Gavin Miles McInnes (; born 17 July 1970) is a Canadian writer, podcaster, far-right commentator and founder of the Proud Boys. He is the host of Get Off My Lawn with Gavin McInnes on his website, Compound Censored. He co-founded Vice magazine in 1996 and relocated to the United States in 2001. In 2016 he founded the Proud Boys, an American far-right militant organization which was designated a terrorist group in Canada and New Zealand after he left the group. McInnes has been described as promoting violence against political opponents but has argued that he has only supported political violence in self-defense and that he is not far-right or a supporter of fascism, instead identifying as "a fiscal conservative and libertarian."
Born to Scottish parents in Hertfordshire, England, McInnes emigrated to Canada as a child. He graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa before moving to Montreal and co-founding Vice with Suroosh Alvi and Shane Smith. He relocated with Vice Media to New York City in 2001. During his time at Vice, McInnes was called a leading figure in the New York hipster subculture. He holds both Canadian and British citizenship and lives in Larchmont, New York.
In 2018, McInnes was fired from Blaze Media and was banned from Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram for violating terms of use related to promoting violent extremist groups and hate speech. In June 2020, McInnes's account was suspended from YouTube for violating YouTube's policies concerning hate speech by posting content that was "glorifying [and] inciting violence against another person or group of people."
Read more...The July 17, 1970 was a Friday under the star sign of ♋. It was the 197 day of the year. President of the United States was Richard M. Nixon.
If you were born on this day, you are 55 years old. Your last birthday was on the Thursday, July 17, 2025, 88 days ago. Your next birthday is on Friday, July 17, 2026, in 276 days. You have lived for 20,177 days, or about 484,267 hours, or about 29,056,046 minutes, or about 1,743,362,760 seconds.
Date: 18 July 1970
By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Lawrence GELDER
strike averted as mailers and papers reach agreement on new contract; Kheel and McDonald comment on agreement, terms of which are not made public and which Kheel says is based on his proposal
Date: 17 July 1970
By EMANUEL PERLMUTTER
Emanuel PERLMUTTER
negotiations continue past strike deadline after union agrees to study Kheel's compromise proposal; State Sup Ct agrees to postpone hearings on injunctions
Date: 18 July 1970
By IVER PETERS0N Special to The New York Times
Tour of S Vietnamese positions along border reveals striking similarities between S Vietnamese role in Cambodia and US role in S Vietnam immediately after '65 buildup; S Vietnamese troops, put at about 18,000, concentrate on search-and-destroy sweeps through countryside and on keeping major rds and canals open; relations with Cambodians appear to be good; S Vietnamese Army imposes its own controls on visits by foreign newsmen, institutes careful bureaucratic procedures to keep tabs on them; S Vietnamese group illus
Date: 18 July 1970
Radio commentator P Harvey says Vice Pres Agnew has agreed to take his job for 1 day in partial fulfillment of Agnew ambition to become commentator or columnist
Date: 17 July 1970
By ELIZABETH M. FOWLER
Date: 18 July 1970
By ELIZABETH M. FOWLER
El-Tronics sues V Muscat, E Krock and R Scholtz for $6-million in compensatory and punitive damages
Date: 17 July 1970
By JOHN J. ABELE
John ABELE
NYSE trading vol 12.20-million shares
Date: 18 July 1970
By JOHN J. ABELE
John ABELE
Date: 17 July 1970
By WARREN WEAVER Jr. Special to The New York Times
Warren WEAVER
HR com approves bill to place ceiling on TV-radio spending by candidates for Pres, Vice Pres, Cong, Gov and Lt Gov; primaries are also covered; Pres candidates would be ltd to $5.1-million; other candidates would be ltd to $20,000 or 7 cents for each vote cast for office involved in last election, whichever is higher; primary spending would be ltd to 1/2 figure computed for gen elections