Ansel Tan

A Brotherhood of Heroes

Originally Published April 11, 2018. Battle of the Somme, August 1916. It was a dark, cold evening, and the guns had ceased for the night. The Western Front lit up in conversation with soldiers sitting in the trenches side by side sharing stories and singing songs; these same trenches that rang out in gunshots andContinue reading “A Brotherhood of Heroes”

the silence

let me quietly bask in all the cacophony let me sing and shout above all the misery let me listen to all the wonder of the world and let me turn the silence into a deafening roar.

the ventriloquist

you were a conformist an optimistic pessimist the ventriloquist of a polythene heart.

Vive le Québec libre

A Commentary on Québécois Separatism ‘The nationalist petty bourgeoisie is incapable of leading this revolution or even desiring it, because it is completely dependent on American imperialism, in whose hands – in the framework of Canadian Confederation, or in the future framework of a “sovereign” republic – it is only an obedient puppet … ForContinue reading “Vive le Québec libre”

A Dying Nation

The Case for Canadian National Identity This article was originally written in July 2021 for Consonancie Publications; an independent journalism platform. ‘Let us be English, let us be French, but let us always be loyal, and above all, let us be Canadians.’ Sir John A. Macdonald The entire sense of Canadian nationalism has long beenContinue reading “A Dying Nation”