Monday, October 08, 2018

Guest Article: Faith Goldy -- Anti-Semite or Pro-Israel? Why not both?

By now it seems hard to deny that Faith Goldy is an anti-Semite:

However, some of the more dense among us have yet to catch on. They think her (ostensibly) being pro-Israel nullifies all of this.




Meir Weinstein is hardly a model of opposing Nazis given that he has repeatedly demonstrated having blind spots to right-wing anti-Semitism (Soldiers of Odin, Ronny Cameron, WCAI, etc.). But it is by no means just the JDL who is falling for this dumb argument. This brings up the question: what actually are Faith Goldy's views on Israel?

Long-time observers of nationalist, xenophobic movements in the West will know that there are a few positions these groups and figures can have on Israel. There is the traditional anti-Semitic one, which sees Israel as the world headquarters of the international Jewish conspiracy and as being parasitic on the white man. There is also the anti-Muslim "counter-jihad" one which sees Israel as the first line of defence against Islamic expansionism, often tempered with Christian Zionist or neoconservative themes. Lastly, there are positions that fall somewhere between, such as the alt-right figures who see Israel as a model ethno-state but take an isolationist position on Middle-Eastern affairs, perhaps while still pushing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories about Israel (such as that Israel supports ISIS against Bashir al-Assad).

So where does Faith Goldy stand? While it may seem long ago with all the hateful things she's said, she hates Palestinians and has called for a "crusade" against them. She has also advocated for a "one state solution" which presumably doesn't mean one state with equal rights for Arabs and Jews and right of return for Palestinians, like some pro-Palestine people support. No, she means Israel should annex the West Bank and expel all the Palestinians, (I believe that's what she would call "ethnocide") or at least have them under permanent Israeli occupation. She often touts this fact to try to dodge accusations of anti-Semitism. She can’t be an anti-Semite if she hates Arabs!

As abhorrent as all of this may be, none of this would be anything too outstanding among anti-Muslim circles, which typically reactively sides against the “Muslim” side in any conflict and will justify any actions taken against them. But as Faith started to become more open about her alt-right associations, her views on Israel started to take a slightly different tune. She started praising its ethnic demographic policy, portraying it as a model for the West, describing it as a “religious ethnostate” (her words, not ours):


But she also saw certain Israeli government policies as being antagonistic with her goals of a Canadian ethnostate. In April, she spoke out against an Israeli government plan to deport African asylum seekers to Canada.



“Open borders for Israel” is an alt-right meme. The neo-Nazi Daily Stormer appears to have been an early promoter of this phrase.

Later that April, Donald Trump fired some more missiles at Syrian government targets to respond to a chemical gas attack. Naturally, the pro-Assad alt-right jumped to Assad's defence and blamed an Israeli conspiracy to drag America into war. Faith was among them:



Faith also blamed "dual citizens" for America’s missile strikes on Syria. Jews, in other words....


If there's any doubt, let's just search to see where this parody of Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" comes from:


That’s right, it's from "the Daily Shoah" podcast. And while this obscure reference may have went over the heads of some of her conservative fans, clearly some of her Twitter followers got where it was coming from. Note the many reference to the podcast hosts, Mike Enoch and Sven (AKA Seventh Son):



This is not the only time in that month alone that Faith Goldy used subtle anti-Semitic dog whistles to signal her support for the alt-right. One time she made a negative reference to a "culture of critique.”


Culture of Critique is the name of an anti-Semitic book by Kevin B. Macdonald, which tries to use evolutionary psychology to argue that "Jewish intellectual movements" in the 20th century were bent on subverting the cohesive social structures of WASP-dominated America. The author has worked for various white nationalist publications, and is very influential in alt-right circles. Evolutionary psychologists often ignored this work, dismissing it as pseudo-scientific. But over the past year it has come under more serious intellectual scrutiny in response to its role in popularizing the contemporary rise in anti-Semitism.

Again, her anti-Semitic fans heard what she meant loud and clear.



While writing this, Alheli Picazo in Canadaland notes that Faith Goldy had previously mentioned Kevin Macdonald as being important in her shift towards alt-right “ethno-nationalism.” So she’s definitely aware of his work.

Back to Israel and Syria. Back in this same month, Goldy also took umbrage over Israel’s airstrikes against a Syrian airbase.


She also opposed the Trump Administration’s attempt to rip up the Iranian nuclear deal:


While this in itself is not controversial, it is remarkable that the JDL, which picketed liberal politicians for supporting the nuclear deal, seems to take no issue with their right-wing anti-Semitic friends supporting it.

So, we see that Faith Goldy supports Israel’s demographic policies excluding Arabs and African refugees as a model for the West. She considers this to be an ethno-state, something she says she wants for Canada. At the same time however, she opposes Israel’s foreign policy and sees it as being in conflict with Canada and America. She also blames aspects of America’s foreign policy that she opposes on Jewish control.

In other words, she is an anti-Semite who "supports" Israel.

Sunday, October 07, 2018

Soldiers of Odin Welcomed At United Conservative Party Event

There have been a number of stories in the news regarding candidates for the United Conservative Party of Alberta being caught echoing far-right talking points; some of those candidates were disqualified by the party but others remain.

It seems that is a feature, and not a bug, of the new conservative party:



The event was attended not only by members of the Soldiers of Odin, but also by the Onward Christian Soldiers pseudo-militia (leader Adam Stevenson is found in some of the photographs), Proud Boys, and other hate groups; last time we saw these groups together was last month when they attempted to claim to be working with the Mustard Seed. Leader of the fringe Alberta Independence Party touted the night as a sort of joint event with the UCP:


Progress Alberta has done a fantastic job of providing details about the evening's participants:









 
 


The UCP eventually disavowed members of the SoO:


Dave Bjorkman of the Alberta Independence Party wasn't happy:


However, it seems that the UCP were well aware that the SoO would be attending:




And the SoO were not there to attend an Alberta Independence Party event:


Sooooo, could it be that the UCP message resonates with a certain segment of the population that is explicitly xenophobic? Maybe?

Get To Know Your Racist Candidate: Conrad Peach


Conrad Peach, the Vancouver Island chapter leader of the Soldiers of Odin, was first discussed in some detail on the blog regarding the SoO's efforts to intimidate homeless people living in a tent city in Nanaimo, BC and subsequent threats to force the residents violently:







Well now Peach has taken the jump into municipal politics and is running for a Nanaimo council seat. It actually appears to be a dual candidacy of sorts as his running mate, Debi Corbett but who answers to the name Avel Turnip because of course she does, is an SoO supporter:


And by "make Nanaimo safe again" Peach, who in his election bio claims to be the head of a "registered charity" seems to mean "doxx people who are critical of me on social media" using said "registered charity":




The individual in the last screen shot has indicated that at least two SoO members have shown up at his home and threatened him and his family.

Sort of makes this post ring a bit hollow, doesn't it?


With all this in mind, I thought it might be instructive to introduce readers Conrad Peach in a more formal manner.

Saturday, October 06, 2018

Faith Goldy: "Champion" of *Women

*The right kind of women, that is.

As of the writing of this article, we seem to be a few hours away from Brett Kavanaugh, a man who has been accused of a number of credible allegations of sexual assault as well as committing perjury, being confirmed to the Supreme Court of the United States on a mostly party line vote. The partisan nature of this vote and how women are treated depending on their ideological purity (or at least the political party of the accused) might best be exemplified by this exchange during Faith Goldy's Reddit AMA from a couple of days ago:


The mostly male incel bottom feeders loved her response:


While hypocrisy isn't necessarily confined to any side of the political spectrum, it seems especially pronounced on the far-right.

This brings me to the point of this article.

On September 30, a man was caught on video kicking an anti-choice protester.

I don't know of all the circumstances behind the incident but even at my most charitable, based on what I did see, I can't describe it in any other way than as a profoundly stupid thing to do regardless of any provocation. That's me though and I don't pretend to speak for anyone else on this matter.

It then shouldn't be a surprise that the anti-choice zealots jumped on this particular propaganda gift right away. Among those trying to score points is Faith Goldy:


However it seems Ms. Goldy, as well as the far-right LifeSite, were fooled by this particular Twitter account:



The fact that this was a parody account notwithstanding, Goldy's decision to champion this particular issue is.... interesting:


It is interesting because while she's hoping that the woman in this case is okay and demanding swift justice, I can't help but wonder if her outrage might be situational and ideologically driven:


Nathan Damigo was the founder of the pompously named Identiy Evropa, an "identitarian" hate group similar to that of ID Canada (formerly Generation Identity Canada) and at least as, if not more, antisemitic:
Your application form asks for people of “non-Semitic heritage.” What does that mean? 
Ashkenazi, or sephardic. Things like that. This is an identitarian movement. There are some people from some Semitic groups who perhaps would identify as white. However we would not identify them as white. We identify people of European heritage as white, not of Semitic heritage. 
So what’s the big deal with Jews? 
I think they are a Semitic people. I do not think they are a white people. I think they have an ethno-state in Israel, and I think that’s a great thing. 
And how do you think Jews fit into America? 
Well that’s a pretty interesting story, some aspects of that history get focused on so much that you miss the other aspects of it. One of the other aspects that’s been really missed is Jewish power, Jewish influence. It’s been extraordinarily negative for people of European heritage, for our foreign policy, for our domestic policy. And there has been a lot that’s happened that’s been pretty hurtful that the Jewish community has advocated for that has been very anti-white.
Damigo has a fairly extensive criminal record which includes a five year sentence for robbing a can driver he assumed was Arab. He was also one of the organizers of the Charlottesville event that resulted in numerous assaults by "white nationalists" and the murder of Heather Heyer:


What made Nathan Damigo a hero among members of the far-right however was this incident in April 2017 in Berkeley:


During the protest that grew into a riot in which members of the far-right attacked counter-protesters, Damigo sucker punched a woman.... twice. Having assaulted a 95 lbs woman, he was lauded for his bravery by his fellow travelers.



Sympathetic media soon joined the fray and attempted to justify the assault. Among those who did so were Lauren Southern then formerly of Ezra Levant's "Rebel Media"....



.... and Faith Goldy who was then working for Ezra Levant's "Rebel Media":