Brian W. Major

Brian Major has worked in the field of community mental health and addictions for 15 years, being clean and sober himself for over 23 years. Brian is a member of the Communist Party of Canada in Barrie, Ontario.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Brian W. Major

Culture

Unregulated capitalism drives ‘The Business of Drugs’
August 7, 2020 By Brian W. Major
CIA analyst shares background on the big money industry of illegal drugs in new Netflix docu-series.
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Culture

‘Orange Is the New Black’: Final season is its most political
February 5, 2020 By Brian W. Major
Orange is the New Black has become a fan favorite on Netflix, being the most downloaded series on that platform.
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Environment

A Marxist response to the animal liberation and vegan movements
January 8, 2020 By Brian W. Major
How should Marxists respond to the arguments in favor of animal liberation?
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Culture

‘After Porn Ends’: New documentary explores lives of actors post-career
December 20, 2019 By Brian W. Major
The documentary shines a light on the hypocrisy of a society that fantasizes about sex workers on one hand, then stigmatizes them for that work on the other.
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Books

Monty Python’s North Korea? Comedian’s book is surprisingly objective look at DPRK
December 3, 2019 By Brian W. Major
Michael Palin often disparages the system of the DPRK, but as his journey continues, he clearly became quite fond of the Korean people.
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Opinion

Recovering from the opioid addiction crisis: Time for progressive strategies?
September 16, 2019 By Brian W. Major
Instead of having people die from addictions, governments could be providing services like safe injection sites, needle exchanges, HIV and Hepatitis screening.
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