Peter Ives
@peterives.bsky.social
Prof, Winnipeger, skier, rower, bike packer, dad, political & cultural theory, latest book: https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/rethinking-free-speech
Well it what Trump means by ‘rule’ that is bully with threats of violence , how he governs the US too
I feel a great disturbance in the force, as if millions of political scientists cried out in bafflement and then suddenly fell into silent sobbing.
Stephen Miller: "What the president said is true. The United States of America is running Venezuela ... by definition we are in charge because we have the US military stationed outside the country. We set the terms and conditions ... for them to do commerce, they need our permission."
January 6, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Well it what Trump means by ‘rule’ that is bully with threats of violence , how he governs the US too
It could not be more clear by ‘running the country’ Trump means bullying with coercion, that is how he run the US too. www.ft.com/content/fed6...
Donald Trump warns Venezuelan rulers as Washington prepares to dictate policy
US president says Latin American nation’s post-Maduro leader must give Washington ‘total access’
www.ft.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:47 PM
It could not be more clear by ‘running the country’ Trump means bullying with coercion, that is how he run the US too. www.ft.com/content/fed6...
What an outrageous response to illegal international aggression!! Canada must do better!!!!
Please see my statement on the situation in Venezuela:
January 3, 2026 at 5:22 PM
What an outrageous response to illegal international aggression!! Canada must do better!!!!
“a new politics and a new approach to power” — let’s hope this is the beginning of a movement that will sweep across America and beyond
January 2, 2026 at 3:28 AM
“a new politics and a new approach to power” — let’s hope this is the beginning of a movement that will sweep across America and beyond
This is all true but totally inadequate. If calling out hypocrisy was sufficient we never would have had the anti-cancel culture group think from the left and right. The left was duped and needs to be much more serious about what free speech means. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Cancel Culture’s Boomerang Effect
How we got to a place where free speech means whatever conservatives want to say
www.theatlantic.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This is all true but totally inadequate. If calling out hypocrisy was sufficient we never would have had the anti-cancel culture group think from the left and right. The left was duped and needs to be much more serious about what free speech means. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
I'm very critical of the IHRA definition of 'antisemitism' but explain to me how specifically by its example, "Holding Jews collectively responsible for actions of the state of Israel." Wouldn't "consulting" the Canadian Jewish community in this case be antisemitic?
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Palestinian group praises Nakba exhibit coming to Canadian Human Rights while Jewish organization pans move | CBC News
A new exhibit on the Nakba, recounting the personal experiences of Canadian Palestinians who fled or were forced from their homes in 1948, is coming to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. However, a...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I'm very critical of the IHRA definition of 'antisemitism' but explain to me how specifically by its example, "Holding Jews collectively responsible for actions of the state of Israel." Wouldn't "consulting" the Canadian Jewish community in this case be antisemitic?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
@nytimes.com has been so disappointing for so long, this piece explains it well. My hope is that the growing movement that Mamdani represents will reveal to mainstream ‘liberal’ readers how it’s so problematic
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
@nytimes.com has been so disappointing for so long, this piece explains it well. My hope is that the growing movement that Mamdani represents will reveal to mainstream ‘liberal’ readers how it’s so problematic
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Today is only the beginning.
Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.
Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.
Today is only the beginning.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
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November 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Today is only the beginning.
Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.
Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.
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Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"
October 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"
@carleton.ca has not succeeded dodging problems of pretended ‘neutrality’ with ‘impartiality,’ the purpose of universities is to be partial on the side of credible knowledge and responsibility but ‘academic freedom’ may be a better approach charlatan.ca/carleton-pol... #freeexpression #freespeech
BREAKING: Proposed Carleton policy would limit freedom of speech on campus, advocates say - The Charlatan, Carleton's independent newspaper
Advocacy groups at Carleton University say the university's proposed institutional impartiality policy would limit free speech on campus.
charlatan.ca
October 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
@carleton.ca has not succeeded dodging problems of pretended ‘neutrality’ with ‘impartiality,’ the purpose of universities is to be partial on the side of credible knowledge and responsibility but ‘academic freedom’ may be a better approach charlatan.ca/carleton-pol... #freeexpression #freespeech
An excellent article by @malindasmith.bsky.social ! universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...
The viewpoint diversity debate in Canadian universities - University Affairs
Taking free inquiry seriously means rejecting unverified crisis narratives.
universityaffairs.ca
October 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
An excellent article by @malindasmith.bsky.social ! universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...
New from our Newsroom: "An interview with Peter Ives on Rethinking Free Speech."
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An interview with Peter Ives
Free speech has surged back into the headlines and claims on it feel more contradictory and confusing than ever. In just the last month, we’ve seen elected officials commemorate a far-right influencer...
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October 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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An excellent article on the harms of residential school denialism. theconversation.com/confronting-...
Confronting residential schools denialism is an ethical and shared Canadian responsibility
Residential schools denialism is harmful on many levels, and jeopardizes Canada’s ability to work with Indigenous Peoples to create a stronger future.
theconversation.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
An excellent article on the harms of residential school denialism. theconversation.com/confronting-...
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
September 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Please explain to me how this utter abuse of state power to silence protest and override the #FirstAmendment is not garnering the level of outrage that the canceling of #Kimmel did. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Donald Trump says he is deploying troops to Portland, Oregon
Apparently misled by hyperbolic reporting from conservative outlets on a single small protest, president described peaceful city as ‘war ravaged’
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Please explain to me how this utter abuse of state power to silence protest and override the #FirstAmendment is not garnering the level of outrage that the canceling of #Kimmel did. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Please explain to me how this blatant abuse of govt power to silence protest is not garnering the level of outrage that the canceling of Kimmel did. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Donald Trump says he is deploying troops to Portland, Oregon
Apparently misled by hyperbolic reporting from conservative outlets on a single small protest, president described peaceful city as ‘war ravaged’
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Please explain to me how this blatant abuse of govt power to silence protest is not garnering the level of outrage that the canceling of Kimmel did. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Now is the time for the Canadian government to back off its terrible vision for Canada Post and offer new services like a not for profit social media platform, banking, and parcel service that fits the 21st century #postalstrike #goCUPW
September 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Now is the time for the Canadian government to back off its terrible vision for Canada Post and offer new services like a not for profit social media platform, banking, and parcel service that fits the 21st century #postalstrike #goCUPW
An excellent article on the harms of residential school denialism. theconversation.com/confronting-...
Confronting residential schools denialism is an ethical and shared Canadian responsibility
Residential schools denialism is harmful on many levels, and jeopardizes Canada’s ability to work with Indigenous Peoples to create a stronger future.
theconversation.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
An excellent article on the harms of residential school denialism. theconversation.com/confronting-...
Indeed, but this intimidation is very real precisely because “Antifa” is not a defined organization, they can and will go after whoever they wish.
Within 24 hours the president of my country of residence and the parliament of my country of birth designated “Antifa” a terrorist organization. Neither has the actual authority to do so. But far-right politics has always been more about intimidation than legality.
September 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Indeed, but this intimidation is very real precisely because “Antifa” is not a defined organization, they can and will go after whoever they wish.
Marcetic in @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social makes excellent points, but this censorship is not like the Dem's fumbling attempts to regulate the cesspool of social media and its billions of profit. Its bullying the spineless corporate media world to enforce the shift to Trump's personal power.
September 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Marcetic in @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social makes excellent points, but this censorship is not like the Dem's fumbling attempts to regulate the cesspool of social media and its billions of profit. Its bullying the spineless corporate media world to enforce the shift to Trump's personal power.
When first read about Ruth Marshall’s tweet I couldn’t imagine a context that would change the interpretation but thats the thing about language and context …. pressprogress.ca/university-o...
University of Toronto building shut down, police investigating threat, amid backlash to professor’s X post
While Ruth Marshall's comments were widely characterized as having concerned Charlie Kirk, evidence suggests a different context
pressprogress.ca
September 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
When first read about Ruth Marshall’s tweet I couldn’t imagine a context that would change the interpretation but thats the thing about language and context …. pressprogress.ca/university-o...
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Frame 13 is now LIVE on Cultural Critique Online, with new reviews from Timothy Bewes, @peterives.bsky.social, Wilton Schereka, and Daniel Y. Kim. Check it out at manifold.umn.edu/projects/cc1...
August 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Frame 13 is now LIVE on Cultural Critique Online, with new reviews from Timothy Bewes, @peterives.bsky.social, Wilton Schereka, and Daniel Y. Kim. Check it out at manifold.umn.edu/projects/cc1...