Confronting the Resurgent Right

Miriam Edelson

• Publisher: University of Manitoba Press
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Social Sciences
• eBook ISBN:
  9781772841367
• Subtopic: Global Politics
• Index: Social Sciences

Exposing the deep roots and new threats of Canada's regressive right

Over the past decade, we have witnessed the global mainstreaming of hate as false narratives and conspiracy theories about equity and inclusion, immigration, COVID-19 and vaccinations, and the "gay agenda" have become permissible talking points among right-wing politicians, pundits, and influencers.
In Confronting the Resurgent Right, scholars and activists take Canada's 2022 "Freedom Convoy" as a recent manifestation of deep-rooted extremism. Providing intersectional commentary on the resurgence of the right, they demonstrate how its ideology permeates and shapes the structures of our society.
Balancing evidence-based research with careful analysis of the genesis and methods of the right, this volume models pathways of resistance and charges us to work together to expose and counter the regressive forces that spew hate.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Part 1: Neo-Liberalism, Canadian Politics, and Intersectional Approaches
• 1. Extreme to Mainstream: Normalizing Right Wing Extremism
• 2. The Roots of the Right: Why Combatting Settler Colonialism Is Key to Ending Far-Right Extremism
• 3. The Resurgence of the Right in Canada: The New, the Old, and the Ugly
• 4. The Right, Queer Communities, and Homonationalism
• 5. “We Exist”: Supporting Diasporic Black LGBTQ People in Canada in the Decade for People of African Descent (2015–2024)
• 6. Solidarity Matters: The Community Solidarity Project
• Part 2: Organizing the Right: Social Protest and Community Activism
• 7. Perilous Liberal Diversity Narratives of Mainstreaming the Right in “Raceless” Canada
• 8. Gendered Islamophobia and Its Impact on Canadian Muslim Women
• 9. Antipoverty Movements and the Rise of the Right
• 10. Learning from the Canadian Pro-Choice Movement
• 11. The Alt-Right, Unions, and the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of Workers
• Part 3: Organizing the Left: Social Protest and Community Activism
• 12. Stronger Than Hate: Countering the Convoy
• 13. A Near-Death Experience: How Neo-Liberalism Choked the Canadian Women’s Movement
• 14. Building an Antifascist Movement: Community Solidarity Ottawa and the Struggle Against Demobilization
• Part 4: Artifacts of the Right: Communication and Technology
• 15. Canadian Skins: Modern Racist Skinhead Activists Adapting Recruitment
• 16. Creating Democratic Space in Contested Times: Reflections from the Ottawa People’s Commission
• 17. “Honk Honk”: The Freedom Convoy and Far-Right Memetic Convergence
• 18. The Hard Truth: To Win, Progressives Must Look in the Mirror, Not Just Blame the Right
• Appendix: Resisting Right-Wing Politics
• Contributors
• Integrated Bibliography
• Index