This week, Nick Girard joins me to dig into another week of manufactured emergencies and systemic collapse. From Trump’s military occupation of DC, to Romana Didulo’s arrest, to the slow-motion disaster of AI harms and ecological breakdown, it’s all crisis all the time. We also talk about capitalism’s state-capitalist mask slipping and the shifting views on socialism in the U.S.Nick is also sending out his book for free. Just reach out to him on Instagram at @nickdgirard or email me at mindofaskepticalleftist@gmail.com and we’ll get you a copy.Solidarity is the strategy.Sources<a href="https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalobserver.com%2F2025%2F09%2F03%2Fnews%2Fai-chatbots-are-changing-online-threat-landscape-ottawa-reviews-legislation">https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalobserver.com%2F2025%2F09%2F03%2Fnews%2Fai-chatbots-are-changing-online-threat-landscape-ottawa-reviews-legislation</a> <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/11391128/saskatchewan-rcmp-richmound-investigation/">https://globalnews.ca/news/11391128/saskatchewan-rcmp-richmound-investigation/</a><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/rcmp-richmound-didulo-1.7624038">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/rcmp-richmound-didulo-1.7624038</a> <a href="https://leaderpost.com/news/sha-declare-queen-of-canadas-compound-a-threat-to-public-safety">https://leaderpost.com/news/sha-declare-queen-of-canadas-compound-a-threat-to-public-safety</a><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trans-gun-ban-trump-mental-illness-b2820372.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trans-gun-ban-trump-mental-illness-b2820372.html</a><a href="https://climateandcapitalism.com/2025/09/07/60-of-land-area-is-now-out-of-the-safe-operating-zone/">https://climateandcapitalism.com/2025/09/07/60-of-land-area-is-now-out-of-the-safe-operating-zone/</a><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/we-are-all-dc-tens-of-thousands-march-to-white-house">https://www.commondreams.org/news/we-are-all-dc-tens-of-thousands-march-to-white-house</a><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/google-antitrust-order-1.7623824">https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/google-antitrust-order-1.7623824</a><a href="https://apnews.com/article/socialism-socialist-capitalism-big-business-free-enterprise-poll-c052ca687269a2cc075423877b7904e6">https://apnews.com/article/socialism-socialist-capitalism-big-business-free-enterprise-poll-c052ca687269a2cc075423877b7904e6</a> <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/db610f93-d48d-4c49-a394-68aeee0500a6">https://www.ft.com/content/db610f93-https://apnews.com/article/socialism-socialist-capitalism-big-business-free-enterprise-poll-c052ca687269a2cc075423877b7904e6d48d-4c49-a394-68aeee0500a6</a> <ul><li>Mutual aid shoutouts or action items</li><ul><li>Support KJ’s fight against a brain tumor — donate to the GoFundMe campaign for Eric’s nephew:<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-kj-with-his-battle-against-a-brain-tumor"> https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-kj-with-his-battle-against-a-brain-tumor</a></li><li>Regina Cathedral Community Fridge — volunteer-run, 24/7 mutual aid fridge in Regina; feeding local neighbours every day. Help them here:<a href="https://www.cathedralcommunityfridge.com/"> https://www.cathedralcommunityfridge.com/</a><a href="https://linktr.ee/reginacommunityfridge">https://linktr.ee/reginacommunityfridge</a><a href="https://www.cathedralcommunityfridge.com/"> </a></li><li>Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF) — offering medical care, food, and humanitarian aid to children and families in Gaza and the West Bank: <a href="https://www.pcrf.net/donate">https://www.pcrf.net/donate</a></li><li>Taylor Mcnallie is an activist and organizer from out of Calgary Alberta who has a number of pages to help support others and also she needs help with legal fees after being targeted by the Calgary police for her activism  <a href="https://linktr.ee/taylor_mcnallie">https://linktr.ee/taylor_mcnallie</a> </li><li>SomeRandomG33k gives a lot of their income to people in need so you can either donate to them through streamlabs <a href="https://streamlabs.com/somerandomg33k/tip">https://streamlabs.com/somerandomg33k/tip</a> or check out their charity links page <a href="https://charitylinks.page/">https://charitylinks.page/</a> </li></ul></ul>Check out Nick’s book In the Beginning Buy Nick’s book in Canada <a href="https://a.co/d/bbtJsT4">https://a.co/d/bbtJsT4</a>Buy Nick’s book in the US <a href="https://a.co/d/czu4Maw">https://a.co/d/czu4Maw</a>Nick on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nickdgirard/">https://www.instagram.com/nickdgirard/</a> My links: <a href="https://linktr.ee/skepticalleftist">https://linktr.ee/skepticalleftist</a>

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