The fascist occupation of downtown Ottawa

2022-02-02 Thread openflows
Comrades! It has been many years since I have written to you all, via the Nettime network, however I've been lurking and reading your analysis of the ongoing resurgence of fascism. Unfortunately I'm writing today to bring your attention to the current situation in downtown Ottawa, Canada. A group o

Re: The fascist occupation of downtown Ottawa

2022-02-02 Thread Alex Foti
true dat! also they shut down the montana portion of the border: https://www.vice.com/en/article/dypxnz/anti-vax-trucker-convoy-blocks-canada-us-border?utm_source=VICEWorldNews_twitter&utm_medium=social On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 5:06 PM openflows wrote: > Comrades! > It has been many years since

Re: The fascist occupation of downtown Ottawa

2022-02-02 Thread openflows
The federal conservative leader was just ousted in what some are calling the "night of dull knives". Up to this point, a far right party called the PPC or People's Party of Canada had been the primary beneficiary of the uprising. However the removal of the federal conservative leader was done rapid

Re: The fascist occupation of downtown Ottawa

2022-02-02 Thread Matthew MacNeil
Pretty wild series of events over the last two weeks. I wonder how much of a manager of the extreme elements of the party O'Toole was. I wonder if he ever even had the chance to properly lead the party... The fallout is going to be interesting especially given the PM is in isolation and the spotl

Re: Yanis Varoufakis: What is techno-feudalism?

2022-02-02 Thread carlo von lynX
Thank you Luke and Felix, I found you both enlightening! On Wed, Feb 02, 2022 at 09:25:50AM +1300, Luke Munn wrote: > Platforms do possess power - and this is precisely why it's important to > try to understand their technical operations, to grasp their power > relations, and to examine how they p

Re: The fascist occupation of downtown Ottawa

2022-02-02 Thread carlo von lynX
Hurts me to hear of your reports. This madness is happening in nearly all countries, binding well-meaning people to the wrong leaders, at different degrees of threat to the physical vicinity or even the remainders of democracy. On Wed, Feb 02, 2022 at 06:32:06PM +, Alessandro Delfanti wrote: >