In the meme war over Pepe the Frog, the white nationalists won. Despite a a campaign to “save Pepe” from the “alt-right” who wielded images of the green frog to serve their ideology, Pepe remains solidly an online icon of white supremacy, posted on the Anti-Defamation League’s list of hate symbols. Now, the meme war…
The number of radical groups in the United States rose for the second year in a row, fueled by the rise of President Trump, according to an annual report from the Southern Poverty Law Center. Notably, white nationalism is on the rise. “2016 was an unprecedented year for hate,” said Mark Potok, senior fellow at…
There’s a brand new podcast angling to be the go-to source for the white nationalist “alt-right.” And like the broader “alt-right” movement, the three hosts of the Reactionary Report podcast lament what they see as the decline of whites in America because of immigrants, blacks and Muslims — and take special pleasure toying with anti-Semitic…
First it was Pepe the Frog, a seemingly benign cartoon character, appropriated by white nationalists and now listed in the Anti-Defamation League’s database of hate symbols. Now — milk? Earlier this month, a cadre of white nationalists stormed Shia Labeouf’s since-shuttered art installation in New York to dance and chug gallons of whole milk. They…
Last night, Reddit banned two forums associated with the white nationalist “alt-right” movement, hours after one group had celebrated a banner month during which they had attracted thousands of new subscribers. Reddit shut down the two main congregating points for the “alt-right” — r/altright and r/alternativeright — leaving only a brief explanatory note. Reddit said…
Washington, D.C. (Reuters) – The Trump administration wants to revamp and rename a U.S. government program designed to counter all violent ideologies so that it focuses solely on Islamist extremism, five people briefed on the matter told Reuters. The program, “Countering Violent Extremism,” or CVE, would be changed to “Countering Islamic Extremism” or “Countering Radical…
White nationalists are planning to flood college campuses with propaganda posters this month. “Our movement has the wind in its sails as never before,” white nationalist Jared Taylor wrote on his website American Renaissance. “Let us seize this moment and make the most of it,” wrote Taylor, who believes that race is correlated with intelligence,…
The “alt-right” started 2017 strong. Donald Trump, hero to the white nationalist movement, was inaugurated as president. Richard Spencer, would-be head of the movement, launched a new website and announced plans for a national tour. And the Reddit channel altright, a main congregating point for the largely-online movement, saw 5,000 new subscribers in just one…
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