Fiona Jeffries
@fionajeffries.bsky.social
Editor at Fernwood Publishing, itinerant teacher, solidarity enthusiast. Tell me about your book idea.
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The Long Arc of Fascism teach-in starts tonight and our website is now live!
Stay tuned for videos, photos and reports:
www.longarcoffascism.ca
Stay tuned for videos, photos and reports:
www.longarcoffascism.ca
The Long Arc of Fascism
www.longarcoffascism.ca
April 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The Long Arc of Fascism teach-in starts tonight and our website is now live!
Stay tuned for videos, photos and reports:
www.longarcoffascism.ca
Stay tuned for videos, photos and reports:
www.longarcoffascism.ca
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One thing I wish people understood about authoritarianism is life often looks more or less the same. Troops aren’t marching down the street every day; people go to restaurants, have their office jobs. But everyone knows that stepping out of line, even slightly, can derail your life with no recourse
April 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
One thing I wish people understood about authoritarianism is life often looks more or less the same. Troops aren’t marching down the street every day; people go to restaurants, have their office jobs. But everyone knows that stepping out of line, even slightly, can derail your life with no recourse
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Under the heading of "this is not normal" --
Business leaders are paying as much as $5 million to meet one-on-one with the president at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1 million apiece to dine with him in a group setting. www.wired.com/story/people...
Business leaders are paying as much as $5 million to meet one-on-one with the president at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1 million apiece to dine with him in a group setting. www.wired.com/story/people...
People Are Paying Millions to Dine With Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Business leaders are paying as much as $5 million to meet one-on-one with the president at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1 million apiece to dine with him in a gro...
www.wired.com
March 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Under the heading of "this is not normal" --
Business leaders are paying as much as $5 million to meet one-on-one with the president at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1 million apiece to dine with him in a group setting. www.wired.com/story/people...
Business leaders are paying as much as $5 million to meet one-on-one with the president at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1 million apiece to dine with him in a group setting. www.wired.com/story/people...
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Reminder: we are being trained not to care about other people. It underlines the attacks on migrants, on DEI, on trans youth, on so-called "wokeness."
Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.
Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.
March 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Reminder: we are being trained not to care about other people. It underlines the attacks on migrants, on DEI, on trans youth, on so-called "wokeness."
Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.
Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.
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💥The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest
www.reuters.com/markets/euro...
www.reuters.com/markets/euro...
Dutch pension fund ABP sells all Alphabet and Meta shares, CEO tells newspaper FD
ABP, the Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in tech companies Meta and Alphabet , its CEO told Dutch newspaper FD in an interview published on Monday.
www.reuters.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
💥The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest
www.reuters.com/markets/euro...
www.reuters.com/markets/euro...
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100%
No one has to comply with ICE unless they have a warrant signed by a judge, which they have to show you (not ICE's typical BS "warrants" that mean nothing).
No one has to comply with ICE unless they have a warrant signed by a judge, which they have to show you (not ICE's typical BS "warrants" that mean nothing).
make *them* make *you* comply; they usually can't (👇) and introducing widespread friction to these programs makes them slower and more expensive: both buying time for targeted parties, and turning these raids into terrible investments of effort, money, and energy...which even GOP voters don't want
BREAKING: Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents attempted to conduct an enforcement action at Hamline Elementary School in Back of the Yards, Ald. Jeanette Taylor and Chicago Public Schools officials said Friday. @wttw.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
100%
No one has to comply with ICE unless they have a warrant signed by a judge, which they have to show you (not ICE's typical BS "warrants" that mean nothing).
No one has to comply with ICE unless they have a warrant signed by a judge, which they have to show you (not ICE's typical BS "warrants" that mean nothing).
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I wrote about why I’m divesting my social life from Meta. phiffer.org/after-big-so...
After Big Social
Last week Meta—the company that operates Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads—changed their Community Guidelines in a way that’s designed to appease the incoming Trump administration. Rules that...
phiffer.org
January 16, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I wrote about why I’m divesting my social life from Meta. phiffer.org/after-big-so...
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A peer-reviewed study published in The Lancet estimates more than 64,000 deaths in Gaza due to traumatic injury between Oct. 7, 2023 and June 30, 2024 — a figure 41% higher than the Gaza Health Ministry’s official count. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Gaza war toll likely significantly undercounts deaths, says study
An official Palestinian tally of direct deaths in the Israel-Hamas war likely undercounted the number of casualties by 41% through the middle of 2024 as the Gaza Strip's healthcare infrastructure unravelled, according to the study.
www.reuters.com
January 10, 2025 at 3:50 AM
A peer-reviewed study published in The Lancet estimates more than 64,000 deaths in Gaza due to traumatic injury between Oct. 7, 2023 and June 30, 2024 — a figure 41% higher than the Gaza Health Ministry’s official count. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Breaking: Amazon warehouse workers at DBK4 in Queens, New York, join the strike.
December 22, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Breaking: Amazon warehouse workers at DBK4 in Queens, New York, join the strike.
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Starting today you can stock up on select titles from Fernwood at 20% off.
Visit fernwoodpublishing.ca
No code necessary. Sale ends December 29th.
Visit fernwoodpublishing.ca
No code necessary. Sale ends December 29th.
December 15, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Starting today you can stock up on select titles from Fernwood at 20% off.
Visit fernwoodpublishing.ca
No code necessary. Sale ends December 29th.
Visit fernwoodpublishing.ca
No code necessary. Sale ends December 29th.
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It’s like you say: we need more people. Gaza expanded who would fight a LOT, and the state beat the shit out of a lot of them. I see new folks coming on board, but it feels like the formal ctrs power (DNC, Hollywood, MSM) are giving up w/o a fight & that depresses folks, understandably
December 13, 2024 at 9:02 PM
It’s like you say: we need more people. Gaza expanded who would fight a LOT, and the state beat the shit out of a lot of them. I see new folks coming on board, but it feels like the formal ctrs power (DNC, Hollywood, MSM) are giving up w/o a fight & that depresses folks, understandably
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"looking at the broader picture of Israel’s military campaign and the cumulative impact of its policies and acts, genocidal intent is the only reasonable conclusion." www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Amnesty International concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza
Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.
www.amnesty.org
December 5, 2024 at 1:54 AM
"looking at the broader picture of Israel’s military campaign and the cumulative impact of its policies and acts, genocidal intent is the only reasonable conclusion." www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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It’s a testament to the peacefulness of the American people that a country so awash in guns and so crippled by sadistic and obscene inequality does not experience more assassinations.
Murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO had been receiving threats about “a lack of coverage,” his wife says
December 4, 2024 at 10:25 PM
It’s a testament to the peacefulness of the American people that a country so awash in guns and so crippled by sadistic and obscene inequality does not experience more assassinations.
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If you were wondering how the Cybertruck would fare in Canada:
"This is not an ideal situation for a truck with a starting price of $165,999 in Canada"
Anyways...
"This is not an ideal situation for a truck with a starting price of $165,999 in Canada"
Anyways...
Tesla Cybertruck Immediately Dies in Canadian Winter – Owner Bricks the Truck Trying to Use the Defroster, Says “In Love to Heartbroken on the Same Day”
A brand new Cybertruck owner from Canada says his truck bricked itself as he was trying to defrost it. After the truck died in less than 24 hours, the Cybertruck owner says he went from being “In love...
www.torquenews.com
December 2, 2024 at 7:19 PM
If you were wondering how the Cybertruck would fare in Canada:
"This is not an ideal situation for a truck with a starting price of $165,999 in Canada"
Anyways...
"This is not an ideal situation for a truck with a starting price of $165,999 in Canada"
Anyways...
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Biden has done worse than delivered nothing on prison reform—he’s taken steps back by being so parsimonious with pardons and clemency, doing nothing on death penalty, and overseeing expansion of federal prison system
December 3, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Biden has done worse than delivered nothing on prison reform—he’s taken steps back by being so parsimonious with pardons and clemency, doing nothing on death penalty, and overseeing expansion of federal prison system
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"Under a new law in Belgium - the first of its kind in the world - this will now be the case. Sex workers will be entitled to official employment contracts, health insurance, pensions, maternity leave and sick days. Essentially, it will be treated like any other job."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Belgium's sex workers get maternity leave and pensions under world-first law
They will be entitled to official employment contracts, health insurance and sick days.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 1, 2024 at 1:09 PM
"Under a new law in Belgium - the first of its kind in the world - this will now be the case. Sex workers will be entitled to official employment contracts, health insurance, pensions, maternity leave and sick days. Essentially, it will be treated like any other job."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Return Canada Post to public control.
Canada Post suspended insurance benefits for striking workers. Now Marc Caron’s family is spending $2,000 a day for his cancer treatment.
As the strike drags on, healthcare access becomes a casualty for workers and families.
As the strike drags on, healthcare access becomes a casualty for workers and families.
'His life is in danger': Striking Canada Post worker's family struggling to afford his cancer drugs www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social
Get weekly updates: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
Get weekly updates: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
November 30, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Return Canada Post to public control.
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Considering getting a 5 year journal to document what happens next.
Most fortunately, technology can’t capture, mine, track, and/or exploit what we write down on paper…. yet.
Most fortunately, technology can’t capture, mine, track, and/or exploit what we write down on paper…. yet.
November 30, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Considering getting a 5 year journal to document what happens next.
Most fortunately, technology can’t capture, mine, track, and/or exploit what we write down on paper…. yet.
Most fortunately, technology can’t capture, mine, track, and/or exploit what we write down on paper…. yet.
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We are excited to announce that our Spring 2025 titles are now available for pre-order.
For more information about these forthcoming titles visit: fernwoodpublishing.ca/books/forthc...
For more information about these forthcoming titles visit: fernwoodpublishing.ca/books/forthc...
November 27, 2024 at 3:38 PM
We are excited to announce that our Spring 2025 titles are now available for pre-order.
For more information about these forthcoming titles visit: fernwoodpublishing.ca/books/forthc...
For more information about these forthcoming titles visit: fernwoodpublishing.ca/books/forthc...
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UAW 4811 (which represents academic workers across the University of California campuses) has voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike in response to campus repression by the UC Regents and a clown car of policing agencies
May 16, 2024 at 2:17 AM
UAW 4811 (which represents academic workers across the University of California campuses) has voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike in response to campus repression by the UC Regents and a clown car of policing agencies