CNN, “Emails: Breitbart editor pledges to do ‘dirty work’ for Bannon, smears Ivanka”
This is not the first time the anonymous email prankster, who tweets under the name @SINON_REBORN and describes himself as a “lazy anarchist,” has pulled a stunt like this. In July, the person fooled top White House officials into thinking he was other officials, causing a stir in the West Wing. At the time, press […]
Brit+Co, “White Supremacist vs. White Nationalist: A Quick Explanation of the Key Figures and Groups Flooding Your Newsfeed”
Antifa: Antifa is short for anti-fascists. They are a group predominantly comprised of communists, socialists, and anarchists focused on halting the advancement of white supremacy, but basically, anybody who is anti-fascist is technically antifa. The group is controversial because its political ideals reach further to the left of what liberals stand by, and people who self-identify as […]
Los Angeles Times, “Far-right activist faces criminal charges in Berkeley violence caught on video”
Court files show felony charges have been filed against two others related to the demonstrations. Eric Clanton, 28, is charged with four counts of assault with a deadly weapon. Clanton, a former community college professor affiliated with the anarchist movement, has been arraigned on charges of hitting multiple people on the head with a bicycle […]
Politico, “How Militias Became the Private Police for White Supremacists”
Already, we’ve seen Portland’s local GOP party push Oath Keepers as private security for events—a result of the threats, Multnomah County Republican Party chief James Buchal has said, emanating from the anarchist, antifa elements targeting the city. A legislative aide to a Republican State Representative in Oregon recently served jail-time for loaning a gun to […]
ABC 7 San Francisco, “San Francisco leaders oppose right-wing rally permitted for Crissy Fields”
Based in Portland, Oregon, Patriot Prayer is an “alt-right” group specializing “in rallies aimed at provoking far-left and anarchist groups,” according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups. Violence has been documented at other events organized by the group. Continue Reading
MTV News, “A UVA Student Organizer Recounts His 24 Hours Of Counter-Protest In Charlottesville”
When it comes to Charlottesville, I know that I’m, at least, going to be following the lead of local groups who have been working quietly (and not necessarily in the media spotlight) for years to dismantle white supremacy in our town — like Black Lives Matter, the Charlottesville coalition of Showing Up for Racial Justice […]
New York Post, “Liberal take: Left Hurting Itself with Rising Violence”
Peter Beinart at The Atlantic poses a question “that is likely to bedevil progressives for years”: If you believe President Trump “is leading a racist, fascist movement . . . how far are you willing to go to stop it?” To the “largely anarchist” activists of antifa, the answer is increasing physical confrontation and violence. […]
The Mercury News, “NRA finds its new villain”
Or did it? At the Conservative Political Action Conference in February, NRA head Wayne LaPierre gave a remarkable speech during which he offered up a vast, loosely aggregated opposition that was the new threat for gun owners to fear: “leftists,” anarchists, criminals and, of course, “national media machine.” Continue Reading
Al Jazeera, “US authorities handle white supremacists with kid gloves while branding Antifa protesters ‘domestic terrorists'”
On June 12, 2017, New Jersey’s Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness (OHSP) added a new name to its list of “domestic terrorist” threats: Antifa. The report characterises “Antifa” as a group of “anarchist extremists” who “focus on issues involving racism, sexism, and anti-Semitism, as well as other perceived injustices,” a half-baked definition, while technically accurate, is […]
Gothamist, “No Jail Time For Skinhead Who Beat Columbia Students On LES”
Antifa, the loose-knit anarchist movement devoted to exposing and opposing those it deems fascists, has forcibly shut down speeches by right-wing figures and staged street fights with hard-right extremists in New York and elsewhere as Donald Trump’s campaign gained momentum and turned into a presidency. Right-wing skinheads and their left-wing counterparts have been mixing it […]