Ursula Haverbeck (above centre) began her appeal hearing a few weeks ago where she was represented by Berlin attorney Wolfram Nahrath (above right).
On Friday afternoon an appeal court in Berlin confirmed the conviction and 12-month jail sentence against 93-year-old publisher and author Ursula Haverbeck.
Her ‘crimes’ involved expressing her opinions on German history, and asking ‘forbidden’ questions about the alleged murder of six million European Jews and the unique ‘mass murder weapon’ of the homicidal gas chamber.
Ursula Haverbeck (above second left) with supporters at her court hearing in Berlin last Friday: (above left to right) Dennis Ingo Schulz, Lady Michèle Renouf, and Nikolai Nerling
In the video below our correspondent Lady Michèle Renouf – who has been a friend of Ursula’s for many years and was in court for the final day of the appeal hearing – interviews Nikolai Nerling, known to German nationalists as the Volkslehrer, whose filmed discussion with Ursula formed the basis of one of the ‘criminal’ charges.
A further report on the case will appear here soon.
The New Corporate Totalitarians: Air Canada HQ Won’t Accept Rebel News 200K Petition Against Vaxx Passports
Air Canada HQ refuses to accept Rebel News’ vax pass petition
On May 2, Air Canada employees currently on unpaid leave due to their vaccination status will be laid off permanently if the federal vaccine mandates for airlines persist.
Voir plus bas sur la page pour l’article en français.
While air travel restrictions are gradually being lifted in other countries, and vaccine passports as well as masks are becoming a thing of the past, we are seeing a vastly different reality at the federal level in Canada.
Justin Trudeau, even though provincial restrictions are being phased out, isn’t considering lifting health measures for air, sea and rail transport. On May 2, Air Canada employees who are currently on unpaid leave due to their vaccination status will be laid off permanently.
Matthew Macdonald, a lawyer for The Democracy Fund, took the time to explain to us what has happened and what is currently going on with Air Canada employees’ legal battle.
We also delivered our petition against vaccine passports to Air Canada’s headquarters in Montreal. Our visit there was very tumultuous — we were quickly escorted off the property.
This story is dedicated to the issues that Air Canada employees are currently facing.
Pendant que les restrictions au niveau du transport aérien sont en train de se voir retirer tranquillement dans d’autres pays et que le passeport vaccinal ainsi que les masques deviennent choses du passé, nous observons une tout autre réalité au niveau fédéral au Canada.
Justin Trudeau, bien que les restrictions provinciales soient graduellement retirées, n’envisage pas le retrait des mesures pour le transport aérien, naval et ferroviaire. Le 2 mai prochain, les employées d’Air Canada qui sont présentement en congé sans solde dû à leur statut vaccinal seront définitivement mis à pied.
Matthew Macdonald, avocat pour “The Democracy Fund“, a pris le temps de nous expliquer ce qui s’est passé et ce qui se passe présentement, au niveau légal, avec les employées d’Air Canada.
De plus, nous avons livré notre pétition contre le passeport vaccinal au siège social d’Air Canada, à Montréal. Notre visite là-bas fut très tumultueuse — nous avons rapidement été escortés hors de la propriété.
Ce reportage est dédié aux problèmes que les employés d’Air Canada font face présentement.
ALERT Ottawa, Ontario April 4, 2022 The Success of the Freedom Convoy and Lessons Learned
Trudeau proclaimed a “Public Order Emergency Declaration” under the Emergencies Act on February 14, 2022 which resulted in the crushing of the lawful, peaceful protest of the Freedom Convoy 2022. Since then, the mainstream media has buried the entire episode because both the Freedom Convoy and the Public Order Emergency Declaration have raised too many embarrassing questions. For example, why did the mainstream media behave as an obedient chorus for Trudeau’s lies and distortions about the protesters, which literally covered up the facts?
Why did the media fail to disclose Trudeau’s incompetence in his handling of the incident as well as his totalitarian response to it? Why didn’t the media publicly acknowledge the large financial and political support given to the Freedom Convoy by the Canadian public? Why did the media ignore the fact that the convoy was highly successful and was a turning point in Canadian history? Instead, the media deliberately missed the significance of the entire story and the important lessons that it disclosed. These include:
1.Trudeau- a Vindictive Politician When Trudeau was elected Prime Minister in 2015, he portrayed himself as a politician with an open, sunny disposition. In the intervening years, this cover has totally evaporated, never more so than in his reaction to the Freedom Convoy. Trudeau and his propaganda machine, the mainstream media chorus, to which he pays millions of dollars annually, continually repeated Trudeau’s lies, name calling and misrepresentation of the Freedom Convoy, which attempted to demonize the truckers. Trudeau did not just hate the truck drivers objecting to his agenda, he also intended to destroy them and deprive them of their civil rights by way of the Emergencies Act in order to teach them and others a lesson not to oppose him in the future. The only emergency the Freedom Convoy created, however, was the public spectacle of open dissent to Trudeau’s policies, which enraged him. In other words, there was no “public order” emergency, only a “political” emergency solely caused by Trudeau’s own arrogance and incompetence. Trudeau, together with Emergency Preparedness Minister, Bill Blair and Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, claimed that the Freedom Convoy was foreign funded, that it criminally intended to harm Canadians, to interrupt vital supply lines, and was a national security threat. This was rubbish. These allegations were firmly denied by Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre (FINTRAC), Canada’s anti-money laundering agency. There was absolutely no evidence to support these allegations. The declaration of the Emergencies Act, which suppressed civil rights was a critical sign of Trudeau’s irrational desire to destroy all who oppose him, such as he did with regards to former Attorney General, Jody Wilson-Raybould and Liberal MP, Jane Philpott.
2.Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland: a cold-blooded ideologue Chrystia Freeland cold-bloodedly ordered the freezing, without due process and a court order, of accounts held by financial agencies including bank accounts, crowdfunding platform services, investment firms, credit donors, loan, mortgage and insurance companies, security dealers for both the personal and corporate accounts of the truckers, as well as those donating to the Freedom convoy. She did so under financial powers crafted under the proceeds from crimes (money laundering) and the Terrorist Financing Act, legislation intended to target terrorists. This order created a panic, leading to many withdrawals, i.e. a run on the banks. The CEO of the Canadian Credit Union Association, for example, stated that hundreds of thousands, and on a few occasions, millions of dollars were withdrawn from the credit unions. On February 22, 2022, the Department of Finance disclosed that Canadian banks had frozen nearly $8 million held by the truckers. Over 206 accounts were frozen. The RCMP had provided the “watch list” to the banks. It is important to point out that this tactic to flag dissenters from government policies can be used to bring long-term financial ruin to those affected. It makes it difficult for them to hold a job, obtain housing, or even pay for basic needs such as food, medicines, and shelter. It was a huge, unjustified overreach by a Canadian government. Such an event has never been so ruthlessly undertaken in our history. Freeland’s directives created a dangerous precedent for future protests, which will allow governments to target individuals economically because of their political beliefs and their legitimate, lawful political activities. Trudeau and Freeland have brought Canada into a new phase of governing: it’s called tyranny. In carrying out the policy of freezing bank accounts, Freeland was like a snake hiding in the grass, unblinkingly waiting to pounce on Canadians with economic disaster if they dissent from her views. She has shown herself to be a dangerous and ruthless politician.
3.The Mainstream Media has Become Trudeau’s Servant The generous financial support given to the media by Trudeau paid off in spades as evidenced by the media providing an obedient background chorus to Trudeau’s lies. This was disclosed during a webinar, held on February 23, 2022, organized by the Ottawa think tank CANADA 2020, co-founded by Thomas Pitfield, a personal friend of Trudeau. The webinar was hosted by Anna Gainey, past-president of the Liberal Party of Canada (2014 – 2018). She thanked the media for their support during the protests, which reflected Trudeau’s false description of the Freedom Convoy and was appreciated by the Liberal Party. Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez also participated in the webinar, also thanking the media for their support, stating, “… look at the role the journalists played” and promised more subsidies. He also stated, “I think there are even more things we should be able to do. We’re looking into that in the context of supporting the whole ecosystem”. He then went on to promise more media subsidies to do just that. It is noteworthy that Minister Rodriguez, in 2019, sponsored amendments to the Income Tax Act, which were duly passedby Parliament, to pay $595 million in subsidies including payroll rebates to cabinet-approved media. In his praise for unnamed reporters, he did not explain what new subsidies were being planned as a reward for their Freedom Convoy coverage. The Toronto Star Among guests invited to the webinar were executives from the Toronto Star which had published exactly Trudeau’s view of the Freedom Convoy by completely misrepresenting it. The Toronto Star receives $115,000 weekly in grants from the Trudeau government. On March 19, 2022, the Toronto Star published a full 3-page article on the Freedom Convoy, written by freelance journalist and homosexual activist Justin Ling, entitled “Inside the Convoy”. It portrayed the leaders as dangerous, right-wing extremists floundering in conspiracy theories, exactly the description Trudeau provided. Ling also included in his article a supposed harassment of the LGBTQ community by the truckers. Ling never lets an opportunity go to waste to support his cause. His entire story never once stated the fact that the truckers were decent, hardworking, family people, unhappy with their exclusion from the political process, and that they were a remarkably multicultural group representing Canada’s diverse society -hardly “white supremacist” as alleged by Trudeau. The Toronto Star can no longer be regarded as a respected, credible publication since it has sold itself out to the Trudeau government.
4.The Exposure of Intense Opposition to the Ruling Left-of-Centre Political Elites The Freedom Convoy exposed the intense distrust and opposition of the general public to the ruling elites. Many thousands of Canadians greeted the truckers in their journey to Ottawa, welcoming them, encouraging them, and providing generous donations. The GoFundMe platform, shut down by authorities, raised $10 million for the truckers. The platform testified before a House of Commons Committee that 88% of the funds came from Canadians. It testified that no Russian money was involved, as asserted by Trudeau and his obedient cabinet ministers. The Freedom Convoy was no fringe organization, but a reflection of the Canadian public, which was angry with the government. It showed that many Canadians are no longer willing to be ignored and their values and beliefs ridiculed and trampled on by the governing elites. The Freedom Convoy awakened a sleeping giant whose story has only begun.
5.The Freedom Convoy Served to Remove Provincial COVID-19 Mandates The Freedom Convoy was formed initially because the truckers objected to the federal mandates requiring them to be vaccinated before crossing the US-Canada border. The protest however, grew to include concerns about the curtailment of basic civil rights relating to the fundamental rights of peaceful assembly, mobility rights, and freedom of expression that had arisen due to the government’s extensive mandates and restrictions during the pandemic. These concerns touched a sympathetic chord with hundreds of thousands of Canadians, but internationally as well. Similar trucker convoys followed Canada’s example and were organized in the US, UK, Germany, and France. As a result of the protest, the Canadian provincial premiers, as well as the political leaders in other countries, removed their COVID-19 mandates to allow a return to normal in their jurisdictions. It is significant, however, that Trudeau, who has imposed the strictest mandates in the entire world, still continues to insist that his mandates continue in regard to domestic and international travel. Transportation falls under federal jurisdiction under s. 91 of the British North America Act (Constitution Act, 1867). The provincial mandates would have likely been removed at a future date, but not immediately, as occurred because of the concerns raised by the truckers’ Freedom Convoy and the broad-based support of the Canadian public.
6.The Freedom Convoy Changed Public Opinion Nanos Research polling company released a survey of Canadians on March 15, 2022. The results indicated that Canadians’ concern for free speech and other freedoms was the second most common concern at 8.3%, behind the coronavirus at 13.1%, and followed by the environment at 7.3%. Mr. Nanos said that this concern was raised unprompted during the polling. He stated that he has been polling for thirty-five years, and freedom of speech and other freedoms had never before been on the radar from a public opinion perspective. In a December 2020 poll, such concerns amounted only about 0.1%. According to Nanos, the jump to 8.3% in concerns for personal freedoms in this latest poll was due to the trucker protest. He says it looks like a noticeable proportion of Canadians, unprompted, are concerned about this and that the anger and distrust displayed by the protesters will likely have a long-term impact on Canadian politics.
Conclusion: It is clear that Freedom Convoy 2022 has made a lasting mark on Canadian history and that the media has refused to publish a story that is changing Canada’s political landscape. The Freedom Convoy has populist roots. Despite what the political elites maintain, populism is simply the voice of ordinary citizens. They know what is best for their families, and their communities, not the self-important politicians and bureaucrats who live hundreds of miles away in isolation. Government is the servant of the people. The public is not here to serve the government. It’s the other way around. Real Women of Canada for the FamilyREAL Women of Canadais a non-profit, non-partisan, non-denominational organization, incorporated in 1983. We do not receive any government funding, nor are we funded by any other organization. We rely solely on the generosity of our grassroots supporters. We are deeply appreciative of your patronage. REAL Women of Canada |info@realwomenofcanada.ca
Freedom Events in the Okanagan, April 9 & 10 & Vancouver Protest Against Globalist Bill Gates’ Visit
We heard that these Newsletters take up to much space/data. Soon (very soon) we will have a website and newsletter system to spare you from this problem. Thanks for the feedback 🙂
Thank you, Vlado Z. and Marcel Irnie for the photos and video in Osoyoos and Penticton on April 2nd and 3rd
“Democracy only works in a moral society.”Brian Peckford, is the only living signatory to the Canadian Constitution and Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
We now realize that we must create that moral society from the ground up to replace the broken health, legal and financial systems and the corrupt, tyrannical government we currently have in Canada. For Penticton4Freedom, that means getting our own house in order first by being more specific about where we fit in the world of freedom organizations and focusing on our highest contribution to the movement, to our supporters, and to our country.
Our aim now is to complete the five key projects listed below:
1. Identify Our Shared Values as a principled foundation for all of our actions
2. Declare Our Vision – what we envision as a positive future society to live in
3. Clarify Our Mission – the specific actions we take as our contribution to that broader vision
4. Agree upon a Code of Conduct for our rallies and other public events
5. Create a more inclusive Decision-Making and Organizational Structure and choose those to administer it
CALL TO ACTION
– RSVP if you wish to be included in the planning process for these foundational projects. Further discussion on Zoom tomorrow, Wednesday, April 6 from 6:30 to 8 pm.
– Please include your initial thoughts on any or all of the items above as well as where your primary interest lies.
AND A BIG THANK YOU to Julia for putting together our first iteration of these goals, to all who have already contributed to the building of this organization through voluntarism and to the idea pool to kick off these projects. Sending love!
Planning Meeting
Thursday, April 14th – 5:30 pm Potluck dinner. 6:30 pm to 8 pm Meeting
Agenda to follow. Lots of volunteer opportunities, a chance to have your say, and to propose your own initiatives. Please contact Mary Lou at 780-908-0309 if you want a spot on the agenda
Rallies at Richard Cannings’ office – Every Tuesday at noon Meet at his office 301 Main Street (Nanaimo Square).
He is NOT representing the individual rights of his electors, according to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but violating them with his public announcements and votes in the legislature. Bring signs with appropriate messages. No foul language.
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PENTICTON RALLY – EVERY SUNDAY
Miss a week and you miss a lot! – This Sunday’s speaker: To be announced in our Weekend Update edition on Friday. OTHER ATTRACTIONS Come visit our friendly volunteers at the tables. Informative handouts. Druthers and other independent journals. Check out the other cool items at the table. Coffee and other beverages, thanks to Vicki and Joel and the Summerland Home Schoolers. Snacks and home-baked goodies thanks to Carole. NEW! Pocket size Canadian Charter and Bill of Rights and Freedoms. Fits purse or pocket, easy reference right at your fingertips! Remember that local chapter leaders, Wayne and Derrick will be there with current initiatives from Action4Canada, too. RALLY LOCATION –Meet in the parking lot at the NE corner of Main St and Warren Ave across from Tim Hortons. BRING TWO FRIENDS! Lots of extra parking at BCAA garage, the strip mall adjoining our regular parking area, Winners (across the street), or overflow mall parking opposite the Warren Avenue entrance to Cherry Lane Mall
OK FALLS – Saturday, April 2 11:30 AM across from the Esso Station
OLIVER EVENTS- Saturday, April 2 Town Hall ***NEW TIME 12 NOON****
OSOYOOS EVENTS and possible Okanagan Slow Roll – Watch for more in Friday’s weekend update email.KELOWNA EVENTSWeekly on Saturdays – Kelowna C.L.E.A.R. Rallies @ Stuart Park at the Bear 12:00 noon- Every Week! Longest running B.C. rallies! Visit https://clearbc.org/events for Kelowna and other city updates.
OTHER INITIATIVES
Great Canadian Convoy to Protest Bill Gates
For those that would like to “Convoy” the tentative plan on Sunday, April 10, 2022, is to go for the day:
Teacher under investigation for speaking out against CRT in schools
Chanel Pfahl, a 29-year-old high school teacher is under investigation for very mundane comments she made about critical race theory on a private teacher Facebook group back in February 2021.
More and more, we hear about these fringe ideologies making their way into our publicly-funded institutions and taking reign because anyone who dares question or speak out against them is guilted into submission by way of smearing, ad hominem attacks, or is censored and punished.
All of the above happened to Chanel Pfahl, a 29-year-old high school teacher, after she made a few very mundane comments on a private teacher Facebook group in February of 2021. Her comments were in response to a post made by a teacher asking for curriculum geared toward the political movement Black Lives Matter (BLM) and the doctrine of Critical Race Theory (CRT).
The basis of her comments was that teachers should model “kindness to everyone” and that they “should speak out against any form of discrimination that they see, including those brought on by anti-racist movements.” She noted that in places like Britain, it is illegal to teach CRT without providing “a balanced, opposing view.”
These comments resulted in the launching of a formal complaint against Chanel. She was ridiculed, ostracized and othered by her colleagues. An investigation was launched by the Ontario College of Teachers, which resulted in Chanel being suspended for one week without pay.
This punishment was not good enough for the complainant. They have now escalated the complaint, and Chanel is once again being investigated by her college for comments that happened over a year ago.
As a result, we have put Chanel in touch with top notch lawyers through The Democracy Fund, who are representing her at no cost to her. We are crowdfunding her defence here.
We have also created a petition to Stop CRT from entering schools. Through the Ontario Bill 67, the Racial Equity in the Education System Act, school boards will be required to create and enforce racial equity plans. They will also penalize anyone who is perceived to be violating this mantra. You can sign our petition to Stop CRT, send an e-mail blast to your local elected representative, and chip in to cover Chanel’s legal expenses.
How Can Jason Kenney Be Considered a Christian or Populist When Yet Another Christian Pastor Derek Reimer, Arrested For Violating Injunction on Loudspeakers
Over the past two years, amid stiff competition, the province of Alberta has earned the dubious distinction of having arrested the most Christian pastors in all of Canada. Pastor Artur Pawlowski, Pastor James Coates, and Pastor Tim Stephens have all been behind bars for refusing to bend the knee to the litany of COVID restrictions forcing them to close their churches when people needed them most. Premier Jason Kenney put more pastors in jail over the past two years than Communist China. (We even put a billboard up reminding Albertans of that.)
There’s also Pastor Derek Reimer. A Fight The Fines alumnus who received multiple fines for carrying on his pastoral duties when the state considered that a “high-risk” activity. He beat those fines with the stellar legal help he received thanks to our viewers’ generous donations towards his legal fees. This weekend, Pastor Derek found himself in trouble with the law once again. He allegedly violated an injunction issued to the City of Calgary, which banned honking and loudspeakers. A move clearly meant to stifle the city’s weekly freedom rallies. We covered the rally this weekend and obtained footage of the arrest from one of Derek’s congregants shortly after it happened.
The attempts by Alberta’s political class to silence religious leaders and COVID dissidents from voicing their concerns against government overreach have been a blight on the province. Details are still short on the legal implications of Pastor Derek’s arrest, but we will be speaking with him soon for his personal account of what happened. And while we turn our attention to Pastor Derek’s plight, Pastor Artur sits under strict house arrest conditions with the legal fight of a lifetime ahead of him. To learn more about his case and to donate towards his legal fees, please click here or visit SaveArtur.com.
Yours truly, Adam Soos
P.S. The mainstream media has turned a blind eye to the egregious assaults on our freedom of speech and religious liberty. Only Rebel News covers the crackdown on Canadian Christian pastors fairly and accurately. If you think that’s important, please consider donating right here so we can keep telling the other side of the story when others won’t.
A Small Victory For Unvaxxed Air Canada -Employees — Deadline for Firing Extended to November 1
Some members received good news today and we wanted to share it with all our Free to Fly family. Air Canada employees who stood for health freedom by refusing injections, were facing termination May 2nd. The company, late this afternoon, advised they now have until November 1st to confirm their “proof of vaccination”.
A reprieve is welcome. Several points also come to mind: We thank every professional, passenger, all our friends, and family who work tirelessly demanding an end to extortionary mandates and a full return to employment. This has been done with unions, companies, politicians and others. Active, relentless, and multi-faceted lobbying matters and needs to continue with Air Canada.
We do not thank Air Canada for the small righting of an egregious and very much continuing wrong. This does not return millions in lost wages and benefits, the sold homes, lost sleep, fractured relationships, damaged mental health and more. Many of our aviation brothers and sisters have already been terminated and many more are still facing the same in the weeks and months ahead. Please continue the active, relentless, multi-faceted lobbyingon all of their behalf. The CLC mandate looms large and some wonder if it fits into this about-face by one company. Please continue raising awareness and pushing back on this critical issue. If you are unfamiliar with the CLC mandate, a short video here explains it. The narrative continues to crumble globally and you are part of that change every time you speak truth. We have plenty of updates on this via our social media platforms below. Please join us there. Greg and Matt
London, Ontario City Council Delays Discussion of Censoring of Pro-Life Flyers
Last week the London City Council met to discuss a proposed by-law that sought to censor the free expression of pro-life activists by banning pro-life flyers that show the truth of abortion through graphic imagery.
They decided not to go forward with this by-law, instead asking city staff to consider legislation forcing pro-life groups to stick their flyers in envelopes with content warnings.
Some councillors, such as Councillor Stephen Turner, correctly acknowledged that a city council cannot regulate the message of pro-life protestors, and voted against referring the proposed bylaw back to staff. Most city councillors voted in favour of this though.
In a few months, we’ll likely see these unconsititutional by-laws come back to London’s City Council as city staff prepare the by-law to force pro-life groups to hide their flyers with trigger warnings. Until then, we need to keep emailing the London City Council to let them know that censoring the pro-life movement is unacceptable.
City Councillors in London, Ontario are trying to attack the free speech of pro-lifers and censor the pro-life message. On Tuesday, March 22nd, they will be debating and possibly voting on two proposed by-laws that were explicitly designed to stop the distribution of pro-life flyers that show the reality about abortion through graphic imagery. Please sign this petition demanding that all London City Councillors reject the proposed by-laws which seek to censor the free expression of pro-life activists. SIGN THE PETITION
Dear Paul,
I have an urgent petition I would like you to consider signing.
City Councillors in London, Ontario are trying to censor pro-life activism and hide the truth about abortion in their city.
There are two by-laws being proposed to London’s Community and Protective Services Committee that were explicitly designed to censor pro-life activists by stopping the distribution of pro-life flyers that show the reality about abortion through graphic imagery.
One of these by-laws proposes fining people for delivering unaddressed flyers to properties that have “No Flyers”, “No Junk Mail”, or “No Unsolicited Mail”. The other bylaw bans the distribution of any flyer that contains graphic imagery, with the example being “dismembered human beings or aborted fetuses” but also bans anything that “may cause or trigger a negative reaction to the health and wellbeing of any person at any scale”. The maximum fine for violating either of these bylaws is $5,000.
These by-laws censor peaceful pro-life protests and deny pro-life activists their freedom of expression, which is guaranteed to them in The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. On Tuesday, March 22nd, they’ll be debating and possibly voting on these by-laws!
These by-laws were drafted largely as a response to activism that pro-life groups such as The Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform (CCBR) have done in London in 2020, though these forms of activism have happened in London long before then from groups like London Against Abortion.
Radical pro-abortion groups such as Pro-Choice London and Viewer Discretion Legislation Coalition have been doing everything they can to censor London’s thriving pro-life movement. They’ve been crafting their own petitions and lobbying politicians, with the support of the mainstream media at every step.
So even by-laws that pretend to be neutral by censoring all flyers must be called out for what they are: an attempt by radical-leftist activists to use the government to censor their political opponents.
CCBR has stated that they believe they’re being denied their Charter right to freedom of expression, and other local pro-life groups such as the London Area Right to Life Association have stated the same.
Governments must never ban the distribution of “triggering” images when they depict the harsh reality of evils that are occurring in society.
Images that cause discomfort or even have graphic material have been essential to many protest movements, whether it be ones opposing unjust wars and tyrannical dictatorships, or social evils such as slavery and child labour.
It’s always in the interests of those in power who support such evils to sanitize these evils and keep them invisible. It’s the only way their propaganda can be effective.
This is why there are bubble zones around abortion clinics throughout much of Canada, and why London is trying to punish anyone who dares to show an image of an aborted baby in public. These images decimate the narrative that abortion is merely a “women’s choice about her body” and shows it for what it really is: the brutal killing of an unborn human child.
We must stand up for our right to freedom of expression, and not let governments decide which peaceful protests are allowed, and which are not.
Charles Lincoln Edwards & Paul Fromm Discuss the Colossal Failure of Mainline Churches During COVID & Update The Ongoing Trucker & Freedom Protests Across Canada & The State Dirty Tricks Used to Suppress Them
H&D is shocked and saddened to report that our great friend and comrade Günter Deckert, former leader of Germany’s nationalist party NPD, has died aged 82. In fact those readers who knew Günter will appreciate that we could never really believe he was 82 years old, let alone that he has died. Günter always seemed the most energetic and committed comrade in the room, even when surrounded by fellow nationalists decades younger.
Born in January 1940 Günter Deckert developed a talent for languages as a very young man, first visiting London and staying with an English family in the 1950s (which was also when he first encountered British nationalists, when he happened upon a street rally of Sir Oswald Mosley’s Union Movement). He went on to study English, French and other languages at the universities of Heidelberg, Kiel and Montpellier.
A young Günter Deckert was an activist in the West German liberal party FDP from 1962-1964.
For twenty years (from 1968 to 1988) he taught English and French at German schools and colleges, until he was dismissed for political reasons. In fact the authorities had tried three times to dismiss him, but the first two attempts were defeated in the courts.
Some readers might be surprised that his initial political activism was with West Germany’s liberal party the Free Democrats (FDP) in the early 1960s, though at that time (for complicated historical reasons) it was not unusual for German nationalists (and for that matter old national-socialists) to be in the FDP.
Günter first joined the NPD in 1966 and was active during its most successful election campaigns of the late 1960s, when the party was led by Mosley’s close friend and ally Adolf von Thadden. He was a parliamentary (Bundestag) candidate for the first time in 1972 and went on to contest many federal, state and local elections. One of his best election results was in 1974 when he received more than 25% of the vote in Weinheim’s mayoral election. From 1975 to 1999 and from 2019 until his death he was a municipal councillor in Weinheim, sometimes for the NPD and sometimes for the ‘Deutsche Liste’ which he created during a time when he was forced to relinquish NPD membership.
Günter Deckert during his 2019 election campaign
Just a few weeks before he died, Günter posted his party’s official video response to the Weinheim city council budget and would have been an election candidate again this year. Last month (shortly before his illness) he was expelled from the council chamber by police for allegedly ‘racist’ comments during a speech criticising the council budget.
Günter was elected leader of the NPD – Germany’s largest nationalist party – in 1991, and remained party leader until 2005.
Following a conference in 1991 where Günter was translator for the American revisionist Fred Leuchter, he was prosecuted for ‘inciting racial hatred’. Even though he was actually translating someone else’s words, prosecutors argued that he had translated too sympathetically and had therefore committed a crime.
Günter’s case was a landmark in German legal history, because though at first convicted he won on appeal. This victory was because the appeal court ruled ‘Holocaust denial’ was not by itself criminal. In response the German parliament changed the law, making ‘Holocaust denial’ itself an offence. Consequently Günter was tried again in 1995, convicted and sentenced to five years in prison.
Günter Deckert with the Alsatian German leader Pierre Rieffel
He was imprisoned at Bruchsal from 1995 to 2000, then again for five months at Mannheim prison early in 2013.
Günter Deckert was my first German comrade. We first met in 1993 when he addressed the BNP annual rally, and we later spoke together on many platforms in Britain, Germany and France. He addressed numerous meetings of British comrades in London, Yorkshire and elsewhere in England.
Last autumn we met (and were again fellow speakers) for the last time. It seems impossible to believe that I shall never see Günter Deckert again, but his irrepressible spirit will continue to inspire our activism for decades to come.
An obituary to Günter Deckert will appear in the next edition of H&D.
Günter Deckert speaking in autumn 2021, at a private gathering also addressed by H&D’s Peter Rushton
