Themrise Khan

My (paywalled) piece in @theglobeandmail.com on the hypocracy of Canada's international development sector towards its #IndigenousPeoples. Here is an archived link to the article. shorturl.at/vlKZ9 www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... #cdnpoli

If you think its #racist then just abolish it. What are you waiting for? Its been 150 years already. #indigenousrights #sdnpoli #markcarney www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Maybe you should suggust that to your current Prime Minister. #cdnpoli

“The author states that he was unaware of the policy”. AI and the crisis of this author is what the title should be.

My commentary in todays Broadbent Institute | Institut Broadbent Perspective Journal. #Canada's #immigration policy cannot be about just numbers, population, data and skills. It has to be about people. @avilewis.ca perspectivesjournal.ca/immigration-...

Spot on! White women, have done more harm than good to the cause of non-white women globally. And continue to do so. The scourge of white feminism has misunderstood women elsewhere so badly that it has changed them forever. And yes, i am confident in generalizing this. #feminism #whitewomen

WTF? Is Doug Ford see nothing but commercial kickbacks for himself? This is an insane idea! It will permanently damage the falls as a natural wonder! #cdnpoli

#Climate is perhaps globally irreversible as we have seen in #Nepal recently. With so much evidence of destruction in the real world, it is unbelievable how this is an issue that #Canada is just not taking seriously. What is the point of “nation building” if in just a few years we may not have one?

The irony is that Canada still very much wants to work with/join the EU who is bending the knee to Trump, while we aren't. Its an awkward place for Carney to be and to play both sides and hope we come out winning at all ends. 🇨🇦🇪🇺

It’s a blight on our world that of the three things this letter instructs its readers to do, we only believe one of them -dreaming big. We refuse to learn everything we can and we do not care for those who care for us. And we still think we can be anyone we want to be. RIP Dolly.

The resignation and controversy around the late Jason Arday did not rally the troops online nearly as much as his tragic death did. Maybe if the outpouring of grief and support we see now would have happened earlier, it may have prevented this tragedy. That was when he really needed your support.

Humanitarianism communication fails to identify the source of human suffering and focuses instead on the white benevolent humanitarian saviour. My review of @djefferess.bsky.social new book; The Humanitarian Fable. Saviorism, Race and Aid (Routledge, 2026). www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2026...

Two sets are just fine. Please spare the mice! #BanAnimalTesting

When will Kenya stop bowing down to imperial pressure?

If there was an opportunity for Avi Lewis and the New Democratic Party of Canada to push their agenda on #environment forward, they must invite Steven Guilbeault to collaborate with them now that he is resigning from the Liberal caucus. This would be a great partnership! www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Thank you to @themrise.bsky.social for reviewing the SAGE Handbook of Decolonial Theory for LSE Review of Books. It is the first review of our handbook. We appreciate Themrise Khan's generosity in making our work visible & remain committed to decolonial thinking in all its complexity. Check it out👇🏽

NEW: Decolonial theory needs to be grounded in reality. So argues the @sagepub.com Handbook of Decolonial Theory ed. @insurgentthought.bsky.social @sandeepbak.bsky.social et al. It centres the Global South & makes a radical contribution to decolonial thought & praxis, writes @themrise.bsky.social

Doug Ford says socialism doesn’t work. He is right. Socialism doesn’t work because capitalists like him don’t let it work. #socialismworks

Why wasn’t I there???!!!!!

I did it! I joined the @ndp.ca !! Many years too late but I finally did it. I chose #Canada as my home for a reason and I've always been an underdog. Good or bad the NDP has resonated with my reasons the most. So @avilewis.ca you have a brand new member who given the chance, wants to work with you!

Probably also because many of these floor crossers understand that “liberal values” are growing closer to conservative values under this government.

The immediate status quo, centrist attacks on Avi Lewis are precisely why he is effective and needed. In face of growing right wing escalation, an unbashadely left opposition that is anti capitalist & internationalist is both principled *and* realistic.

There was a massive #Palestine flag being waved by the crowd behind #AviLewis on the stage as he won the #NDP leadership! It’s also the first and only political party forum in #Canada that has publiclly and on national television used the word genocide and called out Israel in #Gaza.

“What have you done to end the war in Gaza, Sudan, Congo,Afghanistan for the last many, many years?”

This reminds me of Covid when China was the only country providing Pakistan with vaccines as the West hoarded for their own. AND then refused to accept entry to anyone who had received those vaccines. #EndWarNow

They want to completely erase these countries. Not just as they stand today, but centuries of their histories. As if they were never meant to exist.

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@rachelgilmore.bsky.social you didnt misunderstand. Carney's "Davos in action" is a selfish approach which says we will align ourself with bullies if it is in our self-interest. Even if it means supporting illegal wars. Thats not something we should support or be proud of as Canadians.

PM Carney has fed the Western world his “Davos Delusion” knowing it would be lapped up by them. This is the first of his “actions” under it. Let no one think we have a saviour in him.

“Canada supports the United States acting to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to prevent its regime from further threatening international peace and security.” Well. For those of us wondering if he’d walk the walk of the Davos speech, this is a pretty big answer. Nope.

Today is the third anniversary of the publication of our book. At a time when imperial powers are grappling with their limits the concepts of this book cant be limited to #internationaldevelopment. White saviorism exists across multiple factions and elements of our world. Buy here shorturl.at/UPN7C

Truer words have never been spoken.

Not to undermine these horrific killings, but if either of these innocent victims had been black, would it have mattered as much? If so, law enforcement under US Presidents would have seen a massive shift after the killing of George Floyd.

A privildged and powerful white man in a suit stands up to another privildged and powerful white man in a suit in a room full of privildged and powerful white men in suits. And the world applauds (including women). #Davos

In awe of the courage and grit of Minnesota Mayor Jacob Frey. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Most of the world by now doesn’t believe in democracy and a rules based order.

And now, so has the Leader himself.

The Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party, however, has. #cdnpoli

Seriously @reuters.com ? That’s your headline?!

They were right. It’s not about regime change. It’s about the oil.

This NYT story failed the reader by not digging deeper. One subject dropped out of college after one year (five years ago) and lists "Windows" as his skillset. Story should be: young conservatives who blame immigrants for their personal failures and whose lives won't be improved w/ fewer immigrants

My latest in @theglobeandmail.com on Canada's #foreignaid cuts. "... it’s high time we realize foreign aid should not be about Canada’s leadership on the global stage. It should be about others leading the way." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

My latest in @theglobeandmail.com on Canada's #foreignaid cuts. "... it’s high time we realize foreign aid should not be about Canada’s leadership on the global stage. It should be about others leading the way." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

You absolutely should question if this 4-hour interrogation of an internationally renowned legal expert on his *95TH BIRTHDAY* was politically motivated and an abuse of power If CBSA refuses to explain itself, it is betraying the public's trust and deserves no benefit of the doubt

Are you going to give me one for free @waterstones.bsky.social ?

This is why Mamdani won. And thank heavens for that. www.thedailybeast.com/why-im-never...

The smart being stupid.

White Billionaire donors just being replaced by White Billionaire philanthropists. Everyone wants to “low income countries to “prosper” but for their own gains. Our countries are not your testing grounds. #philanthropy