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Protesters decried Bannon's racist and xenophobic views outside the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Hong Kong on Tuesday. (Photo: @TheBFRoom/Twitter)
'Nazis Not Welcome': Steve Bannon Greeted by Angry Protests in Hong Kong
Amid demonstrations, former Trump advisor's speech is closed to the media
Sep 12, 2017
A crowd of anti-racism protesters greeted former Trump strategist Steve Bannon Tuesday when he arrived at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Hong Kong to speak at an investors' forum. The demonstrators carried signs and chanted, "Nazis are not welcome here!" and "No Bannon, no racism!"
Following his tenure on the Trump campaign and at the White House, Bannon is the executive chairman of Breitbart News, the far-right website that he has called "the platform for the alt-right." Bannon led the website before working for President Donald Trump as well.
Bannon oversaw the website when it included a section of articles titled "Black Crime" and published an article heralding white supremacists including Richard Spencer, an organizer of last month's deadly neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. He has openly admired other racist and xenophobic works including the French anti-immigration novel The Camp of the Saints, and has denounced the left's attention to "identity politics" focused on acknowledging the disparate struggles of minorities--while promoting a xenophobic and white nationalist worldview that has now found a comfortable home in the Republican Party.
Bannon's extremist views are said to have influenced the nationalistic tone of Trump's 2016 campaign and his executive order banning travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S.
CLSA, the state-backed financial institution that hosted the forum, announced this week that Bannon's speech would be closed to media, reversing an earlier decision. As of Tuesday, Bannon's name was also not included in the online schedule of events for the forum.
In addition to the protesters, journalists and critics denounced the inclusion of Bannon's talk at the forum, and the last-minute secrecy surrounding his appearance.
Alt-Right/Nazi Steve Bannon speech leaflet at CLSA Investors Forum in Hong Kong.
Why did CLSA just provide a platform for an actual Nazi?! pic.twitter.com/Sz4GRWwu0t
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A crowd of anti-racism protesters greeted former Trump strategist Steve Bannon Tuesday when he arrived at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Hong Kong to speak at an investors' forum. The demonstrators carried signs and chanted, "Nazis are not welcome here!" and "No Bannon, no racism!"
Following his tenure on the Trump campaign and at the White House, Bannon is the executive chairman of Breitbart News, the far-right website that he has called "the platform for the alt-right." Bannon led the website before working for President Donald Trump as well.
Bannon oversaw the website when it included a section of articles titled "Black Crime" and published an article heralding white supremacists including Richard Spencer, an organizer of last month's deadly neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. He has openly admired other racist and xenophobic works including the French anti-immigration novel The Camp of the Saints, and has denounced the left's attention to "identity politics" focused on acknowledging the disparate struggles of minorities--while promoting a xenophobic and white nationalist worldview that has now found a comfortable home in the Republican Party.
Bannon's extremist views are said to have influenced the nationalistic tone of Trump's 2016 campaign and his executive order banning travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S.
CLSA, the state-backed financial institution that hosted the forum, announced this week that Bannon's speech would be closed to media, reversing an earlier decision. As of Tuesday, Bannon's name was also not included in the online schedule of events for the forum.
In addition to the protesters, journalists and critics denounced the inclusion of Bannon's talk at the forum, and the last-minute secrecy surrounding his appearance.
Alt-Right/Nazi Steve Bannon speech leaflet at CLSA Investors Forum in Hong Kong.
Why did CLSA just provide a platform for an actual Nazi?! pic.twitter.com/Sz4GRWwu0t
A crowd of anti-racism protesters greeted former Trump strategist Steve Bannon Tuesday when he arrived at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Hong Kong to speak at an investors' forum. The demonstrators carried signs and chanted, "Nazis are not welcome here!" and "No Bannon, no racism!"
Following his tenure on the Trump campaign and at the White House, Bannon is the executive chairman of Breitbart News, the far-right website that he has called "the platform for the alt-right." Bannon led the website before working for President Donald Trump as well.
Bannon oversaw the website when it included a section of articles titled "Black Crime" and published an article heralding white supremacists including Richard Spencer, an organizer of last month's deadly neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. He has openly admired other racist and xenophobic works including the French anti-immigration novel The Camp of the Saints, and has denounced the left's attention to "identity politics" focused on acknowledging the disparate struggles of minorities--while promoting a xenophobic and white nationalist worldview that has now found a comfortable home in the Republican Party.
Bannon's extremist views are said to have influenced the nationalistic tone of Trump's 2016 campaign and his executive order banning travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S.
CLSA, the state-backed financial institution that hosted the forum, announced this week that Bannon's speech would be closed to media, reversing an earlier decision. As of Tuesday, Bannon's name was also not included in the online schedule of events for the forum.
In addition to the protesters, journalists and critics denounced the inclusion of Bannon's talk at the forum, and the last-minute secrecy surrounding his appearance.
Alt-Right/Nazi Steve Bannon speech leaflet at CLSA Investors Forum in Hong Kong.
Why did CLSA just provide a platform for an actual Nazi?! pic.twitter.com/Sz4GRWwu0t
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