How ‘Antifa’ Mirrors the ‘Alt-Right’

The violence by antifa—short for anti-fascist or anti-fascist action—in Charlottesville, Va., saw a surge in interest and support for the movement, especially after the murder of Heather Heyer.

Chris Hedges
By Chris Hedges
An anti-fascist demonstrator jumps over a barricade during a free speech rally Aug. 27 in Berkeley, Calif. (AP Photo)

Behind the rhetoric of the “alt-right” about white nativism and protecting American traditions, history and Christian values is the lust for violence. Behind the rhetoric of antifa, the Black Bloc and the so-called “alt-left” about capitalism, racism, state repression and corporate power is the same lust for violence. The two opposing groups,

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Police Chief Outed as Neo-Nazi Group Leader Prepping for Bloody ‘Race War’, Owner of KKK Website

The website featured “a banner that reads ‘The Voice of Blood and Honour,’ an international coalition of racist skinhead gangs, ISD Records features artists like The Klansmen and album titles including ‘Hitler was Right.’” The Bart Alsbrook who owned it was registered at an address in Denison, Texas, less than 10 miles from the city in which a man named Bart Alsbrook just became the newest police chief.

The Free Thought Project
By The Free Thought Project

Colbert, OK – A newly-appointed police chief has come under fire after he was directly linked to a website that promotes international racist skinhead gangs, the Klu Klux Klan, and media titled “Hitler was Right.” Bart Alsbrook was recently hired as the city of Colbert’s third police chief this year, but it wasn’t his connection to the police

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Ron Paul: Oppose Fascism of the Right and the Left

“While we should be willing to form coalitions with individuals of good will across the political spectrum, we must never align with anyone promoting violence as a solution to social and economic problems. We must also oppose any attempts to use the violence committed by extremists as a justification for expanding the police state or infringing on free speech. Laws against hate speech set a dangerous precedent for censorship of speech unpopular with the ruling elite and the deep state.”

Ron Paul
By Ron Paul
Former Texas Rep. Ron Paul (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

OPINION -- Following the recent clashes between the alt-right and the group antifa, some libertarians have debated which group they should support. The answer is simple: neither. The alt-right and its leftist opponents are two sides of the same authoritarian coin. The alt-right elevates racial identity over individual identity. The obsession

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Chomsky: Antifa Bringing Violence and Playing into the Alt-Right’s Hands

Calling out hard-left group Antifa’s extremist ideology and aggressive tactics, Noam Chomsky noted: “When confrontation shifts to the arena of violence, it’s the toughest and most brutal who win — and we know who that is.” Is Antifa handing the fascists the pretext they’ve been looking for?

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk

  MINNEAPOLIS – On August 12th, New York Times writer Sheryl Gay Stolberg found herself heavily berated on social media for her reporting on the recent violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. Stolberg, however, had done nothing to buoy the case for the white nationalist or racist elements in motion that day. Her “crime” was instead to

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How One Major Internet Company Helps Serve Up Hate On The Web

Cloudflare, a prominent San Francisco outfit, provides services to neo-Nazi sites like The Daily Stormer, including giving them personal information on people who complain about their content.

Ken Schwencke
By Ken Schwencke
Dylann Roof, responsible for a politically motivated killing rampage in a black church is rarely defined as a terrorist by most media.

Since its launch in 2013, the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer has quickly become the go-to spot for racists on the internet. Women are whores, blacks are inferior and a shadowy Jewish cabal is organizing a genocide against white people. The site can count among its readers Dylann Roof, the white teenager who slaughtered nine African Americans in

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Suspected German ‘Islamist’ Used To Be A Neo-Nazi

“The ideologies of far-right extremism and religious extremism are very similar.”

Deutsche Welle
By Deutsche Welle
People take part at a demonstration initiated by right-wing NPD (National Democratic Party of Germany) against the German asylum law and asylum seekers in Riesa, eastern Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015. (AP/Jens Meyer)

(REPORT) --- The suspected Islamist terrorist, arrested in the central German town of Northeim last week, previously expressed neo-Nazi sympathies, a press report has revealed. Citing anonymous insider information, news magazine "Der Spiegel" said that investigators had tracked down a YouTube channel and a Facebook profile belonging to Sascha L.

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