Alex Neve
@alexneve.bsky.social
Believer, above all, in human rights.
Been a bit out of breath, and running to catch up...
With a deep well of appreciation to the people of NYC, and a mountain of gratitude to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.
Indeed, good does shine through.
Let the rest of us take this far.
With a deep well of appreciation to the people of NYC, and a mountain of gratitude to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.
Indeed, good does shine through.
Let the rest of us take this far.
November 6, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Been a bit out of breath, and running to catch up...
With a deep well of appreciation to the people of NYC, and a mountain of gratitude to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.
Indeed, good does shine through.
Let the rest of us take this far.
With a deep well of appreciation to the people of NYC, and a mountain of gratitude to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.
Indeed, good does shine through.
Let the rest of us take this far.
What an absolute gift to be interviewed by Canada’s premier interviewer, the incomparable Carol Off, at the Toronto International Festival of Authors.
As has been the case with every audience during this Massey Lectures tour, huge appreciation to everyone for the rich questions and conversation.
As has been the case with every audience during this Massey Lectures tour, huge appreciation to everyone for the rich questions and conversation.
November 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
What an absolute gift to be interviewed by Canada’s premier interviewer, the incomparable Carol Off, at the Toronto International Festival of Authors.
As has been the case with every audience during this Massey Lectures tour, huge appreciation to everyone for the rich questions and conversation.
As has been the case with every audience during this Massey Lectures tour, huge appreciation to everyone for the rich questions and conversation.
Very much welcomed this pre-lecture warm up conversation on Thursday afternoon, with Kate Adach, on CBC Radio's All in A Day, just before the final of the five Massey Lectures in Ottawa. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
November 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Very much welcomed this pre-lecture warm up conversation on Thursday afternoon, with Kate Adach, on CBC Radio's All in A Day, just before the final of the five Massey Lectures in Ottawa. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Ottawa friends, hope you can make it. I’m so very looking forward to this conversation at Ottawa Writers Festival, with the always engaging & thoughtful @caradrianh.bsky.social.
Might I suggest a double bill & take in 6 pm discussion with Saeed Teebi.
Tickets: writersfestival.org/events/fall-...
Might I suggest a double bill & take in 6 pm discussion with Saeed Teebi.
Tickets: writersfestival.org/events/fall-...
October 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Ottawa friends, hope you can make it. I’m so very looking forward to this conversation at Ottawa Writers Festival, with the always engaging & thoughtful @caradrianh.bsky.social.
Might I suggest a double bill & take in 6 pm discussion with Saeed Teebi.
Tickets: writersfestival.org/events/fall-...
Might I suggest a double bill & take in 6 pm discussion with Saeed Teebi.
Tickets: writersfestival.org/events/fall-...
Hey Toronto folks, come join us for this conversation at @lincolnalexander.bsky.social at @torontomet.bsky.social on Monday, November 3, 12 - 1:30 pm.
Registration link: www.torontomu.ca/law/news-eve...
Registration link: www.torontomu.ca/law/news-eve...
October 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Hey Toronto folks, come join us for this conversation at @lincolnalexander.bsky.social at @torontomet.bsky.social on Monday, November 3, 12 - 1:30 pm.
Registration link: www.torontomu.ca/law/news-eve...
Registration link: www.torontomu.ca/law/news-eve...
Heaps of appreciation to all the human rights believers across the country who have pushed my Massey Lectures book, "Universal: Renewing Human Rights in a Fractured World", to #2 on the Canadian nonfiction bestsellers list. Available at the independent bookstore near you.
September 28, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Heaps of appreciation to all the human rights believers across the country who have pushed my Massey Lectures book, "Universal: Renewing Human Rights in a Fractured World", to #2 on the Canadian nonfiction bestsellers list. Available at the independent bookstore near you.
Hey #Edmonton!
The 2025 CBC Massey Lectures are on the road.
We were a full house in Toronto last week.
We are a full house in Vancouver this week.
How about a full house in Edmonton next week?
In tough times for human rights, coming together matters!
Tickets: horowitzevents.ca/en/attending...
The 2025 CBC Massey Lectures are on the road.
We were a full house in Toronto last week.
We are a full house in Vancouver this week.
How about a full house in Edmonton next week?
In tough times for human rights, coming together matters!
Tickets: horowitzevents.ca/en/attending...
September 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Hey #Edmonton!
The 2025 CBC Massey Lectures are on the road.
We were a full house in Toronto last week.
We are a full house in Vancouver this week.
How about a full house in Edmonton next week?
In tough times for human rights, coming together matters!
Tickets: horowitzevents.ca/en/attending...
The 2025 CBC Massey Lectures are on the road.
We were a full house in Toronto last week.
We are a full house in Vancouver this week.
How about a full house in Edmonton next week?
In tough times for human rights, coming together matters!
Tickets: horowitzevents.ca/en/attending...
I am overflowing with gratitude and fortified by solidarity.
Universal: Renewing Human Rights in a Fractured World, the 2025 CBC Massey Lectures are on the road!
Thank you Toronto! See you next in Vancouver, September 25.
Universal: Renewing Human Rights in a Fractured World, the 2025 CBC Massey Lectures are on the road!
Thank you Toronto! See you next in Vancouver, September 25.
September 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I am overflowing with gratitude and fortified by solidarity.
Universal: Renewing Human Rights in a Fractured World, the 2025 CBC Massey Lectures are on the road!
Thank you Toronto! See you next in Vancouver, September 25.
Universal: Renewing Human Rights in a Fractured World, the 2025 CBC Massey Lectures are on the road!
Thank you Toronto! See you next in Vancouver, September 25.
Two years too long.
Two years of watching genocide unfold in Gaza.
We band together in unison:
We DO NOT support Canada in its complicity in Israel’s genocide.
Sign the @oxfamcanada.bsky.social petition. Stop arming Israel: notinmyname.oxfam.ca
#NotInMyName #FreePalestine #CeaseFireNOW
Two years of watching genocide unfold in Gaza.
We band together in unison:
We DO NOT support Canada in its complicity in Israel’s genocide.
Sign the @oxfamcanada.bsky.social petition. Stop arming Israel: notinmyname.oxfam.ca
#NotInMyName #FreePalestine #CeaseFireNOW
September 17, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Two years too long.
Two years of watching genocide unfold in Gaza.
We band together in unison:
We DO NOT support Canada in its complicity in Israel’s genocide.
Sign the @oxfamcanada.bsky.social petition. Stop arming Israel: notinmyname.oxfam.ca
#NotInMyName #FreePalestine #CeaseFireNOW
Two years of watching genocide unfold in Gaza.
We band together in unison:
We DO NOT support Canada in its complicity in Israel’s genocide.
Sign the @oxfamcanada.bsky.social petition. Stop arming Israel: notinmyname.oxfam.ca
#NotInMyName #FreePalestine #CeaseFireNOW
Just wrapped up cross-Canada CBC radio interviews on the UN Commission of Inquiry report documenting Israel's genocide in Gaza. This time, Canada must take the report seriously and act on the recommendations. No more empty laments & regrets @mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social.
September 17, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Just wrapped up cross-Canada CBC radio interviews on the UN Commission of Inquiry report documenting Israel's genocide in Gaza. This time, Canada must take the report seriously and act on the recommendations. No more empty laments & regrets @mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social.
Enjoyed sitting down with Jessie-Lee Wallace for this piece in our wonderful neighbourhood paper, the Glebe Report, about the upcoming Massey Lectures.
glebereport.ca/articles/ale...
glebereport.ca/articles/ale...
September 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Enjoyed sitting down with Jessie-Lee Wallace for this piece in our wonderful neighbourhood paper, the Glebe Report, about the upcoming Massey Lectures.
glebereport.ca/articles/ale...
glebereport.ca/articles/ale...
O wonderful, wonderful, and most wonderful wonderful! And yet again wonderful, and after that, out of all hooping. 1/3
September 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
O wonderful, wonderful, and most wonderful wonderful! And yet again wonderful, and after that, out of all hooping. 1/3
How very much I enjoyed this rich exchange with Nahlah Ayed, exploring the themes of the Massey Lecture tour I’m about to embark upon.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
September 12, 2025 at 3:47 AM
How very much I enjoyed this rich exchange with Nahlah Ayed, exploring the themes of the Massey Lecture tour I’m about to embark upon.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
So looking forward to important conversations and exchanges across the country over the course of the fall, about the fragility and necessity of human rights in our fractured and roiling - yet always resilient and beautiful - world.
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August 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
So looking forward to important conversations and exchanges across the country over the course of the fall, about the fragility and necessity of human rights in our fractured and roiling - yet always resilient and beautiful - world.
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Official publication date only five days away... September 2nd. And the first lecture (Koerner Hall, U of T), September 19.
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August 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Official publication date only five days away... September 2nd. And the first lecture (Koerner Hall, U of T), September 19.
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And where better for it to have reached me than during a summer break in beautiful Saint Andrews By-The-Sea, which meant opening the package and taking my first flip through the pages at the end of the town wharf.
"Universal: Renewing Human Rights in a Fractured World"
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"Universal: Renewing Human Rights in a Fractured World"
2/5
August 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
And where better for it to have reached me than during a summer break in beautiful Saint Andrews By-The-Sea, which meant opening the package and taking my first flip through the pages at the end of the town wharf.
"Universal: Renewing Human Rights in a Fractured World"
2/5
"Universal: Renewing Human Rights in a Fractured World"
2/5
There have been several moments along the Massey Lectures journey where it has all become very real and I have pinched myself. Having an advance copy of the book in my hands is likely the top of that list.
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August 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
There have been several moments along the Massey Lectures journey where it has all become very real and I have pinched myself. Having an advance copy of the book in my hands is likely the top of that list.
🧵⬇️ 1/5
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Easier to read the text...
August 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Easier to read the text...
Our full page plea to PM @mark-carney.bsky.social Carney in today's @thestar.com, begging him to do more to end genocide in Gaza. For there is much more that Canada could and should, in fact is obliged, to do in the face of genocide. And we should have done so months and months ago.
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August 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Our full page plea to PM @mark-carney.bsky.social Carney in today's @thestar.com, begging him to do more to end genocide in Gaza. For there is much more that Canada could and should, in fact is obliged, to do in the face of genocide. And we should have done so months and months ago.
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80 yrs since unimaginable nuclear horror & carnage was unleashed, this powerful reminder from the Mayor of #Hiroshima:
"... we, the people, must never give up. Instead, we must work even harder to build civil society consensus that nuclear weapons must be abolished for a genuinely peaceful world."
"... we, the people, must never give up. Instead, we must work even harder to build civil society consensus that nuclear weapons must be abolished for a genuinely peaceful world."
August 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
80 yrs since unimaginable nuclear horror & carnage was unleashed, this powerful reminder from the Mayor of #Hiroshima:
"... we, the people, must never give up. Instead, we must work even harder to build civil society consensus that nuclear weapons must be abolished for a genuinely peaceful world."
"... we, the people, must never give up. Instead, we must work even harder to build civil society consensus that nuclear weapons must be abolished for a genuinely peaceful world."
As part of the ongoing "Towards Abolition of the Death Penalty" series, pleased to be joining upcoming session on July 28th: "War and Capital Punishment". Registration details here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
July 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
As part of the ongoing "Towards Abolition of the Death Penalty" series, pleased to be joining upcoming session on July 28th: "War and Capital Punishment". Registration details here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
No Maple Leaf in sight.
2 times in 2 weeks Canada has refused to join other states in showing support for the ICC at a time when its personnel are sanctioned & threatened, & its work matters so very much in our turbulent world.
What gives @mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social?
2 times in 2 weeks Canada has refused to join other states in showing support for the ICC at a time when its personnel are sanctioned & threatened, & its work matters so very much in our turbulent world.
What gives @mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social?
July 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM
No Maple Leaf in sight.
2 times in 2 weeks Canada has refused to join other states in showing support for the ICC at a time when its personnel are sanctioned & threatened, & its work matters so very much in our turbulent world.
What gives @mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social?
2 times in 2 weeks Canada has refused to join other states in showing support for the ICC at a time when its personnel are sanctioned & threatened, & its work matters so very much in our turbulent world.
What gives @mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social?
Writing for the SANE Policy Institute, I reflect on the human rights repercussions of the massive NATO military spending extravaganza. sanepi.org/ramped-up-na...
July 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Writing for the SANE Policy Institute, I reflect on the human rights repercussions of the massive NATO military spending extravaganza. sanepi.org/ramped-up-na...
I will be joining this press conference tomorrow. We will not and cannot accept the #G7 silence on genocide in #Gaza. There is much that PM @mark-carney.bsky.social can AND MUST do, now, to live up to our OBLIGATION to prevent and end genocide.
June 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I will be joining this press conference tomorrow. We will not and cannot accept the #G7 silence on genocide in #Gaza. There is much that PM @mark-carney.bsky.social can AND MUST do, now, to live up to our OBLIGATION to prevent and end genocide.
Prof Heidi Matthews & I have done 25 cross-Canada CBC Radio morning shows discussing our #Gaza letter to @mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social: www.alexneve.ca/blog/prime-m...
I was asked repeatedly: do you think the government will act?
Answer: there is no other choice.
I was asked repeatedly: do you think the government will act?
Answer: there is no other choice.
June 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Prof Heidi Matthews & I have done 25 cross-Canada CBC Radio morning shows discussing our #Gaza letter to @mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social: www.alexneve.ca/blog/prime-m...
I was asked repeatedly: do you think the government will act?
Answer: there is no other choice.
I was asked repeatedly: do you think the government will act?
Answer: there is no other choice.