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Maurice Jr. Labelle
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Historian of Decolonization; Associate Professor at the University of Saskatchewan; Grand partisan du Canadiens de Montréal.
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Non-Aligned News on IDEAS: a CBC/NANReP Co-Production!

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Non-Aligned News: A Journalistic Experiment to Decolonize Global News
Podcast Episode · Ideas · 2024-12-09 · 54m
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Livestream of the global sumud flotilla on @dropsitenews.com : open.substack.com/live-stream/...
October 2, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Check out the September issue of Diplomatic History! Featuring Elisabeth Leake's (@emleake.bsky.social) Bernath Lecture "The Decolonization Paradigm: Rethinking the US and the World" in which she argues for a "new paradigm for understanding modern international history"
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September 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
August 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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“Israel is able to kill Palestinian journalists with impunity not just because of the unconditional military support it receives from the US, but also the failure of many western media organizations and journalists to stand up for their Palestinian colleagues” — my oped @theguardian.com
Western journalists are failing to stand up for their colleagues in Gaza | Mohamad Bazzi
This hypocrisy of western media has been laid bare by Israel’s targeting of journalists since the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Life expectancy at birth reportedly declined by approximately 35 years in 2024.2 This represents a greater collapse in longevity than that recorded during the genocide in Rwanda.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Break the selective silence on the genocide in Gaza
Substantial and well-documented evidence indicates a catastrophic public health emergency in Gaza (appendix pp 1–5), marked by severe food insecurity and alarming levels of malnutrition-related deaths...
www.thelancet.com
August 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Netanyahu chose to blow up the ceasefire and starve Gaza’s population in order to force a surrender from Hamas, while top military and security officials favored moving to the second phase of a ceasefire, leaked cabinet meeting minutes reveal.

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Leaked Cabinet minutes reveal Israel chose to starve Gaza as a strategy of war
Netanyahu chose to blow up the ceasefire and starve Gaza’s population in order to force a surrender from Hamas, while top military and security officials favored moving to the second phase of a ceasefire,...
mondoweiss.net
August 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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The AHA has published Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence in History Education, offering a disciplinary approach to AI that focuses on the specific needs and challenges of history educators. 🗃️
Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence in History Education
These 14 foundational principles are meant to assist educators and administrators in crafting AI policies suited to local circumstances and the specific needs of students.
www.historians.org
August 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Check out this article in time magazine written by my colleague Kate Flach! She compares the rise of the internet in the 90s and the rise of AI today. Worth a read!

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What 1990s Internet History Tells Us About the AI Boom
In the 1990s, tech companies used utopian language to sell the internet. The AI industry is taking a different approach.
time.com
August 1, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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The first Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress, which drew 1,000 anti-Zionist Jews and their allies to Vienna, marked a significant moment in the rising tide against the settler-colonial state of Israel.

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Scenes from the end of Zionism: Reflections on the Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress in Vienna
The first Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress, which drew 1,000 anti-Zionist Jews and their allies to Vienna, marked a significant moment in the rising tide against the settler-colonial state of Israel.
mondoweiss.net
July 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Today Canadian journalists for justice in 🇵🇸 (@cjjpmedia on ig + X) was launched in several cities across Canada. At the Toronto launch press conference, @smohyeddin.bsky.social read Hossam Shabat's last statement, which was published after he was assassinated by the IOF last March.
June 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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A war of annihilation is unfolding in Gaza, but you wouldn’t know it from Canada’s establishment media.

What they produce isn’t coverage—it’s a cover-up.

The Breach is publishing a new book, a call for truth-telling in journalism.

Order it here: breachmedia.ca/when-genocid...
When Genocide Wasn't News ⋆ The Breach
When Genocide Wasn't NewsHow Canadian media covered up the destruction of GazaEdited by Martin Lukacs, Dania Majid and Jason ToneyAs Canadians bear witness to live-streamed ho
breachmedia.ca
June 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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“I just want to go back and continue the work I was already doing—advocating for Palestinian rights.”

Khalil to reporters after landing in New Jersey.
June 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."
June 9, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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One of the highlights of this year was co-hosting a keynote lecture by the magnificent Sherene Seikaly, titled "Palestine as Paradigm."

I am so honoured to be able to share it with you all. Take some time with it. Her message has never been more urgent. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq0A...
Palestine as Paradigm: A Keynote Lecture by Sherene Seikaly | Long Arc of Fascism Conference
YouTube video by CCMS SFU
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May 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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I’ll be on Ali Velshi’s show on MSNBC live in a few minutes discussing Zeteo’s new documentary ‘Who Killed Shireen?’

Join us.

And watch the film here:
EXCLUSIVE: Watch Our Explosive New Documentary, ‘Who Killed Shireen?’
Zeteo uncovers the hidden identity – and fate – of the Israeli soldier who killed the famous Palestinian-American journalist in 2022.
zeteo.com
May 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM