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Todd Gordon @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social · Aug 27

Behnam Amini on anti-imperialism and Israel’s war on Iran.

Todd Gordon @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social · Aug 19

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Midnight Sun Magazine @midnightsunmag.bsky.social · Aug 19

NEW: Behnam Amini on anti-imperialism and Israel’s war on Iran.

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Useful Enemies

Internationalizing the Coalition

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Todd Gordon @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social · Jul 18

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Midnight Sun Magazine @midnightsunmag.bsky.social · Jul 18

NEW: Midnight Sun speaks to Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras organizer Martha Ojeda about building solidarities across North American borders.

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A conversation with Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras organizer Martha Ojeda about building solidarities across North American borders.

Water on the Brain – Spectre Journal

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Todd Gordon @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social · Jun 24

Here’s Jeff Webber’s and my intervention on the nature of the Trump regime and fascism for @journalspectre.bsky.social

journalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · Jun 24

Hey y'all! This Tuesday we've got @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social and @jefferyrwebber.bsky.social writing on Trumpism as a specific variety of authoritarianism and it's connection to a liberalism in crisis.

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Gordon and Webber argue that Trumpism exemplifies the antidemocratic authoritarianism characteristic of the liberal tradition, rather than interwar fascism.

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Todd Gordon @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social · May 20

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Midnight Sun Magazine @midnightsunmag.bsky.social · May 20

NEW: David Camfield on current conditions – and hope – for communists.

An excerpt from Red Flags: A Reckoning with Communism for the Future of the Left (@fernpub.bsky.social).

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What Can We Hope For?

David Camfield on current conditions – and hope – for communists. An excerpt from Red Flags: A Reckoning with Communism for the Future of the Left (Fernwood Publishing).

Ontario’s proposed ‘special economic zones’ are antidemocratic power grab, opponents warn

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Todd Gordon @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social · May 7

They can complain about him all they want, but this is Trump’s gift to Ford & a Canadian capital fantasizing about rolling back labour, environmental & indigenous rights by decades.

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Doug Ford’s government is positioning Bill 5 as a way speed up approvals for critical-minerals projects and others

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Todd Gordon @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social · May 6

Against Bad Arguments for Terrible Things – Spectre Journal

Holly Lewis takes a sledgehammer to John Rees's attempt to Marx-wash antitrans bigotry.

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From Trade War to Class War

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Nik Barry-Shaw @nikbarryshaw.bsky.social · Apr 16

The main auto workers' union, Unifor, has passed a resolution calling for plants to be seized if companies try to shift production to the U.S., and at a Windsor tool maker, workers blocked trucks that were trying to leave with equipment.

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Todd Gordon @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social · Apr 1

Our latest from @midnightsunmag.bsky.social: @johncke.bsky.social on transforming the trade war into class war.

Midnight Sun Magazine @midnightsunmag.bsky.social · Apr 1

NEW: John Clarke on building a liberatory class politics in the face of the escalating trade war between Canada and the US.

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John Clarke on building a liberatory class politics in the face of the escalating trade war between Canada and the US.

Jane Shi on disability justice, Palestine solidarity, and faith as action.

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Todd Gordon @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social · Mar 7

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Midnight Sun Magazine @midnightsunmag.bsky.social · Mar 7

NEW: Jane Shi on disability justice, Palestine solidarity, and faith as action.

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Ritual and Repetition

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Todd Gordon @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social · Mar 1

“After all the shouting and the saber-rattling and the lecturing and the pleading and the politicking had ceased, the American president shifted a little in his seat and shared an observation.

“This is going to be great television,” he remarked. “I will say that.””

Todd Gordon @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social · Feb 28

The “section” of the US ruling class most committed to rethinking US foreign policy in an increasingly multipolar world is led politically by those the least capable of diplomatically maneuvering through it. The US in the 3rd decade of the 21st c; diplomacy in the age of social media & reality tv.

#50: Trump's Tariffs: How Should the Left Respond?

Todd Gordon @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social · Feb 16

My discussion with David Camfield & Mostafa Henaway on the dangers of the left nationalist response to Trump’s tariff war.

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Trump's Tariffs: How Should the Left Respond? . . . The threat of sweeping US tariffs has touched off a political crisis in the Canadian state. Todd Gordon and Mostafa Henaway discuss how the left is

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Todd Gordon @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social · Feb 11

Here’s my response to the resurgence of Canadian nationalism — left & otherwise — in the context of the tariff war: a political dead end, we need instead a much more far reaching, & internationalist, response animated by struggles from below.

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We Need Workers’ Solidarity, Not “National Unity,” in Response to Trump’s Tariffs

Todd Gordon on why Canadian nationalism is a dead end, and on the need for a strategy centred around mass struggle and workers’ solidarity across borders.

Trudeau’s comments that Trump wants critical minerals highlights U.S. reliance on Canadian resources

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Todd Gordon @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social · Feb 8

Weakening environmental regulations, more pipeline expansion, defending “our” critical minerals — it’s clear Cdn capital & the state are exploiting the crisis caused by Trump’s tariff war to pursue what’s always been their plan but which is made much easier if we accept _their_ nationalist agenda.

Prime Minister said Donald Trump wants to annex Canada to gain access to critical minerals, adding to existing signs that the U.S. President realizes the value of Canadian resources to his country

Eros and Alienation: Capitalism and the Making of Gendered Sexualities — Radicals in Conversation

Todd Gordon @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social · Feb 7

Great interview with @alansearslefty.bsky.social on his new book Eros & Alienation.

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With Alan Sears. In this episode we discuss the new book, Eros and Alienation: Capitalism and the Making of Gendered Sexualities. Alan Sears lays out his expansive understanding of key ideas like labo...

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Elon Musk makes surprise appearance at AfD event in eastern Germany

Todd Gordon @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social · Jan 30

Trump, the anti-monetarist, has a different theory of inflation.

“If the Fed had spent less time on [diversity, equity and inclusion], gender ideology, ‘green’ energy, and fake climate change, inflation would never have been a problem.”

Todd Gordon @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social · Jan 25

Just an “awkward gesture”according to the msm & zionists? By the man doubling down on his support for the AFD, speaking to its election rally today & insisting “There is too much focus on past guilt, and we need to move beyond that.”

Tycoon tells 4,500 people at campaign event in Halle to be proud of German culture in speech via video link

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Todd Gordon @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social · Jan 21

Clearly in-fighting in Trump circles isn’t bw a non-far right (the tech billionaires) and the far-right MAGA core, but bw far right factions. Whether they’ll be reconciled or it’ll combust, supporting visas for tech workers doesn’t negate support for the European far right or giving nazi salutes.

Todd Gordon @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social · Jan 17

Ya, running not one but two different central banks and being on the board of major multinational corporations means you're totally outside politics. A real fresh face. You can totally trust him.

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Mark Carney casts himself as a political outsider with launch of Liberal leadership bid

Former central banker pledges to focus on the economy, argues for less federal spending in move to differentiate himself from Justin Trudeau

In Farewell Address, Biden Warns of an ‘Oligarchy’ Taking Shape in America

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Todd Gordon @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social · Jan 16

“Taking shape”. NYT & Biden discover the capitalist ruling class.

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President Biden did not explicitly name President-elect Donald J. Trump, but his remarks went straight at the tension at the heart of the incoming White House.

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Todd Gordon @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social · Jan 13

Another expression of how politically useless and bereft of vision the NDP is. Singh’s default response is to defend the free trade status quo premised in the deepening property rights of capital at the expense of workers & the environment.

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Singh calls for suspension of critical minerals exports to U.S. if Trump imposes tariffs

Canada is the largest foreign supplier to the U.S. of minerals such as potash, indium, aluminum and tellurium

Alan Sears on the generative desiring at the heart of revolutionary politics, a potential antidote to capitalism’s dehumanizing effects.

Todd Gordon @toddgordontoronto.bsky.social · Jan 13

Check out our latest from @midnightsunmag.bsky.social by @alansearslefty.bsky.social

Midnight Sun Magazine @midnightsunmag.bsky.social · Jan 13

NEW: Alan Sears on the generative desiring at the heart of revolutionary politics, a potential antidote to capitalism’s dehumanizing effects.

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Eros and Revolution