Disrupting Trade and Commerce Can Be Good, But It Requires a Purpose — On Friday, February 18, Ottawa Police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police took action to clear many dozens of trucks and hundreds of protesters from the streets of downtown Ottawa, Ontario. …

Or, How Capitalist Consumerism Remade a Holiday in its own Image — Merry Christmas, everyone! (Or Happy Holidays or lack thereof; whatever you do.) You might be thinking I’m late in saying this. Shouldn’t I know that Christmas was last Saturday? But you would be mistaken (in this fictional argument that I am now creating), because December 25th is in fact the…

A Few Random Tips for Workers and Comrades — Thanksgiving is upon the United States. Along with all of the turkey, pumpkin pie, football, awkward family interactions and other social rituals that come with celebrating the wholesale theft of Indigenous lands, Thanksgiving in America also brings the most awful day of the year in the service industry: Black Friday. …

Or, Why the Class Struggle Includes All Liberation Struggles — Identity politics is a topic that is sure to irritate people of all stripes. Yes, that includes lefties such as Marxists and other socialists. If you’re more politically liberal, this might surprise you. Isn’t identity politics the domain of the left? Not exactly. Socialists have traditionally organized their politics around…

And Nothing Changed — On September 20, Canada held its 44th federal election. Canadians came out across the country and made their voices heard. They chose… pretty much the same thing as the previous election. No, seriously, the party with the biggest change in representation gained four seats. Still, we should commend the thousands…

Non-Clickbait Title: Some Thoughts on Why an AI Economy Has Many Potential Problems and Won’t Automatically Create Communism — Grimes thinks that building a superintelligent AI can get us to communism. Socialists and communists have been saying that an AI will only be helpful for planning an economy if we actively dismantle capitalism and built toward the type of society we want. But some communists are so enamored with…

Or, Why Do So Many People Use the Wrong Medications for their Illnesses? — Ivermectin is flying off pharmacy shelves in America. Some sellers are limiting sales, and some patients are desperately appealing to their doctors for a prescription. You might think that there has been a sudden outbreak of head lice, scabies or river blindness, but it turns out that nothing has happened…

This fringe movement may be ridiculous, but it might also see the problems with government we overlook — “I am the Living Man,” says Ernie Tertelgte, “The name that Mr. Riley refers to, ma’am, is held by the state in all capital letters, and is identified by the state on the state’s driver’s license, ma’am. I am not the all-capital fiction. I am the living man, whose mark…

Current Affairs, Nathan J. Robinson and the Perils of Material Interests Under Capitalism — On Wednesday, August 18, an enormous controversy broke out on left-wing Twitter. To be more specific, Lyta Gold, the Managing and Amusements Editor for Current Affairs, published a statement that she and most of her coworkers had been dismissed from their positions at the magazine. This was because she and…