Shane Burley: A History of Violence
Behind every lone wolf there’s a wolf pack. James Alex Fields is a murderer. They are all murderers. For jury deliberation to finish in six hours there had to be consensus from the start. James Alex Fields had become the object of universal public hatred when he drove his Dodge Challenger into a crowd of […]
Kim Kelly: The grunt work of antifascism
In the months leading up to the Unite the Right 2 rally in Washington, D.C., my anti-fascist group spent untold hours preparing for the worst. Given that several of us had barely survived the neo-Nazi event’s first incarnation in Charlottesville, VA, the year prior, we expected to have to deal with violence from the rally […]
The Guardian, “How the world has fought back against the violent far-right and started winning”
Over the course of the current decade, every passing year seemed to indicate a far right movement which was growing in numbers, cultural reach, political influence, and in its preparedness for violence. But 2018 was the year in which a broad, people-powered movement – or more accurately a movement of movements – showed how effectively […]
The Washington Post, “Self-professed neo-Nazi James A. Fields Jr. convicted of first-degree murder in car-ramming that killed one, injured dozens”
An avowed supporter of neo-Nazi beliefs who took part in the violent and chaotic white supremacist “Unite the Right” rally in this city last year was found guilty Friday of first-degree murder for killing a woman by ramming his car through a crowd of counterprotesters. A jury of seven women and five men began deliberating Friday […]
The Daily Beast, “James Fields Found Guilty of Murdering Anti-Racism Protester Heather Heyer in Charlottesville”
James Alex Fields Jr., the white nationalist accused of deliberately plowing his car into a crowd of counter-protesters during the 2017 Charlottesville white-nationalist rally, was found guilty on Friday of murdering one of those counter-protesters. Fields, 21, an Ohio native, was charged with first-degree murder last year following the hit-and-run attack, which killed 32-year-old Heather […]
BuzzFeed News, “Charlottesville Residents Created Their Own Niche Media In Reaction To The Unite The Right Violence. Now They’re Covering The Aftermath.”
A year and a half ago, “Charlottesville” became shorthand for racist violence in the national press. Now, as James Fields Jr. stands trial for killing a white supremacist counterprotester with his car last year during the Unite the Right rally, some of Charlottesville’s residents have created their own guerilla media, live-tweeting government meetings, tracking court […]
On Antifa and the Media — a Response to the Washington Post
In an August 14 Washington Post story, antagonistically titled: “Antifa protesters couldn’t find any fascists at Unite the Right — and harassed the press instead”, Avi Selk incorrectly states that anti-fascists “crash far-right demonstrations to brawl.” We must ask, what kind of worldview informs someone’s choice to make a statement like this? Plain and simple: […]
The Nation, “The Dangers of Shunning ‘Bad’ Protesters”
Last weekend, leftists and liberals came out in force for the first anniversary of the deadly white-supremacist “Unite the Right” rally, marching, rallying, and protesting in the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia, and Washington, DC. In DC, where white nationalist Jason Kessler organized a laughable crowd of just a couple dozen far-right racists, several leftist contingents […]
Washington City Paper, “Counter-protesters, Clergy, and City Officials Prepare for White Nationalist Rally in D.C.”
One year after white nationalists and white supremacists, including members of the neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan, descended on Charlottesville, Virginia, organizer Jason Kessler is planning for a follow-up rally in D.C. at Lafayette Square near the White House this weekend. His “Unite the Right Rally” last year resulted in the death of counter-protester […]
Battle of the Streets: How Anarchists and Anti-Fascists are Winning the Struggle with the Alt-Right
THIS ARTICLE IS ADAPTED AND ABRIDGED FROM A LONGER ACCOUNT BY CRIMETHINC. The alt-right—for the time being—is on the run. The convergence of fascist and white supremacist tendencies under a rebranded far-right umbrella that commanded so much attention during the 2016 presidential campaign and much of the first year of the Trump presidency has been […]