{"id":7475,"date":"2017-12-01T12:33:54","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T17:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/?p=7475"},"modified":"2018-01-24T14:09:11","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T19:09:11","slug":"warren-kinsella-talks-trump-brexit-far-right-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/2017\/warren-kinsella-talks-trump-brexit-far-right-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Warren Kinsella talks Trump, Brexit and the far-right threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton alumnus Warren Kinsella returned to his alma mater on Thursday, November 30 for a public lecture on the rise of the far-right in the Trump\/Brexit era.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7479\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7479\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7479 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7537_400x300_acf_cropped-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7537_400x300_acf_cropped.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7537_400x300_acf_cropped-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Warren Kinsella gave a public lecture at Carleton this week on &#8220;The Rise of the Far Right in the Trump\/Brexit Era: Lessons for Political Communication.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Kinsella, who worked as a communications strategist on election campaigns for Hillary Clinton and Jean Chr\u00e9tien, discussed the recent surge in anti-immigrant and anti-refugee sentiment in Western democracies and the implications for political communications.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The beast is awake,&#8221; said Kinsella on the rise white supremacist and neo-Nazi movements across the country, a worrying trend which he described as \u201cjust the tip of the iceberg\u201d given the lack of statistics on hate crimes in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Kinsella, who completed his Bachelor of Journalism at Carleton, warned that journalists need to avoid softening their language when reporting on these movements.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t call them white nationalists and don&#8217;t call them the alt-right,\u201d said Kinsella, a Toronto-based lawyer, author and human rights activist.\u00a0\u201cThey&#8217;re neo-Nazis and white supremacists.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In answer to the question of how individuals can take action and fight far-right movements, Kinsella advocated for getting off social media and getting involved in local politics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A tweet is not enough,\u201d Kinsella said. \u201cA Facebook link is not enough. You need to show up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Following his lecture on campus, Kinsella spent the afternoon at Octopus Books to celebrate the release of his latest book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dundurn.com\/books\/Recipe-Hate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recipe For Hate<\/span><\/a>, which provides a fictionalized account of the clash between progressives and organized racism.<\/p>\n<p>Kinsella\u2019s breakfast talk was co-organized by the Communication &amp; Media Studies Program, Department of Political Science and the Clayton H. Riddell Graduate Program in Political Management, with support from the Office of the Dean, Faculty of Public Affairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton alumnus Warren Kinsella returned to his alma mater on Thursday, November 30 for a public lecture on the rise of the far-right in the Trump\/Brexit era. 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