James Adair

Great Lakes Socialist. Bylines in @BroadviewMag @jacobin @CDN_Dimension @TheBreachMedia and more

[James Adair @Jamesgadair]

It’s been my dream to write for Jacobin since I was a teenager.

I finally had that chance, arguing that Canadian leftists obsession with Mamdani falls flat if we aren’t willing to put in the work to build the institutions that let him succeed

Please give it a read

[Jacobin @jacobin]

Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York has inspired the Left far beyond the city. But in Canada, as elsewhere, trying to replicate his style without rebuilding the institutions and political cadre that made it possible is a dead end. https://t.co/HzRTejY6kD

[James Adair @Jamesgadair]

@GregCowanST Thank you Greg

[Greg Cowan @GregCowanST]

An interesting, personal and well-thought-out column on private equity taking an interest (and buying) the Owen Sound Attack, the Ontario Hockey League's smallest-market team.

[James Adair @Jamesgadair]

@markramzyy This is insane, Carney needs to tear gas them immediately

[James Adair @Jamesgadair]

There has been a pit in my stomach for months now. My hometown hockey team, the OHLs Owen Sound Attack, was purchased by a private equity firm, and we all know how that story goes.

I wrote about sports, community, and private equity for @CDN_Dimension

https://t.co/DR1b9GFYID

[Julio @JulioHashem]

Remember when the Sens had generationally bad goaltending for half a season, survived 10,000 injuries to their D, had a passenger with both feet out the door as a "captain", and turned it around behind one of the best defensive teams in hockey to make the playoffs?

I remember.

[James Adair @Jamesgadair]

I didn’t realize @NaomiAKlein had this kinda pull

[Judy Trinh @judyatrinh]

Group of seniors protesting against Mark Carney’s easing of environmental protections being arrested on Parliament Hill

[James Adair @Jamesgadair]

@1800ghostman The Breach Show and In Bed With the Elephant are good

[Kevin A. Bryan @Afinetheorem]

On AI capabilities: the French press is all over the Haitian-Canadian novel C’était ça ou mourir. It's winning basically every award you can win, and was tipped to be the 2nd Canadian winner of the Prix Goncourt. Only one problem: 1/2

[Dan Seljak @anotherglassbox]

Mad libs headline designed in a lab to piss off as many people as possible holy smokes

[Mayor Olivia Chow 🇨🇦 @MayorOliviaChow]

My day in New York continues with a mayors roundtable, and bilateral meetings with @NYCMayor and @jaumecollboni. Meetings with more mayors to follow this afternoon.

We’re exchanging ideas for improving service delivery and affordability for residents.

[spencer 🦈 @Unpop_Science]

Yesterday, Western Australia ordered the revenge killing of a white shark implicated in a fatal bite, without providing any information to identify the specific animal.

[that one wasian whose lowkey snatched @osamabishounen]

if i was a leftist insurgency im sure i could raise a little extra cash in the drug trade without gradually turning into an apolitical crime syndicate. i wouldnt let the money change me like that

[Avi Lewis @avilewis]

Earlier this week, Prime Minister Carney announced his plans to privatize Canada’s largest airports.

So, I went to YVR to ask Canadians what they think (spoiler: they don’t share his enthusiasm).

[James Adair @Jamesgadair]

@AndrewWilimek How did he look

[James Adair @Jamesgadair]

Not really what you want to hear

“At this stage, it is too late for Leiper to up his game on the digital front… Leiper’s digital doesn’t have the scale that is necessary for it to make a meaningful impact on his final vote count.”

https://t.co/ylgikpP1QJ

[Althia Raj @althiaraj]

My latest: Mark Carney's flight plan means turbulence for Canadian air travellers https://t.co/qwpv0iqck9 via @torontostar

[Jean-Luc Mélenchon @JLMelenchon]

Le discours du Premier ministre canadien devant le Parlement européen est un événement dans le contexte de l'émergence d'un nouvel ordre international insoumis aux États-Unis. Un troisième ensemble est le point de départ possible d'un non-alignement efficace et influent.

Le Canada, dont nos cousins québécois, nous tend la main. Il faut s'en saisir. Je me réjouis de cette situation, car c'est le message que j'avais demandé à l'ambassadrice du Canada de faire connaître à son gouvernement et au délégué général du Québec quand je les ai rencontrés la semaine passée.

Je leur exprimais alors un soutien français face aux menaces de Trump, notamment contre le Québec. Je fais donc de cet objectif un point de mon programme d'action international pour 2027.

[vir🪼 @reveyelyah]

no hayley not the anti nuclear pin💔

[James Adair @Jamesgadair]

This is probably a good thing, but it’s interesting to see SNL embrace the reel comedian era when it largely skipped over YouTube skit comedy or halfassed it

[Saturday Night Network @thesnlnetwork]

Welcome to the #SNL cast Grace Reiter!