unite the right 2
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Nationwide White Lives Matter Rallies Fail to Draw Sizable White Supporters
White supremacists tried and failed miserably to rally masses of racists around the country in the name of White Lives Matter, according to Newsweek. The rallies were a complete bust. They were supposed to take place in 11 cities, including New York, Fort Worth, Texas, and Chicago. These rallies were discussed on social media, but…
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When Black Lives Are Under Attack, What Do We Do? Stand Up, Fight Back!
It seemed like the “alt-right” got the memo that spewing hateful rhetoric and inciting violence like we saw last year in Charlottesville, Va., only further marginalizes them. The few neo-Nazis, white nationalists and sympathizers who were present at the Unite the Right 2 March were completely dwarfed and drowned out by thousands of counter-protesters. Black…
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I Spent the Whole Unite the Right 2 Weekend Looking for Nazis and Ended Up at the White House
Last weekend was the one-year anniversary of the white nationalist Unite the Right terrorist attacks on Charlottesville, Va., and to celebrate, white nationalist leader Jason Kessler decided to do a remix and hold Unite the Right 2, in Washington, D.C. As a University of Virginia alumni and a resident of the vast suburban sprawl that…
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Jason Kessler and His Band of Racists Took 'Private' Metro KKKars to White Civil Rights Protest, Infuriating Union Group, D.C. Officials
A little over a week ago, it was announced that D.C.’s WMATA was flirting with the idea of providing separate trains to transport sentient tubs of lard to downtown D.C. where they’d protest near the White House on behalf of “white civil rights.” That idea was supposed to be nixed amidst protests, including from the…
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Breaking Hate: What a Former White Supremacist Says Will End Racism May Suprise You
We’ve said it before, but it’s worth repeating—black people can’t rid white America of its cancerous racism—that’s going to be an inside job, by them, for them. As we mark the one-year anniversary of the bloody disaster that was the so-called Unite the Right white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., it behooves us to start…
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The Root is Live at Unite The Right 2: Nazi Boogaloo
Updated: Sunday, August 12, 2018, 6:06 p.m. EDT: Reports from Lafayette Square show a very underwhelming crowd. Not only do the number of anti-racists exceed the number of white supremacists, reports from the ground confirm that the potato salad at the counterprotest is far superior. Updated: Sunday, August 12, 2018, 2:56 p.m. EDT: According to…
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This Is What They Meant By 'Great Again': It's 2018 and America Is Preparing for a Nazi Attack
No matter how stupid or ugly something may seem, everything eventually comes back in style. Ashton Kutcher brought back trucker hats. Jellies made a brief appearance a few years ago. Fanny packs are a thing now. And there may be no better proof that history repeats itself than the Unite the Right 2: Nazi Boogaloo…
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'White Civil Rights' Aren’t a Thing: Why Black People Are Protesting Unite the Right 2
On Aug. 12, white nationalists, fascists and their sympathizers will descend on Washington, D.C., for a “white civil rights” rally intended to terrorize black and brown residents. This rally is coming from the same white nationalists responsible for the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., where Heather Heyer was killed and dozens of…
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A Year After Unite the Right, Charlottesville Is Taking a Stand Against Media and 'Allies' Who Implicitly Support White Supremacy
Anxiety is high in Virginia as it approaches the one-year anniversary of the Unite the Right rally, the “alt-right” violent protest that brought together all manner of white supremacists in Charlottesville. In anticipation of demonstrations—and subsequent clashes—marking the anniversary, including a Unite the Right 2 rally that will be held this weekend in Washington, D.C.,…