Much of our US hedge fund-owned right-wing news media enthusiastically bash Palestinian sympathizers, and such publications now vastly out-number our few remaining liberal media outlets, which are constantly harassed by groups like HonestReporting Canada, a billionaire-funded organization founded in 2003 to “control the narrative” on Israel. Izzy Asper would be proud.
Here’s a quick primer on the ever-growing dumpster fire: Lindsay Shepherd, a 22-year-old teaching assistant at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, showed a video of notorious transphobe and alt-right sympathizer Jordan Peterson to a class of first-year communications students. At least one student complained that it was inappropriate to display such content without sufficient context.
The crack down against Palestine solidarity activists and movements in Canada has intensified, as the shadow of a 'new McCarthyism' hangs over the country's universities, reports Jeff Shantz.