Fred Guerin
An Essay on the Social Contract
Let me begin by giving a bit of a historical and philosophical background. The idea of social contract goes as far back as Plato’s,...
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Fred Guerin
Nov 156 min read
The Myth of ADHD and the Medicalization of Childhood
The diagnostic criteria within the mental health bible, or Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association (DSM...
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Fred Guerin
Oct 282 min read
The New Opium of the Masses: Social Media
In A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right Marx said the following : “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed...
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Fred Guerin
Sep 263 min read
Hillary Clinton and Russiagate: The Biggest Fraud in American History
Hillary Clinton and her official mainstream news propagandist Rachel Maddow continue to irrationally claim, without any evidence...
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Fred Guerin
Sep 123 min read
Climate Action and the Power of the Powerless
Over the last few years, I’ve heard many people argue that climate change is not a driving force in the present day or even in elections...
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Fred Guerin
Aug 317 min read
Environmental Ethics Part II: On The Politics and Economics of Environment and Climate
In Part One I argued that individual lifestyle changes, climate change advocacy and systemic change grounded in justice considerations...
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Fred Guerin
Aug 314 min read
Environmental Ethics: Part I Changing Our Lifestyle Means Changing the System…and Vice Versa!
It is often said by climate change denialists, and even by those who fully support radical systemic social and economic change, that...
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Fred Guerin
Jul 62 min read
On the Powerlessness of the Governing Class
It's becoming more and more apparent that President Biden's diminished condition has been known and largely covered up by the White House...
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Fred Guerin
Aug 8, 20233 min read
The Insanity of NATO and the Ukraine-Russian War
Before the present war, Ukraine was known as the most corrupt and impoverished nation in all of Europe. Bribery, political corruption,...
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Fred Guerin
Apr 18, 20235 min read
In a World of Lies and Propaganda the Truth Appears One-Sided
Dimitri Lascaris and a host of others, Chris Hedges, Noam Chomsky, Scott Ritter, John Helmer, Yves Engler, Ben Norton, Radhika Desai and...
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Fred Guerin
Feb 11, 20233 min read
On Taiwan, China and American Unipolar Hegemony
There is no doubt that mainstream western propaganda media distorts and outright lies when it comes to China. There is also no doubt that...
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Fred Guerin
Mar 30, 20223 min read
On America, Russia and Pre-Emptive War
At the end of the day, we should understand that it was the US who provided the quasi-legal justification for Russia's present military...
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Fred Guerin
Feb 1, 20225 min read
Anti-Vaxxers, Anti-Maskers and the Trucker 'Freedom' Convoy
Yesterday, I wrote on Facebook about anti-vaxx and free speech. Today I want to say something about the anti-vaxx movement and the recent...
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Fred Guerin
Jan 5, 20226 min read
On the Principle of Reciprocity in Foreign Relations
At least one measure of how propagandized we have all become in North America is our incapacity to imagine the world from the perspective...
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Fred Guerin
Nov 3, 20214 min read
On Old-Growth Logging, Deforestation and Habitat Destruction
The National Observer has an article today about political leaders at the COP26 in Glasgow "promising" to halt the ‘chainsaw massacre’ of...
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Fred Guerin
Oct 1, 20214 min read
On Genocide at Home and Away
While researching the topic of genocide, I came across a statistic that rather stunned me: it has been estimated by the Political...
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Fred Guerin
Sep 27, 20214 min read
COVID-19: Aerosol vs Droplet Transmission
I was fairly certain a year ago that the COVID virus was transmitted through aerosols and not through droplets or touch. An aerosol is a...
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Fred Guerin
Sep 27, 20213 min read
Psychiatry as Pseudoscience
Okay...I am going to say it: Psychiatry is a pseudo-science and has been from day one. Psychiatric diagnoses of so-called mental...
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Fred Guerin
Sep 25, 20215 min read
What Should an Effective Climate Strike Look Like?
Well, for inspiration, we might begin to answer the above question by talking to McDonald's workers in Denmark. The latter make $22 an...
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Fred Guerin
Sep 9, 20215 min read
On the Ethics and Politics of Vaccine Passports
Next Monday (September 13) people in BC will need proof of vaccination if they want to access some events, services and businesses. The...
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