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NEW: Benjamin Welton uses pen names to write for white nationalist sites, generating interest from major far right figures. He’s also a teacher, @BU_Tweets PhD student, & freelance writer for major media.

Today he got fired from a Mass. elementary school huffpost.com/entry/benjamin…

“No mercy for our enemies. Do not weep, for they are not human,” he wrote in March, seven months into his job as an elementary school teacher. “Treat those who want to abolish ‘whiteness’ with the same venom if not more. They deserve medieval punishments.” huffpost.com/entry/benjamin…

In this since-deleted pic of Welton on the school's site, you can see “Dollfuß (1934)” on the chalkboard — a likely reference to Engelbert Dollfuss, an Austrian fascist politician who served as the country’s chancellor until his assassination in 1934. huffpost.com/entry/benjamin…

Welton used pen names to write dozens of articles for major white nationalist websites, including VDARE and American Renaissance.

He used his real name to write for The Atlantic, Vice, The Weekly Standard and The Daily Caller. huffpost.com/entry/benjamin…

"I now try to inject race realism into my working life,” he wrote in a 2017 American Renaissance article, when he was teaching college courses. “When I teach my students or write papers, I refuse to engage in cultural Marxism or in anti-white rhetoric.” huffpost.com/entry/benjamin…

His articles for The Atlantic and Vice were about esoteric spy and detective novels.

In his articles for The Weekly Standard and The Daily Caller he did not hide his fascist sympathies.

The Daily Caller piece is particularly disgusting. huffpost.com/entry/benjamin…

another white nationalist with another byline in the @DailyCaller huffpost.com/entry/benjamin…

Welton has recently started to generate interest and relationships with some major far right figures, including Bronze Age Pervert & Matt Forney.

He also recently published a book with white nationalist publishing house Antelope Hill, using a pseudonym. huffpost.com/entry/benjamin…

Last month Welton, an elementary school teacher, posted a menacing image showing the book “On Resistance to Evil by Force” by Ivan Alexandrovich Ilyin, sitting on a table next to an empty pistol holster.
huffpost.com/entry/benjamin…

Welton was first exposed earlier this week by anti-fascist researchers in @AnonComrades, who had provided HuffPost with details of Welton's white nationalism earlier this month. accollective.noblogs.org/post/2021/05/2…

Boston University (@BU_Tweets), where Welton is a PhD candidate, wouldn't say if it'd be launching an investigation into his white nationalism.

After a @HuffPost inquiry for this story, his student profile page was removed from the school's website huffpost.com/entry/benjamin…

This is the second time @HuffPost has helped expose a white nationalist teacher.

In 2019, @rklein90 @ohheyjenna & I exposed Dayanna Volitich, a Florida middle school teacher who was secretly hosting a white nationalist podcast. huffpost.com/entry/florida-…

Volitich — who reportedly told students that the Ku Klux Klan was a “good thing” — was fired after HuffPost exposed her. huffpost.com/entry/white-na…

also worth mentioning that this white nationalist was in the military.

Welton enlisted in the Navy Reserves 2011, working in the naval military police, and left the service in 2018, a Navy spokesperson confirmed. He received a Pistol Marksmanship Ribbon. huffpost.com/entry/benjamin…