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Anti-Indianism Rears Its Head at CSPOA Washington Event
The January 9 CSPOA “Save Our Sheriffs” rally in Puyallup, Washington, displayed an under-examined aspect of CSPOA politics – that is, the strong place of anti-Indian politics in its networks. In addition to GOP…
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IREHR’s Letter to Washington State Elected Officials on CSPOAThe following letter was sent to the Washington State Governor, the Washington State Attorney General, members of the Washington State…CSPOA Sheriff Recruitment Drive Coming to Washington StateJust days after the fifth anniversary of the January 6th insurrection, a notorious group with well-documented ties to insurrectionists and…Minnesota Mass Shooter Steeped in Far-Right Lore, White Nationalist MurderersNews continues to come in about the tragic shooting at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At present, authorities…MAHA PAC Paying Promoter of Antisemitic ConspiraciesNew campaign finance data exposed another "Make America Healthy Again" outfit paying a prolific promoter of antisemitic conspiracy theories.MAGA Targets App that Warns of ICE PresenceWhile the Trump Regime threatens prosecution of reporters mentioning the new app, far-rightists, including the Proud Boys and Jack "Pizzagate"…White Nationalist Responses to the Bombing of IranAngry with the Trump administration's bombing of Iran, white nationalist groups view the move as a sign to intensify antisemitism,…Antisemitic Conspiracy Promoter Cozies Up to Heritage FoundationUnder the guise of “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA), a promoter of notorious antisemitic conspiracy theories has been making the…Make America Hate AgainMAHA Institute director has a history of promoting antisemitic conspiracies.MAGA Schemes for a Trump Third TermFar-right groups like the Third Term Project and Republicans for National Renewal are concocting a multitude of ways to keep…A Canadian Antifascist Remembers Leonard ZeskindHe who closes his eyes sees nothing, even in the full light of day. Leopold Trepper. Where are we Leonard, in…Remembering Leonard ZeskindI talked to Leonard Zeskind for the first time on the phone in 1991. My path to meeting Leonard began…“A Time for Mainstreaming” – White Nationalists Respond to Trump VictoryWhile many white nationalists believe they have allies in the White House, early indications are that the general direction of…The Status of People’s Rights Network Membership – October 2024Once the fastest-growing far-right group in the country, since the July 2023 verdict in the St. Luke's defamation and harassment…IREHR’s Letter to Florida SheriffsWith the Far-Right pro-paramilitary group CSPOA holding its “large scale event” in Orlando later this week, IREHR has alerted law…The PlanA New Far-Right Blueprint for the Next Insurrection is Taking Shape in Florida.The Radicalization of Sam ParkerThis is the story of one man who went from a clean-shaven, if Far-Right-leaning, candidate for the U.S. Senate to…Fighting the White Supremacist Movement Now and in the FutureLeonard Zeskind gave this talk at a MacArthur Foundation Fellows Forum in October 2023. It is reproduced here so Fellows…IREHR Letter to Ahern Luxury Boutique HotelDear Ahern Hotel: It has come to our attention that a notorious group with ties to insurrectionists and white nationalists…CSPOA Gathering Scheduled for North Idaho Anti-Mormon, Anti-LGBTQ+ ChurchThe troubling ties of Richard Mack and his Far-Right pro-paramilitary group, Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, have been well…IREHR’s Letter to Idaho Sheriffs and GovernorWith the far-right pro-paramilitary group CSPOA attempting to infiltrate Idaho law enforcement, we alerted sheriffs across the state about the…International Day to Remember the HolocaustRemembering Jewish Resistance The United Nations General Assembly, in a November 2007 vote on Resolution 60/7, established January 27…TPUSA 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…In 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…CSPOA Leader Divulges White Nationalist TiesAlready facing growing pressure for ties to white nationalists, the head of a “Constitutional Sheriffs” group appeared on the podcast…Follow-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…CSPOA 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…CSPOA 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…Meet 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…“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…IREHR’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…CSPOA 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…National 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…Sam 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…CSPOA, 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…League 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…Nick 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…“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…Ozark 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…CSPOA 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…In 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.…Mark 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…Proud 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…Working 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-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…Remembering 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…IREHR’s Letter to Illinois LegislatorsDear legislator: I write you today to ask you and your colleagues in the legislature to take bold and decisive…Roots 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 “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…An 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’…Looking Back at 1983Editor’s note: This year marks the fortieth anniversary of the founding of the Institute for Research and Education on Human…Oath 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…Far Right, White Nationalists Respond to Oath Keeper ConvictionsOn November 29, Oath Keepers national leader Stewart Rhodes and Florida leader Kelly Meggs were convicted of seditious conspiracy. Three…Arizona Election Deniers Ally with Islamophobes, Far-Right SheriffsArizona is a hotbed of election denial and voter suppression activity—from armed ballot drop box vigilantes to candidates pushing the…Secessionist Radio Show, League of the South President Promote Lynching in Wake of Memphis MurdersIn the wake of recent murders in Memphis, Tennessee, the Southern Secessionist Sanctuary (SSS), a radio show affiliated with the…Shoulder to Shoulder: CSPOA and the Oath KeepersLast month, Richard Mack emailed the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR). In this email, the former…CSPOA to Boost Sheriff’s “Election Fraud” Project at “Freedom Fest”In a “Call to Action” aimed at raising the profile of its campaign to organize county sheriffs to intervene in…CSPOA-Allied Sheriff Calls for “Electoral Fraud” Task ForceBarry County, Michigan Sheriff Dar Leaf Says Militia May Be Necessary if “Redress of Grievance” Not Achieved A Michigan…Anti-Immigrant Establishment Looks to Rekindle Grassroots NativismFaced with increasing competition and a new round of border paramilitary vigilantism (this time fueled by QAnon), the oldest anti-immigrant…Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Whitewashes Militia PromotersOn June 16th, an organization headed by a former Director of the Oath Keepers is scheduled to train law enforcement…“Constitutional Sheriffs” and the “Election Fraud” Conspiracy PosseFormer Oath Keepers director Richard Mack, and his group, the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA), have long pressed…Michigan Governor’s Kidnap Case A Big LoseMay have Ramifications Further On. On April 8, 2022, the federal prosecutors failed to convict four militia members in…“A Deep Desire To Dominate Without Mercy” White nationalists gain friends in power at AFPAC IIIWhen white nationalist Nick Fuentes stepped to the podium at the February 25 America First Political Action Conference in Orlando,…Seditious Conspiracy Hits Oath Keepers LeaderSeditious Conspiracy Hits Oath Keepers Leader Can the Feds Pull it Off? The indictment of Elmer Stewart Rhodes III…November 9 at Kansas City Auschwitz MemorialA group of forty-eight trade union members, fast-food workers, homeless individuals, faith leaders, and farmer and rural advocates attended the…Texas Attorney General Scheduled to Speak at Far-Right Sheriffs EventTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been announced as a speaker at an October 23 event in Mesquite, Texas, hosted…Kansas and Missouri “Freedom Rallies” for COVID Denialists, Anti-Vaxxers and Far-Right Conspiracy TheoristsOn September 18th, 2021, various “Freedom Rallies” were held in cities across the country. A look at several such rallies…COVID Denial and Anti-Immigrant Rally in KansasOn August 28, 2021, Kris Kobach gave a speech to 150 people at a “Freedom Rally” organized by the Kansas…Tea Party Patriots Organizing COVID Denial RalliesAs protests against measures to stem the COVID-19 pandemic surge across the country, the Tea Party Patriots are entering the…“We are at WAR” People’s Rights Activist Charged in January 6th InsurrectionPamela Hemphill, an early activist in the People’s Rights network, was charged yesterday for her role in the January 6th…Rift in Miami Proud Boys as Group Engages in Local Activism, Enrique Tarrio Builds On Alliance with People’s RightsA rift appears to have developed in the Miami chapter of the Proud Boys, evidenced in Telegram posts circulated by…Oregon Three Percenter Running “Escort” Group for Bootleg FirefightersThree Percenter Rebrands non-profit as disaster relief; “Escorts” Aid Workers into Bootleg Fire Zones. As Southern Oregon communities continue…Two Texas Sheriff’s Departments Co-Sponsor Events with Far-Right Posse ProponentsFormer sheriff Richard Mack is on a mission to resurrect the Posse Comitatus and recruit local law enforcement to his…IREHR’s Letter to the Texas Commission on Law EnforcementDear Texas Commission on Law Enforcement: We are reaching out to your office concerning upcoming events in Texas announced by…“Constitutional Sheriffs” Group Teams Up with Antisemitic ConspiracistOn the Fourth of July, the “Arise USA” buses roll into Keystone, South Dakota, for the “Resurrection Tour.” The stop…Klickitat County Sheriff Aligns with Far-Right GroupsControversial Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer declared he would “arrest, detain and recommend prosecution of any government official or agent”…People’s Rights Network to Host Writer for White Nationalist TabloidThis article is the fifth in an ongoing series documenting the intervention of the Far-Right People’s Rights network into the…The People’s Rights Campaign to Overturn Tribal Water and Fishing Rights in the Klamath BasinThis article is the fourth in an ongoing series documenting the intervention of the Far-Right People’s Rights network into the…People’s Rights Oregon and State Secession EffortsPeople’s Rights Oregon plans to create a secessionist state in East Oregon. These efforts highlight another aspect of the group’s…Sizing Up the People’s Rights Network in OregonThis article is the second in an ongoing series documenting the intervention of the Far-Right People’s Rights network into the…The People’s Rights Oregon Insurrection BlueprintA conflict is brewing in the Klamath River Basin in southern Oregon. Ammon Bundy, one of the Far-Right figures involved…Racists Respond to Guilty Verdict in Derek Chauvin Murder TrialEarlier today a Minnesota jury found Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree…“White Lives Matter” Mobilization Grows on Telegram, Shapes Up as National Socialist EventSince IREHR reported last Friday on the “White Lives Matter” marches being promoted on Telegram, two things have come into…“White Lives Matter” Marches Announced, Attracting White Nationalists and AntisemitesThe social media site Telegram has become widely known for offering a smorgasbord of the worst our society has to…As Hate Crimes Against Asian Americans Surge, Six Asian Women Gunned Down in AtlantaGeorgia officials announced on March 18 that they will be charging Robert Aaron Long, 21, with eight counts of murder…White Nationalist Conference Attracts Former Trump Data DirectorWhile U.S. Representative Paul Gosar’s (R-AZ) appearance at Nick Fuentes’ white nationalist AFPAC II conference drew national press attention, another…IREHR in Kansas CityThe day after the white riot in Washington D.C., Leonard Zeskind wrote an op-ed on the event using data collected…Advance of the Groypers: Inside AFPAC IIAdvance of the Groypers: Inside AFPAC II While CPAC droned away, solidifying Donald Trump’s legacy, voter suppression, and the…CPAC and the Rise of Middle American NationalismLast weekend, the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, was held in Orlando, Florida, showcasing the dominant themes and actors…AFPAC II Speaker: “I am in complete support of the Siege on the Capitol”An announced speaker at the white nationalist-led America First Political Action Conference (AFPAC) II slated for tomorrow in Florida declared…KrisAnne Hall on the Road, Bridging the Gap Between Far-Right and White NationalismIn the wake of the January 6 insurrection and certification of Joe Biden’s election to the presidency, IREHR is tracking…A Brief Look at Reproductive Justice in Indian CountryThe Roe v. Wade decision issued on January 22, 1973 affirmed women’s right to abortion without excessive government interference. However,…People’s Rights Leader in D.C. Jan. 6, Claims a Return for InaugurationWhile Ammon Bundy’s Far-Right group, People’s Rights, had spent weeks using the January 6 pro-Trump rally in Washington D.C. as…Beyond DC – Mapping Stop the Steal Insurrection Rallies in the StatesWhile attention was focused on the Far-Right insurrection Wednesday in Washington D.C., nationalist protests aimed at overturning election results also…“My mission…is to destroy the GOP,” says white nationalist Nick FuentesYesterday, IREHR reported on white nationalist Nick Fuentes’ prominent place in recent “Stop the Steal” events in Atlanta, Georgia; the…Other White Nationalist Responses to Election 2020Beyond the continuation of the GOP-targeting political strategy articulated by Nick Fuentes and the “groypers,” in the wake of the…Deciphering Nick Fuentes’ “Stop the Steal” SpeechesWhite nationalist and “Groyper” leader Nick Fuentes’ prominent role in the Atlanta “Stop the Steal” rallies, and the content of…White Nationalists prominent at “Stop the Steal” mobilization in GeorgiaOn Thursday, November 19, “Groyper” leader Nick Fuentes rolled past the Capitol Building in Atlanta, Georgia in the armored vehicle…“Stop the Steal” Mobilizations and Emerging Far-Right CoalitionsWith the last gasps of a Trump defeat, nationalists are morphing toward opposition–and possibly revolution. With a projected electoral victory…The Far-Right in the 2020 General Election Much attention has been focused on the presidential race this year, but down-ballot there were over one hundred…Ammon Bundy’s Antisemitism ProblemIn the wake of the release of the IREHR and Montana Human Rights Network report, Ammon’s Army, People’s Rights leader…Far Right Controversy in Canadian Military – Again…The Canadian military is once again embroiled in controversy following the much publicized arrest of Corey Hurren, who faces 22…IREHR Speaks at SCLC March & Rally in Kansas CityIREHR’s Leonard Zeskind spoke briefly at a “March on Kansas City for Justice & Peace” on Friday, September 4, 2020. …People’s Rights Protest Demonstrates Far Right Roots, AgainAmmon Bundy’s Emmet, Idaho-based People’s Rights touts itself as protecting people from a tyrannical government. “Who would you call right…Personal Remembrance of the Rev. C.T. VivianThe New York Times did the best obit-bio after the Rev. C.T. Vivian died, and they mentioned—briefly—his work with the…Ammon Bundy and People’s Rights Mobilize Following Arrest of Idaho-Based AllyFar right figure Ammon Bundy’s group, People’s Rights, is holding a protest on Saturday in Nezperce, Idaho. Best known for…“Canada Day” – far-right nationalists mobilize against COVID-19 restrictions and moreOn July 1, thousands of Indigenous people and allies gathered from coast to coast under the auspices of the Idle…Book Review: Race Against TimeBook Review Race Against Time: A Reporter Reopens the Unsolved Murder Cases of the Civil Rights Era By Jerry Mitchell…Kansas State University Football Players Stand Up Against “Groyper” ActivismThe Kansas State University football team is taking a strong stand against racism in the wake of an incendiary racist…Three Percenters, Patriot Prayer Protest Clark County Sheriff, City ProsecutorFollowing a weekend rally on the Clark County Courthouse steps, about thirty-five Far-Right protesters mobilized in Clark County, Washington on…Far-Right, Militia to Press Clark County Sheriff to Join Reopen CauseFar-Right activists in southwestern Washington are mimicking the efforts of Michigan militia groups who helped turn a small-town barber into…Mapping Paramilitary and Far-Right Threats to Racial JusticeAbout this Resource Working with Political Research Associates, the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights has been tracking reports…Three Percenters Pose with Olympia Police Officer, Sparks Need for Thorough InvestigationFollowing IREHR’s reporting on troubling relationships between Far-Right paramilitaries and law enforcement, this article opens a series looking at militia…Dangerous Liaisons: Some in law enforcement look to militia groupsThe protests demanding justice for George Floyd, and an end to police racism, have mobilized people across the country. As…Far-Right Militias and the COVID-19 InsurrectionKarl Manke is a seventy-seven year-old small town Michigander with a full head of silver hair, dark glasses, often wearing…Reopen Colorado and the “Groyper Mommy”As IREHR continues to track the nature of the ongoing “reopen” mobilization, it becomes ever more clear that the phenomenon…Proud Boys and the COVID-19 InsurrectionSince early April, protests aimed at rapidly reopening the economy have exploded across the country. Images of armed protesters screaming…New Far-Right Groups Protesting COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Directives (Updated 05/06)Latest Count 513 GROUPS 1,972,727 MEMBERS New Far-Right groups (“Liberate”, “ReOpen”, “Against Excessive Quarantine”, “Operation Gridlock”, “Lockdown”, etc.) formed on…New Effort to Inject White Nationalist Immigration Stance into College RepublicansIn late March, the first signs of a Groyper-linked national campus expansion emerged when the University of Maine College Republicans…Groyper Leader Nick Fuentes Calls for Trump “Rule by Decree”This week white nationalist and “Groyper” leader Nick Fuentes let out his inner fascist. In a series of tweets on…Forty-three years Later: The Legacy of the Oklahoma City BombingForty-three years ago today Timothy McVeigh parked a Ryder rental truck in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Building in…Idaho Far-Rightists defy COVID-19 Stay-At-Home Orderhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwtOQOoBk9cCoronavirus Pandemic, White Nationalist PlagueIn this article, IREHR takes a look at how white nationalists are framing the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic in…Anti-Fascism in the Time of CoronavirusIn mid-14th century Europe a plague enveloped the continent. Named the Bubonic Plague or the Black Death, it was a bacterial…Coronavirus and the Militia-Sphere“This is what we train for boys and girls! Be ready!” declared a member of the online hub of The…Far-Right Calls for Violence Against Wet’suwet’en Defenders and Anti-FascistsThe outburst of protest across Canada and beyond that followed the RCMP invasion of Wet’suwet’en territory has inspired all who…An Affinity for Bigotry: Jaden McNeil of America First StudentsIn the wake of the IREHR special report, From Alt-Right to Groyper: White Nationalists Rebrand for 2020 and Beyond, and subsequent…Makah Whaling and the Anti-Treaty MobilizationIn mid-November 2019, administrative hearings in Seattle, Washington wrapped up in the latest stage of the Makah Tribe’s nearly 25…White Nationalist Nick Fuentes Booted from YouTubeNick Fuentes has been banned from YouTube, the white nationalist and “Groyper” leader tweeting today that his account had “been…IREHR Statement of Solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en NationThe Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR) stands in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en Nation and the inherent…“Groypers” Planning College Campus TourYesterday, IREHR released the report From Alt-Right to Groyper, detailing efforts by white nationalists to rebrand their cause and support…Freedom Foundation Expands to Pennsylvania, State Outreach Director a Fan of Family Research CouncilIn October 2019, IREHR reported that the Olympia, Washington-based Freedom Foundation had expanded its efforts to undermine union democracy to…Kitsap Patriots Tea Party Rebrands, Continues Same Old PoliticsThe Kitsap Patriots Tea Party (KPTP) is rebranding itself and looking to expand its geographic scope in 2020. On December…KC Forum on Today’s White Nationalist Movement Meeting SummaryOver 200 members of Kansas City area faith and community justice groups gathered on November 7, 2019 to learn about…Far Right “Constitutionalist” Krisanne Hall Back at the White HouseKrisanne Hall was back at the White House this week. This time, the far right activist reported attending a briefing…IREHR at Kitsap Human Rights ConferenceIREHR’s Chuck Tanner took part in a panel with members of Kitsap Showing Up for Racial Justice (Kitsap SURJ) on…Maryland Sheriff Speaks at Social Contract Press EventIn the period of the Donald Trump presidency, it is disturbingly clear that anti-immigrant politics are a conduit for white…Threats to a Welcoming KitsapADDENDUM: Just a few week after this report was issued, the Kitsap Patriots Tea Party re-branded itself as the Puget…ProEnglish Promoting Rep. Steve King’s English Only BillDemonstrating once again the link between racism and English Only politics, the group ProEnglish is promoting U.S. Representative Steve King’s…Canadian Anti-Fascists Targeted by “John Southern”Known as “doxing,” the practice of circulating photos and personal information of human rights and environmental activists has been used…Far Right Speaker at Washington State Farm Bureau Annual ConferenceFar right “constitutionalist” Krisanne Hall is scheduled to speak at the Washington Farm Bureau’s Annual Meeting & Trade Show in…Kansas City event a huge successOn November 7, 2019, more than 200 people attended a 2-hour event in Kansas City entitled “Today’s White Nationalist Movement:…IREHR at Salt Lake City NAACPLeonard Zeskind gave the keynote address at the Salt Lake City’s NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet on October 25, 2019. Over…IREHR’s Leonard Zeskind in Kansas CityWhite (Nationalists) Whine Over Financial WoesTwo prominent Northwest white nationalists are complaining about recent financial woes. Shortly before being arrested in Norway en route to…Thwarted Anti-Semitic Bomb Plot Inspired by COTC’s Call for “Racial Holy War”FBI agents arrested Richard Holzer, 27, on November 1 in connection to an alleged plot to blow up the Temple…Greg Johnson Arrested in Norway, Falsely Claims to Have “Always” Condemned ViolenceSeattle, Washington-based white nationalist Greg Johnson, founder of Counter-Currents Publishing, was arrested this weekend by Norwegian authorities while en route…Freedom Foundation to Host Anti-LGBTQ Bigot Mike HuckabeeYesterday IREHR reported that the Olympia, Washington-based Freedom Foundation was expanding its operations to the State of Ohio amidst a…Freedom Foundation Expands to Ohio Amidst Anti-Union CampaignThe Olympia, Washington-based Freedom Foundation is expanding to the State of Ohio. At an October 23 press conference that included…Negative Population Growth Launches Campaign Against 14th AmendmentThe Alexandria, Virginia-based group Negative Population Growth (NPG) has announced a national campaign against the birthright citizenship provision of the…Citizen Journalism at Its Best: Noisy Waters Northwest and The Searchlight ReviewFor readers and activists looking for quality, well-documented research on far right and nationalist efforts to undermine democracy and advance…Krisanne Hall Confers with Trump Official on Immigration PolicyYesterday IREHR reported that far right “constitutionalist” Krisanne Hall had met with Trump administration officials in the White House on…Far Right “Constitutionalist” Krisanne Hall Headed to the White House, AgainWellborn, Florida-based “constitutionalist” KrisAnne Hall appears headed to the White House for the second time in recent weeks. On the…Sons of Vanguardism: American White Nationalists at the Scandza ForumOn November 2 U.S.-based white nationalists Greg Johnson and Kevin MacDonald are slated to speak at a gathering of the…Who is Greg Johnson?Gregory R. Johnson is a Seattle, Washington-based white nationalist vanguardist, author and activist. Johnson runs the white nationalist publishing outfit…A Call to InternationalismYesterday’s murder of two people near a synagogue in Halle, Germany on Yom Kippur fills our hearts with sadness and…IREHR in Mid-MissouriOn August 17, Leonard Zeskind led a two-hour workshop for 75 folks attending the MOVE Movement Power Building Summit in…Support Red Line Salish Sea Community Service ProjectRed Line Salish Sea (RLSS) is an Indigenous led organization focused on the protection of water, land, and air in…KrisAnne Hall Touts Her Anti-Racism, Calls for Gutting the 14th AmendmentTo hear “constitutionalist” KrisAnne Hall tell it, her appearance at an August 10 meeting of the Florida chapter of the…“Constitutionalist” KrisAnne Hall to Speak at White Nationalist EventFar right activist KrisAnne Hall appears to be venturing into new territory. The Florida-based, self-proclaimed “constitutionalist” is slated to appear…Holocaust Remembrance Day Speech: Courage and Resistance in the Face of EvilSpeech delivered on May 3, 2019, to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day at Congregation Kol Ami in Kansas City, Missouri. Many…UMKC YAF Brings Transphobic Far-Right Activist to Kansas CityOn April 4, 2019, Far-Right commenter, Michael Knowles, spoke on the University of Missouri Kansas City (UMKC) campus. Invited by…In San Diego, Another “Lone Wolf” KillerJohn Earnest, 19, had graduated from Mt. Carmel High School, where his father was a teacher and the Anti-Defamation League’s…After Christchurch Massacre, WA State Secessionist Leader Lashes Out Against MuslimsFollowing the gunning down of fifty people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, by a white nationalist gunman, an…IREHR’s Leonard Zeskind Speaks at Unitarian Forum in Kansas CityOn March 10, Leonard Zeskind gave a speech entitled “From There to Here” at a forum at the Unitarian Universalist…Yellow Vests of a Different StripeIs a racist nationalist movement taking root in Western Canada? The Yellow Vests protests, gilets jaunes, originated across France…International Call to Action for Gidimt’en CheckpointIREHR is posting this Action Alert, an “International Call to Action for Gidimt’en Checkpoint,” in solidarity with the Gidimt’en and…Pierce County (Washington) Men Linked to Olympic College Patriot Front ActivitySince late 2017 the Patriot Front has menaced Olympic College (OC) in Bremerton, Washington (Kitsap County), posting racist and anti-immigrant…IREHR’s Zeskind on Tampa RadioOn October 30, 2018, IREHR’s Leonard Zeskind did a 30 minute interview with Rob Lorei of WMNF radio in the…Harold Covington DiesThis recap of the role of national socialist Harold Covington in the white nationalist movement was originally published in Searchlight…IREHR at Evergreen College ClassOn October 25 IREHR Board Member Leah Henry-Tanner and Advisory Board member Chuck Tanner spoke about issues facing Indian country,…Internationally Active Holocaust Denier DeadRobert Faurisson was born in 1929 of a French father and Scottish mother in the suburban village on Shepperton, about…Patriot Prayer Rallyhttps://youtu.be/VSJDz3fnTVoAnti-Racists Swamp White Nationalists in D.C., Racists Draw Mixed LessonsOn Sunday in Washington D.C. a crowd of thousands opposed to white supremacy and fascism overwhelmed in numbers some two…Evergreen Professor Zoltan Grossman on Unlikely AlliancesOn Thursday, September 13 (7:00-8:30 pm), Evergreen Professor Zoltán Grossman will be reading from his University of Washington Press book…Reverend William Barber II, IREHR’s Leonard Zeskind at Washington D.C. Teach-In to Counter White NationalismThe Reverend William J. Barber II, President of Repairers of the Breach, and IREHR’s Leonard Zeskind will speak August 10…Kitsap Patriots Tea Party to Host Anti-Tribal Property Rights ActivistIn March the Kitsap Patriots Tea Party (KPTP) hosted an appearance by Heidi Mund, a German citizen known internationally for…Harold Covington Dies.<br />Which Way the Northwest Front?Harold Covington, the leader of the national socialist Northwest Front, died in his apartment in Bremerton, Washington on July 21.…Who is Jason Kessler? <br /> White Nationalist “Unite the Right” Organizer Calls Himself a “Civil Rights” Activist and Charles Manson a “Misunderstood Genius”Jason Eric Kessler is a 34 year-old white nationalist from Charlottesville, Virginia, most widely known for his efforts to organize…Unite the Right 2 Approaches as White Nationalists Disunite on StrategyJason Kessler is at again. This time the lead organizer behind the August 2017 white nationalist/militia “Unite the Right” rally…Strategic Shifts for League of the South as National Conference ApproachesOn June 29-30 the League of the South will holds its annual conference in Wetumpka, Alabama. As the date approaches,…A look at the American Freedom Party / Council of Conservative Citizens Conference SpeakersThe list of speakers at American Freedom Party and Council of Conservative Citizens joint conference scheduled for June 15-17 in…What is the American Freedom Party?The American Freedom Party began in the bowels of the white power skinhead scene nearly a decade ago and has…Tribes Win Victory for Treaty Rights, Salmon Restoration. Time for a New Direction from the Attorney General of Washington State.On Monday, tribes in Washington State won a victory for treaty rights, salmon restoration, and those in the region who…IREHR at Pacific Lutheran UniversityOn May 2 IREHR Advisory Board member and researcher Chuck Tanner presented at the inaugural Natalie Mayer Holocaust and Genocide…IREHR at Olympic CollegeOn April 25 IREHR Advisory Board member and researcher Chuck Tanner gave two presentations to audiences of students, instructors and…Kobach Held in ContemptOn April 18, federal district Judge Julie Robinson ruled Secretary of State Kris Kobach in contempt of court. The decision…Jury Finds Kansas Militiamen GuiltyOn April 18, three members of a Liberal, Kansas militia group that called itself the “Crusaders” were convicted of conspiracy…IREHR at Kansas City’s Black Agenda GroupOn Monday, April 16, Leonard Zeskind spoke about the Fourteenth Amendment at a meeting of the Black Agenda group. He…IREHR’s Leonard Zeskind Speaks to Community College StudentsOn Thursday, April 12, Leonard Zeskind spoke for 35 minutes in Kansas City, Missouri to several classes of Penn Valley…The (not so) Strange Bedfellows of Anti-Indianism: Bob Ferguson, the Citizens Equal Rights Alliance and Settler Colonialism. Part 1.This article opens a three-part examination of Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s appeal of a treaty-rights affirming decision by…Tohono O’odham Nation Rejects National Guard Deployment to their LandsTohono O’odham Nation – On April 9th, 2018 the Tohono O’odham Nation issued a statement to its Tribal citizens ensuring…Far Right Pro-Gun Rallies Target State CapitolsThe National Constitutional Coalition of Patriotic Americans (NCCPA) is promoting April 14 “Americans for America” pro-gun rallies at state capitols…Student Group to Host White Nationalist Jared Taylor at University of AlabamaAmerican Renaissance leader Jared Taylor is slated to speak at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa on April 19. Taylor’s…Despite Setbacks White Nationalists Continue to Target CampusesIn the wake of March 4-5 confrontations between white nationalists and anti-fascists at Michigan State University, National Policy Institute leader…John Brown Statue DesecratedA statue of John Brown, standing in the Kansas City, Kansas black community near the remains of the Township of…IREHR’s Leonard Zeskind Speaks in OmahaOn March 23, 2018, Leonard Zeskind spoke about “White Supremacy and the Fourteenth Amendment” at the First Unitarian Church in…Guns and Racism: From the National Rifle Association to Far Right Militias and the Tea PartyThis weekend inspired us all. Young people around the country organized the March 24 “March for Our Lives” in response…Importing Bigotry: Heidi Mund and the Kitsap Patriots Tea PartyOn Monday, March 19, the Kitsap Patriots Tea Party (KPTP) hosted an internationally-known speaker who promotes anti-Muslim misinformation and bigotry.…Kobach Contempt Hearing HighlightsSecretary of State Kris Kobach was in a contempt of court hearing today. He is alleged to have violated parts…Fish v. Kobach Trial – Day 7The Fish v Kobach trial closed today, but Judge Julie Robinson will hear arguments tomorrow morning on contempt of court…Fish v. Kobach Trial – Day 6Jesse Richman, a professor at Old Dominion, retook the stand to begin day six of Fish v. Kobach. Richman and…Fish v. Kobach Trial – Day 5Fish v. Kobach resumed this morning with a debate over the issue of Secretary of State Kris Kobach calling another…Fish v. Kobach Trial – Day FourThe fourth day of Fish v. Kobach began with Elections Director, Brian Caskey, taking the stand. Once again, Secretary of…Fish v. Kobach Trial – Day ThreeDay three began with the admission of a spreadsheet containing a list of 38 alleged noncitizens attempting to register to…Fish v. Kobach Trial – Day TwoThe second day of the trial began with an administrative ruling in favor of the Plaintiffs that allowed Secretary of…Fish v. Kobach Trial – Day OneKansas Trial with National Implications for Accessing the Ballot Begins Today in Kansas, the federal bench trial began with a…Kyle Bristow Resigns from Foundation for the Marketplace of Ideas. What About Ryan Sorba?In the lead up to a March 4-5 gathering of white nationalists and national socialists at Michigan State University, the…IREHR’s Leonard Zeskind at Kansas City NAACP “African Americans and the Fourteenth Amendment” EventOn March 3, IREHR Board Member Leonard Zeskind spoke at a Kansas City, Missouri NAACP Black History event entitled “African…Access to the Ballot to be Tested in KansasOn Tuesday, March 6, in Kansas City, Kansas, a federal trial will begin that has critical implications for accessing the…The Foundation for the Marketplace of Ideas Brings National Socialism to Michigan State UniversityOn March 4-5, the Clinton Township, Michigan-based Foundation for the Marketplace of Ideas (FMI), will hold events in Michigan, near…What is the Foundation for the Marketplace of Ideas?The name, Foundation for the Marketplace of Ideas (FMI), suggests a gathering of libertarians or free-marketeers. According to the group,…Knoxville, Tennessee Rejects White NationalismIn February 2018, the Traditionalist Worker Party (TWP) kicked off a multi-state campus tour, entitled “National Socialism or Death,” at…Washington State Attorney General Attacks Tribal Sovereignty, Again: Challenges Skokomish Tribe’s Ownership of a RiverOn February 21st 2018, Washington State Assistant Attorney General Mike Grossmann announced that their office will be seeking to challenge the Skokomish…Vanguard America: National Socialism American StyleVanguard America is a white nationalist organization, of the national socialist variety, which promotes the creation of a whites-only nation-state…Please Donate to Red Line Salish Sea – Defend the Defenders Legal Support FundPlease make a donation to the Red Line Salish Sea – Defend the Defenders Legal Support Fund. Red Line Salish…What is the Republic of Florida?On February 15 the name “Republic of Florida” flew across news feeds around the country. The white nationalist group’s Tallahassee-based…Two bullets and murderous misfiresThe shooting death of Colten Boushie, a young Cree man, and the subsequent acquittal by an all-white jury has drawn…Armed Standoff Redux? Washington State Three Percenters Support Rancher in Conflict with Federal GovernmentIn the wake of the December 2017 mistrial in the case of Cliven Bundy – the racist Nevada rancher charged…Trump’s Promotion of Far-Right Islamophobic Video Raises AlarmsOn November 7, in Bromley—a district in the southeastern quarter of London, England—the Far-Right group, Britain First, attempted to hold…Racist, Anti-Semitic, and Militia Materials on Display at Kansas City Gun ExpoOn the weekend of September 30, RK Shows, Inc. held a survivalist and gun expo in Kansas City, Missouri. RK…Three Percenter Group Shows Force in Wichita, KansasOn September 9, in Wichita, Kansas, a “constitutional rights rally” was organized by Wichita for Trump and co-sponsored by III%…British Far-Right Leader to Speak in SpokaneUKIP Leader Nigel Farage to Speak at Washington Policy Center Conference On September 27, the Olympia-based Washington Policy Center (WPC)…Standing at the Crossroads: An Analysis of Events in Charlottesville, VirginiaOn Friday night, August 11, in Charlottesville, multiple hundreds of white supremacists from a mélange of organizations marched virtually undisturbed…Michael Hill from League of the South to Speak in CharlottesvilleStrong Connection to David Duke Among the speakers at a pro-Confederate rally to be held in Charlottesville, Virginia on August…Charlottesville 11, Loyal White Knights KKK 0 – Next Battle in AugustOn Saturday, July 8, 50 members of the North Carolina-based Loyal White Knights KKK rallied in Charlottesville, Virginia, ostensibly in…Seattle “March Against Sharia” Features Anti-Muslim Bigotry, Emerging Paramilitary CoalitionsOn Saturday, some 120 people attended an anti-Muslim “March Against Sharia” at city hall in downtown Seattle. One of more…Kansas City Anti-Muslim Rally Sputters Before ProtestsOn Saturday, June 10, a small group gathered in Kansas City’s Washington Square Park for the March Against Sharia Law.…[VIDEO] Portland AltRight Rally Highlights New Far-Right Paramilitary CoalitionsIn his opening remarks at the June 4, 2017 AltRight Pro-Trump “Free Speech” rally in Portland, OR, Kyle Chapman (AKA “Based Stickman”)…Portland “March Against Sharia” Cancelled, Seattle Event OnIn response to Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s call for the federal government to refuse permits for a far right “Free…Confronting Anti-Indianism in Skagit CountyA special report by Red Line Salish Sea and IREHR goes inside an effort to confront anti-Indian bigotry in Skagit…Anti-Indian to the Core: Elaine Willman, the Citizens Equal Rights Alliance and the Citizens Alliance for Property RightsOn May 20th the Skagit County Citizens Alliance for Property Rights (CAPR) is hosting Elaine Willman in Sedro-Woolley, Washington. Titled…Anti-Indian Leader Comes to Skagit County, Rally Called to Support Tribal RightsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Anti-Indian Leader Comes to Skagit County, Rally Called to Support Tribal Rights A leading national anti-Indian activist…The Battle at Three Corners: Is Nationalism A Response to Globalism?The following was written in 2001 for Searchlight, an anti-racist, anti-fascist magazine published in London. IREHR is posting it on…Outdoor Life on the Cartography of the American Lands CouncilThe hunting and fishing magazine, Outdoor Life, offers an interesting critique of the American Lands Council’s use of maps to…Steve Bannon Lambasted by Libertarians and Morning Joe in Wake of Health Care FailureIn the wake of the failure of the Trump administration to push through the American Health Care Act (AHCA), several…The Fight for Justice in the Coming YearsOn April 19, 1980, three members of the Justice Knights in Chattanooga burned two crosses in the middle of the…IREHR Speaks To Christian ClergyOn February 14, 2017, Leonard Zeskind was invited to speak to a group of 45 Christian ministers gathered in Johnson…New Documentary “Oklahoma City” Features IREHRA new documentary film entitled “Oklahoma City” retells the story of the bombing and the events that produced it. It…Searchlight magazine’s Gerry Gable turns 80. Happy BirthdayThe Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR), and anti-fascist comrades across the United States join in congratulating…Women’s March on RaleighTens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in 12 separate Women’s March events across North Carolina on Saturday, January 21st. Protest…The Tea Party and the Trump InaugurationWhile Tea Party groups are generally praising Donald Trump following his inauguration as President, not all are in accord. Moreover,…The Kansas Peoples Agenda 2017 RallyThe Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas was the site of a massive gathering on Wednesday, January 11, starting at 10:15am. Several…Who is Milo Yiannopoulos?Misogynist, White Nationalist-Defending, Anti-Muslim Bigot Milo Yiannopoulos is Coming to a College Campus Near You. The recent presidential election has…Richard Spencer: Alt-Right, White Nationalist, Anti-SemiteDuring a recent broadcast, longtime neo-Nazi and vicious anti-Semite, David Duke, lavished praise upon his guest, “Alt-Right” white nationalist poster-boy…White Nationalist Announces Plans to Bus White Power Skinheads to WhitefishRichard Spencer’s Neo-Nazi Friend, Andrew Anglin, Hopes to Bring More Hate to Montana TownWhite Nationalist Group Targets Whitefish, MontanaNeo-Nazi Daily Stormer Allies with Richard Spencer, Harasses Whitefish, Montana Jewish Community White Nationalist Richard Spencer has brought little more…What Now? Towards a Third ReconstructionThe vision of America boosted by Donald Trump, and brought firmly into the White House in the person of top…Armed ‘White Lives Matter’ Group Protests Outside Houston NAACP OfficeBrandishing assault rifles, Confederate battle flags, and white nationalist banners, a group of so-called “White Lives Matter” activists protested outside…Who is Kevin MacDonald?Profile of academic white nationalist and anti-Semite, Kevin MacDonald.White Nationalist Acting as California Trump SpokespersonNumerous reports have captured white nationalists attending Donald Trump rallies, volunteering for the Trump campaign, getting credentialed for Trump’s GOP…Tea Party Loses a Big OneThe Kansas First Congressional District stretches from the Oklahoma border to Nebraska, from the Colorado state line to Topeka. Its…David Duke is More Than a Former KlansmanReporters should stop describing David Duke as a “former Klansman.” He is still a hardcore national socialist ideologue who is…IREHR on “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee”Friends of IREHR who happened to be watching the hilarious TBS News-Comedy show “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” on June…IREHR in GreensboroIREHR’s Leonard Zeskind and Devin Burghart visited Greensboro, North Carolina for an important conference that brought together organizers in the…IREHR at ROP CaucusIREHR’s Devin Burghart, Leah Henry-Tanner, and Chuck Tanner were honored to travel to Bend, Oregon to participate in the Rural…Bigotry, Calls for Violence, Follow Protest of Tribal Treaty FishingThe more things change, the adage goes, the more they stay the same. While fisheries management in Washington State has…Trump Foreign Policy Advisor Tied to Montana Anti-Tribal EffortsTrump Advisor Joseph Schmitz Promotes Anti-Indian and Anti-Muslim Bigotry, Calls for End to the Vote for People Receiving Public Assistance.Trump Today, Racist Far Right Stronger Tomorrow?This article was first written for and published in Searchlight magazine in London, which has been fighting fascism and racism…Scalia’s Death: The Tea Parties Supposed Constitutionalism Takes another HikeAlmost immediately they issued their statements. Tea Party Patriots boss Jenny Beth Martin “It is critical that the next Supreme…CERA-Allied Attorney Tours Western MontanaOn the heels of Citizens Equal Rights Alliance (CERA) leader Elaine Willman’s opinion pieces in the Missoulian and Kalispell Daily…Oregon Standoff Fuels Growth of the Three PercentersArrest of the leaders of the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge may have brought one chapter in the…Bigoted Nationalism Opens CERA’s New YearFor the Citizens Equal Rights Alliance (CERA), 2016 has begun where 2015 left off – promoting bigotry toward indigenous people…NewsletterTea Parties Endorse CruzShortly before the Iowa Republican Party Caucuses, both Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund (the Tea Party Patriots Super PAC) and…Point of the Spear: Oregon Militia Standoff Enters Second WeekFor more than a week, the tranquility of the snow-swept terrain of the southeast Oregon high desert has been disrupted…Seattle Rallies Against Neo-Nazi Hammerskin PresenceLast night, nearly 500 people turned out in rain to rally and march on Seattle’s Capitol Hill against a planned march…IREHR with Kansas City Workers Organizing CommitteeOn December 6, IREHR’s Leonard Zeskind conducted a three-hour workshop for members of the Kansas City Workers Organizing Committee, which…IREHR Workshop for Southern OrganizersOn December 2, in Greensboro, N.C., IREHR’s Leonard Zeskind conducted a two-hour workshop for the Southern Workers Organizing Committee on…Nine Ways to Stop White Power MusicWith the announcement that the Northwest Hammerskins are planning to hold a white power music concert in Seattle next weekend,…Northwest Hammerskins Planning Seattle White Power March and ConcertThe white power skinhead group, Northwest Hammerskins, declared an escalation of activities in the Puget Sound region with the announcement…White Supremacists Shoot Five At Black Lives Matter ProtestFive Black Lives Matter demonstrators were shot Monday night in Minneapolis, apparently by white supremacists. A protest against the police…Who is Paul Gottfried?Dubbed “a Society for the Independent Right,” the H.L. Mencken Club’s conference has become a must-attend occasion for discredited conservatives,…Kris Kobach: Please Look at the FactsOn Wednesday October 25, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach spoke at a meeting of the Social Contract Press. That…Willis Carto Dies, FinallyWillis Allison Carto, aged 89, died on October 26, 2015. During his 60 years as an active anti-Semite, he put…Oath Keepers Leader Defends Confederate Flag [Video]At an August “Appalachian Summit” held in West Virginia, a national leader in the Oath Keepers staunchly defended the Confederate…Oath Keepers Roll Out Plan to Infiltrate Local Institutions [Video]At an August “Appalachian Summit” Oath Keepers founder, Stewart Rhodes, outlined the Far-Right group’s intention to have members infiltrate local…The American Lands Council and the Anti-Indian MovementA Special Report byIREHR Impact in Pennsylvania English-Only DebateWhen Pennsylvania State Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) invited the head of the English-only outfit, ProEnglish, to testify before the State…IREHR in Western WashingtonOn September 28, IREHR’s Devin Burghart held a training on researching the Far-Right with members of the Whatcom Civil Rights…IREHR quoted on Neo-Nazis Shopping for Land in KansasIREHR’s Leonard Zeskind commented on recent efforts by neo-Nazi Craig Cobb to purchase land on the Kansas – Nebraska border…Generations of Montanans Stand Against Hate“Native Americans from all nations and non-natives will rally together to voice their opposition in a peaceful manner.” This rings…Take Action: Ask Senator Fielder to Reject Anti-Indian BigotryIn a September 24 article The Missoulian revealed that Montana State Senator Jennifer Fielder (R-Thompson Falls) is slated to appear…Native Scholars Oppose CERA, Support Multi-Cultural Education.As momentum builds in opposition to the Citizens Equal Rights Alliance’s September 26 conference in Kalispell, five American Indian educators…After Charleston Murders, White Nationalists SurgeThis article was written for the September 2015 edition of the Searchlight magazine, published in London UK. We now re-publish…Native Generational Change to Protest CERA Conference in KalispellNative Generational Change is organizing a protest rally outside the Red Lion Inn in Kalispell on Saturday, September 26, 2015 to…Anti-Indian Escalation in MontanaCERA Announces Regional Conference in Kalispell on Heels of Elaine Willman’s Move to Montana A Special Report of…The Tea Party Movement in 2015IREHR is pleased to release the special report, The Tea Party Movement in 2015. The report was prepared for the NAACP’s…2015 Tea Party Membership MapMedia Release: Groups Release Report Critical of Anti-Indian Activist’s Move to Montana Media Release For Immediate Release: Groups Release Report Critical of Anti-Indian Activist’s Move to Montana “The Revolutionary War for…“The Revolutionary War for Citizens of Montana” National Anti-Indian Leader Moves to Ronan, Montana to Fight Tribal Water Compact A Special Report by Charles…Kansas Jurors Give Miller a Death SentenceThe national socialist bigot we know as Frazier Glenn Miller was just sentenced to death for the April 13, 2014…IREHR Workshop at Missouri Rural Crisis Center GatheringIREHR’s Leonard Zeskind conducted a workshop on fighting the racist, anti-Semitic and anti-democratic far right at the Missouri Rural Crisis…Long Time National Socialist Glenn Miller Finally to TrialOn Monday, August 17, Glenn Miller will finally go to trial for murder.IREHR with St. Louis Anti-Racist CollectiveOn Sunday, July 26, IREHR’s Leonard Zeskind did a workshop on the white nationalist movement for the about 30 activists…IREHR with Southern Workers Organizing CommitteeOn Saturday, July 18, IREHR’s Leonard Zeskind conducted a two-hour workshop for low-wage workers organizers from Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina…IREHR at Western States Center’s AMP ConferenceOn July 19, IREHR vice president Devin Burghart, IREHR board member Leah Henry-Tanner, and IREHR advisory board member Chuck Tanner…“We Will Not Comply” Gun Disobedience Comes to OregonPro-Confederate Flag Rallies Scheduled this WeekendOver the weekend when most Americans celebrate the founding of the United States, some activists have decided to show support…Meet the SC Tea Party Legislators Opposed to Removing the Confederate FlagThe Post and Courier of Charleston has been canvassing every lawmaker in South Carolina to find out where they stand…The Confederate Flag Fight is Just Beginning (Again)Despite South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley’s apparent willingness to lower the Confederate battle flag, no one should be fooled into…Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan to Protest Confederate Flag RemovalFollowing the brutality of Charleston church massacre, the continued presence of the Confederate battle flag over the South Carolina Statehouse…Another Church Burns – Was it a Racially Motivated Fire?Under the headline “No Evidence of Hate Crimes in Fires at Black Churches,” the New York Times on June 29…IREHR Applauds Marriage Equality RulingThe Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR) applauds the historic Supreme Court decision affirming marriage equality in…Charleston Church Shooter Into White Power MusicDylann Roof, the 21-year-old suspect in the Charleston church shooting that left nine people dead, reportedly confessed to the crime,…IREHR President at UMKC School of Law ConferenceOn June 4, IREHR’s Leonard Zeskind served on a panel on “Religiously Based Hate Crimes & Persecution at the University…Zeskind on Charleston Massacre in Kansas City StarOn June 18, IREHR president, Leonard Zeskind, was quoted in the Kansas City Star article, "Church shooting suspect Dylann Roof…IREHR on KSHB 41 TVIREHR’s Leonard Zeskind appeared on KSHB 41 TV in Kansas City to discuss hate crimes in the wake of the…Burghart in the Kansas City Star on Charleston ShooterIREHR’s Devin Burghart was cited in a Kansas City Star piece exposing how Dylann Roof, the Charleston church killer, first…Statement on Charleston MurdersThe brutal and ghastly murders of nine African Americans as they sat in church for a Wednesday evening Bible study…Charleston Church Massacre Inspired by White Supremacy“I have to do it. You’re raping our women and taking over the country. You have to go,” declared the…IREHR at ROP Rural Caucus and Strategy SessionOn June 13, IREHR vice president, Devin Burghart, had the honor of speaking to the annual Rural Organizing Project’s (ROP)…National Socialist Ideologues Interrupt Black Lives Matter Event in CincinnatiOn May 20, at the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio a group of ministers and civil rights activists…Americans for Prosperity Abandons OregonAmericans for Prosperity (AFP), the Koch Brothers-backed national organization that has been working with Tea Party groups, has abandoned operations…Russia’s International Conservative Forum Draws American White NationalistsIn St. Petersburg, formerly Leningrad, an international mélange of Holocaust deniers, Hitler apologists, white nationalists and Russian ultra-nationalist met in…American Renaissance Meets in the Tennessee Woods AgainOver the April 17-18 weekend, the so-called scientific racists around the American Renaissance newsletter and website once again met at…St. Louis Anti-Racists Outsmart Aryan TypesOn April 25 in downtown St. Louis, a rally by Aryan Nations members and others to “Free Gary Yarbrough” met…[Video] Watch IREHR President Leonard Zeskind Discuss White NationalismFollowing the 20th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, the Kansas City Star ran a series of special reports on…Sea Shepherd Announces Revival of Campaign Against Makah Treaty RightsOn March 11, 2015 Sea Shepherd founder and reality TV star of Animal Planet's Whale Wars, Paul Watson, announced that…Exposed: Anti-Semites and Racists from the USA, Canada, the UK and EuropeAt noon, on Saturday, April 11, in the heart of London, a secret meeting of 113 hard-core, veteran anti-Semites, racists,…New Report Documents Far Right Opposition to Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Water Compact with State of MontanaA new report from the Montana Human Rights Network documents the opposition of Tea Party, wise use and anti-Indian activists…Leonard Zeskind Speaks to a “United Student Assembly”On April 7, at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, Leonard Zeskind spoke on “White Supremacy and Islamophobia” at…Remembering the Oklahoma City BombingThis article is dedicated to the many victims of the Oklahoma City bombing, and to the reportorial genius of James…Deindustrialization and Race in Kansas CityIREHR’s Leonard Zeskind gave a talk on “Deindustrialization and Race in Kansas City” to the Phantom’s Equity Series on March…Opinion: Does anti-Semitism infect the Missouri Republican Party?Racism, anti-Semitism and homophobic bigotry are present to some degree in most every social club, neighborhood association and political party…IREHR Steps Forward at Louisville White Privilege ConferenceOn March 12, 2015, Leonard Zeskind conducted a workshop on the Tea Party movement, its manifestly false sense that they…Hammerskin Arrested in Mesa, AZ Shooting SpreeIn another deadly shooting spree, this time in Mesa, Arizona, one person is dead and five others have been wounded…Gun Activists Planning Spokane Armed Protest on March 6On Friday, March 6, gun activists, militia members, Tea Partiers, Threepers and other far-right activists plan to hold an armed…Remembering Benjamin IsraelA founder of the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights, Benjamin Israel, died at his home in St.…CPAC’s Recurring White Nationalism ProblemAs the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) gets set to kick off tomorrow just outside of Washington DC, the…All Out for Moral March on February 14 in North CarolinaThe 125 North Carolina NAACP branches and the 160 other social justice organizations that compose the Historic Thousands on Jones…German Islamophobe Steps Down after Publication of Hitler SelfieFollowing the attacks in France, including the murders at the French magazine, Charlie Hebdo, and a Jewish market, large Islamophobic…Aryan Gary Yarbrough Stays in PrisonOn Saturday, January 17, at the United States Embassy in the heart of London, 33 white nationalists rallied in support…Inside the 2015 South Carolina Tea Party Coalition ConventionThe South Carolina Tea Party Coalition Convention at the Springmaid Beach Resort in Myrtle Beach on January 17-19 warred on…Witness to SelmaDavid Goldstein, the executive director of the Greater Kansas City Jewish Community Relations Bureau / American Jewish Committee from 1972…Third Controversial Speaker Scheduled to Speak at South Carolina Tea Party ConventionAs the third part of our investigation into the troublesome line-up at the South Carolina Tea Party Coalition convention, IREHR…Second Troublesome Speaker Scrubbed from South Carolina Tea Party ConventionQuietly, without comment or apology, the South Carolina Tea Party Coalition has removed a second troublesome figure from the website…Another Troubling Figure Scheduled to Speak at South Carolina Tea Party ConventionIn December, IREHR sounded the alarm when we found that a white nationalist was scheduled to share the stage with…IREHR ImpacttestExplosion Rocks Colorado Springs NAACP OfficeA crude, but potentially lethal, incendiary device exploded outside the Colorado Springs chapter of the NAACP this morning. Thankfully, no…Was Lennon Lacy Lynched in North Carolina?At dinnertime on Thursday, August 28, 2014, 17 year-old Lennon Lacy weighed 195 pounds on a 5’11” frame. He could…House Majority Whip Confesses to Speaking at White Nationalist ConferenceHouse Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) has admitted that he delivered a speech to a so-called "white rights" conference in…Our Top Ten of 2014Here's our annual countdown of some of the most popular issues in 2014 at IREHR.org. IREHR’s Exposure of the “Confederate Cuban” in Raw StoryMasthead This is a simple hero unit, a simple jumbotron-style component for calling extra attention to featured content or information.…South Carolina Tea Party Coalition Scrubs White Nationalist from WebsiteAfter an Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights expose that was picked up by the popular website Raw…Media Release: IREHR Condemns White Nationalist Scheduled to Speak at South Carolina Tea Party ConventionFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 18, 2014 IREHR Condemns White Nationalist Scheduled to Speak at South Carolina Tea Party Convention (Kansas…White Nationalist Scheduled to Speak at South Carolina Tea Party Coalition ConventionA South Carolina white nationalist leader is scheduled to appear alongside Tea Party leaders, members of Congress, and prospective presidential…IREHR Celebrates Human Rights DayOn December 10, IREHR joined the Whatcom Human Rights Task Force, the Whatcom Peace and Justice Center, and Amnesty International…Zeskind Chapter in Book on the Anglo-American Far RightLeonard Zeskind’s chapter, “The Tea Party Movement at the Crossroads of Nation and State,” was included in The Post-War Anglo-American…Tea Party Leader Claims to be Plotting a Military CoupJust days after lashing out at President Obama’s immigration actions, a leader of a national Tea Party faction claims to…Timeline: Frazier Glenn Miller – White NationalistAn interactive timeline of the movement activities of white nationalist Frazier Glenn Miller, Jr., the man arrested for killing three…Expose and Fight Back Against Anti-SemitismLong time national socialist Frazier Glenn Miller confessed to Judy L. Thomas, a Kansas City Star reporter, that he had…Darla Dawald Departs Patriot Action NetworkAfter another successful election cycle, the Tea Party enters the annual post-election transformation phase. The first big change was announced…An Open Letter to Frank Brehm and Oregonians for Immigration ReformOn November 15, Frank Brehm, a longtime nativist activist with Oregonians for Immigration Reform wrote to IREHR regarding our November…Bright Spots in the 2014 ElectionsIREHR has documented many of the human rights setbacks in the 2014 elections. At the same time, there are some…Dissecting the Nativist Victory in OregonDespite the valiant efforts of unions, immigrant rights and progressive groups, nativists successfully led an effort to repeal hard-fought legislation…2014 Election Entrenches Tea Party Support in the North Carolina General AssemblyWhile much of the national attention focused on Tuesday’s election of former North Carolina Speaker of the House, Thom Tillis,…League of the South Cadre Wins Maryland County ElectionMichael Peroutka, a 62-year old attorney affiliated with the League of the South, won election to the Anne Arundel County…Map: Tea Party Endorsed House Candidates 2014Learn About TableauTea Party Endorsed Candidates Dominate Election 2014Tea Party leaders are celebrating their victories at the polls. An examination of the results of the 2014 general elections…Montana Private Ski Club Sides with White NationalistMembership has its privileges -- if you’re a well-to-do white nationalist in Whitefish, Montana.Failure and Success for American White Nationalists in HungaryRichard Spencer and the National Policy Institute promised a conference in Budapest on “The Future of Europe” on October 3-5.…Aryan Brotherhood a Danger, But Not Part of White Nationalist MovementA string of violent incidents by Aryan Brotherhood members on the streets of Mississippi has renewed interest in the violent…Matt Koehl Finally DiesOnce worked with John Tyndall in the World Union of National Socialists Matthias Koehl, who succeeded George Lincoln Rockwell in…IREHR Impact in North CarolinaThe Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights (IREHR) had the honor to first release its report, The Tea…Special Report: The Tea Party in North CarolinaIREHR is pleased to announce the release of a new special report, The Tea Party in North Carolina: Threat to…The Tea Party in North Carolina (pdf)The Tea Party in North CarolinaContents The Tea Party in North Carolina: Threat to a New Birth of Freedom Preface by Rev. Dr. William J.…Appendix E: White Supremacist Violence from Ft. BraggThe problem of white supremacist violence emanating from military bases is not directly related to the racism and bigotry of…Appendix E: White Supremacist Violence from Ft. BraggThe problem of white supremacist violence emanating from military bases is not directly related to the racism and bigotry of…Appendix D: Tea Party Chapters in North Carolina Group Location 9.12 Project Polk Co NC Columbus 9-12 Project – Haywood County (Haywood County Tea Party) Waynesville Alamance…Appendix C: Tea Party Member Data Collection and Analysis MethodologyThe data in this report was derived from a collection of online directories on the major national Tea Party faction…Appendix B: Tea Party Support and Opposition Ratings – NC Senate Appendix B: Tea Party Support and Opposition Ratings – NC Senate District Representative Party Assumed office Rating 1 Bill…Appendix A: Tea Party Support and Opposition Ratings – NC House Appendix A: Tea Party Support and Opposition Ratings – NC House District Representative Party Assumed office Rating 1 Bob…A New Birth of Freedom is in the OffingOn November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln dedicated the Soldiers’ National Cemetery at Gettysburg on a portion of the grounds where…North Carolina General Assembly Tea Party Support & OppositionFusing together an engaged membership, an extensive network of local chapters, and support from national organizations, the Tea Party movement…North Carolina General Assembly Tea Party Support & Oppositionusing together an engaged membership, an extensive network of local chapters, and support from national organizations, the Tea Party movement…Beyond Policy: North Carolina Tea Party’s Racially Divisive PostureMuch has been written about the Tea Parties’ legislative impact in North Carolina, with discussion of regressive changes in everything…North Carolina Tea Party ChaptersWhile a large number belong to national Tea Party organizations, many Tea Party members also belong to one or more…Tea Party Membership in North CarolinaWealthy donors like the Koch Brothers and North Carolina’s Art Pope have been extensively examined. National groups with an impact…Inside the Tea Party in North CarolinaOn Saturday, August 2, 2014, about 200 almost all-white Moore County Tea Citizens and supporters gathered in Pinehurst North Carolina’s…IntroductionThis report on the Tea Party in North Carolina details the movement’s constituent organizations, the issues they mobilize around, and…Foreword Foreword Exposing the Hard Right’s Bag of Tricks Against Poor and Working White People by Alan McSurely, Civil Rights…PrefacePreface By Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II President, NC NAACP Conference of Branches This report by Leonard Zeskind and…Preface Preface By Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II President, NC NAACP Conference of Branches This report by Leonard Zeskind…Notes[1]. Eric D. Knowles, Brian S. Lowery, Elizabeth P. Shulman and Rebecca L Schaumberg, “Race, Ideology and the Tea Party:…Washington Department of Ecology Caters to Big BusinessRaises Cancer Risk Rates Under Preliminary Water Quality Plan On the heels of lobbying by big business, the Washington State…Tea Party Patriots Plan Nativist October SurpriseAs IREHR has repeatedly warned, national Tea Party factions have been driving the anti-immigrant charge since at least 2010, blocking…No Justice on the PlateA new special report by Borderlands Research and Education.A Brief History of Nativism: Part FiveThis is the fifth installment in a special seven-part series "A Brief History of Nativism: Anti-Immigrant Bigotry in the American…A Brief History of Nativism: Part FiveThis is the fifth installment in a special seven-part series "A Brief History of Nativism: Anti-Immigrant Bigotry in the American…New Study Links Segregation and Tea Party Membership, Relies on IREHR DataA new article published in the American Sociological Review, “Educational Segregation, Tea Party Organizations, and the Battles over Distributive Justice,”…IREHR Impact: Zeskind at NAACP Event Remembering Mississippi Freedom SummerOn June 26, 2014, the Kansas City, Missouri Branch of the NAACP held a special event commemorating the 50th Anniversary…IREHR Impact: Zeskind at Kansas City Jewish Community ForumOn June 24, 2014, IREHR president Leonard Zeskind spoke to 200 people attending his session on white supremacists in Kansas…National Socialists, Militia, Klan, and Tea Parties Respond to Murder of Michael BrownThe Ferguson rebellion is now the sharpest and most volatile domestic racial battle of the year, during a period of…IREHR research featured in Brookings Institution piece on failure of immigration reformData on Tea Party nativism by IREHR was included in the August 4, 2014 Brookings Institution article “The (Real) Reason…NAACP 7 – FreedomWorks 0So-Called Black Conservatives Flop at NAACP Convention. Deneen Borelli, a staff member of the Tea Party group FreedomWorks, promised to…NAACP 7 – FreedomWorks 0So-Called Black Conservatives Flop at NAACP Convention Deneen Borelli, a staff member of the Tea Party group FreedomWorks, promised to…Tea Party Patriots Local Affiliated Groups Plunge by Nearly 90 PercentOnce the source of strength for the Tea Party Patriots, the number of local affiliated groups has plummeted by nearly…Map: Tea Party Patriots Local Affiliated Groups – July 2014Learn About Tableau TPP CHAPTER CITY STATE ZIPCODE Tea Party Patriots Of Dekalb County Ft. Payne AL 35967 Lamar…Tea Party Endorsed Candidates Batting Over .500 at Mid-YearThe Tea Party loss in Mississippi last week resurrected the oft-repeated notion that the Tea Party movement is dead, at…Who is Richard Spencer?Meet the young American at the center of a growing new international network of white nationalists. University-educated, well-to-do, and full…A Brief History of Nativism: Part FourThis is the fourth installment in a special seven-part series "A Brief History of Nativism: Anti-Immigrant Bigotry in the American…Northwest Front Fliers at Fort CarsonA United States military news source, Early Bird Brief, disclosed that a CD and a flyer with the Northwest Front…Racist, Anti-Semitic Sovereign Citizen Involved in California Shootout“Everyone agrees the 2nd American Revolution is far overdue. We have waited to [sic] long and been to [sic] timid…Tea Party Followers Kill Police In Las Vegas Killing SpreeThe alleged killers liked Ron Paul, the FreedomWorks Tea Party, they listened to far right propagandist Alex Jones, and supported…Georgia Sovereign Citizen Goes on Courthouse RampageA law enforcement officer is in the hospital after being shot in the leg and a "sovereign citizen" is dead…Georgia Sovereign Citizen Goes on Courthouse RampageA law enforcement officer is in the hospital after being shot in the leg and a "sovereign citizen" is dead…American Far Right Jubilant Over European Election ResultsThe “European right-wing comes of age,” triumphantly declared one of the largest white nationalist groups in the United States, the…After the 2014 Euro-ElectionsResults of the 2014 European elections push up anti-Semites and racists, attacks on immigrants increase. Listen to Leonard Zeskind on KCUR’s “Up to Date”KCUR reporter Steve Kraske sat down with IREHR president Leonard Zeskind to discuss the cultural divides in the Ozarks and…Glenn Beck’s The Blaze Attacks Anti-Racist EducatorsOn May 9, Erica Ritz wrote a story entitled “’The Longer You Are in the Tea Party, the More Racist…Tea Party Stands By Bundy After Racist RemarksCliven Bundy, the racist far-right Nevada rancher exposed by in article by Chuck Tanner published on this website, and by…New Questions Emerge After Arrest in Kansas City ShootingsTwo weeks after the deadly shootings at the Jewish Community Center and the Shalom Center in the Kansas City suburb…Con Job: Tea Party Mobilizing to Rewrite ConstitutionWith the fight over Obamacare slowly receding, the Tea Party Patriots are mobilizing for a new effort to dramatically re-write…White, Far Right and Armed: Tea Party and Militias Mobilize to Defend Nevada County Supremacy ActivistFrom April 5 to April 12, people around the country watched as Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, backed by often armed…IREHR Grieves the Dead and Asks for Complete JusticeOn behalf of the members of the board of directors and the advisory board of the Institute for Research &…IREHR at Conference on White PrivilegeThe Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights (IREHR) workshop, “Against the Tea Parties,” was attended by over 100…White Nationalist Calls IREHR Part of the “Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy”After publication of IREHR’s expose on the white nationalist machinations at the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference, “The Unbearable Whiteness…The Unbearable Whiteness of CPACFor years, white nationalists found themselves on the outside looking in, faces pressed against the glass to get a glimpse…Race Gap Among Millennials Signals Work To Be DoneWhen small groups of older liberals discuss the problems presented by the Tea Party movement, the millennial generation is often…ALERT: This Year’s CPAC Includes Group Lead by White NationalistAs the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) gets set to kick off just outside of Washington DC, the event…IREHR in North CarolinaOn February 7, the eve of the 7th annual HKonJ march, IREHR staffer Devin Burghart traveled to North Carolina to…Tens of Thousands of North Carolinians Stand Up to the Tea Party“FORWARD TOGETHER. NOT ONE STEP BACK” reverberated through the streets of downtown and the doorstep of the State Capitol in…Tens of Thousands of North Carolinians Stand Up to the Tea Party“FORWARD TOGETHER. NOT ONE STEP BACK” reverberated through the streets of downtown and the doorstep of the State Capitol in…Cut the Tea Party Movement from the Ground UpRecently Sen. Charles Schumer made a groundbreaking speech outlining a Democratic Party strategy aimed at the Tea Parties. For the…Cut the Tea Party Movement from the Ground UpRecently Sen. Charles Schumer made a groundbreaking speech outlining a Democratic Party strategy aimed at the Tea Parties. For the…Special Report: The Status of the Tea Party Movement – Part ThreeIn previous installments of our special report on the status of the Tea Party, we’ve examined the year that was…Study Finds California Leads the Nation in Tea Party Membership(Kansas City) - A new report released today by the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR) finds…IREHR Study Featured in Buzzflash by TruthOut“Tea Party Neo-Confederate Backlash Still Stirring up a Cup of Chaos,” by Bill Berkowitz published at Buzzflash for Truth-out.org takes…IREHR in the Casper Star-Tribune"Wyoming No. 2 in tea party membership as a percentage of state population," by Laura Hancock ran in the January…IREHR in the Washington PostIREHR’s study, The Status of the Tea Party: Membership, Support and Sympathy by the Numbers was cited on the Washington…The Status of the Tea Party Movement: State RankingsThe complete state rankings for the second segment of IREHR’s special report on the status of the Tea Party movement.…A Brief History of Nativism: Part ThreeThis is the third installment in a special seven-part series "A Brief History of Nativism: Anti-Immigrant Bigotry in the American…New Data Finds Tennessee Ranks Fourth Overall in Tea Party Membership(Kansas City) – A new report by the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR) finds that Tennessee…Colorado Ranks Ninth Overall in Tea Party Membership(Kansas City) – A new report released today by the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR) finds…New Study Finds Ohio Ranks Fifth Overall in Tea Party MembershipFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 21, 2014 (Kansas City) - A new report released today by the Institute for Research and…New Study Finds Arizona Ranks Third Overall in Tea Party MembershipFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City) - A new report released today by the Institute for Research and Education on Human…New Study Finds Texas Ranks Second Overall in Tea Party MembershipMEDIA RELEASE (Kansas City) - A new report released by the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR)…New Study Finds Florida Ranks First Overall in Tea Party Membership(Kansas City) - A new report released today by the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR) finds…Special Report: The Status of the Tea Party Movement – Part TwoThis second segment of IREHR’s special report on the status of the Tea Party movement provides an unvarnished, non-partisan, data-driven…Tea Party Membership Map – 2013Learn About Tableau Remembering the 1987 King Holiday Weekend and Thinking about the Racist Opposition TodayOn Saturday, January 17, 1987, about 100 white-sheeted Klansmen and uniformed Aryan Nations members marched through Pulaski, Tennessee in opposition…Hard Right Reacts to Death of South African Leader Nelson MandelaIREHR Says Remember Mandela, Biko and the Liberation Movement that Toppled Apartheid. While world leaders, religious clerics and ordinary people…Leonard Zeskind is a “moron,” according to Tea Party birther queenLast week I wrote a letter to the IREHR reading public asking for financial contributions. In return, IREHR received the…Rev. C.T. Vivian Awarded Medal of FreedomOn November 20, the Rev. C.T. Vivian was one of fifteen luminaries to win the Medal of Freedom. Along with…Kansas City Says No to National Socialist Movement (Twice)The National Socialist Movement (NSM) held a small rally with a total of 47 members and friends in Kansas City…Kansas City Begins to Stand Up to neo-NazisRally Slated for Saturday, November 9, at Liberty Memorial On November 9 at 3:00 p.m. at Kansas City’s Liberty Memorial,…H.L. Mencken Club Gathering Brings White Nationalists Together AgainAt a hotel near the Baltimore-Washington International Airport, white nationalists will again gather this weekend for the sixth annual H.L.…National Socialist Movement Plans to Rally in Kansas City November 9The National Socialist Movement (NSM) is planning a rally in the Kansas City area on November 9. They are talking…White Nationalists Descend on D.C. for National Policy Institute ConferenceJust blocks away from the White House, North American and European white nationalists of various stripes are scheduled to convene…A Brief History of Nativism: Part TwoThis is the second installment in a special seven-part series "A Brief History of Nativism: Anti-Immigrant Bigotry in the American…A Brief History of Nativism: Part OneA Brief History of Nativism: Anti-Immigrant Bigotry in the American Past Often thought of as a nation of immigrants, at…Guns and GavelsWith so-called "Common Law Grand Juries" increasingly becoming an issue, we felt that this background document from the archives, Guns &…Air War: The Anti-Immigrant Establishment’s Battle PlanConventional wisdom suggests there are two distinct elements of modern campaigns: the “ground game,” the ability of campaigns to organize…Moral Mondays Comes to YadkinvilleAbout 100 demonstrators gathered in front of the Yadkin County, North Carolina Courthouse on Monday, September 23rd to protest what…IREHR’s Long Investigation Winds Up on The NationIREHR began looking closely at Chris Kerodin and the Citadel well before Stephen Colbert lampooned the militia fortress idea on…Why I Marched in Washington and Went on Strike in DurhamI've worked in the fast food industry all of my adult life. In over 15 years working fast food jobs…Two Events in D.C., Ups and DownsAugust 24, 2013 – Washington, DC – The 50th Anniversary for the March for Jobs and Justice. We made our…Resolution Passes Celebrating and Defending the 14th AmendmentA resolution regarding the attacks on the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution and the necessity of celebrating and defending the…Day of Discovery at Kansas City Jewish Community CenterLeonard Zeskind taught a class on “Anti-Semites, Racists, Bigots and So-Called Nullification in Kansas and Missouri” at the August 25…Remembering the 20th Anniversary March in 1983Stevie Wonder, Pete Seeger and Peter, Paul and Mary were among the singing performers that I remember. Congresswoman Bella Abzug…Racism and RugbyAn open letter to the Board of the Marin Highlanders RFC After an exciting first year of rugby my 10-year-old…Bonner County Idaho Human Rights Task Force Celebrates a Surprise DonationBonner County, Idaho, situated in the northern panhandle of the state of Idaho, is a place of incredible natural beauty. …2013 NAACP Convention Presses for Justice – “We Shall Not Be Moved”Trayvon Martin and Voting Rights Dominate Orlando Meetings Under the banner “We Shall Not Be Moved,” the NAACP convened its…National Socialist Black Metal Musician Arrested in French Terror ProbeA Norwegian white power musician who already served time for murder and arson has been arrested in France on "suspicion…Two Floridas, One National ConferenceRemember Harry and Harriette Moore On Saturday July 13, the NAACP will open its 104th annual national convention in Orlando,…Tea Party Klansman Plotted to Kill Muslims with X-Ray WeaponOn June 19, federal prosecutors charged a Tea Party Klansman and his cohort in a plot so bizarre it could've…Tea Party Victory in Battle Against IRSDespite the relatively poor turnout at last week’s Tea Party Patriots “Audit the IRS” rally (more on that later), today…WARNING: Tea Party Patriots DC Rally Aims at Immigration Reform (and the IRS)On Wednesday, June 19, the Tea Party Patriots will gather its forces in a rally on Capitol Hill and attempt…The Real Cincinnati IRS ScandalMuch of the heat surrounding the controversy between the Internal Revenue Service and the Tea Party has been placed on…Tea Party Movement Thrives When It’s the “Victim”According to a May 21, 2013 poll by Rasmussen Report, 44% of likely voters have a favorable opinion of the…Defending the Old Regime: White Supremacists in MississippiMississippi has a history of the worst kind of white supremacist violence. Between 1882 and 1927, there were 517 people…Remembering Medgar EversWednesday, June 12, 2013 is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Medgar Evers, the first NAACP Field Secretary for…The Trans-Atlantic Traffic in White NationalismThe following article describes activities by Jared Taylor in France and England earlier this year. Taylor is not unknown to…Seattle Tea Partiers Protest the IRS, ImmigrationOn May 21, Seattle-area Tea Party Patriots heeded the call of the national office in Atlanta and turned out for…Keeping the Hard-Core Racist in the Dog House in South CarolinaOn May 24, IREHR published an article detailing the white nationalist, Tea Party and anti-immigrant activities of Roan Garcia-Quintana, who…Guns and the New Amalgamated Hard RightThe following article appeared first in Searchlight magazine’s May 2013. It incorporated enough new material to warrant its republication by…Guns and the New Amalgamated Hard RightThe following article appeared first in Searchlight magazine’s May 2013. It incorporated enough new material to warrant its republication by…Setting the Record Straight on Tea Parties, their Electioneering and the IRS “Scandal”On May 17, IREHR published, “The Tea parties and the IRS ‘Scandal:’ The Actual Facts of the Case,” a special…Working with SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice CollectiveOn March 28, 2013, SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective conducted a webinar entitled “Women of Color, Our Vote,…Reaching Out to Unitarian Social Justice AdvocatesOn Mothers’ Day, May 12, Leonard Zeskind gave an hour presentation on “Angry White Men with Guns,” at the All…White Nationalist Tea Partier Co-Chairing South Carolina Governor Re-Election CommitteeSouth Carolina Governor Nikki Haley announced in February the co-chairs of her statewide grassroots re-election steering committee. Included on the…Tea Party Group Protesting IRS Has History of Questionable Political InvolvementTea Party Patriots, originally formed as a 501(c)(4) non-profit corporation in 2009, has a history of questionable electoral activity. Nevertheless,…The Tea Party and the IRS “Scandal” The Actual Facts of the CaseAn IREHR Special Report While it is well-known that the so-called IRS scandal has been used by Tea Partiers to…5 Things to Watch for in Immigration DebateOn May Day 2013 thousands of people turned out onto the streets in hundreds of cities to march for comprehensive…Harper’s Misses the Mark on Ron Paul “Revolution”A Letter about a Harper’s Magazine Write-Up on Ron Paul From Jon Mozzochi Michael Ames’ letter from Tampa (“The Awakening:…IREHR in The ColumbianIREHR vice president, Devin Burghart, expressed concern about Richard Mack speaking at a Washington State Republican Lincoln Day Dinner. …“Take these Tribes Down” The Anti-Indian Movement Comes to Washington StateThis IREHR Special Report takes you inside the April 6 meeting hosted in Bellingham, Washington by the anti-Indian groups Citizens…Tea Party Joins Gun Lobby to Kill Gun Background ChecksDefeating immigration reform next on the Tea Party agenda. On April 17, the Senate failed to overcome the 60-vote threshold…The Boston Marathon Bombing: A Personal StatementThe senseless murder and mayhem in Boston has left me speechless. Initially, I refused to speculate about who did it,…Holocaust Deniers Play Footsie with Iran (Again)The Islamic Republic of Iran is replete with beautiful mountain vistas, a clean subway system and keen scholarly discussion, if…New York Times Misses Real Story on Gun Owners of AmericaYesterday's New York Times piece "Upstart Group Pushes Harder Than the N.R.A" by Jennifer Steinhauer was a glaring piece of public relations puffery that…Memphis Anti-Klan Rally a Victory!More than 1,000 people rallied in Memphis on Saturday, March 30 to protest the Ku Klux Klan, according to news…Inside CPAC 2013: Bigotry Gone WildIn the vast Potomac Ballroom of the Gaylord hotel in National Harbor, Maryland, the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference…On Responding to the Far-Right, The LA Times Gets It WrongIn a March 8, 2013 editorial, the Los Angeles Times discussed a recent report by the Southern Poverty Law Center…CPAC and Bigotry: Who is in and Who is OutAmerican Conservative Union (ACU) chairman Al Cardenas once said “CPAC is like an ‘All Star’ game for conservatives.” Watching it unfold,…Tea Party Dominates CPAC 2013 AgendaFor decades, the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) has been a barometer of the different political tendencies inside the…Alert: Organization Behind CPAC Highlighting Work of Racist AuthorOn the eve of the most widely anticipated conservative event of the year, the group responsible for organizing the Conservative…Day of Resistance Gun Rallies Stoke Tea Party MovementDay of Resistance Gun Rallies Stoke Tea Party Movement Racism Remains an Issue By Devin Burghart At gun ranges, in…Update: Three New Co-Sponsors Added to Bill Attacking Birthright CitizenshipEfforts to gut the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of birthright citizenship gained additional support in Congress this week. Three new co-sponsors….223 Ammo and a Day of Tea Party Rallies.223 Ammo and a Day of Tea Party Rallies By Leonard Zeskind and Devin Burghart The diameter of the .223…Is the Klan Really Coming to Memphis?Based on the uttering of one self-identified “Exalted Cyclops,” a mass of television, internet, and print reporters have declared that…IREHR Impact in KansasIREHR president Leonard Zeskind gave the keynote talk at a gathering in Topeka of more than 130 women brought together…Trey Gowdy and “Amnesty”Remember the Civil War? It officially started in South Carolina at Fort Sumter. While it was being fought, and hundreds…2012: A Year in ReviewThe article below ran in the January 2013 edition of Searchlight, an anti-racist, anti-fascist magazine published monthly in London with…Hidden, Forgotten and Denied: Racism and Anti-Semitism in the State of KansasOn Monday, January 28, 2013, in Topeka, Washburn University’s Center for Kansas Studies asked IREHR president Leonard Zeskind to give…Update: Bill Attacking Birthright Citizenship Adds Co-SponsorsJust as it appears momentum towards comprehensive immigration reform is building in the Senate, efforts to eviscerate the Fourteenth Amendment's…The King Holiday and the Long Arc of Justice – A Personal RemembranceMonday, January 21, is the national holiday commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday anniversary. If he had not been…Birthright Citizenship Again Under Attack in CongressBirthright citizenship—a cornerstone of the 14th Amendment that grants citizenship to everyone born on American soil—is again being challenged in…Alex Jones Explodes on CNN (Video)Alex Jones, the Austin, Texas-based radio talk-show host who's made a career of pumping out bigotry and conspiracies for profit,…What to Expect from the Tea Parties in 2013 – And How to Stop itThe congressional vote at the turn of the New Year should tell us something about what to expect in 2013.…After Newtown, Facts Get Lost in Gun DebateDeer hunters look askance at anyone who shows up in the woods with an AR-15 rifle and a 30-shot banana…The Tea Parties Are Still Strong: Prepare for the Battles AheadIn Michigan, so-called right to work legislation has been signed. As everyone knows, such legislation has nothing to do with…Tea Party Helps Cram Through Michigan Anti-Union “Right to Work” LawBen Stewart presents an on-the-ground look at anti-union events in Michigan Almost three thousand union members and supporters streamed into…Petition: Tell Senator Graham, Hands off the Fourteenth AmendmentJust days before negotiations began with Senate colleagues to reform the nation’s broken immigration system, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) sent…Could William Buckley Defeat the Tea Parties?A Response to David Welch in The New York Times. It is IREHR’s policy to use this website for new…Nativist Bloc in Congress Mostly Intact After Election (Map)The anti-immigrant House Immigration Reform Caucus (HIRC) remained largely intact after the 2012 election, with the notable exception of its…New Danger: Secessionist Fever RisingNot since Lincoln became president and the start of the Civil War has there been so much talk about tearing…The Northwest Imperative ReduxTwo self-avowed white supremacists, Holly Ann Grigsby and David Pederson, are awaiting trial in district courts in Oregon and Washington…Abridging the Vote Report (pdf)Abridging the Vote: True the Vote in North CarolinaBeyond FAIR Report (pdf)Beyond FAIR: The Decline of the Established Anti-Immigrant Organizations and the Rise of the New NativismTea Party Endorsed Candidates and Election 2012In the Senate races, Tea Party-endorsed candidates fared even worse in 2012 than they did in 2010. This year, national…Election 2012: Results of Ballot Measures Important to Human RightsThe November 6 election was an historic day for LGBT rights. In Maine, Maryland, and Washington voters approved marriage equality…Steve Stockman, AgainJust behind Florida's slate of eleven candidates, the state of Texas had nine Tea Party endorsed candidates. All nine were…Tea Party Caucus and Election 2012Entering 2012, the Tea Party Caucus had 59 members in the House of Representatives. Before the November election, two members…Abridging the Vote: True the Vote in North CarolinaForeword: Where We Are in History By Rev. Dr. William Barber II President, North Carolina NAACP We must admit…What’s Brewing? Anti-State Nationalism and the Tea PartyIREHR in the United Kingdom – 2012Leonard Zeskind spoke at a side-bar meeting of trade unionists at a Trade Union Congress in Brighton, England on September…Advisory BoardWhat Didn’t Happen in Vegas: Tea Party Nation Ordered to Pay UpTea Party Nation, the for-profit company behind the country's fourth largest Tea Party faction, was recently ordered to pay a…FAIR’s Donor Base Continues To ShrivelThe membership base of the oldest and arguably most influential nativist group in the country, the Federation for American Immigration…IREHR Impact at Jewish Education DayIREHR’s Leonard Zeskind gave a workshop on “White Nationalists and neo-Nazis in the Kansas-Missouri Region” at a Day of Discovery…Tea Party Aryan Pleads Guilty to Weapons ChargeA Virginia Tea Party activist, Doug Story, who was also active in white nationalist circles pleaded guilty to weapons charges.…IREHR Training on Tea Party movement in Kansas CityOn Saturday, August 18, IREHR conducted a three-hour training on the Tea Parties for over twenty members of Kansas City…A Look Back and a Look Forward for Immigrant Rights Advocates in KansasKansas passed an instate tuition policy that provided higher educational opportunities for immigrant students in 2004. Many people outside the…IREHR on CNN, CBC and in the New York Times and the National MemoCNN: Temple killings put spotlight on ‘hate rock’ (Watch Below) New York Times: Hatecore Music Is Called White Supremacist Recruiting Tool National…Inside the International White Power Music UndergroundDue to the interest in the international aspects of the white power music scene generated by the murder and mayhem…The Milwaukee Shootings and White NoiseLong before the shooter walked into a suburban Milwaukee Sikh temple and opened fire, murdering six people before being killed…Tea Party Membership Map 2010 – 2012Powered by TableauTea Parties, Property Rights and Anti-Indianism in the Klamath River BasinIREHR has previously examined the Tea Party movement's anti-immigrant nativism and documented the presence of racists, anti-Semites and militia advocates…Spain in Crisis: Austerity and ResistanceIn response to a perceived debt crisis in Spain, the European Union has imposed harsh austerity policies that have thrown…IREHR Sponsors Forum – The Global Crisis and the Fight for the Common GoodIn Kansas City on June 23, IREHR co-sponsored a public forum on "The Global Crisis and the Fight for the…Supreme Court’s Arizona SB 1070 Ruling Flares Tea Party NativismThe legislative log jam in Congress has been brutal. Since the administration of President George W. Bush, the anti-immigrant establishment…The Tea Party Impact in WisconsinOn Tuesday, June 5, in a hotel meeting room two thousand miles away from a recall election that was being…New Report by Borderlands Research and EducationIREHR is pleased to re-publish this Background Report and this Bulletin by Borderlands Research and Education in Silverdale, Washington. Long-standing…Tea Party Patriots Recruiting Followers of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps In January, IREHR warned of the growing symbiotic relationship between Tea Party groups and anti-immigrant vigilante outfits in the…Backgrounder: Arizona Mail Bomber Dennis Mahon to be SentencedOn Tuesday, May 22, Dennis Mahon will be sentenced for sending a mail bomb to the Scottsdale, Arizona, Office of…The Tea Party Impact in IndianaThe resounding victory of Indiana State Treasurer Richard Mourdock over six-term Senator Richard Lugar in the Indiana Republican primary resurrected…A Nation Dispossessed: The Tea Party Movement and RaceThe following article was written last summer for the academic journal Critical Sociology, and it will appear in print later…The Vote for Marine Le Pen: An American Anti-Racist ViewIt was May 1, 1988 in Paris, and I watched as Jean-Marie Le Pen, a young girl dressed as Joan…Governor Gary Johnson Backs Out of Boston Tea Party EventAfter reading an IREHR story on anti-gay activist Scott Lively’s scheduled appearance at the April 14 Mass Tea Party Coalition…Idaho’s Only Black Legislator Receives Ku Klux Klan MailingAs a reminder that white nationalist activity remains a problem in the Northwest, last week Idaho's only black lawmaker received…The National Review and White NationalismOn Saturday, April 7, the conservative publication, the National Review, finally severed ties with controversial columnist John Derbyshire after his…American Renaissance Conference Takes to the WoodsThat the American Renaissance 2012 conference took place at all was a cause for minor celebration by the participants. The…Massachusetts Tea Party Patriots Rally to Feature Anti-Gay Activist Scott LivelyAs further evidence of the growing influence of Christian nationalism inside the Tea Party Patriots, several speakers are scheduled to…White Nationalists Abuse Trayvon Martin and Stir RacismIn the month since the tragic shooting in Sanford, Florida of 17-year old Trayvon Martin, sustained pressure by the NAACP…Speed Bumps Ahead for the Tea Party Patriots “Road to Repeal” RallyConsumed recently by primary politics and internal squabbles, the Tea Party Patriots (TPP) are going back to the beginning. Just…Racism and Anti-Semitism: Solutions and Problems in the Occupy Kansas City UniverseOccupy Kansas City, the local manifestation of the Occupy Wall Street movement, marched under a multi-lingual banner “We Are One,”…Nativist Leaders Involved in the Tea PartyPowered by TableauVideo: Judson Phillips Interviews Roy Beck of NumbersUSA at CPACIn yet another sign of the converging Tea Party and nativist interests we detailed in Beyond FAIR: The Decline of…What About Bob? Robert Vandervoort and White NationalismProEnglish executive director Robert Vandervoort’s inclusion on two panels was apparently not a matter of controversy inside the recently concluded…Video: White Nationalist Appears with Kansas Secretary of State Kobach at CPACKansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, known nationally for his anti-immigrant activism, shared the stage with long-time white nationalist leader,…A History of Problems with Racism and English-Only GroupsEven before the recent controversy about the CPAC and the white nationalist directing the English-Only outfit ProEnglish, organizations pushing English-Only…Kansas Secretary of State to Share Stage with White Nationalist at CPACKansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, known nationally for his anti-immigrant activism, is scheduled to share the stage with a…Alert: White Nationalist to Speak from Podium at CPAC 2012Bob Vandervoort is scheduled to moderate a Thursday afternoon panel at the CPAC 2012 conference, entitled, "The Failure of Multiculturalism:…“The Right to Vote is Fragile and Must Be Defended.”Excerpts from presentation by Leonard Zeskind to the "Annual Civil Rights Town Hall Meeting" held by the Kansas City, Missouri…FreedomWorks Super PAC Rakes in Mega BucksThe first full Federal Election Commission report for the new Tea Party super PAC, FreedomWorks for America, just became available…Second Tea Party Super PAC FormedNational Tea Party groups are gearing up for an influx of unregulated campaign cash this year. On Monday, January 23,…Tea Party Nation Pushes Birther Conspiracy, Heads to FloridaJust before heading off to Florida to join up with the Tea Party Express for a "get out the vote"…More Evidence for Beyond FAIRWhile all eyes were focused on the Republican Party primary in South Carolina, and commentators were proclaiming the Tea Party…Media Release: New Report Details Alarming New Trends in Anti-Immigrant Activity in the Tea PartyKansas City, MO – January 18, 2012 – A new report by the Institute for Research & Education on Human…Beyond FAIR Appendix B: Nativist Establishment Financial Data 2001-2010. Federation for American Immigration Reform and Related Nativist Institutions Year FAIR Immigration Reform Law Institute FAIR Congressional Taskforce US…Beyond FAIR Appendix A: Nativist Leaders Involved in Tea Party Activity. Name Nativist Title Nativist Group City State National Tea Party Membership Local Tea Party Activity Al Garza Vice President…Beyond FAIRIn this special report the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights (IREHR) delineates the intersection of two trends.…Thank You Mr. Darrell Pope of the NAACP – Racism and Anti-Semitism in the Kansas Tea PartiesThank you Darrell Pope, the president of the Hutchinson, Kansas branch of the NAACP. The Tea Party in his area,…David Duke Arrested in GermanyEnduring Ties among White Nationalists in Europe and North America CitedThe National Policy Institute, Aryan Nations and TremorsThe National Policy Institute opened its Washington D.C. September conference with a direct invocation of Enoch Powell's infamous Rivers of…Remembering Stetson KennedyStetson Kennedy, folklorist, ant-racist and anti-fascist, friend of Richard Wright in Paris and published by Jean Paul Sartre, died on…IREHR NewsLeonard Zeskind was recently honored by Harmony Kansas City as one of its “Harmony Humanitarians” for 2011, an award it…IREHR at Occupy Kansas CityLeonard Zeskind gave a workshop about Tea Party bigotry at a Occupy Kansas City “Education Day” on October 23. About…Who is Alex Jones?His YouTube channel has over 30 million views and over 200,000 subscribers. He's had cameo appearances in two Hollywood films.…Hands Off Occupy Wall Street!!An Open Injunction Against Bigots & Conspiracy Mongers.Hands Off Occupy Wall Street!!An Open Injunction Against Bigots & Conspiracy MongersIREHR in the New York Daily NewsAlbor Luiz, “Foes of ‘illegals’ move to end ALL immigration,” New York Daily News, September 28, 2011. Michigan Tea Party Supports “Right to Work”Less than thirty miles southeast of Flint, Michigan, Tea Party activists gathered in Clarkston on September 21 to undo the…IREHR quoted by Daily KosMarkos Moulitsas, “Anti-immigrant nativists show their true colors,” Daily Kos, September 23, 2011.Nativists Shift Target to Documented ImmigrantsNumbersUSA announced that they will air television ads during the next GOP presidential candidate debate that advocate further restrictions on…In MemoriamTroy Anthony Davis (October 9, 1968 – September 21, 2011).The John Birch Society and Tea Party Patriots: Inside the Ohio “We the People Convention”An Ohio state Tea Party convention featured workshops that advocated for dismantling public education, states' rights, voter suppression and against…Tea Party Protests UnionTeamsters President James Hoffa Jr. visited Washington state on September 9 to support the hundreds of union members and their…Tea Party Growth ChartPowered by TableauTea Party Express (Again) Gives Platform to BigotWhat Does CNN have to say?New Nativist Ad Airs During GOP DebateDoes it signal a shift in focus? Mapping Norwegian Killer Anders Breivik’s Web PostingsThe British newspaper The Guardian has done a remarkable service by examining the online trail of bigotry left by Anders…Tea Party Consultants Head NorthIs a Canadian Tea Party in the offing?White Nationalist Pleads Guilty to Spokane MLK Day Bomb PlotWhite nationalist Kevin Harpham pleaded guilty to planting a homemade bomb packed with rat-poison-laced projectiles along the route of the…New Website FeaturesBased on your feedback and input, we’ve made a number of changes and additions to our site.New Site DesignBased upon your incredibly helpful feedback, we’ve made some significant improvements and upgrades to our website.Tea Party Membership MapPowered by TableauTea Party Membership MapTen ThingsTen things to stop the Tea PartiesCNN – The Network of the Tea Party ExpressFor the second time in a month, the cable news network, CNN, announced that they would be teaming up with…NAACP Convention Eyes the Fight AheadMeeting for a week in Los Angeles for its 102nd national convention, the NAACP marched in solidarity with the United…Tea Party Protest the NAACP in Los Angeles – Little Talk about Fiscal IssuesAlmost 100 Tea Partiers and anti-immigrant activists mounted a small and sometime languid protest of the NAACP, at the venerable…Norway Terror Suspect Described As Far-Right Nationalist IslamophobeShortly before midnight on Friday, July 22, police arrested a 32-year-old Norwegian man who allegedly went on a murderous shooting…Tea Party Nation and the National Origins ActTea Party Nation, the fourth largest national Tea Party faction with 42,100 online members, continues to move towards an explicit…The Other Side of David Duke: Living Like a GangsterThe following article was written for the Swedish magazine Expo in 2005. It was geared towards a Swedish audience unfamiliar…Media Release: FreedomWorks Hopelessly Entangles Itself with John Birch Society Special Report: FreedomWorks and the John Birch Society ProblemFreedomWorks has a John Birch Society problem.A Brief Note About New York’s 26th Congressional District: Its Not What You ThinkBy now the Democratic Party's hoopla about winning a seat from this staunchly Republican district has died down. With the…The 2nd Annual Oregon Tea Party Celebration: A Movement in Which Ideas Seem to Have Growing ImportanceThe following article is a first-person account of a Tea Party "celebration" on February 26, 2011, held at the Shilo…Birtherism 2.0 – “Natural Born” RacismNow that President Obama has attempted to quell the surge of birtherism by providing a copy of his oft-requested long…A Day for Remembering – Workers Memorial Day April 28Gary Rice was killed on a hot summer day in Argentine, Kansas; July 1975. The forklift he was driving, a…Tea Time with the Posse: Inside an Idaho Tea Party Patriots Conference[caption id="attachment_160" align="alignnone" width="500"]Tea Party Patriots Idaho State Coordinator Pam Stout[/caption] {jathumbnail off} A year ago, Pam Stout, a soft-spoken…Tea Parties Pushed Toward a ShutdownTea Party Patriots and Tea Party Nation failed to push the government into a shutdown. They did succeed, however, in…Are there Hitler-era Nazis in the Koch Family Closet?Charles Koch and his younger brother David Koch, and their funding of various political causes over the past thirty-plus years…Tea Party Nation Warns of White Anglo-Saxon Protestant “Extinction”As if Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips’ embrace of the “birther” position and his support for restricting voting rights…Phill Kline Out the WindowIt’s not every day that GQ magazine puts a Kansan on its cover. The men's fashion monthly did just that…White Nationalist Arrested for Spokane MLK March Bomb PlotActing swiftly, Federal and local law enforcement officials quietly converged on a small home in the backwoods of northeastern Washington…Mapping the Tea Party Caucus in the 112th CongressCongresswoman Michele Bachmann convened the first official meeting of the Tea Party Caucus for the new 112th Congress on February…Mapping the Tea Party Caucus in the 112th CongressCongresswoman Michele Bachmann convened the first official meeting of the Tea Party Caucus for the new 112th Congress on February…Tea Party Caucus Map – 112th CongressTea Party Caucus Dashboard Powered by TableauIs the Tea Party Movement in a Tailspin?At the moment, human rights activists are being urged to ignore the massive challenges presented by the Tea Party movement.…Tea Party Groups Assail Public Employee Unions in Olympia “Good morning Taxpayers!” announced Lasse Lund, looking at the Tea Partiers standing on the snow-covered steps of the Legislative…IREHR President to Speak In Charlotte, NCIREHR president Leonard Zeskind will be speaking on Saturday, February 5, in Charlotte, North Carolina. His presentation is part of an…CNN – The Network of the Tea Party ExpressFor the second time in a month, the cable news network, CNN, announced that they would be teaming up with…Bomb found at Spokane MLK Unity MarchAn incendiary device found along the route of Monday's Spokane Martin Luther King Day "unity march" was "likely capable of…Tea Party Reactions to the Tucson TragedyRep. Gabrielle Giffords had been a target long before an assassination attempt that left six dead and fourteen wounded. In…Tea Party Reactions to the Tucson TragedyRep. Gabrielle Giffords had been a target long before an assassination attempt that left six dead and fourteen wounded. In…Mississippi and the Councils – Part Two: Brother Jeppie’s Visit to Carroll CountyYes, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour apologized (barely) for his racist rendition of the segregationist-era Citizens Councils in his Yazoo City…Haley Barbour Has No ExcuseForty-three years ago I worked for an organization in Atlanta founded as the National Anti-Klan Network. Even after we changed…ResistNet Re-BrandingTea Party group now called the Patriot Action NetworkTea Party Leaders Attack Constitution[caption id="attachment_148" align="alignnone" width="400"]Tea Party Nation President Judson Phillips[/caption] Listen to Tea Party Nation President Judson Phillips…Tea Party Leaders Attack ConstitutionListen to Tea Party Nation President Judson Phillips Discuss Ending Voting Rights for Those Who Do Not Own Property, Ending…Larry PrattLarry Pratt of Virginia is a member of two different national Tea Party networks: Tea Party Nation and 1776 Tea…Leonard Zeskind BiographyKaren PackKaren Pack is the leader of the Tea Party Patriots local group, the Wood County Tea Party. She is also…A Reply to Karen Pack in TexasIn IREHR’s Special Report, Tea Party Nationalism, the leader of a Tea Party Patriots group in Woods County, Texas, Karen…Peter GemmaPeter Gemma, a resident of a Sarasota, Florida, is a Tea Partier signed up to the ResistNet Tea Party faction.…Thanks for signing up!Thanks for signing up for updates and alerts from the Institute for Research and Education and Human Rights. Please help…Tea Party Nation Founder Declares Himself a BirtherJust over a week after the IREHR Special Report Tea Party Nationalism first exposed many of the so-called “birthers” in…Tea Party Nationalism goes live!It’s finally time for Tea Party Nationalism to go live. Tea Party Nationalism on Meet The PressIf you were watching the Sunday morning roundtables yesterday, you might have noticed the host of NBC’s Meet The Press reference the Institute and a new special report we’re releasing…AcknowledgmentsThanks to The Firedoll Foundation for their support for this report. Thanks to the board and staff of the NAACP…Tea Party MatrixA quick-view guide to the relationships between the various national Tea Party factions.Local Tea Party 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Tea Party Rallies MapData Source: Wikipedia The data used in the map above is drawn from the listing of 2009 and 2010 Tea…Endnotes 201-280[201]. “Tea Party Radio Network Rocks” email from TeaParty.org to supporters, February 28, 2010. http://www.therothshow.com/demos/recent/hour2Feb2510.mp3. [202]. “Tea Party Radio Network…Endnotes 101-200Endnotes 1-100 [1]. TEA PARTY FACTION DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY The data in this report was derived from a collection…Tea Party Faction Data Collection Methodology The data in this report was derived from a collection of online directories on the major national Tea Party…Tea Parties – Racism, Anti-Semitism and the Militia ImpulseThis section of the Special Report compiles opinion polling data, documents significant examples of racist vitriol on the part of…Correlation Between Unemployment Levels and Tea Party Membership?{jb_dropcap}A{/jb_dropcap}n IREHR analysis of Tea Party online membership and unemployment data demonstrates that there is very little if any relationship…Who is an American? Tea Parties, Nativism, and the BirthersThe Revolutionary War-era costumes, the yellow “Don’t tread on me” Gadsden flags from the same era, the earnest recitals of…Origins of the Tea PartiesThe founding moments of the contemporary Tea Party movement were many. Several were grassroots in nature, developing outside the existing…Tea Party Patriots[caption id="attachment_218" align="alignright" width="180"]Tea Party Patriots Logo[/caption]At a Glance Headquarters: Woodstock, Georgia. Website: TeaPartyPatriots.org Online Membership: 115,311 | 74,779 (social…Tea Party NationAt a Glance Headquarters: Franklin, Tennessee Website: TeaPartyNation.com Online members: 31,402 Notable: The group has provided a Tea Party platform…Tea Party ExpressAt a Glance Headquarters: Sacramento, California Website: OurCountryDeservesBetter.org (PAC) | TeaPartyExpress.org Online members: none. 1508 listed donors. Chapters: none. Notable:…ResistNet / Patriot Action NetworkAt a Glance Headquarters: Website: ResistNet.com Online Members: 81, 248 Notable: The for-profit group has been a home to nativists…FreedomWorks Tea Party[caption id="attachment_206" align="alignright" width="176"]FreedomWorks Logo[/caption]At a Glance Headquarters: Washington D.C. Website: freedomworks.org Online members: 15,044 Notable: Chaired by former House…1776 Tea PartyAt a Glance Headquarters: Woodlake, Texas Website: TeaParty.org Online Members: 6,987 Chapters: none. Notable: The group is run by leaders…ForewordBy Benjamin Todd Jealous President and CEO of the NAACP We know the majority of Tea Party supporters are sincere,…IntroductionTea Party Nationalism is the first report of its kind. It examines the six national organizational networks at the core…Tea Party Nationalism Report (pdf)Tea Party Nationalism: A Critical Examination of the Tea Party Movement and the Size, Scope, and Focus of Its National…Roan Garcia-QuintanaMauldin, South Carolina resident Roan Garcia-Quintana is involved in several local Tea Party groups and is registered as member on…British Learn About Tea PartiesIREHR in the UK From the reaction of the audiences during my recent Searchlight-sponsored speaking tour of the United Kingdom,…Excerpt from Leonard Zeskind’s presentation to the NAACP National ConventionBranch, College & Youth Councils Officers Luncheon July 11, 2010 I am going to talk briefly about the Tea Party…In the UK elections, what can American anti-racists learn?The Labor Party lost votes and seats in the parliament. The Tories may yet cobble together a majority coalition and…Latest Culture War in America is Nationalism in Dangerous FormAt first glance it seems inexplicable: Confederate battle flags waving in Washington state and Washington, D.C., when the issue is…The Hutaree Militia & the Charge of Seditious Conspiracy [caption id="attachment_105" align="alignnone" width="550"]Arrested Hutaree Militia Members[/caption] Eight men and one woman from the Hutaree militia have been charged…The Death of the Tea Parties? Not So Fast…{jathumbnail off} [caption id="attachment_173" align="alignnone" width="530"]Tea Party Faction Membership[/caption] Many pundits were quick to pronounce the Tea Party movement dead…What’s Next for the Tea Partiers?After a year of fast-paced growth and increasing influence, the Tea Partiers suffered their first ever political defeat on Sunday…
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