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Drive inflation/hit Biden!! The Alt-Right on Facebook Are Hijacking Canada’s Trucker Blockade

Screw all else and all others, our far-right agenda comes first, middle and last.

Security News
Feb 8, 2022 2:49 PM

In Ottawa, a protest against vaccine mandates has become an international sensation. American far-right personalities are behind its online rise.

IMAGE - A truck driver looks out from his truck covered in support messages
Photograph: DAVE CHAN/Getty Images

For two weeks now, truckers have brought the center of Ottawa, Canada’s capital city, to a standstill. What started as a localized dispute against vaccine mandates has now snowballed—co-opted as a cause célèbre of America’s radical right-wing into a protest that reaches far beyond Parliament Hill. On the ground, hundreds of trucks and cars have blocked the streets of the city and set up a tent commune to protest against the imposition of vaccination requirements for truck drivers. On social media, videos about the protest are racking up millions of views and crowdfunding campaigns, shared by the likes of Ben Shapiro and Dan Bongino, have raised huge sums. Confederate flags, QAnon symbols, and swastikas have all reportedly been seen at the protest site.

With links - https://www.wired.com/story/ottawa-trucker-protest-facebook-alt-right/