Ryan Hillier
@ryanhillier.bsky.social
Marxist. Internationalist. Writer.
https://osedax-writer.blogspot.com/
“Capitalism carries war within it,
just like clouds carry rain.”
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“Capitalism carries war within it,
just like clouds carry rain.”
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Ryan Hillier
@ryanhillier.bsky.social
· Mar 28
Time for Premier Holt to rescind the IHRA definition of antisemitism
Last week, the Israeli media outlet Haaretz reported that Israel had “committed the largest child massacre in its history. Two
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I wrote for @nbmediacoop.bsky.social on the need for New Brunswick to rescind the IHRA definition of antisemitism: nbmediacoop.org/2025/03/28/t...
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I wrote this analysis of the goals behind Donald Trump's attacks on Venezuela and the economic impact of US sanctions.
I also explained that, while there are some similarities to the Western regime-change war on Syria, there are also many differences:
www.geopoliticaleconomy.report/p/analysis-v...
I also explained that, while there are some similarities to the Western regime-change war on Syria, there are also many differences:
www.geopoliticaleconomy.report/p/analysis-v...
What is really happening in Venezuela? US attacks and economic situation explained
An analysis of Donald Trump's attacks on Venezuela, the economic impact of US sanctions, and the similarities and differences with the successful Western regime-change war on Syria.
www.geopoliticaleconomy.report
November 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I wrote this analysis of the goals behind Donald Trump's attacks on Venezuela and the economic impact of US sanctions.
I also explained that, while there are some similarities to the Western regime-change war on Syria, there are also many differences:
www.geopoliticaleconomy.report/p/analysis-v...
I also explained that, while there are some similarities to the Western regime-change war on Syria, there are also many differences:
www.geopoliticaleconomy.report/p/analysis-v...
Morbidly amusing that the government can simultaneously admit this mine is specifically for military purposes, funded by the US Department of War, and also claim that it is a Canadian "nation-building project."
Holt says uptick in Sisson mine development expected by spring [video]
Feds designate controversial open-pit tungsten and molybdenum as 'nation-building project'
Report by @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social
nbmediacoop.org/2025/11/14/h...
Feds designate controversial open-pit tungsten and molybdenum as 'nation-building project'
Report by @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social
nbmediacoop.org/2025/11/14/h...
Holt says uptick in Sisson mine development expected by spring [video]
New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt says that an uptick of development activity is expected at the site of the proposed
nbmediacoop.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Morbidly amusing that the government can simultaneously admit this mine is specifically for military purposes, funded by the US Department of War, and also claim that it is a Canadian "nation-building project."
Tyson Foods leveraged predictive data analytics from Palantir during the outbreak of Covid-19 - not to protect workers, but to anticipate production shortages and shift workload to other facilities.
November 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Tyson Foods leveraged predictive data analytics from Palantir during the outbreak of Covid-19 - not to protect workers, but to anticipate production shortages and shift workload to other facilities.
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Intriguing use of the word "conservation" with regard to a massive resource extraction project
CARNEY: "The second strategy is to develop new trade and economic corridors that help us diversify our markets and build our independence. And this is the potential of the Northwest Critical Conservation Corridor that we are also referring today to the Major Projects Office."
November 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Intriguing use of the word "conservation" with regard to a massive resource extraction project
"AI will only become infused across the capitalist economy if it can help the owners of the means of production to replace, or supervise and control human labour to increase profitability."
HM 2025 part two – nature, rent, profit and AI
In this part two, I resume my review of the Historical Materialism conference in London with a look at some of the sessions on climate change, ecology and the impact of artificial intelliigence – a…
thenextrecession.wordpress.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
"AI will only become infused across the capitalist economy if it can help the owners of the means of production to replace, or supervise and control human labour to increase profitability."
AP article illustrates that no matter how corrupt the Ukrainian authorities are, billions more will be poured into the country. The article also correctly describes the situation on the front line as a war of attrition.
Ukraine's Zelenskyy grapples with fallout from corruption scandal after 2 ministers quit | CBC News
Ukraine's top military commander said Thursday he visited troops holding the front line in a key eastern city besieged by Russian forces, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy grappled with th...
www.cbc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
AP article illustrates that no matter how corrupt the Ukrainian authorities are, billions more will be poured into the country. The article also correctly describes the situation on the front line as a war of attrition.
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NEW: The Canadian military is getting the biggest injection of cash since the Korean War. Meanwhile, the Defence Department continues to fail on its transparency obligations, according to a report submitted to Parliament. www.readthemaple.com/as-military-...
As Military Spending Soars, Defence Department Fails On Transparency
A report shows the Defence Department’s already poor transparency record is getting worse.
www.readthemaple.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
NEW: The Canadian military is getting the biggest injection of cash since the Korean War. Meanwhile, the Defence Department continues to fail on its transparency obligations, according to a report submitted to Parliament. www.readthemaple.com/as-military-...
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New York Times killed Weinstein and Epstein stories but just asked Ms Rachel if she was funded by Hamas.
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
New York Times killed Weinstein and Epstein stories but just asked Ms Rachel if she was funded by Hamas.
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Canada’s correctional investigator is leaving two years before his second term ends and says one of the reasons is the government’s failure to address the gross over-representation of Indigenous people in the federal prison system.
Zinger leaving post early due to lack of progress on Indigenous issues
Ivan Zinger, Canada's prison watchdog says he's leaving his job early due to the lack of progress on Indigenous issues in penitentiaries.
www.aptnnews.ca
November 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Canada’s correctional investigator is leaving two years before his second term ends and says one of the reasons is the government’s failure to address the gross over-representation of Indigenous people in the federal prison system.
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14% - 20% of Gaza's pre-October 7, 2023 population of 2.4 million may ultimately be killed as a result of Israel's military operations and the resulting health conditions without urgent intervention from Canada and its allies www.cjpme.org/toll_of_intent via @cjpme.org
The Toll of Intent: Looking at the Genocidal Impact of Israel's Assault on Gaza
This report synthesizes existing data to project that between 14% and 20% of Gaza's pre-October 7, 2023, population (approximately 341,000–480,800 Palestinians) could ultimately be killed as a result ...
www.cjpme.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
14% - 20% of Gaza's pre-October 7, 2023 population of 2.4 million may ultimately be killed as a result of Israel's military operations and the resulting health conditions without urgent intervention from Canada and its allies www.cjpme.org/toll_of_intent via @cjpme.org
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we gotta get like three VPNs deep with signal chats set to a disappearing turnaround of minutes to be able to use adult words instead of "unalive" or "grape" meanwhile our political elite are apparently just emailing each other plaintext "up for sex crimes tonight ?"
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
we gotta get like three VPNs deep with signal chats set to a disappearing turnaround of minutes to be able to use adult words instead of "unalive" or "grape" meanwhile our political elite are apparently just emailing each other plaintext "up for sex crimes tonight ?"
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"It also means third-party security services like Forsythe, which employs ex-paramilitary soldiers and former RCMP officers, could be passing on information to CSIS and police about Indigenous and non-Indigenous land defenders and activists." thenarwhal.ca/csis-resourc...
The deepening ties between CSIS and resource companies | The Narwhal
As the federal government earmarks resource extraction projects in the ‘national interest,’ the companies building them are deepening ties to CSIS
thenarwhal.ca
November 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"It also means third-party security services like Forsythe, which employs ex-paramilitary soldiers and former RCMP officers, could be passing on information to CSIS and police about Indigenous and non-Indigenous land defenders and activists." thenarwhal.ca/csis-resourc...
The military is not and cannot be a panacea for the climate crisis. This thinking is akin to municipalities trying to police their way out of the opioid epidemic. In order to create the basis for national service, public services must be restored, communities rebuilt, the constitution reformed.
The report below quotes officials on "expanded Reserve Force for defence purposes, in times of crisis, or for natural disasters"
I'm begging policymakers to imagine civilian (non-military) solutions to disasters. Consider community and humanitarian modalities.
I'm begging policymakers to imagine civilian (non-military) solutions to disasters. Consider community and humanitarian modalities.
November 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The military is not and cannot be a panacea for the climate crisis. This thinking is akin to municipalities trying to police their way out of the opioid epidemic. In order to create the basis for national service, public services must be restored, communities rebuilt, the constitution reformed.
Freeland's (unelected) job to is create economic and cultural incentives for Canada to enter into a state of war. Simple as.
"But experts say Canada has a major opportunity now to help preserve Ukraine’s sovereignty and international law — and to turn a profit in multiple sectors."
At least they're being more transparent about it now.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
At least they're being more transparent about it now.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Freeland tasked with tapping Canadian businesses to help rebuild Ukraine
OTTAWA - Seven weeks ago, Prime Minister Mark Carney assigned former cabinet minister Chrystia Freeland to be Canada's new special envoy for the reconstruction of Ukraine.
www.thestar.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Freeland's (unelected) job to is create economic and cultural incentives for Canada to enter into a state of war. Simple as.
"[There is] no empirical evidence of major transfers of value from the likes of Zambia to South Africa; or from Paraguay to Brazil; or from poorer Asia countries to China that in any way matches the size of transfers of value through trade and financial flows from the BRICS to the G7+ economies."
Historical Materialism 2025 part one: imperialism and war
Every year the Historical Materialism journal holds a conference in London. It is attended by (mostly) academics and students to discuss Marxist theory and critique capitalism. This year the confe…
thenextrecession.wordpress.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
"[There is] no empirical evidence of major transfers of value from the likes of Zambia to South Africa; or from Paraguay to Brazil; or from poorer Asia countries to China that in any way matches the size of transfers of value through trade and financial flows from the BRICS to the G7+ economies."
"Beck and Carignan pointed out that the plan would require a Whole of Society (or WoS) effort, meaning that all Canadians would have to contribute to the initiative."
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Canadian military will rely on an army of public servants to boost its ranks by 300,000
Federal public servants would be trained to shoot guns, drive trucks and fly drones, according to a defence department directive.
ottawacitizen.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
"Beck and Carignan pointed out that the plan would require a Whole of Society (or WoS) effort, meaning that all Canadians would have to contribute to the initiative."
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Canada has lost its measles elimination status today. Undoubtedly, part of this is because of misinformation.
But it does not explain the whole story here, and simply attributing this public heath failure to misinformation absolves those in power of their contributing role.
But it does not explain the whole story here, and simply attributing this public heath failure to misinformation absolves those in power of their contributing role.
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Canada has lost its measles elimination status today. Undoubtedly, part of this is because of misinformation.
But it does not explain the whole story here, and simply attributing this public heath failure to misinformation absolves those in power of their contributing role.
But it does not explain the whole story here, and simply attributing this public heath failure to misinformation absolves those in power of their contributing role.
CBC has all of a sudden gained the ability to recognize Nazi tattoos, after years of ignoring Ukrainian soldiers and mercenaries sporting them.
MMA gym owners, coaches ID’d at secretive neo-Nazi event in B.C. | CBC News
This summer in Vancouver, dozens of people gathered to attend a conference organized and attended by some of Canada’s most prominent white supremacist organizations. CBC’s visual investigations team l...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
CBC has all of a sudden gained the ability to recognize Nazi tattoos, after years of ignoring Ukrainian soldiers and mercenaries sporting them.
"Yedioth Ahronoth warned that the growing suicide crisis, especially among reservists, poses 'a major threat to Israel', despite the army’s efforts to downplay its gravity."
Ahmad Al-Abed: The occupation is battling a suicide crisis among its genocidal ranks : Peoples Dispatch
Over 10,000 soldiers are currently receiving mental health treatment, while 3,769 have been officially recognized as suffering from PTSD.
peoplesdispatch.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
"Yedioth Ahronoth warned that the growing suicide crisis, especially among reservists, poses 'a major threat to Israel', despite the army’s efforts to downplay its gravity."
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Read my statement on IDF soldiers platformed at Canadian universities here: www.heathermcpherson.ca/statement_on...
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Read my statement on IDF soldiers platformed at Canadian universities here: www.heathermcpherson.ca/statement_on...
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JOHNS: “I don't think it was a far stretch for Chris d'Entremont to cross over and join the Liberal Party of today, ’cause Carney's running on...a Progressive Conservative agenda. And the Conservative Party has certainly pivoted back to more the Reform Party of the past and a MAGA-type party.”
November 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
JOHNS: “I don't think it was a far stretch for Chris d'Entremont to cross over and join the Liberal Party of today, ’cause Carney's running on...a Progressive Conservative agenda. And the Conservative Party has certainly pivoted back to more the Reform Party of the past and a MAGA-type party.”
AA Bondy is probably the greatest contemporary American songwriter and it's really not even a contest. Disappeared about 6 years ago. Hope he's doing ok wherever he is.
A.A. Bondy Live at the Waldron, August 13, 2008
YouTube video by Community Access Television Services
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November 9, 2025 at 3:46 AM
AA Bondy is probably the greatest contemporary American songwriter and it's really not even a contest. Disappeared about 6 years ago. Hope he's doing ok wherever he is.
“This time, the Palestinian negotiator represented a unique model of negotiations management throughout a long round of talks which lasted for two years. A model, which is totally different from the one that Palestinian officials who were involved in the Oslo Accords negotiations represented […]."
Gaza: an international geopolitical pivot point : Peoples Dispatch
Dr. Issam Khawaja suggests that Trump sought to end Israel’s genocidal aggression on Gaza, to re-impose US hegemony over West Asia, which in turn would boost its might in confrontation with China and ...
peoplesdispatch.org
November 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
“This time, the Palestinian negotiator represented a unique model of negotiations management throughout a long round of talks which lasted for two years. A model, which is totally different from the one that Palestinian officials who were involved in the Oslo Accords negotiations represented […]."
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Edmonton has had a disturbingly high number of frostbite amputations the last two winters. With freezing temps on the way, both the City and the Government of Alberta must do more to prevent people from freezing in the cold. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu... #ableg #yegcc
Opinion: Edmonton doesn't have to be the frostbite capital of the world
Severe frostbite injuries are entirely preventable - together, let’s work towards a city where no one gets left out in the cold.
edmontonjournal.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Edmonton has had a disturbingly high number of frostbite amputations the last two winters. With freezing temps on the way, both the City and the Government of Alberta must do more to prevent people from freezing in the cold. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu... #ableg #yegcc