Fred Guerin
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 31
- 4 min
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 6
- 2 min
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, 2023
- 3 min
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, 2023
- 5 min
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, 2023
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 5 min
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, 2022
- 6 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 5 min
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, 2021
- 5 min
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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Fred Guerin
- Jul 24, 2021
- 4 min
Avi Lewis, Radical Change and Party Politics
When Avi Lewis decided to move to electoral politics and bring the latter into dialogue with progressive ecological movements I cheered...
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Fred Guerin
- Jun 26, 2021
- 1 min
There is Nothing 'Theoretical' About Critical Race Theory
When scientists use the word ‘theory’ they are usually referring to something abstract or hypothetical, yet to be fully verified by...
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Fred Guerin
- Jun 16, 2021
- 2 min
On Possible and Sustainable Futures
I’m neither pessimistic nor fatalistic by nature. That we should endeavor to soberly assess the way we have raised the planets...
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Fred Guerin
- Jun 16, 2021
- 2 min
The Amazon Workplace: Planned Worker Obsolescence
You have, no doubt, all heard the expression 'planned obsolescence': in other words, the planning or designing of a product that has only...
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Fred Guerin
- Jun 3, 2021
- 3 min
Avi Lewis: The 'Leap' from Movements Into Party Politics
There is a necessary and potentially productive tension between progressive movements and political parties. When they lack leadership or...
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