cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26954158
Bethan Nodwell, Christine Loughead, and another unidentified Canadian joined neo-Nazi leader Chris Pohlhaus to discuss antisemitic conspiracy theories and dehumanize South Asian and Indigenous people.
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Nodwell is part of Diagolon’s white supremacist network and has worked as an organizer for far-right events in Canada. She enjoyed a measure of notoriety in the media after allegedly serving as a stage manager during the 2022 “Freedom Convoy” blockade protests in Ottawa.
Nodwell has been quoted by major media outlets about the protests and appeared on the podcast of Tammy Peterson, Jordan Peterson’s wife. Once one of three owners of Trinity Productions, she helped bring the far-right Member of the European Parliament, German AfD MEP Christine Anderson, to Canada on multiple speaking tours.
She also attempted to organize a tour for UK Islamophobic activist Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson.
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Loughead, better known as CandianGirl, revels in her racism, wearing it like a badge of honour. She describes herself as an “uber racist” during the interview. Arrested by Chilliwack RCMP in August 2024 after posting a series of videos showing her harassing South Asian people, typically yelling slurs and expletives at them from a vehicle.
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Appearing to be a woman around middle age, [Posty's] X account is filled with praise and reposts for far-right activists in North America, Australia, and Europe. She often reposts reports of crimes committed by people who are not white, blaming Jews for their presence in the country.
During the interview with Pohlhaus, she complained that Canada had donated $5 million to the Ukrainian war effort after US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance’s temper tantrum in the Oval Office with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
She also added that nothing had been done to secure the Canadian border, despite the over $1 billion committed by the government to bolster border security resources, staff, and equipment.