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The Rise and Fall of the ‘Freedom Convoy’

A new book examines the trucker-led protests against Canadian vaccine mandates.

Andrew Lawton

1 Oct 2022 · 9 min read

Smearing an Entire Protest Movement as Fascistic Will Come Back to Haunt My Fellow Leftists

My career as a political essayist began 13 years ago. I had been asked by a left-wing Canadian website to expand on my views about a then-ongoing constitutional crisis—and explain why public opinion had turned so sharply in favour of then-prime minister Stephen Harper, even among supporters of parties

Stuart Parker

2 Feb 2022 · 7 min read

‘We Never Looked Back’

Education was divided along confessional lines into Catholic and Protestant school systems; for these purposes, Jews were designated Protestant.

Ruth R. Wisse

27 Nov 2021 · 15 min read

PODCAST 66: Alireza Nader on the Political Unrest in Iran and the Regime's Brutal Crackdown

Alireza Nader, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, talks to Jonathan Kay about the recent political protests in Iran and the regime’s brutal response.

Quillette / Jonathan Kay

11 Dec 2019 · 1 min read

Iran Protests: It's not about Gas Prices

The protests went on for a few weeks, until the regime successfully repressed them with a violent crackdown, but economic conditions only worsened.

Shay Khatiri

28 Nov 2019 · 8 min read

The Hysterical Campus

When speakers need police escort on and off college campuses, an alarm bell should be going off that something has gone seriously awry.

Heather Mac Donald

19 Sep 2018 · 11 min read

Mobs on the Menu: Restaurateurs and the Culture War

The incident at The Griffin presents a case study in how relatively small groups of activists can now leverage their power on social media.

Andy Ngo

20 Jul 2018 · 6 min read

Jordan Peterson Rallies Portlandia’s Dissidents

Inside, Mr. Peterson caught glimpses of the protest on a mobile phone while waiting backstage. “These are the brave masked people?

Andy Ngo

28 Jun 2018 · 6 min read

What’s Wrong with the American Academy

A colleague of mine in the economics department once said, “when the price of bullshit is zero, demand is inelastic.

Jonathan Anomaly

7 Jun 2018 · 6 min read

Behind the Mask: Inside the Black Bloc

Naps explained the color-coded, three-tiered categorization of antifa participants in the black bloc, the massive swarm of black-clothed marchers.

Thomas Spoelhof

1 Jun 2018 · 9 min read

Nationalism, Liberalism and the European Paradox

There would be calls for interventions, the topic would be urgently raised at the Security Council —and there might even be talks of sanctions or the arming of moderate rebels.

Sumantra Maitra

8 Oct 2017 · 5 min read