We’re currently working on collecting information for an article on the Soldiers of Odin in Saskatchewan, specifically the leadership in Moose Jaw and the connection to the neo-Nazi movement in this country and abroad, however we thought we’d share something that came across our desk and caused us to collectively
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Anti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Charleston Killer Convicted on All Charges
While the victims and their families may have received justice, there are people who continue to celebrate the actions of the murderer just as they did when it occurred. That fact remains disquieting to say the least. While this horrible event occurred in the United States, we will remind our
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Charleston Killer Convicted on All Charges
While the victims and their families may have received justice, there are people who continue to celebrate the actions of the murderer just as they did when it occurred. That fact remains disquieting to say the least. While this horrible event occurred in the United States, we will remind our
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: December 2016 Bits and Bites
We begin with a very brief update on Paulie who is so tickled pink (well, more pink than he usually is) about Trump's election that he isn't bothering to try to conceal his views in more "respectable" terms anymore: We're sure that Paulie will be leading the charge…. so long
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: December 2016 Bits and Bites
We begin with a very brief update on Paulie who is so tickled pink (well, more pink than he usually is) about Trump's election that he isn't bothering to try to conceal his views in more "respectable" terms anymore: We're sure that Paulie will be leading the charge…. so long
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Ezra Levant and Canadian-Style Trumpism
In Edmonton this past weekend, Ezra Levant and his merry little basket of deplorables posing as journalists held a rally at the legislature opposing the carbon tax passed by the NDP government that is set to come into effect in January 2017. Aside from the fact that Levant claims The
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Andrew Benson Reappears With Interesting Friends
It seems that in addition to the Goudreau, who recently came to our attention after a lengthy absence, another character whom we had once been keeping close tabs on but whom we lost track of has reappeared on our radar: Andrew Benson has been somewhat of a political chameleon over the
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Kevin Goudreau Arrested for Assault
You know who we haven't talked about for a while? Not Paulie. We talk about him a lot. No, we're referring to Kevin Goudreau this time or, as we've taken to calling him, the Goudreau. We've profiled the Goudreau and his misadventures for years on the blog. Mostly because he
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: James Sears and Paulie Pimping Out Troubled Teen
Meet Veronica Bouchard. Our readers have likely already heard of her already. Using the pseudonym "Evalion" (because these types always seem to enjoy engaging in self-aggrandizement), 19 year old Bouchard has made a bit of a name for herself in the neo-Nazi online speaking circuit, at least so far as YouTube
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Trump Train Derailed: Canadian Supporters Respond
You would have to be living under a rock to not be aware of what has become known as the "Trump Tape" in which Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks about sexually assaulting women on a hot mic: In part as a result of the tape and, perhaps, his crude
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Anti-Immigration Rally Featuring Soldiers of Odin, PEGIDA, and Atalante Québec Yesterday
Yesterday an anti-immigrant rally took place in Quebec City featuring some groups we are well aware of and a few that are knew to us (yes, our Quebec intel still sucks): Anti-immigration groups are heard in QuebecPUBLISHED Saturday, October 15, 2016 13 H 38 About 75 protesters marched in Old
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Paulie Still Not Allowed into the United States
Last August we reported that Paulie had been denied entry into the United States, likely due to his leadership role in the Council of Conservative Citizens who’s rhetoric inspired the murder who targeted members of an historic Black church in Charleston, SC. Suffice it to say, Paulie feels aggrieved. So
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: October 2016 Bits and Bites: Religious Bigotry Edition
We start with some rather ugly news from Calgary today: Anti-Muslim posters at University of Calgary prompt rally of supportBy Robson Fletcher, CBC News Posted: Oct 04, 2016 2:07 PM MT Last Updated: Oct 05, 2016 6:55 AM MT Students, faculty and administrators gathered
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Topham Launches Charter Challenge
As expected after his conviction on one count of promoting hatred, Arthur Topham has launched his expected Charter challenge: B.C. man convicted of promoting hate on web to challenge law in court todayCanada’s Criminal Code provisions out of step with internet reality, Arthur Topham’s supporters sayBy Betsy Trumpener, CBC News
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: A Look at the Soldiers of Odin in Hamilton
We were contacted by someone who created the following video highlighting the efforts of the Soldiers of Odin to set up a chapter in Hamilton, ON. Unfortunately we were unable embed the video, however the creator graciously allowed us to download so that we could include it here on the
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: What’s Jon Latvis Up To These Days?
We should mention that despite our feelings about the late Rob Ford’s tenure as mayor of Toronto, we were not suggesting that he was sympathetic towards neo-Nazis (the explanation provided by his office did a good job of putting this to bed), but that his handlers should have been more diligent in preventing Latvis from being photographed with Mr. Ford. In any case, Latvis himself denied his entire history of being involved in the biggest White Power bands of the 1990s and suggested he would sue Mr. Kinsella for defamation.
Considering that the Internet exists which documented his active and enthusiastic involvement in the neo-Nazi movement, as well as the following post made on his own Facebook profile explaining to his friends why he publicly denied his involvement, it would have been a very difficult case for him to make which is probably why he didn’t sue:
Now, fast forward a few years.
Last weekend, the Bloor West Village Ukrainian Festival took place in Toronto. It is an event, like other similar festivals, that celebrates Ukrainian culture including food (we loves us our perogies), dance, and music. As this writer also has connections to Ukraine, it sounds like a good time and a blast to attend.
But based on what the good folks at the Left Chapter observed while watching a video of the parade, there was a bit of a fly in the ointment:
The portrait on the side of the banner closest to the viewer is that of Stepan Bandera. |
Yeah, those are members of the Canadian chapter of Right Sector.
And who are Right Sector?
Critics at home say the party’s inflammatory rhetoric and violence is helping Russian media to depict Ukraine as overrun with “neo-Nazis” who threaten the Russian-speaking population.
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Activists claiming to be Right Sector members were involved in Kiev’s Maidan protests from late November, but the group did not attract much attention until violent clashes with police in central Kiev on 19 January, in which it played a leading role.
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A leading figure in the Right Sector, Andriy Tarasenko, says it aims not for closer ties with Europe but rather to “build a nationalist Ukrainian state and stage a nationalist revolution”.
Dmytro Yarosh calls himself a follower of Stepan Bandera, a nationalist leader who fought Polish and Soviet rule in the 1930s and 1940s but is seen in Russia and eastern Ukraine as a Nazi collaborator.
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Some far-right activists interviewed by the BBC’s Gabriel Gatehouse in Kiev in early March made it clear that they wanted a Ukraine “just for Ukrainians”.
Other articles on Right Sector are equally enlightening:
- Ukrainian far-right group claims to be co-ordinating violence in Kiev
- ‘Right Sector’ hackers attempt to blackmail Polish government
- Kiev Pride 2016: Why are Ukraine’s politicians silent on attacks against LGBT people?
- The Assault on Kiev Pride
- Ukraine: When the Right Sector Runs the Courtroom
- Ukraine government in armed standoff with nationalist militia
- Ukraine: Overwhelming new evidence of prisoners being tortured and killed amid conflict
Now, much like Rob Ford who was pictured with Jon Latvis, we don’t believe the organizers intended on having a far-right ultranationalist group join in on their parade, however we would apply the same criticism as we did in Mr. Ford’s case when we suggest they should have done a more thorough job checking into the groups participating.
But it might be of interested to our readers to know that Latvis actually has a bit of a connection here as well:
Yep, he’s a supporter of Right Sector:
Anti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Soldier of Odin Member Christopher Hayes Update 2
It's been a few days, however it looks as if Soldier of Odin member Chrisopher Hayes as released around August 8 pending a court appearance on September 12:Hayes’ release order included the statutory conditions and numerous others including: not …
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Soldier of Odin Member Christopher Hayes Update 2
Hayes’ release order included the statutory conditions and numerous others including: not attempting to directly or indirectly communicate with the prime minister; surrending all firearms and any possession and acquisition licences to the RCMP within 24 hours; not possessing any electronic devices capable of duplicating, creating or generating social media posts (except for work purposes); reporting monthly to the RCMP; remaining in Saskatchewan; and relinquishing his passport.
In the meantime, Chris Hayes’ brother Michael “Mjohn” Hayes who is the leader of the Oxbow, Saskatchewan chapter of the Soldiers of Odin still seems to believe that threatening Prime Minister Trudeau is a perfectly acceptable exercising of one’s freedom of expression and is not particularily pleased with the RCMP:
Yeah. Your brother didn’t simply criticize Mr. Trudeau, but we suppose that the truth is still a hard pill to swallow particularly if you surround yourself with people who believe uttering casual death threats to be reasonable political discourse:
The Trump reference reminds us that something else interesting popped up in our examination of Michael Hayes’ Facebook profile. For someone who is a leader of a group that claims to to be patriotic….
….Michael doesn’t actually seem to like his own country all that much:
Anti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Soldiers of Odin: Canadian Media Paying Attention
We don't usually refer to ourselves as "media" though in the absolute sense, we suppose we are. We run a niche blog who's members have a realistic understanding concerning our national exposure. Still, we like to think that at least o…
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Soldiers of Odin: Canadian Media Paying Attention
As far as we know, we were amongst the first, if not the first, “media” source that began covering the entry of the Soldiers of Odin onto the Canadian scene. However since we began, there has been some really good journalism focused on the SOO. Not too long after our first exposé, Vice published a story by Mack Lamoureux who was able to infiltrate a meeting by the Alberta chapter of Soldiers of Odin. And last week, CBC’s Samantha Craggs wrote what we would regard as a pretty hard hitting profile of the SOO and the group’s efforts to organize in the city of Hamilton.
Some members of the SOO took notice, including co-leader of the Saskatchewan chapter of the Soldiers of Odin:
In the article, the national president of the Canadian Soldiers of Odin, Joel Angott, claims that the group is opposed to racism:
The presence in Hamilton is informal right now, with about eight or nine members getting organized, said SOO national president Joel Angott. There’s a lot of interest, but potential Hamilton members are being carefully vetted.
SOO members do neighbourhood patrols, Angott told CBC Hamilton in a phone interview from Winnipeg. Right now, its Hamilton plans focus on cleaning up local parks.
He denies that the group is anti-immigration, or anti-Muslim, although the group’s bylaws lament the government “accepting refugees from countries that hate us” and “letting illegal aliens into this country and giving them the ability to vote and drive.”
Denying that the SOO is not anti-immigrant or anti-Muslim sort of flies in the face of what is routinely posted on the various provincial Soldiers of Odin chapters’ Facebook pages however. For example, here are a few from the British Columbia chapter group page: