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Policing “Hate”, the Rhythms of Repression and the threat to Civil Liberties (Myron Rusk Lecture offered by Lesley Wood)
The Jean Teron Green Room at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers or online
The policing of the Palestine solidarity movement in Toronto since October 8 2023 reveals how a narrative of “challenging hate” can be used to legitimize a dangerous crackdown on civil liberties. As an engaged scholar, I will argue that to understand how this has happened, one must take history and temporality seriously; with its narratives, institutional dynamics and emotional dimensions.
Lesley Wood is a Professor of Sociology at York University who studies social movements and protest policing. In November 2023, she was arrested as one of the” Indigo 11″ and accused of putting paint and posters on an Indigo bookstore. The posters condemned Indigo’s CEO for her funding of the HESEG Foundation, which provides scholarships to ‘lone soldiers’, non-Israelis who volunteer to serve in Israel’s Defence Forces. Her charges have now been withdrawn.
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