Category: Racism & Far-Right
Neo-Nazi Splinter Group’s Chats Show A Fractured, Violent Movement
Sale Creek, TN – Following the disastrous Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville in August 2017, the white supremacist movement in the United States fractured into various smaller groups. One of the groups, the National Socialist Legion (NSL), has emerged more recently, founded by former…
“Weed Nazi” Stumbles in Effort to Unmask Antifascist Activists
San Francisco, CA – Oral arguments began Friday morning in San Francisco Superior Court where “weed Nazi”, Bethany Sherman, is seeking to unmask anonymous antifascist researchers for publishing articles outing her as a neo-Nazi. Sherman had been the CEO of OG Analytical, a legal cannabis…
Gab Users Coordinate Hate in Private Chat Server
The Internet – Gab is a popular alt-right social media website used by Robert Bowers, who posted to the platform shortly before going on a shooting spree and killing 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, PA on Saturday, October 27, 2018.…
‘Weed Nazi’ Bethany Sherman Sues Antifa For Defamation
Eugene, OR – A new defamation lawsuit seems to be the last hope of redemption for Bethany Sherman, a 36-year-old woman who recently lost her head position at a marijuana company after she and her husband were exposed as participants in neo-Nazi groups. Sherman had…
Amtrak Hijacker Participated In Neo-Nazi Chats with Charlottesville Organizers
Lincoln, NE – 26-year-old neo-Nazi Taylor Wilson was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison last week for his attempted armed attack on an Amtrak train last year. Now, newly discovered materials, including leaked Discord chats from the now-defunct Traditionalist Worker Party, show that Wilson…
Feds Arrest 4 Neo-Nazis Over Charlottesville Violence
Charlottesville, VA – Today federal authorities announced the arrests of four California men on charges stemming from their involvement in violence at the neo-Nazi Unite The Right rally in August 2017. The four men are all members of the Rise Above Movement, or RAM, a…
Israel Lobby Group Monitors Neo-Nazis Online, But Watches Leftists Too
Sacramento, CA – The Anti-Defamation League, a nonprofit closely connected to the Israeli government, is monitoring California white supremacists online and sharing the information with law enforcement agencies, according to documents obtained under the California Public Records Act.
While many groups monitor violent racist groups…
German Far-Right Targets Medics as Left Mobilizes in Chemnitz
Chemnitz, Germany – During a protest against the German far-right in Chemnitz, paramedics were targeted by right-wing violence and pepper sprayed from a rooftop by a right-wing demonstrator while providing medical support to protesters in a police kettle at Johannisplatz, a public square in the…