The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant | Ep 525

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Jordan Peterson sits down with human rights activist, political writer, and founder of Rebel News, Ezra Levant. They discuss Ezra’s first hand experience with the World Economic Forum, the antithetical turn toward authoritarianism in the United Kingdom, and Tommy Robinson’s ongoing and wrongful imprisonment. #FreeTommyRobinson

Ezra Levant is a Canadian human rights activist, political writer, and father, Ezra Levant is the host of the Ezra Levant show and founder of Rebel News – the largest online independent news network in Canada. Ezra’s great grandfather emigrated to Canada in 1903 from Russia, establishing a homestead near Drumheller, Alberta. Ezra spent his early life growing up in a suburb of Calgary, where he attended a Jewish day school before making the switch to public school.

This episode was filmed on February 8th, 2025.

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(0:00) Coming up

(0:22) Intro

(4:17) Subtle manipulations and the abuse of “community guidelines” on major platforms

(11:24) How the government funds and pushes narratives by “fact checkers”

(19:36) The AI war - and why American needs to win

(23:02) Bill C-16 revisited, the fight for citizen journalism

(29:04) Printing a picture of Mohammad in the Western Standard

(33:28) This is what’s terrifying about Bill C-63 - you will be punished

(39:09) Tommy Robinson refused to run despite unjust punishment

(41:49) He’s in isolation 21 hours a day and they aren’t allowing visitors

(46:42) “They would like [Tommy] to die in prison”

(47:40) The uk is a dystopian time machine, when Ezra was arrested for journalism

(54:36) David Menzies, the Canada Freedom Convoy - and the one person who was shot

(1:00:43) 17 rebels: Reporting on the COVID curfew mandates

(1:04:28) What Ezra saw in Davos at the World Economic Forum

(1:09:50) Insect protein - “they’re against food for peasants”

(1:14:48) The police in Davos vs. Canada

(1:16:40) The domestic media is against Tommy Robinson - don’t trust them

(1:17:43) The perfect storm for a horrible and systemic problem

(1:21:31) Over a billion a year in federal funding for no audience

(1:22:56) Trudeau has eroded national morale to the point of breaking - the 51st state?

(1:27:44) Mark Carney, “clinging on by the fingernails”

(1:32:16) How Canada exploited and nearly decimated the Amish

(1:37:09) Be a rebel

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