TIFF Must Ban Israeli Films
By effectively banning Russian films, TIFF established a precedent it’s refusing to uphold.
Culture
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Canada Silent As American Authorities Throw World Cup Into Chaos
Canada, one of the tournament co-hosts, has not issued any official statement regarding the interruptions.
Canadian Billionaire Owns Israeli Team With Among ‘Most Racist’ Fans
The New Israel Fund has labelled Maccabi Tel Aviv FC fans as among the “most racist” in Israel.
TIFF Deserves No Applause For Screening ‘Russians At War’
What will it take for anyone in power at Canada’s major institutions to take a principled stand for Palestine?
‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ & The Futility Of ‘Sabotage Liberalism’
By endorsing acts that have no real path to success, these supposedly radical products hamper revolutionary work.
Anti-Capitalism Is The Only Way To Save Creativity From AI
Art costs money. Creativity takes time. The combination of time and money is in short supply within capitalist democracy.
‘The Watcher,’ Suburbia And The Housing Crisis As Horror
There’s something in your house, but it’s not a ghost or demon. Rather, it’s the spirit of finance capitalism, in crisis once again.
Canada Must Break Its Hockey Obsession For Anything To Change
The Hockey Canada sexual assault scandals reveal so much of what is wrong in this country, from the top down.
I Watched An 857-Hour Movie To Encounter Capitalism’s Extremes
Logistics tracks, in reverse chronological order, the journey of a pedometer from a shop in Sweden to a factory in China.