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Al Qaeda Renews Its Focus on Antisemitism and Attacking Israel

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June 24, 2021 The cover image of Al Qaeda's article, "What is Behind the Normalization with Israel, the Mysteries of the Term and ِthe Dangers of its Machinations," shows a figure bearing the flags of Israel, the European Union, and the United States giving orders to bodies of news organizations, social media, finance, the United Nations, Hollywood and government. The notion that Israel and the West secretly control international organizations and the news media is a common antisemitic…

June 24, 2021

ADL Pleased with Outcome in Student Free Speech Case

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New York, NY, June 23, 2021 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision in Mahanoy v. B.L., an 8-1 ruling that a school violated the free speech clause of the First Amendment when they suspended a student from the cheerleading team for a vulgar social media post made off-campus and outside of school hours. “This is an important win for the free speech rights of all U.S. students,” said ADL Legal Affairs Chair Joe Berman. …

June 23, 2021

ADL Pleased with Outcome in Student Free Speech Case

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June 23, 2021

Egyptian Textbooks Send Mixed Messages about Jews

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June 22, 2021 By David Andrew Weinberg ADL recently completed a review of current Egyptian elementary, middle, and high school textbooks as part of a series of articles examining the state of antisemitic content in state-published Middle East curricula. Although Egypt’s latest textbooks do contain some positive material about Jewish people, that content is directly contradicted by other, much more problematic lessons in the curriculum. Egypt is the Arab state with…

June 22, 2021

One Year After Facebook Takes Steps to Remove Boogaloo Content, Movement Resurfaces On Platform

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June 21, 2021 In June 2020, Facebook announced that it had taken down hundreds of groups and pages on its platform associated with the violent anti-government boogaloo movement, one of several major purges of extremist material by Facebook that year to address extremists’ use of its platform. Despite efforts by the boogaloo movement to camouflage itself to retain a Facebook foothold, the social media company’s efforts were largely effective, and after the deplatforming, it…

June 21, 2021

You Will Not Replace Us

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The phrase “You Will Not Replace Us” is a white supremacist slogan referring to the common White supremacist belief that the white race is in danger of going extinct due to rising numbers of non-White people who are controlled and manipulated by Jews. It may also be seen in acronym form as YWNRU.

ALTERNATE NAMES: YWNRU, Jews Will Not Replace Us

We Wuz Kangs

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The phrase “We Wuz Kangs” is a racist term meant to attack African-Americans by racist mockery of Afrocentric theories about Egyptian connections to sub-Saharan Africa.

ALTERNATE NAMES: We Wuz Kings, Kings N Shiet

Women for Aryan Unity

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Women for Aryan Unity (WAU) is a longstanding white supremacist group for women. Its logo is a diamond featuring red and white stripes and stylized letters spelling “WAU.”

ALTERNATE NAMES: WAU

Trollface (Racist Versions)

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Like Pepe the Frog, “Trollface” is a widely-used internet cartoon meme that has been appropriated and used by some white supremacists. Care must be taken not to make assumptions of the intent behind its use but to judge it only in context.

The Goyim Know/Shut It Down

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The phrase “The Goyim Know” is an antisemitic phrase portraying the ostensible reaction of Jews when their supposedly conspiratorial or manipulative misdeeds are revealed to the public. Often combined with “Shut It Down.”

ALTERNATE NAMES: Da Goyim Know

St. Michael’s Cross

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St. Michael’s Cross is a white supremacist symbol that originated in Romania in the years before World War II as the symbol of the fascist Iron Guard movement.

ALTERNATE NAMES: Archangel Michael's Cross, Iron Guard

Six Gorillion

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“Six Gorillion” is an antisemitic phrase used by white supremacists to refer to the Jews who died during the Holocaust (typically thought to be around six million). They replace “million” with “gorillion” to give the impression that Jews wildly exaggerate Holocaust-related deaths.

ALTERNATE NAMES: Muh Six Gorillion

Shield Wall Network

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The Shield Wall Network (SWN) is a small, Arkansas-based white supremacist group that uses a Greek lambda (an upside-down V) as its symbol.

Rise Above Movement

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The Rise Above Movement (RAM) is a California-based alt right white supremacist group with a fitness and martial arts emphasis. Its logo features a sword stuck into a boulder; the sword also serves as the trunk of a tree.

NSM Legacy Logos

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The National Socialist Movement (NSM) is a longstanding neo-Nazi group that has changed its logo several times during its existence. Older versions of its logo can still be found on clothing, printed materials, and even tattoos.

National Socialist Legion

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The National Socialist Legion is a small neo-Nazi group that originated in 2018. Its logo features a red, black and white shield with stripes and a Wolfsangel.

Muh Holocaust

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“Muh Holocaust” is an antisemitic phrase popular with the alt right used to convey the bigoted notion that Jews routinely bring up the Holocaust to gain attention or to deflect negative attention.

Moon Man

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“Moon Man” is a meme derived from a character in 1980s McDonald’s restaurant commercials that was appropriated by white supremacists, especially from the alt right, who attach it to racist songs, language and imagery.

League of the South

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The League of the South is a longstanding neo-Confederate white supremacist group that advocates for an independent, white-dominated South. Its symbol is intended to resemble the St. Andrew’s Cross on the Confederate flag.

ALTERNATE NAMES: Southern Nationalist Flag, Black Cross

Jera Rune

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The Jera rune is an ancient European runic symbol and part of the runic alphabet. It is one of a number of runic symbols that white supremacists have appropriated but is also commonly used by non-racist modern Norse pagans, so care needs to be taken in its evaluation.

ALTERNATE NAMES: Jeran Rune