Manifestations propalestiniennes sur les campus

«Rien ne justifie une intervention policière. Je ne vois pas de slogans de haine ou d’actes de violence, mais des étudiants qui manifestent. Il faut permettre à ces étudiants de s’exprimer librement.» - Dimitri Soudas à #RDIMordus

Palestine was (and to a large extent still is) the human rights issue of our time. It is now the free speech issue of our time. It will probably also will be the international law issue of our time.

The absolute state of Canadian elected officials on here excitedly calling for police actions and government investigations against student sit-ins

UofT: our university operates in the land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. We honour this relation.

Also UofT: UofT’s lands and buildings are private property, activities have to be authorised and encampments are considered trespassing.

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It’s a fun North London derby day when the Spurs fans leave furious at both teams! 3 points well taken.

En réponse à la publication de l’enquête de Human Rights Watch sur les exactions de l’armée burkinabè (223 civils massacrés) le Conseil supérieur de la communication du #BurkinaFaso suspend les sites de TV5MONDE DW Deutsche Welle Ouest-France Le Monde APAnews The Guardian Agence Ecofin.

The planned Université d'Ottawa | University of Ottawa policy to charge students $100 to declare an illness/absence is a regressive money-grab, a tuition increase by the back door. seuo-uosu.com/deferral-fee-s…

On CBP One: 'moving the asylum process to a digital platform has shifted the needs of asylum seekers [...] Now access to internet and power sources are essential for people on the move, and sometimes that is put before other needs like health and shelter' theborderchronicle.com/p/the-digital-…

'...the growing rejection of the American military in Africa’s Sahel region shows that the U.S., blatantly sacrificing democratic principles on the altar of supposed security ties, ultimately wound up with neither' responsiblestatecraft.org/us-niger-chad/

From Alex Thurston: 'Whereas Paris and Washington prize assassinations and raids against high-value targets, Sahelian militaries effectively want body counts. (Neither approach, for the record, has resulted in consistent security gains for ordinary people.)'

I literally just finished giving a talk in which I described the “Panafricanism” of the Sahel’s juntas as being anything but liberatory, against the backdrop of more civilian killings… voanews.com/a/burkina-faso…

So disingenuous. Human Rights Watch is not in the pocket of a Western government. It is an independent human rights watch-dog that documents atrocities of governments like those that N. Yamb supports. Her comments dishonour the victims involved and are disgusting.

Watching recent events on US college campuses, I think back often to this paragraph from a recent essay by Steven Salaita:

This is a small 'blow' but illustrates a few things that apply beyond Chad: Sahel states are moving to an even less rights-focused view of CT, assertions of national sovereignty are a powerful legitimacy shortcut, and new partners have a compelling offer nytimes.com/2024/04/25/us/…

Do consider applying to Just Research - a 'free, non-competitive, virtual conference for graduate students and early-career political scientists' to be held May 9-11, which is still accepting abstracts! sites.google.com/view/just-rese…

Fits into a broader trend of increased civilian targeting by militaries in the Sahel aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/25…

Je dis pain au chocolat au lieu de chocolatine, je suis un agent du grand remplacement

It’s worth reminding those critical of the student protests raging across the US: Gaza no longer has universities. Every single university in Gaza has been bombed into oblivion. Hundreds of academics, scholars, professors, & students have been killed since Oct. 7. #scholasticide

Agree wholeheartedly but I doubt my disapproval rating is 0%

This is what I like to call 'weapons-grade centrism'. nytimes.com/2024/04/23/opi…