WCAI Rally In Vancouver August 19 and the Charlottesville Terrorist Attack

Decent people are still mourning the death of Heather Heyer who was murdered by a Nazi supporter in Charlottesville during an "alt-right" rally.



Among those decent people, the POTUS is not among them. The current occupant of the White House, after his previous moral failure in suggesting an equivalency between the fascists who called for the extermination of Jews and the superiority of the "white race" and the citizens who oppose those views before a ham fisted (and tepid) condemnation of the Nazis and Klan 48 hours after the death of Ms. Heyer, decided to triple down on his first statement and even suggested that these people were simply peaceful protesters who were "attacked" by the anti-fascists:



If there is anything positive that resulted from this tragedy, it is that it has resulted in people who might otherwise have ignored hate groups as "fringe" recognizing the real danger they present to individuals and institutions. It has resulted in the msm paying much more attention and exposing these haters. It has resulted in some of the right-wing media, such as "The Rebel" in Canada, trying |(and failing; three correspondents have left as of today) to backpedal their support. And it has resulted in a fracturing of the movement between the hardcore "alt-right" who still support and celebrate what happened and the "alt-lite" who have decided that being edgy, meme-loving, nationalists might not be in their long term interests. I will be talking at length about the infighting in Canada (which to be fair preceded the events in Charlottesville) at a later date.

Among those in Canada who have decided to end any pretense of being non-racist and to fully embrace the spirit of the "Unite the Right" Nazis, Klan members, and militias who marched in Charlottesville is the World Wide Coalition Against Islam (WCAI). Again this trend began before the Charlottesville tragedy as the following twitter posts prove....

III% Alberta Militia Leader Suggests They Are Going To Become Property Managers In Edmonton

While the anti-Muslim/anti-Government rallies held on June 3 were mostly unsuccessful across the country, the event in Calgary was an exception as it managed to attract close to 100 people. One of the distinguishing features of this rally was the presence of III% Alberta members who claimed to be acting as security, some of whom were armed with stun canes:

The III% militia has also provided "security" at other venues including Toronto where some of their members were involved in assaults on a journalist and counter protesters. More recently in Hamilton where they helped to provoke conflict. In response to the latter incident as well as to the tragedy in Charlottesville, a Hamilton city councilor is working to ban outside groups security at future rallies and protests on city property. This doesn't preclude III% militia members from being involved in protests, only that they can not claim that they are present in an official capacity, however the thought of not being able to walk around in airsoft gear is really rustling some III% jimmies.

ARC has written about the III% militia several times at this point, including the posting of an article while I was away bursting into flame enjoying the sun on my vacation. At the time the head of the III% Alberta militia made the following comment:

At the time I wasn't really sure what the "huge x5" thing(s) Welling was going on about and since I was heading out of the country I wasn't going to find out any time soon. A friend was keeping tabs on them however and I found this waiting for me on my return:

Brian Lilley, "The Rebel" Co-Founder, Resigns

While the tragedy in Virginia and association with the "alt-right" appears to be the straw that broke the camel's back, Lilley suggests that this was a process that began some time ago. He posted the following on Facebook:

Earlier Ezra Levant attempted some damage control by disavowing any connection to the "alt-right." His rather infamous correspondent tried to as well:

I suppose then that this is rather inconvenient:

And as with McInnes' failed effort, Levant's attempt to distance himself from the beast he helped to promote has also gone down like a lead balloon:

A leadership candidate for Alberta's United Conservative Party is calling on other candidates to condemn Rebel Media for its coverage of the deadly clash between anti-racism activists and neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, Va. on the weekend. 

Doug Schweitzer, facing a tough battle against leadership frontrunners Jason Kenney and Brian Jean, took to Twitter on Saturday to accuse the right-wing media outlet of defending the white supremacists during its coverage of the violence.....Just before the fatal collision, Rebel personality Faith Goldy was livestreaming from the scene and condemning authorities for allowing counter protesters to rally, after they declared the white supremacist march an illegal gathering.

Speaking of Goldy, posts such as these probably don't help Levant's argument:

Faith Goldy of Rebel Media thinks the Nazis have "robust" and "well thought out ideas" about the "JQ" (Jews) pic.twitter.com/XOfRFq4u6N

— Wild Geerters (@classiclib3ral) August 13, 2017

"The JQ" is the Jewish Question, a term one of the "alt-right's" heroes seems to have had an answer to.

Events in Charlottesville, VA: Some Canadian Racists React (Part II)

ARC continues to watch the fall-out from the Charlottesville "Unite the Right" rally and counter protest. It didn't take long for Charlottesville "truthers" including Canadians to emerge suggesting that the murder of Heather Heyer was either:

1. A false flag.
2. An accident precipitated by the actions of the counter protesters.
3. Committed by a "left-wing" Bernie Sanders supporter. 
4. George Soros. Honestly, just the name George Soros because even though I'm generally pretty good at figuring out what conspiracy nutters are going on about, this is a stretch even for them. Basically invoking the name is enough to suggest a dark conspiracy.

Here are a few of such examples:

There are also those who continue to celebrate the death of another human being and hope for more of the same:

There have been a number of rallies and vigils held throughout North America today both to honor the memory of Heather Heyer as well as to condemn the racist "alt-right" white supremacist movement. The event in Toronto, held at the America consulate, was crashed by Ronny Cameron who is now styling himself as a journalist:

The video is well over an hour long and tedious as hell as Cameron attempts to "debate" people attending a vigil to honor a murdered woman....

....but here are a few of the comments from people Ronny suggests are, "the best":

Lots of class.

Vigil held in Montreal in Honor of Heather Heyer and to Protest Hate Rally in Charlottesville

200 attend Montreal solidarity rally against white nationalists in Charlottesville 

Montreal protesters denounce racism, anti-semitism, celebrate life of victim Heather Heyer
CBC News Posted: Aug 13, 2017 9:14 PM ET Last Updated: Aug 13, 2017 10:41 PM ET 

In Montreal, around 200 people protested against the Neo-Nazis and Ku Klux Klan sympathizers who planned to stage one of the largest supremacist rallies in recent U.S. history in Charlottesville, VA. 

Over the weekend, the events in Virginia denigrated into violent clashes between white nationalists and civil rights activists.
....
Many people held signs and some held photos of Heather Heyer, a 32-year-old woman killed on Saturday after she was rammed by a car amid the protests. 

Heyer was a civil rights activist, in attendance to counterprotest the white nationalists who converged on the Virginia college town to demand the city keep a statue honouring a Confederate war hero.

Earlier, I had reported on an incident that had occurred in which a truck struck a protester. While it was certainly upsetting in the wake of the tragedy in Charlottesville on Saturday, it turned out not to be a copycat but was instead just your run-of-the-mill impatient idiot driver:

Update: There was no copycat attack in Montreal. An asshole driver pushed a pickup through a group of demonstrators. Here’s what we know.

— Evan Balgord (@ebalgord) August 14, 2017

But this incident raises the question: Why do drivers in MTL think it's okay to try to push through groups of demonstrators? Very unsafe.

— Evan Balgord (@ebalgord) August 14, 2017

Thankfully it seems that the person who was struck, an independent journalist with 99%Media, was not seriously injured. 

Events in Charlottesville, VA: Some Canadian Racists React

I imagine that many of ARC's readers have been following the White Supremacist rally in Charlottesville, VA as well as the large counter protest opposing them. The anti-fascists, anti-racists, and faith groups, and others faced off against bigots who, in many cases, were armed. There were a number of people injured and at least one counter protester was killed when a car driven by an "alt-right" supporter and plowed into a large group:

The racist rally was also being followed by many of those ARC has covered here on the blog, including Devon Mannix (formerly of the CAP) who celebrated the events of yesterday evening and today, alluding to the rise of Hitler:

Others, including III% Alberta, posted variations of the following:

The response to the the news that a woman was killed by a supporter of the White Supremacists was especially loathsome. Interestingly, one of the individuals who caught the horrible event on film was "The Rebel's" Faith Goldy who herself harbors, at the minimum, White Nationalist sympathies:

Holy fuck. In the middle of some Nazi's livestream about how the left is not tolerant a driver ploughs through Charlottesville counter-demo. pic.twitter.com/7D25YjZGBV

— Keegan Stephan (@KeeganNYC) August 12, 2017

Anything happen while I was away?

After writing the last post on August 6, I decided to forgo using the Internet for a few more days. Being exposed to negativity and hatred daily will take a mental and emotional toll on anyone and I've learned that it is important to get away from it to recharge. As such, I had been out of the loop for almost a month, but I wasn't too concerned because really, how much could possibly occur during the time I was away?

Well, quite a lot it seems.

Looking first at the mainstream media, there were a few national and international stories that I'm sure ARC's readers have been aware of for much longer than I have been.

Nope. Couldn't do it.

I lasted until August 5.

Truth be told it wasn't THAT bad. I have a tan for the first time in years and I actually got into the water a few times despite my fear of everything ocean related, but it wasn't the kind of vacation I enjoy. Not enough things to do and in general I don't like being away for more than a couple of weeks.

I also missed my pillow.

Anyways, I'll be back to posting once I've reacquainted myself with the groups and individuals covered by this blog and review the events that have occurred during my absence. It will take a bit of time though.

With that in mind I'm going to take the next few days off to binge watch the entire "Babylon 5" series. 

III% Saskatchewan, the Embarrassing Cousin

Still on vacation, though probably becoming antsy to be returning home. "Let's go to Turk and Caicos!" my sister said. "It'll be fun!" she said.

I hate beaches! They're boring after the first half hour and as I don't swim in the ocean due to an "eaten by shark" phobia I've probably read all of my cheap paperbacks by this point. Of course as I'm writing this in early July, so perhaps it won't be as bad as I think it will be. Aren't vacations supposed to diminish stress?

Anyways, since I wrote about the Alberta III% militia, I decided to look at the Saskatchewan III% militia which is, to put it mildly, less organized than their prairie counterpart to the west. I've actually been sitting on these screen shots since December 2016 but couldn't think of a place to use them so while a bit dated, they do reflect the current state of the Saskatchewan chapter fairly well.

The site was at one time run by two people, Rob Tinant and "Bonnie Knoxville" though her actual name is Lori (more on that later):

The Facebook group contains the usual anti-Muslim and anti-government trip with the added bonus of overt white nationalist and misogynistic posts:

In general though, it wasn't exactly a group that warranted a great deal of attention which is why ARC hadn't posted the collapse of the Facebook leadership. However since I have all of the screen shots saved, why not share them as an example of how prone to infighting groups such as this are and how even the more organized Alberta III% chapter is likely to fall into decline as a result of infighting as well?

Without any further commentary. Just enjoy the chaos:

WCAI and CCC Coming to Terms With Their Ineffectiveness

Still away of course and knowing myself as I do, at this point in my vacation I have probably desperately tried to locate a museum, art gallery, or library and have threatened my sister with great bodily harm for pestering me about going shopping for the umpteenth time at the exact same generic mall one could find in any god forsaken suburbanite hell hole. Fear god, I'm probably doing something touristy now too. If I come back with my hair in cornrows and a henna tattoo, I hope someone in my life will rightfully shame me in public.

Sometime today, unless something has changed since my absence, the Canadian Combat Coalition will be holding an event in Edmonton followed by, so Ryan Dean claims, an event on a nearby private property:

One however can't help noticing in all of their announcements leading up to this event that the bravado that preceded the June 24 June 25 MEGA Patriot Rally in Calgary isn't quite there any longer.

Although both Dean and Joey DeLuca of the WCAI initially desperately tried to spin it as a success, their MEGA rally was a dismal failure. They have started to admit as such now publicly, though they can't blame their own incompetence as reason. No, there has to be a scapegoat: