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Fucking Cancelled

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Fucking Cancelled is a socialist podcast from Montreal for people who dream of a left grounded in solidarity, freedom, and responsibility rather than identity, coercion, and dysfunction.

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Episodes

Owned by the Libs with Isaac Peltz

In Episode 86 we’re joined again by journalist Isaac Peltz to catch up on some Canadian politics. The new Prime Minister, Mark Carney, wants to read your mail and access your internet data without a warrant, while Quebec wants to abolish your right to strike and Ontario wants to turn the habitats of endangered species into Special Economic Zones where corporations don’t have to follow laws. Show Notes The ‘Strong Borders Act’ Bill 5, the ‘Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act’ Quebec’s n...

Jun 30, 20251 hr 11 min

The LA Rebellion with Cecilia Guerrero

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 Nashvil...

Jun 18, 202557 min

Thinking About Solidarity with Sarah Schulman

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 Notes Sarah Schulman Sarah Sch...

May 22, 202558 min

Tech Won't Liberate Us with Paris Marx

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 sentie...

May 06, 20251 hr 1 min

A Secret Third Thing with Erica Thomas

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 hig...

Apr 24, 20251 hr 18 min

Resisting Climate Apocalypse with Last Generation

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...

Apr 02, 20251 hr

Psychiatry, Psychedelics and the Maps We Carry with Rose Cartwright

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 m...

Mar 20, 20251 hr 6 min

2020 Can't Save Us Now

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com In 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 …...

Mar 03, 202554 min

Writing About Incest With Kelsey Zazanis

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 chil...

Feb 21, 20251 hr 31 min

Housing Sucks Because Everyone in the Government is a Landlord with Isaac Peltz

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 import...

Feb 12, 20251 hr 10 min

The Closest You Can Get to Punching Jeff Bezos in the Face with Felix Trudeau and Louisa Worrell

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 campaig...

Feb 07, 202545 min

The Theology of Exile with Juno Zavitz

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, ...

Jan 25, 20251 hr 26 minSeason 1Ep. 75

Digging Up the Sun with Roger Peet

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 Democrat...

Jan 03, 20251 hr 14 minSeason 1Ep. 74

Class War

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com In 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....

Dec 26, 202430 minSeason 1Ep. 73

The Quest for the Offline Left with Cecilia Guerrero: Organizing the South

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...

Nov 03, 20241 hr 29 min

Talking Shit with Elizabeth Oldfield: On Becoming Fully Alive

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 Notes The Sacred The Sacred — Interview with Clementine Elizabeth’s Substack Fully Alive — The book Follow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram ...

Sep 27, 20241 hr 11 min

The Quest for the Offline Left with Dru Oja Jay: SEIZE's Report on Housing

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 Notes Dru’s website The housing report About SEIZE The...

Aug 10, 202450 min

Quest for the Offline Left with Wayne Hsiung: All Suffering Matters

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 Notes Simple Heart Wayne’s instagram Follow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram . Find merch in our shop . ClementineMorrigan.com JayLesoleil.com Fuc...

Jul 23, 20241 hr 19 min

Nobody's Getting Cancelled: Everything is Violence Except Literal Violence Which is Fine

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com In 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…...

Jul 01, 202411 min

Talking Shit with David Chambers: Toward a Happy Healthy Masculinity

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 Notes David’s Instagram David’s podcast...

May 24, 20241 hr 49 min

Nobody's Getting Cancelled: Loving (and Leaving) Your Cancelled Boyfriend

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com In 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…...

Apr 21, 202417 min

Book Club: We Will Not Cancel Us by adrienne maree brown

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com In 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 Notes We Will …...

Feb 28, 202417 min

Talking Shit with Amber A'Lee Frost: The Bourgeoisie Have All the Carrots and Potatoes

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 Notes Amber’s new book, Dirtbag Chapo Trap House The Romance of American Communism by Vivian Gornick Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson Fear and Loathing on the Campa...

Feb 23, 20241 hr 5 min

Book Club with Tara and DJ: 'The Ministry for the Future' by Kim Stanley Robinson

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 Notes The Ministry for the Future Follow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram . Find merch in our shop . ClementineMorrigan.com JayLesoleil.com Fucking Cance...

Feb 07, 20241 hr 34 min

Talking Shit with Katherine Angel: Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again

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 Notes Kathe...

Jan 30, 20241 hr 27 min

Talking Shit with Joey Santore: Kill Your Fuckin Lawn

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 Notes Crime Pays But Botany Does...

Dec 31, 20231 hr 3 min

Principles Before Personalities: On Freedom

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 Notes New stickers! The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson Rosa Luxemburg on freedom Follow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram . Find merch in our shop . ClementineMorrigan.com JayLesoleil.com Theme song by ST x LIAM. Mixing and editing by Charlo...

Dec 15, 20231 hr 25 min

Book Club with Tara and DJ: 'After Black Lives Matter' by Cedric G. Johnson

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 Fut...

Nov 26, 20231 hr 41 min

Talking Shit with Jason Myles: This is a Rock Show, It's Supposed to be Fun

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...

Nov 15, 20231 hr 46 min

Talking Shit with Cedric Johnson: After Black Lives Matter

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 ...

Oct 26, 20231 hr 24 min
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