Douglas Todd: Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein put UBC at centre of debate over academic activism

Douglas Todd: Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein put UBC at centre of debate over academic activism

When the University of B.C. hired left-wing activists Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein as faculty, Canada’s second-largest post-secondary institution took a firm position on a polarizing discussion over whether academics should openly advocate political causes.

Against opinion polls showing three in four Canadians believe political ideology should be kept out of universities, five years ago UBC hired filmmaker Lewis — who was elected leader of the federal NDP on March 29 — and well-known climate activist Klein.

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Sorry, celebs, the ‘far right’ slur doesn’t work anymore

The days are long gone when rich activists could write off working-class voters as ‘fascists’.

I see Kneecap have put their name to a new movement ‘against the far right’. The Guardianistas in balaclavas are hooking up with other smug celebs to call for an end to ‘narratives of division and racism’. Wait – this is the same Kneecap that said ‘Up Hamas’ after Hamas butchered more than a thousand Jews? The same Kneecap that posted a pic of themselves grinning like loons the day after that act of fascist mass murder? The same Kneecap whose oldest member – the twat in the tricolor tea cosy – published an image of himself reading the collected speeches of Hassan Nasrallah, a book that calls Jews the ‘descendants of apes and pigs’?

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Turner Classic Movies: Pro-Communist, Anti-American

We now have conclusive proof that Stalin and his communist dupes were subverting Hollywood. But you wouldn’t know it watching TCM.

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) on cable tv is the film-lover’s dream come true. It possesses a huge library of films from Hollywood’s Golden Age of the 30s to the 50s, newer films, and silents. They are presented with no commercials in their full, unedited versions. TCM hosts worthy series co-hosted by specialists, on topics such as African Americans in film.

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Star Says Toronto Can Learn From That Communist Lunatic Zohran Mamdani

He just won a shock election in New York by promising free buses and rent freezes. Toronto could learn from it

Recently, on a visit to New York City, I found myself in the middle of what could easily be mistaken for a party, replete with a DJ, a live band and craft beer cans. But this wasn’t just another concert in midtown Manhattan. It was a campaign rally for Zohran Mamdani. He’s the progressive state assemblymember who ran in New York’s Democratic primary for mayor — and won. His unexpected rise and victory have not only taken the city’s politics by storm; they’ve also attracted attention from anyone watching the state of progressive politics.


Because our current communist lunatic is working out so well.

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The Double Standards of Sadiq Khan

One hundred days of Britain under Keir Starmer’s stewardship, and the Labour Party’s dedication to scandal is nothing if not impressive. Thus far, the front benches are replete with allegations of cronyism, bribery, and a taste for rather obvious double standards. Political nicknames usually take some time to forge, but not for ‘two-tier Keir’—whose evident dislike of the plebs was so vehemently expressed during his mishandling of the Southport riots, and via the concomitant heavy-handed sentencing.

However, no matter how hard he tries to push his ‘son of a toolmaker’, ‘working-class’ credentials, as a white man Keir Starmer is not getting much bang for his identity politics buck. The PM may well insist ‘two-tier policing worries are a non-issue’, but he is neither convincing nor correct. London Mayor Sadiq Khan on the other hand, is another matter entirely. 

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Explaining the Link Between Liberalism and Mental Illness

Why are conservatives happier than liberals? Why do leftists report more anxiety, depression, and neuroses compared to those on the right?

Social scientists are perplexed — as well they should be, considering that for every one conservative social scientist, there are 10 liberals. But across all age groups, all incomes, all races, and both sexes — in every single measurable way — conservatives are happier than liberals.

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AOC: The Little Dictator Who Dreams of Setting the U.S. on Fire

The house is on fire. There is slow combustion that is beginning to consume the walls and bend the supporting columns; some people are juggling to try to put out the fire and keep it from collapsing, however, others have decided to destroy everything, hitting those who are trying to rebuild from behind, and pouring more gas on the fire. If they are going to govern, let it be in ashes, that is what the little dictator has determined.

In both parties — Democrat and Republican — there are characters with an incendiary discourse, there are already irreconcilable differences, and it seems difficult to make peace; however, they agree with the laws, and respect the institutions — although they do it with great suspicion — and maintain a certain composure to prevent everything from collapsing. This last rule has an exception: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).

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The Hierarchy of Oppression

Perhaps the most common conservative reaction to progressive ideas is one of bewilderment. They’re from a different planet, inhabit an alternate universe; they’re insane! Even moderates employ these phrases to express their inability to understand the progressive mentality. And this is so even in regard to problems like crime that traditionally have provided common ground for partisan factions. Thus, the 1994 Crime Bill – also known as the Clinton Crime Bill and the Biden Crime Bill, was passed by an overwhelming bi-partisan majority in Congress.[1] Yet today it is anathema to progressives, who see violent criminals as “victims” of an unjust criminal justice system, and theft as a form of “reparations.” Extreme reversals like this have prompted liberal dissenters like Joe Manchin, Bill Maher and former congressman Harold Ford to express support for conservative concerns that progressives are “out of touch with reality,” and their views “lack common sense.”

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Ilhan Omar Introduces Resolution That Would Open U.S. Citizens Up To Being Prosecuted By International Court

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) introduced a resolution last week that would subject U.S. citizens to being prosecuted by an international court and she did so all in the name of holding Russian President Vladimir Putin “accountable” for the actions of the Russian military in Ukraine.

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AOC, far-left pols urge Biden to bypass Congress on energy, immigration and more

Progressive House Democrats like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other members of the “Squad” are urging President Biden to sidestep Congress and use the power of his pen to ​authorize dozens of radical policies on issues like immigration, criminal justice​, climate change and student loan debt.

The 98-member Congressional Progressive Caucus released a list of 55 recommendations for executive action on Thursday, months before the midterm elections in which Republicans are expected to regain control of both chambers of Congress.

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The Great Reset Is No “Conspiracy Theory”

The attacks on the family, middle class wealth and small business are not isolated. They are part of a coordinated attack to loot Americans, peonizing us and relegating us to a life of serfdom. They call it The Great Reset.

Despite the fact that we’re assured — what else? — fact checkers and experts have debunked this wild conspiracy theory, there is little doubt that the World Economic Forum, a powerful Soros-linked transnational NGO, is pushing for a radical realignment of the American economy.

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