The A.C.E.R.B.I.C. Nerd

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Against Cryptofascists, Entryists and Red-Browns In Canada. Antifascist researcher, insufferable nerd and bitter old lefty. He/Him.

More or less my thesis re: "authoritarianism" as a concept is a fascist tool used to create an enemy out of any nation you want. Its inherently vibes based and unfalsifiable. Literally the only thing it means is "those people are evil and it's okay to kill them."
Twitter Screenshot: "A friend in LA told me that people are reporting pro-war Iranians to ICE and I laughed....not proud of it... but frankly I'm still laughing"
Screenshot from Barrett's podcast: "Michael Parenti, E Michael Jones Debate God & Religion!"
Screenshot from Youtube: "Dr Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: 'Toward Tomorrow' with E. Michael Jones, Kevin Barrett and Scott Bennett'
Screenshot from The Globe and Mail, "Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government aims to make housing more affordable for younger Canadians without bringing down home prices for existing homenowners"
"Let me add a final remark about Faurisson's alleged "anti-Semitism". Note first that even if Faurisson were to be a rabid anti-Semite and fanatic pro-Nazi -- such charges have been presented to me in private correspondence that it would be improper to cite in detail here -- this would have no bearing whatsoever on the legitimacy of the defense of his civil rights. On the contrary, it would make it all the more imperative to defend them since, once again, it has been a truism for years, indeed centuries, that it is precisely in the case of horrendous ideas that the right of free expression must be most vigorously defended; it is easy enough to defend free expression for those who require no such defense. Putting this central issue aside, is it true that Faurisson is an anti-Semite or a neo-Nazi? As noted earlier, I do not know his work very well. But from what I have read -- largely as a result of the nature of the attacks on him -- I find no evidence to support either conclusion. Nor do I find credible evidence in the material that I have read concerning him, either in the public record or in private correspondence. As far as I can determine, he is a relatively apolitical liberal of some sort."
Youtube screenshot featuring title and description for the Tucker Carlson show: "George Galloway Speaks Out on Being Forced Into Exile After Criticizing Ukraine War". Description reads "George Galloway has been elected to parliament seven times, and on many issues is one of the most conservative politicians in the U.K. But when he criticized the Ukraine war, he was detained by British police and had his property confiscated. He’s now in exile"
Facebook post from Yves Engler: "Time to confront NDP's racist foreign policy problem. Would it be racist for the NDP to exclude a white cis male who played Junior A hockey from its leadership Race? Maybe so, if one considers it from a Haitian or Palestinian perspective. On November 10, I formally submitted to NDP vetting. Its now up to the three-person vetting committee to decide if party members will be allowed to vote for me in the leadership race. It would undoubtedly be undemocratic for the backroom committee to deny the participation of a campaign with a thousand volunteers, but would it be racist? Or to ask slightly differently is it racist to exclude someone who has led the charge against Canadian policy towards Palestine, Haiti, Africa and the Global South? If one concludes that Canadian foreign policy is fundamentally racist then it probably would be racist to exclude a leading critic of those ideas"
"World Socialist Web Site to launch Socialism AI Our reporter 23 November 2025 At two major public meetings over the past week—in Berlin on November 18 and London on November 22—David North, chairperson of the World Socialist Web Site International Editorial Board, delivered lectures analyzing the deepening crisis of American capitalism and the Trump administration’s drive toward dictatorship. Both meetings drew over 100 attendees, demonstrating the widespread concern over the threat of fascism under Trump and his counterparts internationally. Most significantly, North used both occasions to announce the imminent launch of Socialism AI, a revolutionary tool that will harness artificial intelligence for the development of socialist consciousness in the international working class."
Tweet from ACP Ontario: "Members of ACP Ontario visited the University of Toronto’s St. George campus to host a tabling event featuring a sign with a provocative message: "MARXISM IS NOT WOKE". For years, the liberal-left has abandoned class struggle in favour of identity politics and has outright rejected working-class populist movements such as MAGA and the Canadian Trucker Convoy. These were movements that had working-class demands, such as bringing back industrial jobs, purging corruption, and ending foreign aid. Yet, the liberal-left refused to reach out to these working-class movements due to their "reactionary" views on issues like LGBT rights and gender equality. Self-proclaimed "Marxists" taking this stance distorts the reality of what Marxism actually represents. Students stopped by our table curious to learn more about our program, and many of them agreed with our message; Marxism is not about identity politics, it's about the understanding that class struggle is the driving force of history. That the proletariat is a revolutionary class precisely because its emancipation means the emancipation of all humanity."
Tweet from Marjorie Taylor Greene: "The War in Ukraine must END! Today I met brave Codepink activists who protested for peace in Bernie Sanders' office. He had 11 of them arrested! Peace & free speech shouldn't be a partisan issue. We don't agree on most things, but we do agree Congress should STOP funding the war in Ukraine!"
Tweet from Medea Benjamin: "Love her or hate her, Marjorie Taylor Greene has been one of the only Republicans willing to defy Trump on war, Epstein files and healthcare. Now she is stepping down and AIPAC is celebrating. Call her office: Tell her to stay."
"On the key question of whether to prioritize the economy or the environment, figure 2 shows that 14 percent of Canadians choose the economy, while 46 percent of NDP voters favor the environment — a gap that is even wider when comparing NDP voters to working-class high school graduates. The pattern is sharper still on pipeline development: there is an 84 percent gap between NDP voters and high school graduates on net support for more pipelines. In both instances NDP voters align more closely with university graduates. While pipeline policy rightly involves indigenous consent and environmental safeguards, the underlying question remains whether voters support expanded oil and gas production. On this, the NDP consistently struggles to persuade working-class Canadians of its vision — not because workers reject environmental concerns, but because they experience the economy-environment trade-off as real and immediate. Yet in the face of this dealignment and electoral defeat, the responses from Lewis, McPherson and Ashton have been strikingly limited: the party need not have changed its “values” or policies, they argue, but simply communicate them more effectively. This is rebranding, not renewal. The NDP faces a strategic choice: it can continue to promote the environmental preferences of its professional-class base or it can craft a credible program focused on improving material realities for its working-class base. Worker-driven industrial policy offers such a path — one that takes economic insecurity seriously without surrendering environmental goals."
"David Moscrop: By now it may appear that Ashton is my preferred candidate — and he is. When I talked to him about the perceived split between class and identitarian politics, he cited an old union organizing mantra: division is a tool of the boss. Many will recall the old line that “they” want you fighting a culture war so you don’t fight a class war. The fact is the Left fights plenty of its own culture wars without prompting from anyone else. And yet, a left movement has to be a unified movement, even as it recognizes that performative politics is a dead end. When McPherson talks about ending “purity tests,” a rather benign statement when read in good faith, she is touching on the same sentiment. And when Lewis emphasizes, say, public ownership of grocery stores to compete with the oligopolists, he, too, is trying to shift the terms and focus of debate. So far, it seems that the candidates aren’t taking the culture war bait, which is a testament to their commitment to doing politics successfully rather than treating the leadership contest like a graduate school seminar."
"Italian Fascism’s most successful parallel organization did not chal- lenge the state but invaded the realm of leisure-time recreation, an area heretofore left to individual choice, private clubs, or Catholic parishes. In practice, the Fascist Dopolavoro fell far short of its announced aims of building the nation and creating the Fascist “new man” (and woman). It was substantially appropriated from within by ordinary Italians who just wanted to see movies or play sports" from Robert Paxton's "The Anatomy of Fascism"
Section on WSWS: "The #MeToo sexual misconduct witch-hunt"
"Trump, Epstein and the Democrats: A criminal ruling class" published on November 13, 2025
Dan Kovalik on Twitter: "I am a proud monthly contributor" and tags WoLF
Screenshot from header for CNN feature: "The World According to Candace Owens"
Tweet from Max Blumenthal: "Our government is occupied by Zionists. So is our media, which is why CNN will never do an investigative report on that"
Screenshot from The Kyle Kulinski Show with a picture of a tweet claiming "multiple political sources now claim the advanced data-analysis tools, possibly including Palantir or similar AI-driven technology, may have been used to trace the archived account"
Screenshot from Nick Fuentes' recent appearance with the hosts of the Red Scare podcast.
Screenshot of a twitter post by Jacobin about their new article "What Is Tim Dillon Doing?"
In a sign of the depths of status quo ideological rigidity, Paris Marx told Rachel Gilmore “fuck Yves Engler” to which the ‘leftist’ laughed heartily, replying “I feel like he’s not a very serious candidate”. During a segment on the NDP leadership race on Gilmore’s program Thursday, Marx then added “let’s be real, he’s just chasing clout”. Apparently, the others vying to lead the NDP aren’t “chasing clout”. Neither Marx nor Gilmore said a word about my campaign’s comprehensive new policy platform, drawn up by 45 activists and researchers, titled “Capitalism Can’t Be Fixed – Onward to a Socialist Future”. Since I launched my bid to lead the NDP Gilmore, who spent a decade working for Global, IPolitics and CTV in Ottawa, has repeatedly taken shots at me while ignoring the substance of my thirteen books and 1000+ articles.
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Pugliese himself framed the episode as another attack on Canada’s fourth estate by a politician. His reporting on various scandals related to the country’s Afghanistan mission may have embarrassed Alexander personally, given his deep diplomatic and parliamentary connections to the deployment. Pugliese has also exposed shocking details about the controversial Victims of Communism monument, recently unveiled in Ottawa. The project, launched by Harper, drew fierce criticism for its plan to commemorate Nazi collaborators and suspected war criminals. Alexander, then immigration minister, became one of the memorial’s most visible champions, regularly appearing beside minister Jason Kenney to promote it. Two points are worth noting. Alexander asserted the photocopied documents were authentic but provided the committee with no evidence of how the conclusion—that cast Pugliese as a covert operative in Russia’s orbit—was reached. And by levelling his allegations under the protection of parliamentary privilege, he guaranteed he could not be sued for defamation.