8. The Nitty Gritty: Capitalism & Fascism

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

Leading Republicans, right-wing influencers and white supremacist groups have jumped at the chance to promote the standoff in Ottawa to a global audience.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is reshaping our world. Will we harness that urgency for climate action or succumb to one last deadly oil and gas boom?

Documents compiled by protest organisers give a glimpse into a conspiracy theory-drenched outlook

If a crackdown on protesters goes bad, the negative consequences may not be confined to the country.

As a writer, I’ve explored political rage at a distance. The anti-vax trucker convoy brought it up close and personal.

Our investigation reveals how months of planning drew convoys to Canada’s capital, leading to an unprecedented weeks-long occupation of some streets around P...

The case points to how authorities need to engage such individuals respectfully, to acknowledge that frustration at pandemic restrictions is felt even by the more s…

As a growing group of truckers and supporters make their way to Ottawa in a protest against vaccine mandates, experts say the rhetoric online concerning the convoy is getting increasingly worrisome.

The protestors represent a larger problem for the Conservatives, who keep pandering to the extremist elements of their base.

Most Canadians support government measures to help control the spread of COVID-19, according to a public opinion study. But they’re growing weary of the pandemic.

Elon Musk has announced he is leaving his government role at DOGE as his authorization for Special Government Employee status expires.

As Mr. Musk entered President Trump’s orbit, his private life grew increasingly tumultuous and his drug use was more intense than previously known.

Before the formation of the Israel Defense Forces in 1948, there were three underground Zionist militias - The Haganah, the Irgun and the Lehi.They differed ...

Toronto did it. It passed a non-sensical bylaw because Zionists want to be comfortable when they shill for genocide. That's what bubble legislation is first ...

Canadian doctors along with the NDP are calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to take concrete actions.===Visit the Merch store: http://TheRationalNational.c...

More details have emerged of a lawsuit launched by an anti-vaccination advocacy group that alleges that many of the government-imposed measures to counter the coronavirus were extreme, unwarranted and not based on science and caused more harm than the virus itself.

The slide towards extremism is going to get slipperier as the feds grapple with making vaccines mandatory to contain the pandemic

An outrageous claim has been quickly shut down as anti-vaccination mandate protesters pack up and leave Canberra.

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Today, we’ve got NDP MP Heather McPherson on the show! There’s a lot of political news this week — but that’s not the reason I wanted to have Heather on.Yest...

Glencore, one of the world’s largest mining conglomerates at the confluence of worker exploitation, environmental destruction, and genocide, brought Palestine solidarity activists, trade unionists and mining affected communities together in a unified protest.

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From the “throne” of Parliament, one of the richest men in the world read a speech written by one of the richest men in Canada. This was heralded as a victory for Canadian identity and sovereignty against threats by another rich and anti-democratic man in Washington DC. What does this mean for the rest of us?  King Charles inherited the wealth created by the enslaved and colonized people the world over.

“It is hard to really conjure a mitigation measure that could reduce the level of risk of arms transfers to Israel.”

For the first time in decades, a shift is emerging in how some Western nations approach the question of Palestine. It’s visible in a wave of diplomatic

On May 17, 2025, during the 77th commemoration of the Nakba, Israel launched its most ferocious escalation in Gaza since the collapse of the ceasefire deal in March. Israel called up sixty thousand reservists over the following days. Warplanes screamed overhead. Missiles rained down on neighbourhoods already reduced to rubble. The objective was unmistakable: force

Donald Trump has pushed American democracy to its breaking point… but are we *technically* still a democracy? Have we *officially* crossed the line into auth...