windward antifascist
@windward-afa
Resisting the far right on lands & waters known as British Columbia ⛰️North Vancouver, unceded səlilwətaɬ, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw & xʷməθkʷəy̓əm lands Talk to me about right-wing extremism, Christian nationalism, conspirituality & community responses to hate
The source appears to be Danielle Kinchella-Pistilli, a Freedom Convoy organizer & head of the North Shore chapter of Action4Canada (an extremely discriminatory nationalist organization). Am I supposed to be ashamed that I'm against fascism? I'm so confused. Anyway, trans lives matter.
On Friday, I posted about a far-right rally in North Van. And I've already started getting weird stalkers, harassment & threats against my campaign for District of North Van council. I'm not backing down just because some losers think they can harass progressives into silence.
22 days until the North Van-Capilano by-election & I am completely over this campaign. "Real local" is so painfully adjacent to "Old Stock Canadians." I've never seen this guy around town & his only media mentions are promotions for his own campaign. But sure, "real local."
I come from a long line of Summerland orchardists & community leaders. I learned to swim in Okanagan Lake & learned to dive off the yellow raft at Crescent Beach. When will the companies & politicians destroying our planet for profit be accountable for the land they threaten?
Thiele has been door-knocking for CPC candidate @specurran & is also somehow involved in a Freedom Convoy-flavoured Vancouver municipal party TrueBlue Vancouver, which lists Frederick Theile as director operating out of Richmond. (Chocyk is also a longtime anti-LGBT avtivist.)
The rally is scheduled for Aug 8 at 1pm at Ma's office on Esplanade. Speakers include residential school denier & OneBC candidate Jim McMurtry, anti-2SLGBTQIA+ activist Barry Neufeld & Ehsan Arjmand, a PPC candidate for North Van - Capilano in 2025. (sweet hat @seanorr.bsky.social)
There is a far-right rally coming to Lower Lonsdale on Saturday afternoon as part of an absolutely bizarre attempt to recall Bowinn Ma, MLA for North Vancouver-Lonsdale. The organizer is Daniel Thiele, a literal kid that hangs out with Freedom Convoy groups & really hates LGBT folks.
I haven't played Hello Housing Crisis ಠ_ಠ for a few months because it was super depressing but: $3400 for a furnished 500sqft 1-bed in the Crown + Mountain building, located in Lynnmour. You need to make $136,000/year for this to be considered "not entirely financially reckless."
I didn't get any photos of Pride at the Pier last night because I was busy talking to everyone 😅 But I'm so grateful for all of the North Shore folks who come together every year to throw an amazing party, even when the weather isn't the best! Happy Pride, North Vancouver 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 (📸 from last year)
Remember when a bunch of anti-Indigenous pundits started crying because a Nation booked out one single campground for 5 days? Now all campgrounds are closed & under an evacuation alert due to the Fiftynine Creek wildfire. Hwy 97 access is cut off because the highway is closed.
Happy North Shore Pride Week 🌈 Starting strong by raising the Pride flag at the District of North Vancouver this morning 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Thank you to @northshorepride.bsky.social for all your work to bring everyone together in joy & celebration!
Celebrating the loss of housing during a housing crisis is fucking ghoulish.
Anti-2SLGBTQIA+ "advocates" are deeply, deeply troubled by paint. How sad for them.
It hasn't been a great Pride season in the Lower Mainland. People who cooked their brains on far-right rage bait have decided that anything which simply recognizes 2SLGBTQIA+ people is somehow bad or dangerous. It dehumanizes & diminishes 2SLGBTQIA+ people. vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/07/02/r...
Lion dances at North Vancouver Car-Free Day! Traffic congestion is a problem on the North Shore & transit is a solution to keep people moving. @movementyvr.bsky.social's Low-Income Transit Pass campaign means folks won't have to choose between a bus or Seabus & groceries: movementyvr.ca/litpass/
Anyone who has followed incel & adjacent movements bubbling up in the 2010s would have noted that incels have long obsessed with Marxism & Bolshevism. Jordan Peterson's house was literally covered in Soviet socialist realist art. This isn't "far left." This is a fascist ideology forged on Reddit.
So...VPD posted an AI slop photo of a drug bust, deleted the post, and reposted a 'corrected' version of the photo. Thankfully the Tums turned into coins and the bills look more like legal tender. Cops using AI to generate politically-motivated content seems like a pretty big deal.
This is such a weird non-story. Many in the Canadian far-right encourage their followers to move to Mexico for "safety reasons," for which they mean "Diversity is scary & I experienced consequences for my hate 😭" A quick look at the person's account clears up any questions about their motivations.
You'll never believe that the same far-right grifters who don't live in BC but suddenly started pumping up Caroline Elliott in the BC Cons leadership race have moved on to Curran.
The guy on the right is Stephen Curran, CPC candidate in the North Vancouver-Capilano byelection to replace Jonathan Wilkinson. (His campaign office is in the old Mo's at Lonsdale & Esplanade.) Cannot imagine standing behind a failson grifter like Poilievre in the year of our lord 2026.
The Ministry of Transportation is taking action at Bowser Island in North Van. Residents were ordered to leave by today (June 15). It seems they haven't been forced out yet. Bowser Island has been around for a few years but instead of creative thinking we're just creating more homelessness. Cool.
Far-right influencer Chris Elston of Surrey, BC (who campaigns against 2SLGBTQIA+ rights as Billboard Chris) was brought to Madrid by Hazte Oír. Hazte Oír's global platform CitizenGO is funded by Russian oligarchs working to promote transnational hate. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2022...
Birring is required to not communicate with Povah, but Povah continues to post on Birring's Facebook profile 🤷♀️ (Povah goes by "Errol Peters" on Facebook.)
Birring & Povah both attended their anti-2SLGBTQIA+ protest at Fraser Heights Secondary on Friday, June 5. Birring & Povah plan to spend all of June rallying against queer & trans rights at Surrey schools.
Birring is currently required to not enter the area of the crosswalk at University Dr & Old Yale Rd. Co-organizer Errol Povah wrote "Black Lines Matter" on the crosswalk but for some reason he was not charged.
According to social media posts, Amrit Birring has been charged with mischief over $5000 [s 430(3) of the CCC] over the weekend for defacing a Pride crosswalk in Surrey on May 30 as a protest against anti-2SLGBTQIA+ people. He is required to appear in court on July 28.
Cato Institute (co-founded by the chair of the board & CEO for Koch Industries) wrote a version of this in 2025. Socialism is the same as fascism, say the people who want to rot your brain on political slop. Fair pay, a good home & affordable groceries are apparently the same as Nazism. Who knew?
Birring attempted to recall then-MLA of Surrey-Green Timbers Rachna Singh. He organized the Surrey location of the 1 Million March 4 Children. His disruptions at schools brought about the Safe Access to Schools Act. Yet he has experienced virtually no consequences for his hate.
Birring formed the Freedom Party of BC in 2023 & moved on focus almost exclusively on SOGI 123 & 2SLGBTQIA+ rights with protests at schools, Pride events & sidewalks around Surrey. 📸Povah, Birring & supporters protest at Surrey Pride, June 2023