There are plenty around the uni, but I generally prefer personal copies that I can annotate

I've been trying to get a copy of this book, Michael Moriarty also cites it very frequently

I know this Crimethinc essay gets a lot of flak, but I reckon it does capture something: people are only going to get into radical politics if it's something that excites them crimethinc.com/1997/04/11/y...

I think the subtext to this conversation was also them expecting me to come out and say 'I'm also an American who's just pretending to be Canadian,' instead of me responding 'No, I'm really from Ontario...'

I think that's right: these people were clearly doing it to avoid being associated with Trump. But something about it also felt very messed up to me, again in the context of the US currently being an aggressor against Canada, while Americans help themselves to Canadian identities abroad.

Maybe I'm overreacting to this, but it's especially offensive with Trump talking about invading Canada. It's the combination of one country threatening another, and then people from the aggressor country pretending to be from the other country so that they can enjoy its reputation as well.

I suppose a part of why this was particularly shocking to hear was because, with Trump threatening to annexe Canada, there are Americans going around and helping themselves to Canadian identities anyway

My parents met while they were in an ordination programme at the University of Toronto

for days we got the "Showdown with Socialism" buildup only to get the payoff of Trump essentially saying "wow this socialist guy fuckin rules. I, on the other hand, am a fascist". what a country. what an era

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It’s not just cats either - St Hugh’s has a family of foxes and a family of badgers that inhabit our college grounds

I have to be pro-Flapjack and Biscuit since they’re my college’s cats