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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

Alt-right movement

Neo-Nazis and white supremacists encircle counter-protesters at the base of a statue of Thomas Jefferson after marching through the University of Virginia campus with torches in Charlottesville, Va., August 11, 2017. (Shay Horse/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
November 19, 2021, 4:36 pm
How Charlottesville defendants made the judge say ‘gas the kikes’ and why it matters
The civil trial may result in crippling fines to white supremacists, or it may embolden the alt-right. It’s also being used as a soapbox to spew racist vitriol
By Ron Kampeas
In this Aug. 12, 2018 file photo, White nationalist Jason Kessler speaks at a rally near the White House on the one year anniversary of the Charlottesville 'Unite the Right' rally (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, FILE)
November 19, 2021, 6:19 am
Charlottesville trial jurors hear closing arguments in Virginia
Lawyers for nine violence victims at alt-right rally argue neo-Nazis and white supremacists conspired to commit violence at 2017 event
By Denise Lavoie
This image captured from the Daily Stormer website shows part of a February 21, 2021, post by Andrew Anglin with instructions on how to send him money via the cryptocurrency Monero. (AP Photo)
September 28, 2021, 2:01 pm
Far-right networks harder to track as they go underground with cryptocurrency
Lawyer for watchdog says it has grown more difficult to find and stamp out hate groups via the legal system now that they operate with online networks and use virtual money
By Erika Kinetz and Lori Hinnant
Illustrative: In this Saturday, April 27, 2016 photo, supporters of the Confederate flag participate in a rally at Stone Mountain Park in Stone Mountain, Georgia. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
November 7, 2020, 4:16 pm
They called him ‘kike,’ and there were lots of Nazi salutes, other ‘gross stuff’
For ‘White Noise,’ Jewish filmmaker Daniel Lombroso spent four years getting up close and personal with the alt-right movement’s prominent personalities and supporters
By Ben Sales
Talia Lavin and the cover of her new book, 'Culture Warlords.' (Courtesy of Lavin/ via JTA)
October 22, 2020, 5:20 am
With false identities, author exposes extremists hiding in web’s dark underbelly
Talia Lavin’s new book ‘Culture Warlords’ details her undercover journey into the alt-right’s most toxic forums and how she seduced members only to make their names public
By Emily Burack
Artist Matt Furie draws the Pepe the Frog character in the new documentary 'Feels Good Man.' (Kurt Keppeler)
September 3, 2020, 10:11 pm
Duo behind Pepe the Frog film warn against writing off goofy hate propaganda
With new documentary ‘Feels Good Man’ premiering on-demand Sep 4, filmmakers say what started as a silly hate meme has bled into mainstream politics; ignore it at your peril
By Jordan Hoffman
A woman wears a mask of Pepe the Frog, a cartoon figure appropriated by far-right groups, as she stands next to a woman holding a US flag and a "Trump 2020" hat, Thursday, May 14, 2020, during a protest rally at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
September 3, 2020, 5:05 am
New documentary chillingly chronicles how Pepe the Frog became a hate symbol
‘Feels Good Man’ examines how cartoonist Matt Furie’s chill stoner frog dude creation was turned into an alt-right meme representing hatred against Black people and Jews
By Jocelyn Noveck
A still from the movie 'Healing From Hate.' (Big Tent Productions)
November 26, 2019, 12:48 pm
Film depicts complicated clean slate given to neo-Nazis living ‘post-hate’
Documentary ‘Healing From Hate’ dives into the trenches with ex-skinheads as they make amends the only way they know how: recruiting others to leave the white nationalist movement
By Jordan Hoffman
A white supremacist leaves Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Virginia, August 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
August 9, 2019, 4:12 am
White supremacists have murdered at least 73 since Charlottesville, ADL says
Rise in far-right violence, racist propaganda over past two years tied to Virginia rally, says report, which traces fallout among extremists
By Marcy Oster
American University student government president Taylor Dumpson, right, accompanied by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, left, and others, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
April 30, 2019, 11:24 pm
Woman seeks $1.5M in damages from neo-Nazi website founder
Taylor Dumpson sues The Daily Stormer founder Andrew Anglin for orchestrating racist online harassment campaign against her
By Michael Kunzelman
Heavily armed San Diego police officers approach a house thought to be the home of 19-year-old John T. Earnest, the alleged shooter in the fatal attack at a synagogue in Poway on April 27, 2019, in San Diego, California. (John Gibbins/ The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)
April 30, 2019, 4:13 am
How US Jewish communities can get trained to prevent shootings like Poway
Experts say American synagogues need to invest time in preparing their members, not just in hiring armed guards, in order to stay safe
By Josefin Dolsten
White supremacists exchange insults with counter-protesters as they attempt to guard the entrance to Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Virginia, August 12, 2017. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images via JTA)
April 6, 2019, 4:50 am
Did Trump administration’s move to shut domestic terror unit hurt US security?
After Washington folds team focused on homegrown extremists, critics say intelligence sharing on the threat is in disarray, while others claim the closure boosts efficiency
By Ron Kampeas
Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro addresses the student group Young Americans for Freedom at the University of Utah's Social and Behavioral Sciences Lecture Hall, September 27, 2017, in Salt Lake City. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool)
March 30, 2019, 6:20 am
The Economist apologizes for calling Ben Shapiro an ‘alt-right sage’
Conservative commentator and leading alt-right critic: ‘If you lump me in with people so evil I literally hire security to walk me to shul on Shabbat, you can go straight to hell’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Stephen Bannon in a scene from 'The Brink.' (Courtesy Magnolia Pictures)
March 29, 2019, 4:28 pm
New Steve Bannon documentary goes into the back rooms behind The Movement
Alison Klayman’s ‘The Brink,’ out March 29, takes a deeply candid look at the polarizing figure, not shirking his wit, charm… or ruthlessness
By Jordan Hoffman
Illustrative: A participant of an alt-right event holds his fist up on the Boston Common on November 18, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images/AFP)
January 14, 2019, 6:21 pm
Anti-Semitic fliers distributed across Massachusetts city
Handouts feature caricatures of Jewish men, reference neo-Nazi website Daily Stormer
By JTA
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