“Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.” — Benito Mussolini It is generally attrributed to an article written by Mussolini in the 1932 Enciclopedia Italiana with the assistance of Giovanni Gentile, the editor. Read the rest of this post on
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Kersplebedeb | Kersplebedeb: The Fergu$on Hijacking — Hands Up United (repost)
The Ferguson uprising started the development of a revolution here in the United States. There is no question that Ferguson was much different and more radical than anything we’ve seen here in this country. Read the rest of this post on the original site at The Fergu$on Hijacking — Hands
Continue readingKersplebedeb | Kersplebedeb: IDENTITY POLITICS IS DOING THE IMPERIALIST DIVIDE AND RULE FOR THE ENEMY (repost)
#Palestine #Unity / #DisunityAsRadical: ‘Eurocentric / colonial identity politics’ (*my definition below) is tearing apart and dividing ally from ally, sister/brother from brother/sister. Read the rest of this post on the original site at IDENTITY POLITICS IS DOING THE IMPERIALIST DIVIDE AND RULE FOR THE ENEMY
Continue readingKersplebedeb | Kersplebedeb: Overlooked tragedy of Quebec’s aboriginal young people (repost)
Their deaths go unnoticed. They do not make headlines. But a disproportionate 259 aboriginal children and youth have died violently or in unusual circumstances since 2000. It is a tragedy nobody talks about. Read the rest of this post on the original site at Overlooked tragedy of Quebec’s aboriginal young
Continue readingKersplebedeb | Kersplebedeb: Canadian survey of women who wear the niqab reveals choice ‘may be a bit of a youth movement’ (repost)
The vast majority of women surveyed who wear the niqab in Canada are not only willing to remove their veils to be identified, but feel it is part of their responsibility to do so, according to the most extensive research of its kind. Read the rest of this post on
Continue readingKersplebedeb | Kersplebedeb: The country we want doesn’t use fake feminism to hate (repost)
‘When we talk about the country we want, we must talk about values that respect, protect and guarantee women’s rights,’ write two dozen leading feminists. The election rhetoric based on fear-mongering against women who wear niqab only has traction if we all collude with its false conclusions. Read the rest
Continue readingKersplebedeb | Kersplebedeb: ‘Renoir sucks at painting’ movement demands removal of artist’s works (repost)
A new movement born of an Instagram account has one central complaint: Pierre-Auguste Renoir – the French impressionist – was a terrible artist, and his paintings should be removed from museums. Read the rest of this post on the original site at ‘Renoir sucks at painting’ movement demands removal of
Continue readingKersplebedeb | Kersplebedeb: Canadian anti-Muslim sentiment is rising, disturbing new poll reveals (repost)
In the early evening of Sept. 17, before dark, a 17-year-old girl strolled from the Al-Noor Mosque in St. Catharines, Ont., to the plaza across the street. She was planning to buy a drink and snack. Then three other girls, teenagers the girl from the mosque didn’t recognize, walked up
Continue readingKersplebedeb | Kersplebedeb: Systems of Oppression and the Far Right
i have been giving some thought to a kind of rhetorical pose that has always annoyed me, of juxtaposing the damage done by systems of oppression (racism, national oppression, patriarchy, homophobia, etc.) and the far right. This has been obvious to some extent recently in the internet commentary surrounding a
Continue readingKersplebedeb | Kersplebedeb: A propos des photos dans les manifestations (repost)
1. Pourquoi cette campagne ? Suite à l’explosion de l’usage des appareils photo (smartphones, tablettes, drônes,… Read the rest of this post on the original site at A propos des photos dans les manifestations
Continue readingKersplebedeb | Kersplebedeb: Le chanteur de Légitime Violence accusé de trafic de drogue (repost)
(Québec) Raphaël Lévesque, alias Raf Stomper, chanteur du groupe d’extrême droite de Québec Légitime Violence, a comparu vendredi au palais de justice de Québec après avoir été arrêté jeudi à Saint-Apollinaire dans une affaire de trafic de méthamphétamine et de cannabis. Read the rest of this post on the original
Continue readingKersplebedeb | Kersplebedeb: The Darkness Before the Right (repost)
It’s hard to talk seriously about something with a silly name, and neoreaction is no exception. Read the rest of this post on the original site at The Darkness Before the Right
Continue readingKersplebedeb | Kersplebedeb: COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE – Quand l’UQAM joue le jeu de la vendetta envers celles qui dénoncent (repost)
-Montréal, 1 octobre 2015 – Le 24 mars 2015, un professeur du département de sociologie a déposé une plainte officielle au Bureau d’intervention et de prévention en matière de harcèlement de l’UQAM contre une étudiante qu’il suspecte d’avoir participé au Sticker gate. Read the rest of this post on the original
Continue readingKersplebedeb | Kersplebedeb: Book Review: Stanley B. Ryerson – The Founding of Canada (repost)
Stanley B. Ryerson’s The Founding of Canada: Beginnings to 1815 is a book that, despite its flaws, I wish I had read 15 years ago when I first became an activist in Canada. Read the rest of this post on the original site at Book Review: Stanley B. Ryerson – The
Continue readingKersplebedeb | Kersplebedeb: Kuwasi Balagoon Writes to Overthrow (1984)
The following appeared in the Prison Letters section of Overthrow Volume 6 #4 , December 1984/January 1985 — it was scanned by as part of the Arm the Spirit archive project (thanks!) Back in – on or about 1971, after the jail house rock rebellion in N.Y.C. where every house
Continue readingKersplebedeb | Kersplebedeb: Une femme voilée et enceinte agressée par deux ados (repost)
Photo Archives / Agence QMI Deux adolescents auraient fait chuter une femme enceinte en arrachant son hijab à Anjou mardi, dans ce qui pourrait s’apparenter à un acte islamophobe, selon le mari de la victime. «Ma femme a peur de sortir dans la rue depuis. Read the rest of this
Continue readingKersplebedeb | Kersplebedeb: Two problematic tendencies, and two-three problematic practices in RI – by Jameel M. (repost)
The following document was written in late 2013 by Comrade Jameel M. during a period of internal assessment and just prior to entering into a period of major internal transformation. Read the rest of this post on the original site at Two problematic tendencies, and two-three problematic practices in RI
Continue readingKersplebedeb | Kersplebedeb: Union asks NDP to keep Saudi armoured vehicles deal ‘under wraps,’ fearing ‘significant’ job losses (repost)
A London, Ontario industrial giant has been thrust into a federal election scrap between party leaders, and its workers — fearing their jobs could be jeopardized — aren’t happy about it. Read the rest of this post on the original site at Union asks NDP to keep Saudi armoured vehicles
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Continue readingKersplebedeb | Kersplebedeb: This Group of Straight Men Is Swearing Off Women (repost)
All over the world, straight men are making the conscious decision not to be involved with women. This isn’t a decision in any sort of metaphorical sense. These men are literally cutting women out of their lives, completely. Read the rest of this post on the original site at This
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