I had the great privilege of being invited on to From Embers, a show about anarchist and anti-authoritarian politics in so-called Canada, to discuss the pandemic, ruling class responses to it, the opportunism of the […]
Author: Alex Khasnabish
Researcher, writer, teacher
election extremism
I was invited on to CBC Maritime Noon with Bob Murphy to talk about the 2021 Canadian federal election and the surge in violence, harassment, and right wing extremism. Check out the show here.
Why the world needs anthropologists
In advance of the Why the World Needs Anthropologists Conference (September 10-12, 2021), I was invited on to the Human Show Podcast to talk about my genesis as a researcher, social research, and social movements. […]
CFP: Beyond the Echo Chamber – The Tactical Use of Social Media in Social Movements (new deadline!)
Call for Papers South Atlantic Quarterly 122 (4) “Beyond the Echo Chamber – The Tactical Use of Social Media in Social Movements” Editors: Alex Khasnabish, PhD, Associate Professor, Sociology & Anthropology, Mount Saint Vincent University, […]
Federal leaders asked to reconsider fighting racism with expanded anti-terror network
I spoke with Scott Costen of The Sidebar about the open letter sent to the leaders of the five major Canadian federal political parties opposing the expansion of the “war on terror” to include white […]
Don’t mourn, accelerate!
I was invited to participate in a panel hosted by Dalhousie University about “Trump, Trumpism, and the Struggle for the Future” alongside Senator Gerald Neal (Member of the Kentucky State Senate and an attorney), Dr. […]
New optimism in canada-us relations
Alongside Dr. Donald Ableson I was interviewed by Heidi Petracek for the “Politics” segment of CTV News Atlantic at Six. I talked about the future of the far right, administration change, and how to build […]
How concerned are you about right wing extremism?
Alongside Dr. David Hoffman I was invited on to CBC Maritime Noon with Bob Murphy to talk about right wing extremism, specifically in Atlantic Canada. Check out the show here.
Safe space for white questions
In February 2020, Dr. Ajay Parasram and I began an experiment we called “Safe Space for White Questions,” recurring drop-in sessions we host aimed at white-identified people to ask difficult questions about racism, white supremacy, […]
