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Race, Racism, & White Nationalism14 Dec 2023TPUSA Event Shines Light on the Organizational Contours of MAGA-WorldCollege-oriented Far-Right group Turning Point USA’s(TPUSA) AmericaFest is scheduled for this weekend, December 16-19, in Phoenix, Arizona. TPUSA and its…Uncategorized1 Dec 2023In Memorial of Dr. Rudolph C. RyserIREHR is saddened to learn of the recent passing of Dr. Rudolph C. Ryser of the Center for World Indigenous…Far-Right Paramilitarism19 Oct 2023CSPOA Leader Divulges White Nationalist TiesAlready facing growing pressure for ties to white nationalists, the head of a “Constitutional Sheriffs” group appeared on the podcast…Far-Right Paramilitarism6 Oct 2023Follow-Up Letter on CSPOA to the Minnesota Attorney GeneralOn September 28, IREHR sent this letter to Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison. CSPOA founder Richard Mack published a response…Far-Right Paramilitarism4 Oct 2023CSPOA in Minnesota: Liberty Tea Party Patriots and Mary AmlawAs Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) founder and Advisory Board President Richard Mack continues his speaking tour in…Far-Right Paramilitarism3 Oct 2023CSPOA and FAIR On-the-Ground in Minnesota: Casey McGregorLast week, IREHR reported that Susan Tully, Senior Field Representative and Special Projects & Law Enforcement Relations Manager of the…Far-Right Paramilitarism2 Oct 2023Meet the Group Behind CSPOA’s Visit to Le Center, MinnesotaAs Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) founder and Advisory Board President Richard Mack kicks off a week of…Far-Right Paramilitarism29 Sep 2023“Constitutional Sheriffs” and Anti-Immigrant Leaders Coming to MinnesotaFollowing efforts to recruit law enforcement in North Carolina, the Far-Right pro-militia Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) is…Far-Right Paramilitarism28 Sep 2023IREHR’s Letter to the Minnesota Attorney General About CSPOADear Attorney General Keith Ellison: I’m writing today with an urgent alert about the plans of a Far-Right pro-paramilitary group…Far-Right Paramilitarism27 Sep 2023CSPOA and the People’s Rights Network“Constitutional Sheriffs” CEO Sam Bushman is a Member of Ammon Bundy’s People’s Rights Network IREHR has repeatedly documented the Constitutional…Race, Racism, & White Nationalism18 Sep 2023National Socialist Group Gathered to Plan Attack on Fair HousingOn September 12, the national socialist National Justice Party (NJP) held its latest Labor Day event in Columbus, Ohio. Beyond…Far-Right Paramilitarism7 Sep 2023Sam Bushman’s Liberty Roundtable Runs Ad for Christian Identity GroupOn July 8, Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) CEO Sam Bushman broadcast his Liberty Roundtable from the neo-Confederate…Far-Right Paramilitarism7 Sep 2023CSPOA, Dixie Fest, and the League of the SouthOn July 8, Sam Bushman, CEO of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA), took his Liberty Roundtable radio…Race, Racism, & White Nationalism7 Sep 2023League of the South, Dixie Fest, and Christian IdentityOn July 8, leaders of the white nationalist League of the South ventured to Travelers Rest, South Carolina, to hold…Race, Racism, & White Nationalism11 Aug 2023Nick Fuentes and Christian White Nationalist “Holy War”In an angry speech accompanied by an apocalyptic video montage, white nationalist Groyper leader Nick Fuentes called for a “Holy…Far-Right Paramilitarism11 Jul 2023“Purging the Party” – Far-Right Takeover of the Idaho GOPNationally, the far right capture of state and local Republican Party chapters has intensified moves to “purge” the party of…Race, Racism, & White Nationalism22 Jun 2023Ozark Pridefest Stands Up to White NationalistsMembers of the masked white nationalist group Patriot Front rolled out to a rented U-Haul to march on Ozark Pridefest…Race, Racism, & White Nationalism21 Jun 2023CSPOA Cozies Up to the ConfederacyOn July 8, Sam Bushman, CEO of the Far-Right Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA), appears headed to a…Race, Racism, & White Nationalism19 May 2023In Missouri, Three White Nationalist Groups Grow Bigger and More DangerousIn Missouri, the number of white nationalists has grown, constituting a new danger to the promise of equality and democracy.…Race, Racism, & White Nationalism9 May 2023Mark Weber, Jared Taylor Off to Estonia for ConferenceWhite nationalists are thinking about the future.  They are holding a conference entitled “The Year 2050,” on May 13-14 in…Race, Racism, & White Nationalism4 May 2023Proud Boys Leaders Convicted of Seditious Conspiracy and the Far Right RespondsFour leaders of the Proud Boys were convicted today of seditious conspiracy in connection to their role in the January…20 Apr 2023Working with Farmers to End Posse InfluenceWe continue our celebration of IREHR’s forty-three years of fighting white nationalism by looking back at some important movement milestones.…Far-Right Paramilitarism24 Mar 2023Far-Rightists Take Control of Kitsap County, Washington GOPAn insurrectionist, an “active member” of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA), and a staffer for the State…14 Mar 2023Remembering Our Engagement with the Posse ComitatusNot too long after our Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights grouping got together, we started hearing about…Far-Right Paramilitarism24 Feb 2023IREHR’s Letter to Illinois LegislatorsDear legislator: I write you today to ask you and your colleagues in the legislature to take bold and decisive…Far-Right Paramilitarism17 Feb 2023Roots in Far Right Conspiracism: CSPOA On-the-Ground in IllinoisThis article is the second in a multi-part series looking at the Far-Right Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA)…Far-Right Paramilitarism17 Feb 2023Far-right “Constitutional Sheriffs” Group Launches Effort to Infiltrate Illinois Law EnforcementIn the wake of dozens of Illinois sheriffs declaring their refusal to enforce a recently-passed gun law, the Far-Right Constitutional…Far-Right Paramilitarism14 Feb 2023An Open Letter to Illinois Sheriffs Regarding CSPOA Infiltration EffortsToday, the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR) sent the following letter to all 102 Illinois Sheriffs’…30 Jan 2023Looking Back at 1983Editor’s note: This year marks the fortieth anniversary of the founding of the Institute for Research and Education on Human…Far-Right Paramilitarism30 Jan 2023Oath Keepers Second Seditious Conspiracy Trial Finds Four GuiltyTwo years after the infamous January 6, 2021 invasion of Capitol Hill by Trump-supporting bigots, the second trial of four…
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