What is the Woke Right? Does it exist to begin with? Who, from the modern right wing movement in American Politics represents the Woke Right? And how is the Woke Right impacting the Libertarian, Conservative, and MAGA movements of the broader American right wing? These questions and more will be discussed at length during our 3rd Virtual Young Voices Debate on the 1st of August.
The resolution: Does the woke right exist and is it a threat to liberty?
Young Voices Contributor Aaron Pomerantz will be taking the proposition and Libertarian content creator Liam McCollum will be taking the opposition.
Friday, August 1st, 2025
7:30PM - 9:30PM (EST)
Meet the Debaters:
Aaron Pomerantz - Proposition
Dr. Aaron Pomerantz is a social psychologist and researcher. His work examines the cultural and ideological forces that lead us to support harmful attitudes and behaviors towards ourselves and others. Dr. Pomerantz’s work has appeared, among other places, in Current Psychology, Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, and Self and Identity. He was formerly a Middle East History and Peace fellow with Young Voices, and currently serves as Assistant Director of Research and Evaluation at the Doerr Institute at Rice University.
Liam McCollum - Opposition
Liam McCollum is a student at the University of Montana’s School of Law. He is interested in foreign policy, faith and liberty, and monetary policy. He is a current Mises Apprentice, and was previously a Hazlitt Apprentice at the Foundation for Economic Education. He is also involved in the Montana Libertarian Party, the Libertarian Party Mises Caucus, and he hosts his own podcast, The Liam McCollum Show.
The Oxford-style debate will be moderated by the Director of Young Voices Debates, Hekmat Matthew Aboukhater.
