The Diagolon logo initially created by Jeremy MacKenzie. Source: Telegram
Over approximately four years, Diagolon has grown from a small collective of live streamers and their audiences to a large interconnected network holding in-person meetups and a cross-country tour. They have attracted the attention of law enforcement and security services, and have been discussed in national news stories.
The views expressed by Diagolon borrow from conspiracy theories ubiquitous among the far-right: the great replacement theory, global plots orchestrated by Jewish cabals, accusations of widespread pedophilia by 2SLGBTQ+ people. All of it is packaged with Canadian nationalism.
Diagolon community leaders endorse and network with established militant white nationalist organizations. This has culminated in the leaders forming a new, more selective organization that, unlike Diagolon, has formal membership requirements. They are calling this group “Second Sons Canada.”
This report will discuss Diagolon’s origins, activities, and structure up until 2025 to provide insight into how this decentralized far-right movement within Canada has grown and spread.
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In crowded meeting halls, people passed through bag searches, a metal detecting wand, and other trappings of security theatre to see the first live tour of Jeremy MacKenzie, Derek Harrison, Alex Vriend and Morgan Guptill. Virtually unknown outside of Canada, the four make up some of the most influential members of Diagolon.
Beginning as a collective of like-minded far-right podcasters and content creators, the fandom around these figures has grown into a community driven by conspiracy theory, with participants across the country. Identified as ideologically motivated violent extremists by Canadian law enforcement and intelligence agencies, Diagolon is one of the largest and most active white nationalist networks in Canada.
Unlike more traditional models of far-right organizations, there is no formal method of joining Diagolon—no official membership or vetting process. This means that the audience for Diagolon’s content is diverse among age and geography. Not every Diagolon supporter espouses racism, antisemitism or calls for violence against immigrants. However, the recent content from many members of the community has become so bellicose in its racism and ultra-nationalism that to consume Diagolon material is to undeniably consume militant white nationalist material.
“War is coming, act accordingly,” MacKenzie wrote on the application Telegram. In the same post, he referred to the Government of Canada as “a terrorist organization promoting violence on peaceful protestors and funding a violent communist revolution.”
He added, “We cannot coexist, so someone has to go.”
Non-European descendant individuals, even those who support the community, are viewed as invaders in Canada. The solution for Diagolon’s followers is simple: “mass deportation now.”
Racism, especially Islamophobia and antisemitism, has always been present in this network’s content and discourse. Some of the network’s earliest content includes calls to stop Muslim immigration to Canada, fearing a coming “civil war,” and conspiracy theories about the orchestrated erasure of white people. Some Diagolon community members promote and support neo-Nazi activists in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and directly collaborate with these groups.
In recent months, Diagolon’s leaders have created Second Sons Canada, a new organization with membership requirements.
In a new report by the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, we examine the origins, activity, and future of Diagolon, Canada’s homegrown white nationalist network.