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MASS SHOOTER'S FORMER BAND PLAYING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NAZI MUSIC FEST
by ROBERT SANDS
From Resistance Records, a neo-Nazi record label founded in the 90’s, to the bowels of 4/8chan today, hate groups’ media continues to play a role in inspiring young fascists to attack minority communities with seemingly increasing force and frequency. After a 4chan poster-turned-Nazi terrorist murdered ten people in mostly Black neighborhood’s supermarket in Buffalo, New York, he left behind a clumsy manifesto chronicling his radicalization process.
The Buffalo shooter was inspired by the Nazi media he consumed and by other acts of terror. Now, his attack is being celebrated by the showrunners for a neo-Nazi music festival—featuring a band whose former bassist shot up a Sikh temple.
PHOENIX SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE IS REGISTERED AGENT FOR III% GROUP, LED ANTI-LGBTQ CAMPAIGN
by ARIZONA RIGHT WING WATCH
UPDATE 10 JUNE 2022 10:30AM: This article was updated to include a sentence about the typo in Carver’s campaign website and how the URL with the correct spelling leads to this article.A far-right takeover is happening throughout the country at the local level. In Florida, at least half a dozen former and current members of the neo-fascist Proud Boys have secured official positions with the Miami-Dade Republican Party. Across the country, white nationalist propagandist Vincent James Foxx relocated from California to the small Idaho town of Post Falls, where he’s already cozied up with far-right politicians as high-ranking as the Lieutenant Governor and expressed interest in running for local races himself. These are just a few examples.
School boards have become hot spots for the far-right to make their presence known. During the COVID-19 pandemic, fascist militias and affiliates of various “patriot” movements responded to school safety measures by literally storming school board meetings in Vail, AZ and Portland, OR. In Washington, over a dozen Three Percenters have quickly gained political positions throughout the state, including five school board seats.
Similarly, a member of an Arizona sect of Three Percenters has been identified to be running for Deer Valley Unified School District in Phoenix.
POLICE DID LITTLE WHILE NAZI LIVESTREAMERS HARASSED WEHO, HOLLYWOOD, BEVERLY HILLS
by SEAN BECKNER-CARMITCHEL
On Saturday, May 21st an anti-Semitic hate group called the “Goyim Defense League” drove a U-Haul truck by stunned, angry and occasionally sympathetic onlookers in Hollywood, West Hollywood and Beverly Hills. The entire event was live streamed on leader John Minadeo’s anti-Semitic video hosting website Goyim TV. While much of the hate speech live-streamed was directed at Jews there were also incidents of anti-LGBTQ+, anti-Black, anti-Arab, anti-Asian hate speech and sexual harassment. Though police stated they are investigating the event as a hate incident, LCRW’s interviews with several sources show some in the community doubt the investigation is being taken seriously.
WHITE NATIONALIST AZ GOP POLITICIANS SPREAD DANGEROUS LIES IN WAKE OF MASSACRES
by ARIZONA RIGHT WING WATCH
Another week, another senseless, violent tragedy in the so-called Greatest Country in the World. Dozens dead. A white supremacist terror attack targeting a Black community in Buffalo, New York. And a classroom of Fourth Graders violently ripped away from their families in Uvalde, Texas. Countless lives affected. It hurts to even process. Yet, somehow, the cruelty of the two most extreme members of the extremist Arizona Republican Party endlessly persists as Rep. Paul Gosar and Sen. Wendy Rogers hijacked these tragedies to incite more hatred.
ARMED ANTI-ABORTION RALLYGOERS IN RIVERSIDE SQUIRTED WITH PENIS-SHAPED WATER BOTTLE
by SEAN BECKNER-CARMITCHEL
On May 21st, about 50 anti-abortion protesters gathered at Shamel Park in Riverside, California for a “Babies Lives Matter” march to a nearby Planned Parenthood facility—the Riverside Family Planning Center. One hour earlier, a group of about 30 pro-abortion protesters gathered to oppose them. Though there was no physical violence, there were multiple threats of assault from both groups, and one anti-abortion protester threatened to rape someone repeatedly. Though the situation was tense throughout the dueling demonstrations, Planned Parenthood remained open throughout the day.
MAD MAGA: BEYOND BELTWAYDOME RETURNING TO D.C. THREE SHOOTINGS & A CHILD MOLESTER LATER
by QREMEDY RESEARCH COLLECTIVE
When we last left the convoy, they were licking their wounds after two days spent entering residential neighborhoods to harass elected officials and leaving humiliated by teenagers. Locals fought back with eggs and signs and middle fingers and drove the Convoy out of the Bay Area. The past three weeks have been generally quieter, interspersed with moments of terror including three shootings and the revelation that one member of the convoy, which has several children in tow, is a convicted child molester.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD RALLY DRAWS OUT L.A. AREA'S FAR-RIGHT REGULARS
by SEAN BECKNER-CARMITCHEL
Just days after a Politico report revealed that the U.S. Supreme Court was preparing to strike down Roe v. Wade, a right-wing group planned to protest a Planned Parenthood clinic in Highland Park, California. The protest took place May 7th. Among the attendees was a man who was taken into Federal custody after threatening to carry out a school shooting, a fringe Beverly Hills City Council candidate that once punched a cancer survivor at an anti-mask protest outside a breast cancer clinic, several TradCaths, and a former amateur MMA fighter who assaulted an LCRW contributor on camera.
KEIZER, OR PRIDE FAIR CANCELED AFTER DOXXING, HARASSMENT, CITY'S SUPPORT OF FAR-RIGHT
by James Croxton
The far-right’s free speech-killing stranglehold on much of Oregon claimed another victim this month: Keizer Pride Fair.
On May 6, organizers of Keizer’s Pride Fair announced on their website that this year’s celebration would be canceled. They cited both last year’s event—the city’s first—being disrupted by a far-right group and the community’s overall approval of right wing extremism.
IF ROE FALLS, ARIZONA WILL NOT GO QUIETLY INTO THE NIGHT
by ARIZONA RIGHT WING WATCH
Thousands of abortion rights demonstrators marched in response to the recently leaked Supreme Court draft opinion signaling the possible end to Roe v. Wade. Phoenix, Tucson, Flagstaff, Gilbert, and Prescott all took to the streets to protest the news, which would have devastating effects in Arizona.
“Pro-life is a lie, you don’t care if people die,” chanted hundreds of activists outside the Phoenix State Capitol the night after the draft leak.
BANNER-DROPPING NAZIS IN VENTURA COUNTY RECEIVE CONTINUING COMMUNITY PUSHBACK
by ABNER HÄUGE
I’m at a deli talking to my sources. There’s a bunch of church ladies at the big table across from us in the outdoor dining area. One’s reading from some book, maybe the Bible. “Lemon,” the admin of the Conejo Valley Antifascists’ Twitter account, looks at them, looks back at me and says something to the effect of ‘Yeah, we get those types a lot out here.’ The church ladies break out into song. He hands me some stickers and a treat to take home for my dog. Most news organizations’ ethics guidelines say small gifts are fine, but I figure I should disclose it here. I don’t think LCRW readers will find me unduly prejudiced towards my sources, however—we’re here to talk about neo-Nazis hanging banners off the 101.
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