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THREAD: There were a lot of tweets about the “Straight Pride” parade that’s going to be held in Boston in August. It’s just a rebrand of Resist Marxism, a violent far-right group based in Boston, MA. Let’s meet the organizer, Mark Sahady, and see his ties to violence and hate.pic.twitter.com/NZtfB7N9P8
2/ Resist Marxism was founded in 2017 by Kyle “Based Stickman” Chapman, who’s currently facing two felonies. In May 2018, their ties to hate groups like Patriot Front and the American Guard were exposed.https://thinkprogress.org/resist-marxism-front-for-far-right-organizing-9bd959325ae1/ …
3/ But Mark Sahady didn’t stop after that.
In fact, he traveled to Portland to riot alongside Patriot Prayer.
Here’s him on June 30, 2018, armed with a club in Portland.
He also appears in this photo from 6/30, via @shane_burley1.pic.twitter.com/0ZfyeIUpD5
4/ That day was so violent, Portland police revoked Patriot Prayer’s permit, stating that they’d caused a “riot.”https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/07/03/portland-far-right-rally-once-again-quickly-turns-violent-march-becomes-riot …
5/ On October 6 2018, Mark organized a Resist Marxism rally in Providence, Rhode Island, and invited the Proud Boys for "security."
The Proud Boys crossed a police barricade to attack protesters.
(Kudos to @steveahlquist and @UpriseRI for this footage.)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhvzypJcw54&feature=youtu.be …
6/ This is Maxwell Hare, a Proud Boy who attended Sahady's rally on October 6. He liked it so much that on October 12, he led a group of ten men in a gang beating of three protesters at a Gavin McInnes event in Manhattan. http://gothamist.com/2018/10/23/proud_boys_arraigned_nyc.php …pic.twitter.com/RRffEmrwzo
7/ In December 2019, Mark Sahady hosted a Resist Marxism "debate" on immigration. Patriot Front, a neo-Nazi organization, provided security. Here's Mark with Chris Hood (tan hat), the head of the Massachusetts Patriot Front cell.pic.twitter.com/kGl0r9MVTZ
8/ Patriot Front is an openly neo-Nazi organization that endorses the use of "ethnostate rape gangs" to police the behavior of white women after they win the race war they think is coming.https://unicornriot.ninja/2018/americans-fascists-inside-patriot-front/ …
9/ And Chris Hood, the leader of Massachusetts Patriot Front? He's been with Resist Marxism since the beginning. Here he is with RM founder Kyle "Based Stickman" Chapman in November 2017, at Resist Marxism's first ever event.pic.twitter.com/zcgqOz3pgf
10/ Chris Hood is currently facing a weapons charge after a member of Patriot Front allegedly assaulted a police officer while the group was masked and flyering in East Boston. He wore a 1488 bracelet to his first court appearance.https://www.necn.com/news/new-england/Trio-Arrested-in-Connection-to-East-Boston-Racist-Fliers-Face-Judge-506043251.html …
11/ Mark Sahady and Resist Marxism showed up at the Boston Women's March on January 19, 2019, where they attacked attendees. Here's Mark Sahady-- beanie, black jacket-- grabbing a trans woman. He has to be held back by his friend, Brandon Navom, in the tan trenchcoat.pic.twitter.com/irzVOZdLfH
12/ The footage in the above tweet is from videographer @mikegamms' livestream on 1/19/19.
13/ And wasn't even the worst of the violence that day. Here's John Camden, President of the New Hampshire American Guard and a longtime Resist Marxism associate, grabbing a guy and just throwing him to the ground.https://twitter.com/AntiFashGordon/status/1086649648666853377 …
14/ The @ADL calls the American Guard "hardcore white supremacists."https://www.adl.org/blog/behind-the-american-guard-hardcore-white-supremacists …
15/ Here's some old photos of Camden. That "Firm 22" pendant he's wearing in the second photo signifies his support for the Vinlanders Social Club, one of the most violent skinhead gangs in the country.pic.twitter.com/LGsCM3eLH3
16/ But after attack protesters at the Women's March in January, Resist Marxism couldn't wait to cause more violence.
They immediately started planning a rally for Providence in April.
@AndyBCampbell leaked those chats, showing the violence they planned.https://www.huffpost.com/entry/proud-boys-chat-logs-premeditate-rally-violence-in-leaked-chats_n_5ce1e231e4b00e035b928683 …
17/ Resist Marxism and the Proud Boys planned to target specific activists, posting photos of the weapons they planned to bring with which to attack activists.https://www.huffpost.com/entry/proud-boys-chat-logs-premeditate-rally-violence-in-leaked-chats_n_5ce1e231e4b00e035b928683 …
18/ The rally was rescheduled for June, and then eventually cancelled. But this is the pattern of violence that Sahady brings to everything he organizes. He brings hate groups like the American Guard, Patriot Front, and the Proud Boys with him.
19/ And while he's not a Proud Boy himself, he still warmly supports them.pic.twitter.com/FqTCC3QZ1b
20/ Meanwhile, Michael Moura, the spokesman for Resist Marxism is currently screaming about how they have "brothers" in federal prison, including James Fields, who murdered Heather Heyer at the first Unite the Right rally in 2017.pic.twitter.com/UcJ0rlo9CB
21/ Moura's also accusing people of being "fed informants," which suggests Resist Marxism may be under some kind of federal investigation? That could explain why they're trying to rebrand as a straight pride parade.pic.twitter.com/3uADX7X4iz
22/ Here's the tl;dr-- Mark Sahady has a long history of associating with violent hate groups. When he organizes events, they turn violent. The straight pride parade will attract violent hate groups.
23/ So what can you do to help?
Tell @marty_walsh and City Hall to cancel the permit for the straight pride parade.
This isn't about free speech, it's about public safety.
The organizers have a documented history of staging violent events.
24/ Call the Mayor's office at 617-635-4500 and ask them to cancel the straight pride permit. Here's a phone script you can use.pic.twitter.com/pHfLz3s58Z
25/ The police won't protect us.
We've seen the police protect members of violent hate groups who come from outside Boston to attack Bostonians.
It's on us to protect our communities.
Share this with everyone you know, and shine some light on the straight pride parade.
26/ If you're comfortable with a Facebook event, check out an opposition protest for this parade. Solidarity Against Hate-- Boston is organizing a protest here. https://www.facebook.com/events/2233546250067653/ …
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