Adam Tooze described Jason Stanley's move to Canada as the worst possible decision politically and ethically.
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Robinson's PodcastSep 23, 2026
Stanley's own substack reply quotes Tooze calling the move "absolutely the wrong decision in every respect: it's wrong politically, it's wrong ethically," which closely matches the claim's core characterization. The source is Stanley's rebuttal rather than the original Guardian profile, and the wording "worst possible" is a paraphrase, so confidence is moderate.
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… the, when an epistemol, when Keith DeRose was not teaching epistemology that year, to teach a seminar in epistemology, you know, like, and, and all the public intellectual stuff I had to do outside the department. So, so that it was also a change for that. But, you know, Adam Tews described the move to Canada as, like, the worst possible decision politically and ethically. You know, my, I'm told that my former colleague, who I admire greatly, Greg Grandin, flames at me on social media, though I don't read social media, so I no idea if that's true. …
Robinson's Podcast · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Stanley's 2026 reply to Tooze quotes Tooze describing the move as "absolutely the wrong decision in every respect: it's wrong politically, it's wrong ethically."[1]
Context. The primary Guardian profile where Tooze reportedly made the remark is not among the sources, and the only quoting source is written by Stanley himself, the subject of the criticism.[1]
Context. Other sources confirm Stanley moved from Yale to the University of Toronto in 2025 but do not address Tooze's remarks.[2][3][4]
Sources
4 sources: 4 not rated
- 1Moving to Toronto vs. Remaining a Professor at Columbiajasonstanleyantifascist.substack.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 2U.S. university researchers, academics moving to Canadabnnbloomberg.ca · not rated · cited for: context
- 3Jason Stanley - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 4'A scary place': Jason Stanley on leaving Trump's Americaamp.dw.com · not rated · cited for: context
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