The Patriot Front is a white supremacist group in the United States that uses a fasces and a circle of 13 stars as its logo, often placed on top of the image of an eagle.
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October 17, 2018 The Nation of Islam marked the 23rd anniversary of the Million Man March and Holy Day of Atonement on Sunday, October 14th. The event, held at Detroit’s newly named Aretha Franklin Amphitheater, featured a nearly three-hour long speech from Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. His comments touched on topics ranging from Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings to Kanye West’s Oval Office meeting with President Trump, and also…
New York, NY, October 17, 2018 … ADL today issued the following statement, expressing serious concern about reports indicating that four senior American military officials were scheduled to speak at a conference in Virginia co-hosted by Frank Gaffney and the Center for Security Policy:
We are deeply disturbed that four senior American military officials, representing the Air Force, the Army and the Marine Corps, are scheduled to speak at today's symposium on “asymmetric…
October 11, 2018 The neo-Confederate South Carolina Conservative Action Council (SCCAC) will hold a “Build the Wall” rally on Saturday, October 13 at the Federal Building in Greenville, South Carolina. They will be joined by members of the Nationalist Liberty Union, a small, relatively new, white supremacist group based in Georgia.
SCCAC is a neo-Confederate organization led by William G. Carter III, who also acts as the editor of the group’s newspaper, The…
September 14, 2018 Right-wing extremists and outspoken bigots are making their presence felt in mainstream American politics, and a record number of them are running for office this year.
Around the country, in blue and red states alike, members of the extremist right – including several with ties to white supremacists– are enjoying more exposure today than at any time in recent history. Less extreme but no less troubling are the number of candidates who have expressed anti…
New York, NY, September 7, 2018 …The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed House passage of S. 994, the “Protecting Religiously Affiliated Institutions Act of 2018.” The Senate had approved this measure, an amendment to the 1988 Church Arson Prevention Act, earlier this week.
ADL CEO and National Director Jonathan A. Greenblatt issued the following statement:
We welcome enactment of this important legislation and applaud the strong and…
Vanguard America is a small neo-Nazi group whose logo depicts an eagle carrying a fasces.
Atlanta, GA, August 28, 2018 … ADL today condemned a savage, brutal murder likely motivated by racism and white supremacist ideology. The suspect, John Carothers, has apparent ties to the white supremacist movement.
Last March, he allegedly burned to death an African-American man, Robert Miller, at a VA assisted living facility. Law enforcement recently uncovered a jailhouse letter penned by Carothers to a white supremacist group, in which he admits to the murder…
August 23, 2018 Erstwhile politician Patrick Little continues his nationwide “Name the Jew” tour, visiting cities across the country, spewing anti-Semitic propaganda at passers-by and capturing his encounters on video.
Little has been an outspoken anti-Semite for at least a year, but his latest speeches and online comments indicate he’s operating at a new level of bigotry and paranoia. He has fully embraced the neo-Nazi label, taking to social media to…
New York, NY, August 23, 2018 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today issued the following statement concerning President Trump’s tweet on alleged land and farm seizures, and “large scale killing of farmers,” of white farmers in South Africa:
It is extremely disturbing that the President of the United States echoed a longstanding and false white supremacist claim that South Africa’s white farmers are targets of large-scale, racially-motivated killings by…
The following letter was submitted to The New York Times in response to "If We Silence Hate Speech, Will We Silence Resistance?" (Aug. 9) To the Editor:
The first flaw in Erik Nielson’s argument is his failure to define hate speech, which clearly means different things to different people. Speech that harasses, threatens or incites violence - whether it emanates from the left or the right – contributes nothing to the marketplace of ideas, and…
August 15, 2018 Sparsely attended and heavily protested, Unite the Right 2 reflected the challenges facing the alt right and the larger white supremacist movement.
As he made his way towards D.C.’s Lafayette Park, rally organizer Jason Kessler was accompanied by about 30 right wing speakers and activists and a police escort. A massive police presence kept throngs of counter-protesters at a distance from Kessler and his group. There were no major incidents of violence, though some…
August 10, 2018 This week is the anniversary of the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, which attracted hundreds of bigots from around the country. We remember the TIKI torches, the chants “Jews will not replace us!” from angry white men, and the bias-motivated murder of counterprotester Heather Heyer.
On this anniversary, as groups in many cities are rededicating themselves to …
The following letter was submitted to The New York Times in response to "Free Speech Experts Argue Against Infowars Founder" (Aug. 8) To the Editor:
The debate over whether Alex Jones should have been removed from Facebook, Apple and other platforms seems almost quaint and academic when one looks closely at his long history of spreading outright lies and appeals to bigotry.
After the violent alt-right protest in Charlottesville, Va., a year ago, Mr. Jones announced that he…
August 07, 2018 The Unite the Right anniversary rally will take place at 4:30pm on Sunday, August 12 in Lafayette Park in Washington, D.C. Organizer Jason Kessler is promoting the event as a way to protest the “human rights abuses” he claims took place at the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Despite his assurances that no “extreme elements” will be involved in the 2018 rally, Kessler has invited leaders from the alt right, as well as other…
Orange County, CA, August 2, 2018 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed the decision to bring a hate crime charge against Samuel Woodward, the man previously charged with the killing of his former high school classmate, Blaze Bernstein.
Woodward also faces felony murder charges in connection with the death of Bernstein, whose body was found in a shallow grave in Orange County in January with more than 20 stab wounds.
According to the Orange County District Attorney…
New York, NY, June 26, 2018 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) responded today to the 5-4 decision by the Supreme Court in Trump v. Hawaii, upholding President Trump’s discriminatory policy blocking immigrants and visitors to the United States from six Muslim-majority nations.
ADL CEO and National Director Jonathan Greenblatt issued the following statement:
Today’s decision will be recalled as a dark and shameful stain on America’s history reminiscent…
June 21, 2018 The Latino community in the United States has increasingly been on the receiving end of anti-immigrant and xenophobic rhetoric fueled by hate. Hate rears its ugly head in many ways, including bullying in schools where students chant “build the wall” at sporting events, play a game called “La Migra,” where students pretend to be ICE agents and deport students acting as immigrants, and in college costume parties where students dress like maids and gardeners,…
June 19, 2018 The Council of Conservative Citizens, a once-prominent white supremacist group that has been dormant for several years, reemerged to hold the “Nationalist Solutions” conference June 15-17 in Burns, Tennessee. The event was a joint effort with the California-based white supremacist group American Freedom Party (AFP).
The conference, which took place in Montgomery Bell State Park, attracted roughly 70 attendees and speakers. The two-day event featured a…
June 08, 2018 When Patrick Little’s anti-Semitic campaign run for Dianne Feinstein’s U.S. Senate seat ended in a crushing defeat, he cried foul, while some among his white supremacist supporters have responded with talk of revolution, violence, and the need for white supremacist candidates to focus on areas of the country with a white majority. Little won about 1.4 percent of the vote, or roughly 61,000 votes, according to initial counts.
In a post-election livestream,…