Can bookstores become a powerful force in the fight against neo-Nazis? As far-right parties find success in Germany and across Europe, and xenophobic nationalist groups take to the streets of Berlin, one shop has set the standard as a site of resistance to such movements. According to an April 9 piece in The New York…
The Daily Stormer, Andrew Anglin’s neo-Nazi website, may be forced to reveal its funding sources in an ongoing libel lawsuit, the Daily Beast reported. Anglin, whose whereabouts are unknown, is trying to dodge two lawsuits related to his website. One concerns a Jewish woman in Whitefish, Montana. Anglin urged his online followers to harass and…
A resolution in the state legislature of Tennessee condemning neo-Nazis and other white supremacists failed after its sponsor withdrew the measure from consideration, the second time the measure has died in the past month. The resolution, sponsored by House Republican Caucus chair Ryan Williams, had the legislature “strongly denounce and oppose the totalitarian impulses, violent…
Arthur Jones, the Republican candidate for a Chicago congressional district and a neo-Nazi, made a series of anti-Semitic comments in an interview with the Jewish Chronicle. Jones ran unopposed in the Republican primary for Illinois’ third district — a heavily blue one. In the interview, Jones denied being an active member of the Nazi party,…
(JTA) — A Swiss neo-Nazi who assaulted an Orthodox Jewish man in Zurich was sentenced to two years in prison. The incident on a main street in the Swiss city’s Wiedikon district, the Jewish quarter of Zurich, took place on July 4, 2015. The assailant made the Hitler Nazi salute and shouted anti-Semitic slogans on…
A Pittsburgh freelancer hid her profile subject’s swastika tattoo and connections to white supremacist circles, according to a statement on the article issued by its editor. The article, by Kim Rutt, was published by the Pittsburgh City Paper, an alternative weekly. Rutt profiled several female tattoo artists in Pittsburgh for the weekly’s first cover story…
Richard Spencer’s appearance at Michigan State University led to a series of violent confrontation between his neo-Nazi supporters, protesters and riot police stationed at the event, the Washington Post reported. Ahead of his speech, neo-Nazis and white supremacists marched outside the school, and volleys of insults and slurs against minority groups turned into violent assaults…
Vegas Tenold, a Norwegian journalist, spent over seven years embedded in different white nationalist groups, and his new book tells of living in a hateful mishmash of outcasts that is barely holding itself together. In an interview with Vice, Tenold explained why he thinks membership in white nationalist organizations is appealing — and why their…
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