Norwegian Cruise Line cancel The Rebel Cruise – HOPE not hate

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  • Norwegian Cruise Line cancel The Rebel Cruise – HOPE not hate
    http://hopenothate.org.uk/2017/08/17/update-norwegian-cruise-line-cancel-rebel-cruise

    Following HOPE not hate’s campaign, Norwegian Cruise Line have contacted us to say that they have decided to cancel Rebel Media’s booking.

    They released the following statement:

    “We recently became aware that one of several affinity groups that booked space on an upcoming sailing was associated with and espoused views that are inconsistent with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings core values.
    The company has therefore exercised its right to cancel this group’s reservation and provide a full refund. As a matter of policy, the company neither discusses nor discloses the identities of our individual guests or groups.”

    Norwegian Cruise Line’s decision is most welcome and they are to be congratulated for taking this stand against racism, sexism, homophobia and hatred of all kind.

    In the current climate, this is a valuable example that companies have the choice to act responsibly and to refuse to allow their platforms to be vehicles for the normalization and mainstreaming of bigotry.

    HOPE not hate will continue its fight against Rebel Media and anyone who shares their politics of prejudice.

    Read our original blog on The Rebel Cruise below.
    “When they go low, go lower. Mace them back, throw bricks at their head. Let’s destroy them.”

    These are the words of the headline speaker on the upcoming ‘Rebel Cruise’, taking place on a ship owned by one of the world’s largest cruise holiday companies.

    Last week, Rebel Media, the Canadian based far-right ‘alternative media’ platform announced a Caribbean cruise setting off from Miami in November. The week-long trip, taking in Honduras, Belize, and Mexico costs as much as $2,075 for a room with a balcony.

    The Rebel Cruise will take place on the Norwegian Getaway, a ship owned and operated by Norwegian Cruise Line, who describe themselves as having “a 50-year history of breaking the boundaries of traditional cruising”.

    HOPE not hate contacted the company last week to raise our concerns about them allowing Rebel Media to use one of their ships but they have, as yet, refused to act.
    Who is Rebel Media?

    Rebel Media is a Canadian alternative media organisation founded by “counter-jihad” activist Ezra Levant and Brian Lilley in February 2015, and boasts several of the alt-light’s (the part of the alt-right concerned with culture more than race) most recognisable figures as contributors.

    HOPE not hate have written regularly about Rebel Media, including its UK branch which now employs the prominent Islamophobic activist with a long track record of violence and convictions, Stephen Lennon (aka Tommy Robinson). In fact, it is for Rebel Media that Lennon has made the extremely controversial ‘TrollWatch’ series, which involves him storming the offices of newspapers and turning up at the homes of political opponents.

    However, Lennon’s ban from America means he won’t be joining the Rebel Cruise alongside Rebel Media’s most controversial host, Gavin McInnes.

    Links to Charlottesville

    The headline speaker on the Rebel Cruise is Gavin McInnes, known for his extreme online content and as the leader of the alt-right linked “Proud Boys”, set up in 2016 as a fraternal, “Western chauvinist” organisation.

    According to Newsweek Jason Kessler, the organiser of the Unite The Right Charlottesville demonstration, is a “newly sworn in member of the ‘Proud Boys’”.

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