8. The Nitty Gritty: Capitalism & Fascism

Some media companies have been denied status by Ottawa as a so-called Qualified Canadian Journalism Organization, eligible to claim payroll tax credits from Ottawa’s $595 million news media bailout. They will also thus likely be unable to receive payments from Google’s promised $100 million annual contribution to Canadian media under the Online News Act.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has historic ties to Rebel News owner Ezra Levant, the right-wing media personality at the epicentre of a controversy that has engulfed Canada's Leaders' Debates Commission.

The text in the thumbnail is said by Peterson in this video. Seriously.Jordan B. Peterson appealed the Ontario court's ruling regarding his order to take soc...

When white people find Black protesters scary, and white vigilantes heroic, where does that leave the legal concept of ‘reasonable belief’?

As of the middle of August, more than two dozen states have introduced — and 11 states have enacted — bills or rules to restrict the teaching of history and contemporary social realities. Right-wing activists have mounted similar attacks at school board meetings throughout the country. This stunning barrage of legislation and policies aims to ban teaching critical race theory (CRT), and supposedly “divisive topics” in the curriculum. But the real target is the truth. The anti-CRT campaign echoes the Big Lie that Trump won the election. It is the curricular counterpart to the wave of voter suppression laws promoted by the same far-right political forces that have tried to rewrite the history of the 2020 election and cover up the attempted coup on Jan. 6.

Above photo: Barbara J. Miner. As of the middle of August, more than two dozen states have introduced — and 11 states have enacted — bills or rules to restrict the teaching of history and contemporary social realities.

Panicky teachers in Florida are emptying their bookshelves, afraid of a five-year jail term for having an unapproved book in the classroom.

Colorado Republican Representative Lauren Boebert was criticized after she claimed "leftists" opposed to billionaire Elon Musk's recent move to buy Twitter only want "censorship.

The American Library Association, which monitors ‘challenges’ to books, says social media have amplified protests to the highest number for decades

Narratives about race, gender and inequality are being banned around the US – but sales are rising as the frenzy appears to cause the opposite effect

Republican lawmakers, Fox News opinon personalities, and President Donald Trump supporters are helping to baselessly lay the blame for the Wednesday storming of the US Capitol on "antifa." Trump supporters entered the building on Wednesday after being stirred up by the president.

The right-wing battle against 'wokeness' was always pretty stupid, but it seemed to at least mean something. What I used to think it was, was a pushback agai...

A former Palantir employee is sounding the alarm. The tech company, founded by Peter Thiel, claims they can revolutionize government systems with their AI-po...

Pope Francis has passed at the age of 88, and shortly after he met U.S. Vice President JD Vance. In this video I discuss what Pope Francis advocated for, the...

Ontario premier and PC Party leader Doug Ford has broken his silence on the Canadian election, backing criticisms made by his of campaign manager Kory Teneyc...

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Alec Karakatsanis, a civil rights lawyer and founder of Civil Rights Corps, joins the show to discuss his groundbreaking new book Copaganda: How Police and t...

What happens when Israel’s top spokesperson faces off against a journalist who doesn't tolerate spin? In this brutal interview, Mehdi Hasan confronts Mark Re...

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A deeply flawed argu­ment has slipped into the national elec­tion con­ver­sa­tion. It goes like this: there isn't much policy dif­fer­ence between front­run­ners Mark Car­ney and Pierre Poil­ievre, so it really comes down to who can best handle Don­ald...

The policy differences between Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre are huge. Nurtured in right-wing extremism, the Conservative leader is ready to dismantle Canada.

Over the past five years, exercise of the fundamental freedom of speech in Canada has been curbed and discouraged by a federal government increasingly intolerant of even the mildest criticism or dissent. Particularly affected have been organizations dependent on government funding which advocate for human rights and women’s equality. Their voices have been stifled, some completely silenced, by cuts to their budgets. Also financially throttled have been individuals and groups that speak out for reproductive rights, humanitarian immigration policies, and for changes in Canada’s foreign policy in the Middle East.

With the resignation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canadian politics is headed for a shake-up, with observers anticipating a federal election shortly after the Liberals choose their new leader in March. In the polls, Liberal support is at a low ebb with essentially all of that going to the federal Conservatives led by Pierre Poilievre.

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