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@queenvv.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in Political Science at McGill University. Dissertating on Hobbes and Anxiety. Interests include HPT, feminism, emotions and politics, agency and power, democracy, hierarchies and equality.
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· Jan 20
Broadcasting now on CBC Radio One on Ideas in the Afternoon in the context of the historically biggest take over of oligarchy of American democracy. My take on Hobbes on anxiety contextualised for American democracy on inaugation day.
www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...
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Zohran Mamdani, the first South Asian Muslim Mayor of NYC, quoted Jawaharlal Nehru's 1947 Independence Day speech in his Nov 4, 2025, victory speech, "...when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance." My heart is full! 🫶✊
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Zohran Mamdani, the first South Asian Muslim Mayor of NYC, quoted Jawaharlal Nehru's 1947 Independence Day speech in his Nov 4, 2025, victory speech, "...when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance." My heart is full! 🫶✊
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“This is what democracy looks like.”
“This is what America looks like.”
NYC
“This is what America looks like.”
NYC
October 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“This is what democracy looks like.”
“This is what America looks like.”
NYC
“This is what America looks like.”
NYC
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Totally insane and wildly dangerous. Children will die, and Florida will export communicable diseases to the rest of the country and the world.
Breaking news: Florida will end vaccine requirements to attend school, making it the first state to do so. The state’s surgeon general said every vaccine mandate “drips with disdain and slavery.”
Florida moves to end all school vaccine mandates, first in nation to do so
Florida Surgeon General Joseph A. Ladapo criticized school vaccine mandates, which every state has, and likened them to slavery.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Totally insane and wildly dangerous. Children will die, and Florida will export communicable diseases to the rest of the country and the world.
With marches for Gaza to continuously raise voices for breaking the siege and liberating Palestine in many parts of the world supporting these efforts. Heartening to see a Montreal4Palestine march pass through my neighbourhood with people in balconies cheering on the efforts of protestors! Free 🇵🇸
🚢 The Global Sumud Flotilla—the largest civilian mission to break Gaza’s siege—launches today, with 50+ ships from 44 countries. Drop Site editor Alex Colston is on board and will be reporting live as it sails from Barcelona toward Gaza.
August 31, 2025 at 10:47 PM
With marches for Gaza to continuously raise voices for breaking the siege and liberating Palestine in many parts of the world supporting these efforts. Heartening to see a Montreal4Palestine march pass through my neighbourhood with people in balconies cheering on the efforts of protestors! Free 🇵🇸
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There's a word for the EU's inaction over Gaza: racism | Shada Islam
There's a word for the EU's inaction over Gaza: racism | Shada Islam
Europe frames the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza as a humanitarian crisis rather than a deliberate political choice. There will be a moral reckoning, says Shada Islam, a commentator on EU affairs
www.theguardian.com
August 19, 2025 at 4:42 AM
There's a word for the EU's inaction over Gaza: racism | Shada Islam
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Tonight on Ideas at CBC Radio One, 8:05 pm.
In the context of the No Kings movement in America, listen to a re-broadcast of my PhD thesis episode by Ideas, offering a new reading of Hobbes and what we can learn from him in these highly anxious times in democracies today!
www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...
In the context of the No Kings movement in America, listen to a re-broadcast of my PhD thesis episode by Ideas, offering a new reading of Hobbes and what we can learn from him in these highly anxious times in democracies today!
www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...
What 17th-century philosopher Thomas Hobbes would say about American democracy today | CBC Radio
English philosopher Thomas Hobbes believed that life would be "nasty, brutish and short" without a strong government. IDEAS explores how a new take on Hobbes offers a surprising perspective on the rec...
www.cbc.ca
July 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Tonight on Ideas at CBC Radio One, 8:05 pm.
In the context of the No Kings movement in America, listen to a re-broadcast of my PhD thesis episode by Ideas, offering a new reading of Hobbes and what we can learn from him in these highly anxious times in democracies today!
www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...
In the context of the No Kings movement in America, listen to a re-broadcast of my PhD thesis episode by Ideas, offering a new reading of Hobbes and what we can learn from him in these highly anxious times in democracies today!
www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...
Tonight on Ideas at CBC Radio One, 8:05 pm.
In the context of the No Kings movement in America, listen to a re-broadcast of my PhD thesis episode by Ideas, offering a new reading of Hobbes and what we can learn from him in these highly anxious times in democracies today!
www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...
In the context of the No Kings movement in America, listen to a re-broadcast of my PhD thesis episode by Ideas, offering a new reading of Hobbes and what we can learn from him in these highly anxious times in democracies today!
www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...
What 17th-century philosopher Thomas Hobbes would say about American democracy today | CBC Radio
English philosopher Thomas Hobbes believed that life would be "nasty, brutish and short" without a strong government. IDEAS explores how a new take on Hobbes offers a surprising perspective on the rec...
www.cbc.ca
July 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Tonight on Ideas at CBC Radio One, 8:05 pm.
In the context of the No Kings movement in America, listen to a re-broadcast of my PhD thesis episode by Ideas, offering a new reading of Hobbes and what we can learn from him in these highly anxious times in democracies today!
www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...
In the context of the No Kings movement in America, listen to a re-broadcast of my PhD thesis episode by Ideas, offering a new reading of Hobbes and what we can learn from him in these highly anxious times in democracies today!
www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...
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The system is rigged.
After scamming the American people out of healthcare, food, and educational assistance two weeks ago to fund tax breaks and boondoggles for billionaires—Trump and the GOP are now trying to rig the system to deregulate crypto.
We’re fighting for the working people!
After scamming the American people out of healthcare, food, and educational assistance two weeks ago to fund tax breaks and boondoggles for billionaires—Trump and the GOP are now trying to rig the system to deregulate crypto.
We’re fighting for the working people!
Rep. Stansbury: The system is rigged
YouTube video by Rep. Melanie Stansbury
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July 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The system is rigged.
After scamming the American people out of healthcare, food, and educational assistance two weeks ago to fund tax breaks and boondoggles for billionaires—Trump and the GOP are now trying to rig the system to deregulate crypto.
We’re fighting for the working people!
After scamming the American people out of healthcare, food, and educational assistance two weeks ago to fund tax breaks and boondoggles for billionaires—Trump and the GOP are now trying to rig the system to deregulate crypto.
We’re fighting for the working people!
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I am once again asking you to have 1/10 the indignation on behalf of Palestinians being subjected to genocide that you do for Canadians abused by ICE
July 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I am once again asking you to have 1/10 the indignation on behalf of Palestinians being subjected to genocide that you do for Canadians abused by ICE
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Imo we have a system of grace and forgiveness for the rich and powerful and merciless, arbitrary harshness for most other people
June 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Imo we have a system of grace and forgiveness for the rich and powerful and merciless, arbitrary harshness for most other people
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I've said it many times before and Andrew Cuomo is making me say it again: we don't have a cancellation problem. We have never had a cancellation problem. To the contrary, we have a problem that "disgrace" is a very temporary embarrassment— an brief entr'acte more than an intermission.
June 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I've said it many times before and Andrew Cuomo is making me say it again: we don't have a cancellation problem. We have never had a cancellation problem. To the contrary, we have a problem that "disgrace" is a very temporary embarrassment— an brief entr'acte more than an intermission.
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One of the greatest deceptions of our time is the false narrative that we should be more concerned about a poor person misusing the welfare system or an immigrant being here illegally than we are about the ultra wealthy abusing the system and cruel people having unchecked power over all of us.
June 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
One of the greatest deceptions of our time is the false narrative that we should be more concerned about a poor person misusing the welfare system or an immigrant being here illegally than we are about the ultra wealthy abusing the system and cruel people having unchecked power over all of us.
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Hundreds of international students have just received an email telling them their visas have been revoked.
The ‘justification’ is campus activism or social media posts.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hun...
The ‘justification’ is campus activism or social media posts.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hun...
March 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Hundreds of international students have just received an email telling them their visas have been revoked.
The ‘justification’ is campus activism or social media posts.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hun...
The ‘justification’ is campus activism or social media posts.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hun...
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PLEASE SHARE:
Given the situation in the US, University of British Columbia is keeping their international undergraduate application portal open and will continue "to review admissions from international students, both transfer and direct-entry students, and likely will until the middle of April"
Given the situation in the US, University of British Columbia is keeping their international undergraduate application portal open and will continue "to review admissions from international students, both transfer and direct-entry students, and likely will until the middle of April"
March 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
PLEASE SHARE:
Given the situation in the US, University of British Columbia is keeping their international undergraduate application portal open and will continue "to review admissions from international students, both transfer and direct-entry students, and likely will until the middle of April"
Given the situation in the US, University of British Columbia is keeping their international undergraduate application portal open and will continue "to review admissions from international students, both transfer and direct-entry students, and likely will until the middle of April"
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Bernie has been a very good opposition figure in 2025, but at this late date he's not suddenly going to become better on immigration than he's always been, and he's always been mediocre on it.
There is absolutely zero need for anybody to praise Donald Trump for "making sure our borders are stronger." That is whitewashing what he is doing and reinforcing the anti-immigrant sentiment that Trump has always capitalized on.
www.mediaite.com/news/bernie-...
www.mediaite.com/news/bernie-...
March 24, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Bernie has been a very good opposition figure in 2025, but at this late date he's not suddenly going to become better on immigration than he's always been, and he's always been mediocre on it.
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You’ve got male!
What is it about this picture hmmm I can't put my finger on it
March 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
You’ve got male!
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Columbia University grad student whose ‘self-deportation’ was celebrated by DHS explains how she was hounded by ICE—despite ‘legal’ status and lack of involvement with encampment—and utterly abandoned to her fate by the university.
www.normanfinkelstein.com/letter-from-...
www.normanfinkelstein.com/letter-from-...
Letter from Columbia student Ranjani Srinivasan after fleeing the United States to Canada
Visit the post for more.
www.normanfinkelstein.com
March 23, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Columbia University grad student whose ‘self-deportation’ was celebrated by DHS explains how she was hounded by ICE—despite ‘legal’ status and lack of involvement with encampment—and utterly abandoned to her fate by the university.
www.normanfinkelstein.com/letter-from-...
www.normanfinkelstein.com/letter-from-...
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Denver has come out to see AOC & Bernie tonight.
But, IUPAT President Jimmy Williams just set the crowd alight
🔥
“I have a message to the Democratic Party: GET OFF YOUR ASS!
“We are not gonna poll our way out. We are not gonna consult our way out. We are gonna organize our way out." 👏
But, IUPAT President Jimmy Williams just set the crowd alight
🔥
“I have a message to the Democratic Party: GET OFF YOUR ASS!
“We are not gonna poll our way out. We are not gonna consult our way out. We are gonna organize our way out." 👏
March 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Denver has come out to see AOC & Bernie tonight.
But, IUPAT President Jimmy Williams just set the crowd alight
🔥
“I have a message to the Democratic Party: GET OFF YOUR ASS!
“We are not gonna poll our way out. We are not gonna consult our way out. We are gonna organize our way out." 👏
But, IUPAT President Jimmy Williams just set the crowd alight
🔥
“I have a message to the Democratic Party: GET OFF YOUR ASS!
“We are not gonna poll our way out. We are not gonna consult our way out. We are gonna organize our way out." 👏
Things are scary
CBC Interview with the Indian PhD student in Columbia who had to flee to Canada to escape detention in light of the crackdown on students protesting against the genocide in Palestine.
www.msn.com/en-ca/news/c...
CBC Interview with the Indian PhD student in Columbia who had to flee to Canada to escape detention in light of the crackdown on students protesting against the genocide in Palestine.
www.msn.com/en-ca/news/c...
MSN
www.msn.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Things are scary
CBC Interview with the Indian PhD student in Columbia who had to flee to Canada to escape detention in light of the crackdown on students protesting against the genocide in Palestine.
www.msn.com/en-ca/news/c...
CBC Interview with the Indian PhD student in Columbia who had to flee to Canada to escape detention in light of the crackdown on students protesting against the genocide in Palestine.
www.msn.com/en-ca/news/c...
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Today is #McGill24 which means that gifts to the RGCS Charles Taylor Student Fellowship attract matching funds for maximum impact. Please support this vibrant student intellectual community in political theory.
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McGill Crowdfunding: RGCS Charles Taylor Student Fellowship
YouTube video by McGill Crowdfunding
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March 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Today is #McGill24 which means that gifts to the RGCS Charles Taylor Student Fellowship attract matching funds for maximum impact. Please support this vibrant student intellectual community in political theory.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo0F...
crowdfunding.mcgill.ca/ui/main/p/RG...
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The United States said it will resume sending military aid and intelligence to Ukraine, as Ukraine agreed to a Trump administration proposal for a monthlong ceasefire.
The U.S. will resume Ukraine military aid and intelligence, as Kyiv approves ceasefire
The United States said it will resume sending military aid and intelligence to Ukraine, as Ukraine agreed to a Trump administration proposal for a monthlong ceasefire.
www.npr.org
March 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The United States said it will resume sending military aid and intelligence to Ukraine, as Ukraine agreed to a Trump administration proposal for a monthlong ceasefire.
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New — Rashida Tlaib, Mark Pocan, Nydia Velázquez, Delia Ramirez, Ilhan Omar, Jasmine Crockett, Summer Lee, Ayanna Pressley, Lateefah Simon, Al Green, Gwen Moore, André Carson, Nikema Williams, and James McGovern call on the Trump administration to release Mahmoud Khalil:
March 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
New — Rashida Tlaib, Mark Pocan, Nydia Velázquez, Delia Ramirez, Ilhan Omar, Jasmine Crockett, Summer Lee, Ayanna Pressley, Lateefah Simon, Al Green, Gwen Moore, André Carson, Nikema Williams, and James McGovern call on the Trump administration to release Mahmoud Khalil:
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the only important thing is the Palestinian film NO OTHER LAND is an Oscar winner.
March 3, 2025 at 2:21 AM
the only important thing is the Palestinian film NO OTHER LAND is an Oscar winner.
Amidst the humanitarian crises of mass deportation of undocumented immigrants south of the border & the anti-immigrant sentiment in advanced democracies today, a nuanced public philosophy piece on mobile migration by Dr. Anna Milioni, postdoc at @lecre.bsky.social
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Methodological nationalism & mobile migration
The world is mobile. People from the more privileged parts of the globe often move to access job opportunities and …
enainstitute.org
February 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Amidst the humanitarian crises of mass deportation of undocumented immigrants south of the border & the anti-immigrant sentiment in advanced democracies today, a nuanced public philosophy piece on mobile migration by Dr. Anna Milioni, postdoc at @lecre.bsky.social
enainstitute.org/en/publicati...
enainstitute.org/en/publicati...