Max Cameron

Max Cameron

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Department of Political Science & School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, UBC

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Agustín Goenaga
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New article out with @maxcameron.bsky.social in @thirdworldq.bsky.social on Oligarchy and Counter-Oligarchy in Latin America. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

tandfonline.comCounter-oligarchy: popular sector organisations and democracy in Latin AmericaLatin America’s longest period of sustained democracy has produced limited gains in the quality of democracy. We argue that there are obstacles to democratic deepening that lie not primarily at the...

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Patrick Lennox
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www.showpass.com/incite-090926/ Book launch! September 9th. VPL. Incite Event with @maxcameron.bsky.social Come check it out.

showpass.comIncite: Patrick Lennox in Conversation with Max Cameron - Alice MacKay Room at Vancouver Public Library, Central Library - Vancouver - Sep 9, 2026Incite: Patrick Lennox in Conversation with Max Cameron Wednesday, September 9 at VPL and online Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library. On October 19th, Albertans will vote on whether...
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As a result of the illegal war on Iran, Canada’s oil giants are raking in billions they didn’t earn and don’t deserve. It’s time to stop war profiteering and return money back to Canadian families and communities. Take action: 350.org/canada/theyp...

350.orgBig Oil profits. We pay. Time to fix it.Canadians are struggling to pay for gas and cover their bills – while Big Oil shareholders pocket billions in excess profits. It's time to stop war profiteering and return money back to Canadian fami...

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Latin American Studies Association
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Nueva edición de Forum: "Oligarchic Republics in Latin America" Análisis y perspectivas sobre los retos contemporáneos de América Latina. Vol. 56, Núm. 4 disponible ya. Léelo completo aquí 👉 forum.lasaweb.org/issues/vol56-issue4 #LASAForum #LatinAmericanStudies #LASA

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Charlie Angus
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No wonder the people of Ottawa kicked this guy into the unemployment line. For 3 weeks the capital was occupied. Citizens were threatened. Businesses were forced to shut from harassment. Poilievre brought the donuts. Canada is dealing with threat from Trump while Poilievre whines about the convoy.

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"The petition...supposes that being on unceded [Musqueam] territory and not saying anything about it is not political, and that acknowledging it is political...of course, it’s no more political to acknowledge it than to be there without acknowledging it." thetyee.ca/News/2025/06...

thetyee.caFree Speech at UBC: ‘We're Watching This Case Very Closely’ | The TyeeProfs petitioned BC’s Supreme Court to stop land acknowledgments and other ‘political’ statements by the university. That’s dangerous, says a BCCLA lawyer.
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"The grand story of freedom isn’t just about the loss of the republican ideal of independence to an ascendant liberalism; it’s about the invention of the ideal of free self-creation by liberals and socialists, who continue to squander their contribution even now." www.thenation.com/article/poli...

thenation.comQuentin Skinner and the Contested History of FreedomOver a long career, Skinner has sought to reclaim the idea of republican liberty for the modern age. But his work also raises the question: free for what?
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"Twitter use is related to decreases in well-being, and increases in political polarization, outrage, and sense of belonging..." www.nature.com/articles/s44...

nature.comTwitter (X) use predicts substantial changes in well-being, polarization, sense of belonging, and outrage - Communications PsychologyData obtained from a 7-day experience sampling method in a sample of US American users of Twitter (now X) shows short term relationships between Twitter use and wellbeing, sense of belonging, and expe...
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LASA Guillermo O'Donnell Democracy Award and Lectureship: Michelle Bachelet Date & Time: May 24, 2025 10:15 AM Pacific Time. LASA San Francisco Marriott Marquis, B2 Level, Golden Gate B.

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I think Carney could have been better prepared for these questions: how will a throne speech by King Charles play in Quebec? And how does inviting the sovereign from another country to open our parliament protect our sovereignty? To be clear: there are good answers. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

cbc.caKing Charles will visit Canada, deliver throne speech to open Parliament | CBC NewsKing Charles will travel to Canada later this month and deliver the speech from the throne on May 27, it was announced Friday.
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Canada is an Atlantic nation, founded by French and English settlers, who occupied the territory of First Nations. Not easy to assimilate into a US melting pot. Why isn't a French monarch invited to also contribute to the throne speech? The last one was quite rightly beheaded.

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We have Whigs and Tories, republicans and monarchists, settlers and Indigenous people, French and English and many other tongues. Trump understands none of this. All he sees is oil, water, and minerals.

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I think Carney could have been better prepared for these questions: how will a throne speech by King Charles play in Quebec? And how does inviting the sovereign from another country to open our parliament protect our sovereignty? To be clear: there are good answers. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

cbc.caKing Charles will visit Canada, deliver throne speech to open Parliament | CBC NewsKing Charles will travel to Canada later this month and deliver the speech from the throne on May 27, it was announced Friday.
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I'm a republican (small "r"!) but I'm happy to see King Charles deliver the throne speech. The event will underscore that the only source of imperialist danger right now, Trump's US, is entangling itself in a conflict that has implications both within and beyond our borders.

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In his election night speech, Mark Carney channelled Aristotle. He said: "We become just by doing just acts, brave by doing brave acts. When we are kind, kindness grows. When we seek unity, unity grows. When we are Canadian, Canada grows." globalnews.ca/news/1115459...

globalnews.caRead the transcript of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s victory speech - National | Globalnews.caPrime Minister Mark Carney, projected to form the next federal government, spoke to an excited crowd in Ottawa on Tuesday morning.
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I'm not surprised. On p. 145 of Carney's book Values, he writes: “According to Aristotle in the Nicomachean Ethics, virtue is something we cultivate with practice: ‘We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.’”

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Carney also writes that "Civic virtue and public spirit atrophy with disuse and grow like muscles with regular exercise." We all need to exercise the muscles of civic virtue and public spiritedness so that we can turn the corner on toxic polarization and divisiveness.