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The first real, proletarian resistance to the second Trump administration kicked off last week in LA as thousands of working people flooded the streets, responding to the increasingly brutal terrorism they are being subjected to by US security forces. Returning guest Cecilia Guerrero joins us to discuss the LA rebellion, the state of organized resistance to Trump in the US, the socialist position on mass migration, and why you need to learn Spanish immediately. Cecilia is an organizer in Nashville, Tennessee, where she works with A Luta Sigue, the Tennessee Drivers' Union, Nashville People Power and the Southern Youth Solidarity Network.Show NotesCecilia on Episode 72: Organizing the SouthDavid Huerta, President of SEIU CaliforniaTrump ends ‘humanitarian parole' for citizens of 4 countriesWhat is imperialism?The Mexican-American WarLinksInstagramMerchfuckingcancelled.comclementinemorrigan.comjaylesoleil.comTheme songFucking Cancelled has no ads and is supported by our listeners. To help us continue our work, please consider subscribing. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

Award-winning author and historian Sarah Schulman joins us in Episode 84 to talk about her new book, The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity. We talk about what solidarity means in the context of today's neoliberal hellworld and how to be in solidarity across differences in power. We also talk about Sarah's process of debrainwashing from Zionism, how she has learned to be in solidarity with Palestinians, and the importance of telling the truth no matter what.Show NotesSarah SchulmanSarah Schulman on TwitterThe Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity by Sarah SchulmanalQaws for Sexual & Gender Diversity in Palestinian Society ACT UPConflict is Not Abuse by Sarah SchulmanPride (2014)LinksInstagramMerchfuckingcancelled.comclementinemorrigan.comjaylesoleil.comTheme songFucking Cancelled has no ads and is supported by our listeners. To help us continue our work, please consider subscribing. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

As the tech oligarchs dream of subjecting us all to their sick fantasies and their pet governments pave the road to hell with bad intentions, the sycophantic press breathlessly praises each new ‘advancement' in dystopian tech — and each new phony scam as well. In Episode 83 we're joined by Paris Marx, technology critic, author and host of Tech Won't Save Us, one of the most important podcasts of the Canadian Left. We discuss technopessimism, fully-automated luxury space communism, whether sentient AIs will ever be a thing, and what, behind all the smoke and mirrors, the evil techlords are actually trying to accomplish.Show NotesTech Won't Save UsDisconnect Parismarx.comParis on InstagramRoad to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation by Paris MarxHow to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny OdellRed Enlightenment with Graham JonesLinksInstagramMerchfuckingcancelled.comclementinemorrigan.comjaylesoleil.comTheme songFucking Cancelled has no ads and is a supported by our listeners. To help us continue our work, consider subscribing. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

As the masked goons of the MAGA nanny-state continue to disappear students for holding views upsetting to hysterical Zionists and their sweaty, senile leader continues to rule by deranged imperial decree executive order, we sit down with Erica Thomas, a union organizer, professor and artist, to talk about what's going on in our increasingly unhinged southern neighbour, the USA. We talk about the Portland police force's weird attempt to join the Oregon labour movement, the enshittification of higher education and everything else, and the state of Palestine organizing on campuses today. We also talk about union art, the Democratic Socialists of America, and the possibility, at long last, of the emergence of a true third party in US politics. Show NotesErica's websiteErica's IGPortland's police union is trying to use the labor movement to avoid budget cutsFive Things I Did This Week by Laurie WimmerThe Palestine Exception by Jan Haaken and Jennifer RuthEmergency Workplace Organizing Committee for new unionization support and general how-to-union basic educationJane McAlevyClass Struggle Unionism by Joe BurnsGeneral Strike 2028Join DSA Bread & Roses - the Marxist caucus of DSAThe Bread & Roses reading listThe Bread & Roses blogBullshit Jobs by David GraeberFree Pre-K in OregonCouncilor Mitch Green, District 4, PortlandPortland city councilor threatens PSU project funding over response to pro-Palestinian library takeoverFederal investigation into 5 universities for “antisemitism” which targeted Portland State and 4 othersIHRA definition of antisemismLinksInstagramMerchfuckingcancelled.comclementinemorrigan.comjaylesoleil.comTheme songFucking Cancelled has no ads and is a supported by our listeners. To help us continue our work, consider subscribing. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

Depressing but true: we're hurtling toward human-caused climate collapse and our political-economic system, captured by capitalist elites intent on squeezing out profits until the day our civilization collapses, is effectively incapable of responding by itself. It must be forced: but how? Petitions haven't worked. Rallies haven't worked. Posting on Instagram hasn't worked. And ****ing up pipelines, sexy though it might be, hasn't worked. So while purists call for mass eco-insurgency and liberals circulate change.org petitions, the A22 Network has responded by organizing and mobilizing huge numbers of committed militants around the Western world, using large-scale civil disobedience as a tactic to push governments to adopt basic climate policies. These tactics have been controversial but successful: Just Stop Oil, the British branch of A22 perhaps best known for throwing soup at a Van Gogh, recently disbanded itself because its main demand — that the UK government cease approving any new oil and gas exploitation projects — has been adopted. In Episode 81 we chat with Laura Sullivan, a spokesperson for Last Generation Canada, which is the Canadian branch of the A22 Network. We talk about Last Generation's demands, the tactics used by the group, combating the freeze response often provoked by discussions of climate collapse, and preparing for revolutionary conditions as things inevitably deteriorate. Show Noteslastgenerationcanada.caLast Generation's InstagramLast Generation's Facebooka22network.orgThe Guardian - ‘Just Stop Oil to “hang up the hi-vis” after three years of climate action'LinksInstagramMerchfuckingcancelled.comclementinemorrigan.comjaylesoleil.comTheme songFucking Cancelled has no ads and is a supported by our listeners. To help us continue our work, consider subscribing. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

Plagued from a young age by disturbing intrusive thoughts and unable to control dangerous compulsive behaviours, 3 Body Problem screenwriter and best-selling author Rose Cartwright was immensely relieved to learn that she had a disease called OCD, which was caused by a chemical imbalance in her brain and could be easily treated with a pill. She became the UK's poster girl for recovery from OCD, and even wrote a book called Pure—later adapted into a TV show—about the success of the psychiatric model in treating her disorder. What she wasn't telling people was that none of it was really true. Years later, medication hadn't produced any kind of long term relief, and she was sinking back into chronic suicidality. Then she discovered something astounding: that there is no biological basis for most of the disorders in the DSM, and the ‘chemical imbalance' theory of mental illness had been quietly discredited years ago. She embarked on a quest to understand what was going on, resulting in her groundbreaking book The Maps We Carry: Psychedelics, Trauma, and Our New Path to Mental Health. In Episode 80, we talk to Rose about her story and her research, getting into the failures of the medical system to treat mental illness effectively, the amazing properties of psychedelics in this field, and the question of how to give working class people access to these new, important tools.Show NotesRose Cartwright's websiteRose's InstagramHer book The Maps We CarryHer BBC radio series on psychedelics and traumaStudy about dance and depressionGabor Mate's book The Myth of NormalEcstatic danceLinksInstagramMerchfuckingcancelled.comclementinemorrigan.comjaylesoleil.comTheme songFucking Cancelled has no ads and is a supported by our listeners. To help us continue our work, consider subscribing. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.fuckingcancelled.comIn the aftermath of the American identitarians losing their minds about Vivek Chibber's calmly articulated post-mortem of ‘social justice' culture on his podcast Confronting Capitalism, we ask if this really is the beginning of the end for ‘social justice', what that would mean, and most importantly, what comes next. This is a paid episode, but half of …

When survivors of incest act in the ways any sexually abused child would act, they are psychiatrized and medicated, and often returned to their abusers. When they grow up and search for resources on what happened to them, what they are most likely to find is terabytes of pornography. When they write about their experiences, they are siloed into the realm of self-help and excluded from the realm of politics. In episode 78 we talk with writer Kelsey Zazanis about the epidemic extent of incest child sexual abuse, the rights of children, and incest as a site of feminist political struggle. We also get deep into Jungian psychology and discuss spirituality as a way of making sense of the world.Show NotesKelsey Zazanis on InstagramKelsey Zazanis on SubstackBuy Kelsey's bookKelsey's GoFundMeSharon Meglathery's website about RCCX TheoryLinksInstagramMerchfuckingcancelled.comclementinemorrigan.comjaylesoleil.comTheme songFucking Cancelled has no ads and is a supported by our listeners. To help us continue our work, consider subscribing. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

If you've ever wondered why the government can't seem to do anything about the cost of housing, it's because it would go directly against their interests: most of them are landlords and the rest are landowners, and journalist Isaac Peltz can prove it. Our guest today has been pissing off government lawyers across the land with their pesky Access To Information requests about the assets of politicians and their uncomfortable viral videos about chronic landlordocracy. We chat about why it's important to get this information into the hands of working class voters, gonzo journalism in the age of social media, and why leftists need thicker skins if we plan on winning a future worth living in.Show NotesIsaac Peltz on InstagramIsaac Peltz on TikTokFederal MPs Landlords and Assets SpreadsheetIsaac's LinkTreeIsaac's SubstackRead The MapleThe RoverLinksInstagramMerchfuckingcancelled.comclementinemorrigan.comjaylesoleil.comTheme songFucking Cancelled has no ads and is a supported by our listeners. To help us continue our work, consider subscribing. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

Get in babe we're boycotting Amazon! These criminal American parasites retaliated against workers for unionizing their warehouse outside Montreal by firing their entire Quebec workforce and closing all their facilities in the province. This scorched-earth union-busting strategy is both illegal under Quebec law and an insult to all members of the working class. In Episode 76 we talk to Félix Trudeau, president of the Amazon Labour Union-CSN, and Louisa Worrell, spokesperson of the boycott campaign Içi, on boycotte Amazon, about what happened, what organized labour in Quebec is doing about it, and what you can do to support the workers and stick it to the sick fucks at Amazon.Show NotesIçi, on boycotte Amazon - WebsiteIçi, on boycotte Amazon - InstagramIçi, on boycotte Amazon - FacebookSign up for Montreal mobilizationsDownload posters or flyersCSN's statement on AmazonLinksInstagramMerchfuckingcancelled.comclementinemorrigan.comjaylesoleil.comTheme songFucking Cancelled has no ads and is a supported by our listeners. To help us continue our work, consider subscribing. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

If God's law is to love one another radically, then the various forms of exile and dehumanization practised by human beings through the ages may constitute a kind of ‘cultural sin', a deviation we keep coming back to over and over as a species because it feels good. Not only might this practice lead us further from love, and not only might it not even work to give us justice, but it might also inflict a moral injury upon all of us. In Episode 75 we're joined by Juno Zavitz, student of divinity, former social worker, and owner of Aporrai Counselling, to discuss the theology of exile — as well as the epidemic of wreckerism sweeping through the nonprofit world.Show NotesJuno's InstagramAporraiRed Enlightenment LinksInstagramMerchfuckingcancelled.comclementinemorrigan.comjaylesoleil.comTheme songFucking Cancelled has no ads and is a supported by our listeners. To help us continue our work, consider subscribing. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

Artisanal miners prospect for toxic rare-earth metals on the edges of huge corporate pit mines, alongside alien-looking metallophyte plants found nowhere else in the world. Cloak and dagger CIA manoeuvring from the Cold War reverberates into the present. Workers separated by oceans, empires and supply chains struggle to find ways to support each other. In Episode 74 we're joined by our friend, artist Roger Peet, to talk about his extraordinary work building solidarity with miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo, his family ties to the Congolese uranium production that ultimately made American empire possible, and the possibility of using art to shed light on histories usually left in the shadows.The title of this episode is borrowed from an exhibition of Roger's, which was titled ‘Dig Up the Sun'.Show NotesRoger's InstagramRoger's storeRoger's artist page on JustSeedsRoger's Congo work, collectedFirst They Mined for the Atomic Bomb. Now They're Mining for E.V.s. by Roger PeetOf Critical Minerals and Atomic Bombs: The Conquest of the Congo by Roger Peet‘The Secret Congolese Mine that Ended the Second World War - And Inspired Wakanda' by Roger PeetLa Biennale de LubumbashiDig Up the SunLinksInstagramMerchfuckingcancelled.comclementinemorrigan.comjaylesoleil.comTheme songFucking Cancelled has no ads and is a supported by our listeners. To help us continue our work, consider subscribing. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.fuckingcancelled.comIn Episode 73 we discuss Clementine's underworld journey and the future of Fucking Cancelled before moving on to Luigi, class war, and whether the word ‘health' should be followed by the word ‘insurance' or the word ‘care'. This is a paywalled episode — to listen to the whole thing just subscribe at fuckingcancelled.com.

In Episode 72, we're joined by Cecilia Guerrero, an organizer in Nashville, Tennessee, helping to innovate a new generation of socialist movement-building deep in the American South. We discuss what it's like organizing in Tennessee, the fantastic gains being made by the new network of organizations springing up there — including an unprecendented wildcat union of Uber and Lyft drivers — and the many lessons to be learned for socialists operating in such an environment. Part of the Quest for the Offline Left series.Show NotesThe Tyranny of Structurelessness by Jo FreemanAmber Frost on nonprofits - Dirtbag‘Nonprofit Mystification, Counterinsurgency and George Jackson' - Interview with Hiram Rivera on Millennials are Killing Capitalism'Hundreds of Nashville rideshare drivers vote to unionize' - Tennessee LookoutA Luta Sigue official websiteA Luta Sigue on IGTennessee Drivers' Union on IGNashville People Power on IGSouthern Youth Solidarity Network on IGFollow Fucking Cancelled on InstagramFind merch in our shopClementine MorriganJay LesoleilFucking CancelledTheme song by ST x LIAM.Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora.Jay Lesoleil is a writer, artist, and shelter worker from Montréal with a background in political anthropology. Jay is also one half of the podcast Fucking Cancelled.Clementine Morrigan is a writer, zinester, and public intellectual based in Montréal. She writes essays and literay nonfiction on culture, politics, ethics, relationships, sexuality, spirituality, and trauma. She is one half of Fucking Cancelled. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

In Episode 71, we are joined by Elizabeth Oldfield, a writer, thinker, bridge builder, and Christian working out of the UK. We discuss her new book Fully Alive, and the rich worldview which underlies it. Elizabeth challenges us to live our principles in our daily lives, and to extend grace and curiosity across difference. Part of the Talking Shit series.Show NotesThe SacredThe Sacred — Interview with ClementineElizabeth's SubstackFully Alive — The bookFollow Fucking Cancelled on InstagramFind merch in our shopClementine MorriganJay LesoleilFucking CancelledTheme song by ST x LIAM.Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora.Jay Lesoleil is a writer, artist, and shelter worker from Montréal with a background in political anthropology. Jay is also one half of the podcast Fucking Cancelled.Clementine Morrigan is a writer, zinester, and public intellectual based in Montréal. She writes essays and literay nonfiction on culture, politics, ethics, relationships, sexuality, spirituality, and trauma. She is one half of Fucking Cancelled. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

In Episode 70 we're joined by Dru Oja Jay, research coordinator for SEIZE as well as executive director of CUTV and publisher of The Breach. We discuss SEIZE's recent report on housing, titled From Crisis to Consensus, in which SEIZE surveyed housing organizations from across the country in order to determine what needs to be done about the housing crisis plaguing the working class.This is part of the Quest for the Offline Left series.Show NotesDru's websiteThe housing reportAbout SEIZEThe Breach (excellent independent media)Follow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram.Find merch in our shop.ClementineMorrigan.comJayLesoleil.comFucking CancelledTheme song by ST x LIAM.Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora.Jay Lesoleil is a writer, artist, and shelter worker from Montréal with a background in political anthropology. Jay is also one half of the podcast Fucking Cancelled.Clementine Morrigan is a writer, zinester, and public intellectual based in Montréal. She writes essays and literay nonfiction on culture, politics, ethics, relationships, sexuality, spirituality, and trauma. She is one half of Fucking Cancelled. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

In Episode 69 we are joined by animal rights activist, animal rescuer, and lawyer, Wayne Hsiung. We discuss Wayne's experiencing rescuing animals from laboratories and factory farms, the connections between factory farms and jails, the spectrum of objectification, and why all suffering matters. This is part of the Quest for the Offline Left series. Show NotesSimple HeartWayne's instagramFollow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram.Find merch in our shop.ClementineMorrigan.comJayLesoleil.comFucking CancelledTheme song by ST x LIAM.Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora.Jay Lesoleil is a writer, artist, and shelter worker from Montréal with a background in political anthropology. Jay is also one half of the podcast Fucking Cancelled.Clementine Morrigan is a writer, zinester, and public intellectual based in Montréal. She writes essays and literay nonfiction on culture, politics, ethics, relationships, sexuality, spirituality, and trauma. She is one half of Fucking Cancelled. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.fuckingcancelled.comIn Episode 68, we spill the tea on Clementine getting her zines soaked in coffee at the local anarchist book fair by a masked assailant who communicated nothing about their motives. This paywalled episode is a mask off discussion of contemporary anarchist ideas about the legitimate uses of violence, poking light fun at the theatrics of the cancellers wh…

In Episode 67 we are joined by David Chambers, a relationship expert, thinker in the field of men and masculinities, and podcaster from the UK. We chat with David about the concept of ‘toxic masculinity', the gendered patterns in attachment styles, and the appeal of reactionary masculinism among the youth. We also discuss the promise of an emerging happier, healthier masculinity, rooted neither in shame nor domination.Part of the Talking Shit series.Show NotesDavid's InstagramDavid's podcast, The Authentic ManDavid's websiteDavid's LinktreeFollow Fucking Cancelled on InstagramFind merch in our shopClementine MorriganJay LesoleilFucking CancelledTheme song by ST x LIAM.Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora.Jay Lesoleil is a writer, artist, and shelter worker from Montréal with a background in political anthropology. Jay is also one half of the podcast Fucking Cancelled.Clementine Morrigan is a writer and public intellectual based in Montréal, Canada. She writes popular and controversial essays about culture, politics, ethics, relationships, sexuality, and trauma. A passionate believer in independent media, she's been making zines since the year 2000 and is the author of several books. She's known for her iconic white-text-on-a-black-background mini-essays on Instagram. One of the leading voices on the Canadian Left and one half of the Fucking Cancelled podcast, Clementine is an outspoken critic of cancel culture and a proponent of building solidarity across difference. She is a socialist, a feminist, and a vegan for the animals and the earth. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.fuckingcancelled.comIn Episode 66, Jay and Clementine discuss the impact of cancel culture on the partners of men cancelled for abusive behaviours. We consider how the increased isolation of being cancelled along with your partner increases the risk of domestic violence. We note that the ptsd of cancellation can lead to it being even harder to receive feedback on your beha…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.fuckingcancelled.comIn Episode 65, Jay and Clementine discuss We Will Not Cancel Us by adrienne maree brown. We discuss the context this book enters into, the courage it took to write it, the response the book received, and how this work significantly differs from our own thinking on cancel culture and identitarianism.This is part of the Book Club series.Show NotesWe Will …

In Episode 64, we are joined by writer, organizer, and Chapo Trap House co-host, Amber A'Lee Frost to discuss her new book, Dirtbag. We talk about socialist memoirs, Occupy, the Bernie Sanders campaigns, the necessity of organized labour, and how to deal with wreckers. This is part of the Talking Shit series.Show NotesAmber's new book, DirtbagChapo Trap HouseThe Romance of American Communism by Vivian GornickFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonFear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 by Hunter S. ThompsonI Tried to be a Communist by Richard WrightFollow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram.Find merch in our shop.ClementineMorrigan.comJayLesoleil.comFucking CancelledTheme song by ST x LIAM.Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora.Thank you for reading Fucking Cancelled. This post is public so feel free to share it.Fucking Cancelled is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Fucking Cancelled at www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

In Episode 63, we get together with DJ Fraser and Tara McGowan-Ross for the second episode of Book Club. This month's book was The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson, a brutal (and hopeful) near-future 'climate-fiction' novel published in 2020.We'll announce the next Book Club book shortly!This is part of the Book Club series.Show NotesThe Ministry for the FutureFollow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram.Find merch in our shop.ClementineMorrigan.comJayLesoleil.comFucking CancelledTheme song by ST x LIAM.Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora.Jay Lesoleil is a writer, artist, and shelter worker from Montréal with a background in political anthropology. Jay is also one half of the podcast Fucking Cancelled.Clementine Morrigan is a socialist-feminist writer, educator, and public intellectual based in Montréal, Canada. She writes popular and controversial essays about culture, politics, sexuality, and trauma. A passionate believer in independent media, she's been making zines since the year 2000 and is the author of several books. She's known for her iconic white-text-on-a-black-background mini-essays on Instagram. One of the leading voices on the Canadian Left and one half of the Fucking Cancelled podcast, Clementine is an outspoken critic of cancel culture and proponent of building solidarity across difference.Fucking Cancelled is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Thank you for reading Fucking Cancelled. This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Fucking Cancelled at www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

In Episode 62, we are joined by London, Uk based writer, Katherine Angel, author of Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again. We discuss the affirmative consent model, the expectation that women should “know what they want”, and how this framework holds desire hostage to violence and misunderstands the emergent nature of desire. We discuss heterosexuality, gender roles, context based desire, and the looming threat of sexual violence in women's sex lives.Part of the Talking Shit series.Show NotesKatherine's substackKatherine's instagramTomorrow Sex Will Be Good AgainFollow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram.Find merch in our shop.ClementineMorrigan.comJayLesoleil.comFucking CancelledTheme song by ST x LIAM.Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora.Jay Lesoleil is a writer, artist, and shelter worker from Montréal with a background in political anthropology. Jay is also one half of the podcast Fucking Cancelled.Clementine Morrigan is a writer and public intellectual based in Montréal, Canada. She writes popular and controversial essays about culture, politics, ethics, relationships, sexuality, and trauma. A passionate believer in independent media, she's been making zines since the year 2000 and is the author of several books. She's known for her iconic white-text-on-a-black-background mini-essays on Instagram. One of the leading voices on the Canadian Left and one half of the Fucking Cancelled podcast, Clementine is an outspoken critic of cancel culture and a proponent of building solidarity across difference. She is a socialist, a feminist, and a vegan for the animals and the earth. Get full access to Fucking Cancelled at www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

In Episode 61 we're joined by friend of the pod Joey Santore of the Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't podcast. We talk about how being in tune with the ecosystems you live in can be a deeply rewarding experience for the poor alienated souls of late capitalism and how to get started if you want to learn about basic botany. We also talk about the similarities between botany and history — and how much we hate lawns and parking lots.Part of the Talking Shit series.Show NotesCrime Pays But Botany Doesn't main websiteCrime Pays But Botany Doesn't podcast on SpotifyCrime Pays But Botany Doesn't on YoutubeThe Kill Your Lawn TV showHow to kill your lawniNaturalistJoey interviewing Jay on Crime Pays But Botany Doesn'tJay's promo episode about NamibiaFollow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram.Find merch in our shop.ClementineMorrigan.comJayLesoleil.comFucking CancelledTheme song by ST x LIAM.Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora.Jay Lesoleil is a writer, artist, and shelter worker from Montréal with a background in political anthropology. Jay is also one half of the podcast Fucking Cancelled.Clementine Morrigan is a socialist-feminist writer, educator, and public intellectual based in Montréal, Canada. She writes popular and controversial essays about culture, politics, sexuality, and trauma. A passionate believer in independent media, she's been making zines since the year 2000 and is the author of several books. She's known for her iconic white-text-on-a-black-background mini-essays on Instagram. One of the leading voices on the Canadian Left and one half of the Fucking Cancelled podcast, Clementine is an outspoken critic of cancel culture and proponent of building solidarity across difference. Get full access to Fucking Cancelled at www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

In Episode 60, we return to our principles and discuss freedom. What is it? Why do we care about it so much? And what does it mean for socialists to have freedom as a spiritual principle?Part of the Principles Before Personalities series.Show NotesNew stickers!The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley RobinsonRosa Luxemburg on freedomFollow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram.Find merch in our shop.ClementineMorrigan.comJayLesoleil.comTheme song by ST x LIAM.Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora. Get full access to Fucking Cancelled at www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

In Episode 59, we get together with DJ Fraser and Tara McGowan-Ross for the first episode of our new segment, Book Club. This month's book is ‘After Black Lives Matter' by Cedric G. Johnson. We were privileged to interview Cedric Johnson a few episodes back, but we wanted to delve even deeper into this masterful and important piece of political thought, which we encourage everyone to read.If you'd like to follow along for the next episode of Book Club, we will be doing ‘The Ministry for the Future' by Kim Stanley Robinson!This is part of the Book Club series.Show NotesFreddie deBoer on Jordan Neelie: ‘It Only Counts When it Hurts'‘Capitalist Realism' by Mark FisherEpisode 43 with Adolph Reed Jr.Episode 37 with Touré Reed‘Toward Freedom' by Touré Reed‘Stolen Focus' by Johann HariSurveillance Capitalism (Wikipedia)Follow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram.Find merch in our shop.ClementineMorrigan.comJayLesoleil.comFucking CancelledTheme song by ST x LIAM.Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora.Jay Lesoleil is a writer, artist, and shelter worker from Montréal with a background in political anthropology. Jay is also one half of the podcast Fucking Cancelled.Clementine Morrigan is a socialist-feminist writer, educator, and public intellectual based in Montréal, Canada. She writes popular and controversial essays about culture, politics, sexuality, and trauma. A passionate believer in independent media, she's been making zines since the year 2000 and is the author of several books. She's known for her iconic white-text-on-a-black-background mini-essays on Instagram. One of the leading voices on the Canadian Left and one half of the Fucking Cancelled podcast, Clementine is an outspoken critic of cancel culture and proponent of building solidarity across difference. Get full access to Fucking Cancelled at www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

In Episode 58, we are joined by writer, musician, political commentator, and punk historian, Jason Myles. Jason is co-host of the popular This is Revolution podcast. We discuss the impact of BLM on the Sanders campaign and the rise of Ibram X. Kendi's brand of anti-racism. We consider the impact of capitalist realism on hardcore, and what happens when our subcultural and political movements are bought and sold back to us, the topic of Jason's new mini-book I was a Teenage Anarchist. Part of the Talking Shit Series.Show NotesThis is RevolutionI was a Teenage AnarchistI was a Teenage Anarchist Launch Party: November 18thBitterlakeThe Man Who Sold the World by Jason MylesLocking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black AmericaTalking Shit with Cedric Johnson: After Black Lives MatterThe Unbearable Futility of Whiteness (ft. Jay Lesoleil) on This is RevolutionBlack Lives Matter protesters shut down Sanders event in SeattleFollow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram.Find merch in our shop.ClementineMorrigan.comJayLesoleil.comTheme song by ST x LIAM.Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora.Thank you for reading Fucking Cancelled. This post is public so feel free to share it.Fucking Cancelled is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Fucking Cancelled at www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

In Episode 57, we are joined by Dr. Cedric G. Johnson, Professor of Black Studies and Political Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, to discuss his book After Black Lives Matter: Policing and Anti-Capitalist Struggle. We discuss the origins of modern policing, the classed reality of Black life in the US, and how neoliberalism dooms us all to poverty and catastrophe unless we act -- together -- to stop it. We were so excited to hear Cedric talk about this important book, and we know you will be too.Part of the Talking Shit series.Show NotesAfter Black Lives Matter by Cedric G. JohnsonCedric's Verso author pageCedric's InstagramDarren Seals on YoutubeFollow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram.Find merch in our shop.ClementineMorrigan.comJayLesoleil.comTheme song by ST x LIAM.Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora. Get full access to Fucking Cancelled at fuckingcancelled.substack.com/subscribe

In Episode 56, we announce that Fucking Cancelled has moved to substack! Please follow us fuckingcancelled.substack.com if you haven't already, and consider becoming a supporter of the pod for $5 Canadian a month. You'll get a bunch of bonus content and help keep the podcast alive! After this announcement we discuss Clementine's attunement model of consent, which she wrote about in her zine, The Forgotten Art of Fucking. This model includes: attunement, shared responsibility, mixed styles of communication, valuing the erotic, and recognizing the inherent risk in sexuality. Clementine offers this model as an alternative to the contractual model of consent that defines consent only as ongoing verbal asking throughout sex.Part of the Fucking Feelings series.Show NotesConsent for people's real sex lives where we don't sound like robotsThe Forgotten Art of FuckingTalking Shit with Zachary Zane: Sex is a Huge Part of My SexualityRefusing to be Accountable: Responsibility, Boundaries, Intervention and PunishmentFollow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram.Find merch in our shop.ClementineMorrigan.comJayLesoleil.comFucking CancelledTheme song by ST x LIAM.Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora.Jay Lesoleil is a writer, artist, and shelter worker from Montréal with a background in political anthropology. Jay is also one half of the podcast Fucking Cancelled.Clementine Morrigan is a socialist-feminist writer, educator, and public intellectual based in Montréal, Canada. She writes popular and controversial essays about culture, politics, sexuality, and trauma. A passionate believer in independent media, she's been making zines since the year 2000 and is the author of several books. She's known for her iconic white-text-on-a-black-background mini-essays on Instagram. One of the leading voices on the Canadian Left and one half of the Fucking Cancelled podcast, Clementine is an outspoken critic of cancel culture and proponent of building solidarity across difference. Get full access to Fucking Cancelled at fuckingcancelled.substack.com/subscribe

In Episode 55 we have a conversation with Sam Cat of Shrimp Teeth about the intersections of cancel culture and polyamory. Sam Cat is a sexuality, polyamory, and relationship educator out of the United States who has long taken a stance against cancel culture. She discusses the impact cancel culture is having on her clients as they navigate polyamory and try to do it ‘right.' We talk about conflict, mismatched relationship style preferences, sex negativity, and why cancel culture is bad for polyamory.Part of the Cancel Club series. Show NotesShrimp TeethCanceling CancelingHow Cancel Culture Shows Up In PolyamoryLove Without EmergencyLove Without Emergency 2Trauma Informed PolyamoryFollow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram.Find merch in our shop.ClementineMorrigan.comJayLesoleil.comTheme song by ST x LIAM.Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora. Get full access to Fucking Cancelled at fuckingcancelled.substack.com/subscribe

In Episode 54, we are joined by author and bisexual icon, Zachary Zane, of the book Boyslut. We talk about bisexual men, biphobia, and bisexual audibility. We discuss sexual shame, sexual risk, and the complexities of consent. An unabashedly pro-sex, pro-desire writer, Zachary shines light on what men-who-fuck-men communities can teach the rest of us. This is three thirsty bisexuals talking shit. Absolutely iconic.  SHOW NOTES Boyslut, the book Boyslut, the zine Zachary Zane's instagram   Follow Fucking Cancelled on Patreon & Instagram. Find merch on our BigCartel. Also check out Clementine's website and Jay's website. Theme song by ST x LIAM. Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora. Free transcripts are added on Patreon as they become available.

In Episode 53, we are joined by spoken word poet and gay-famous wisdom holder, Andrea Gibson. We discuss living and dying, loving the lives we have, gratitude, and presence. Andrea shares about their experience with cancer, their life as a poet, and what they've learned through it all. We talk about the impact of cancel culture on human beings and we close out by touching on the topic of aliens. This is a beautiful interview. You don't want to miss it.   SHOW NOTES Andrea's Instragram Andrea's Substack: Things That Don't Suck Andrea's Website You Better Be Lightning   Follow Fucking Cancelled on Patreon & Instagram. Find merch on our BigCartel. Also check out Clementine's website and Jay's website. Theme song by ST x LIAM. Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora. Free transcripts are added on Patreon as they become available.

In episode 52, we welcome back friend of the pod Freddie deBoer to discuss his upcoming book How the Elites Ate the Social Justice Movement and why we should take social justice politics seriously. We talk about identity politics and identiarianism, condescending deference, cancel culture, and the right wing reaction to all of this. We find out that when it comes to aliens, Freddie wants to believe.   SHOW NOTES: How the Elites Ate the Social Justice Movement (Freddie's new book) Freddie's substack Freddie's website   Follow Fucking Cancelled on Patreon & Instagram. Find merch on our BigCartel. Also check out Clementine's website and Jay's website. Theme song by ST x LIAM. Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora. Free transcripts are added on Patreon as they become available.

In Episode 51, we discuss Black American English, also known as AAVE, as a way to consider some of the differences between identitarian and identity politics approaches. Black American English is minority dialect in the United States of America. The identitarian approach to protecting Black American English typically involves appropriation discourse and the restriction of who can use Black American English on the basis of racial idenity. We offer another approach, one based in identity politics, which treats Black American English as a minority language deserving of legal protection and recognition. This approach does not restrict who can learn or speak Black American English, but does insist there are correct and incorrect ways to speak it, and, more importantly, focuses on the rights of native Black American English speakers, regardless of racial identity.    SHOW NOTES: Could Black English Mean a Prison Sentence? by John McWhorter: "An upcoming study in the linguistics journal Language found that 27 Philadelphia [court] stenographers, presented with recordings of Black English grammatical patterns, made transcription errors on average in two out of every five sentences, and could accurately paraphrase only one in three sentences." Lexicon Valley with John McWhorter: Black Like Us Lexicon Valley with John McWhorter: What Had Happened Was Storytelling Lexicon Valley with John McWhorter: White Author, Black English. Problem? Quebec's Charter of the French Language Aboriginal Language Knowledge and Youth Suicide: "Youth suicide rates effectively dropped to zero in those few communities in which at least half the band members reported a conversational knowledge of their own Native language." Indigenous Language Organizations and Initiatives   Follow Fucking Cancelled on Patreon & Instagram. Find merch on our BigCartel. Also check out Clementine's website and Jay's website. Theme song by ST x LIAM. Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora. Free transcripts are added on Patreon as they become available.

In Episode 50, we sit down with Bebe Montoya, an artist, writer and socialist from Portland, Oregon, USA. We talk about being a working artist, the sanitization of art, and the imperative for artists to act like brands or celebrities. We discuss identitarianism, racial essentialism, and the trials and tribulations of trying to be a socialist in Portland.     SHOW NOTES: Bebe's website Bebe's Instagram Bebe's Patreon The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Manson Russia novel "controversy" Tomorrow Ever After movie   Follow Fucking Cancelled on Patreon & Instagram. Find merch on our BigCartel. Also check out Clementine's website and Jay's website. Theme song by ST x LIAM. Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora. Free transcripts are added on Patreon as they become available.

In Episode 49 we discuss historical materialism, a foundational concept within Marxist theory, and look at how it offers a much better way of understanding the world we find ourselves in than identitarianism does. Also, Clementine discovers that she may be a Marxist-Leninist.   SHOW NOTES: Racecraft by Fields and Fields Base and Superstructure Early European Farmers The Indo-European Migrations The Bantu Expansion The Austronesian Expansion The Inca Civil War   Follow Fucking Cancelled on Patreon & Instagram. Find merch on our BigCartel. Also check out Clementine's website and Jay's website. Theme song by ST x LIAM. Mixing and editing by Xander Moon. Free transcripts are added on Patreon as they become available.

In Episode 48 we are joined by English punkrocker and friend of the pod, Jonny "Itch" Fox of the King Blues! We discuss the connection between working class consciousness and punk, addiction recovery, why it's important to keep a positive attitude, and the impact of cancel culture on music and politics. We also get to hear Itch's story from a young kid figuring it out in the streets of London, his rise to fame, the impact of cancellation, and his commitment to what he believes in. It's a beautiful and empowering story.    SHOW NOTES: The King Blues on instagram Itch's instagram   Follow Fucking Cancelled on Patreon & Instagram. Find merch on our BigCartel. Also check out Clementine's website and Jay's website. Theme song by ST x LIAM. Mixing and editing by Xander Moon. Free transcripts are added on Patreon as they become available.

In Episode 47, we finally make it to Step 3. We talk letting go and letting God, what it means to be right-sized, and why you can't be the actor and the director at the same time.    SHOW NOTES: The NA stepwork guide   Follow Fucking Cancelled on Patreon & Instagram. Find merch on our BigCartel. Also check out Clementine's Patreon & Clementine's website. Check out Jay's website too. Theme song by ST x LIAM. Mixing and editing by Xander Moon. Free transcripts are added on Patreon as they become available.

In Episode 46 we discuss the Fucking Cancelled 2023 American tour, followed by a deep dive into our controversial argument that murder is wrong in all circumstances. Attempting to take up the arguments of certain pro-murder anarchists in good faith, we nonetheless maintain that murdering people you don't like is bad.   SHOW NOTES: Fucking Cancelled Goes on Tour   Follow Fucking Cancelled on Patreon & Instagram. Find merch on our BigCartel. Also check out Clementine's Patreon & Clementine's website. Check out Jay's website too. Theme song by ST x LIAM. Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora. Free transcripts are added on Patreon as they become available.

In Episode 45, we're joined by friend of the pod Alexia Roditis, lead singer of the California band Destroy Boys. We talk about the impact of cancel culture on musicianship, navigating the Nexus while young, and how acting like a cop all the time isn't very punk. We finish off with an acoustic performance of some of our favourite Destroy Boys songs.   FUCKING CANCELLED IS ON TOUR! For details, click here.   SHOW NOTES Alexia's IG Destroy Boys Destroy Boys IG   Follow Fucking Cancelled on Patreon & Instagram. Find merch on our BigCartel. Also check out Clementine's Patreon & Clementine's website. Check out Jay's website too. Theme song by ST x LIAM. Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora. Free transcripts are added on Patreon as they become available.

In Episode 44, we're joined by friend of the pod Kier Adrian Gray, a writer and recovering social justice kid based in Vancouver. We discuss the trials and tribulations of being an anarchist in Montreal, the effects of toxic social justice world on mental health, how to get out of the Nexus, and what to do once you're out.    FUCKING CANCELLED IS GOING ON TOUR! For details, click here.   SHOW NOTES Kier's Substack Kier's resource list Kier's IG   Follow Fucking Cancelled on Patreon & Instagram. Find merch on our BigCartel. Also check out Clementine's Patreon & Clementine's website. Check out Jay's website too. Theme song by ST x LIAM. Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora. Free transcripts are added on Patreon as they become available.

In episode 43 we are honoured to be joined by Dr. Adolph Reed Jr., professor emeritus of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, long time organizer, and prolific scholar. We discuss the collapse of the Left in North America, the Nexus as the 'left wing of neoliberalism', race reductionism, identiarianism, and the need to work toward a politics of solidarity and class consciousness.  SHOW NOTES Class Matters Podcast The South: Jim Crow and Its Afterlives by Adolph Reed Jr. No Politics but Class Politics by Walter Benn Michaels and Adolph Reed Jr. The Trouble with Disparityby Walter Benn Michaels and Adolph Reed Jr. Disparity Ideology, Coronavirus, and the Danger of the Return of Racial Medicine by Adolph Reed Jr. The Crisis of Labour and the Left in the United States by Mark Dudzic and Adolph Reed Jr. Racecraft by Barbara J. Fields and Karen E. Fields Race, Culture, and Evolution by George W. Stocking, Jr. The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein   Follow Fucking Cancelled on Patreon & Instagram. Find merch on our BigCartel. Also check out Clementine's Patreon & Clementine's website. Check out Jay's website too. Theme song by ST x LIAM. Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora. Free transcripts are added on Patreon as they become available.

In Episode 42, we are joined by Hephestion and Scott, spokespeople for Class Unity, a Marxist pole of attraction in the United States. We discuss the DSA and Class Unity's decision to seperate from the DSA. We talk solidarity, the necessity of building a movement by and for the working class, and the issues preventing the Left from getting organized.    SHOW NOTES: ClassUnity.org Join Class Unity Introduction to Class Unity Reading Group Class Unity Reading List 'Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America' by Barbara Ehreinreich   Follow Fucking Cancelled on Patreon & Instagram. Find merch on our BigCartel. Also check out Clementine's Patreon & Clementine's website. Check out Jay's website too. Theme song by ST x LIAM. Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora. Free transcripts are added on Patreon as they become available.

In Episode 41 we are joined by friend of the pod Michael Imperioli. You may know him from the Sopranoes but he is so much more than that. We talk Buddhism, meditation, the function of the arts, and the importance of celebrating people while they are still alive. We discuss aspiring to our Buddha nature while creating space for our full humanity. SHOW NOTES: Michael's instagram Michael's meditation class Zopa, Michael's band   Follow Fucking Cancelled on Patreon & Instagram. Find merch on our BigCartel. Also check out Clementine's Patreon & Clementine's website. Check out Jay's website too. Theme song by ST x LIAM. Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora. Free transcripts are added on Patreon as they become available.

In Episode 40, we look at the art of making friends while cancelled. We live in a hyper-alienated time, when more people than ever before report having few or no close friends. On top of that, renewed puritanical impulses within the culture threaten to exile already-atomized people from what little community they have left. In such a context, how are we to create and nurture meaningful connections and break the isolation so poisonous to the human spirit?   SHOW NOTES: 30% of Millennials say they are often or always lonely. 20% report having no acquaintences at all Hikikomori, the Japanese phenomenon of extreme social isolation is going global   Follow Fucking Cancelled on Patreon & Instagram. Find merch on our BigCartel. Also check out Clementine's Patreon & Clementine's website. Check out Jay's website too. Theme song by ST x LIAM. Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora. Free transcripts are added on Patreon as they become available.

In Episode 39, we return to our principles and discuss kindness. What is its political utility? What are its psychospiritual implications? And have you ever noticed that it feels really good?   SHOW NOTES: Everything Everywhere All At Once   Follow Fucking Cancelled on Patreon & Instagram. Find merch on our BigCartel. Also check out Clementine's Patreon & Clementine's website. Check out Jay's website too. Theme song by ST x LIAM. Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora. Free transcripts are added on Patreon as they become available.

In Episode 38, we talk about how our relationships are affected when we leave the Nexus, and discuss some strategies for interacting with people who remain believers, especially our friends and ex-friends. We talk about ways in which the process of leaving the Nexus is similar to exiting a cult or getting sober, and ask what lessons we can learn from those experiences.   SHOW NOTES: Jay's new zine Love is stronger than mind control   Follow Fucking Cancelled on Patreon & Instagram. Find merch on our BigCartel. Also check out Clementine's Patreon & Clementine's website. Check out Jay's website too. Theme song by ST x LIAM. Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora. Free transcripts are added on Patreon as they become available.

In Episode 37, we sit down with author and academic Dr. Touré Reed, author of 'Toward Freedom: The Case Against Race Reductionism'. We talk about his book, discuss the concepts of class reductionism and race reductionism, and look into the ways that liberal identitarianism can be used to uphold ruling-class power.   SHOW NOTES Toward Freedom: The Case Against Race Reductionism “Jess La Bombalera” and the Pathologies of Racial Authenticity by Touré F. Reed The Resurgence of Race Reductionism — Touré Reed (Jacobin Youtube) Touré Reed's author page on Nonsite   Follow Fucking Cancelled on Patreon & Instagram. Find merch on our BigCartel. Also check out Clementine's Patreon & Clementine's website. Check out Jay's website too. Theme song by ST x LIAM. Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora. Free transcripts are added on Patreon as they become available.

In Episode 36, we take a look at the slow-motion implosion of the Green Party due to identitarian infighting before moving on to a more hopeful topic: Québec Solidaire, the democratic socialist party set to make significant gains in the upcoming Quebec election.   SHOW NOTES CBC - Green Party president quits, tells members 'the dream is dead' CBC - Green MPs threatened to leave party if leadership race paused, email to party council says The 2022 Platform of Québec Solidaire translated into English Québec Solidaire's website The Quebec Sovereignty movement (Wikipedia) The FLQ (Wikipedia)   Follow Fucking Cancelled on Patreon & Instagram. Find merch on our BigCartel. Also check out Clementine's Patreon & Clementine's website. Check out Jay's website too. Theme song by ST x LIAM. Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora. Free transcripts are added on Patreon as they become available.  

In Episode 35, we discuss some ways to protect left-wing organizations from wreckerism -- that is, the tendency of identitarians to destroy organizations from within.   SHOW NOTES Follow Fucking Cancelled on Patreon & Instagram. Find merch on our BigCartel. Also check out Clementine's Patreon & Clementine's website. Check out Jay's website too. Theme song by ST x LIAM. Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora. Free transcripts are added on Patreon as they become available.