Category: identity politics

One Nation, Divisible

Commentary A nation is defined by the qualities that its citizens have in common. Without common traits and common values, nations could scarcely exist. A group of people that merely happened to gather in one place is a crowd. Even a settled group of disinterested strangers can hardly be called a nation. Nations are made…


EpochTV Review: The Racism of CRT and Identity Politics

Commentary In this episode of “Counterculture,” host Danielle D’Souza Gill talks about the identity politics of the left and the damage it has done to racial relations within the United States and to the American dream overall. Gill talks about how the liberal left’s view of race and identity is counter to most of the…


Canadians Should Vote for Party With ‘Most Balanced Approach’ to Public Issues: Preston Manning

In this election, Canadians should take a moment to ask themselves which federal leader, party, and candidate is offering the most balanced approach to public issues, Preston Manning says. In a recent op-ed in C2C Journal, the founder of the Reform Party said Canadians generally opt for balanced over extreme measures in resolving public issues….


Weaponisation of Identity Politics by Marxists Threaten Every Free Society

The weaponisation of identity politics in Western nations threatens freedom of speech and the marketplace of ideas in liberal societies, one expert has declared. In The Threat of Identity Politics, published by Sydney-based thinktank Centre of Independent Studies, author Simon Heffer said political activists such as the Marxist Black Lives Matter movement used the global…


Weaponisation of Identity Politics by Marxists Threaten Every Free Society: Think Tank

The weaponisation of identity politics in Western nations threatens freedom of speech and the marketplace of ideas in liberal societies, one expert has declared. In The Threat of Identity Politics, published by Sydney-based thinktank Centre of Independent Studies, author Simon Heffer said political activists such as the Marxist Black Lives Matter movement used the global…


The Merits of Meritocracy 

Commentary In the current cultural climate, meritocracy is dismissed as antiquated and unjust—a failed doctrine of the patriarchy. But this foundational virtue of democracy shouldn’t be discarded so casually. It is an equalizing approach based on the principle that individuals can advance and thrive on the basis of talent, effort, and achievement rather than on…


Victim Olympics: Go for the Gold?

Commentary Normally, I don’t like victim Olympics. I don’t like hearing people compete to make their suffering sound worse than others. But now the game has changed. People are saying that the suffering of your ancestors gets encoded into your genes. That means my ancestors’ story could win me a lot of victim points. Hear…


Canada: Modern but No Longer Very Democratic or Western

Commentary I lived in two developing African countries for 16 years: Kenya and Tanzania. Despite their countries having been wracked by tribalism, corrupting Marxist ideologies, and violence, when you get to know East Africans one on one and in small groups, you will find them looking for the joy of life, deeply appreciative of what…


American Marxism

Commentary Most people sense that America is under assault by America-hating forces and worry that our freedoms are actually in jeopardy. Mark Levin’s new book, “American Marxism,” confirms those fears, exposes the chilling aims and methods of these malicious groups, and provides a blueprint to restore America to a path of recovery. Levin has a…


Heather Mac Donald on the Black Lives Matter Paradox and the ‘Poison’ of Identity Politics

“The only black lives that matter to the press is [the] handful that are taken by a cop,” says Manhattan Institute fellow Heather Mac Donald, author of “The War on Cops” and “The Diversity Delusion.” In this episode, we discuss the rise in crime, the demoralization of police across the nation, and the “poison” of…