Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Mark Rice-Oxley points out the observations of the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Health as to the stress and mental illness caused by…
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Wednesday Morning Links
This and that for your mid-week reading. – Rick Salutin discusses the needed rise of left-wing populism in the U.S.’ presidential campaign (and elsewhere). – Ed Finn highlights how policies…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Companion cats.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – David Roberts writes about the developing recognition that we all bear responsibility for consumption emissions – though even better would be a…
Concert Organized By Extremists Connected To Northern Guard Collapsing; Extremists Whine In Response
Back in 2018, the Nick Gallant of the Northern Guard was claiming to be in the process of organizing a concert to benefit veterans: First, I don't think System of…
Chris Vanderweide Arrested and (Wait For it) Far Right Infighting
As a result of his actions (assaults) in Hamilton at a Pride event and Toronto after a Pegida rally, Chris Vanderweide had been ridding rather high as a result of…
Blood & Honour/Combat 18 Listed as Outlawed Terrorist Organizations
I created the blog in November 2007 in large part to monitor the Aryan Guard, a Calgary-based hate group founded by Kyle McKee that I saw as having an incredible…
Hamilton, Halifax, and More on Pegida Rally in Toronto With Special Appearance by a Former Canadian Nazi Party Leader
ARC spent the weekend covering the Pegida rally in Toronto and counter-protest as well as the events that resulted afterward, however we neglected other important news of the day. In…
Ron Banerjee: "Let’s get into a big fight right inside the Eaton’s Centre." Attack After Pegida Rally Looks Pre-meditated
We’re still going over the events that occurred after yesterday’s Pegida rally. Ron Banerjee who was also in attendance (though we didn’t know it at the time) posted a grainy…
Violence After Pegida March: Northern Guard Attack Counter-Protester an Rick Boswick Admits to Assaulting People
Well, this didn’t take long: As counter-protesters were making sure the fascists left the downtown, this video shows two members of the Northern Guard assaulting one of them. ARC has…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Lana Payne discusses the need for outrage about the lack of enforcement even of corporate tax obligations which have been slashed for decades.…
Pegida Canada Rally In Toronto Vastly Outnumbered
Given the events in Hamilton, we expected that there would be a large contingent of the far-right attending the Pegida rally in Toronto today. We also expected a much larger…
Musical interlude
Phantogram – Fall In Love
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Lawrence Mishel points out that Donald Trump’s giveaways to the rich actually resulted in a sharp decline in bonuses paid to workers. –…
Rick Boswick and Derek Storie: More Fallout From Attack on LGBTQ Community By Far-Right
The days since Christian Taliban members, Yellow Vesters (as represented by Rick Boswick and Derek Storie among others), Canadian Nationalist Party members, and a Wolves of Odin have been interesting…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood offers an electoral primer for voters who want to avert a climate breakdown in this fall’s federal election. And Paul…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellanous material for your mid-week reading. – David Dayen interviews Elizabeth Warren about the role of government in ensuring that the needs of people take precedence over the power of…
Canadian Nationalist Party: Antisemites and Racists
If one has been paying attention, one would note that members of the Canadian Nationalist Party have become ubiquitous at far right events. If there is a Yellow Vests, Pegida,…
Tuesday Evening Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Farhana Yamin discusses the need to answer the imminent threat of climate breakdown with direct action to force politicians to develop an…