The “freedom convoy” was a culmination of years of persistent mobilization by far-right networks whose growth intensified as they digitally tapped into COVID-19 related grievances.
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The European Union is once again faced with the danger of destabilization. Putin’s cyberwar on free societies using the migration crisis went well in 2015. He must not succeed now in Poland or beyond.
Long-term assessments of the trucker convoy will depend less on questionable interpretations of individual freedom and more on whether the state’s fundamental obligations were seriously threatened.
New legislation could strengthen the social contract between workers and platforms.
Wealthy states sort people into hierarchies, keeping ‘unwanted people’ in their regions of origin while facilitating mobility for supposedly ideal migrants.
If federal and provincial governments don’t step up their commitments to teaching citizens how our governments work, social media will continue to fill in the void with misinformation.
The convoy’s comparison of Canada’s current government to Nazi Germany draws on previously existing statephobia.
Appropriating slogans associated with other causes creates false equivalencies and causes confusion.
Participants in the “freedom convoy” have been allowed to carry on with minimal police and state interference in contrast to how Black and Indigenous protesters have been treated in the past.
Canada’s international reputation as a relatively peaceful country is at odds with the noisy protests by people opposed to measures aimed at preventing COVID-19.
Alors que les débats sur l’avortement s’enflamment aux États-Unis, des luttes acharnées sur l’avortement ont lieu dans des pays où la religion joue un rôle clé dans la politique et la vie publique.
‘Freedom convoy’ protesters are turning the language of freedom against their own governments. The implications and repercussions of this are enormous.
From projecting onto athletes to aesthetic appreciation, spectators get a surprising amount out of watching other people play sports.
There is an urgent need to understand international students’ unique vulnerabilities and to develop effective policy responses.
Until Bolsonaro’s election win, sex workers had been gaining rights. His ultra-far-right, homophobic, racist and mysoginistic views have made the reality much worse.
In a time-honoured tradition of Canadian democracy, government regulations become public when they appear in the Canada Gazette. That’s why Ottawa’s proposal to bypass that step is so troublesome.
We must support disabled people’s call to abolish long-term care and develop a national home care, palliative care and pharmacare system that funds and prioritizes their desire to live in communities.
Instead of assuming that science skeptics are motivated by ignorance, or selfishness, we should listen to them and try to understand and address their actual concerns.
As debates about abortion heat up in the U.S. once again, we need to pay attention to the hard-fought struggles over abortion in other nations where religion plays a key role in politics and public life.
Gelombang baru musik dan perfilman Korea punya peran besar dalam mengubah persepsi dan stereotip terkait orang Asia.
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Associate Professor, History, Carleton University
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PhD Candidate, Communication and Media Studies, Carleton University
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Instructor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Carleton University
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Associate Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University
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Professor of Music, Carleton University
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Ph.D. Candidate, Legal Studies, Carleton University
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Associate professor, Department of Biology and Institute of Biochemistry, Carleton University
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Professor of music, School for Studies in Art and Culture, Carleton University
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Chancellor's Professor, Psychology, Carleton University
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Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University
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Associate Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Carleton University
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PhD Student, Biochemistry, Carleton University
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Assistant Professor of Accounting, Carleton University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Defence Policy, Carleton University
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Assistant Professor of Journalism Studies, Carleton University
