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Fucking Cancelled

Fucking Cancelled

Fucking Cancelled is a socialist podcast from Montreal for people who dream of a left grounded in solidarity, freedom, and responsibility rather than identity, coercion, and dysfunction. www.fuckingcancelled.com

Fucking Cancelled is a socialist podcast from Montreal for people who dream of a left grounded in solidarity, freedom, and responsibility rather than identity, coercion, and dysfunction. www.fuckingcancelled.com

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Back 2 Brunch 10 Nov 2026

Jay looks up ‘US midterms’ on Wikipedia and then is joined by Roger and Erica to talk about the crushing Republican defeat, the role of populism in the Democratic party, and the DSA’s enormous boost with at least 105 races won and some still being counted. After libbing out and getting back to brunch, we discuss what to do next (hint: it's the labour movement). We also talk about Brazil and the shockingly effective ‘Janonist’ electoral strategy used by the Lula camp. Show Notes DSA wins LaKesha Womak Victoria [not Tanya, oops] Broderick Fandoms in Action: Political Activism and Pop Culture in the 2026 Brazilian elections The Mini-Manual of Information Insurgency (or Janonism) Erica’s IG Roger’s IG Links Instagram Merch fuckingcancelled.com jaylesoleil.com clementinemorrigan.com fckingcancelled@gmail.com Theme music by Surprise Eyes, based on ‘Bonjour, Hi’ by ST x LIAM Fucking Cancelled has no ads and is a supported by our listeners. To help us continue our work, consider becoming a paying subscriber. 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

Digger 30 Oct 2026

Roger and Erica join Jay to dig into Digger, the latest film from Mexican director Alejandro Iñárritu. Panned by critics and audiences alike and projected to lose hundreds of millions of dollars, we think that the film’s central premises were almost universally misunderstood by people who expected a satire about politics and climate change — and instead got a satire about themselves. Warning: spoilers abound. Show Notes Iñárritu Example of critics not understanding a single thing about the movie The WPA Erica’s IG Roger’s IG Links Instagram Merch fuckingcancelled.com jaylesoleil.com clementinemorrigan.com fckingcancelled@gmail.com Theme music by Surprise Eyes, based on ‘Bonjour, Hi’ by ST x LIAM Fucking Cancelled has no ads and is a supported by our listeners. To help us continue our work, consider becoming a paying subscriber. 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

Norgate-gate with Nick Harvest 22 Oct 2026

When a corporate landlord’s open contempt for its working-class tenants at a huge apartment complex in Montreal reached a breaking point, tenants decided to fight back with the help of a neighbourhood class struggle organization called Offensive Populaire (OP). The landlord, Norgate Quebec Inc., responded by suing tenants, OP, and individual members of OP like our guest Nick Harvest, enlisting the courts in a naked display of class warfare. The suit attempts to force tenants and organizers to cease their work through injunctions, and demands absurd damages for such crimes as ‘making things toxic’ (talking to one’s neighbours) and ‘defamation’ (talking about what is happening). Jay and Nick discuss OP’s work in organizing neighbourhoods, tenants’ rights as a site of class struggle, lawfare as a major tool of the enemy class, and the major gains won by Norgate tenants despite the continuous hostility on the part of the landlord and chronic disinterest on the part of the city government. Show Notes Offensive Populaire / Off the Defensive website OP / OTD Instagram The GoFundMe Extensive coverage of the Norgate situation by the North Star Co-owner of Norgate Jean-Philippe Claude’s book, Transformez en opportunités des multilogements trop chers (‘Transform Overly Expensive Multi-unit Housing into Opportunities’) Jean-Philippe Claude’s Instagram Norgate tenants walk out of city council meeting Links Instagram Merch fuckingcancelled.com jaylesoleil.com clementinemorrigan.com fckingcancelled@gmail.com Theme music by Surprise Eyes, based on ‘Bonjour, Hi’ by ST x LIAM Fucking Cancelled has no ads and is a supported by our listeners. To help us continue our work, consider becoming a paying subscriber. 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

New Directions for the NDP with Niall Ricardo 16 Oct 2026

Jay is joined by the recently elected president of Canada’s New Democratic Party, Niall Ricardo. We talk about the socialist future of the party, winning back blue-collar voting blocs from the Liberals and Conservatives, the relationship of the NDP with the mainstream union movement, and liberal identity politics versus solidarity-based mass politics. Show Notes Independent Jewish Voices Globe and Mail’s smear article National Post’s unhinged threats against Avi Lewis Courage The Orange Wave La France Insoumise Nationalizing Stelco Links Instagram Merch fuckingcancelled.com clementinemorrigan.com jaylesoleil.com fckingcancelled@gmail.com Theme music by Surprise Eyes, based on ‘Bonjour, Hi’ by ST x LIAM Fucking Cancelled has no ads and is a supported by our listeners. To help us continue our work, consider becoming a paying subscriber. 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

Last Ditch Effort 08 Oct 2026

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com The Last Ditch Bar Thing, the Philly racefaker girl, and the bizarre clips from the Socialism 2026 conference: what do these three miserable lefty news items of the past month have in common? Jay breaks a longstanding policy of the pod (not to get into insane internet drama) in order to try to offer some analysis in these trying times. This is a paywall…

A Secret Third Thing with Erica Thomas 24 Apr 2025

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 Notes Erica’s website Erica’s IG Portland’s police union is trying to use the labor movement to avoid budget cuts Five Things I Did This Week by Laurie Wimmer The Palestine Exception by Jan Haaken and Jennifer Ruth Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee for new unionization support and general how-to-union basic education Jane McAlevy Class Struggle Unionism by Joe Burns General Strike 2028 Join DSA Bread & Roses - the Marxist caucus of DSA The Bread & Roses reading list The Bread & Roses blog Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber Free Pre-K in Oregon Councilor Mitch Green, District 4, Portland Portland city councilor threatens PSU project funding over response to pro-Palestinian library takeover Federal investigation into 5 universities for “antisemitism” which targeted Portland State and 4 others IHRA definition of antisemism Links Instagram Merch fuckingcancelled.com clementinemorrigan.com jaylesoleil.com Theme song Fucking 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

Resisting Climate Apocalypse with Last Generation 02 Apr 2025

Depressing but true: we’re hurtling toward human-caused climate collapse and our political-economic system, captured by capitalist elites intent on squeezing out profits until the day our civilization collapses, is effectively incapable of responding by itself. It must be forced: but how? Petitions haven’t worked. Rallies haven’t worked. Posting on Instagram hasn’t worked. And ****ing up pipelines, sexy though it might be, hasn’t worked. So while purists call for mass eco-insurgency and liberals circulate change.org petitions, the A22 Network has responded by organizing and mobilizing huge numbers of committed militants around the Western world, using large-scale civil disobedience as a tactic to push governments to adopt basic climate policies. These tactics have been controversial but successful: Just Stop Oil, the British branch of A22 perhaps best known for throwing soup at a Van Gogh, recently disbanded itself because its main demand — that the UK government cease approving any new oil and gas exploitation projects — has been adopted. In Episode 81 we chat with Laura Sullivan, a spokesperson for Last Generation Canada, which is the Canadian branch of the A22 Network. We talk about Last Generation’s demands, the tactics used by the group, combating the freeze response often provoked by discussions of climate collapse, and preparing for revolutionary conditions as things inevitably deteriorate. Show Notes lastgenerationcanada.ca Last Generation’s Instagram Last Generation’s Facebook a22network.org The Guardian - ‘Just Stop Oil to “hang up the hi-vis” after three years of climate action’ Links Instagram Merch fuckingcancelled.com clementinemorrigan.com jaylesoleil.com Theme song Fucking 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

Psychiatry, Psychedelics and the Maps We Carry with Rose Cartwright 20 Mar 2025

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 Notes Rose Cartwright’s website Rose’s Instagram Her book The Maps We Carry Her BBC radio series on psychedelics and trauma Study about dance and depression Gabor Mate’s book The Myth of Normal Ecstatic dance Links Instagram Merch fuckingcancelled.com clementinemorrigan.com jaylesoleil.com Theme song Fucking 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

The Quest for the Offline Left with Cecilia Guerrero: Organizing the South 03 Nov 2024

In Episode 72, we’re joined by Cecilia Guerrero, an organizer in Nashville, Tennessee, helping to innovate a new generation of socialist movement-building deep in the American South. We discuss what it’s like organizing in Tennessee, the fantastic gains being made by the new network of organizations springing up there — including an unprecendented wildcat union of Uber and Lyft drivers — and the many lessons to be learned for socialists operating in such an environment. Part of the Quest for the Offline Left series. Show Notes The Tyranny of Structurelessness by Jo Freeman Amber Frost on nonprofits - Dirtbag ‘Nonprofit Mystification, Counterinsurgency and George Jackson’ - Interview with Hiram Rivera on Millennials are Killing Capitalism 'Hundreds of Nashville rideshare drivers vote to unionize' - Tennessee Lookout A Luta Sigue official website A Luta Sigue on IG Tennessee Drivers’ Union on IG Nashville People Power on IG Southern Youth Solidarity Network on IG Follow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram Find merch in our shop Clementine Morrigan Jay Lesoleil Fucking Cancelled Theme song by ST x LIAM. Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora. Jay Lesoleil is a writer, artist, and shelter worker from Montréal with a background in political anthropology. Jay is also one half of the podcast Fucking Cancelled. Clementine Morrigan is a writer, zinester, and public intellectual based in Montréal. She writes essays and literay nonfiction on culture, politics, ethics, relationships, sexuality, spirituality, and trauma. She is one half of Fucking Cancelled. 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

Talking Shit with David Chambers: Toward a Happy Healthy Masculinity 24 May 2024

In Episode 67 we are joined by David Chambers, a relationship expert, thinker in the field of men and masculinities, and podcaster from the UK. We chat with David about the concept of ‘toxic masculinity’, the gendered patterns in attachment styles, and the appeal of reactionary masculinism among the youth. We also discuss the promise of an emerging happier, healthier masculinity, rooted neither in shame nor domination. Part of the Talking Shit series. Show Notes David’s Instagram David’s podcast, The Authentic Man David’s website David’s Linktree Follow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram Find merch in our shop Clementine Morrigan Jay Lesoleil Fucking Cancelled Theme song by ST x LIAM. Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora. Jay Lesoleil is a writer, artist, and shelter worker from Montréal with a background in political anthropology. Jay is also one half of the podcast Fucking Cancelled. Clementine Morrigan is a writer and public intellectual based in Montréal, Canada. She writes popular and controversial essays about culture, politics, ethics, relationships, sexuality, and trauma. A passionate believer in independent media, she’s been making zines since the year 2000 and is the author of several books. She’s known for her iconic white-text-on-a-black-background mini-essays on Instagram. One of the leading voices on the Canadian Left and one half of the Fucking Cancelled podcast, Clementine is an outspoken critic of cancel culture and a proponent of building solidarity across difference. She is a socialist, a feminist, and a vegan for the animals and the earth. 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

Book Club with Tara and DJ: 'The Ministry for the Future' by Kim Stanley Robinson 07 Feb 2024

In Episode 63, we get together with DJ Fraser and Tara McGowan-Ross for the second episode of Book Club. This month’s book was The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson, a brutal (and hopeful) near-future 'climate-fiction’ novel published in 2020. We’ll announce the next Book Club book shortly! This is part of the Book Club series. Show Notes The Ministry for the Future Follow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram. Find merch in our shop. ClementineMorrigan.com JayLesoleil.com Fucking Cancelled Theme song by ST x LIAM. Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora. Jay Lesoleil is a writer, artist, and shelter worker from Montréal with a background in political anthropology. Jay is also one half of the podcast Fucking Cancelled. Clementine Morrigan is a socialist-feminist writer, educator, and public intellectual based in Montréal, Canada. She writes popular and controversial essays about culture, politics, sexuality, and trauma. A passionate believer in independent media, she’s been making zines since the year 2000 and is the author of several books. She’s known for her iconic white-text-on-a-black-background mini-essays on Instagram. One of the leading voices on the Canadian Left and one half of the Fucking Cancelled podcast, Clementine is an outspoken critic of cancel culture and proponent of building solidarity across difference. Fucking Cancelled is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Thank you for reading Fucking Cancelled. This post is public so feel free to share it. 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

Talking Shit with Katherine Angel: Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again 30 Jan 2024

In Episode 62, we are joined by London, Uk based writer, Katherine Angel, author of Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again. We discuss the affirmative consent model, the expectation that women should “know what they want”, and how this framework holds desire hostage to violence and misunderstands the emergent nature of desire. We discuss heterosexuality, gender roles, context based desire, and the looming threat of sexual violence in women’s sex lives. Part of the Talking Shit series. Show Notes Katherine’s substack Katherine’s instagram Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again Follow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram. Find merch in our shop. ClementineMorrigan.com JayLesoleil.com Fucking Cancelled Theme song by ST x LIAM. Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora. Jay Lesoleil is a writer, artist, and shelter worker from Montréal with a background in political anthropology. Jay is also one half of the podcast Fucking Cancelled. Clementine Morrigan is a writer and public intellectual based in Montréal, Canada. She writes popular and controversial essays about culture, politics, ethics, relationships, sexuality, and trauma. A passionate believer in independent media, she’s been making zines since the year 2000 and is the author of several books. She’s known for her iconic white-text-on-a-black-background mini-essays on Instagram. One of the leading voices on the Canadian Left and one half of the Fucking Cancelled podcast, Clementine is an outspoken critic of cancel culture and a proponent of building solidarity across difference. She is a socialist, a feminist, and a vegan for the animals and the earth. 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

Talking Shit with Joey Santore: Kill Your Fuckin Lawn 31 Dec 2023

In Episode 61 we’re joined by friend of the pod Joey Santore of the Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t podcast. We talk about how being in tune with the ecosystems you live in can be a deeply rewarding experience for the poor alienated souls of late capitalism and how to get started if you want to learn about basic botany. We also talk about the similarities between botany and history — and how much we hate lawns and parking lots. Part of the Talking Shit series. Show Notes Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t main website Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t podcast on Spotify Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t on Youtube The Kill Your Lawn TV show How to kill your lawn iNaturalist Joey interviewing Jay on Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t Jay’s promo episode about Namibia Follow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram. Find merch in our shop. ClementineMorrigan.com JayLesoleil.com Fucking Cancelled Theme song by ST x LIAM. Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora. Jay Lesoleil is a writer, artist, and shelter worker from Montréal with a background in political anthropology. Jay is also one half of the podcast Fucking Cancelled. Clementine Morrigan is a socialist-feminist writer, educator, and public intellectual based in Montréal, Canada. She writes popular and controversial essays about culture, politics, sexuality, and trauma. A passionate believer in independent media, she’s been making zines since the year 2000 and is the author of several books. She’s known for her iconic white-text-on-a-black-background mini-essays on Instagram. One of the leading voices on the Canadian Left and one half of the Fucking Cancelled podcast, Clementine is an outspoken critic of cancel culture and proponent of building solidarity across difference. 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