Diagolon Explained

Diagolon
Founding Leader:Jeremy MacKenzie
Foundation:2020
Country:Canada
Ideology:Accelerationism
Position:Alt-right
Slogan:"Gun or rope"
Website: (2022 archive)

Diagolon is a Canadian alt-right organization, conceived by podcaster Jeremy MacKenzie. The US Department of State's Bureau of Counterterrorism has called it a far-right extremist group.[1] It was mentioned in news coverage of the Canada convoy protest.

Organisation and aims

Diagolon is a right-wing, alt-right,[2] extremist[3] militia network with chapters throughout Canada.[4] A House of Commons of Canada report called it a "violent extremist organisation."[5] According to the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, the "neo-fascist militia"[6] believes that "a violent revolution is coming," and is an "accelerationist movement that believes a revolution is inevitable and necessary to collapse the current government system".

Diagolon associate Alex Vriend has promoted the neo-Nazi propaganda film in chatrooms.[7] Barbara Perry, director of Ontario Tech University's Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism, described Diagolon's ambition to create a "white ethnonationalist state"[8] as irony poisoning to normalise hateful rhetoric through humour. The group's motto is "gun or rope".

History

The group emerged from the Plaid Army, according to the Canadian Anti-Hate Network.[9]

The group's flag was seen at the Canada convoy protest in Ottawa.[10] One piece of body armour seized along with weapons and ammunition at the property of a murder conspiracy suspect during the protest blockade of the Sweetgrass–Coutts Border Crossing reportedly had a Diagolon patch.[11] In February 2023, Paul Rouleau described Diagolon's presence at both the Ottawa and Coutts protests as "the most troubling connection between protest locations" in his report following the Public Order Emergency Commission into the use of the Emergencies Act.[12]

In 2022, Pierre Poilievre called Diagolon members "losers" and "dirtbags" after they suggested raping Anaida Poilievre, his wife, on a podcast. Poilievre had previously been photographed shaking hands with Jeremy MacKenzie.[13] Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino stated that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police were "reviewing" the rape statement.[14] Despite this, in 2024, Poilievre was seen leaving an RV with a drawing of the Diagolon flag visible on the door while being filmed attending a convoy-style protest on the Nova Scotia–New Brunswick border. He would endorse the protest as "a good, old-fashioned Canadian tax revolt."[15]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Canada . 2024-02-29 . United States Department of State . en-US.
  2. Web site: 7 Oct 2022 . Diagolon leader Jeremy Mackenzie denied bail on Sask. assault, weapons charges . 2022-12-03 . . en-CA . January 22, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230122130012/https://thestarphoenix.com/news/crime/diagolon-leader-jeremy-mackenzie-denied-bail-on-sask-assault-weapons-charges . live .
  3. Web site: Somos . Christy . 2022-02-17 . What is the Diagolon extremist group and what does it want? . 2022-12-19 . . en . November 14, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221114211944/https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/what-is-the-diagolon-extremist-group-and-what-does-it-want-1.5785646 . live .
  4. Web site: Macfarlane . Bill . 2022-02-15 . Analysis of guns and ammunition seized near Coutts, Alta. blockade . 2022-12-19 . . en . August 10, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220810132135/https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/analysis-of-guns-and-ammunition-seized-near-coutts-alta-blockade-1.5782983 . live .
  5. Web site: Levy . Bryn . 28 Nov 2022 . Diagolon leader Jeremy Mackenzie granted bail in Saskatchewan . 2022-11-29 . . en-CA . November 29, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221129033030/https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/diagolon-leader-jeremy-mackenzie-granted-bail-in-saskatchewan . live .
  6. Web site: Tran . Paula . 15 Feb 2022 . Anti-hate experts concerned about possible neo-fascist involvement at Alberta trucker convoy Globalnews.ca . 2022-12-19 . . en-US . October 2, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221002132218/https://globalnews.ca/news/8621125/canadian-anti-hate-network-concerned-diagolon-coutts-border-protest-diagolon/ . live .
  7. Web site: Smith . Peter . 11 Jan 2022 . A Holocaust Denier Is Travelling Across Canada Building Up The Country's Newest Far-Right Militia Movement . 2022-12-03 . . en . September 27, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220927035730/https://www.antihate.ca/holocaust_denier_travelling_canada_building_up_far_right_militia_diagolon_alex_vriend . live .
  8. News: Raycraft . Richard . 26 Sep 2022 . RCMP investigating rape threat against Pierre Poilievre's wife . . December 3, 2022 . December 2, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221202205315/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-threats-mackenzie-1.6595730 . live .
  9. Web site: Smith . Peter . Kriner . Matthew . 8 June 2022 . The Diagolon Movement And Militant Accelerationism . 2023-03-09 . . en . September 3, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220903005338/https://www.antihate.ca/diagolon_movement_militant_accelerationism . live .
  10. Web site: Ho . Solarina . 2022-03-01 . Honking, fumes and anger: Mental toll from trucker protest lingers for Ottawa residents . 2022-07-26 . . en . July 26, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220726145320/https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/honking-fumes-and-anger-mental-toll-from-trucker-protest-lingers-for-ottawa-residents-1.5801609 . live .
  11. News: Grant . Meghan . 17 Feb 2022 . Coutts arrests: new details on the men and women charged in border blockade . . December 1, 2022 . March 4, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230304125827/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/coutts-arrests-charges-border-protest-1.6354587 . live .
  12. News: Dryden . Joel . Grant . Meghan . 17 Feb 2023 . Border protests in Coutts, Alta., a 'concrete manifestation' of risk to Canada: Rouleau . . February 21, 2023 . February 21, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230221230534/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/coutts-alberta-diagolon-paul-rouleau-1.6751945 . live .
  13. Web site: Poilievre denounces Diagolon 'losers' over threat of sexual assault against his wife . 2023-04-17 . nationalpost . en-CA . February 8, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240208155205/https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/poilievre-denounces-diagolon-losers-over-threat-of-sexual-assault-against-his-wife . live .
  14. Web site: 2022-09-26 . Poilievre denounces Diagolon 'losers' over threat of sexual assault against his wife, RCMP 'reviewing' . 2023-04-17 . CTVNews . en . April 17, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230417130522/https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/poilievre-denounces-diagolon-losers-over-threat-of-sexual-assault-against-his-wife-rcmp-reviewing-1.6084776 . live .
  15. News: Tunney . Catharine . 24 April 2024 . Poilievre visits convoy camp, claims Trudeau is lying about 'everything' . 28 April 2024 . CBC News.

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