National Post Praises White Supremacist Novel ft. Carmen Celestini (Podcast)
Racist book gets approval from Post columnist
This week on The North State, I speak to lecturer in Religious Studies at University of Waterloo and author of the upcoming book God’s Angry Men: The Political Legacy of the John Birch Society about National Post columnist Jamie Sarkonak praising the racist, fictionalized depiction of "The Great Replacement" conspiracy theory in The Camp of Saints. RSS feed here. Apple Podcasts link here.
Description
After Amazon pulled The Camp of Saints from their storefront, the publisher raised a stink online of censorship. This was quickly picked up by right-wing forces like the Washington Examiner and former Alberta premier Jason Kenney as an attack on free speech. Amazon has since returned the book to their marketplace and a white supremacist screed, describing nonwhite people as violent inhuman criminals inherently motivated to kill and rape, has entered the mainstream. Amidst all this, National Post columnist Jamie Sarkonak described the book as "highly relevant today in light of Canada’s own situation." Carmen Celestini, lecturer in Religious Studies at University of Waterloo and author of the upcoming book God’s Angry Men: The Political Legacy of the John Birch Society joins Scott to actually discuss the contents of the book, its use by far-right forces and how Sarkonak and the Post helped bring hateful fascist conspiracies into the mainstream.
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Sources and Further Reading
Jamie Sarkonak: I read 'The Camp of the Saints.' Here's why it's relevant
Racist Book, Camp of the Saints, Gains in Popularity - SPLC (2001)
Camp of the Saints - Africa Is A Country
The Turner Diaries - America's manual of hatred - BBC
The Turner Diaries’ Ties to Extremists - Counter Extremism Project
How 'The Camp of the Saints' became the far right's cult novel, from the Le Pens to MAGA - Le Monde
Fifty years on, what is the legacy of Enoch Powell’s ‘rivers of blood’ speech? - The Guardian
Miller Pushed Racist ‘Camp of the Saints’ Beloved by Far Right - SPLC (2019)
The campaign against ‘The Camp of the Saints’ - Washington Examiner
From Rivers of Blood to The Camp of the Saints - Washington Examiner
