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2) Alt-right and alt-light organizing has two cornerstones-- nationalism and gender politics. Their nationalism isn't always white nationalism. We see multi-ethnic groups like Patriot Prayer and the Proud Boys organizing on the basis of Islamophobia and male chauvinism.

5) As researcher Matthew Lyons notes in "Insurgent Supremacists": "Because alt-rightists were explicitly white nationalist, many observers didn’t notice that they also promoted a misogyny so extreme that even many neonazis criticized it." https://secure.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=924 …

6) This isn't accidental. When the alt-light and the alt-right are looking to recruit, they draw in members by appealing to the entitlement of traditional gender roles. This means they're bringing in abusers by the score.

7) Worth noting-- the left definitely has unaddressed issues with gender-based violence. See the wonderful zine "Accounting for Ourselves" for more on that: https://ia902307.us.archive.org/21/items/AccountingForOurselves/accounting-for-ourselves_screen.pdf … But it's not a point of recruitment, like it is for the alt-light and alt-right.

8) One of the Proud Boys' mottos is "Venerate the housewife," but there's strict and violent consequences for women who step outside those roles.

9) @RoseCityAntifa has been tracking the intimate partner violence histories of Proud Boy and Patriot Prayer members in the Pacific Northwest:https://twitter.com/RoseCityAntifa/status/1047732983854116865 …