A federal court has levied a $2.75 million judgment against Patriot Front, the prominent, violent white-nationalist extremist organization, and its leader Thomas Rousseau. The judgment, levied Monday in federal district court in Massachusetts, stems from an unpermitted “flash” mob of masked Patriot Front toughs, led by Rousseau, in Boston during …
Read More »This Kanye-Obsessed GOP Candidate Wants to 'Exile' Jews
The Republican Party doesn’t seem to have much of a problem with Nazis these days. NBC News recently reported on how they “openly mingled” at last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference. The report was alarming, but not surprising. The event’s keynote speaker and the party’s standard-bearer, Donald Trump, has a …
Read More »Substack Loses Major Newsletter Platformer Over Nazi Content
A top newsletter at Substack is leaving the platform amid controversy over the company’s policies surroundingpro-Nazicontent. Platformer founder Casey Newton made the announcement on Thursday, writing that the publication “can no longer stay in good conscience.” The decision follows weeks of controversy over the issue. In December, Jonathan M. Katz …
Read More »Substack to Remove Some Nazi Newsletters After Being Called Out
Substack said that it will remove some publications that support Nazis from its services after backlash over the company’s initial refusal to remove accounts that endorse Nazi ideology, Platformer reports. The company was adamant that the decision was not a reversal of it previous comments, per Platformer, but a reconsideration …
Read More »He Parties With Neo-Confederates, Trashes MLK, and Leads the 'Constitutional Sheriffs'
Sam Bushman wears many hats. All of them scream extremist. Bushman is the new CEO of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association — a far-right group, with far-reaching influence, that preaches that the nation’s sheriffs have authority to judge the constitutionality of laws, and to block enforcement of any …
Read More »GOP Mayoral Candidate Says She Won't 'Discriminate' Against White Supremacists
The city of Franklin, Tennessee, has exploded into a political firestorm in the wake of an alliance between conservative mayoral candidate Gabrielle Hanson and a white supremacist “Active Club.” Last week, Hanson arrived at a candidate forum with members of the Tennessee Active Club acting as her escort. Rolling Stone …
Read More »'Victory or Death': Inside the Dark Activism of White Lives Matter
He was charged with attempting to firebomb a liberal church in Chesterland, Ohio. According to court documents, Aimenn Penny was a member of White Lives Matter, Ohio — and the church was preparing to host a pair of drag events. Even before his March arrest for tossing Molotov cocktails at …
Read More »This 'Violence-Ready' Militia Is Hiding in Plain Sight
There’s a new power player on America’s extremist scene. White nationalist “Active Clubs” are growing explosively, and filling a void created by the prosecutions that decimated the leadership of Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys. “The Active Clubs are who the Proud Boys thought they were,” says Jon Lewis, a …
Read More »This Activewear Brand Wants to Be Lululemon for Fascists
Conservatives opposed to shopping at “woke” corporations have launched their own lines of pillows, piss beer, and mobile phone service. Now, unabashed white supremacists are setting up shop in this so-called parallel economy. Consider the fascist fashion house Will2Rise. Will2Rise makes sports gear for white nationalists — including muscle-tees, track …
Read More »They're Hunting Nazis. New England Is a Target-Rich Environment
Vulnerable communities in New England are increasingly under threat by a violent, neo-Nazi gang with “revolutionary” delusions of transforming the region into a white ethnostate. The actions, tactics, and command structure of the hate group NSC-131 are the focus of an exhaustive new investigation by the anti-fascist research organization Task …
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