David Jefferess
@djefferess.bsky.social
Parent. University teacher. Gardener.
Research and teach on the colonial and racial politics of humanitarianism, and heritage/public memory practices.
Live in Syilx Okanagan territory.
Research and teach on the colonial and racial politics of humanitarianism, and heritage/public memory practices.
Live in Syilx Okanagan territory.
Carney keeps tapping the sign. "Neoliberalism - smile as you drown"
OTTAWA – Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed compares working with Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government to being a contestant on the TV show “Dragons’ Den.”
Inuit not sure where they fit into Carney's economic, defence agenda: ITK president
OTTAWA – Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed compares working with Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government to being a contestant on the TV show “Dragons’ Den.”
www.winnipegfreepress.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Carney keeps tapping the sign. "Neoliberalism - smile as you drown"
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@smohyeddin.bsky.social's interview with Rana Abdullah about the decade long struggle to establish an exhibit about the Nakba at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg. Worth a listen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2gG...
CAMPAIGN TO SHUTDOWN NAKBA EXHIBIT AT CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS MUSEUM FAILS
YouTube video by ON THE LINE MEDIA
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February 8, 2026 at 4:14 AM
@smohyeddin.bsky.social's interview with Rana Abdullah about the decade long struggle to establish an exhibit about the Nakba at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg. Worth a listen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2gG...
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Bill C-12 could import Trump-style immigration policy to Canada. This isn’t about safety. It’s about blaming migrants for our national woes instead of holding corporations and the ultra-rich accountable for the affordability and housing crises. ACT: act.gp/4a3NPvj
Say no to Trump-style immigration policy in Canada
Email the Canadian government to say no to Trump-style immigration policies under Bill C-12.
act.gp
February 7, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Bill C-12 could import Trump-style immigration policy to Canada. This isn’t about safety. It’s about blaming migrants for our national woes instead of holding corporations and the ultra-rich accountable for the affordability and housing crises. ACT: act.gp/4a3NPvj
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Millennials Are( @makcapitalism.bsky.social )Killing Capitalism Live! "ICE in Minneapolis, Iran, and US Imperialism as an Indian War with Nick( @nicke.bsky.social )Estes" Jared( @jaybeware.bsky.social )Ware #makcapitalism www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-te...
ICE in Minneapolis, Iran, and US Imperialism as an Indian War with Nick Estes
YouTube video by Millennials Are Killing Capitalism Live!
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January 23, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Millennials Are( @makcapitalism.bsky.social )Killing Capitalism Live! "ICE in Minneapolis, Iran, and US Imperialism as an Indian War with Nick( @nicke.bsky.social )Estes" Jared( @jaybeware.bsky.social )Ware #makcapitalism www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-te...
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As the ICE occupation in Minneapolis continues to meet determined public resistance, we published two pieces related to this important story.
First, we prepared a transcript of the illuminating remarks delivered by scholar/activist Nick Estes at the "ICE Out of Minnesota" rally. 👇
First, we prepared a transcript of the illuminating remarks delivered by scholar/activist Nick Estes at the "ICE Out of Minnesota" rally. 👇
“Tear Down That Fort!”: Nick Estes on Minnesota’s Resistance - and Responsibility — Weave News
For the author of Our History Is the Future , the struggle against ICE is incomplete without a true anticolonial reckoning.
www.weavenews.org
January 26, 2026 at 3:50 PM
As the ICE occupation in Minneapolis continues to meet determined public resistance, we published two pieces related to this important story.
First, we prepared a transcript of the illuminating remarks delivered by scholar/activist Nick Estes at the "ICE Out of Minnesota" rally. 👇
First, we prepared a transcript of the illuminating remarks delivered by scholar/activist Nick Estes at the "ICE Out of Minnesota" rally. 👇
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Is there anything the U.S. could do to lose Canada's support on immigration?
I asked @harshawalia.bsky.social about the Canada-U.S. immigration pact, enforcement north of the border, and lessons from the resistance to ICE in Minneapolis
Our latest for @breachmedia.ca
youtu.be/5zLUsjRHV90?...
I asked @harshawalia.bsky.social about the Canada-U.S. immigration pact, enforcement north of the border, and lessons from the resistance to ICE in Minneapolis
Our latest for @breachmedia.ca
youtu.be/5zLUsjRHV90?...
What Canadians can learn from U.S. resistance to ICE terror
YouTube video by The Breach
youtu.be
January 31, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Is there anything the U.S. could do to lose Canada's support on immigration?
I asked @harshawalia.bsky.social about the Canada-U.S. immigration pact, enforcement north of the border, and lessons from the resistance to ICE in Minneapolis
Our latest for @breachmedia.ca
youtu.be/5zLUsjRHV90?...
I asked @harshawalia.bsky.social about the Canada-U.S. immigration pact, enforcement north of the border, and lessons from the resistance to ICE in Minneapolis
Our latest for @breachmedia.ca
youtu.be/5zLUsjRHV90?...
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Excited to announce that The Humanitarian Fable: Saviourism, Race, and Aid, will be published February 23 by Routledge. I just noticed that the introduction to the book is currently available to read for free.
books.google.ca/books?hl=en&...
books.google.ca/books?hl=en&...
The Humanitarian Fable
The Humanitarian Fable examines how popular humanitarian communication constructs global poverty as a moral narrative that reinforces unequal power dynamics between the Global North and Global South.T...
books.google.ca
January 31, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Excited to announce that The Humanitarian Fable: Saviourism, Race, and Aid, will be published February 23 by Routledge. I just noticed that the introduction to the book is currently available to read for free.
books.google.ca/books?hl=en&...
books.google.ca/books?hl=en&...
Excited to announce that The Humanitarian Fable: Saviourism, Race, and Aid, will be published February 23 by Routledge. I just noticed that the introduction to the book is currently available to read for free.
books.google.ca/books?hl=en&...
books.google.ca/books?hl=en&...
The Humanitarian Fable
The Humanitarian Fable examines how popular humanitarian communication constructs global poverty as a moral narrative that reinforces unequal power dynamics between the Global North and Global South.T...
books.google.ca
January 31, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Excited to announce that The Humanitarian Fable: Saviourism, Race, and Aid, will be published February 23 by Routledge. I just noticed that the introduction to the book is currently available to read for free.
books.google.ca/books?hl=en&...
books.google.ca/books?hl=en&...
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Super glad Mark Carney laid off 1,400 food inspectors today.
There's a massive food recall (including Cheerios, how I found out) yet the only news article I can find about it is on People dot com. What is going on?
Pringles, Nutella, Cheerios Among Thousands of Products Recalled for Exposure to Rodent Waste
The company is urging consumers who purchased the affected products to “destroy the products as soon as possible,” per the recall announcement
people.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Super glad Mark Carney laid off 1,400 food inspectors today.
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Accompanying the book is a six-part podcast series — Student Power: A Canadian Student Movement History Podcast. Available wherever you find podcasts!
2/2
www.spreaker.com/podcast/stud...
2/2
www.spreaker.com/podcast/stud...
Student Power: A Canadian Student Movement History Podcast
www.spreaker.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Accompanying the book is a six-part podcast series — Student Power: A Canadian Student Movement History Podcast. Available wherever you find podcasts!
2/2
www.spreaker.com/podcast/stud...
2/2
www.spreaker.com/podcast/stud...
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Absolutely incredible sequence from CNN.
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
January 28, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Absolutely incredible sequence from CNN.
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
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New from me: More Than 100 Gazans Have Been Accepted to Canadian Universities. Canada Isn’t Letting Them In.
More Than 100 Gazans Have Been Accepted to Canadian Universities. Canada Isn’t Letting Them In.
See a map of the graduate programs they're planning to attend, if the government finally processes their visas
pressprogress.ca
January 27, 2026 at 9:54 PM
New from me: More Than 100 Gazans Have Been Accepted to Canadian Universities. Canada Isn’t Letting Them In.
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In December, the Canadian government gave $1 million to Ottawa's JSI Telecom to commercialize AI-driven data analytics.
JSI, a wiretaps and investigation support firm, had a banner year in U.S. government sales in 2025, including a big new contract with ICE.
thelogic.co/news/exclusi...
JSI, a wiretaps and investigation support firm, had a banner year in U.S. government sales in 2025, including a big new contract with ICE.
thelogic.co/news/exclusi...
Ottawa is subsidizing a tech firm that provides wiretapping tools to ICE - The Logic
The $1-million contribution came after the U.S. agency showed up in force in Minneapolis
thelogic.co
January 26, 2026 at 5:23 PM
In December, the Canadian government gave $1 million to Ottawa's JSI Telecom to commercialize AI-driven data analytics.
JSI, a wiretaps and investigation support firm, had a banner year in U.S. government sales in 2025, including a big new contract with ICE.
thelogic.co/news/exclusi...
JSI, a wiretaps and investigation support firm, had a banner year in U.S. government sales in 2025, including a big new contract with ICE.
thelogic.co/news/exclusi...
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If you admire Minnesotans and are worried about this kind of violence coming to your community, the best way to prepare is to start building networks. Get to know your neighbours.
abolitionschool.org
abolitionschool.org
W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School for Abolition and Reconstruction
The W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School for Abolition & Reconstruction is a political education program for aspiring revolutionaries and movement leaders.
abolitionschool.org
January 25, 2026 at 10:11 PM
If you admire Minnesotans and are worried about this kind of violence coming to your community, the best way to prepare is to start building networks. Get to know your neighbours.
abolitionschool.org
abolitionschool.org
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Marimar Martinez was the first US citizen shot by ICE.
They claimed she was a terrorist. Said she was brandishing a weapon.
They lied. Video footage exonerated her and showed the ICE agent shot her five times.
He bragged to other agents “five shots, 7 holes”.
A 🧵 of ICE abuse
They claimed she was a terrorist. Said she was brandishing a weapon.
They lied. Video footage exonerated her and showed the ICE agent shot her five times.
He bragged to other agents “five shots, 7 holes”.
A 🧵 of ICE abuse
Text messages and a moved SUV: How the government’s case against a Chicago woman shot by a Border Patrol agent fell apart | CNN
A wide grin was plastered on Marimar Martinez’s face Thursday as she thanked her attorneys outside an Illinois courtroom and told reporters, “I’m just blessed. I’m happy.”
www.cnn.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Marimar Martinez was the first US citizen shot by ICE.
They claimed she was a terrorist. Said she was brandishing a weapon.
They lied. Video footage exonerated her and showed the ICE agent shot her five times.
He bragged to other agents “five shots, 7 holes”.
A 🧵 of ICE abuse
They claimed she was a terrorist. Said she was brandishing a weapon.
They lied. Video footage exonerated her and showed the ICE agent shot her five times.
He bragged to other agents “five shots, 7 holes”.
A 🧵 of ICE abuse
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I need Canadians to think about what is happening here at home. Carney is cutting the very agencies we need more than ever as things erode in the US.
Wake. Up.
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Wake. Up.
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January 24, 2026 at 10:43 PM
I need Canadians to think about what is happening here at home. Carney is cutting the very agencies we need more than ever as things erode in the US.
Wake. Up.
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Wake. Up.
🧵
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Some people say not to call them Nazis because there are antecedents in our own history, while others are over-reliant on outside examples. But it's important to acknowledge the mingling of our own trends and history with global fascist legacies and movements because that's our reality.
January 25, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Some people say not to call them Nazis because there are antecedents in our own history, while others are over-reliant on outside examples. But it's important to acknowledge the mingling of our own trends and history with global fascist legacies and movements because that's our reality.
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As Israel’s genocide has continued, western outlets have undermined the death toll from the Min of Health in Gaza, dubbing it “Hamas run.” Even tho the Ministry’s #s r reliable & a big undercount. When it comes to Iran, they openly run w/the highest unverified #s they can time.com/7357635/more...
Iran Protest Death Toll Could Top 30,000: Local Officials
According to two senior officials of the country’s Ministry of Health who spoke with TIME.
time.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:32 PM
As Israel’s genocide has continued, western outlets have undermined the death toll from the Min of Health in Gaza, dubbing it “Hamas run.” Even tho the Ministry’s #s r reliable & a big undercount. When it comes to Iran, they openly run w/the highest unverified #s they can time.com/7357635/more...
Yet, most of the population is gleefully cheering the great leader.
Nation-building by cutting 10,000 jobs at:
* Global Affairs
* Health Canada
* Immigration, Refugees & Citizenship
* Transport
* Innovation, Science & Economic Dev
* Fisheries & Oceans
* Environment & Climate Change
* Agriculture
* Employment & Social Development
* Public Safety
* Canadian Heritage
* Global Affairs
* Health Canada
* Immigration, Refugees & Citizenship
* Transport
* Innovation, Science & Economic Dev
* Fisheries & Oceans
* Environment & Climate Change
* Agriculture
* Employment & Social Development
* Public Safety
* Canadian Heritage
January 25, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Yet, most of the population is gleefully cheering the great leader.
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I don't want to amplify this account but I do want to point out that actually Gandhi's nonviolence worked out pretty well
January 24, 2026 at 8:04 PM
I don't want to amplify this account but I do want to point out that actually Gandhi's nonviolence worked out pretty well
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A ton of what gets labeled woke is just basic pro social behavior. There’s nothing inherently progressive about calling people by preferred pronouns, that’s just human decency. And that is what the “war on woke” is. They want an antisocial individualistic society in which every other is suspicious.
January 25, 2026 at 5:45 AM
A ton of what gets labeled woke is just basic pro social behavior. There’s nothing inherently progressive about calling people by preferred pronouns, that’s just human decency. And that is what the “war on woke” is. They want an antisocial individualistic society in which every other is suspicious.
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Drop the names of any Canadian companies you’ve seen working with ICE in the comments.
I’m aware of Gardaworld, Roshel, Hootsuite.
Would love to gather any and all other names.
I’m aware of Gardaworld, Roshel, Hootsuite.
Would love to gather any and all other names.
January 24, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Drop the names of any Canadian companies you’ve seen working with ICE in the comments.
I’m aware of Gardaworld, Roshel, Hootsuite.
Would love to gather any and all other names.
I’m aware of Gardaworld, Roshel, Hootsuite.
Would love to gather any and all other names.
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Canadian-built Roshel armored vehicles are being used by ICE right now in Minneapolis, including in today's operation where ICE murdered someone else.
I wrote about this company in December. And we know this thanks to the work of World Beyond War Canada.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/canadian-b...
I wrote about this company in December. And we know this thanks to the work of World Beyond War Canada.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/canadian-b...
Canadian-built machines of war
“As we move from fighting the war to fighting the peace, I think we really have to see this as an opportunity for an economic renaissance" - Chrystia Freeland
noraloreto.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Canadian-built Roshel armored vehicles are being used by ICE right now in Minneapolis, including in today's operation where ICE murdered someone else.
I wrote about this company in December. And we know this thanks to the work of World Beyond War Canada.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/canadian-b...
I wrote about this company in December. And we know this thanks to the work of World Beyond War Canada.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/canadian-b...
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This is a Roshel Senator-style armoured vehicle, built in Brampton, Ontario.
Canada profits from US fascism. Carney says he took the sign out of the window, but he's still tapping it.
Canada profits from US fascism. Carney says he took the sign out of the window, but he's still tapping it.
🚨 Minneapolis protester stands directly in front of an armored vehicle, before being joined by several others.
January 24, 2026 at 8:55 PM
This is a Roshel Senator-style armoured vehicle, built in Brampton, Ontario.
Canada profits from US fascism. Carney says he took the sign out of the window, but he's still tapping it.
Canada profits from US fascism. Carney says he took the sign out of the window, but he's still tapping it.