Fiona Jeffries
@fionajeffries.bsky.social
Bookworm, solidarity enthusiast (she/her)
Editor @ fernwoodpublishing.ca
Editor @ fernwoodpublishing.ca
Amazing work! May we make bathroom access justice happen everywhere. 🥳
Knowing who deserves our anger is important, but so is knowing who deserves our gratitude. On this issue:
The main force on the outside has been the Free to Pee coalition, led by @vocal-ny.bsky.social and @nyhomeless.bsky.social.
On the inside—Council members @sandynurse.bsky.social + Rita Joseph.
The main force on the outside has been the Free to Pee coalition, led by @vocal-ny.bsky.social and @nyhomeless.bsky.social.
On the inside—Council members @sandynurse.bsky.social + Rita Joseph.
17 new public bathrooms. Across all five boroughs.
Because you can’t wait — and you shouldn’t have to.
Because you can’t wait — and you shouldn’t have to.
September 16, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Amazing work! May we make bathroom access justice happen everywhere. 🥳
Find the English version of this brainy and passionate book here at @fernpub.bsky.social: fernwoodpublishing.ca/books/essent...
September 16, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Find the English version of this brainy and passionate book here at @fernpub.bsky.social: fernwoodpublishing.ca/books/essent...
@churlishness.bsky.social and Leah Werner’s The Consulting Trap advances a critical analysis of the scandal of the consultant industry of everything - including higher ed and govenment fernwoodpublishing.ca/books/the-co...
September 16, 2026 at 10:30 PM
@churlishness.bsky.social and Leah Werner’s The Consulting Trap advances a critical analysis of the scandal of the consultant industry of everything - including higher ed and govenment fernwoodpublishing.ca/books/the-co...
So wonderful to see @mhenaway.bsky.social essential, brilliant book out in French with @ecosociete.bsky.social! This analysis rooted in years of scholarship and organizing could not be more timely and urgent. ecosociete.org/livres/trava... 🥳📚
Travail essentiel, travailleurs jetables
Plus qu’une analyse implacable d’un système mondial d’hyper-exploitation, Travail essentiel, travailleurs jetables est aussi le récit des liens de…
ecosociete.org
September 16, 2026 at 10:16 PM
So wonderful to see @mhenaway.bsky.social essential, brilliant book out in French with @ecosociete.bsky.social! This analysis rooted in years of scholarship and organizing could not be more timely and urgent. ecosociete.org/livres/trava... 🥳📚
Yes! The revolutionary urbanism that we all need! Bathrooms + transit access are preconditions to basic sociality
17 new public bathrooms. Across all five boroughs.
Because you can’t wait — and you shouldn’t have to.
Because you can’t wait — and you shouldn’t have to.
September 16, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Yes! The revolutionary urbanism that we all need! Bathrooms + transit access are preconditions to basic sociality
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This weekend we organized a counter-summit to Carney's fire sale of resources & public infrastructure. The rooms were overflowing and alive with movement energy. Then we marched, led by Indigenous leaders, took the barricades for hours and danced. Colonialism, neoliberalism, fascism: NO to it all.
September 16, 2026 at 12:26 PM
This weekend we organized a counter-summit to Carney's fire sale of resources & public infrastructure. The rooms were overflowing and alive with movement energy. Then we marched, led by Indigenous leaders, took the barricades for hours and danced. Colonialism, neoliberalism, fascism: NO to it all.
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wow. with this announcement, all of ed sheeran's openers for this tour have pulled out:
Lukas Graham, another support act on Ed Sheeran’s tour, also now withdrawing from the tour.
September 15, 2026 at 8:17 PM
wow. with this announcement, all of ed sheeran's openers for this tour have pulled out:
« This is a company that has maximized both worker surveillance techniques and the methods by which they can be exploited to quell labor unrest. » jacobin.com/2026/09/amaz...
How Amazon Busts Unions, in Its Own Words
Internal documents disclosed in a British Columbia labor case give us an incredibly detailed look into how exactly Amazon carries out its union-busting operations.
jacobin.com
September 15, 2026 at 12:00 PM
« This is a company that has maximized both worker surveillance techniques and the methods by which they can be exploited to quell labor unrest. » jacobin.com/2026/09/amaz...
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The current scene at the protest against Carney’s financial summit. Heavy police presence and barricade. @nationalobserver.com
September 14, 2026 at 11:48 PM
The current scene at the protest against Carney’s financial summit. Heavy police presence and barricade. @nationalobserver.com
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I was thrilled to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Books Through Bars NYC, an all-volunteer group I co-founded. Since 1996, BTB NYC has sent app 168,000 book packages to people in 38 states (one package has multiple books). Help them keep sending books to imprisoned readers: booksthroughbarsnyc.org
September 14, 2026 at 10:50 PM
I was thrilled to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Books Through Bars NYC, an all-volunteer group I co-founded. Since 1996, BTB NYC has sent app 168,000 book packages to people in 38 states (one package has multiple books). Help them keep sending books to imprisoned readers: booksthroughbarsnyc.org
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Happy to share that our new book is out now #OpenAccess!
Enacting Citizenship and Solidarity explores how grassroots actors across 11 European cities build solidarity and enact citizenship through struggles over migration, housing and care.
doi.org/10.51952/978...
@brisunipress.bsky.social
Enacting Citizenship and Solidarity explores how grassroots actors across 11 European cities build solidarity and enact citizenship through struggles over migration, housing and care.
doi.org/10.51952/978...
@brisunipress.bsky.social
Enacting Citizenship and Solidarity
Enacting Citizenship and Solidarity - Urban Struggles on Migration, Housing and Care in Europe; How are grassroots movements reshaping European cities? This book explores how activists across ten citi...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
September 3, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Happy to share that our new book is out now #OpenAccess!
Enacting Citizenship and Solidarity explores how grassroots actors across 11 European cities build solidarity and enact citizenship through struggles over migration, housing and care.
doi.org/10.51952/978...
@brisunipress.bsky.social
Enacting Citizenship and Solidarity explores how grassroots actors across 11 European cities build solidarity and enact citizenship through struggles over migration, housing and care.
doi.org/10.51952/978...
@brisunipress.bsky.social
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Page proofs are innnnnnnn!! Book coming your way March 9, 2027
September 4, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Page proofs are innnnnnnn!! Book coming your way March 9, 2027
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This 🧵 will have readings that I assign in my Sociology of AI class.
August 26, 2026 at 12:27 AM
This 🧵 will have readings that I assign in my Sociology of AI class.
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On Friday, we are hosting an online event featuring @nesrinemalik.bsky.social and Magdi El-Gizouli.
They will discuss El-Gizouli’s monumental essay in Equator about revolution and counterrevolution in Sudan.
6pm BST / 1pm EST / 7pm CAT – free and open to all!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/revolution...
They will discuss El-Gizouli’s monumental essay in Equator about revolution and counterrevolution in Sudan.
6pm BST / 1pm EST / 7pm CAT – free and open to all!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/revolution...
Revolution and Counterrevolution in Sudan
A conversation between Magdi El-Gizouli and Nesrine Malik
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 31, 2026 at 12:33 PM
On Friday, we are hosting an online event featuring @nesrinemalik.bsky.social and Magdi El-Gizouli.
They will discuss El-Gizouli’s monumental essay in Equator about revolution and counterrevolution in Sudan.
6pm BST / 1pm EST / 7pm CAT – free and open to all!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/revolution...
They will discuss El-Gizouli’s monumental essay in Equator about revolution and counterrevolution in Sudan.
6pm BST / 1pm EST / 7pm CAT – free and open to all!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/revolution...
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jesus christ. i'm sobbing.
Some magic: Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris singing Neil Young on Letterman, 1999
youtu.be/o2XcBL6kWn8?...
youtu.be/o2XcBL6kWn8?...
Harris, Parton, Ronstadt on Late Show, March 24, 1999 (full, stereo)
YouTube video by Don Giller
youtu.be
August 25, 2026 at 10:34 PM
jesus christ. i'm sobbing.
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#BrockU is hosting the annual @cawls-acets.bsky.social conference next year.
Check out the call for proposals here: cawls.ca/en/2027-annu...
#labourstudies #canlab @brocklabour.bsky.social
Check out the call for proposals here: cawls.ca/en/2027-annu...
#labourstudies #canlab @brocklabour.bsky.social
August 23, 2026 at 8:05 PM
#BrockU is hosting the annual @cawls-acets.bsky.social conference next year.
Check out the call for proposals here: cawls.ca/en/2027-annu...
#labourstudies #canlab @brocklabour.bsky.social
Check out the call for proposals here: cawls.ca/en/2027-annu...
#labourstudies #canlab @brocklabour.bsky.social
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June 25, 2026 at 10:22 PM
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we should not underestimate our power to make it a huge pain in the ass to execute on their racist projects.
ICE eyes selling mega-warehouses purchased for mass detention
The agency is also considering selling several planes ICE purchased for deportations under former Secretary Kristi Noem, but no decisions have been made. | NBC News www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
The agency is also considering selling several planes ICE purchased for deportations under former Secretary Kristi Noem, but no decisions have been made. | NBC News www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
ICE eyes selling mega-warehouses purchased for mass detention
The agency is also considering selling several planes ICE purchased for deportations under former Secretary Kristi Noem, but no decisions have been made.
www.nbcnews.com
May 30, 2026 at 4:37 PM
we should not underestimate our power to make it a huge pain in the ass to execute on their racist projects.
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Picture of the today comes from Fran Etzel enjoying her trip in Rankin Inlet. Thanks for sharing and for being a long time supporter of our segment Fran!
April 29, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Picture of the today comes from Fran Etzel enjoying her trip in Rankin Inlet. Thanks for sharing and for being a long time supporter of our segment Fran!
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Corporations have found a creepy new way to rip you off. It's called "surveillance pricing" and it's coming for all of us at the checkout if we don't stop it.
Add your name and help stop retailers from price-gouging us with the help of Big Tech: ndp.ca/surveillance-pricing
Add your name and help stop retailers from price-gouging us with the help of Big Tech: ndp.ca/surveillance-pricing
April 13, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Corporations have found a creepy new way to rip you off. It's called "surveillance pricing" and it's coming for all of us at the checkout if we don't stop it.
Add your name and help stop retailers from price-gouging us with the help of Big Tech: ndp.ca/surveillance-pricing
Add your name and help stop retailers from price-gouging us with the help of Big Tech: ndp.ca/surveillance-pricing
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To paraphrase James Baldwin, the belief in the goodness is the whole problem.
"The shattering of faith in America’s goodness is the hardest part to watch."
A photographer’s view of ICE’s relentless courthouse arrests
The shattering of faith in America's goodness is the hardest part to watch.
www.motherjones.com
April 8, 2026 at 4:07 PM
To paraphrase James Baldwin, the belief in the goodness is the whole problem.
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This is not a joke.
Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction will be an ongoing series!
And we’re open to submissions for the second volume starting today: soniasulaiman.com/thyme-travel...
Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction will be an ongoing series!
And we’re open to submissions for the second volume starting today: soniasulaiman.com/thyme-travel...
April 1, 2026 at 4:03 PM
This is not a joke.
Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction will be an ongoing series!
And we’re open to submissions for the second volume starting today: soniasulaiman.com/thyme-travel...
Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction will be an ongoing series!
And we’re open to submissions for the second volume starting today: soniasulaiman.com/thyme-travel...
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In light of recent media pieces arguing that public funds are wasted when they come to our publishing company, we have decided to write a short article about why we remain committed to putting our political commitments over profit-making.
fernwoodpublishing.ca/news/view/wh...
fernwoodpublishing.ca/news/view/wh...
What does it mean to prioritize politics over profit?
Fernwood has been profiled in a few media pieces that attempt to discredit the public funding of arts and culture. These folks think it’s a waste for public money to be spent on a publisher that is po...
fernwoodpublishing.ca
April 1, 2026 at 12:10 AM
In light of recent media pieces arguing that public funds are wasted when they come to our publishing company, we have decided to write a short article about why we remain committed to putting our political commitments over profit-making.
fernwoodpublishing.ca/news/view/wh...
fernwoodpublishing.ca/news/view/wh...
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I talked to the brilliant Kathi Weeks about her new book, Abolition Archives, Feminist Futures, about Angela Davis, Shulamith Firestone, and Donna Haraway, and about abolishing work, the prison, and the family
New online: @sarahljaffe.bsky.social interviews Kathi Weeks about her new book.
dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
Abolitionist Feminism - Dissent Magazine
An interview with Kathi Weeks.
dissentmagazine.org
April 1, 2026 at 9:08 AM
I talked to the brilliant Kathi Weeks about her new book, Abolition Archives, Feminist Futures, about Angela Davis, Shulamith Firestone, and Donna Haraway, and about abolishing work, the prison, and the family
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Reminder that here in Canada, Carney is making substantial cuts to Fisheries and Oceans (-70%), Environment and Climate Change (-45%), Agriculture and Agri-Food (-10%), and Natural Resources (-5%), and closing multiple research stations.
Well, this is simply infuriating. Someone's got to fight this in court. BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service open.substack.com/pub/morethan...
BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service
The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed.
open.substack.com
April 2, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Reminder that here in Canada, Carney is making substantial cuts to Fisheries and Oceans (-70%), Environment and Climate Change (-45%), Agriculture and Agri-Food (-10%), and Natural Resources (-5%), and closing multiple research stations.