Trump Is Using Culture to Reshape Society

[Oscar]

Trump Is Using Culture to Reshape Society

Here in Canada, we have a unique opportunity to fight back.

August 8, 2025 - The Tyee - Dorothy Woodend

EXCERPT: "Here in little old Canada, we have an interesting opportunity to rise to the challenge of the moment. Whether that means attending a city council meeting, supporting artists and cultural events in your own community, or simply refusing to back down and shut up as authoritarian forces seek to use the arts for their own purposes.

It seems fitting that I write this on the anniversary of the birth of Canadian painter Tom Thomson, an artist who captured the beauty of our country in all its diversity, breadth and splendor.

As a number of smart people have noted, no one is coming to save us. We must save ourselves, and that includes the cultural community, artists, comedians, musicians. The battle lines are drawn, sung, performed and joked about. Time to march." [Tyee]

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