Stefan Kipfer

Stefan Kipfer

@skipfer.bsky.social

is into politics and urban questions. Professor, union member, inhabitant, author of Urban Revolutions https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2120-urban-revolutions

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Stefan Kipfer
@skipfer.bsky.social

"Trump tariffs and US Imperialism". Gillian Hart unpacks the various camps struggling to define the meaning and objective of these tariffs within the Trump regime. africasacountry.com/2025/05/trum...

africasacountry.comTrump tariffs and US ImperialismTrump’s April 2025 tariff blitz ignited market chaos and deepened rifts within his own coalition. Beneath the turmoil lies a battle between technocrats, ultranationalists, and anti-imperial populists,...
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Luisa Sotomayor@luisasotomayor.bsky.social

We're in fundraising mode at @cityinstitute.bsky.social to secure endowment funds to honour the inspiring work of our dear colleagues and CITY's former Directors @rkeil.bsky.social and Linda Peake. Please contribute if you can - those in 🇨🇦 will get a tax receipt: donate.yorku.ca/site/Donatio...

donate.yorku.caYork University: Advancement - Make a GiftFrom funding student financial aid and innovative research to creating world-class facilities and groundbreaking teaching methods, donations to York University help make it one of Canada’s leading uni...
Stefan Kipfer
@skipfer.bsky.social

Coming up in 2 weeks in Toronto. Looking forward.

IIESL@iiesl.bsky.social

On May 14, we’re thrilled to welcome Matt Thompson (@mattthompson.bsky.social) to the IIESL and to Toronto for a discussion of his research on conjunctural municipalism. He’ll be joined by Kanishka Goonewardena, Stefan Kipfer (@skipfer.bsky.social), and Rachel Bok as discussants.

Stefan Kipfer
@skipfer.bsky.social

Well put: "Like Trump, Poilievre is aiming to divide the working class by [] presenting a [] clichéd image of what the working class is [] that [] ignores the fact that [] teaching assistants, sessional lecturers and contracted-out cleaning service workers [] are all part of the working class."

Enda Brophy@enda-b.bsky.social

thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...

thetyee.caWhat Does the 2025 Election Tell Us about Class in Canada? | The TyeeDefrocking ‘Boots, Not Suits’ and other common talking points with SFU professor Enda Brophy. A Tyee interview.

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Katie Martin
@katie0martin.ft.com

Investors are asking questions about whether they can trust the US that would have been *ridiculous* a few months ago. IDK how/whether Uncle Sam can get the trust back. Me on a bonkers/terrifying few days in markets and what it all means: on.ft.com/4ct5Qnv (First 300 clicks free)

on.ft.comDonald Trump has added a political risk premium to US assets[FREE TO READ] Parking money in America is no longer the routine, fuss-free, neutral option
Stefan Kipfer
@skipfer.bsky.social

Many thanks to Jordan Camp and Christina Heatherton for this sharp and generous production of Conjuncture.

Jordan T. Camp@jordantcamp.bsky.social

In the new episode of Conjuncture, I speak with @skipfer.bsky.social about Gramsci, anti-fascism, and the right. We release in anticipation of Gramscian Studies panels at the @geographers.bsky.social meetings next week. Season co-sponsored by @antipodeonline.bsky.social: youtu.be/7CcRqnplfJU. 1/2

youtu.beConjuncture: Stefan Kipfer on Gramsci, Anti-fascism, and the Resurgence of the Right | S4 Ep4YouTube video by Trinity Social Justice Institute
Stefan Kipfer
@skipfer.bsky.social

'confidently wrong' = ai

Paris Marx@parismarx.com

Columbia Journalism Review tested eight generative AI search tools and found their answers were wrong 60% of the time, and the paid ones actually fared worse than the free ones. Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.

arstechnica.comAI search engines cite incorrect sources at an alarming 60% rate, study saysCJR study shows AI search services misinform users and ignore publisher exclusion requests.

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Fatima Syed
@fatimabsyed.bsky.social

Hello Ontario, there's an election on Thursday! We read all the platforms and asked all the parties questions about major environmental questions (how will you help communities adapt to extreme weather? What are your plans for fossil fuels?). Here's what you need to know before you go vote

The Narwhal@thenarwhal.ca

The four major parties running in the Ontario election have now released platforms, and three of them answered our survey on 8 big questions about the environment and energy. Here's how they'd address the issues — as well as some fun, confusing and strange pledges: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-elec...

thenarwhal.caWhat Ontario election platforms offer the environment | The NarwhalCup holders, heat pumps and other treats from the Ontario election platforms before the Feb. 27 vote
Stefan Kipfer
@skipfer.bsky.social

Interesting thread

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

1. European and UK ministers are still talking as if their biggest potential security problem is a withdrawal of US support. But that is not their biggest potential security problem. It’s that, under Trump, the US will back Putin not just diplomatically but also militarily. 🧵

Stefan Kipfer
@skipfer.bsky.social

A most eloquent conversation with Jordan Camp and Sasha Lilley on we must absolutely understand Antonio Gramsci and Stuart Hall to understand Trump/ism and other forces in the current conjuncture.

Jordan T. Camp@jordantcamp.bsky.social

I was very grateful for the chance to join Sasha Lilley to discuss Antonio Gramsci, Stuart Hall, and resurgent authoritarianism on Against the Grain Radio, KPFA Radio today: kpfa.org/episode/agai...

kpfa.orgGramsci on Authoritarianism | KPFAThe far right has been on the march not only in the United States, but in Italy, Hungary, France and elsewhere, united by racist nationalism, authoritarian populist rhetoric, and a call for law and or...
Stefan Kipfer
@skipfer.bsky.social

Trumpism über alles. The (self-)annexationist far right in English Canada. Works well with corporate proposals for an economic union (voiced on the website of the Fraser Institute). www.antihate.ca/pro_canada_o...

antihate.caPro-Canada or Pro-Trump? How The Far-Right is Navigating the Possible Trade WarThe recent delay of the so-called trade war has left parts of Canada’s Trump-supporting far-right trying to straddle a line between nationalism and Trump’s anti-Canada agenda.
Stefan Kipfer
@skipfer.bsky.social

Shocking indeed

The Sociological Review Foundation@thesociologicalreview.org

“We are shocked and saddened by the news of Professor Michael Burawoy’s passing. His untimely death is a great loss to sociology & to movements for justice around the world.” @michaelabenson.bsky.social on a collegiate, courageous giant of the discipline. thesociologicalreview.org/announcement...

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Roger Keil
@rkeil.bsky.social

"And as the international student industry exploded, surpassing lumber or autoparts in the Canadian economy, the country enjoyed a massive transfer of wealth from places like rural India."

The Local Magazine@thelocal.to

“The enduring story of immigration in the 21st century will be of countries like Canada fighting to attract the best in the world. The story in Brampton in January 2025 is of the government pushing out people who are desperate to stay.” thelocal.to/internationa...

thelocal.toAfter the International Student Gold Rush | The LocalForeign students were harmed by the policies that brought them here, and they’re being harmed once again by the policies shutting them out.
Stefan Kipfer
@skipfer.bsky.social

Good news. For once

Harsha Walia@harshawalia.bsky.social

Huge news! 🎉 Giller Prize, one of Canada's largest literary prizes, has cut ties with lead sponsor Scotiabank after one year of literary community protesting the bank’s ties to Elbit, Israeli arms manufacturer. BDS works! We have power wherever we are. www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/a...

theglobeandmail.comGiller Foundation, lead sponsor Scotiabank end partnershipThe foundation that administers the Giller Prize didn’t say why the partnership ended, but the sponsorship has recently come under fire over a Scotiabank subsidiary’s investment in an Israeli arms com...
Stefan Kipfer
@skipfer.bsky.social

"The Ontario Health Coalition is demanding that Ford – and all of Ontario’s political parties’ leaders – commit to stopping the corporate takeover of primary care and commit to funding only non-profit and local teams without corporate ownership" socialistproject.ca/2025/01/ford...

socialistproject.caFord Government Plays Politics with Primary HealthcareNo matter how anyone tries to spin the numbers, the actual data from sources not tainted by politics show that more than a million Ontarians have lost their family doctor since before the Doug Ford go...

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb
@nkalamb.bsky.social

I'd love to know the answer. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

thenation.comWhy Did the US Block a Canadian Professor From His Own Book Event?Nathan Kalman-Lamb was barred entry into the US. This is a harbinger of the dark political future that Trump is ushering in.
Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social

I was supposed to discuss our book *The End of College Football* tonight in Washington, DC. I won't be there because I was denied entry to the United States. They refused to say why; my best guess is some combo of the inauguration, politics, Palestine, and maybe, a new normal.