(THREAD) On September. 14, longtime neo-Nazi Chester Doles aims to hold a rally in downtown Dahlonega, north Georgia.
Doles' rally is an attempt to intimidate members of the local community. Doles claims that he is responding to an existential threat in #LumpkinCounty. Let's see.
For more information on "fourth-generation Klansman"/neo-Nazi organizer Chester Doles and his September 14 rally, see our alert here: atlantaantifa.org/2019/08/16/ale…
On August 1st, Doles submitted the initial permit application for the Dahlonega rally. You can view the complete application here: atlantaantifa.org/2019/08/23/per…
On the paperwork, Doles claims that a local liberal organization which formed from the Women's March is crypto-"antifa".
Two days after Doles entered his permit application, another neo-Nazi leader, Billy Roper, posted to the white supremacist Stormfront site about the Dahlonega rally. Roper also blogged about it on his own site.
Roper duplicates Doles' claims about local liberals being "Antifa".
Stormfront - the site where Roper promoted Doles' rally - has been tied to almost a hundred murders. theguardian.com/world/2014/apr…
Clearly, the liberal group being targeted are not militant anti-fascists. Nazis like soft targets.
The Dahlonega rally is an attempt to intimidate those who don't agree with Doles' racist and anti-immigrant politics. Residents are meant to fear that they will be targeted next.
Doles' current strategy is reminiscent of his time as a Klan leader in Maryland. There, Doles tried to intimidate Black communities in majority-white Ekton under the pretext of an anti-drug campaign.
Not long after, Doles went to prison for a brutal assault on a Black man.
Now, Doles uses Trump and "MAGA" imagery to recruit for his September rally.
Doles stirs up fear about exaggerated or imaginary threats to attract people to his white supremacist cause.
Here's one of Doles' most widely-shared and commented posts as he promotes his rally.
A couple of things to note:
(1) Doles states that this happened "near by."
(2) Jeremy Wade writes the incident "would not have happened" if "the Hammers" were around. Both Doles and Wade are linked to Crew 38, the support crew for the Hammerskin Nation white supremacist gang.
Doles continues to write of "crowd control" vehicles and now is proposing fireworks too.
On the same thread, Scottie Robinson of Rome, Georgia (AKA "Sugar Bear") posts a pic of an AR15 with a drum magazine, which it appears Robinson will bring to Doles' far-Right rally.
Doles approves.
As his rally approaches, Doles is also turning to his attention to the University of North Georgia. (NGCSU is the Dahlonega campus that merged into overall UNG.)
Doles speculates about potential "leftist" professors on campus, suggesting Doles may attempt harassment. @ung_news
Having invited hardcore neo-Nazis to Dahlonega for 9/14, Doles is increasingly clear about his intentions.
The City of Dahlonega has so far not even warned residents about the far-Right rally.
But now north Georgia residents are saying enough is enough.
Atlanta Antifascists stands in solidarity with the people of Palestine. We condemn all targeting of civilians in war, no matter what nationality or religion. We have no sympathy for Hamas, whose original atlantaantifa.org
(1988) charter was unambiguously antisemitic, and whose slaughter of civilians is abhorrent. We also broadly believe in the Palestinian right to self-determination. As US citizens, we recognize that many of the weapons currently killing Palestinian children were supplied by
our government, and believe that all US citizens have the same moral duty to oppose US-funded state terrorism and war crimes by Israel.
The recent murder of a Palestinian-American 6-year-old by an Islamophobe underlines how important it is to fight against the dehumanization
This piece from Molly Conger goes into further details about Tyler Dykes, who is currently incarcerated awaiting felony trial for his participation in "Unite the Right" the-devils-advocates.ghost.io/the-technology…
"Inside of this incredible report by afainatl
, which exposes the fascists of the Southern Sons Active Club, is important news about future Patriot Front activity.
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Three months ago, we started infiltrating Southern Sons Active Club, a racist group active in Georgia and the Carolinas. In this major report, we identify over a dozen neo-Nazis and highlight violent plots.
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Alabama.
Schwam's history as an active white supremacist explains why the racist/antisemitic National Justice Party has been making propaganda over his death, and why a fundraiser for his family has been doing the rounds on racist Telegram channels.
Thanks, this question is a great opportunity to articulate an antifascist principle in the tradition of ARA and the Torch Network. One of our basic principles is, "we go where they go" which means we follow fascists wherever they go, both physically and information-wise. (1/13)
"We go where they go" means both physical space and information space. Fascists should never feel secure on home ground and should never have a safe space. In the modern day, they recruit and propagandize on Gab, Twitter, Telegram, even Roblox. We follow them there. (2/13)
If the ground is positive to our side we counter them directly, if the ground is neutral we try to deplatform them, if the ground is against us we watch and wait for weaknesses we can exploit in other areas. We report on their attack plans in order to warn our communities. (3/13)
New article on the "Nations in Action" conference at the Georgia Tech Conference this weekend containing a deep dive on many terrible speakers (including virulent antisemites and literal piss drinkers) and their GOP political connections. This should never have been approved.
These speakers are not just harmless cranks: they're pushing conspiracies with a body count (like QAnon and "sovereign citizens") and peddling fake COVID cures.
According to this article, @GeorgiaTech is cowardly ducking responsibility. They need to stand up and kick out the conference to stop these conspiracist bigots from profiting off the GA Tech name. ajc.com/news/investiga…