Blood and Soil, The Camp of the Saints – Canada’s Mainstreaming of Hate

Last week The National Post printed an article on the racist book The Camp of the Saints, as did The Washington Examiner. Neither piece was critical of the book, that was the inspiration for the Great Replacement conspiracy theory, in fact the Post piece suggested it was essential reading for the moment that Canada is in. We also saw a BC MLA use the term Blood and Soil while discussing Indigenous issues and rulings. The term was one that was used by Nazis and is often still used by white nationalists to support racist hate. What does this moment of mainstreaming hate mean for Canada? I spoke with Jen St. Denis at The Tyee about the intersection of acceptance of hate terms and books within mainstream discourse, and the implications. We must note that these validations are not coming from the dark corners of the internet but from a national legacy media