We first met one of Zundel's employees, Marc Lemire, as a high school activist for the Heritage Front. In 1997 Marc ran for school trustee in the Beaches on a platform of homophobia and fear of crime. Marc, how far you've travelled. It can be tempting to ignore neo-nazi organizing and violence. But if we learn anything from history, it's that fascism is not a movement to be ignored.
Canadian fascists have neither the numbers nor power to influence government policy.
But neither did the European far-right a decade ago, and today racist youth control the streets in many eastern European cities, while in western Europe fascists are being elected as mayors and MPs. And even when their numbers are small, nazis pose a physical threat to our communities and can create a climate of fear that is itself harmful.