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<p>In the dying days of the Russian Empire, tens of thousands of working-class Yiddish-speaking Jews, radicalized by the triple oppression of capitalism, Tsarism and antisemitism, formed an anti-Zionist socialist party called the Jewish Labour Bund. Hugely influential on the worldwide socialist movement and at its height the largest socialist organization in Russia, the Bund remains for many anti-Zionist Jews (and other socialists) an inspiring example of bravery and committed internationalism in the face of impossible odds. In Episode 90, author and artist Molly Crabapple joins Jay to talk about her new book on the Bund, <em>Here Where We Live is Our Country</em>. In the process of researching this fantastic book, Molly taught herself Yiddish and pored through original sources originally belonging to her great-grandfather, himself a Bundist in his youth. We also discuss the state of antisemitism, real and imagined, in the wake of the Gaza genocide.</p><p><strong>Show Notes</strong></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646320/here-where-we-live-is-our-country-by-molly-crabapple/">Here Where We Live is Our Country</a></p><p>Molly’s <a target="_blank" href="https://www.mollycrabapple.com/">website</a></p><p>Molly’s <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/mollycrabapple">Instagram</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/623035/defiance-by-loubna-mrie/9781984880000">Defiance</a> by Loubna Mrie</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Herzl">Theodor Herzl</a> on Wikipedia</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_of_Settlement">The Pale of Settlement</a> on Wikipedia</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiddish">Yiddish</a> on Wikipedia</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Liberia">History of Liberia</a> on Wikipedia</p><p><strong>Links</strong></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/fuckingcancelled/">Instagram</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://fuckingcancelled.bigcartel.com/">Merch</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://fuckingcancelled.substack.com/">fuckingcancelled.com</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="http://clementinemorrigan.com/">clementinemorrigan.com</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.jaylesoleil.com/">jaylesoleil.com</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwrFY0_UJjs">Theme song</a></p><p>Fucking Cancelled has no ads and is a supported by our listeners. To help us continue our work, consider subscribing.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe</a>

<p>In Episode 89, Erica, Roger and Jay get together to talk about ICE as the MAGA paramilitary, the ‘don’t tread on me’ to ‘please tread on me’ pipeline, the ideological emptiness and racially diverse character of contemporary American fascism, liberal myths about reality, and what is — and is not — a general strike. </p><p>Erica Thomas is a labour organizer, professor and artist. Roger Peet is an artist, writer and head of comms for the Portland DSA.</p><p><strong>Show Notes</strong></p><p>Erica’s <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/ericameryl/?hl=en">IG</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.fuckingcancelled.com/p/a-secret-third-thing-with-erica-thomas">Episode 82</a> with Erica Thomas</p><p>Roger’s <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/toosphexy/?hl=en">I</a>G</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.fuckingcancelled.com/p/digging-up-the-sun-with-roger-peet">Episode 74</a> with Roger Peet</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Homan">Tom Homan</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Gluesenkamp_Perez">The Glooper</a></p><p>Carney’s <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mark-carney-speech-davos-rules-based-order-9.7053350">speech at Davos</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership/">Join DSA</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1767-class-struggle-unionism">Class Struggle Unionism</a> by Joe Burns</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://platypus1917.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/arendt_eichmanninjerusalem.pdf">Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil</a> by Hannah Arendt</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691263465/free-gifts">Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature </a>by Alyssa Battistoni </p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/197798168-all-fours">All Fours</a> by Miranda July</p><p><strong>Links</strong></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/fuckingcancelled/">Instagram</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://fuckingcancelled.bigcartel.com/">Merch</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://fuckingcancelled.substack.com/">fuckingcancelled.com</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="http://clementinemorrigan.com/">clementinemorrigan.com</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.jaylesoleil.com/">jaylesoleil.com</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwrFY0_UJjs">Theme song</a></p><p>Fucking Cancelled has no ads and is a supported by our listeners. To help us continue our work, consider subscribing.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe</a>

<p>In Episode 88 we’re joined by Eric Blanc, author of <em>We Are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big. </em>We talk about the importance of unions in confronting the many problems of this dystopian timeline and how the model of worker-to-worker unionism is necessary to scale up unionization and create an effective labour movement. We also discuss the recent uptick in labour organizing in North America, including high-profile union drives at Starbucks and Amazon, and what workers are doing to win these struggles. We finish off with a little discussion of Young Cardamom, AKA Zohran Mamdani, mayor-elect of New York City.</p><p><strong>Show Notes</strong></p><p>Eric’s book <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ucpress.edu/books/we-are-the-union/paper">We Are the Union</a></p><p>Eric’s Substack, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.laborpolitics.com/">laborpolitics.com</a></p><p>Eric’s <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/ericblanc_/?hl=en">Instagram</a></p><p>The Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee <a target="_blank" href="https://workerorganizing.org/">(EWOC)</a></p><p>Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Points the Way Forward, <a target="_blank" href="https://jacobin.com/2025/11/mamdani-election-trump-democrats-socialism">by Eric Blanc,</a> in Jacobin</p><p>More articles by <a target="_blank" href="https://jacobin.com/author/eric-blanc">Eric Blanc in Jacobin</a></p><p>An update on the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/amazon-closure-quebec-union-9.6979662">Amazon situation in Quebec</a></p><p><strong>Links</strong></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/fuckingcancelled/">Instagram</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://fuckingcancelled.bigcartel.com/">Merch</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://fuckingcancelled.substack.com/">fuckingcancelled.com</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="http://clementinemorrigan.com/">clementinemorrigan.com</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.jaylesoleil.com/">jaylesoleil.com</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwrFY0_UJjs">Theme song</a></p><p>Fucking Cancelled has no ads and is a supported by our listeners. To help us continue our work, consider subscribing.</p><p></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe</a>

<p>On November 2, 2025, Montreal heads to the polls. We talk to Craig Sauvé, leader of the new left-wing party Transition Montreal, and punk rock candidate for city councillor, Sergio Da Silva. We discuss left-wing proposals for public safety, public workers for public works, what to do about housing and homelessness, and how to save nightlife in Canada’s cultural capital.</p><p><strong>Show Notes</strong></p><p>Transition Montreal’s <a target="_blank" href="https://www.transitionmtl.org/">website</a></p><p>Transition Montreal’s <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/transitionmontreal/">Instagram</a></p><p>Craig’s <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/craigsauvemtl/?hl=en">Instagram</a></p><p>Sergio’s <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/s.m.dasilva/?hl=en">Instagram</a></p><p>Cult MTL <a target="_blank" href="https://cultmtl.com/2025/08/turbo-haus-sergio-da-silva-is-running-for-office-in-montreals-municipal-election-on-nov-2/">on the election</a></p><p>TVA calling Sergio’s <a target="_blank" href="https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2025/10/22/craig-sauve-aux-prises-avec-un-candidat-controverse">neck tattoo</a> controversial</p><p>The <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charbonneau_Commission">Charbonneau Commission</a></p><p><strong>Links</strong></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/fuckingcancelled/">Instagram</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://fuckingcancelled.bigcartel.com/">Merch</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://fuckingcancelled.substack.com/">fuckingcancelled.com</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="http://clementinemorrigan.com/">clementinemorrigan.com</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.jaylesoleil.com/">jaylesoleil.com</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwrFY0_UJjs">Theme song</a></p><p>Fucking Cancelled has no ads and is a supported by our listeners. To help us continue our work, consider subscribing.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe</a>

<p>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. </p><p><strong>Show Notes</strong></p><p>The <a target="_blank" href="https://www.canada.ca/en/public-safety-canada/news/2025/06/the-strong-borders-act---government-of-canada-strengthens-border-security.html">‘Strong Borders Act’</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-44/session-1/bill-5">Bill 5,</a> the ‘Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act’</p><p>Quebec’s new <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/unions-slam-quebec-government-for-adopting-law-limiting-strikes/">law limiting strikes</a></p><p>Jay’s article <a target="_blank" href="https://www.jaylesoleil.com/p/green-elites-vs-green-left-populism">‘Green’ Elites vs Left Green Populism</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_L%C3%A9vesque">René Lévesque</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Duplessis">Maurice Duplessis</a></p><p>Quebec’s <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiet_Revolution">Quiet Revolution</a></p><p>Isaac Peltz on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacapeltz/">Instagram</a></p><p>Isaac Peltz on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@isaacapeltz">TikTok</a></p><p>Isaac’s <a target="_blank" href="https://linktr.ee/ixcwylde">LinkTree</a></p><p>Isaac’s <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/@duoduet">Substack</a></p><p><strong>Links</strong></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/fuckingcancelled/">Instagram</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://fuckingcancelled.bigcartel.com/">Merch</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://fuckingcancelled.substack.com/">fuckingcancelled.com</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="http://clementinemorrigan.com/">clementinemorrigan.com</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.jaylesoleil.com/">jaylesoleil.com</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwrFY0_UJjs">Theme song</a></p><p>Fucking Cancelled has no ads and is a supported by our listeners. To help us continue our work, consider subscribing.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe</a>