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    On Possible Paths to the Future
    Fred Guerin
    • Jun 3, 2020
    • 3 min

    On Possible Paths to the Future

    What’s needed now is neither fatalism nor utopianism, but a suite of practical pathways for families and communities that lead to a real...
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    Fatalism: The Default Doctrine in an Age of Climate Catastrophe
    Fred Guerin
    • May 25, 2020
    • 5 min

    Fatalism: The Default Doctrine in an Age of Climate Catastrophe

    Our present neoliberal capitalist world leaders counsel us to passively submit to what they say over and over is ‘the best of all...
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    On the Paradox of Consumption In an Age of Climate Warming
    Fred Guerin
    • May 25, 2020
    • 3 min

    On the Paradox of Consumption In an Age of Climate Warming

    The Wealth of those societies in which the capitalist mode of production prevails, presents itself as an immense accumulation of...
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    On Animal Welfare and Animal Rights
    Fred Guerin
    • May 25, 2020
    • 3 min

    On Animal Welfare and Animal Rights

    "Other animals, which, on account of their interests having been neglected by the insensibility of the ancient jurists, stand degraded...
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    On Philosophy, Politics and Climate Change
    Fred Guerin
    • May 25, 2020
    • 2 min

    On Philosophy, Politics and Climate Change

    What to do about climate change is not simply a question for activists, scientists, politicians and economists—it’s a question for...
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    On Reclaiming the Canadian Commons
    Fred Guerin
    • May 24, 2020
    • 3 min

    On Reclaiming the Canadian Commons

    What is common to the greatest number gets the least amount of care. (Aristotle, Politics) The word ‘common’ means “together in one”. In...
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    Consumption is the Root Problem
    Fred Guerin
    • May 24, 2020
    • 2 min

    Consumption is the Root Problem

    There is an inescapable logic regarding the relation between consumption, energy and climate warming that it seems we humans would rather...
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    Meetings on the Road to the Climate Warming Apocalypse
    Fred Guerin
    • May 24, 2020
    • 2 min

    Meetings on the Road to the Climate Warming Apocalypse

    Ever wonder why multi-billion dollar oil and gas companies pay little in the way of royalties and are subsidzed by the federal government...
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    We Must End Neoliberalism, or Neoliberalism Will End Us
    Fred Guerin
    • Aug 13, 2019
    • 8 min

    We Must End Neoliberalism, or Neoliberalism Will End Us

    In his seminal political essay, “The Power of the Powerless,” the dissident playwright and philosopher Vaclav Havel argued that becoming...
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    Industry Propaganda On Toxic Tailings Ponds
    Fred Guerin
    • Jun 25, 2019
    • 2 min

    Industry Propaganda On Toxic Tailings Ponds

    This is how propaganda works: present facts selectively so that they take on the appearance of objective information. The video below,...
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    Neoliberal Capitalism v. Planet Earth
    Fred Guerin
    • Jun 25, 2019
    • 4 min

    Neoliberal Capitalism v. Planet Earth

    Capitalism configures our culture, our language, our perceptions, our habits of mind and our experience in both general and specific...
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    A Car-Less World
    Fred Guerin
    • Jun 25, 2019
    • 4 min

    A Car-Less World

    I know this might sound like blasphemy coming from someone who supports alternative energy options. But the reality is that we are never...
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    SCC Decision: Polluters Must Pay for Clean-up
    Fred Guerin
    • Jun 25, 2019
    • 2 min

    SCC Decision: Polluters Must Pay for Clean-up

    February 4, 2019 Yesterday the SCC decided on a case that will have profound legal and environmental implications. They ruled that those...
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    On Resistance to and Denial of the Science of Climate Change
    Fred Guerin
    • Jun 25, 2019
    • 2 min

    On Resistance to and Denial of the Science of Climate Change

    "Remember and then forget again. Climate change is like that; it's hard to keep it in your head for very long. We engage in this this odd...
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    Is A 'Green' Capitalism Possible?
    Fred Guerin
    • Jun 25, 2019
    • 3 min

    Is A 'Green' Capitalism Possible?

    I have my doubts about whether eco-capitalism or environmental capitalism is possible or even desirable. An authentically green approach...
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    The Human Being as Unwitting Research Object for Industrial Chemistry
    Fred Guerin
    • Jun 24, 2019
    • 9 min

    The Human Being as Unwitting Research Object for Industrial Chemistry

    In the popular science-fiction film The Matrix has its origin in a provocative philosophical thought-experiment called the “brain in a...
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