antifascist/anticolonial PhD candidate and freelance writer
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Nov 3, 2023 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Folks (like myself) who are using the 'genocide' to describe what is happening in Gaza right now *aren't* just "throwing it around" or using it lightly. Using genocide in this context is *precisely* what Raphael Lemkin, the scholar who coined the term, sought to capture /1
Lemkin: "Genocide does not necessarily mean the immediate destruction of a nation...It is intended rather to signify a coordinated plan of different actions aiming at the destruction of essential foundations of the life of national groups"
-from "Axis Rule in Occupied Europe"
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Feb 23, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
While this is an American perspective, you can apply these insights to get a better understanding of the fracturing of the Conservative party in Canada /1
@hungrybowtie did an excellent two-part dive into the background of the modern Conservative party in Canada and this is crucial background for what is currently happening /2 iheart.com/podcast/1119-i…
Feb 21, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
(1st thread was deleted, so here's the redux) It's super important to watch the footage from the incident - there is clearly an aggressor and an escalation of behaviour on behalf of the convoy members /1
Here is the full clip - it is 12 minutes long but necessary viewing for anyone who plans on attending counter demonstrations /2
Feb 21, 2022 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
Will Justin Trudeau surrender his expanded power? He certainly is giving no indication he will in Question Period! /1
When asked about giving a clear deadline and criteria for ending the measures, he avoided the question /2
Feb 12, 2022 • 46 tweets • 28 min read
Hi everyone! I'm going to start a new thread as the day goes on - heres what happened last night until approximately 2:00AM /1
It's definitely a stand off now, with the line of police officers facing what seems like a pretty committed group of people - hearing reports that people have brought there children back to #AmbassadorBridge - there are snipers on roofs /2 #Windsor#windsorontario#cdnpoli
Feb 12, 2022 • 60 tweets • 43 min read
Cops seem to giving the protesters a light show now that injunction is in place - still lots of children at the event, and no officers out of vehicle to be seen /1 #cdnpoli#AmbassadorBridge#windsor
It's hard to tell if pick up trucks are leaving or just going in laps around the block /2 #AmbassadorBridge#cdnpoli#Windsor
Feb 11, 2022 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
As the rhetoric of police intervention ramps up, it's important to remember that the police used this situation to expand their powers so that, when Indigenous/BLM comes in to protest, they can shut it down immediately /1
The police have successfully pressured the Ford government to begin passing and implementing 'Essential Infrastructure Bills' which work to protect capital, not citizens /2
Feb 9, 2022 • 15 tweets • 5 min read
I went to Ottawa today to see for myself what was going, a thread/1
I was only there for about an hour and a half, but managed to walk through the majority of what remains of the protest - my first impression was the smell, particularly diesel /2
