8. The Nitty Gritty: Capitalism & Fascism

The right is seeking to steal elections and deputizing vigilantes to constrain our rights. U.S. democracy is in peril.

America’s Rejected the Far Right Democratically — So Now It’s Trying to Take Society by Force

It's becoming increasingly obvious: Christian nationalists sound uncannily like the Ku Klux Klan.

Maxime Bernier has lost his defamation fight against a controversial columnist who repeatedly portrayed the People's Party of Canada leader as racist, misogynist and anti-Semitic during the run-up to the 2019 federal election.

Philosophy professor Jason Stanley is leaving the US for Canada, “the Ukraine of North America,” because he believes Trump’s America is “pretty far along” in the grips of fascism.

As Donald Trump settles back into the White House, there is every reason to believe this American president, with his disturbing strongman impulses, will be far more uninhibited over the next four yea

If You Think America’s Future Looks Bleaker Than Ever, You’re Right. Here’s Why.

If you're going to call someone a fascist, it helps to know a little about fascism. For example, all who seek to take over the state or curtail their adversaries' freedom of speech may not rightly be called "fascists", writes Matthew Sharpe.

Lady Liberty’s torch is dimming. Republicans insist that she is fatigued and her fire has been quenched by the caravan of migrants exploiting her generosity. They may seek to close the United States to asylum seekers but conservative politicians are opening up our borders to a century-old European ideology ready to invade our democratic union: fascism.

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An extended conversation with professor and author Timothy Snyder about his decision to leave Yale University to teach in Canada, telling CBC’s Eli Glasner w...

What does it mean when one of the richest men on Earth gets unprecedented access to government data—and then quietly walks away?In this video, I break down E...

The Costs of War Project is a team of 35 scholars, legal experts, human rights practitioners, and physicians, which began its work in 2011. We use research and a public website to facilitate debate about the costs of the post-9/11 wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.

The antidote is economic democracy.

Poll found 82% of full citizens of Israel want expel Palestinians from Gaza. 47% support killing every single man, woman, and child in Gaza. Ex PM Ehud Olmert admitted Israel is waging a "war of extermination: the indiscriminate, unrestrained, cruel, and criminal killing of civilians".

When you say “Genocide bad,” Zionists will counter, “But Hamas .” “But Hamas” comments try to derail you from talking about Israeli violence by asking you to first address the violence of the Palestinian resistance. Comments might sound like, “Do you condemn Hamas?” or “But Hamas started this!” They may share facts, such as, “Hamas abducted children,” lies such as, “Hamas beheaded babies,” or—trickiest of all—partial truths, like, “Hamas calls for a genocide of Jews in its charter.”

Last month, Billboard reported that around 60 percent of general admission attendees of the music festival Coachella financed their tickets

The “freedom convoy” that has besieged Ottawa isn’t a people’s revolt. It’s a fringe movement protesting its defeat.

The blockade and occupation protests have garnered support from a variety of sources within Canada. But how does a far-right movement made up of varying beliefs and prone to infighting sustain this size?

Marked by threats against journalists and lawmakers, the Freedom Convoy included a motley array of Western separatists, anti-vaxxers, conspiracy theorists, antisemites, Islamophobes and other extremists

These were the sightings of swastikas and other symbols of hate at "Freedom Convoy" protests in Canada alluded to by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Ottawa’s occupation was a result of unrivaled coordination between anti-vax and anti-government organizations

A fragile coalition of groups coming together to protest vaccine mandates in Canberra is unravelling behind the scenes.

Carlson sees in the Canadian trucker protest a possibility for re-energizing right-wing populism in the U.S.

Canadian police have been sued for failure to protect victims of crime in the past. Is the situation in Ottawa different?

From one dissociated projection of universal consciousness to another

Epik long has been the favorite Internet company of the far-right, providing domain services to QAnon theorists, Proud Boys and other instigators of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol .

Now that so many people have realized that the capitalist system is riddled with problems, they want a clear explanation about the functioning of the system. They are dissatisfied and impatient with how school courses, politicians’ statements, and mainstream media treat the subject. Basic economics literacy is notoriously low in the United States even as its citizens show great interest in the financial aspects of their lives. So this short article aims to present the system’s essentials.