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Bigots Really Want Mr. Rogers to be Transphobic

…But they’re wrong

Jun 18, 2023

Bigots Really Want Mr. Rogers to be Transphobic

Jun 18, 2023

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The Year of Soylent Green

How the Iconic Sci-Fi Movie Failed to Predict 2022… and How it Succeeded

Jan 1, 2023

THE YEAR: 2022. THE PLACE: NEW YORK CITY. THE POPULATION: 40,000,000

Jan 1, 2023

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Why Do White Liberals Bother With Land Acknowledgements?

After hearing so many white liberals awkwardly reciting statements they clearly found on Google, oh boy, I wish they’d give it a rest.

Jul 21, 2022

A press conference held at the headquarters of Alberta’s RCMP. Grand Chief Okimaw Vernon Watchmaker stands in front of a blue backdrop at a lectern, unveiling a plaque acknowledging that the police headquarters is on Treaty 6 land. Other participants and reporters stand some distance to the right. Implements for a smudging ceremony are in the left foreground.

Jul 21, 2022

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Why the “Freedom Convoy” Did Not Serve the Working Class

Disrupting Trade and Commerce Can Be Good, But It Requires a Purpose

Mar 4, 2022

A photo taken on the road from within the Freedom Convoy. A white 18-wheeler truck is shown very close, taking up the left side of the image, with a Canadian flag draped over its front grill. Behind it, a long line of other trucks snakes around a bend in the road and into the background. The trucks are on a rural stretch of highway surrounded by trees. Snow is starting to fall.

Mar 4, 2022

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It’s Still Christmastime!

Or, How Capitalist Consumerism Remade a Holiday in its own Image

Jan 1, 2022

A frame from the cartoon “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” Charlie Brown, holding his thin, delicate little Christmas tree, looks with bemusement at Snoopy’s doghouse, which is decorated with gaudy lights and ornaments. Someone has placed a 1st Prize ribbon on the doghouse for a Christmas decoration contest.

Jan 1, 2022

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How to Survive Black Friday

A Few Random Tips for Workers and Comrades

Nov 25, 2021

A crowd of shoppers pushes fiercely against one another at a store checkout. Practically the entire image up to the background is filled with people pressing and struggling against each other. Many are holding various pieces of merchandise, and several are grimacing in the press.

Nov 25, 2021

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Identity Politics will not Divide the Left… Unless We Let It

Or, Why the Class Struggle Includes All Liberation Struggles

Oct 22, 2021

A cartoon infographic where a white figure stands in the middle of a crossroads with four directions. The figure has a red hammer and sickle symbol on their chest. There are three large signs next to three of the directions. One is labelled with the LGBTQ rainbow flag, another has a white transgender symbol against a pink background, and another has “BLM” written on a black background. The figure frowns and holds an orange sign with a question mark.

Oct 22, 2021

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Canada Had an Election, I Guess

And Nothing Changed

Oct 5, 2021

Justin Trudeau shrugging at a press conference. He is standing in front of the members of his cabinet from 2015.

Oct 5, 2021

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I HATE BIG COMPUTER! I HATE BIG COMPUTER!

Non-Clickbait Title: Some Thoughts on Why an AI Economy Has Many Potential Problems and Won’t Automatically Create Communism

Sep 21, 2021

I HATE BIG COMPUTER! I HATE BIG COMPUTER!

Sep 21, 2021

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Pooping Your Pants to Stop COVID-19

Or, Why Do So Many People Use the Wrong Medications for their Illnesses?

Sep 12, 2021

A hand holding a bottle of Ivermectin capsules.

Sep 12, 2021

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A wandering bear who sometimes writes about social, political and cultural stuff. An injury to one is an injury to all; workers of the world unite.

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