Marc Raboy
@marcraboy.bsky.social
Writer. Emeritus Professor @mcgillu. Author, Looking for Alicia: The Unfinished Life of an Argentinian Rebel; Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World. Trying to figure out wtf is going on.
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Marc Raboy
@marcraboy.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Silicon Valley Take Note: Authoritarian Dictators Are Exactly What They Appear To Be
Silicon Valley Take Note: Authoritarian Dictators Are Exactly What They Appear To Be
www.huffpost.com
100 years ago, the world’s leading tech mogul Guglielmo Marconi aligned himself with fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. I published this after Trump’s first victory, as a cautionary note to the denizens of Silicon Valley. Sadly, it’s even more relevant today.
www.huffpost.com/archive/ca/e...
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We hit 100,000 subscribers from around the world on the first day of our launch. Thanks to everybody. We are kicking at the fascist darkness until it bleeds daylight.
100K Subscribers on Day 1 and this is just the beginning of us taking back the public space from fascist disinformation.
Thank you, everyone, for helping to make this launch day such a success! We're gonna keep kicking at the darkness until it bleeds daylight.
Thank you, everyone, for helping to make this launch day such a success! We're gonna keep kicking at the darkness until it bleeds daylight.
September 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
We hit 100,000 subscribers from around the world on the first day of our launch. Thanks to everybody. We are kicking at the fascist darkness until it bleeds daylight.
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CAJ condemns targeted killing of journalists in Gaza.
Read full statement on CAJ website:
https://caj.ca/caj-condemns-targeted-killing-of-journalists-in-gaza
Read full statement on CAJ website:
https://caj.ca/caj-condemns-targeted-killing-of-journalists-in-gaza
August 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
CAJ condemns targeted killing of journalists in Gaza.
Read full statement on CAJ website:
https://caj.ca/caj-condemns-targeted-killing-of-journalists-in-gaza
Read full statement on CAJ website:
https://caj.ca/caj-condemns-targeted-killing-of-journalists-in-gaza
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Please read and share: the Potsdam Call on Autonomous Weapon Systems (potsdamcall.dgdg.blog) We risk losing the principle that only humans—not machines—should make life-and-death decisions. The call urges prevention of a future where machines are authorised to kill without human judgment.
The Potsdam Call on Autonomous Weapon Systems – Potsdam, August 4, 2025
potsdamcall.dgdg.blog
August 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Please read and share: the Potsdam Call on Autonomous Weapon Systems (potsdamcall.dgdg.blog) We risk losing the principle that only humans—not machines—should make life-and-death decisions. The call urges prevention of a future where machines are authorised to kill without human judgment.
Big mistake. Trump says he has all the cards but I hope Carney has one up his sleeve. www.ledevoir.com/politique/ca...
Ottawa annule sa taxe sur les services numériques
Le gouvernement dit vouloir faire progresser les négociations commerciales plus larges avec les États-Unis.
www.ledevoir.com
June 30, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Big mistake. Trump says he has all the cards but I hope Carney has one up his sleeve. www.ledevoir.com/politique/ca...
Good time to bone up on history of Vietnam war.
history.state.gov/milestones/1...
history.state.gov/milestones/1...
Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations - Office of the Historian
history.state.gov 3.0 shell
history.state.gov
June 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Good time to bone up on history of Vietnam war.
history.state.gov/milestones/1...
history.state.gov/milestones/1...
Brad Lander Is Arrested by ICE Agents at Immigration Courthouse
www.nytimes.com
June 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
“With the election of Robert Francis Prevost as Pope, Donald Trump is now the second most powerful American in the world.”
Please re-post the original endlessly, so that you-know-who is sure to see the quote.
Please re-post the original endlessly, so that you-know-who is sure to see the quote.
A “Pope of Peace”—a tag already being applied to Leo XIV in the Italian press—is what is needed, Paul Elie writes. “Peace can never have enough advocates in high places.”
Will the First American Pope Be a Pontiff of Peace?
Leo XIV’s pontificate will likely be defined by his approach to the violent conflicts rending the globe, which his predecessor, the late Pope Francis, referred to as “a third world war in pieces.”
www.newyorker.com
May 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
“With the election of Robert Francis Prevost as Pope, Donald Trump is now the second most powerful American in the world.”
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Please re-post the original endlessly, so that you-know-who is sure to see the quote.
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CBC decision desk announcing that there will continue to be a CBC.
April 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM
CBC decision desk announcing that there will continue to be a CBC.
In an era where tech moguls are currying favour with dictators and demagogues, Marconi is more relevant than ever.
bluemetropolis.org/event/guglie...
bluemetropolis.org/event/guglie...
GUGLIELMO MARCONI AND THE POWER OF COMMUNICATION - Blue Metropolis
Register for the event Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of wireless communication, was also an entrepreneur, a diplomat, and a media rock star – in short, the precursor to our globally networked world....
bluemetropolis.org
April 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
In an era where tech moguls are currying favour with dictators and demagogues, Marconi is more relevant than ever.
bluemetropolis.org/event/guglie...
bluemetropolis.org/event/guglie...
I was recently in Paris, where nearly every elementary school has a plaque commemorating its Jewish students who were deported during the Nazi occupation. We will eventually see similar plaques on immigrant shelters in the US.
gothamist.com/news/4-year-...
gothamist.com/news/4-year-...
4-year-old migrant girl, other kids go to court in NYC with no lawyer: 'The cruelty is apparent'
The Trump administration cut funding for lawyers aiding unaccompanied minors in court.
gothamist.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I was recently in Paris, where nearly every elementary school has a plaque commemorating its Jewish students who were deported during the Nazi occupation. We will eventually see similar plaques on immigrant shelters in the US.
gothamist.com/news/4-year-...
gothamist.com/news/4-year-...
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"We can react by seeing all of this for what it is, and naming it by name: incipient state terror. We can react by associating ourselves with others who are repressed before we are. Only in solidarity do we affirm law."
"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
State Terror
A brief guide for Americans
snyder.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"We can react by seeing all of this for what it is, and naming it by name: incipient state terror. We can react by associating ourselves with others who are repressed before we are. Only in solidarity do we affirm law."
This is exactly what is going on.
It seems that Trump wants a recession. Why?
A recession will drive down the prices of real estate, companies, and shares of stock.
Trump and his fellow billionaires want to buy up everything on the cheap and then enjoy the ride upward — no matter the cost to working people.
A recession will drive down the prices of real estate, companies, and shares of stock.
Trump and his fellow billionaires want to buy up everything on the cheap and then enjoy the ride upward — no matter the cost to working people.
April 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This is exactly what is going on.
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How an academic book by a 1980s professor became the key to understanding 2025.
The One Book That Explains Our Current Era Was Written 40 Years Ago
NYT pundits and NBA coaches alike can't stop recommending this four-decade-old book.
slate.com
March 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
How an academic book by a 1980s professor became the key to understanding 2025.
The detention of Mahmoud Khalil is where it begins. I wrote a book about where it ends. The US is the new Argentina.
www.marcraboy.org/looking-for-...
www.marcraboy.org/looking-for-...
March 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The detention of Mahmoud Khalil is where it begins. I wrote a book about where it ends. The US is the new Argentina.
www.marcraboy.org/looking-for-...
www.marcraboy.org/looking-for-...
Est-ce que les chefs des partis politiques représentés au Parlement canadien pourraient s’inspirer de leurs vis-à-vis groenlandais et faire une déclaration commune semblable svp!
March 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Est-ce que les chefs des partis politiques représentés au Parlement canadien pourraient s’inspirer de leurs vis-à-vis groenlandais et faire une déclaration commune semblable svp!
What could be more re-assuring than the President of the USA watching tv on Thursday morning. In his bathrobe and munching on potato chips no doubt. Life is beautiful - elbows up!
impossible to imagine any other president in my lifetime dunking on america’s closest ally like this
March 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
What could be more re-assuring than the President of the USA watching tv on Thursday morning. In his bathrobe and munching on potato chips no doubt. Life is beautiful - elbows up!
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"The U.S. Wants Canada to Become A Police State
Appeasing Trump’s border demands only emboldens authoritarians worldwide. Here’s why we must resist."
My new piece for @macleans.bsky.social
macleans.ca/politics/the...
Appeasing Trump’s border demands only emboldens authoritarians worldwide. Here’s why we must resist."
My new piece for @macleans.bsky.social
macleans.ca/politics/the...
The U.S. Wants Canada to Become A Police State - Macleans.ca
Appeasing Trump's border demands only emboldens authoritarians worldwide. Here's why we must resist.
macleans.ca
March 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"The U.S. Wants Canada to Become A Police State
Appeasing Trump’s border demands only emboldens authoritarians worldwide. Here’s why we must resist."
My new piece for @macleans.bsky.social
macleans.ca/politics/the...
Appeasing Trump’s border demands only emboldens authoritarians worldwide. Here’s why we must resist."
My new piece for @macleans.bsky.social
macleans.ca/politics/the...
Demonstration along the Canada-US border at Frelighsburg, Québec, today, celebrating International Women’s Day and denouncing annexationist designs of Trump régime.
Nous étions nombreux à Frelighsburg le long de la frontière USA-CAN à braver le vent et la neige.
Nombreux à dénoncer des politiques injustes et des discours dangereux de la maison Blanche.
Ce n'est qu'un DÉBUT!!! #8mars #journéeInternationaleDuDroitDesFemmes #TrumpPasGentil
Nombreux à dénoncer des politiques injustes et des discours dangereux de la maison Blanche.
Ce n'est qu'un DÉBUT!!! #8mars #journéeInternationaleDuDroitDesFemmes #TrumpPasGentil
March 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Demonstration along the Canada-US border at Frelighsburg, Québec, today, celebrating International Women’s Day and denouncing annexationist designs of Trump régime.
En effet.
The meeting is in Quebec City. Be it resolved that absolutely every Canadian he encounters — from Melanie Joly to the waiters that serve him at the official banquet — should speak to him exclusively in French. Make him use a translator even if he’s just ordering room service.
Marco Rubio to attend G7 foreign ministers meeting in Canada By Investing.com
Marco Rubio to attend G7 foreign ministers meeting in Canada
ca.investing.com
March 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
En effet.
Wonderful piece.
My tribute on International Women's Day to women who know how to "stand the gaff" in resisting tyranny.
From the coal mines of Cape Breton to the mines of the north. I come from a long line of strong women who would put the run on toxic bros.
Please read.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/on-interna...
From the coal mines of Cape Breton to the mines of the north. I come from a long line of strong women who would put the run on toxic bros.
Please read.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/on-interna...
ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY, WE STAND THE GAFF
Strategies for Resistance in the Era of Toxic Bros
charlieangus.substack.com
March 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Wonderful piece.