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Identity Evropa/American Identity Movement

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Update: American Identity Movement (AIM), an alt right white supremacist group formerly known as Identity Evropa, was disbanded in November 2020. AIM’s decline began in November 2019 after the group’s leader, Patrick Casey, began to collaborate with “America First” podcaster Nick Fuentes and his Groyper Army. AIM was created in March 2019 as a rebranding of Identity Evropa, a white supremacist group that had been active from March 2016 through March 2019. Under the AIM…
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ACT for America

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March Against Sharia in San Bernardino (LA Times)
ACT for America is the largest anti-Muslim group in the United States, with a purported 750,000 members nationwide. ACT propagates the hateful conspiracy theory that Muslims are infiltrating US institutions in order to impose Sharia law. ACT stokes irrational fear of Muslims via a number of false claims, including that headscarves are a sign of radicalization, and that 25 percent of Muslims approve of terrorism. ACT founder Brigitte Gabriel is a leading voice in the fight against…
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Westboro Baptist Church

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For Law Enforcement This document is an archived copy of an older ADL report and may not reflect the most current facts or developments related to its subject matter. Introduction The Topeka, Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) is a small virulently homophobic, anti-Semitic hate group that regularly stages protests around the country, often several times a week. The group pickets institutions and individuals they think suppor t homosexuality or otherwise subvert what they believe is…
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The Jewish Defense League

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For Law Enforcement This document is an archived copy of an older ADL report and may not reflect the most current facts or developments related to its subject matter. About the Jewish Defense League The Jewish Defense League, also known as JDL, was established in 1968 for the declared purpose of protecting Jews by whatever means necessary in the face of what was seen by the group’s principals as their dire peril. The founder, national chairman and leader of the JDL was a then-38-year…
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The Hammerskin Nation

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For Law Enforcement This document is an archived copy of an older ADL report and may not reflect the most current facts or developments related to its subject matter. The Hammerskin Nation is the most violent and best-organized neo-Nazi skinhead group in the United States. A number of its members have been convicted of harassing, beating or murdering minorities. Many popular racist rock bands are affiliated with the Hammerskin Nation, and the group regularly sponsors concerts. Though internal…
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Interview with Rosalind Wiseman, Bullying Prevention Specialist

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For Educators | For Parents, Families, and Caregivers Rosalind Wiseman talks about raising teenagers in a complex world, the role of social media and gaming, what teachers can do to engage students and how her own parenting informs her work. Rosalind Wiseman is a teacher, thought leader, author and media spokesperson on bullying prevention, ethical leadership, the use of social media and media literacy. She is the author of several books including Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter…
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Interview with Cece Bell, Children's Book Author & Illustrator

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For Educators | For Parents, Families, and Caregivers In this podcast, Cece Bell talks about what inspired her to write El Deafo, the response she has received about the book from children and adults and why friendship is so central to her books.   Read the transcript of the podcast. Cece Bell is a children's book author and illustrator. El Deafo, her first graphic novel, is a slightly fictionalized memoir about her childhood, her hearing loss, her first crush and her quest for a true…
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Interview with Duncan Tonatiuh, Children's Book Author & Illustrator

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For Educators In this podcast, Duncan Tonatiuh talks about meeting Sylvia Mendez and how that inspired him to write Separate Is Never Equal, his love of art and writing and how his dual citizenship identity shapes what he writes.     Duncan Tonatiuh is an award winning children's book author and illustrator. He was born in Mexico City and grew up in San Miguel de Allende. He graduated from Parsons New School for Design and Eugene Lang College in NYC. Duncan has…
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Interview with Ami Polonsky, Children's Book Author

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For Educators | For Parents, Families, and Caregivers In this podcast, Ami Polonsky talks about why she wrote the book, how parents and teachers can discuss gender and transgender identity with young people and the importance of being an ally.     Ami Polonsky is a children’s book author and teacher. Published in 2014, Gracefully Grayson, a middle grade book, is her debut. Formerly a Chicago Public Schools teacher, Ami spent nine years out of the classroom to…
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Interview with Trudy Ludwig, Children's Book Author

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For Educators In this podcast, Trudy Ludwig talks about Confessions of a Former Bully and why she writes books focused on social aggression and bullying.     Trudy Ludwig is an award-winning author who specializes in writing children's books that explore the colorful and sometimes confusing world of children's social interactions. She has a special focus on addressing relational aggression--the use of relationships to manipulate and hurt others. Trudy wrote her first…
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Interview with Kathryn Otoshi, Children's Book Author & Illustrator

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For Educators In this podcast, she talks about her books, her process for converting big ideas into children's stories and the complex nature of friendship, bullying and standing up.     Kathryn Otoshi is an award winning author/illustrator and speaker best known for her character-building children’s book series, Zero, One and Two. She travels to schools across the country to encourage kids to develop strong character assets and helps teachers find…
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Soldiers of Odin USA

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Read the full report, Soldiers of Odin USA: The Extreme European Anti-Refugee Group Comes to America (PDF). Only months after its formation in Finland, a controversial anti-refugee vigilante group known as the Soldiers of Odin has already found a welcome home in the United States.   Its new American chapter, known as Soldiers of Odin USA, has—just since February—already amassed thousands of American members and cheerleaders ready and eager to support the group…
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The Oath Keepers

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For Law Enforcement Read the report: The Oath Keepers: Anti-Government Extremists Recruiting Military and Police (PDF) In the past several years, the Oath Keepers, an anti-government right-wing fringe organization, attracted considerable media attention for activities that included showing up in Ferguson, Missouri, during protests and unrests following the shooting of a young African-American male by a Ferguson police officer in 2014.  Oath Keepers also appeared as self…
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AnonGhost Team

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The AnonGhost Team is a fluid international network of hackers that targets government, corporate and private websites around the world to bring attention to its extremist-inspired agenda. The network’s ability to consistently attack its targets with pro-terror and anti-Semitic messages places them at the forefront of ideologically motivated cyber-threats.  For several years, the AnonGhost Team’s activity has primarily involved defacing websites with anti-western, anti…
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David Duke

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For Law Enforcement David Duke, perhaps America's most well-known racist and anti-Semite, promotes anti-Semitic and white supremacist views as the leader of the white supremacist European American Unity and Rights Organization, as a writer of anti-Semitic tracts, and, in recent years, as an international figure who has promoted his anti-Jewish ideology in Europe and the Middle East, devoting particular attention to Russia and the Ukraine. Duke has been active in the white supremacy…
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Gilad Atzmon

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Read the full profile here: Profile: Gilad Atzmon  Gilad Atzmon is an anti-Semitic author, writer, and musician who describes himself as an “ex-Israeli” and an “ex-Jew.” He is an outspoken promoter of classic anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and a fierce critic of the State of Israel. Atzmon has engaged in Holocaust diminution and has defended the right of Holocaust deniers to challenge historical narratives and offer revisionist theories about the Holocaust…
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The Aryan Circle

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Crime in the Name of Hate For Law Enforcement Read the full comprehensive report, The Aryan Circle: Crime in the Name of Hate (PDF). The Aryan Circle is a large, growing and dangerous white supremacist prison gang based primarily in Texas, though it has a presence in a number of other states. It is active both in prisons and on the streets. It is an extreme and violent group, with a long track record of murder, including the deaths of two police officers in Bastrop, Louisiana, in…
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The National Socialist Movement

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For Law Enforcement This document is an archived copy of an older ADL report and may not reflect the most current facts or developments related to its subject matter. The National Socialist Movement (NSM) is currently the largest neo-Nazi group in the United States. This is due primarily to setbacks experienced by other major neo-Nazi groups in the country between 2002 and 2007. Nonetheless, despite the stability of having the same leader for nearly two decades, the group has not managed to…
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Pat Buchanan: In His Own Words

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This document is an archived copy of an older ADL report and may not reflect the most current facts or developments related to its subject matter. As an author, media figure, and political commentator, Patrick Buchanan publicly espouses racist, anti-Semitic, anti-Israel and anti-immigrant views. At one time an influential staff member in the Nixon and Reagan Administrations, Buchanan has gone on to write a number of books and articles that focus on the decline of Western civilization due to…
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Ads Against Apartheid

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“Ads Against Apartheid” or “It’s Apartheid, Inc.” is a newly-founded group that actively works to place anti-Israel advertisements in various outlets throughout the U.S. such as subways, buses, newspapers, billboards, and television commercials. The group, which is based out of Cambridge, Massachusetts, describes Israel as an apartheid state that is engaged in a consortium of human rights violations against the Palestinians.  They are looking to spread that…
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