Deplatforming

Deplatforming fascists is a minimum ask. If you aren't going to actively oppose them you at very least should not be giving them an opportunity to proselytize.

### **Research papers**

* "How Do Campaigns Shape Vote Choice? Multi-Country Evidence From 62 Elections and 56 TV Debates" Caroline Le Pennec and Vincent Pons https://www.hbs.edu/ris/Publication%20Files/20-031\_29b44304-659d-48ec-b41f-4f08c945fa84.pdf [PDF, 928kb, EN]

### **News articles**

* "Graphic novel illustrates 'depressingly topical' history of Canada's largest race riot" by Sarah Petz https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/christie-pits-graphic-novel-jamie-michaels-1.5050742 [EN] (Canadian state-owned media)
* "Day the East End said 'No pasaran' to Blackshirts" by Audrey Gillan https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/sep/30/thefarright.past [EN] (owned by Scott Trust Limited)
* "British far-right party sees surge following TV appearance" by Kyle James https://www.dw.com/en/british-far-right-party-sees-surge-following-tv-appearance/a-4821557 [EN] (German state-owned media)
* "The media and the Ku Klux Klan: a debate that began in the 1920s" by Lois Beckett and Jesse Brenneman https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/05/ku-klux-klan-kkk-media-debate [EN] (archived: https://archive.ph/I7eyo, owned by Scott Trust Limited)
* "Twitch, Where Far-Right Influencers Feel at Home" by Giovanni Russonello https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/us/politics/twitch-trump-extremism.html [EN] (archived: https://archive.ph/6uECm)
* "Nick Griffin's vision for BNP-led Britain shown in 1990s police interviews" by Ian Cobain http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/may/06/nick-griffin-vision-bnp-britain-1990s-police-interviews [EN] (archived: https://archive.ph/k853w, owned by Scott Trust Limited)
* "EU elections: BNP's Nick Griffin wins seat in European parliament" by Martin Wainwright https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/jun/07/european-elections-manchester-liverpool [EN] (archived: https://archive.ph/SsCux, owned by Scott Trust Limited)
* "BBC Question Time forum flooded with support for Nick Griffin" by Steve Busfield https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/oct/23/bbc-question-time-nick-griffin [EN] (archived: https://archive.ph/abRGk, owned by Scott Trust Limited)
* "Griffin: Unfair that Question Time was filmed in 'ethnically cleansed' London" by Hélène Mulholland https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/oct/23/bnp-nick-griffin-question-time [EN] (archived: https://archive.ph/76xEW, owned by Scott Trust Limited)
* "BNP on Question Time: how similar appearance helped French far right" by Hélène Mulholland https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/2009/oct/22/bnp-question-time-jean-marie-le-pen [EN] (archived: https://archive.ph/PzPAC, owned by Scott Trust Limited)
* "Nick Griffin advises BNP supporters to get ready for the 'big time'" by Robert Booth https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/oct/21/nick-griffin-bnp-question-time [EN] (archived: https://archive.ph/vRYHY, owned by Scott Trust Limited)
* "Alt-Right YouTuber Accused of Luring Autistic Teen in Pregnancy Plot" by Kelly Weill https://www.thedailybeast.com/alt-right-youtuber-accused-of-luring-autistic-teen-in-pregnancy-plot [EN] (archived: https://archive.ph/aWGv9, owned by IAC)
* "SocialismDoneLeft is the latest YouTube personality who isn’t what they say they are" by Gita Jackson https://www.vice.com/en/article/88na8p/leaked-racist-messages-show-leftist-youtuber-isnt [EN]

### **Magazine articles**

* "White Supremacists Still Have a Safe Space Online" by April Glaser https://slate.com/technology/2018/10/discord-safe-space-white-supremacists.html [EN]

### **Statements**

* “After Spencer and Heimbach’s Failures, a Recommitment to Refusing all Platforms for Fascists” by J. Palameda https://theredphoenixapl.org/2018/03/30/after-spencer-and-heimbachs-failures-a-recommitment-to-refusing-all-platforms-for-fascists/ [EN] (Hoxhaist publication)
* "Threats, Stalking and Abuse in the Nocommentchick community" by nekogirl5781 https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n\_1ss0cij [EN] (archived: https://archive.ph/d57JQ)

### **Blog posts**

* "When the fascists went to university (and the campaigns to keep them out)" by Evan Smith https://hatfulofhistory.wordpress.com/2021/06/06/when-the-fascists-went-to-university-and-the-campaigns-to-keep-them-out/ [EN]
* "No Platform isn't an attack on free speech" https://livesrunning.wordpress.com/2021/06/02/no-platform-isnt-an-attack-on-free-speech/ [EN]
* "No Platform in the 1930s and 1940s" by David Renton https://livesrunning.wordpress.com/2021/06/04/no-platform-in-the-1930s-and-1940s/ [EN]
* "Why can't everyone speak freely?" by David Renton https://livesrunning.wordpress.com/2021/06/03/why-isnt-free-speech-for-everyone/ [EN]
* "Free speech and convergence on the centre- and far right" by David Renton https://livesrunning.wordpress.com/2021/06/25/free-speech-and-convergence-on-the-centre-and-far-right/ [EN]

### **Documents**

* "YouGov / Daily Telegraph survey" https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/today\_uk\_import/YG-Archives-pol-dTel-vi-091026.pdf [PDF, 128kb, EN] (shows how BNP gained more support after being humiliated on public TV)

### **Encyclopedia**

#### **Events**

* "Christie Pits riot" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christie\_Pits\_riot [EN]
* "Battle of Cable Street" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle\_of\_Cable\_Street [EN]

#### **Movements**

* "43 Group" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/43\_Group [EN]
* "62 Group" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/62\_Group [EN]

#### **Concepts**

* "Gish gallop" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish\_gallop [EN]
* "Kettle logic" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettle\_logic [EN]

### **Books**

* "No Free Speech for Fascists: Exploring 'No Platform' in History, Law and Politics" by David Renton http://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=6FFAB7FB686A4032BDCB08089C52CC76 [PDF, 3MB, EN]
* "We Fight Fascists - The 43 Group and Their Forgotten Battle for Post-war Britain" by Daniel Sonabend http://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=CC8075C36B054FE313DBB4BA4CE8BE01 [EPUB, 882kb, EN]
* "Never Again: Rock against racism and the Anti-Nazi League, 1976 - 1982" by David Renton https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=E8E088E178B20C565FDC162A00385010 [PDF, 8MB, EN]; https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=560D2F9AFB40817CAF5D2D17CE22E150 [EPUB, 832kb, EN]
* "Fighting Fascism: Anti-Fascism, Free Speech, and Political Violence" https://c4ss.org/content/50127 [HTML, EN] (essay exchange over ethics and effectiveness of certain deplatforming strategies)
* "The Riot at Christie Pits" by Cyril Levitt and William Shaffir https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=A3830A024931BCCB5631A5AAAAA6B5B1 [EPUB, 4MB, EN]; https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=E444DC3035421F1764F6898B44739E75 [PDF, 4MB, EN]
* "The 43 Group. Battling with Mosley's Blackshirts" by Morris Beckman http://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=709C0DE1B62613EE488CEA43FF39BE6F [EPUB, 2MB, EN]
* "No Platform: A History of Anti-Fascism, Universities and the Limits of Free Speech" by Evan Smith http://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=FCB5E6D444B7F683C3DA0C8A7767B805 [PDF, 8MB, EN]
* "Anti-Semite and Jew: An Exploration of the Etiology of Hate" by Jean-Paul Sartre http://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=80FC2F54AA534F0EAACF4F02764BF60E [PDF, 2MB, EN]
* "Eclipse of Reason" by Max Horkheimer https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=90B940A4E06FBE326761B2E4ECD1959A [PDF, 5MB, EN]; "Eclisse della ragione" di Max Horkheimer https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=8767331DBDA6613BD3EECE309A9E6BC7 [PDF, 10MB, IT]; "Eclipse da Razão" de Max Horkheimer https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=E0FC7A51FEFAA071E0FC2AE817E757D5 [PDF, 11MB, PT]

### **Podcast episodes**

* "E35: The 43 Group, part 1" uploaded by Working Class History https://soundcloud.com/workingclasshistory/43-group-jewish-antifascist-mosley-1 [51:09, EN]
* "E36: The 43 Group, part 2" uploaded by Working Class History https://soundcloud.com/workingclasshistory/43-group-jewish-antifascist-vidal-sassoon [35:19, EN]
* "E37: The 43 Group, part 3" uploaded by Working Class History https://soundcloud.com/workingclasshistory/e37-the-43-group-part-3 [43:54, EN]
* **"**85 Years Since The Christie Pits Riot" uploaded by From Embers https://fromembers.libsyn.com/85-years-since-the-christie-pits-riot [55:36, EN]; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z-PXBYYKXw [55:36, EN]

### **Films and TV shows**

* "The Riot at Cristie Pits | Full Movie | Peter Williamson, Dr. Cyril Levitt, Dr. William Shaffir" uploaded by Breakthrough Entertainment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZg90-Kt82M [47:23, EN]

### **Videos**

* "The Radicalization Funnel" uploaded by Step Back History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL3b6oBfh04 [EN, 12:35] (white Canadian anarchist)
* "Why Debating Sucks (According To A Competitive Debater)" uploaded by Sarah Z https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcHPmVxtFw8 [31:53, EN SUB, EN]
* "5 times Oswald Mosley got his arse handed to him" uploaded by Working Class History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REbkAxFbo38 [2:25, EN]
* "A Case For Never Ever Debating With A Nazi | Mia Mulder" uploaded by Mia Mulder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT2MVZ7kWa8 [9:05, EN]
* "Canada's 10,000 person Antifa Riot-- The Battle of Christie Pits" uploaded by Thought Slime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewqcMHToN\_4 [13:08, EN] (white Canadian anarchist, member of the IWW)
* "Gish Gallop in 72 Seconds" uploaded by adelaideclimatenews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12nYRa8PTzo [1:12, EN]
* "EVERYBODY'S CANCELED!" uploaded by Punks for Progress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KigCpaBnDw8 [16:51, EN]
* "Stop dignifying fools with live debates!" uploaded by DemocraticMarxist01 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAeho9Hdbyg [5:26, EN]
* "The worst anti-Semitic riot in Canada" uploaded by Historica Canada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB97KF-oDj4 [5:45, EN] (paid in part by Canadian government)
* "Debate and Deplatforming" by LonerBox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFAYN6oWyIo [20:48, EN] (video doesn't mention Noam Chomsky's promotion of Bosnian genocide denialism and chemical attack skepticism or omits the recent data on fascists gaining audience with Twitch debates)
* "How to Never Lose a Debate with a Fascist Again" uploaded by Thought Slime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-rRtMgsYnc [10:56, EN] (white Canadian anarchist, member of the IWW)
* "Thoughts on YouTube: Breadtube | Debates | Streaming vs Video Essays | Creator Income" uploaded by BadEmpanada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZAX81vLI80 [38:21, EN] (Marxist-Leninist, member of Solidarity with Cuba, supports Vietnam [Laos is client-state of Vietnam] and Rojava, white Australian settler with Greek ancestry living in Argentina; has extremely abrasive personality on Twitter and Reddit and is considered an irony-poisoned bro)
* "Vaush Has Cultivated an Audience of American Exceptionalists & Imperialists" uploaded by BadEmpanada 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7dWsYIebIo [17:05, EN] (Marxist-Leninist, member of Solidarity with Cuba, supports Vietnam [Laos is client-state of Vietnam] and Rojava, white Australian settler with Greek ancestry living in Argentina; has extremely abrasive personality on Twitter and Reddit and is considered an irony-poisoned bro)
* "Can We Stop Irresponsibly Platforming White Nationalists?" by Godless Cranium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjkhVBAQfm4 [18:28, EN]
* "Debate Me Bro: Why Debates Suck" uploaded by Godless Cranium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ySQpVywXnw [8:40, EN]
* "Leftist Debate Bros Fail at Everything They Claim To Value" uploaded by Official BadBunny Clips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkpLv\_mGKGs [23:44, EN]
* "DJMuel Interviews nocommentchick on Twitch DebateBro Fail" uploaded by nocommentchick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qash4kPe0EU [1:52:51, EN]
* "How ‘Debating’ Lauren Southern is Helping to Rehabilitate her Image and Erase Her Far Right Activism" uploaded by The Kavernacle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EKMdtLM0Xk [35:00, EN]
* "Hot Takes: Should Leftists Debate Nazis" uploaded by Professor Flowers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM5fTp\_-744 [12:34, EN]
* "Moving Forward" uploaded by Professor Flowers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SXsimVCNWY [1:32:43, EN]
* "Debate Bros Are Now BETTING ON GENOCIDE" uploaded by BadEmpanada 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slE775mE8nY [4:27, EN](Marxist-Leninist, member of Solidarity with Cuba, supports Vietnam [Laos is client-state of Vietnam] and Rojava, white Australian settler with Greek ancestry living in Argentina; has extremely abrasive personality on Twitter and Reddit and is considered an irony-poisoned bro)
* "How a Zionist Defamed Me, How 'Leftist' Creators Helped Her Do It, and Why It Will Happen Again" uploaded by BadEmpanada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWUt1OByfKc [2:17:20, EN] (Marxist-Leninist, member of Solidarity with Cuba, supports Vietnam [Laos is client-state of Vietnam] and Rojava, white Australian settler with Greek ancestry living in Argentina; has extremely abrasive personality on Twitter and Reddit and is considered an irony-poisoned bro)
* "The un-deodourised homophobia of Caleb Maupin deadender Haz" uploaded by Untitled Anarchist Seagull Channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IjceDpckU0 [51:34, EN]
* "When Chudlords Haz and Vaush face off, it's mutually assured destruction" uploaded by Untitled Anarchist Seagull Channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHnWdR5PD84 [1:08:52, EN]
* "Why White Leftist and Debate Bros are our biggest Hindrance" uploaded by soulbunni https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGFo\_lCOYIk [12:02, EN]
* "Debunking Jangles ScienceLad's fluff PR piece about the debate scene" uploaded by nekogirl5781 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-jOpq-bpQY [1:40:22, EN]
* "nocommentchick caught framing her mods on hot mic" uploaded by nekogirl5781 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdBKAaZie1U [9:12, EN]
* "Socialism Done Left/SocDoneLeft Is a Huge Racist & Wants You To Forget It" uploaded by BadEmpanada 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz05UrKGPiY [7:24, EN] (Marxist-Leninist, member of Solidarity with Cuba, supports Vietnam [Laos is client-state of Vietnam] and Rojava, white Australian settler with Greek ancestry living in Argentina; has extremely abrasive personality on Twitter and Reddit and is considered as an irony-poisoned bro)

### **Websites**

* "DiscordLeaks" https://discordleaks.unicornriot.ninja/discord/ [EN]
* "Project Whispers" https://whispers.ddosecrets.com/ [EN]

### **Archived**

#### **Explainers**

* https://archive.ph/CtpqC [EN] - history of far-right weaponizing "free speech" to gain access
* https://archive.is/ikfB2 [EN] - why live debates with fascists on Twitch don't work
* https://archive.is/Svsk1 [EN] - Vaush's history of platforming fascists
* https://archive.is/pGXvf [EN] - why Vaush debating fascists is bad
* https://archive.ph/Ccx5I [EN] - why Vaush deserves to be cancelled
* https://archive.ph/k4K2D [EN] - how Vaush's community harms online discourses
* https://archive.ph/YpaoD [EN] - why anti-fascists don't consider Vaush as an ally
* https://archive.is/C1Mrl [EN] - how YouTube will become the new battleground for ideas
* https://archive.is/Iv254 [EN] - why it's not a good thing far-right extremists are picking up leftist vocabulary from debate streams
* https://archive.is/jKMSP [EN] - why debates are a two-way street
* https://archive.is/GyRks [EN], https://archive.ph/NFnZq [EN] - blowing the whistle on enabling a sexual abuser into debate spaces
* https://archive.is/FM2b1 [EN] - how former Marcyist Caleb Maupin lost credibility with NYC left by feeding anti-fascists false information about the debate with Augustus Sol Invictus

#### **Platforming**

* https://archive.is/pAX0f [EN], https://archive.is/CSW5R [EN] - The Serfs debates predatory neo-Nazi Jean-Francois Gariépy [JF or JFG] who has a history of abusing disabled teenagers and was largely forgotten
* https://archive.is/VrMa8 [EN] - Dylan Burns moderates the debate between predator Jean-Francois Gariépy [JF or JFG], who has a history of abusing disabled teenagers, and Vaush (now cancelled due to someone calling Dylan Burns's workplace)
* https://archive.is/aSIvD [EN], https://archive.is/Fdce2 [EN], https://archive.is/sehLD [EN] - Brenton Lengel debates predatory neo-Nazi Jean-Francois Gariépy [JF or JFG] who has a history of abusing disabled teenagers and was largely forgotten
* https://archive.is/3SOu8 [EN] - Mouthy Infidel debates predatory neo-Nazi Jean-Francois Gariépy [JF or JFG] who has a history of abusing disabled teenagers and was largely forgotten
* https://archive.is/uXyem [EN], https://archive.is/FmoSc [EN] - Perspective Philosophy debates predatory neo-Nazi Jean-Francois Gariépy [JF or JFG] who has a history of abusing disabled teenagers and was largely forgotten
* https://archive.is/SriQB [EN] - Brenton Lengel hosts a post-debate conversation about predatory neo-Nazi Jean-Francois Gariépy [JF or JFG] who has a history of abusing disabled teenagers and was largely forgotten
* https://archive.is/U740H [EN], https://archive.is/l4110 [EN] - Brenton Lengel and former Marcyist Caleb Maupin have post-debate conversation about predatory neo-Nazi Jean-Francois Gariépy [JF or JFG] who has a history of abusing disabled teenagers and was largely forgotten
* https://archive.is/mm5Kt [EN] - Vaush debates predatory neo-Nazi Jean-Francois Gariépy [JF or JFG] who has a history of abusing disabled teenagers and was largely forgotten
* https://archive.is/trWCp [EN] - Vaush has a post-debate conversation about The Serfs's debate with predatory neo-Nazi Jean-Francois Gariépy [JF or JFG] who has a history of abusing disabled teenagers and was largely forgotten
* https://archive.is/N4D30 [EN], https://archive.is/Z0TwI [EN] - Socialism Done Left [SDL] debates predatory neo-Nazi Jean-Francois Gariépy [JF or JFG] who has a history of abusing disabled teenagers and was largely forgotten
* https://archive.is/eTJPU [EN], https://archive.is/fDFMf [EN] - The Serfs revives Canadian white nationalist Lauren Southern's dying career by debating her
* https://archive.ph/N8lJg [EN] - Dylan Burns moderates the debate between The Serfs and Canadian white nationalist Lauren Southern
* https://archive.is/40YJV [EN], https://archive.is/A6N4F [EN], https://archive.is/hJrJt [EN], https://archive.is/zhABt [EN] - former Marcyist Caleb Maupin debates Canadian white nationalist Stefan Molyneux
* https://archive.is/CAFXl [EN] - former Marcyist Caleb Maupin debates Third Positionist fascist Cultured Thug
* https://archive.is/foRUP [EN], https://archive.is/RcjA8 [EN], https://archive.is/ByoqJ [EN], https://archive.is/0NlOA [EN], https://archive.is/voLNh [EN], https://archive.is/9uSyI [EN] - Brenton Lengel and former Marcyist Caleb Maupin debates self-identified National Bolshevik [NazBol] Joseph Jordan (Eric Striker) and neo-Nazi Mike Peinovich (Mike Enoch)
* https://archive.is/zirxR [EN], https://archive.is/iIzHi [EN] - Vaush debates self-identified National Bolshevik [NazBol] Joseph Jordan (Eric Striker) and neo-Nazi James Allsup
* https://archive.ph/tR7wO [EN], https://archive.ph/QJEQJ [EN] - former Marcyist Caleb Maupin debates violent white nationalist Augustus Sol Invictus
* https://archive.is/TnfwL [EN] - Brenton Lengel debates former UKIP member Carl Benjamin (Sargon of Akkad)
* https://archive.is/vRJrq [EN] - Vaush debates debates former UKIP member Carl Benjamin (Sargon of Akkad)
* https://archive.is/93PHR [EN], https://archive.is/91IGU [EN], https://archive.is/oTWrS [EN], https://archive.is/veRnt [EN] - Brenton Lengel debates white supremacist National Anarchist Keith Preston
* https://archive.is/91IGU [EN], https://archive.is/oTWrS [EN] - Brenton Lengel debates white nationalist Todd Lewis
* https://archive.is/91IGU [EN], https://archive.is/oTWrS [EN] - Ben Burgis debates with white supremacist National Anarchist Keith Preston
* https://archive.is/91IGU [EN], https://archive.is/oTWrS [EN] - Ben Burgis debates with white nationalist Todd Lewis

### **Quotes**

* "Fascism is not to be debated, it is to be smashed" - Buenaventura Durruti