Showing posts with label mark hecht. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mark hecht. Show all posts

Tuesday, 28 January 2020

Mark Hecht writes on Threats to Freedom of Expression


Followers of my blogger might recall I reported on Mark Hecht last year...

Mark Hecht was invited to speak at UBC's Students for Freedom of Expression last year along with Ricardo Duchesne ..  an angry and violent mob of event protestors attended outside and made the entry of many attendees difficult... reporting at CEC on last year's event in October in Vancouver..
https://www.eurocanadian.ca/2019/10/ubc-sfe-interviews-mark-hecht-and-ricardo-duchesne.html#disqus_thread


In 2020, Mark writes:

TOP 10 THREATS TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN 2020


http://www.markhecht.com/threats-to-freedom-of-expression/#comments


Friday, 3 January 2020

VoruporVideoYeah - Mark Hecht, in Denmark, Social Trust



Follow Mark Hecht's website at http://markhecht.com

Mark spoke with Ricardo Duchesne at UBC last year - they both took part in a campus event that was heavily protested by "antifa" agitators... hosted by "UBC Students for Freedom of Expression" .. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXth9UMI2ac

Sunday, 27 October 2019

Academic Freedom to Discuss the Impact of Immigrant Diversity upon Canada



Here is the video of our presentation with Dr. Ricardo Duchesne and Mark Hecht. This was the event that drew targeted violent protest by militant groups outside of campus allying with the so called "Students Against Bigotry" (more like the "Bigots Against Studentry"). If you heard about the violent riot that ensued be sure to check out the presentation yourself and determine whether this event and these speakers warrant the violent borderline terrorist response that preceded it.
Ricardo Duchesne and Mark Hecht gave their opinions about Canada's current immigration situation as well as how immigration has been approached historically in other states. Regardless of their positions it doesn't seem at all appropriate to engage them with the level of vitriol that has permeated a lot of modern discourse.
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Mark Hecht's website:
http://www.markhecht.com/speech-given-at-the-ubc-students-for-freedom-of-expression-event-oct-9-2019/

Duchesne's website & his three books in my collection
[perhaps copies could be ordered locally at Tidewater Books?]
http://eurocanadian.ca
Canada in Decay continues to be a best-seller
- find out why..
https://www.blackhousepublishing.com/bookshop/canada-in-decay/


Saturday, 19 October 2019

Antifa at UBC blocks entry to Ricardo Duchesne and Mark Hecht talk



with thanks to Brian Ruhe, indie media Westcoast for the video coverage...
event hosted by UBC SFE, sponsors safs.ca and jccf.ca


Why is Ricardo Duchesne so controversial?  Because he is a whistleblower in Canada who has told the truth about academia, politicians, big business and social engineers in our society... 'diversity builders' do not like Duchesne's work.. he is an obstacle to their progress.  http://eurocanadian.ca Council of European Canadians... please read the mission statement at the website.. thanks.
Still a best seller...
https://www.blackhousepublishing.com/bookshop/canada-in-decay/

Many academics are uncomfortable with discussing this topic in general including Emma J. Cunliffe from Australia:


Or, if you wish, you may look to President Toope's 2009 remarks on the relationship between academic freedom and attacks upon a person's subject identity. Those remarks are endorsed by President Ono here: president.ubc.ca/featured/2017/
1:19 AM · Jun 12, 2019Twitter Web Client


Monday, 14 October 2019

UBC Students for Freedom of Expression Met With Violent Protestors - Duchesne/Hecht

Brian Ruhe video covering what the " zoo like mob of protestors " were like at the the scene on campus outside the recent UBC event with Ricardo Duchesne & Mark Hecht hosted by UBC Students for Freedom of Expression .. October 9th ..
https://www.bitchute.com/video/yt3WEhy2RuJf/ <<<<----- watch at this link.

A protestor yelling out the wrong name of the speaker was confusing... so has he even read anything Ricardo Duchesne has written?

Duchesne's website:  http://eurocanadian.ca
Hecht's website:  http://markhecht.com

with thanks to Nicholas Kosovic for organizing and the safs.ca/jccf.ca sponsoring.
UBC SFE Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UBCSFE/



Friday, 11 October 2019

ANTIFA terrorists attack Canadian Professors Event in Vancouver



Mark Hecht & Ricardo Duchesne's event at UBC met with some protestors...
UBC Students for Freedom of Expression https://www.facebook.com/UBCSFE/
Freedom has always been worth fighting for....


UBC - SFE & SAFS - JCCF.ca - Duchesne/Hecht Event October 9th @ UBC


SAFS.ca - Society for Academic Freedom & Scholarship - Facebook https://www.facebook.com/safs.ca/ .. kudos to Mark Mercer for keeping the culture of free speech alive and a priority in Canada.. next event...




JCCF.ca - Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms -
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/justicecentre/

November 14 is the deadline for our 2019 Essay Contest and is open to students enrolled at a Canadian post-secondary institution. This year’s essay question is ‘Should universities police student behaviour at private events?’: https://www.jccf.ca/essaycontest/

Sponsoring events across Canada including UBC Students for Freedom of Expression event with scholars Ricardo Duchesne and Mark Hecht last night.


Nicholas Kosovic's group UBC Students for Freedom of Expression are leading the way with event such as this in Canada .. earlier this year they hosted Megan Murphy - a controversial activist and speaker [that video is one of the popular posts on this blogger] and the reality is that students must be on the forefront in university - their professors and administrators are not the ones who will do it:



UBC SFE https://www.facebook.com/UBCSFE/
"Last night we hosted Instructor Mark Hecht and Dr. Ricardo Duchesne to give a talk about immigration at the University of British Columbia . We knew that another student group, which disapproved of the subject matter and the speakers, planned to have a protest against the school allowing those whom they deem intolerable to speak on campus, but we did not expect this. Protests can be reasonable, and have been many times in the past.
The UBC Students Against Bigotry, seeing that the UBC Administration would not cancel the event, took the matter into their own hands. What resulted was a violent riot that put everyone's safety at risk.
As a group that aims to investigate and challenge controversial ideas in a hyperpolarized political atmosphere, we need to address what SAB is doing to make it worse. Many of the individuals who commited to disputing our speaker's ideas were intimidated at the door. It seems outrageous that visible minorities who were brave enough to speak up were called "bigots" and "Nazis" when attempting to enter the building. Some never made it into the room because of this.
People who simply worked or studied in the building were subject to harassment by a crowd of black masked thugs. Having no relation to the event itself, they too were subjected to this madness.
The Students Against Bigotry claim they are a non militant group, and yet they invited Antifa organizations and joined into a violent demonstration. This is an enormous safety concern. It was abundantly clear that they came to intimidate not only people with whom they disagreed, but anyone wanting to have a dialogue. This is an unprecedented mindlessness to have come to our campus.
We will work with the school to mitigate violent behavior masquerading as peaceful protest and provide a hospitable environment for the members of our community.
We need to show that we can talk to each other without the need for a riot.
More information on the event to be released soon."


"RCMP were called in as tensions rose outside a controversial event at the University of British Columbia Wednesday night. 
The event organized by student-led group Students for Freedom of Expression invited two controversial speakers to attend. One of them was Mark Hecht, who wrote a highly-criticized anti-immigrant op-ed for the Vancouver Sun last month. The other speaker was Ricardo Duchesne, who has been critical of multiculturalism and Canada's immigration policies. But the event was met by dozens of protesters, upset over the university's decision to give a platform to what they say is far-right hate speech."  https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ubc-controversial-event-clash-1.5316440

Tweeting from the UBC Students for Freedom of Expression's event entitled Academic Freedom to Discuss Immigration featuring Drs. Duchesne and Hecht.

Protesters outside are pushing, blocking, & shoving attendees. Only way to enter is to be shoved in with help from security.