Commentary It’s OK to insult conservatives, truckers, and vaccine skeptics, but it’s not OK to insult Jagmeet Singh, the leader of the federal NDP. That’s the lesson to be taken from acting Peterborough police chief Tim Farquharson. After protestors at a May 10 provincial election rally in Peterborough called Singh a traitor, Farquharson called their…
Bruce Pardy: On Speech and Conduct, Repressive Tolerance Is a Feature, Not a Bug
Herbert Marcuse Versus the Radical Youth
The following story is adapted from Bauerlein’s recent book, “The Dumbest Generation Grows Up: From Stupefied Youth to Dangerous Adults.” Back in April 1969, a surprisingly conservative thing happened at the ultra-progressive campus of SUNY–Old Westbury when radical theorist Herbert Marcuse visited to give a lecture to the students. Michael Novak describes the episode in…
The New Religion: How Marxists Substituted Race for Economic Class
“They’re effective at what they do,” James Lindsay says, “which is dividing everyday people while the people at the top can conquer.” In this first episode of a two-part series on “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek discusses such ideas as “woke” ideology, Herbert Marcuse’s “repressive tolerance,” and the theological foundations of Marxism with James…
[Live Premiere at 7 PM ET] James Lindsay: The Roots of the New Race-Based Marxism Gripping the West | PART 1
This episode will premiere on Thursday, Feb. 17, at 7 p.m. ET. “The working class has become the enemy of Marxists.” Critical race theory is a new form of Marxism based not on class, but on identity and race, says James Lindsay, founder of New Discourses and author of the new book, “Race Marxism: The…
[Premiering Now] James Lindsay: The Roots of the New Race-Based Marxism Gripping the West | PART 1
This episode will premiere on Thursday, Feb. 17, at 7 p.m. ET. “The working class has become the enemy of Marxists.” Critical race theory is a new form of Marxism based not on class, but on identity and race, says James Lindsay, founder of New Discourses and author of the new book, “Race Marxism: The…
James Lindsay: The Roots of the New Race-Based Marxism Gripping the West | PART 1
This episode will premiere on Thursday, Feb. 17, at 7 p.m. ET. “The working class has become the enemy of Marxists.” Critical race theory is a new form of Marxism based not on class, but on identity and race, says James Lindsay, founder of New Discourses and author of the new book, “Race Marxism: The…
Disaffection Among Today’s Youth Rooted in Boomers’ ‘Long March Through the Institutions’
Commentary Apparently, the youth of today are a surly lot. Which maybe you knew already. But a new Angus Reid/Cardus survey says at least in Canada they’re also nihilists. It seems the adults have failed them badly. Don’t take my word for it. Over half of “young Canadian leaders” between 18 and 40 called the…
Why Do Authorities Want to Crackdown on the ‘Anti-Lockdown Personality’
Commentary Recent anti-lockdown demonstrations in Melbourne have been met with an array of colourful accusations from authority figures in the state of Victoria, including labels such as “anti-vaxxers,” “conspiracy theorists,” “far-right extremists,” and “man-baby Nazis.” The labels draw parallels with Hillary Clinton’s notorious 2016 remark that supporters of U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump were “deplorables.”…
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