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Jay is joined by Cory Doctorow, a veteran activist for internet freedom and the best-selling author of Enshittification and The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI (among many other titles). We discuss the inexorable decline in the quality of tech platforms, the total capture of regulatory bodies by predatory corporations, the rise of monopoly capitalism, and what can be done about any of this.Show NotesEnshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What To Do About ItThe Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI:How to Think About Artificial Intelligence Before It's Too LateCreative CommonsThe Tendency of the Rate of Profit to FallDoppelganger by Naomi KleinGoogle and Apple’s shenannigansLinksInstagramMerchfuckingcancelled.comclementinemorrigan.comjaylesoleil.comFucking Cancelled has no ads and is a supported by our listeners. To help us continue our work, consider subscribing. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

A deep, deep dive into the Lore for our 100 episode anniversary. Also, a sneak peak at the new intro music.Show NotesThe Revolution Will Not be Sober by Zoë Dodd and Alexander McClellandThe Wonder Years - When the Blue Finally CameClementine on Blocked and ReportedLinksInstagramMerchfuckingcancelled.comclementinemorrigan.comjaylesoleil.comFucking Cancelled has no ads and is a supported by our listeners. To help us continue our work, consider subscribing. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

Award-winning author and historian Sarah Schulman joins us in Episode 84 to talk about her new book, The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity. We talk about what solidarity means in the context of today’s neoliberal hellworld and how to be in solidarity across differences in power. We also talk about Sarah’s process of debrainwashing from Zionism, how she has learned to be in solidarity with Palestinians, and the importance of telling the truth no matter what.Show NotesSarah SchulmanSarah Schulman on TwitterThe Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity by Sarah SchulmanalQaws for Sexual & Gender Diversity in Palestinian Society ACT UPConflict is Not Abuse by Sarah SchulmanPride (2014)LinksInstagramMerchfuckingcancelled.comclementinemorrigan.comjaylesoleil.comTheme songFucking Cancelled has no ads and is supported by our listeners. To help us continue our work, please consider subscribing. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

As the masked goons of the MAGA nanny-state continue to disappear students for holding views upsetting to hysterical Zionists and their sweaty, senile leader continues to rule by deranged imperial decree executive order, we sit down with Erica Thomas, a union organizer, professor and artist, to talk about what’s going on in our increasingly unhinged southern neighbour, the USA. We talk about the Portland police force’s weird attempt to join the Oregon labour movement, the enshittification of higher education and everything else, and the state of Palestine organizing on campuses today. We also talk about union art, the Democratic Socialists of America, and the possibility, at long last, of the emergence of a true third party in US politics. Show NotesErica’s websiteErica’s IGPortland’s police union is trying to use the labor movement to avoid budget cutsFive Things I Did This Week by Laurie WimmerThe Palestine Exception by Jan Haaken and Jennifer RuthEmergency Workplace Organizing Committee for new unionization support and general how-to-union basic educationJane McAlevyClass Struggle Unionism by Joe BurnsGeneral Strike 2028Join DSA Bread & Roses - the Marxist caucus of DSAThe Bread & Roses reading listThe Bread & Roses blogBullshit Jobs by David GraeberFree Pre-K in OregonCouncilor Mitch Green, District 4, PortlandPortland city councilor threatens PSU project funding over response to pro-Palestinian library takeoverFederal investigation into 5 universities for “antisemitism” which targeted Portland State and 4 othersIHRA definition of antisemismLinksInstagramMerchfuckingcancelled.comclementinemorrigan.comjaylesoleil.comTheme songFucking Cancelled has no ads and is a supported by our listeners. To help us continue our work, consider subscribing. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

Plagued from a young age by disturbing intrusive thoughts and unable to control dangerous compulsive behaviours, 3 Body Problem screenwriter and best-selling author Rose Cartwright was immensely relieved to learn that she had a disease called OCD, which was caused by a chemical imbalance in her brain and could be easily treated with a pill. She became the UK’s poster girl for recovery from OCD, and even wrote a book called Pure—later adapted into a TV show—about the success of the psychiatric model in treating her disorder. But years later, having sunk back into chronic suicidality, she struggled with the fact that this model hadn’t really produced any kind of long term relief. Then she discovered something astounding: that there is no biological basis for most of the disorders in the DSM, and the ‘chemical imbalance’ theory of mental illness had been quietly discredited years ago. She embarked on a quest to understand what was going on, resulting in her groundbreaking book The Maps We Carry: Psychedelics, Trauma, and Our New Path to Mental Health. In Episode 80, we talk to Rose about her story and her research, getting into the failures of the medical system to treat mental illness effectively, the amazing properties of psychedelics in this field, and the question of how to give working class people access to these new, important tools.Show NotesRose Cartwright’s websiteRose’s InstagramHer book The Maps We CarryHer BBC radio series on psychedelics and traumaStudy about dance and depressionGabor Mate’s book The Myth of NormalEcstatic danceLinksInstagramMerchfuckingcancelled.comclementinemorrigan.comjaylesoleil.comTheme songFucking Cancelled has no ads and is a supported by our listeners. To help us continue our work, consider subscribing. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe