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  • The Anti-Influencer's Case For Anarchism with Graham Culbertson

    The Anti-Influencer's Case For Anarchism with Graham Culbertson
    Oct 26 2025

    Graham Culbertson joins me to talk about anarchism as a lived practice, how people already cooperate without coercion, why authority rarely works the way we think it does, and what it means to resist systems of control in everyday life.

    We also get into the pressures of podcasting in an algorithmic world and how staying authentic can itself be an act of resistance.

    Guest: Graham Culbertson – https://everydayanarchism.com All links: https://linktr.ee/skepticalleftist

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    1 h et 14 min
  • Gaza, Ecuador, and Beyond: An Anarchist Look at the War on Protest

    Gaza, Ecuador, and Beyond: An Anarchist Look at the War on Protest
    Oct 19 2025
    From Gaza to Ecuador, governments are cracking down while people fight back. Nick and I talk about global uprisings, the criminalization of protest, and why power always reacts the same way when ordinary people demand justice.We cover Gaza marches, Ecuador’s Indigenous protests, Assata Shakur’s legacy, media capture by billionaires, Apple’s censorship of an anti-ICE app, and the right’s obsession with calling antifascists terrorists.Sources:https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/5/mass-protests-from-amsterdam-to-istanbul-denounce-israels-gaza-genocidehttps://truthout.org/articles/indigenous-led-movement-against-austerity-is-gaining-momentum-in-ecuador/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/05/police-to-get-new-powers-to-crack-down-on-repeated-protests-says-home-officehttps://www.teenvogue.com/story/assata-shakur-black-revolutionary-who-fought-for-freedom-in-exilehttps://gizmodo.com/apple-caves-to-trump-pressure-removes-app-that-let-immigrants-track-ice-activity-2000667208 https://www.salon.com/2025/10/06/from-dan-rather-to-bari-weiss-how-far-cbs-news-has-fallen/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/05/trump-behavior-online-postshttps://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/designating-antifa-as-a-domestic-terrorist-organization/ The Guardian – Trump signs order designating antifa as a “domestic terrorist organization”https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-wants-to-designate-antifa-as-a-major-terrorist-organization-can-he-do-that?utm_source=chatgpt.comhttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-is-antifa-and-why-trump-wants-to-label-it-a-terrorist-organizationhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-designating-antifa-terrorist-organization/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/18/what-is-antifa-what-does-trumps-major-terrorist-label-meanNick’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nickdgirard/ My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/skepticalleftist Mutual Aid:Regina Cathedral Community Fridge — volunteer-run, 24/7 mutual aid fridge in Regina; feeding local neighbours every day. Help them here: https://www.cathedralcommunityfridge.com/Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF) — offering medical care, food, and humanitarian aid to children and families in Gaza and the West Bank: https://www.pcrf.net/donateTaylor Mcnallie is an activist and organizer from out of Calgary Alberta who has a number of pages to help support others and also she needs help with legal fees after being targeted by the Calgary police for her activism https://linktr.ee/taylor_mcnallie. SomeRandomG33k gives a lot of their income to people in need so you can either donate to them through streamlabs https://streamlabs.com/somerandomg33k/tip or check out their charity links page https://charitylinks.page/
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    1 h et 4 min
  • Power, Policy, and Privatization with Simon Enoch

    Power, Policy, and Privatization with Simon Enoch
    Oct 12 2025

    Simon Enoch from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives joins me to talk about how neoliberalism reshaped Canadian policy and what privatization has done to public services. We cover the rise of corporate think tanks, the loss of economic democracy, and why evidence-based policy still matters.

    Links:

    https://www.policyalternatives.ca/ https://bsky.app/profile/simonenoch.bsky.social


    https://linktr.ee/Skepticalleftist

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    49 min
  • Why the Internet Just Keeps Getting Worse with Cory Doctorow

    Why the Internet Just Keeps Getting Worse with Cory Doctorow
    Oct 7 2025

    Cory Doctorow joins me to talk about Enshitification, his new book about the long decline of the internet. We go through how platforms start out good for users, turn on them once they’re locked in, and finally become unrecognizable corporate machines. Cory explains how this pattern connects to monopoly power, labor exploitation, and government capture, and why it’s not just a tech problem but a political one.

    Cory Doctorow’s links:https://craphound.com/https://craphound.com/shop/

    https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374619329/enshittification/

    https://x.com/doctorow

    My links: https://linktr.ee/skepticalleftist

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    1 h et 3 min
  • Revolt, Propaganda, and Border Control

    Revolt, Propaganda, and Border Control
    Oct 5 2025

    Revolt, propaganda, and border control, in this episode we talk about uprisings in Nepal and Indonesia, Trump’s visa scams, digital IDs in the UK, propaganda around Charlie Kirk, AI pushing people into violence, and an economy rigged for the few.

    Sources

    https://people.com/charlie-kirk-martyr-allegedly-threatens-shoot-up-gay-bar-11813937

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/no-evidence-charlie-kirk-shooting-left-wing-groups-rcna232513

    https://factkeepers.com/right-wing-extremist-violence-is-more-frequent-and-more-deadly-than-left-wing-violence/

    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-h1b-visa-changes_n_68cdd347e4b02387cfec20c8

    https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks-starmer-set-push-digital-id-plans-ft-reports-2025-09-19/

    https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/how-gen-z-protests-over-corruption-jobs-ousted-nepal-pm-oli-2025-09-09/ https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2025/09/18/deadly-gen-z-protests-expose-decades-systemic-rot-nepal https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/09/gen-z-protests-in-nepal-result-in-19-deaths-prime-minister-resignation-and-social-media-ban-repeal/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/8/six-killed-in-nepal-amid-gen-z-protests-after-social-media-ban-all-to-knowhttps://archive.is/20250913093923/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/13/nepal-protests-gen-z-uprising/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/nepals-deadly-protests-social-media-ban-lies-anger-125389219

    https://www.anarchistcommunism.org/2025/09/13/revolt-in-indonesia/

    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/20/irish-band-kneecap-says-canada-ban-aims-to-silence-opposition-to-genocide

    https://futurism.com/man-chatgpt-psychosis-murders-mother

    https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/09/19/trumps-destruction-of-the-us-economy/

    Nick’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nickdgirard/

    AnCom’s Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ancomscicomm.bsky.social

    My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/skepticalleftist
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    1 h
  • Capitalism's Gospel of Greed

    Capitalism's Gospel of Greed
    Sep 28 2025

    In this episode Owen Macdonald and I talk about capitalism’s gospel of greed. We start with AI’s effect on work, move into how exploitation underpins the global economy, and look at how Christian nationalism keeps people tied to an unjust system. We also discuss the hypocrisy of right-wing religion through Owen’s debate with a Trump supporter and the selective outrage over Charlie Kirk’s death.

    I've started calling my collaborations with Owen Solidarity Across Borders. I've created a logo and found new music for the intro and outro. Hopefully, Owen and I can continue these chats, and they'll become their own standalone playlist on YouTube and a subseries for the show. I hope you enjoy them


    Follow Owen: YouTube | BlueSky

    Support my work: https://linktr.ee/skepticalleftist | https://www.patreon.com/skepticalleftist

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    1 h et 7 min
  • Living in the Empire of Crisis

    Living in the Empire of Crisis
    Sep 21 2025
    This week, Nick Girard joins me to dig into another week of manufactured emergencies and systemic collapse. From Trump’s military occupation of DC, to Romana Didulo’s arrest, to the slow-motion disaster of AI harms and ecological breakdown, it’s all crisis all the time. We also talk about capitalism’s state-capitalist mask slipping and the shifting views on socialism in the U.S.Nick is also sending out his book for free. Just reach out to him on Instagram at @nickdgirard or email me at mindofaskepticalleftist@gmail.com and we’ll get you a copy.Solidarity is the strategy.Sourceshttps://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalobserver.com%2F2025%2F09%2F03%2Fnews%2Fai-chatbots-are-changing-online-threat-landscape-ottawa-reviews-legislation https://globalnews.ca/news/11391128/saskatchewan-rcmp-richmound-investigation/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/rcmp-richmound-didulo-1.7624038 https://leaderpost.com/news/sha-declare-queen-of-canadas-compound-a-threat-to-public-safetyhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trans-gun-ban-trump-mental-illness-b2820372.htmlhttps://climateandcapitalism.com/2025/09/07/60-of-land-area-is-now-out-of-the-safe-operating-zone/https://www.commondreams.org/news/we-are-all-dc-tens-of-thousands-march-to-white-househttps://www.cbc.ca/news/business/google-antitrust-order-1.7623824https://apnews.com/article/socialism-socialist-capitalism-big-business-free-enterprise-poll-c052ca687269a2cc075423877b7904e6 https://www.ft.com/content/db610f93-https://apnews.com/article/socialism-socialist-capitalism-big-business-free-enterprise-poll-c052ca687269a2cc075423877b7904e6d48d-4c49-a394-68aeee0500a6 Mutual aid shoutouts or action itemsSupport KJ’s fight against a brain tumor — donate to the GoFundMe campaign for Eric’s nephew: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-kj-with-his-battle-against-a-brain-tumorRegina Cathedral Community Fridge — volunteer-run, 24/7 mutual aid fridge in Regina; feeding local neighbours every day. Help them here: https://www.cathedralcommunityfridge.com/https://linktr.ee/reginacommunityfridge Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF) — offering medical care, food, and humanitarian aid to children and families in Gaza and the West Bank: https://www.pcrf.net/donateTaylor Mcnallie is an activist and organizer from out of Calgary Alberta who has a number of pages to help support others and also she needs help with legal fees after being targeted by the Calgary police for her activism https://linktr.ee/taylor_mcnallie SomeRandomG33k gives a lot of their income to people in need so you can either donate to them through streamlabs https://streamlabs.com/somerandomg33k/tip or check out their charity links page https://charitylinks.page/ Check out Nick’s book In the Beginning Buy Nick’s book in Canada https://a.co/d/bbtJsT4Buy Nick’s book in the US https://a.co/d/czu4MawNick on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nickdgirard/ My links: https://linktr.ee/skepticalleftist
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    1 h et 24 min
  • Surviving Capitalism One Paycheck at a Time with Drew Adamick

    Surviving Capitalism One Paycheck at a Time with Drew Adamick
    Sep 14 2025

    Drew Adamick walks me through what financial survival looks like when the system is built to exploit us. From RRSPs and pensions to credit traps and estate planning, we talk about how to navigate capitalism while still fighting to change it.

    Support Drew’s work: https://divergentfp.ca

    Find all my links: https://linktr.ee/skepticalleftist

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    1 h et 29 min