The first time I visited Notre-Dame in my early 30s I didn't have the words to express the awe I felt simply standing before the 800 year cathedral. Entering the medieval gothic building simply added to my sense of smallness, but also left me with a feeling of being connected
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Anti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Old Is New Again: Some Members of Far-Right Attempt To Have Ideological Opponents, Media, and Politicians Jailed
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the "apex" of far-right "patriot" journalism in Canada: Yep, this is a clip of a drunken Rick Boswick, Derek Storie, and Corey/Kory…. Something-or-Other (I genuinely can't be bothered to look up his last name) defaming a journalist who has already been assaulted by the
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: March 30, 2019 Hate Rally: Video of Racist Groups Prove They Were the Aggressors
On March 30, the second day of what Joey Deluca claimed would be a 72 hour “patriot rally” in Edmonton occurred. Much like the previous day, the hate groups which included the Worldwide Coalition Against Islam (WCAI), Canadian Combat Coalition (CCC), Northern Guard, Soldiers of Odin (SoO), and a smattering
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Faith Goldy, Kevin Goudreau, and Hate Groups Including Soldiers of Odin Banned From Facebook
I’ve worked at the same job for close to 20 years and I really do love it. However there are drawbacks. On the one hand, my employment allows me to pay my mortgage. To buy a new car when the old one’s motor explodes in the middle of rural Manitoba.
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: The Media Enablers, Q1 2019 Edition
The discussion — and by “discussion” I mean valid and harsh criticism — of the Canadian media’s treatment of white supremacist events, ideas and personalities has been heating up in the first few months of 2019. It is astonishing that in an era where we have access to more information
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: More Information on Soldier of Odin Member Taken Into Custody After Assault Saturday; Member of Calgary Chapter With Overtly Racist Leader
It turns out that the rally that WCAI's Joey Deluca billed as a 72 hour extravaganza lasted perhaps a total of four hours over three days and except for the last rally when they purposely hid until most of the 250 – 300 counter-protesters had left were vastly outnumbered: The
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: March 30, 2019 Racist Rally in Edmonton Part II: Counter-Protester Assaulted and Soldier of Odin Member Taken Into Custody
Much like Vancouver and Toronto, it looked like the most recent Worldwide Coalition Against Islam (WCAI) event in Edmonton would yet again fail to feature anyone actually associated with the WCAI. Certainly some of the Canadian Combat Coalition members back in Ontario appeared to be rather frustrated by yet another
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: WCAI Rally In Edmonton Missing WCAI on Friday; Incredibly Pathetic Showing on Saturday
So, what do Vancouver, Toronto, and now Edmonton have in common? They are all rallies organized by Joey Deluca (founder of the overtly racist Worldwide Coalition Against Islam) that he and other members of the WCAI failed to appear at because despite their claims to be lions they continue to
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Joey Deluca of WCAI Planning Rally in Edmonton on March 29. He Should Be Prepared O Be Laughed At…. Again
Sometimes I come across information in a rather round-about way. For example years ago I found myself reading an article on Wikipedia and realized that I had forgotten how I had gotten there. I just started clicking links from the original piece I had been looking up so I had
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Christchurch Truthers: Denial of Right-wing Violence As A Self-Preservation Strategy
This past Saturday, PEGIDA Canada tried to march in Toronto. It went poorly as the tiny contingent of PEGIDA supporters, Nouns of Odin, Northern Guard, and Canadian Combat Coalition members were outnumbered by between 250 to 300 counter-protesters: yesterday's counter demo in #toronto was brutally demoralizing for the far-right scum
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: White Nationalist Faith Goldy Disrupts Anti-Racism Rally/Memorial for Christchurch Victims
This past Wednesday, a memorial was held for victims of the Christchurch mosque tragedy during an anti-racism rally that took place in Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto. Aside from hate groups like the Westboro Baptist Church, one would be hard pressed to find anyone crass and vulgar enough to disrupt
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: "I Disagree With Violence But….": The Justification and Celebration of the Christchurch Mosque Murders By Paul Fromm and Robert Jones
It didn't take long for the likes of Paulie to try and justify the murder of 50 adults and children worshiping at two Christchurch mosques. In a post on his blog, Fromm posted the entirety of the murderer's "manifesto" along with his own forward justifying the attack while couching that
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Anti-Yellow Vest Protest in Edmonton: Counter Protester From the Clann Hate Group Arrested
At the Alberta Legislature an anti-Yellow Vests protest took place calling the movement out on their ties to overt racists and racist groups such as the Nouns of Odin, Northern Guard, and other hate groups. In response, the Yellow Vesters counter-protested…. along side the Nouns of Odin, Northern Guard, and
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: More Reactions From Canadian Racists/Islamophobes to Christchurch Tragedy and The Dangers of Extremist Rhetoric
Yesterday I posted an article detailing a thread on the reactionary Yellow Vests Canada Facebook page which discussed the murder of 49 worshipers at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. Given what has been published here and by others (Yellow Vests Canada Exposed and the Canadian Anti-Hate Network) readers will
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: More Fallout From the Yellow Vests Convoy: Video Exposes Major Fault Lines
I had asked the folks at Yellow Vests Canada Exposed for a brief overview of the event. This is what they were kind enough to provide: As I have mentioned via our Facebook and Twitter pages, I was at the ‘United We Roll’ yellow vest rally in Ottawa. To me,
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Robert Jones Embraces Fascism
During the years I’ve been working on the blog there have been a few characters that have stuck out not only for their racist, antisemitic, homophobic, and/or Islamophobic views, but also for being bloody odd. One such figure is Robert Jones: Jones has been a frequent participant in a number
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Guest Article From Ottawa: “Yellow Vests” Ottawa Falling Apart Over Truck Convoy Police Talks
The Yellow Vest protests have so far attracted only a handful of people in Ottawa every Saturday and might very well be the most poorly attended in all Canada if we go by a participant-to-population ratio. As such it wouldn’t deserve too much attention, but the fact that Ottawa is
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: "White Nationalist" Travis Patron Trying To Book Room For Speech at University of Toronto
While ARC has been critical of the mainstream media in the past for not looking deeply enough at the ideology of the far right, it has been doing a better job of late. One journalist who I've found has been consistently good though is Stewart Bell who wrote the following
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Yellow Vest Extremists: Two Case Studies From Edmonton and Calgary
I've been offline — at least on the blog — for over a week now in part due to finishing up some work-related projects (the work I'm actually paid to do), prepping for the holidays, and a long, long, LONG, drive back to the mother province to visit my family;
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Maxime Bernier No-Shows Anti-Migrant Protest He Was Set To Headline In Ottawa
Last month we saw Faith Goldy and roughly 40 alt-right (including ID Canada) supporters hold a protest opposing Canada signing the UN Migration Compact. Today in Ottawa was another anti-migrant rally which also features a whose who of racist and Islamophobic groups including La Meute, Storm Alliance, III% militia, Northern
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