Kalvis Engīzers
@kalvisengizers.bsky.social
Lawyering. Humanising. He/him.
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So believe me I understand this is deeply frustrating and unfair, but a march that does everything right and still gets tear gassed is a successful march that is winning.
A lot of the strategy of protest is luring the authorities into engaging in obviously, transparently unjust uses of force.
A lot of the strategy of protest is luring the authorities into engaging in obviously, transparently unjust uses of force.
It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.
February 1, 2026 at 6:31 AM
So believe me I understand this is deeply frustrating and unfair, but a march that does everything right and still gets tear gassed is a successful march that is winning.
A lot of the strategy of protest is luring the authorities into engaging in obviously, transparently unjust uses of force.
A lot of the strategy of protest is luring the authorities into engaging in obviously, transparently unjust uses of force.
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Like authoritarian regimes around the world, this regime is now arresting journalists like Don Lemon to arrest the truth, to arrest all journalists into submission, to turn them all into propagandists for the regime.
January 30, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Like authoritarian regimes around the world, this regime is now arresting journalists like Don Lemon to arrest the truth, to arrest all journalists into submission, to turn them all into propagandists for the regime.
Redzot valsts (!) amatpersonu lepošanos ar “garīgajām lietām”, “tradicionālo” reliģiju sniegto garīgo “aprūpi” un iestāžu kapelāniem, man gribas, lai būtu arī tāda psihoterapijas padome. Mērķis būtu veicināt psihoterapijas pieejamību Latvijas sabiedrībā un caur to kopējo sabiedrības veselību.
January 30, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Redzot valsts (!) amatpersonu lepošanos ar “garīgajām lietām”, “tradicionālo” reliģiju sniegto garīgo “aprūpi” un iestāžu kapelāniem, man gribas, lai būtu arī tāda psihoterapijas padome. Mērķis būtu veicināt psihoterapijas pieejamību Latvijas sabiedrībā un caur to kopējo sabiedrības veselību.
“Free speech is not about those in power setting the tone of the conversation for everybody else. It’s about creating conditions in which the least powerful person can be heard.”
Interesanta tēze kontekstā ar to, ka atsevišķi LV politiķi (Braže) ASV administrācijas retoriku tonē kā vārda brīvību.
Interesanta tēze kontekstā ar to, ka atsevišķi LV politiķi (Braže) ASV administrācijas retoriku tonē kā vārda brīvību.
Meet the Thinker: Timothy Snyder | Bozar Brussels
YouTube video by Hannah Arendt Instituut
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January 29, 2026 at 7:38 AM
“Free speech is not about those in power setting the tone of the conversation for everybody else. It’s about creating conditions in which the least powerful person can be heard.”
Interesanta tēze kontekstā ar to, ka atsevišķi LV politiķi (Braže) ASV administrācijas retoriku tonē kā vārda brīvību.
Interesanta tēze kontekstā ar to, ka atsevišķi LV politiķi (Braže) ASV administrācijas retoriku tonē kā vārda brīvību.
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UN Human Rights Chief decries dehumanisation, harmful policies & practices: “States have the authority to establish their national migration policies, but this needs to be carried out in full accordance with the law."
January 24, 2026 at 10:36 PM
UN Human Rights Chief decries dehumanisation, harmful policies & practices: “States have the authority to establish their national migration policies, but this needs to be carried out in full accordance with the law."
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when you send them onto American streets with the mission to defend the “homeland” from the “invasion,” people of all races and genders and religions are going to be murdered again and again and again. There is no more dangerous theory than great replacement theory.
January 24, 2026 at 6:46 PM
when you send them onto American streets with the mission to defend the “homeland” from the “invasion,” people of all races and genders and religions are going to be murdered again and again and again. There is no more dangerous theory than great replacement theory.
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When you say again and again and again that White people, Christians, and men are being replaced by peoples of color, Muslims, and women; when you recruit and arm believers of this “great replacement”;
January 24, 2026 at 6:46 PM
When you say again and again and again that White people, Christians, and men are being replaced by peoples of color, Muslims, and women; when you recruit and arm believers of this “great replacement”;
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Kelman & Hamilton argue that atrocities are often produced by normal administrative processes. Authority legitimizes violence, routines make it ordinary, and responsibility is diffused across a chain of command. People comply because the system defines the act as appropriate, dissent as disloyal. 7/
January 24, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Kelman & Hamilton argue that atrocities are often produced by normal administrative processes. Authority legitimizes violence, routines make it ordinary, and responsibility is diffused across a chain of command. People comply because the system defines the act as appropriate, dissent as disloyal. 7/
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Pure Class 🏆🎵 🇬🇱🇩🇰🇪🇺🇨🇦
Sky News: Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today
January 23, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Pure Class 🏆🎵 🇬🇱🇩🇰🇪🇺🇨🇦
Coincidence? I think not.
Zelenskyy: We all see that the forces trying to destroy Europe do not waste a single day. They operate freely, even operating inside Europe. Every “Viktor” who lives off European money while trying to sell out European interests deserves a smack upside the head.
January 22, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Coincidence? I think not.
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Kāpēc lasot grāmatu par fašismu, šķiet, ka tā nav vēsture, bet nākotne uz kuru mūs virza noteikti politiskie spēki?
January 22, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Kāpēc lasot grāmatu par fašismu, šķiet, ka tā nav vēsture, bet nākotne uz kuru mūs virza noteikti politiskie spēki?
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Krievijas īstenots enerģētiskais terors pret civiliedzīvotājiem. Tā Ukrainā raksturo Krievijas rīcību, mērķtiecīgi bombardējot energosistēmas objektus. Bargā ziemas salā cilvēki Kijivā diennaktīm pavada bez elektrības un apkures. Aukstumā sasprāgst ūdensvadi.
🖥️ youtu.be/Zj-VjC30EFo
🖥️ youtu.be/Zj-VjC30EFo
January 17, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Krievijas īstenots enerģētiskais terors pret civiliedzīvotājiem. Tā Ukrainā raksturo Krievijas rīcību, mērķtiecīgi bombardējot energosistēmas objektus. Bargā ziemas salā cilvēki Kijivā diennaktīm pavada bez elektrības un apkures. Aukstumā sasprāgst ūdensvadi.
🖥️ youtu.be/Zj-VjC30EFo
🖥️ youtu.be/Zj-VjC30EFo
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Zelenskyy: UA delegation is in the US to present the full reality of what Russia’s strikes are causing. This terror erodes faith in diplomacy itself, undermining even limited paths to dialogue. UA has never been—will never be—roadblock to peace. Next move lies with our partners and diplomacy itself.
January 17, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Zelenskyy: UA delegation is in the US to present the full reality of what Russia’s strikes are causing. This terror erodes faith in diplomacy itself, undermining even limited paths to dialogue. UA has never been—will never be—roadblock to peace. Next move lies with our partners and diplomacy itself.
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"The vast majority of men are only willing to engage in public violence if they feel like the people around them will approve of — and reward them for — that violence."
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 17, 2026 at 6:49 AM
"The vast majority of men are only willing to engage in public violence if they feel like the people around them will approve of — and reward them for — that violence."
Esmu valsts pārvaldē saskāries ar divām VK lietderības revīzijām. Līdzīgi kā ar ēnu ekon. revīziju, arī tajās reizēs, revidējamo ieskatā, VK kaut ko nebija sapratusi un strādājusi pavirši. Izskatās pēc mustura. Tomēr, piemēram, KM par saliedētības revīziju pirms apmēram gada pateicās - strādāšot.
January 17, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Esmu valsts pārvaldē saskāries ar divām VK lietderības revīzijām. Līdzīgi kā ar ēnu ekon. revīziju, arī tajās reizēs, revidējamo ieskatā, VK kaut ko nebija sapratusi un strādājusi pavirši. Izskatās pēc mustura. Tomēr, piemēram, KM par saliedētības revīziju pirms apmēram gada pateicās - strādāšot.
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UN: A staggering 55 million people across West and Central Africa are expected to suffer crisis levels of hunger, or worse, during the lean season from June to August as funding cuts to humanitarian operations continue amid rising violence and displacement.
January 16, 2026 at 6:10 PM
UN: A staggering 55 million people across West and Central Africa are expected to suffer crisis levels of hunger, or worse, during the lean season from June to August as funding cuts to humanitarian operations continue amid rising violence and displacement.
“Jautājums – vai šāds solis bijusi apzināta rīcība vai vienkārši paviršība – joprojām ir neatbildēts.”
Man ticamāks šķiet trešais variants - kāds apzināti ir izdomājis, kāds nav pamanījis, kāds nav zinājis vispār neko.
Man ticamāks šķiet trešais variants - kāds apzināti ir izdomājis, kāds nav pamanījis, kāds nav zinājis vispār neko.
Aptur likuma grozījumus, kas ierobežotu mediju darbu un vārda brīvību
Izgāzies mēģinājums kārtējo reizi ierobežot mediju vārda brīvību. Kultūras ministrija (KM) sagatavojusi likuma grozījumus, kur esot paredzēti tikai tehniski precizējumi, tomēr Latvijas Žurnālistu...
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January 13, 2026 at 6:49 PM
“Jautājums – vai šāds solis bijusi apzināta rīcība vai vienkārši paviršība – joprojām ir neatbildēts.”
Man ticamāks šķiet trešais variants - kāds apzināti ir izdomājis, kāds nav pamanījis, kāds nav zinājis vispār neko.
Man ticamāks šķiet trešais variants - kāds apzināti ir izdomājis, kāds nav pamanījis, kāds nav zinājis vispār neko.
“The politics of us-and-them, once begun, never ends.”
January 12, 2026 at 7:36 PM
“The politics of us-and-them, once begun, never ends.”
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this is what patriotism looks like
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:53 AM
this is what patriotism looks like
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After federal troops forced a fugitive slave named Anthony Burns back into slavery in the 1850s, one Bostonian wrote, “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.” The abuse of power radicalizes people. We are seeing that now.
April 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
After federal troops forced a fugitive slave named Anthony Burns back into slavery in the 1850s, one Bostonian wrote, “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.” The abuse of power radicalizes people. We are seeing that now.
Dažas refleksijas par notikušo.
Latvia attempted to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention.
KALVIS ENGĪZERS (kalvisengizers.bsky.social) uses this episode to show how disinformation and patriarchal myths undermine democracy.
verfassungsblog.de/istanbul-con...
KALVIS ENGĪZERS (kalvisengizers.bsky.social) uses this episode to show how disinformation and patriarchal myths undermine democracy.
verfassungsblog.de/istanbul-con...
January 7, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Dažas refleksijas par notikušo.
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Trump is weak at home, and he can be stopped – so long as the domestic political logic of foreign intervention is recognized and turned against him. This act of war is about regime change in the United States. It only succeeds if Americans allow it to do so.
snyder.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
snyder.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
Venezuela: The Precedents
And America: The Future
snyder.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Trump is weak at home, and he can be stopped – so long as the domestic political logic of foreign intervention is recognized and turned against him. This act of war is about regime change in the United States. It only succeeds if Americans allow it to do so.
snyder.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
snyder.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
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Great replacement theory has mutated. It isn’t just about Black and Latino people replacing White people. It’s about “criminals” replacing the “good people.” Trump routinely casts Latinos—migrating or not—as essentially drug traffickers (the language some European politicos put on African migrants).
January 3, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Great replacement theory has mutated. It isn’t just about Black and Latino people replacing White people. It’s about “criminals” replacing the “good people.” Trump routinely casts Latinos—migrating or not—as essentially drug traffickers (the language some European politicos put on African migrants).
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LOL
👺 Russia backs Maduro, says disputes must be settled through dialogue
Russia backs Maduro, says disputes must be settled through dialogue
Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned what it called US armed aggression against Venezuela on 3 January and said it is deeply concerned.
www.pravda.com.ua
January 3, 2026 at 11:41 AM
LOL
“Krustpunktā” gada pārskata raidījumā izcelts citstarp Petravičas citāts, kurā viņa Latvijas Bankas prezidenta izvirzīšanas procesa kontekstā deputātus raksturo kā niķīgus bērnus. Tam uzreiz seko saukļi no Novembra lielā protesta: “Kopējot Krieviju, neaizstāvat Latviju!”
I see what you did there.
I see what you did there.
January 1, 2026 at 6:34 AM
“Krustpunktā” gada pārskata raidījumā izcelts citstarp Petravičas citāts, kurā viņa Latvijas Bankas prezidenta izvirzīšanas procesa kontekstā deputātus raksturo kā niķīgus bērnus. Tam uzreiz seko saukļi no Novembra lielā protesta: “Kopējot Krieviju, neaizstāvat Latviju!”
I see what you did there.
I see what you did there.