Plz indulge our little Cassandra moment here in a *THREAD* discussing some dynamics in the pre-Trump years, the rebirth of the right in the Obama era, & how at that time antifa was a tiny handful of folks largely unsupported by the wider left.
This is to stress the importance of preventative antifa.
As the end of Trump‘s term is imminent, there will likely be many who move on from antifa work. It is v important that at least some ppl continue doing this even if the Far Right does recede (a big “if” ofc).
Many leftists recognize Trump as a symptom, but usually of general American cultural/political pathology (which, fair enough). But also Trumpism is more specifically the product of v intentional, multi-level Far Right organizing turbocharged by the election of a black man.
Thanks to a leaked chat publicized by @WANaziWatch, we'd like to introduce you to West Sound Proud Boy vetting officer Mike Babbitt of Bremerton, WA. A former Idaho cop and former DOD contractor in the Middle East, Mike organized West Sound PB attendees in Olympia yesterday.
More information about the PBs that Mike organized to attend the violent fascist rally in Olympia yesterday can be found here:
Mike likes to supplement his taste for domestic fascist violence with racist and Islamophobic statements stemming from his experiences violently occupying other countries!
“The Shamash lights the other candles. Be the Shamash.”
-Rabbi David Wolpe
Hanukkah at Coordination Committee Orphanage (Poland, 1948). The children had been hidden by non-Jewish families during the war.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Yad Vashem Archives.
Anti-semitism is an issue that has often been misunderstood or underestimated by the US Left. It remains a central organizing principle of the right as is clear from the popular QANON conspiracy theory, and incidents like the Tree of Life synagogue shooting.
Almost any time that antisemitism as an issue is raised, there will be a response regarding Israel's human rights abuses against Palestinians. Treating the Jewish diaspora & the Israeli state as a singular entity is in fact a relic of an old anti-semitic narrative: dual loyalty.
We've created a zine reviewing a number of prominent individuals associated with the far-right group "COPS NW" that local folks should be aware of right now. Images of all the pages (Cover and page 1 below) are in the following thread, but if you want a .pdf copy, just email us!
Pages 2 and 3, featuring Audra Price and Timothy Ryerson. And yeah, we chose the picture of her wearing the tiara because she does very regularly wear it out and about to actions...
Pages 4 and 5, featuring Andrew Duncomb, or "Black Rebel," and Ashley McCauley.
Proud Boys hate group member Drew Duncomb, who participated in the deadly Unite The Right neo-Nazi rally, leaps to the vigorous defense of a racist COPS NW member who called a black woman the n-word.
Patriot Prayer member Skylor Jernigan, who was recently found in contempt for refusing to surrender his firearms after shooting into a crowd of protesters in August and is prohibited from possessing weapons, indiscriminately sprays people with bear spray.
Violent COPS NW member Jeremy Roberts (twitter.com/search?q=from%…), who uses Audra Price's events as a pretext for aggressive assaults, is also seen in the previous video doing the thing he does.
A thread about dangerously violent & volatile Patriot Prayer member Chandler Pappas (twitter.com/search?q=from%…), who is currently enjoying the systematic impunity & assistance that PNW police have offered to far-right & fascist agitators in recent years.
On 8/11, a judge signed a family abuse protective order prohibiting Chandler Pappas from purchasing or possessing firearms or ammunition after he viciously assaulted a member of his extended family.
This isn't the first time Pappas has faced such restrictions. In 2015 he was subject to a restraining order after carrying out a misogynist campaign of stalking & death threats against a former intimate partner.
Chandler Pappas loves to terrify women.