I spoke with Heidi Petracek on CTV Morning Live about the results of the 2019 Canadian Federal Election. We talked about surprises (or lack thereof) and what to make of the campaign cycle and the […]
Author: Alex Khasnabish
Researcher, writer, teacher
“Poll shows Canadians feeling pessimistic about Federal government”
My interview with Bruce Frisko on CTV News Atlantic about the Nanos poll showing Canadians’ rising pessimism and anger in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election. We talk about why and who’s weaponizing those […]
Policing the Radical Imagination
My editorial in the Halifax Examiner about the deplatforming of the Radical Imagination Film and Discussion Series at the Halifax Central Branch Library.
A Police Escort for the Radical Imagination?
A short piece I wrote re-published in the Nova Scotia Advocate about platforming police, deplatforming radical social justice programming, and public spaces.
Ecologies of the Radical Imagination
My new article “Ecologies of the Radical Imagination” has just been published online in Information, Communication & Society. See it here, the first 50 copies are free to read!
Do Red and Green Mix?
What’s the relationship between socialism and environmentalism in the struggle for a post-capitalist, ecologically sustainable future? Check out Michael Löwy’s original essay, the roundtable it stimulated, and my response here. Great conversations facilitated by the […]
RadioActive: Finding Hope and the Radical Imagination in Dark Times
Max Haiven and I spoke with Natalie Kivell on RadioActive (WVUM) about the radical imagination, social movements, and finding hope in dark times. Check out the audio recording of our full length interview.
Race in a Glass Nation: Fragility and Dissent in the University and Beyond
I was honoured to be invited to be a panelist at this event held at the University of King’s College on November 17, 2017. In a moment of rising fascism, aggrieved masculinity, and rabid white […]
Why Don’t the Poor Rise Up?
Video in three parts from Why Don’t the Poor Rise Up?: Panel Discussion and Launch Event at Mount Saint Vincent University on October 11, 2017 featuring Michael Truscello, Catherine Martin, Jackie Barkley, Lynn Jones, El […]
