The resurgence of the far right in Canada poses serious challenges for the left. Join us for a two-part series to discuss who and what are driving the re-emergence of the far right, its political impact from a leftist perspective, and strategies for building a mass movement to oppose it. Our first event on April 9, 2022 at 2pm EST will be a webinar featuring Todd Gordon, Sarah Jama, and Cam Scott on the recent convoy and how to situate it within a broader history of Canadian colonialism and fascism. This series is hosted by Alberta Advantage, Briarpatch, Upping the Anti: A Journal of Theory and Action, and Midnight Sun. It is endorsed by Between the Lines and Canadian Dimension.

Register here via eventbrite.

Todd Gordon is an editor of Midnight Sun and author of “Fascism is as Canadian as the Maple Leaf.”

Sarah Jama
is the Executive Director at the Disability Justice Network of Ontario
(DJNO). She is a community organizer from Hamilton, Ontario with
Cerebral Palsy who does work around combating anti-Black racism,
policing, and housing insecurity. Through DJNO, she works to tackle
systemic ableism by building up capacity among disabled organizers to
challenge structures locally, provincially, and nationally. In her past
role as Senior Program Coordinator at the Hamilton Centre for Civic
Inclusion, she ran a Civic Leadership Program which sought to help Black
and racialized youth to understand their place in working inside and
outside of institutions to affect structural change.

Cam Scott
is a writer and organizer from Winnipeg, Manitoba; Treaty 1 territory
and the homeland of the Métis Nation. His books include ROMANS/SNOWMARE and VANISHING SIGNS (forthcoming from ARP Books in 2022).

Our second event on May 7, 2022 at 2pm EST will be a meeting to discuss
strategies on how to organize to stop the rise of the far right. More
details on that to come!

Here are some links to relevant articles written by Todd and Cam:

https://www.midnightsunmag.ca/fascism-is-as-canadian-as-the-maple-leaf/

https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/what-was-the-freedom-convoy