8. The Nitty Gritty: Capitalism & Fascism

Truckers who participated in a cross-country convoy culminating in protest at Parliament Hill this weekend have been duped into believing the convoy was

Anti-democratic forces like the trucker convoy are subverting the idea of freedom in service of right-wing extremism.

Conservatives in the U.S. have fallen in love with the fringe protests led by Canadian truckers. It is a cause that unites the libertarian and extremist wings of the GOP and offers a new front in the culture wars

Workers in Canada’s trucking industry have suffered during the pandemic. The “Freedom Convoy,” a right-wing, pro-business social movement, purports itself to be the people’s champion of liberty — yet it couldn't care less about the hardships and burdens of its fellow workers.

You are not guaranteed the freedom to spread a deadly virus.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act to deal with the fascist “trucker” convoy has been met with a mix of support, criticism, and confusion. While Trudeau and his government claim that this is necessary to respond to the situation, many of us on the left remain skeptical, having witnessed first-hand the power of police protest control in the absence of the Emergencies Act. So why did the federal government take such a drastic step? First, the border blockades at Coutts in Alberta and the Ambassador Bridge in Ontario were effective enough that they began to hurt sections of big capital. Officials in Michigan used the opportunity to champion Buy-American initiatives. In Windsor, a coalition of auto companies was able to obtain an injunction against the blockade.

Andrew Lawton talks about his book on the occupation of Ottawa, what the media got wrong, and how to reach people beholden to conspiracy theories.

However strongly we leftists may disagree with the objectives, values or opinions of participants in the “freedom convoy,” if we support the government’s use of emergency powers in these circumstances, then it is only a matter of time before the government turns those extraordinary powers against us. According to lawyer, author and activist Dimitri Lascaris, that is the last thing we need.

'We're saying that this is a far-right convoy because — from day one — the organizers themselves are part of the far-right movement,' said Evan Balgord, Canadian Anti-Hate Network.

“Let’s assume there were people who do have a Confederate flag ... I don’t care … I want to hear unacceptable opinions”

One year later, a conclusion to the Freedom Convoy. Plus: A pro-convoy documentary makes its case

The Ottawa convoy is not peaceful: megalist I recommend reading this (if you are not in Ottawa) with this drone footage on full volume, to get the full, horrible, experience. This list contains exclusively incidents in Ottawa, and does not account for actions in other Canadian cities or at the b...

The Official Opposition leader is facing questions after stopping to cheer on an anti-carbon tax convoy camp near the border between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, where he accused the prime minister of lying about everything.

CTVNews.ca spoke with more than half a dozen Ottawa residents who live at the centre of where the trucker protests took place, and they shared very similar experiences on the lingering mental-health effects from the Freedom Convoy’s occupation of their streets and neighbourhood.

“Accelerate, accelerate, there’s no way out,” says Diagolon’s de facto leader Jeremy MacKenzie. “This is going to come to total shit, so let’s just get it over with.”

Under the moniker “The Ferryman’s Toll,” Alex Vriend has travelled across Canada trying to unite a growing number of “Diagolon” supporters – a conspiracy-based network of preppers waiting for violent revolution.

The Canadian Anti-Hate Network tweeted on Monday that gear seized by police at Coutts includes a plate carrier with Diagolon patches.

On March 23, Israeli forces killed a group of Palestinian rescue workers in Rafah, Gaza. Here are their stories.

Richard Wolff is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a visiting professor at The New School, where he works on eco...

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The Trump administration’s campaign to remove millions of people from the United States could soon be supercharged by Congress.

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