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Denis Lessard (repost)

(QuĂ©bec) Le resserrement des règles sur les sĂ©jours Ă  l’Ă©tranger touche très majoritairement des citoyens nĂ©s Ă  l’extĂ©rieur du Canada, rĂ©vèlent des donnĂ©es obtenues par La Presse. Read the rest of this post on the original site at Denis Lessard

What the hell happened? (repost)

How did this happen? How is it that we find ourselves in this bizarre alternate reality? The policy wonks were already celebrating the coronation of Hillary Clinton, but even as the champagne flowed, Trump was gaining in the polls. Read the rest of this post on the original site at …

The Safety Pin and the Swastika (repost)

If you had read in early 2016 about a National Pol­icy Insti­tute con­fer­ence on the theme of “Iden­tity Pol­i­tics,” you might have assumed it was an inno­cent gath­er­ing of pro­gres­sives. If you had attended, you would have been in for an unpleas­ant sur­prise. Read the rest of this post on …

Alt-right: more misogynistic than many neonazis (repost)

One of the major problems with the campaign to replace the term “alt-right” with “white supremacist” is that it tends to obscure other important dimensions of alt-right politics. The alt-right’s misogyny merits special attention, for a couple of reasons. Read the rest of this post on the original site at …

Shut Down Milo: No Fascists On Campus (repost)

Milo Yiannopoulos is on a speaking tour of universities throughout the US, including major universities in the Mid-West & West Coast. Read the rest of this post on the original site at Shut Down Milo: No Fascists On Campus

Riseup’s Canary Has Died (repost)

Popular provider of web tools for activists and anarchists and backbone of much infrastructure for internet freedom, Riseup.net has almost certainly been issued a gag order by the US government. Read the rest of this post on the original site at Riseup’s Canary Has Died

Fin de cavale d’un punk qui voulait «vivre à fond» (repost)

Gilles a l’air dĂ©boussolĂ©. Après vingt-huit ans de cavale, ce grand Ă©chalas vient de dĂ©barquer avec son sac Ă  dos dans un cafĂ© toulousain oĂą il a rendez-vous avec son avocat. Il n’avait pas remis les pieds en France depuis 1988. Read the rest of this post on the original site …