The Nakba didn’t end in 1948—it has been ongoing. From the expulsion of 750,000 Palestinians to the genocide of Gaza, from bulldozed villages to bombed hospitals, from refugee tents in Ramla to refugee tents in Rafah. What we’re witnessing today is the same campaign of erasure, carried out by Israel since the beginning.

Cartoon by Carlos Latuff.

This really says everything you need to know about cops and what they contribute to society.

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Canadian Cultural Sovereignty, an essay

Canada has been culturally annexed by the US years ago as we defunded the arts and grants that support artists. We must do better if we are to remain an independent nation. (Or more optimistically, to become a reconciled collective of sovereign nations.)

When I mentioned it several times over this week, a few people got indignant about it. So I challenged people to name Canadian artists. Any artists.

I did this in real life with some friends yesterday, and in a minute, you can see people struggle at 7 or so. Keep in mind, this group is very culturally in touch. Most people got to 10. A relatively low number, but this unlocked a curious conversation.

The artists people named are mostly from decades ago. The Tragically Hip. Céline Dion. Justin Bieber. Rush. Nickelback. Gordon Lightfoot. Back when Canadiana meant... Something?

Modern artists are lost and mixed up in the blending of the US and Canadian cultural identity, because the US market is how you make a living as an artist. Without the widespread influence of TV, radio and that collective exposure to regulated levels of Canadian content, we've lost a lot of what culturally ties us together through shared (over)exposure and conversations of that medium.

As the US threatens to economically annex Canada, whether or not we can push back depends on our ability to unite under an identity. Without cultural power, we have no identity. The push to defund the CBC and TVO are attached to this corporate desire for us to become less Canadian. So we could be sold to and be as profitable to sell to as Americans.

I genuinely don't believe that industry alone will protect Canada from the biggest threat to our sovereignty.
One that has always loomed over us.
One that has trained us to become complacent.

We've long been colonized by American capital and we don't even know it. Our much lower wages. The rate of US ownership of Canadian businesses, media, land and resources, with the profits extracted to those companies. Our inability to see what is Canadian.

As the settlers who've gotten used to being the oppressors, it's hard to have that lens turned on us. If we truly want to fight back, we need to learn from our Indigenous Nations and communities that are successfully rebuilding their sovereignty and identity through culture and autonomy.

Sovereignty also requires stability across the population. Without addressing the chronic hunger and rising houselessness, it will take very little effort to destabilize our society.

We need to create a culture "machine" and fund artists to create new things that will help Canadians to recreate a distinct identity. One that makes art accessible to regular people. One that recognizes, reconciles and embraces our relationship with our Indigenous treaty partners.

Sovereignty requires economic self-sufficiency, but the ties that get us to work together in spite of raw profits are cultural. We need to invest in our people and our ability to create and access art, both old and new, in community with those around us. This is how we rebuild a Canadian identity.

#Canada #cdnpoli #culture #sovereignty

I've started posting on LinkedIn all the unconstitutional shit Trump and Musk are doing to undermine the security and integrity of our government. Mainly because that crowd needs to hear it most. It's incredible how many people in the infosec space are still defending the actions of DOGE and its dear leader(s). And they're not all crypto bros and AI peddlers; we're talking about people in some pretty important roles, tech-wise.

But at least when they reply with the inevitable "stay in your lane" or "I used to like you when you stayed out of politics," they are on record as complicit and totally okay with what is going on.

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