Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: Canada’s Alt-Right Rage
Bryan Palmer on the right-wing protest in Ottawa.
February 22, 2022
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February 22, 2022
Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: Canada’s Alt-Right Rage
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<p>Suzi talks to Canadian Labor historian <a href="https://www.trentu.ca/news/story/10293?&newsId=10293" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bryan Palmer</a> about the so-called "<a href="https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/5268-freedom-comes-to-canada" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Freedom Convoy</a>" of truckers that held Ottawa hostage for three weeks, clogging the streets of the city as well as the US-Canadian border crossings from New Brunswick to British Columbia. Bryan calls this "Canada’s alt-right freedom rage," and while protesters said they were opposing state mandates related to the pandemic, their target is the liberal government of Justin Trudeau. They are a well-funded movement with parallels to the alt-right in the US, what Bryan calls “the lumpen petty bourgeoisie doing its revolting thing!"</p>
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