Jakeet Singh

political theorist thinking about social justice, sikhi, and decolonization, but probably tweeting about the raptors

[Jakeet Singh @jakeetsingh]

Kyle Lowry really needs to keep his word now and sign back before he retires 😂

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

BREAKING: The Los Angeles Clippers are nearing deal sending Kawhi Leonard to the Toronto Raptors for Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick, 2 first-round picks, 1 pick swap and 2 second-rounders, sources tell ESPN. A return to Canada for the Raptors champion and two-time Finals MVP.

[Scott Robertson @sarobertson_]

Avi Lewis: "We have shoved Canada Post so far into the market mindset that every few months we have a national conversation about why isn't Canada Post making money. Does the ambulance service make money? Do the police services make money? We're talking about a fundamental public service."

[Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @CJPME]

New report from @FacultyJewish (including @avilewis) demonstrates how major pro-Israel lobby group CIJA has persistently promoted anti-Palestinian racism, genocide denial, and unrestrained violence against Palestinians. https://t.co/llewuZI0me

[Rabbi David Mivasair @RabbiMivasair]

.@CIJAinfo is the worse of the worst in 🇨🇦, shamefully promoting 🇮🇱 mass murder of Palestinians and suppression of civil liberties at home.
Today, six Canadian Jewish scholars released a 48-page report on CIJA's influence on our elected officials and public institutions of all kinds.
https://t.co/fRmMdXthZS
@IndJewishVoices @FacultyJewish @sabreenaGS @DavideMastracci @avilewis

[Heidi Matthews @Heidi__Matthews]

The thing is, if it’s aggression when your enemy does it and self-defence when your ally does it, then there are neither any “rules” nor an “international order”.

[Tom Parkin @TomPark1n]

Trump could’ve written this. I didn’t have high expectations for Carney, but he’s turning out to be absolute fascist handmaiden

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

What an Orwellian world we live in. Israel launches a clearly illegal and unprovoked attack on Iran, in violation of the U.N. charter, and with no imminent Iran attack in sight, or any Iranian nukes developed, and its western allies come out to say they reaffirm *Israel’s* right to defend itself, not Iran’s. The aggressor’s, not the victim of the illegal attack.
This, I guess, is the west’s ’rules-based international order.’

[Rob @robrousseau]

You'll notice there was no violent police repression at our "we support everything the government is doing" rally

[Jakeet Singh @jakeetsingh]

Sort of like a King doing a land acknowledgment about being on unceded land at the beginning of a speech about how said land will be ruled.

[Jakeet Singh @jakeetsingh]

At the very same meeting Toronto City Council passed a bylaw designed to curtail protest against an ongoing genocide, they unanimously approved a motion to create a monument to the Tamil Genocide. What a perfect encapsulation of the emptiness and depravity of liberal politics.

[Priyamvada Gopal © @PriyamvadaGopal]

Be absolutely and utterly clear in your minds now. The failure to speak up and act during the 1930s had nothing to do with 'We did not know.' You see now that everybody KNOWS exactly what is going on--& most still do precisely nothing, no, not even open their mouths to exclaim.

[Helyeh Doutaghi | حليا دوطاقي @Helyeh_Doutaghi]

Gaza is the graveyard of international law

[Nathan J Robinson @NathanJRobinson]

What still mystifies me is how people who know full well the horrors of the Nazi holocaust can literally say the exact things that Nazis said and not notice what they are doing

[Noura Erakat @4noura]

Exactly this. It’s not just the abject racism and denigration of Palestinian life, it’s the demand for care and for the perpetrators and supporters of genocide so they feel safe and supported. What a travesty.

[The Breach @TheBreachMedia]

As pro-Palestinian organizers face arrests and deportations in the U.S., some Canadian lawyers are taking notes.

Shiri Pasternak, Jillian Rogin & Joshua Sealy-Harrington write about the new push for 'lawfare' to stifle criticism of Israel in Canada. https://t.co/zGFaaomuDW

[Jeet Heer @HeerJeet]

This is key. If the Khalil precedent is accepted, green card holders or visa holder could be deported for criticizing any American foreign policy decision: the alliances with Saudi Arabia UAE, the embargo on Cuba, or even Trump's move for rapprochement with Russia.

[Jakeet Singh @jakeetsingh]

This is unbelievably embarrassing for a sitting PM.

[Mr Bench @therealmrbench]

Mark Carney struggles to answer a question regarding Quebec ban on regions symbols.

Press conference immediately over after his answer.

[Krystal Ball @krystalball]

Watching this is beyond chilling. Plain clothes officers, no warrant, no names, no alleged crimes. Just snatched from a residence hall while his wife looks on helplessly. All for the crime of criticizing a foreign govt bombing babies.

[Maura Finkelstein @Dr_mauraf]

“If Khalil’s green card is revoked & he is deported, no one can have any confidence in legal & constitutional protections as a line of defense against arbitrary state violence and punishment. Khalil’s arrest marks an extraordinary fascist escalation.”
https://t.co/he4tj4BxgI