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Extremism and Intolerance Are on the Ballot in 2018

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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…

September 14, 2018

On Rosh Hashanah 5779

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September 07, 2018 By: Marvin D. Nathan, National Chair Jonathan A. Greenblatt, CEO & National Director On Rosh Hashanah, we take time to pause to reflect on the year that has passed, and what we hope for in the year ahead. We celebrate the New Year as an opportunity to press the “reset” button, with hopes that the coming year will bring a brighter future for our people, and for the world we share together with everyone. We’ve…

September 07, 2018

The Racist Obsession with South African "White Genocide"

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August 24, 2018 By Carla Hill, Senior Investigative Researcher and Mark Pitcavage, Senior Research Fellow at ADL's Center on Extremism White supremacists across the U. S. reacted with exuberance after a recent tweet by President Donald Trump claiming he had asked the State Department to “closely study” farm expropriations and “the large scale killing of farmers” in South Africa. By paraphrasing Fox News host Tucker Carlson, whose remarks on the subject…

August 24, 2018

Patrick Little's "Name the Jew" Tour Spreads Anti-Semitic Hate Nationwide

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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…

August 23, 2018

Unite the Right 2 Highlights Challenges Facing Alt Right, Other White Supremacists

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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 15, 2018

Belfer Fellow Perspective: An App Story

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August 14, 2018 By Patricia Novick | Belfer Fellow with ADL's Center for Technology and Society Six years ago, I was working with a group of 10 preteen girls from a predominantly Latinx community in Chicago. They were participating in a summer program hosted by the Field Museum. One part of the program involved looking at communities like an anthropologist, evaluating the community’s positive assets. One week, the girls invented their own homework assignment. They said they…

August 14, 2018

In Her Own Words: Confronting Charlottesville

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August 14, 2018 By Elissa Buxbaum, Director, Campus Affairs Sarah Kenny was Student Council president at the University of Virginia when the alt-right rallied at her school’s Charlottesville campus last year. She hadn’t yet returned to campus when a tiki-torch-wielding crowd of neo-Nazis and white supremacists marched through the white columns of the UVA Rotunda, spouting anti-Semitic and racist vitriol. “I had seen something on Twitter the night before, and…

August 14, 2018

Beyond the Statistics: Counting and Responding to Hate Crimes

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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&nbsp…

August 10, 2018

ADL H.E.A.T. Map™ FAQ

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1. Why is [Incident X] not included in the map?Incidents may be excluded from the map for all sorts of reasons, including because the incident in question may not actually be extremist-related. Many hate crime murders, for example, have no connection to white supremacy or other form of extremism. If you think we have overlooked an incident, you may contact us to provide relevant details. Report an Antisemitic, Bias or Discriminatory Incident on ADL’s incident reporting form. To share…

August 07, 2018

Unite the Right Anniversary Event Planned for Washington, D.C.

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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…

August 07, 2018

A View from Southern Israel

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by: Carole Nuriel July 30, 2018 One morning, my colleague Gaby Dubois and I set out to visit Israel’s south, near the border with Gaza, in the wake of tensions there in recent months. Just a few days earlier it seemed as if the escalating security situation would force us to cancel our visit, but thankfully things had quieted down a bit by then to enable us to go. We went to visit the Sdot Negev Regional Council for two reasons: first, to express ADL’s support and solidarity…

July 30, 2018

It’s Time to Examine How Online Disinformation Affects Social Groups

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July 26, 2018 By Samuel Woolley | Belfer Fellow with ADL's Center for Technology and Society Computational propaganda — the use of automation and algorithms on social media to manipulate public opinion — has become a global phenomenon. This has come as a surprise to many in the technology sector, and it’s quite the adverse development given that less than a decade ago experts hailed social media as a savior for democratic communication. Russian…

July 26, 2018

“Zionists are the F...ing Worst.” California Assembly Candidate Estrada Attacks Jews who Support Israel; Praises Farrakhan’s Speeches

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California legislative candidate Maria Estrada praised the speeches of notorious anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan

July 13, 2018 The Anti-Defamation League does not participate in partisan political activity, but that does not mean we should ignore racism or anti-Semitism on the campaign trail. Maria Estrada, who is running for a seat on the California State Assembly (63rd District), has attacked Zionism and Israel in a manner that raises concerns about anti-Semitism, and has expressed troubling support for notorious anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan. It’s impossible to ignore the undercurrent of…

July 13, 2018

Contrarrestando la Ola de Odio Contra la Comunidad Latina

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July 03, 2018 La comunidad latina en Estados Unidos está lidiando con una ola anti-inmigrante. Este odio se manifiesta de diversas maneras incluyendo el acoso que sufren alumnos cuando les gritan “construye el muro” durante juegos deportivos, cuando estudiantes juegan un juego que llaman “La Migra” donde pretenden ser agentes de ICE y deportar a otros que actúan a ser migrantes, en fiestas universitarias de disfraces donde estudiantes se visten como…

July 03, 2018

How We Can Use Games to Understand Others Better

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June 25, 2018 By Karen Schrier | Belfer Fellow with ADL's Center for Technology and Society Can games be used to support positive social change, connectedness, and caring, and help reduce bias? These are the big questions I will be exploring over the next year as a Belfer Fellow with ADL’s Center for Technology and Society. There are many questions in this area that need to be answered, but here are a few initial insights: Games may support empathy — but there are…

June 25, 2018

How We're Countering the Wave of Hate Against Latinos

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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 21, 2018

White Supremacists Gather for Nationalist Solutions Conference

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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 19, 2018

Innovation Meets Creativity to Combat Hate

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June 14, 2018 It takes big ideas to combat a beast as big as hate. Tasked with the mission to implement a big idea that will confront and respond to the growing campus presence of hate groups and hate speech, students from across the country competed in ADL’s inaugural Innovate Against Hate Competition. Designed to empower young people affected most by hateful content on social media, Innovate Against Hate incubated a student-led wave of creative messaging and innovation in…

June 14, 2018

Mark Collett: Britain’s Alt Right Social Media Propagandist

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June 13, 2018 On June 12, Rep. Steve King (R-IA), who has a history of making inflammatory and xenophobic statements, re-tweeted an anti-immigration post written by a man named Mark Collett. This left a lot of people wondering: Who is Collett? Short answer: A British white supremacist. Longer answer: Read on. Mark Collett is a British white supremacist with an active social media audience across the English-speaking world. Collett became active in the British far right in the…

June 13, 2018

Anti-Semitic Senate Candidate Patrick Little Blames Jews for His Crushing Primary Defeat

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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,…

June 08, 2018