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While Trump Floundered in 2022, His Far Right Acolytes Built a Movement
Whether the far right's political influence starts to fade, or turns to more violent means, remains to be seen. → Read More
5 Years After Charlottesville, We Can See Its Legacy in January 6 Violence
Both events were the major public actions of the moderate and extreme sides of an alliance formed around Trump. → Read More
White Supremacist Massacre in Buffalo Shows Alt-Right Ideology Leads to Murder
The horrific shooting in a Black neighborhood in Buffalo stems from a long history of anti-Black violence in the U.S. → Read More
Amazon’s Still Selling Lots of Nazi Books
The global giant says it bans “content that we determine is hate speech,” but has never specified how it defines “hate speech.” → Read More
2020 Was a Record Year for Far Right Violence in the US
There were a large number of far right killings and car attacks at Black Lives Matter demonstrations in 2020. → Read More
Far Right Monitors Anxious About Lingering Possibility of Post-Election Violence
The election has unfolded relatively peacefully, but far right watchdogs do not believe we are out of the woods yet. → Read More
In 2019, the Far Right Suffered Big Losses. But They Are Far From Defeated.
As long as Trump remains in power, he will ensure a political climate for far-right groups to proliferate. → Read More
Anti-Semitic and Anti-Muslim Murders Are Latest in String of Fascist Attacks
These attacks are connected, and their common threads are not going away. → Read More
El Paso Blood Is on the Hands of Everyone Who Has Scapegoated Migrants
The slaughter of more than 20 people on Saturday was the horrifyingly predictable outcome of right-wing scapegoating. → Read More
Ted Cruz's "Antifa Are Terrorists" Resolution Seeks to Stifle the Left
The resolution threatens the U.S.'s long-established tradition of antifascist resistance. → Read More
Trump Wants a Third Term. Could the Unimaginable Happen Here?
The possibility, however small, of a Trump coup should move us to build up our own grassroots movements. → Read More
Will Decentralization of Neo-Nazism Spur More Right-Wing Terrorism?
The welcome collapse of organized white supremacy also raises the specter of harder-to-track terrorist cells. → Read More
Anti-Immigrant Rampage in Germany Shows Expansion of Right-Wing Violence
A right-wing mob of 6,000 tore through Chemnitz, attacking immigrants and giving Hitler salutes. → Read More
Why the Alt Right May Gain Momentum in 2018
One year after the deadly fascist-led rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, the U.S. Alt Right is stumbling to regain its footing. Only a small number of White Nationalists came to Washington, DC rally for a rally on the one-year anniversary. While this doesn’t represent the movement’s strength, the public backlash against the Alt Right has significantly damaged it, and it has been unable to… → Read More
Was It Racist for Facebook to Take Down a Page Opposing the 'Unite the Right 2' March?
Facebook says it took down the "Say No to Unite the Right 2-DC" event page because of its ties to a Russian troll farm. Black Lives Matter DC activist April Goggans calls b.s. → Read More
Will Independent Trumpists Ride Again?
Plagued by infighting and cancelled gigs, the alt-right has been quiet lately. But as we approach the first anniversary of the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, some groups are back in the streets. → Read More
Remembering Mulugeta Seraw and All Those Killed by the Far Right
The far right has killed nearly 450 people since 1990. → Read More
Was the Failed 'Mother of All Rallies' the Beginning of the End of Independent Trumpism?
The far-right "Mother of All Rallies" was supposed to be a giant pro-Trump event where overt shows of racism were not welcome. But the crowd was surprisingly small, neo-Nazis attended, and the entire event was overshadowed by a nearby rally of Insane Clown Posse devotees. Is this the end of the unified front that descended on Charlottesville? → Read More
Has the "Alt-Right" Met Its Gettysburg?
Can the left use Charlottesville to stop white supremacy? → Read More
I Almost Died in Charlottesville
Journalist and researcher Spencer Sunshine started observing racist hate events in the late 1980s. Last Saturday's "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville almost killed him. Here, an unvarnished dispatch from the picturesque Virginia town—from the violent lead-up in Emancipation Park to the deadly aftermath downtown. → Read More