The Current Situation of the Far Right in Québec in 2026

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This condensed version of a recent report by the anti-fascist research collective Montréal Antifasciste surveys the current militant far right in Québec and analyzes the manifestations and repercussions of far-right themes in mainstream political circles, media commentary, and the online ideological and propaganda ecosystem.

Antifascist, far right, fascists, Québec


At the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair: Workshop on far right anti-statism

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I will be doing a workshop at the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair next weekend, on the topic “Anti-State Politics on the Far Right.” The book fair takes place in Montreal on May 26-27 and is free …

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Insurgent Supremacists – a new book about the U.S. far right

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My book Insurgent Supremacists: The U.S. Far Right’s Challenge to State and Empire is due out this May and is being published jointly by Kersplebedeb Publishing and PM Press. It draws on work that I’ve …

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Fascism Today Conversation Part 2: author Shane Burley interviews Matthew N. Lyons

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This is the second half of a dialog between Shane Burley, author of Fascism Today: What It Is and How to End It, and myself, author of the book’s foreword. In the first half, I …

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Major report on red-brown alliances from new anarchist website

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Demonstration of the National Bolshevik Party in Russia, 9 May 2006 The term “red-brown alliance” refers to political collaboration or synthesis between fascists and radical leftists. Such alliances strengthen the far right, spread ideological poison …

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On Lesser and Greater Evils (guest post by Rebecca Hill)

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“Rather than seeking among our opponents for strategic allies, it would be much better to seek a principled alliance across the left to create a strong center of gravity from which to fight both the …

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Review: Making Sense of the Alt-Right by George Hawley

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H-Net has published my review of political scientist George Hawley’s book Making Sense of the Alt-Right. On the plus side, the book is carefully researched and offers a good account of the alt-right’s development, hostility …

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Notes on Trump/MAGA 2024

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Even more than in the past, Trump and the MAGA movement have brought key elements of fascist politics into the Republican Party, and a second Trump presidency is likely to be significantly more authoritarian than the first one.

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Chaos or Revolution? It Depends on Us

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The institutional far right is strong, while the far left is weak and disorganized. To develop the capacity to meaningfully intervene in the current crisis, far leftists need to engage with oppressed communities and work together with liberals in a united front.

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Who’s Afraid of Luigi Mangione? A Response to Alexander Reid Ross

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Luigi Mangione’s recent alleged killing of an insurance CEO touched a wedge issue that cuts across class and across the political spectrum—the massive corruption of the health insurance industry—and created an opening for the left. A recent article by ex-leftist Alexander Reid Ross, which dismisses Mangione as expressing an American proclivity for violence, represents a counterinsurgency action in defense of the state.

Alexander Reid Ross, Anti-capitalism, counter insurgency, health care, health insurance industry, liberal antifascism, Luigi Mangione

Reading Adam Shatz on the war in Gaza

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by Matthew N. Lyons How do we forcefully make the case to defend the Palestinian people in Gaza against Israel’s increasingly genocidal assault, and also honor the conflict’s heartbreaking contradictions? This is a question I’ve …

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Burn the foundation and all that it upholds: an antifascist review of “Tell Me I’m Worthless” by Alison Rumfitt

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“The House spreads. Its arteries run throughout the country. Its lifeblood flows into Westminster, into Scotland Yard, into every village and every city. It flows into you, and into your mother. It keeps you alive. …

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The Context and Rebellion Behind The Headlines

more thoughts from Sketchy Thoughts on the French youth revolts: … While some stupid hypocrites on the left (sorry, some might prefer words like “reformist” or “revisionist” which i think are too inexact) claimed that

Ruling Class Views on France

There are some significant, and quite incompatible comments on the French situation from two distinct ruling class quarters – both of which I would see as neo-con and globalist. The first, from Thomas Barnett’s blog,

L’ Intifada ou L’ Haine?

“Newsweek feverishly asks whether ‘the riots [will] swell the ranks of jihadists in Europe’ and calls the events the ‘beginning of jihad in Europe’.This is all more than a bit over the top, and drips

Two thoughts

Two thoughts This is my initial venture into the blog world. It may be off to the side of ongoing discussion and activity since that’s pretty much where I am. I think the left could

More from Sketchy Thoughts on the struggle in France

“As for [National Front leader Jean-Marie] Le Pen, he thinks that ‘by attacking the agents and symbols of the State, it is France herself that is attacked, by hordes of people that the so-called anti-racist

France on Fire: North African youth riots

“Anything could have started it. When you’re an immigrant here, you’re just stuck in your shit. Does it really surprise you it’s going up in flames?”– Momo, Age 26, Aulnay-sous-Bois “The thugs will disappear, I

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The Current Situation of the Far Right in Québec in 2026

This condensed version of a recent report by the anti-fascist research collective Montréal Antifasciste surveys the current militant far right in Québec and analyzes the manifestations and repercussions of far-right themes in mainstream political circles, media commentary, and the online ideological and propaganda ecosystem.

Demonizing Antifa: Federal Prosecutions Target Radical Organizers

With the court cases against the Prairieland ICE protesters and the Minnesota 15, the Trump administration has ratcheted up its authoritarian power drive. The regime is trying to criminalize radical politics and grassroots organizing, as a cornerstone of its campaign to suppress all political dissent.

A feminist think tank studying misogyny and the far right

The Institute for Research on Male Supremacism studies the role of misogynist ideology in far right politics and its relationship with systemic oppression of women and other marginalized groups.

Disability and the Far Right: Joan Braune interviews Esther Warwick

Esther Warwick discusses the relationship between disability movements and the far right, and how eugenics has influenced laws that harm people with disabilities and people experiencing homelessness.

“Naming the Moment”: new pamphlet addresses revolutionary analysis and strategy

Faced with the Trump regime’s drive toward authoritarianism, the authors of a new pamphlet ask, “How do we pull the emergency brake so that we can create a fundamentally different society together?”