Hatewatch Headlines 10/20/2017
Key institutions help fund white nationalism; protesters drown out Spencer’s hate; FBI seeing a black menace where little exists; and more.
Think Progress: These wealthy institutions are enriching Robert Mercer and quietly financing white nationalism.
Huffington Post: Thousands of protesters show up in Florida to drown out Richard Spencer’s hate.
AlterNet: The alt-right group Spencer asked to protect him at one time discussed bombing a federal building.
Washington Post: Richard Spencer is not an emergency, and it was foolish of Florida to treat him like one.
ProPublica: Racist, violent, unpunished: A white hate group’s campaign of menace.
New York Times: The FBI’s phantom black menace.
Tech Crunch: Twitter says it’s done with hate symbols, violent groups, and a raft of other toxic online behaviors.
Vice: Far-right militias are hoping for a societal collapse, and here’s what they want to see happen afterward.
USA Today: Open-carry militias plus armed protesters equals a recipe for tragedy.
BuzzFeed: From the gym to the gun range, here’s where and how antifascist activists are training to fight the far right.
Tennessean: A week before White Lives Matter rally, Nashville immigrants speak at vigil on Muslim ban.
Miami New Times (FL): Cuban white supremacist asks for help with legal fees after charging at protesters.
Harvard Crimson (Cambridge, MA): Derek Black, son of Stormfront founder and now ex-Nazi, explains how the far right recruits, organizes.
The Daily Beast: Public Enemy frontman Chuck D explains how and why Donald Trump is a white supremacist.
Right Wing Watch: FRC’s Tony Perkins says LGBT people in the military create ‘moral confusion’ that makes men harass women.
Media Matters: This Periscope demonstrates that there’s no meaningful difference between the ‘new right’ and the alt-right.
