This weekend marks the 7th anniversary of the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, VA.
It also marks the second year of Ignite the Right, a project created by anti-fascist researchers intent on identifying participants so they can be held accountable
#IgniteTheRight
Ignite the Right continues to catalogue, archive and track down new and old information on participants. Our public database has over 600 listed identities released so far. We have hundreds more we are still working on.
Some of this years highlights:ignitetheright.net/database/
Oct 20, 2023 Charleen Ryan #LOSBlondeShadesUTR
Dedicated League of the South member and neo-Nazi, Charleen Ryan aka Char Gasemall of Villa Hills, KY, mingles with some of the worst racists. Identified by @LateNightAFA in this expose:
Dec 2, 2023 Marcel Karol Stein #MarcelSteinUTR
This former Marine did security for Unite the Right and was a Patriot Front member. Active in the Nazi scene in Houston, TX, he is now making the rounds in Poland. AKA Zeljko Stanjnovic and fashslav.
Feb 3, 2024 Clay Pinkston #MSSouthUTR
Not only was Clay Pinkston of Christiana, TN present at Unite the Right, it appears he was also involved in an act of violence at the racist event. Meet this neo-Nazi and LoS member identified by @LateNightAFA
Feb 12, 2024 Jordan Thomas Fracht #VanguardBlueGlassesUTR
Neo-Nazi and Patriot Front associate Jordan Thomas Fracht aka Mooch TX of Houston / Beaumont, TX attended Unite the Right with Vanguard America. More about this ID in the thread by @LateNightAFA
Feb 15, 2024 Andrew Mark Liebnow #AndrewLiebnowUTR
Andrew Liebnow aka Eurogenicist is a software engineer and Patriot Front associate who attended UTR all the way from Austin / RoundRock, TX. Learn more about this ID in the thread by @LateNightAFA
April 2, 2024 Judson Blevins #JudsonGannonBlevinsUTR
In April Blevins, a city commissioner in Enid, OK who not only didn't deny being a white supremacist, he also didn't refute evidence tying him to a secretive fascist group.
After a recall election, Blevins who marched at UTR and was previously an Identity Evropa coordinator lost his seat in local government. Excellent coverage by journalist @letsgomathias here:
#JudsonGannonBlevinsUTR #IgnitetheRight
May 13, 2024 Joshua Harley James and Justine Danielle Crowe James #BeardedTorchUTR #JustineCroweUTR
In May these OK-based neo-Nazis and UTR torch bearers Joshua and his former wife Justine were ID'd by @antichud @405JR @TheDoorOKC @LateNightAFA
June 12, 2024 John Joseph Kelly #TWPNorthFaceUTR
Next on the chopping block was John aka Boilerplate, an NJP nazi from Chicago, IL and Sarasota, FL who participated in the Unite the Right rally. ID'd as a torch bearer as well as an NSM and TWP member.
July 2, 2024 Michael Anthony George #PlaidPeterUTR
With a long history of online and in-person racist / anti-LGBTQIA harrassment, Savannah, TN nazi Michael George aka Great Ape Niggy was ID'd by @AnonComrades.
July 17, 2024 HUGE UNITE THE RIGHT ROUNDUP
@LateNightAFA released a BIG roundup of attendees some known and some who were not yet in the #IgniteTheRight database.
latenightafa.noblogs.org/unite-the-righ…
July 19, 2024 Tyler Bradley Dykes #GrayGoose #GooseInGrey #LanyardNoShirtUTR UPDATE
Tyler Dykes was sentenced to 57 months in prison for rioting at J6. He was ID'ed by @SunlightAFA in 2022 as a participant at UTR:
Since Feb. 2023 the Albemarle County Attorney's office started getting indictments under the burning objects statute against UtR attendees who carried torches and threatened members of the public.
Molly Conger has a great thread on those charged:
Ignite the Right's first year in review thread can be found here:
ignitetheright.net/ignite-the-rig…
When Ignite launched 2 years ago on the 5th anniversary of Charlottesville, we did so with the message:
"We do not forgive. We do not forget." That statement remains true.
This project is dedicated to the memory of Heather Heyer and all the victims of hate.
#IgniteTheRight
A huge thanks to the continued research of many including:
x.com/LateNightAFA
x.com/socialistdogmo…
x.com/AnonComrades/
x.com/antichud
x.com/SunlightAFA
x.com/UTRresearch
x.com/434Co
x.com/EyesOnTheRight
We would also like to thank the photographers and journalists whose work has been critical to our research. Please follow and support:
@letsgomathias
@EmilyGorcenski
@socialistdogmom
@UR_Ninja
@zdroberts
@sandibachom
@acrider
@dhosterman
@xshularx
@Edu_Bayer
@SeanRayford
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