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THREAD: The Proud Boys and other alt-light groups are rallying in Philadelphia on 11/17.
This is Andrew Kovalic, Harrisburg PA Proud Boys Rally Captain. He's doing Security that day.
He works for @comcast. Here he is making a white power gesture in his Comcast uniform.pic.twitter.com/TC84L290YD
2) Here's his Facebook profile, where he lists "Comcast" as his workplace next to the laurel iconography of the Proud Boys, an @splcenter- designated hate group.
@comcastcares-- do you care that your employee Andrew Kovalic is a member of a hate group?pic.twitter.com/gbUz8j9V6b
3) Andrew also supports antisemitic conspiracy theories. In their "private" Security chat for 11/17, organizer Jerry Smith says, "Its semitism and identity politics that's the problem." Andrew made sure to hit "like" on that one.pic.twitter.com/mnNMgK46xy
4) This is the rally Andrew's doing security for: https://www.facebook.com/events/419562875241231/ … It's happening this Saturday, in Philadelphia, right outside Independence Hall.pic.twitter.com/H9WAu0azsF
5) Zach Rehl and Holly Delcampo are the organizers. The heads of security are Jerry "I'm a gross antimsemite" Smith and Dino Kay. (I'll get to them later on in the week.)pic.twitter.com/Id8OrpJRg3
6) They're trying to present the rally as a pro-American rally. Except that they're lying to the press while they openly court hate groups to attend.
7) Here's organizer Zach Rehl telling @PhillyInquirer that "First of all, it's not a rally for Proud Boys. We're not interested in having any racist groups there, and if we find them, we're going to remove them from the event."
http://www2.philly.com/philly/news/proud-boys-far-right-white-nationalist-rally-philadelphia-pushback-campaign-antifa-20181024.html …pic.twitter.com/DSacJ79SMk
8) When Proud Boy Thomas Savasta asks Head of Security Jerry Smith what to wear to the rally, Jerry tells him "dress like a Proud Boy."pic.twitter.com/DMHVKDS7XD
9) Rally organizer Holly Delcampo invited Proud Boy goon Alan Swinney to attend. Jerry Smith added him to the Security chat, too. And Alan says, "Count me in."pic.twitter.com/RxD7XvhHDn
10) I've threaded on Swinney before. You can read all about him here. Note that his Patreon has since been cancelled:https://twitter.com/AntiFashGordon/status/1053317377591525377 …
11) Swinney has a history of violence. He caught an assault charge in Texas for strangling a family member in 2012. And another for violating a protective order in 2014. And he did the same thing to a protester in Providence on 10/6.pic.twitter.com/ysmjveHk2r
12) Side note-- misogyny and gender-based violence is a cornerstone of alt-right organizing. I went more in-depth about that here:https://twitter.com/AntiFashGordon/status/1059142184044257280 …
13) And it's not just Proud Boy goons who are coming out. Keystone United (formerly Keystone State Skinheads) organizer Bob Gaus announced that he'd be attending.pic.twitter.com/phbljTGX2r
14) @PhillyANTIFA profiled recently Bob Gaus here: https://phillyantifa.org/keystone-united-exposed-day-2-robert-and-melissa-gaus/ …
15) So how do we fight back?
First, follow @PushBackCmpgn to get updates on the counter-rally.
Second, if you can, join the counterprotesters on the streets on 11/17.
Third, I'll be putting out the employer contact info of key organizers all week.
Contact them.pic.twitter.com/ywj2h3bY7D
16) For today, you can contact @comcast and @comcastcares to tell them that Andrew Kovalic, one of their employees in Harrisburg, PA, is a member of the Proud Boys, an @splcenter-designated hate group.
And that he's doing security for a fascist rally on Saturday.pic.twitter.com/VEMtADQmkR
17) I'll be putting out more ways you can help every day this week.
Hate has consequences, but only when we organize as a community.
The cops won't protect us.
Who protects us?
We protect us.
No hate in our streets.
No hate in our workplaces.
¡No pasarán!
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