EXCLUSIVE: Media ignores far-left fight club embracing political violence
While legacy outlets warn of right-wing “active clubs,” a Toronto-based far-left militant collective embraces "proactive" violence with no scrutiny.
A far-left fight club operating in Toronto is promoting proactive confrontation and training for political violence, drawing no blowback from Canada’s legacy media.
The self-titled Proletarian Fighting Arts Collective based in Toronto, combines mixed martial arts training with what it describes as “political education, organizing” for “community defence” and “collective power,” rather than operating purely as a gym.
Melanie Bennet@MelanieBennet_
Canada has far left fight clubs. Why won't the media report on them?
Melanie Bennet @MelanieBennet_
1/ Did you know Canada has far-left fight clubs telling members to attack first?
In Scarborough, a group called the Proletarian Fighting Arts Collective is training people in martial arts and propaganda.
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The group is connected to a network of far-left organizations, including the East Scarborough Tenants Union and several pro-Palestinian groups such as Palestinian Youth Movement, Just Peace Advocates, and the Canadian Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions coalition.
