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What you need to know about The Base, and the current threat of far-right violence in America, a thread.
We're now up to FBI 7 arrests of members of The Base. Arrests have taken place in Georgia, Wisconsin, and Maryland.https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/crime/2020/01/17/alleged-member-neo-nazi-group-charged-racine-synagogue-vandalism/4505324002/ …
One of those arrested was a Candian reservist who was in the country illegally.https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/fbi-arrests-the-base-georgia-wisconsin-1.5432006 …
The timing of these arrests apparently comes as The Base was planning "acts of violence around Monday’s planned protest in Richmond, Virginia, against gun control measures being planned by the Virginia Legislature." Via @DavidNeiwerthttps://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/16/1911985/-FBI-nabs-Canadian-neo-Nazi-reservist-two-others-preparing-for-violence-at-Virginia-Boogaloo …
We've covered The Base in the newsletter before. @hopenothate's @patrik_h wrote an explainer about the group and how they're organized last year. https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2019/04/28/an-eye-on-the-base-transatlantic-militant-fascists-continue-to-interact/ …pic.twitter.com/YvJDcGwL1L
I also talked about The Base in a @nowthisnews video on far-right violence. “After years of recruiting foot soldiers and priming them for violence, the far-right is now developing the infrastructure needed to mobilize and deploy them,” https://nowthisnews.com/videos/politics/melissa-ryan-on-growing-violence-from-the-far-right …
A few follow if you want to keep up with this issue in real-time on Twitter. @EmilyGorcenski @socialistdogmom @DavidNeiwert & @nickmartin.
I recommend @EmilyGorcenski, especially who runs First Vigil and has been all over this for months. She's been doing thread after thread about this, like this one below.https://twitter.com/EmilyGorcenski/status/1218543762374348800 …
We don't know what Monday's protest in Virginia will look like. Governor Northam has called a State of Emergency in preparation. Virginia obviously has a recent history with out-of-state Nazi agitators coming to their state so the declaration makes sense.https://www.npr.org/2020/01/15/796666321/virginia-governor-declares-state-of-emergency-ahead-of-pro-gun-rally …
And oh yes, of course President Trump is trying to incite violence ahead of Monday. He has to know about the arrests. He tweeted this anyway.https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1218297464941314049 …
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OK a few more things. @AlKapDC has been tracking the 4chan chatter around the Virigina protest for weeks. There have been constant calls for violence on 4chan etc. Details here.https://www.mediamatters.org/4chan/extremists-have-used-4chan-mobilize-and-threaten-violence-over-gun-safety-legislation …
Also, a big reason why these far-right groups are getting more brazen is because of Trump. Trump has given them a huge runway to organize and build power without much fear of consequence. And when Trump gets called out he just pivots to both sides/antifa etc. to give them cover.
OK I have not updated this landing page in two years but we're going back to @TheActionNet anyway, you can subscribe to Ctrl Alt-Right Delete here.https://actionnetwork.org/forms/ctrl-alt-right-delete-newsletter-2 …
This from @bellingcat is potentially terrifying, but not surprising.https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/01/19/richmond-gun-rally-is-a-virginia-cop-giving-4chans-pol-board-inside-info/ …
Again, the President of the United States is sending tweets meant to incite violence. Trump knows who his base is. They're cosplaying their Civil War II fantasies in Richmond right now.https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1219284434635100162 …
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