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Every week, we highlight stories on extremism and the radical right from the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project. Here are stories that caught our attention through May 10.
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A distressing recent surge in antisemitism in the U.S. has included the dissemination of prejudicial tropes by mainstream politicians, the misguided invocation of Adolf Hitler by groups claiming parental rights, and acts of intimidation and terror targeting specific populations. This makes commemorating Saturday’s Holocaust Remembrance Day important not only to honor the memory of the millions who died, but also to educate present and future generations about the atrocities of the Holocaust and how and why it happened.
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Steven Anderson, the virulently anti-LGBT pastor of Tempe, Arizona-based hate group Faithful Word Baptist Church, is scheduled to be in Jamaica the end of January.
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Earlier this year, the anti-LGBT hate group Family Research Council joined forces with other Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) designated hate groups ACT For America, American Family Association (AFA), and Liberty Counsel to launch an ongoing attack campaign against the SPLC. Now it appears they're willing to enlist the authority of a notoriously anti-Semitic publication in their effort.
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A Michigan man and Holocaust-denier who used Twitter to fantasize about killing school children and Jews will be banned from social media and the Internet for two years under supervised probation terms imposed by a judge.
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The largest synagogue in Washington state is among the victims of the recent wave of anti-Semitic attacks, but its rabbis refuse to 'let the growing climate of hate to define who we are.'
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A congressional candidate in eastern Tennessee who recently made national headlines for his “Make America White Again” billboards is hoping Donald Trump’s racially charged presidential campaign will increase his chances of winning.
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The Traditionalist Youth Network, a white nationalist group that promotes a racist interpretation of Christianity, has long flirted with anti-Semitism. Writers for the group frequently discuss “the Jewish question” and the idea of “Jewish Subversion.”
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The takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon by three of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy’s sons and their fellow militiamen continues to attract support from the hardcore extremist and racist right.
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Willis Carto, founder of several radical right publications and organizations and a major American promoter of Holocaust denial, has passed away according to white nationalist reports.
