Swift Repression

Canadian Student Movements

On episode 6 Dr. Roberta Lexier speaks with Mount Royal University professor, Muhannad Ayyash, author of Lordship and Liberation in Palestine-Israel: The Promise of Decolonial Sovereignties [https://cup.columbia.edu/book/lordship-and-liberation-in-palestine-israel/9780231220811/], about the importance of the Palestinian Exception to on-campus repression and to the Canada in Decline [https://www.dundurn.com/books_/t22117/a9781459753105-the-social-safety-net] series author, Nora Loreto, about neoliberalism and its effects.  Show Notes: * Roberta Lexier, Student Power: Canadian Student Movements From the Sixties to Today - https://link.springer.com/book/9783032109620 [https://link.springer.com/book/9783032109620] * Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/robertalexier.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/robertalexier.bsky.social]  * Muhannad Ayyash, Lordship and Liberation in Palestine-Israel: The Promise of Decolonial Sovereignties - https://cup.columbia.edu/book/lordship-and-liberation-in-palestine-israel/9780231220804/ [https://cup.columbia.edu/book/lordship-and-liberation-in-palestine-israel/9780231220804/]  Nora Loreto, Canada in Decline series - https://noraloreto.ca/writing/books/ [https://noraloreto.ca/writing/books/]

Swift Repression

On episode 5 Dr. Roberta Lexier examines the repression of pro-Palestinian encampments at University of Calgary and University of Alberta in a conversation with independent, Edmonton-based journalist, Jeremy Appel, and at McGill University with local activist and journalist, Jack Solar.  Show Notes: * Roberta Lexier, Student Power: Canadian Student Movements From the Sixties to Today - https://link.springer.com/book/9783032109620 [https://link.springer.com/book/9783032109620] * Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/robertalexier.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/robertalexier.bsky.social]  * Palestinian Youth Movement - https://www.palestinianyouthmovement.com/ [https://www.palestinianyouthmovement.com/]  * Palestine Solidarity Movement - https://www.instagram.com/palsolidaritycad/?hl=en [https://www.instagram.com/palsolidaritycad/?hl=en]  * CJPME - https://www.cjpme.org/ [https://www.cjpme.org/]  Watermelon Foundation for Justice - https://watermelon-foundation.com/ [https://watermelon-foundation.com/]

The Neoliberal University

On episode 4 Dr. Roberta Lexier unpacks the 2012 Maple Spring with Concordia faculty member and participant Dr. Anna Kruzynski and discusses fossil fuel divestment movements with McMaster alumna Adeola Egbeyemi. Show Notes: * Roberta Lexier, Student Power: Canadian Student Movements From the Sixties to Today - https://link.springer.com/book/9783032109620 [https://link.springer.com/book/9783032109620] * Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/robertalexier.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/robertalexier.bsky.social]  * 350.org [http://350.org]

The End of History

On episode 3 Dr. Roberta Lexier talks to anti-apartheid activist, Zainab Amadahy, about her experiences at the University of Toronto in the 1980s and former Canadian Federation of Students leader (and later politician), Joel Harden, about efforts to resist tuition fee hikes in the late-1990s. Show Notes: * Roberta Lexier, Student Power: Canadian Student Movements From the Sixties to Today - https://link.springer.com/book/9783032109620 [https://link.springer.com/book/9783032109620] Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/robertalexier.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/robertalexier.bsky.social]

The “Radical” Sixties

On episode 2 Dr. Roberta Lexier explores the history of Vietnam War protests in Canada with Dr. Jessica Squires, author of Building Sanctuary: The Movement to Support Vietnam War Resisters in Canada, and the May 1970 Abortion Caravan with participant (later union leader and politician), Judy Darcy.  Show Notes: * Roberta Lexier, Student Power: Canadian Student Movements From the Sixties to Today - https://link.springer.com/book/9783032109620 [https://link.springer.com/book/9783032109620] * Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/robertalexier.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/robertalexier.bsky.social]  * Jessica Squires, Building Sanctuary: The Movement to Support Vietnam War Resisters in Canada, 1965-73 - https://www.ubcpress.ca/building-sanctuary [https://www.ubcpress.ca/building-sanctuary]  * Judy Darcy, Leading From The Heart: The Battles of a Feminist, Union Leader and Politician - https://douglas-mcintyre.com/products/9781771624534?srsltid=AfmBOopBhs0E8ufoEp7_5AW73vC-2YVbz7vQWYp1qb7WA6qEZUMTWzQC [https://douglas-mcintyre.com/products/9781771624534?srsltid=AfmBOopBhs0E8ufoEp7_5AW73vC-2YVbz7vQWYp1qb7WA6qEZUMTWzQC]  * Migrant Rights Network - https://migrantrights.ca/ [https://migrantrights.ca/]  * Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada - https://www.arcc-cdac.ca/ [https://www.arcc-cdac.ca/] * Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights - https://www.actioncanadashr.org/ [https://www.actioncanadashr.org/]