Ryan Kelpin
@ryankelpin.bsky.social
Ph.D, Poli Sci, York University | teach at York University/Seneca Polytechnic | write for Canadian Dimension, The Grind, and Jacobin|buy Against the People: How Ford Nation is Dismantling Ontario https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/against-the-people
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Charlie Kirk was a champion of free speech and anyone who says otherwise will be fired
September 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Charlie Kirk was a champion of free speech and anyone who says otherwise will be fired
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An easy story for reporters in tech and extremism right now might be to ask major music streaming platforms why they quietly let Skrewdriver back on some time this year
September 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
An easy story for reporters in tech and extremism right now might be to ask major music streaming platforms why they quietly let Skrewdriver back on some time this year
For fucksakes.
Can prominent pro Palestine Canadian leftist journos stop making friends with the far right? First Lascaris praising Candace Owens and now this shit.
Not exactly being good allies to the LGBTQ community...
Can prominent pro Palestine Canadian leftist journos stop making friends with the far right? First Lascaris praising Candace Owens and now this shit.
Not exactly being good allies to the LGBTQ community...
NDP leadership hopeful Yves Engler went on JACKSON HINKLE's podcast 🤮
Hinkle is a huge spreader of disinformation, particularly pro-Russia disinformation, has called the LGBTQ movement “pedophile ridden,” and calls himself a “MAGA communist.”
This is...a choice.
Hinkle is a huge spreader of disinformation, particularly pro-Russia disinformation, has called the LGBTQ movement “pedophile ridden,” and calls himself a “MAGA communist.”
This is...a choice.
September 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
For fucksakes.
Can prominent pro Palestine Canadian leftist journos stop making friends with the far right? First Lascaris praising Candace Owens and now this shit.
Not exactly being good allies to the LGBTQ community...
Can prominent pro Palestine Canadian leftist journos stop making friends with the far right? First Lascaris praising Candace Owens and now this shit.
Not exactly being good allies to the LGBTQ community...
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Alberta teachers are compiling lists of the books in their classrooms so the #ABGov can tell them which ones to toss. On a related note, Parkland Institute will be releasing a new report on the "Parental Rights" movement in AB next week. ualberta-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
August 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Alberta teachers are compiling lists of the books in their classrooms so the #ABGov can tell them which ones to toss. On a related note, Parkland Institute will be releasing a new report on the "Parental Rights" movement in AB next week. ualberta-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Ughhh. You were so close. 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
"Bad political instincts."
No!!
Carney is a central banker! Buddies with Trump! Oligarchs on the same side of the class war against us! Wake the fuck up!
"Bad political instincts."
No!!
Carney is a central banker! Buddies with Trump! Oligarchs on the same side of the class war against us! Wake the fuck up!
September 4, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Ughhh. You were so close. 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
"Bad political instincts."
No!!
Carney is a central banker! Buddies with Trump! Oligarchs on the same side of the class war against us! Wake the fuck up!
"Bad political instincts."
No!!
Carney is a central banker! Buddies with Trump! Oligarchs on the same side of the class war against us! Wake the fuck up!
My newest piece for Jacobin traces the ideological inheritances of Danielle Smith.
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Meet Danielle Smith, Canada’s Ayn Rand in Cowboy Boots
Danielle Smith, Alberta’s leader, is fusing libertarian dogma with oil-soaked grievance politics. It’s Canada’s version of the New Right, dressed up in provincial pride.
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September 1, 2025 at 12:16 AM
My newest piece for Jacobin traces the ideological inheritances of Danielle Smith.
jacobin.com/2025/08/albe...
@johncke.bsky.social @charlieangus104.bsky.social @dgrdon.bsky.social @nolore.bsky.social @youcaughtscott.com @desmondcole.bsky.social @temcd.bsky.social @dillonwamsley.bsky.social
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Think about every pro-Israel person who denied this was the plan for the past 22 months; who gaslit you; denied this to you; pretended this wasn't the plan.
And then never believe those liars about anything ever again.
And then never believe those liars about anything ever again.
PMO: Benjamin Netanyahu decides full IDF occupation of Gaza | The Jerusalem Post
The Prime Minister's Office conveyed the message to the Chief of Staff: If this does not suit you, then you should resign.
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August 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Think about every pro-Israel person who denied this was the plan for the past 22 months; who gaslit you; denied this to you; pretended this wasn't the plan.
And then never believe those liars about anything ever again.
And then never believe those liars about anything ever again.
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So... according to Greenblatt, Elon doing the Nazi salute wasn't so bad. But students protesting...
What a fucking disaster the ADL is. What a joke.
What a fucking disaster the ADL is. What a joke.
‼️ SCOOP by @arnorosenfeld.bsky.social and I:
ADL chief Jonathan Greenblatt compares student protesters to ISIS and al-Qaeda.
In address to GOP AGs, Greenblatt also said pro-Palestinian protests were driven by ‘same kind of nihilists’ who participated in BLM.
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ADL chief Jonathan Greenblatt compares student protesters to ISIS and al-Qaeda.
In address to GOP AGs, Greenblatt also said pro-Palestinian protests were driven by ‘same kind of nihilists’ who participated in BLM.
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Exclusive: ADL chief compares student protesters to ISIS and al-Qaeda in address to Republican officials
Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, said the protesters were acting like members of ISIS and al-Qaeda.
forward.com
June 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
So... according to Greenblatt, Elon doing the Nazi salute wasn't so bad. But students protesting...
What a fucking disaster the ADL is. What a joke.
What a fucking disaster the ADL is. What a joke.
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Never in my lifetime has the Democratic Party been as much as a ghost ship as it is today. Incredible there aren't more insurgent primary campaigns. Power is just sitting there and the only thing guarding it is fossils like Chuck Schumer
May 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Never in my lifetime has the Democratic Party been as much as a ghost ship as it is today. Incredible there aren't more insurgent primary campaigns. Power is just sitting there and the only thing guarding it is fossils like Chuck Schumer
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Pierre Poilievre, speaking to caucus yesterday, referred to what I can only assume are the anti-genocide protests as “rampaging antisemitic riots.”
He got a standing ovation.
For seemingly pledging to crack down on people who want a genocide stopped.
Very “free speech” of him. Fucking foul
He got a standing ovation.
For seemingly pledging to crack down on people who want a genocide stopped.
Very “free speech” of him. Fucking foul
May 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Pierre Poilievre, speaking to caucus yesterday, referred to what I can only assume are the anti-genocide protests as “rampaging antisemitic riots.”
He got a standing ovation.
For seemingly pledging to crack down on people who want a genocide stopped.
Very “free speech” of him. Fucking foul
He got a standing ovation.
For seemingly pledging to crack down on people who want a genocide stopped.
Very “free speech” of him. Fucking foul
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Notice that they're now shifting from "we need our parking spots" to "transit gets in the way of cars" type arguments.
The Protect Bathurst person has posted a video they took while driving. Almost too on the nose. From AI faking to driving & using their phone.
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May 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Notice that they're now shifting from "we need our parking spots" to "transit gets in the way of cars" type arguments.
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“Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate…Both in the literal sense and in the sense of being historically illiterate and having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.”
Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College
ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.
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May 7, 2025 at 11:08 AM
“Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate…Both in the literal sense and in the sense of being historically illiterate and having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.”
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I live in Alberta and I have no words to tell how much I respect and LOVE this!!! Thank you #FirstNations
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Alberta First Nations issue cease and desist order against Danielle Smith's attempt to create a national unity crisis. Alberta is on treaty lands.
Those treaties were signed 30 years before Alberta became a province.
Those treaties were signed 30 years before Alberta became a province.
May 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I live in Alberta and I have no words to tell how much I respect and LOVE this!!! Thank you #FirstNations
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“The anti-Semites will become our most dependable friends, the anti-Semitic countries our allies.”https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9780230101371_12
You really can’t make this up. Zionists have allied with conservative Christians, which means that ‘never again’ has no meaning any more and definitional antisemitism by literal fascists is totally fine.
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April 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
“The anti-Semites will become our most dependable friends, the anti-Semitic countries our allies.”https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9780230101371_12
He also got the right a higher share of the popular vote than Harper ever did... And the highest in almost 40 years...
This kind of analysis is so surface level. What the numbers actually show is the cons would have won if not for Trump's tariff stupidity.
This kind of analysis is so surface level. What the numbers actually show is the cons would have won if not for Trump's tariff stupidity.
Pierre Poilievre‘s legacy:
• Blowing the biggest lead in Canadian political history
• Losing his own riding
• Blowing the biggest lead in Canadian political history
• Losing his own riding
266 of 266 polls reporting, 86,371 votes counted
Pierre Poilievre officially loses his seat by 4,315 votes and is no longer a Member of Parliament
Pierre Poilievre officially loses his seat by 4,315 votes and is no longer a Member of Parliament
April 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
He also got the right a higher share of the popular vote than Harper ever did... And the highest in almost 40 years...
This kind of analysis is so surface level. What the numbers actually show is the cons would have won if not for Trump's tariff stupidity.
This kind of analysis is so surface level. What the numbers actually show is the cons would have won if not for Trump's tariff stupidity.
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Far right extremists, inspired by Trump per Whitmer herself, tried to kidnap her. Trump himself later suggested it was a fake plot and mocked it. He called her ‘that woman in Michigan’ and led a crowd that chanted ‘lock her up.’
Today Whitmer hugged him on the tarmac.
This is why Dems lose. 🤷🏽♂️👇🏽
Today Whitmer hugged him on the tarmac.
This is why Dems lose. 🤷🏽♂️👇🏽
April 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Far right extremists, inspired by Trump per Whitmer herself, tried to kidnap her. Trump himself later suggested it was a fake plot and mocked it. He called her ‘that woman in Michigan’ and led a crowd that chanted ‘lock her up.’
Today Whitmer hugged him on the tarmac.
This is why Dems lose. 🤷🏽♂️👇🏽
Today Whitmer hugged him on the tarmac.
This is why Dems lose. 🤷🏽♂️👇🏽
Appropriate energy when dealing with brown shirts.
April 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Appropriate energy when dealing with brown shirts.
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According to three members of Congress, Rumeysa Ozturk has been repeatedly denied access to her lawyer, refused asthma medication despite attacks, forced to endure extreme temperatures, and denied religious accommodations.
Her ‘crime’? An oped in a school newspaper.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/o...
Her ‘crime’? An oped in a school newspaper.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/o...
April 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM
According to three members of Congress, Rumeysa Ozturk has been repeatedly denied access to her lawyer, refused asthma medication despite attacks, forced to endure extreme temperatures, and denied religious accommodations.
Her ‘crime’? An oped in a school newspaper.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/o...
Her ‘crime’? An oped in a school newspaper.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/o...
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History books will barely be able to cover the montrous depravity of Trump's actions, since we can barely cover it in daily news accounts to imagine having to pick just a few examples to summarize his evil on a page in a HS text.
But this could make the cut.
But this could make the cut.
ICE deported a US citizen child suffering from a rare form of cancer.
It’s like they are trying to break their own records for depravity.
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It’s like they are trying to break their own records for depravity.
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April 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
History books will barely be able to cover the montrous depravity of Trump's actions, since we can barely cover it in daily news accounts to imagine having to pick just a few examples to summarize his evil on a page in a HS text.
But this could make the cut.
But this could make the cut.
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Two North State episodes in one week? That’s what you get when it’s election time. @nolore.bsky.social joined me to review how journalism has performed during the federal election. We have notes. Check it out.
Grading Journalism's Election Performance ft. Nora Loreto (The North State Podcast)
See us after class, news outlets
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April 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Two North State episodes in one week? That’s what you get when it’s election time. @nolore.bsky.social joined me to review how journalism has performed during the federal election. We have notes. Check it out.
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Bill Maher has the behavior of a very specific band of boomer white guy: an "equal-opportunity offender" perfectly willing to weaponize identity politics and cry like a baby the second anyone gives back to him even 1/8 of what he dishes out. I guessed his birth year (1956) instantly and correctly
A non-Jewish comedian is telling a Jewish comedian that he is being insulting to Jews, which is pretty much the logical endpoint of the way we talk about antisemitism in the US.
April 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Bill Maher has the behavior of a very specific band of boomer white guy: an "equal-opportunity offender" perfectly willing to weaponize identity politics and cry like a baby the second anyone gives back to him even 1/8 of what he dishes out. I guessed his birth year (1956) instantly and correctly
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On 🌊 The @breachmedia.ca Show🌊 ep49 Martin Lukacs welcomes scholar @ryankelpin.bsky.social for a conversation dissecting radical right-wing economist Milton Friedman’s influence on Pierre Poilievre and what it could mean for the future of Canada.
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The radical economist behind Pierre Poilievre’s plans for Canada ⋆ The Breach
Scholar Ryan Kelpin joins Martin Lukacs to dissect Milton Friedman’s influence on Pierre Poilievre
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April 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
On 🌊 The @breachmedia.ca Show🌊 ep49 Martin Lukacs welcomes scholar @ryankelpin.bsky.social for a conversation dissecting radical right-wing economist Milton Friedman’s influence on Pierre Poilievre and what it could mean for the future of Canada.
breachmedia.ca/the-radical-... 🔶
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Spent 50 minutes chatting with Martin Lukacs and @breachmedia.ca about the profound ideological influence Milton Friedman has had on Pierre Poilievre. Podcast episode is at the link attached:
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#poilievre #cdnpoli
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The radical economist behind Pierre Poilievre’s plans for Canada ⋆ The Breach
Scholar Ryan Kelpin joins Martin Lukacs to dissect Milton Friedman’s influence on Pierre Poilievre
breachmedia.ca
April 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Spent 50 minutes chatting with Martin Lukacs and @breachmedia.ca about the profound ideological influence Milton Friedman has had on Pierre Poilievre. Podcast episode is at the link attached:
breachmedia.ca/the-radical-...
#poilievre #cdnpoli
breachmedia.ca/the-radical-...
#poilievre #cdnpoli