020, the SCS saved Alberta’s health system more than $2.3 million. Closing SCSs doesn’t erase those costs; it shifts them to 911 calls, ER beds and court dockets."
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
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#OtD 8 Nov 1948 during a wildcat strike of NYC brewery workers, drivers at Pabst in the city and Newark also walked out, almost completely shutting off the supply of Pabst beer and Canada Dry soft drinks. They were demanding a $0.25 per hour pay rise stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1084...
November 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
#OtD 8 Nov 1948 during a wildcat strike of NYC brewery workers, drivers at Pabst in the city and Newark also walked out, almost completely shutting off the supply of Pabst beer and Canada Dry soft drinks. They were demanding a $0.25 per hour pay rise stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1084...
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“There is something special about being in close proximity to so many types of services, supports and ideas.”
thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
A Send-up to the ‘Old Y’ | The Tyee
The historic building in Calgary’s Beltline was a longtime grassroots hub. Now it awaits its future.
thetyee.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:47 AM
“There is something special about being in close proximity to so many types of services, supports and ideas.”
thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
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On this day in 1946, a Holmes County, Mississippi, court freed five white men charged with killing a Black man named Leon McAtee, even though one of the defendants had confessed to his own involvement in the murder and implicated the other four men.
Oct. 22, 1946 | Five White Men Freed in Mississippi Lynching Case, Despite Confession
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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October 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
On this day in 1946, a Holmes County, Mississippi, court freed five white men charged with killing a Black man named Leon McAtee, even though one of the defendants had confessed to his own involvement in the murder and implicated the other four men.
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Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment.
(Published April)
(Published April)
“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors
Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.
www.propublica.org
October 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment.
(Published April)
(Published April)
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the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa
October 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa
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BREAKING: Israeli attacks across Gaza have killed at least 58 Palestinians since dawn, medical sources in the besieged enclave have told Al Jazeera.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ufg3xo
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September 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
BREAKING: Israeli attacks across Gaza have killed at least 58 Palestinians since dawn, medical sources in the besieged enclave have told Al Jazeera.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ufg3xo
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Why do we allow media to call a jail for kids where children get sexually assaulted a “youth centre”?
Former Nova Scotia Youth Centre swim instructor faces 66 charges in investigation into historical sexual abuse
Former Nova Scotia Youth Centre swim instructor faces 66 charges in investigation into historical sexual abuse
RCMP have charged a former swim instructor at the Nova Scotia Youth Centre in Waterville with 66 historical sexual offences.
bit.ly
September 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Why do we allow media to call a jail for kids where children get sexually assaulted a “youth centre”?
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#Calgary people, you may have missed this amid all the ~\_0_/~
but the remaining two officers facing disciplinary hearings in the 2015 killing of Anthony Heffernan by Calgary police have been dropped, because *too much time had passed*
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
but the remaining two officers facing disciplinary hearings in the 2015 killing of Anthony Heffernan by Calgary police have been dropped, because *too much time had passed*
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Parents of man killed by police left with questions after 2 Calgary officers' disciplinary cases dropped | CBC News
Monday was supposed to mark the beginning of a disciplinary hearing against two police officers involved in the fatal shooting of 27-year-old Anthony Heffernan in 2015. Instead, all of the disciplinar...
www.cbc.ca
September 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
#Calgary people, you may have missed this amid all the ~\_0_/~
but the remaining two officers facing disciplinary hearings in the 2015 killing of Anthony Heffernan by Calgary police have been dropped, because *too much time had passed*
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
but the remaining two officers facing disciplinary hearings in the 2015 killing of Anthony Heffernan by Calgary police have been dropped, because *too much time had passed*
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...