Over the last 20 years extreme right-wing groups have been on the rise throughout the world. They share a belief in white supremacism and conspiracy theories that allege there is a global plot to replace white Christian populations with Muslims and people of color.
Five weapons were said to have been used, all inscribed with symbols, numbers and insignia. The individual charged with the shootings at two Christchurch mosques that left 49 dead was an Australian with, it is alleged, a simple purpose: inflict death, and on specific communities in worship. Even as the carnage became clear, Christchurch was already the epicentre of twenty-four hour news television, supplying a ghoulish spectacle. Saturation coverage followed, and continues to do so, a point that will warm the attacker’s blood (his entire effort was streamed on live video on Facebook).
Meta-political activist Angelo John Gage joins Henrik to talk about Trumps complete collapse, Andrew Yang's Universal Basic Income (UBI) policy and the YangGang memes. We also talk about Tucker Carlson's recent attackers, Media Matters and why they are seeking to take him off the air and get sponsors from abandoning his show.
A Texas newspaper posted an excerpt from the US Declaration of Independence on Facebook, and it was removed for being "hate speech". Although the US doesn't have any "hate speech" laws, Mark Zuckerberg's company simply applies Germany's stringent censorship laws in America. [...]
Nigel Stringer, who has been a court magistrate for 26 years, now finds himself being prosecuted for defending his family against an armed gang who stormed his home. Stringer fought one of the intruders off with a hockey stick and used a racial epithet. Police arrested Stringer and his son on suspicion of a racially aggravated attack. [...]
This week on the New World Next Week: police chief calls press conference then arrests everyone who attends; California is flirting with a fake news council; and there's blood in the water as the SPLC settles a defamation case.
