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E. Wayne Ross
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Professor. Social Studies Educator. Journal Editor. American Canadian. Antifascist.
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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 1d
U.S. grandmother mistakenly hit with $802 tariff bill on $30 Barbie shipped from Canada

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U.S. grandmother mistakenly hit with $802 tariff bill on $30 Barbie shipped from Canada
A $30 Barbie from Canada turned into a $802 tariff bill for a Boston grandmother due to a FedEx customs error.
vancouversun.com

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 3d
CBS now state-run propaganda outlet …

www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/m...
CBS shelves ‘60 Minutes’ story on Trump deportees at the last minute: ‘People are threatening to quit,’ staffers say | CNN Business
“60 Minutes” just suffered a severe blow to its credibility. Now one of its own correspondents fears the program is being “dismantled,” and some employees are threatening to quit.
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ewayneross.bsky.social
E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 3d
Zachary Foster: The Origins of the Ethnic Cleansing of the Palestinians

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The Origins of the Ethnic Cleansing of the Palestinians — Palestine Nexus
When Jewish settlers bought land in Palestine, usually from absentee landlords, they denied Arabs access to grazing pastures and agricultural land, often mistreating them in the process, usually leadi...
palestinenexus.com

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 4d
Pro-Palestine protests faced dramatically higher rates of police intervention than any other protest cause in Canada (2021–2025).

Policing Palestine Solidarity: A Crisis of Civil Liberties in Canada (2021-2025)

www.cjpmefoundation.org/re_2025_12_2...
Policing Palestine Solidarity: A Crisis of Civil Liberties in Canada (2021-2025)
Since October 7, 2023, Canada has witnessed one of the most sustained mass mobilizations in its history. From coast to coast, hundreds of thousands of citizens—students, workers, families, and seniors...
www.cjpmefoundation.org

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 9d
‘Lonely, terrifying and scary’: 70% of students in UK university halls feel isolated, poll shows
Students blame reliance on phones plus pressure of accommodation costs for lack of social life

www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘Lonely, terrifying and scary’: 70% of students in UK university halls feel isolated, poll shows
Students blame reliance on phones plus pressure of accommodation costs for lack of social life
www.theguardian.com

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 11d
"Authoritarian movements depend on the public acceptance of cruelty."

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Have You No Sense of Decency?
The Steady State | By Steven A. Cash
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ewayneross.bsky.social
E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 12d
“A declaration of war on just about anyone who isn’t MAGA”.

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"Countering Domestic Terrorism And Organized Political Violence:" Trump and Bondi Strike at the Core of the First Amendment”
The Steady State | Author's Name Withheld
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ewayneross.bsky.social
E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 13d
Higher ed & the fascist plague

www.counterpunch.org/2025/12/12/h...
Higher Education in the Time of Fascist Plague
What is at stake is far more than a rejection of gangster capitalism and the global misery it produces. The deeper danger lies in recognizing that education has become the primary battlefield in the c...
www.counterpunch.org

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 14d
At Texas Tech, Professors Now Need Permission to Teach About Race and Gender

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At Texas Tech, Professors Now Need Permission to Teach About Race and Gender
Faculty say the policy is vague and a violation of the First Amendment.
www.chronicle.com

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 14d
Citing Anti-DEI DOJ Memo, Alabama Ends Black-, Women-Focused Student Magazines

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Alabama Ends Black-, Women-Focused Student Magazines
The university pointed to a July Department of Justice memo that warned against “unlawful proxies” for race or sex. It’s another example of administrators restricting student media.
www.insidehighered.com

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 14d
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that at least 26 publicly-funded colleges and universities have fired faculty and staff for their criticism of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

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Employees and Students at These Colleges Have Been Punished for Comments on Charlie Kirk’s Death
Republican politicians have been pressuring institutions to take action against those who criticized the conservative activist after he was shot and killed last week.
www.chronicle.com

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 14d
Campus firings over Charlie Kirk comments chill free speech in Appalachia
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Campus firings over Charlie Kirk comments chill free speech in Appalachia
An atmosphere of fear and uncertainty has set in on campuses across Appalachia where at least a dozen faculty and staff at colleges and universities have lost their jobs after sharing negative opinion...
www.wkms.org

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 14d
Professors consider leaving UT over academic freedom concerns

thedailytexan.com/2025/11/17/p...
Professors consider leaving UT over academic freedom concerns
Editor’s note: All faculty are speaking for themselves and not on behalf of the University of Texas at Austin. Some professors asked to remain anonymous in fear of retaliation. Curran Nault no longer ...
thedailytexan.com

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 14d
Every U.S. state along Canadian border is hurting financially due to decline in tourists from Canada: new report

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Every U.S. state along Canadian border is hurting financially due to decline in tourists from Canada: new report
“The joy of the ‘shopping day trip’ has been replaced by anxiety over border enforcement and tariffs," says a New Hampshire store owner.
vancouversun.com

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 15d
Trump & Co. are are fascists, war criminals, racists / white nationalists, misogynists, homophobe / transphobe ... and now pirates.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Venezuela decries ‘act of piracy’ after US forces seize oil tanker off country’s coast
Footage uploaded to X by US attorney general shows its forces landing on the tanker in major escalation of Trump’s pressure campaign
www.theguardian.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16d
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 16d
The attack on academe — academic freedom and free inquiry — in the USA rolls on ...

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
The Conservative Overhaul of the University of Texas Is Underway
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Charles W. Smith, W. Andy Knight, E. Wayne Ross , and 2 more

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16d
“We are targeting Venezuela because of DRUGS, not OIL, which is why we are blowing up boats without any drugs and stealing a tanker full of oil.”

Reposted by Steven French, Elizabeth Pisani, Fabián Muniesa , and 13 more

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The Onion @theonion.com · 16d
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 16d
Israeli military chief Eyal Zamir says Israel views the "Yellow Line" dividing Gaza as its new border. Palestinians in Gaza report widespread demolitions east of the line, reshaping Gaza's landscape through force in what they call a “second Nakba.”

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16d
NEWS: Trump officials are worried the ICC may try to prosecute them for war crimes once Trump's term ends, and are threatening sanctions against the ICC to change its founding document to grant them immunity. (via Reuters / link in reply)

Reposted by Kim L. Scheppele, Melissa Johnson, Joni Lovenduski , and 4 more

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 16d
Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control.

All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan
The Customs and Border Protection proposal would apply even to countries that don't require visas to enter.
www.nbcnews.com

ewayneross.bsky.social
E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 17d
University of Oklahoma Removes a Teacher It Says Urged Students to Protest

The protest was over the removal of another instructor, who gave a failing grade on a paper about gender that relied on the Bible as its main source.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
University of Oklahoma Removes a Teacher It Says Urged Students to Protest
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Alan Richardson

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 17d
Such a heartwarming story, don’t you think?

www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney sell Wrexham stake to US private equity group
Club gets boost for development of Racecourse Ground, but move comes months after it received £14m state aid
www.theguardian.com

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 21d
New article in Critical Education:

Global Pedagogy and the Question of Palestine: A Dialogue

Linda Herrera (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)
Michael A. Peters (Beijing Normal University / University of Illinois Urbana Champaign)

#Palestine

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Global Pedagogy and the Question of Palestine: A Dialogue | Critical Education
ices.library.ubc.ca

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 22d
A 35% decline in international graduate students follows on last year’s reported decline of 30%.
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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 22d
Restrictive policies manifest in international student enrolment drops

In Canada after last year’s decline of 27% for undergraduates, universities reported a further 36% decline, for a cumulative decline since 2023 of 53%.

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Restrictive policies manifest in US, Canada enrolment drop
A new global survey shows a 35% fall in international graduate enrolment in Canada and 19% in the United States compared with last year, with 90% and ...
www.universityworldnews.com

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E. Wayne Ross @ewayneross.bsky.social · 22d
Academic capitalism and the media #georgemason #wapo
www.counterpunch.org/2025/12/04/h...
How the Game is Played
For many years, the right-wing Koch network has both funded and influenced George Mason’s Mercatus Center. More recently, George Mason’s law school was renamed in honor of Antonin Scalia, the right-wi...
www.counterpunch.org

Reposted by Randall A. Kramer, E. Wayne Ross, Anne Norton , and 2 more

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22d
Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.

Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.

Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22d
NEWS: U.S. companies have announced over 1.1 million layoffs in 2025, the highest total since the pandemic-hit year of 2020, according to a report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas