Chanting ‘blood and soil!’ white nationalists with torches march on University of Virginia
Chanting “blood and soil,” “white lives matter” and “you will not replace us,” scores of white nationalists holding torches marched across the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville on Friday night. Scuffles broke out between them and a small group of counter-protesters calling themselves “anti-fascists” who were surrounded as they demonstrated in advance of Saturday’s […]
3 Killed After Violent Rally in Virginia; Governor Tells White Supremacists to ‘Go Home’
Virginia’s governor on Saturday told white supremacists, who had gathered in Charlottesville to protest the removal of a Confederate statue, to “go home” after three people were killed in violence at a rally and in a helicopter crash that police linked to the protest. Governor Terry McAuliffe declared a state of emergency after fights broke […]
KKK rally in Virginia met with large counterprotest
At least 23 people have been arrested during a march in the US state of Virginia by supporters of the white supremacist group, Ku Klux Klan. A few dozen Klansmen protesting against the removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville were met by hundreds of jeering counter-protesters on Saturday.
British Government Accused of Failing to Tackle Extreme Right Terror Threat
The British government is being urged to do more to tackle violence by right-wing extremists, following the attack outside London’s Finsbury Park mosque in the early hours of Monday morning. One person died and at least 11 were injured when 47-year-old Darren Osborne from Wales drove his van into a crowd of worshippers, reportedly shouting…
What Is Alt-Right?
With the rise of President Donald Trump in the U.S., the country’s attention has shifted to the rise of an alternative or alt-right — a group of people supporting far-right ideologies. People supporting this ideology are blamed for promoting racism, anti-Semitism, and misogyny. Rejecting mainstream conservatism, supporters of the alt-right ideology say they are mainly […]
White supremacists step up recruiting on college campuses, group says
White supremacist groups are stepping up efforts to recruit students on college campuses, according to a report published Monday by the Anti-Defamation League. Since the academic year started in September, white supremacist groups have targeted college campuses 104 times with anti-Semitic, anti-Muslim and racist fliers, posters and stickers, the report found. The incidents took…
Alt-Right Twitter Users Create Fake ‘Black Person’ Accounts Promoting Racism
A pro-Donald Trump white supremacist website called the Daily Stormer said it created 1,000 fake Twitter accounts for fictional black people this week to a way to troll the internet and spread racist ideas. The announcement, which came from a blog post from the website’s founder Andrew Anglin, is a response to Twitter’s recent ban on accounts circulating alt-right […]
This is a moment of reckoning for American Jews, Haaretz reporter says
During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump spoke often about his love for Israel. Many there cheered his victory last week. Now, some Israelis are questioning that support after Trump selected Stephen Bannon as his White House chief strategist. Bannon has been called a white nationalist by House minority leader Nancy Pelosi, among others. He’s the […]
Trump Says ‘Stop It’ to Those Intimidating Minorities in His Name
President-elect Donald Trump has two words for those assaulting minorities with cries of “White Power” – “Stop it.” Trump held his first television interview since winning the contentious and sometimes mean-spirited presidential election last week. He spoke Friday to CBS television’s 60 Minutes which broadcast the interview Sunday night.