Weekly Updates
Far Right Week In Review, April 12 To April 18
Friday, April 12
Ex-school board trustee thought he could libel another trustee because Christ is on his side. $45,000 mistake. https://www.theprogress.com/local-news/carin-bondar-wins-defamation-suit-against-ex-trustee-barry-neufeld-7342764
Far right memes are threats, and have real life consequences. They should be treated as threats.
Kelowna freedom leader, anti-taxer and sovereign citizen David Lindsay convicted of assault and contempt of court. Prosecutors are seeking a jail term. He attacked two security guards during a “protest” in August 2021. Actually an attempt to illegally trespass at an Interior Health building to harass medical staff.
“More boots, less suits”, says Pierre Poilievre while wearing a suit and shamelessly lying to workers.
“Transgender female athletes are at a physical disadvantage compared to cisgender women in several key metrics, research funded by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has found. The landmark study reported that physically active transgender women performed worse in certain cardiovascular tests and had less low-body strength than their cisgender females. Researchers at the University of Brighton also found that, contrary to previous claims, transgender women’s bone density was equivalent to cisgender females. Bone density is linked to muscle strength.”
Saturday, April 13
News from the late and un-relented department: Stand United, 2022-2024. James Davison says bye-bye --
“We are moving on to a platform that will change BC for the better. It’s been an incredible journey to this point but the best is yet to come. I wish the freedom movement all the best and I hope you can achieve many great achievements.”
The Labourers Union is courting Poilievre. Icky union, icky alliance. In the 1980’s and ‘90’s, at least 80 officials of LIUNA and its affiliates in the US were convicted of various organized crime-related activities, including bribery, embezzlement, interstate transportation of stolen merchandise, and attempted murder. More recently links with organized crime have been exposed in Canada.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/cosimo-commisso-link-to-toronto-construction-firm-prompts-union-to-ask-for-police-probe-1.2619847
CUPE’s take on the man -- “ “It’s too bad that, unlike Andrew Scheer, Pierre Poilievre does not hold American citizenship, because he would be right at home as Governor of a state like Alabama.” https://cupe.ca/statement-cupe-pierre-poilievre-winning-conservative-party-leadership
The CLC shares that assessment -- “At a time when workers and their families are reflecting on a year that was marked by a crushing affordability crisis, the devastating impacts of climate change and constant undermining of workers’ rights by wealthy corporations, Poilievre has opted to double down on attacking working people.” https://canadianlabour.ca/statement-from-bea-bruske-poilievres-conservatives-blocking-priority-bills-for-workers/
“A heavily-redacted, secret 2023 Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) report reveals deep concerns within Canada’s national-security apparatus that unprecedented social inequality and growing economic insecurity combined with climate and technological change will fuel political and social upheavals that threaten bourgeois rule.... The report begins with the observation that Canadian capitalism and its state are caught up in “a series” of global “crises,” “with COVID-19, supply chain issues, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine…”
It then goes on to warn that future prospects are bleaker still. “The situation will probably deteriorate in the next five years,” it affirms, “as the early effects of climate change and a global recession add their weight to the ongoing crises.”.... The final section of the RCMP Report, entitled “Next Steps” has been completely redacted. It is not however difficult to guess what “next steps” are being contemplated. The Rouleau Commission—at the prompting of the Trudeau government, CSIS, the RCMP and other police-security agencies—recommended a vast expansion of police state powers, including surveillance and the restriction of political protests around “critical infrastructure,” a term which also features in the RCMP report.” https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/04/12/mvwo-a12.html
Sunday, April 14
Subscribe to the Western Standard and you-ll get up-to-the-minute updates live from the bathrooms of the nation. https://x.com/_llebrun/status/1779249965581078905
The far right beats the drums a lot about voter fraud, but it’s a complete nothingburger. The Heritage Foundation’s own database shows 1,499 instances since 1986 (that’s three a month, in a country with a population of 333 million , plus an 85% conviction rate for those utterly sparse instances). A manufactured crisis crafted to justify Trump’s insurrection.
Good article in Indiginews about the ongoing threesome between Danger Cats, Diagolon and the VPD. https://indiginews.com/features/families-of-mmiwg-face-off-with-supporters-of-comedy-group-behind-pickton-shirt
Since Roe v. Wade was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2023 fourteen states have banned abortion with no exceptions in the case of rape, incest or fetan abnormality. Since then 65,000 women in those states have become pregnant due to rape, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. (The real figure could be five times higher.) https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2814274
Monday, April 15
The morning started cheerfully enough with Day 1 of Trump’s hush money trial.... https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1779859813263978950
And with his Truth Social stock plunging 12% as soon as markets opened, (down 60% from two weeks ago). https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/15/trump-media-stock-price-fall
The Canada Strong and Free Network conference wrapped up over the weekend. Yet another cross-fertilization orgy between Conservatives and conspiracists. “Billed as Canada’s largest conservative gathering, the conference’s very first panel discussion was about so-called “parental rights,” an idea rooted in the transphobic belief that there’s a conspiracy to pressure children into being transgender.
New Brunswick’s Premier Blaine Higgs, a former Irving executive, also made a keynote appearance, having led the way for conservative premiers who have embarked on the politicization of trans lives. He lamented the characterization of his views as “far-right,” suggesting that politics have moved too far to the left. The irony, of course, was that he was being interviewed by Andrew Lawton, an actual far-right media personality and failed Ontario provincial conservative candidate who reportedly believes that gender and racial discrimination should be legalized.” https://nbmediacoop.org/2024/04/15/a-vision-for-two-canadas-which-one-do-you-believe-in/
Speakers included David Freheit (aka Viva Frei), a #MapleMAGA Trumper here seen going on about the communist takeover of Canada. Maybe that tagline should be “Leading with Convictions” – criminal that is. David Lindsay, Tamra Lich …
Also Quebec Conservative Party leader Eric Duhaime, whose publications include the essay “Free Us From Unions.”
Alberta Proud attended.
And, of course, Aaron Gunn. Labelled a far-right extremist by opponents, he was rejected as a candidate for leader of the B.C. Liberal party. The NDP accused Gunn of using “transphobic, racist and sexist rhetoric” on his social media with views including that systemic racism is “a myth” and “the gender pay gap doesn’t exist.”
The U.S. Leadership Institute was represented. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/undercover-us-conservatives-who-trained-mike-pence/
So was the far-right “think-tank” the Fraser Institute. More like a septic tank: literally full of shit!
Other speakers included Margaret Thatcher’s speechwriter, the former executive director of the BC Liberals, a guy who chronicled the Ottawa Convoy and the coordinator of the Assembly of the Cuban Resistance.
Not to mention Blaine Higgs, Danielle Smith, Pierre Poilievre and Boris Johnson.
The conference was sponsored by the Koch Foundation, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, TC Energy, the Christian Heritage Party, the Canadian Bankers’ Association, the Canadian Medical Association, and the ultra-far right Countersignal.
Tuesday, April 16
Conference panelist Viva Frei flees back to his residence in “the Free State of Florida” (he's a Canadian), but not before reminiscing about the beautiful Ottawa Convoy. And denouncing Justin Trudeau’s “unhinged” attack on Alex Jones.
Coming to Victoria in June – the Reclaiming Canada conference. Featuring a stellar lineup of psycho boneheads including... John Carpay, CEO of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, disbarred for life in Manitoba for spying on a judge. https://globalnews.ca/news/9909435/lawyers-barred-surveilling-winnipeg-judge/
Lauren Southern, alt right collaborator who’d rather see migrants drown. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Southern
And Tamara Lich, convoyista defendant-in-chief. https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/judge-will-hear-conspiracy-argument-in-trial-of-freedom-convoy-organizers-1.6798271
The conference theme is “Together We Can Reclaim Democracy”, so naturally it also features Lauren Chen, who opposes democracy and doesn’t think women should have the right to vote. https://x.com/RightWingWatch/status/1779931982128128494
“J.K. Rowling, the British author known for the beloved "Harry Potter" series is in hot water yet again for her controversial views on transgender women. But this time the author is also being accused of being a Holocaust denier by critics.” https://www.salon.com/2024/03/15/jk-rowling-trans-nazis-holocaust-denial/
David Parker, the power behind Danielle Smith’s throne in Alberta, is now livestreaming with Diagolon fascists.
The program was hosted by a guy who likes the 14 words and seems obsessed with “the Jewish Question.” https://x.com/TonyYvce/status/1781009769328746913
With Diagolon, “having the courage of your convictions” takes on a whole different meaning.
https://twitter.com/TonyYvce/status/1778739352928944539/photo/1
The trial of the Coutts (Alberta) border blockaders showcased the Rebel News formula. Bait. Switch. Grift. Repeat. https://x.com/canadiancynic/status/1780538441790328870
Even after the Coutts 3 were convicted, the Rebel News demand for money continued. Heartening to see not exactly going gangbusters. 8% of goal?
Chris Sky is leaving Canada. The Freedom Movement’s most Holocaust denying, steroid-guzzling, transphobic tub of guts is bailing. “So why the fuck would I choose to stay here...? Every single year the Zionist agenda, the LBTQ agenda, the attack on your children is moving forward.”
Where will he go? To join Susan Standfield in her grifter’s exile in England? To team up with Vlad Sobolev to do real estate in Mexico? To carve out a little Lebensraum with Kevin J. Johnson in Costa Rica? Down to the Free State of Florida to livestream with Viva Frei? Who knows? More to the point, who cares?
Chris Elston, international bully.
Thursday, April 18
Trump’s vice-presidential hopeful “Kari Lake called on Arizona supporters to arm themselves ahead of an “intense” election and urged military and law enforcement veterans to be “ready”: “We are going to put on the armor of God, and maybe strap on a Glock on the side of us just in case.” https://x.com/shannonrwatts/status/1780606067380208100
Fun fact -- The VPD is the armed wing of Ken Sim’s ABC party. Its chief, Adam Palmer, hauled in $464,207 last year. https://x.com/VIAwesome/status/1780748862447407110
Netanyahu cabinet announces plan to spend $7 billion in beginning the annexation of Gaza. https://x.com/narrative_hole/status/1780838019421077725
“It has been estimated that the “anti-vax” online industry accumulates annual revenues of $35 million, and that their audience of 62 million followers may be worth upward of a billion dollars a year for the big social media platforms.” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352250X23001562
The best candidates for school trustee generally shouldn’t be under no-contact orders. But then there’s Castlegar’s anti-SOGI nominee Emily Duggan. https://twitter.com/queergranddad/status/1775714472323330194/photo/1
Update from Germany: “One of the most prominent figures in the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party has arrived in court for his trial on charges of using a Nazi slogan, months before a regional election in which he is running to become his state’s governor.” The guy claims he didn’t know it was a stormtrooper favourite. Only problem is, he’s a history teacher. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/18/german-far-right-leader-bjorn-hocke-in-court-nazi-slogan
Fox News is now jury tampering. In New York, that’ll get you 7 years. https://x.com/AaronBlake/status/1780970065552113792
Unabashed plug of the week – Mehdi Hasan’s new platform Zeteo launched on Monday with an interview with former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert (him of Operation Cast Lead fame). https://zeteo.com/p/mehdi-clashes-with-former-israeli?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=1ra1xi&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
It also carried a preview of what the first 100 days of a Trump dictatorship would look like. https://x.com/mehdirhasan/status/1780257012300808300
You can subscribe to Zeteo here. Please do. https://zeteo.com/subscribe
Nadir of the week award goes to Kevin O’Leary -- https://x.com/justinbaragona/status/1780993636739567993
Meme of the week --
News clip of the week -- https://x.com/KevorkAlmassian/status/1779829528233185348
Quick summary of the week -- https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1779888937936281779
Upcoming events --
April 21 – Jair Bolsonaro has called on his supporters to converge on Rio de Janeiro. Coup attempt #2? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/08/elon-musk-brazil-x-jair-bolsonaro
May 28 – Christofascist Artur Pawlowski speaking in Victoria.
July 19 – Diagolon’s cross-country “Rage Tour” slated to hit Vancouver
