On May 29, 2016 Simon-Pierre Canuel walked into Tapageur Bistro in Sherbrooke, Quebec with his partner and ordered beef tartare. He told the waiter, Julien […]
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FTB’s 2016 Person of the Year is The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
The Forget the Box Person of the Year for 2016 is the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. In what will hopefully become an annual tradition, we […]
Why You Need to Care Now About the Tragedy in Aleppo
As airstrikes target the Syrian city of Aleppo, there are reports, far too many reports to simply say there are reports. Sometimes it’s clear what […]
“YPJ is Not a Terrorist Organisation” Pleads YPJ Fighter Detained in Denmark
Joanna Palani, a 23 year old fighter of the YPJ, the famous Kurd “Women’s protection unit”, is currently detained in Denmark, presumably for terrorism. The […]
FTB’s Person of the Year 2016: Have Your Say
So you may have seen that Time Magazine named Donald Trump its 2016 Person of the Year. This announcement was greeted with vocal condemnation and […]
FEMEN Activist Faces Criminal Charges for the First Time in Canada
Neda Topaloski, one of the FEMEN activists who disturbed the 2015 Montreal Grand Prix, had her second and final day in court today. As per […]
FTB Podcast #34: Political Art in the Time of Trump, RIP Leonard Cohen & News Roundup
Panelists Cat McCarthy and Der Kosmonaut discuss political art following the Trump victory and the legacy of the late, great Leonard Cohen with host Jason […]
Quebec Lagging Behind on Charbonneau Recommendations Says Follow-up Report
“The government’s response to the recommendations of the commission is, thus far, unsatisfactory,” concluded the first report of the public monitoring committee on the Charbonneau Commission. […]
Want Proof that Alt-Right Really Means White Supremacist? There’s a Video
You may have heard the term alt-right quite a bit lately. It has been everywhere ever since President-Elect Donald Trump appointed Steve Bannon to a […]
Keep Fighting Trump! Don’t Underestimate Him Like the DNC and Pundits Did
President Trump. President Donald Trump. Yes, a few months from now that will be an actual thing people say. For now, he’s President Elect, but […]