Fucking Cancelled
Fucking Cancelled is a socialist podcast from Montreal that critiques identity politics and coercion within leftist movements, advocating for a left grounded in solidarity, freedom, and responsibility. The show features discussions on politics, culture, and current events from a socialist perspective.
Episodes
Technofeudal Enshittification with Cory Doctorow
Jay is joined by Cory Doctorow, a veteran activist for internet freedom and the best-selling author of Enshittification and The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI (among many other titles). We discuss the inexorable decline in the quality of tech platforms, the total capture of regulatory bodies by predatory corporations, the rise of monopoly capitalism, and what can be done about any of thi
Conflagration
Jay is joined by senior wildfire correspondents Roger and Erica to discuss the forest fires raging across North America. We talk about out of control fires on the edge of the Arctic Circle, the use of prison labour in fighting wildfires, and what kind of mitigation, if any, is possible. We also talk about the psychotic responses of American politicians to the crisis and capitalism’s One Weird Tric
100 Episodes With No Accountability
A deep, deep dive into the Lore for our 100 episode anniversary. Also, a sneak peak at the new intro music.Show NotesThe Revolution Will Not be Sober by Zoë Dodd and Alexander McClellandThe Wonder Years - When the Blue Finally CameClementine on Blocked and ReportedLinksInstagramMerchfuckingcancelled.comclementinemorrigan.comjaylesoleil.comFucking Cancelled has no ads and is a supported by our list
Numb with Mark Abley
Numbness now seems to be the emotional default for so many of us — the result of living in a deranged reverse panopticon, where everything bad happening everywhere in the world (plus the fever dreams of robots) is beamed directly into your eyeballs all day long by our pitiless overlords. Jay joins poet, journalist and author Mark Abley to talk about confronting and escaping the brain-mushing machi
Endgame
The boom in AI datacentres is part of an anti-everything endgame strategy for capitalists who want to permanently win capital’s war against labour and complete, once and for all, the enclosure of the commons and the privatization of all stores of value, down to the last bytes of information. Roger and Erica join Jay to discuss the widespread, grassroots, and bipartisan surge in opposition to these
The Final Girlboss with Bebe Montoya
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.fuckingcancelled.comIn Episode 97 Clementine and Jay kick it with Bebe Montoya, Portland’s best and most cancelled socialist zinester. We talk about Bebe’s new zines, gender politics with normal characteristics, and the final (girl)boss of neoliberal identitarianism. This is a paywalled episode; to listen to the whole thing, become
Misery and Depravity with Joey Santore
Joey Santore from Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t joins Jay to rant at length about the spiritual depravity of the wilting non-native hedges lining the empty parking lots copy-pasted across North America. Show NotesSpiritually Depraved and Misery-Inducing Landscapes of North AmericaCrime Pays But Botany Doesn’t - Main WebsiteCrime Pays But Botany Doesn’t - the podcastCrime Pays But Botany Doesn’t -
Big Dipper: Jay Goes to the NDP Convention
A few weeks ago the NDP held their party convention in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where they elected a new party leader and a new executive slate. Intrepid reporter Jay went to Winnipeg to check things out so you didn’t have to. Everything you never wanted to know about party politics, and more!Show NotesThe NDPThe CLCThe CCFAvi Lewis’s platformMorris LewisBy the way: friend of the pod Molly' Crabapple’s
Escaping the Manomatrix
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.fuckingcancelled.comRoger and Erica join Jay to commiserate about the excruciating experience of watching Louis Theroux’s new documentary ‘Inside the Manosphere’. Is the Red Pill more of a reactionary social movement or a Patreon-based pyramid scheme? Is the Manosphere the new face of neo-Nazi propaganda or The Secret for Zoomer men
Fighting Back Against Austerity with Alliance Ouvrière
In the midst of historic cuts to public services in Quebec, workers are fighting back. Jay sits down with Kiersten and Adam from Alliance Ouvrière (Workers Alliance; the organization that successfully unionized the Amazon warehouse outside Montreal) to talk about their Nos jobs, nos services campaign, which seeks to react to austerity by radicalizing workers, mobilizing fighting unions, and revita
Psycho Killer with Juno Aventurine
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.fuckingcancelled.comA classic cancel culture episode. Clementine and Jay are joined by conflict mediator and zinester Juno Aventurine to talk about the relationship between trauma and cancel culture, the shadowiest of shadow parts, and the moral ambiguity of the human animal. We also talk about the stubborn spectre of identitarianis
Constitutionally Incapable with Christopher Curtis
The governing party in Quebec, the CAQ, continues its death spasms with yet another project no one asked for and everybody hates: a new constitution for Quebec, decided on with no mandate and written without any popular consultation. In Episode 91 Jay sits down with Christopher Curtis, founder of independent journalism outlet The Rover, to unravel the insane tangle of arrogance, corruption and stu
The Bund, the Zionists and the Socialism of Fools with Molly Crabapple
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-Zi
Domestic Terror
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. Erica Thomas is a labour organizer, professor and artist. Roger Peet is an artist, w
Hopelessness Can Turn to Hope Pretty Quick with Eric Blanc
In Episode 88 we’re joined by Eric Blanc, author of We Are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big. 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
Votez Pour Sergio (et Craig) with Craig Sauvé (and Sergio Da Silva)
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.Show NotesTransition Montrea
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 N
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
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 Palest
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 t
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 P
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
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, an
2020 Can't Save Us Now
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 n
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
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 politici
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 Trudea
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 inf
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, art
Class War
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 fuckingcancel
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 m
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 NotesThe SacredThe Sacred — Interview w
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
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 NotesSimple HeartWayne’s instagramFollow Fuc
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.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
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
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.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 eve
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.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 o
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 NotesAmber’s new book, DirtbagChapo Trap HouseThe Romance of American Communism by Vi
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 NotesThe Ministry for the FutureFollow Fucking Cancell
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 loomin
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
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 NotesNew stickers!The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley RobinsonRosa Luxemburg on freedomFollow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram.Find merch in our shop.Cl
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
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 bo
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 -- to
Fucking Feelings: The Attunement Model of Consent
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 F
Cancel Club with Sam Cat: Polyamory and Cancel Culture
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 conflic
Talking Shit with Zachary Zane: Sex is a Huge Part of My Sexuality
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.
Talking Shit with Andrea Gibson: A Difficult Life is Not Less Worth Living Than a Gentle One
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. T
Talking Shit with Freddie deBoer: Freddie Wants to Believe
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 believ
Identity Crisis: Identity Politics vs Identitarianism
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 America
Talking Shit with Bebe Montoya: #NotAllPortlanders
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. Part of the Talking Shit series.Show Notes
Identity Crisis: Historical Materialism Versus Identitarianism
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.Part of the Identity Crisis series.Show NotesRacecraft by Fields and FieldsBase and SuperstructureEarly European FarmersThe
Replatformed with Jonny "Itch" Fox: Setting Hearts on Fire
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, hi
Half Measures Availed Us Nothing: Turning It Over
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. Part of the Half Measures Availed Us Nothing series.Show NotesFollow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram.Find merch in our shop.ClementineMorrigan.comJayLesoleil.comTheme song by ST x LIAM.Mixing and editing by Xander Moon. T
Nobody's Getting Cancelled: Why Murder is Wrong
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.Part of the Nobody’s Getting Cancelled series.Show NotesFucking Cancelled Goes on
Replatformed with Alexia Roditis: Hunting Witches Has Turned Into Hunting Bitches
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.Part of the Replatformed series.Show NotesFUCKING
Experience, Strength and Hope with Kier Adrian Gray: Building A Life to Move Into
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. Part of the Experience, Strength, and Hope series.Show NotesFUCKING CANCELL
Talking Shit with Adolph Reed Jr.: What's Left?
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. P
Quest for the Offline Left: Class Unity
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. Part of the Quest for the Offline Left series.S
Talking Shit with Michael Imperioli: Our Full Humanity
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.Part of the Talking Shit series. Show NotesMichael's
Nexit: Making Friends
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
Principles Before Personalities: Please! Be Kind!
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?Part of the Principles Before Personalities series. Show NotesEverything Everywhere All At OnceFollow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram.Find merch in our shop.ClementineMorrigan.comJayLesoleil.comTheme song by ST
Nexit: What To Do When Your Friends Are Still Believers
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.Part of the Nexit series. Sho
Talking Shit with Touré Reed: Toward Freedom
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.Part of the Talking Shit series.Show NotesToward Freedom: The Case Against Race Reduc
The Quest for the Offline Left: Québec Solidaire
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.Part of the Quest for the Offline Left series.Show NotesCBC - Green Party president quits, tells members 'the dream is dead'CBC - Green MP
Organizing Against the Nexus: Wrecker-Proofing Leftist Organizations
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.Part of the Organizing Against the Nexus series. Show NotesFollow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram.Find merch in our shop.ClementineMorrigan.comJayLesoleil.comTheme song by ST x LIAM.Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora. This is a public
Refusing to be Accountable: The Rights of the Accused
In Episode 34, we look at the similarities between the criminal justice system and cancel culture. We also look at the differences — notably, that the criminal justice system affords rights to those who are accused of offences, while cancel culture does not.Part of the Refusing to be Accountable series.Show NotesEpisode 6 - Refusing to be Accountable: Responsibility, Boundaries, Intervention and P
Nobody's Getting Cancelled: Does Cancel Culture Prevent Abuse?
In Episode 33, we look at the notion that cancel culture functions to prevent abuse and keep people safe. Why do proponents of cancellation say this, and what do they mean by it? Is it true? And what are some other ways to think about abuse and safety?Part of the Nobody’s Getting Cancelled series.Show NotesEpisode 6 - Refusing to be Accountable: Responsibility, Boundaries, Intervention and Punishm
Unraveling the Right: What is Right-Wing Populism?
In Episode 32, we discuss right-wing populism. Fresh off a 1.5 day hitchhiking ride with a 'Freedom Rally' conspiracy theorist, Jay explains what it is that these right-wing populists believe and how it differs from left-wing variants of populism. We talk about how people get that way, what kinds of messaging can get through to them, and why it's important for Leftists to understand what it is the
Principles Before Personalities: Tolerance
In Episode 31, we discuss tolerance. At a certain point the left seems to have decided that tolerance is not good enough, and that we need acceptance or even celebration instead. We discuss why tolerance is actually very important in pluralistic socities and why it's necessary for building solidarity across difference. Part of the Principles Before Personalities series.Show NotesPrinciples Before
Nobody's Getting Cancelled: Supporting Our Cancelled Friends and Loved Ones
In Episode 30, we discuss practical tips for supporting the people in our lives who are being cancelled, both in the immediate aftermath of a cancellation campaign, and for the longterm. Part of the Nobody’s Getting Cancelled series.Show NotesTalking Shit with Dr. Christine Marie: Breaking the Spell of CancellationNobody's Getting Cancelled: Surviving CancellationFollow Fucking Cancelled on Instag
The Quest for the Offline Left: The Social Solidarity Economy with Marcus Peters
In Episode 29, we sit down with Marcus Peters, an activist and organizer based in Montreal, to discuss the social solidarity economy. We talk about what a co-op is, why they're important for the Left, and how they can give workers control over their work. We also discuss a new union Marcus has been organizing in the forestry sector. Finally, we get into the problem of wreckers — and how to organiz
Organizing Against the Nexus: A Proactive Approach to Cancel Culture
In Episode 28, we examine organisation policies which uphold cancel culture. What is wrong with policies like these? Why organize against them? And what are some proactive approaches we can take to counter these practices?Part of the series Organizing Against the Nexus.Show NotesEpisode 6 - Refusing to be Accountable: Responsibility, Boundaries, Intervention and PunishmentEpisode 26 - Nobody's Get
Principles Before Personalities: Responsibility
In Episode 27, we talk about responsibility. What are the different uses of this word, and how does it differ from 'accountability'? What lessons can we learn about responsibility from the 12 Steps? And why is it a topic so seldom discussed in the Nexus?Part of the Principles Before Personalities series.Show NotesEpisode One - Principles Before Personalities: An Introduction to Fucking CancelledFo
Nobody's Getting Cancelled: Breakups in the Age of Cancel Culture
In Episode 26, we discuss breakups in the age of cancel culture. We ask what happens when we think of cancellation as a form of intimate partner abuse, talk about why it is that some people can feel the need to control their ex-partners, and investigate how the Nexus promotes and protects this type of behaviour. Finally, we talk about some things we can do instead of cancelling our exes.Part of th
Replatformed with David Rovics: What We Have in Common
In Episode 25, we sit down with David Rovics, a musician, writer, and libertarian socialist from the United States. We discuss socialism, anti-fascism, internationalism, and the importance of building solidarity. We get into the experience of being cancelled and misrepresented on a large scale. Finally, we finish off the episode with David playing some of his songs for us. Part of the Replatformed
Talking Shit with Dr. Maria Paredes: When Does this End?
In Episode 24, we are joined by Dr. Maria Paredes, licensed trauma therapist and certified eating disorder specialist, out of the United States. We discuss cancel culture as it relates to therapy. How can therapists support cancelled people? How can cancelled people find supportive therapy? What happens when a canceller is in the therapy room? What happens when it's therapists doing the cancelling
Nobody's Getting Cancelled: Surviving Cancellation
In Episode 23, we discuss the art of surviving cancellation. What are some ways to take real responsibility if you do feel like you've actually done something you regret? What is in your control and what isn't? What does it mean to accept things about your situation that you can't change? And most importantly, what are some ways to change the things you can? You can still have a beautiful life, ev
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