Tagged: Antivaxxers
MAD MAGA: FURY ROAD’S EGG-CELLENT ADVENTURE
QREMEDY RESEARCH COLLECTIVE | April 27, 2022
The first sign that this would be a weird week—even by convoy standards—was the arrival of the FAFO fire truck, a retired bright yellow fire truck with working lights, siren, and fire hose. This week the convoy had one protest at a Jewish Community Center, two protests at the Capitol in Sacramento, three protests at […]
HIGH PRODUCTION, LOW ENERGY ANTIVAXX RALLY CONSTIPATES DOWNTOWN L.A. TRAFFIC
ABNER HÄUGE | April 14, 2022
LAPD rolled out the red carpet for an astroturfed right-wing event, funneling traffic around Grand Park and blocking off streets for the sake of about a thousand antivaxxers, fifth-dimension vibe-nauts, Proud Boys, and at least one neo-Nazi last Sunday. They wandered in to watch “COVID is a hoax” cranks and celebrities who got hooked on […]
ANTIVAXXERS DROWNED OUT BY DRUM CIRCLE IN OAKLAND, CROWD STREET CORNERS IN DANVILLE
JAMES CROXTON | MARK MISOSHNIK | January 24, 2022
This weekend, antivaxxers held “End the Mandate” rallies around the country—the largest of which was in Washington D.C. on Sunday. The D.C. rally only drew a few thousand people despite a large stage and highly organized activist infrastructure and aggressive outreach. The events around the country were notable for their attendees’ antisemitism—both in the classical […]
“WE SHOULD NOOSE YOU COMMIES!” VEGAS ANTIVAXXERS ARE SHOWING UP TO OFFICIALS’ HOUSES NOW
ELI KNÉSÓL | December 1, 2021
“Come on, bitch!” a man with a long pole adorned with a yellow “Don’t tread on me” flag says to an off-camera group. The man with a pole is part of a group of thirty or so antivaxxers/anti-maskers/anti-CRT protesters or whatever the right wing rabble riled up by conspiracy theories and racist rhetoric wants to […]
VEGAS ANTIVAXX GROUP SPLITS WITH PROUD BOYS AFTER FAILED PUSH TO ALLY WITH BLM
ELI KNÉSÓL | October 17, 2021
An anti-vax group in Las Vegas is experiencing tension and in-fighting as leadership seeks support from leftist groups and hardline fascists push the group towards militant white supremacy. Freedom of Choice (FoC) is an anti-vaccine/mask-focused misinformation group based in Las Vegas headed up by Brandon Burns, a veteran who started the Facebook group after being […]
‘WORLDWIDE’ ANTI-QUARANTINE RALLIES DEVOLVE INTO RIVAL CAMPS
MICHAEL BOORMAN | August 25, 2021
Following accusations by anti-vaccine protest organizers Telegram channel had been hacked, a rival faction is now denouncing the ‘Worldwide USA’ organizers and declaring all protests scheduled to take place across the US this weekend to be invalid. LCRW previously reported on an outbreak of confusion last weekend, when national organizers disconnected their California Telegram channel […]
‘WORLDWIDE’ CALIFORNIA ANTI-LOCKDOWN RALLIES COLLAPSE IN CONFUSION
MICHAEL BOORMAN | August 21, 2021
Multiple ‘freedom rallies’ scheduled to take place August 29 in California have been abandoned by national organizers. The events, originally scheduled to take place in San Francisco, Berkeley, Santa Monica, and San Diego, are in limbo after national organizers severed ties with their California chapter with no explanation. The Worldwide California group has descended into […]
JOURNALIST THREATENED WITH DEATH AT SPRINGFIELD, OR ANTIVAXXER MARCH
JAMES CROXTON | June 26, 2021
I got to the plaza in front of Springfield Library/City Hall right around 4 p.m. on Wednesday when the anti-mask, anti-vaccine, anti-critical race theory event hosted by Rob Davis and local real estate agent Amanda Crosswhite was supposed to start. Davis has been a constant presence throughout Eugene, Springfield, and Salem, Oregon, mostly organizing pro-Trump […]