<p>This week, Nick Girard joins me to dig into another week of manufactured emergencies and systemic collapse. From Trump’s military occupation of DC, to Romana Didulo’s arrest, to the slow-motion disaster of AI harms and ecological breakdown, it’s all crisis all the time. We also talk about capitalism’s state-capitalist mask slipping and the shifting views on socialism in the U.S.</p><p>Nick is also sending out his book for free. Just reach out to him on Instagram at <strong>@nickdgirard</strong> or email me at <strong>[email protected]</strong> and we’ll get you a copy.</p><p>Solidarity is the strategy.</p><p><strong>Sources</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalobserver.com%2F2025%2F09%2F03%2Fnews%2Fai-chatbots-are-changing-online-threat-landscape-ottawa-reviews-legislation"><u>https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalobserver.com%2F2025%2F09%2F03%2Fnews%2Fai-chatbots-are-changing-online-threat-landscape-ottawa-reviews-legislation</u></a> </p><p><a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/11391128/saskatchewan-rcmp-richmound-investigation/"><u>https://globalnews.ca/news/11391128/saskatchewan-rcmp-richmound-investigation/</u></a><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/rcmp-richmound-didulo-1.7624038"><u>https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/rcmp-richmound-didulo-1.7624038</u></a> </p><p><a href="https://leaderpost.com/news/sha-declare-queen-of-canadas-compound-a-threat-to-public-safety"><u>https://leaderpost.com/news/sha-declare-queen-of-canadas-compound-a-threat-to-public-safety</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trans-gun-ban-trump-mental-illness-b2820372.html"><u>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trans-gun-ban-trump-mental-illness-b2820372.html</u></a></p><p><a href="https://climateandcapitalism.com/2025/09/07/60-of-land-area-is-now-out-of-the-safe-operating-zone/"><u>https://climateandcapitalism.com/2025/09/07/60-of-land-area-is-now-out-of-the-safe-operating-zone/</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/we-are-all-dc-tens-of-thousands-march-to-white-house"><u>https://www.commondreams.org/news/we-are-all-dc-tens-of-thousands-march-to-white-house</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/google-antitrust-order-1.7623824"><u>https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/google-antitrust-order-1.7623824</u></a></p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/socialism-socialist-capitalism-big-business-free-enterprise-poll-c052ca687269a2cc075423877b7904e6"><u>https://apnews.com/article/socialism-socialist-capitalism-big-business-free-enterprise-poll-c052ca687269a2cc075423877b7904e6</u></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/db610f93-d48d-4c49-a394-68aeee0500a6"><u>https://www.ft.com/content/db610f93-https://apnews.com/article/socialism-socialist-capitalism-big-business-free-enterprise-poll-c052ca687269a2cc075423877b7904e6d48d-4c49-a394-68aeee0500a6</u></a> </p><ul><li><p>Mutual aid shoutouts or action items<br></p></li><ul><li><p><strong>Support KJ’s fight against a brain tumor</strong> — donate to the GoFundMe campaign for Eric’s nephew:<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-kj-with-his-battle-against-a-brain-tumor"> <u>https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-kj-with-his-battle-against-a-brain-tumor</u><br></a></p></li><li><p><strong>Regina Cathedral Community Fridge</strong> — volunteer-run, 24/7 mutual aid fridge in Regina; feeding local neighbours every day. Help them here:<a href="https://www.cathedralcommunityfridge.com/"> <u>https://www.cathedralcommunityfridge.com/</u></a><a href="https://linktr.ee/reginacommunityfridge"><u>https://linktr.ee/reginacommunityfridge</u></a><a href="https://www.cathedralcommunityfridge.com/"> <br></a></p></li><li><p><strong>Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF)</strong> — offering medical care, food, and humanitarian aid to children and families in Gaza and the West Bank: <a href="https://www.pcrf.net/donate"><u>https://www.pcrf.net/donate</u><br></a></p></li><li><p>Taylor Mcnallie is an activist and organizer from out of Calgary Alberta who has a number of pages to help support others and also she needs help with legal fees after being targeted by the Calgary police for her activism <u> </u><a href="https://linktr.ee/taylor_mcnallie"><u>https://linktr.ee/taylor_mcnallie</u></a> <br></p></li><li><p>SomeRandomG33k gives a lot of their income to people in need so you can either donate to them through streamlabs <a href="https://streamlabs.com/somerandomg33k/tip"><u>https://streamlabs.com/somerandomg33k/tip</u></a> or check out their charity links page <a href="https://charitylinks.page/"><u>https://charitylinks.page/</u></a> </p></li></ul></ul><p>Check out Nick’s book <em>In the Beginning</em> </p><p>Buy Nick’s book in Canada <a href="https://a.co/d/bbtJsT4"><u>https://a.co/d/bbtJsT4</u></a></p><p>Buy Nick’s book in the US <a href="https://a.co/d/czu4Maw"><u>https://a.co/d/czu4Maw</u></a></p><p>Nick on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nickdgirard/"><u>https://www.instagram.com/nickdgirard/</u></a> </p><p>My links: <a href="https://linktr.ee/skepticalleftist"><u>https://linktr.ee/skepticalleftist</u></a> </p><p><br></p>