Hatewatch Headlines 3/1/2018
Antisemitism’s origins still hold sway; Militias plan protest near Charlottesville; Cincinnati attorney has become a white nationalist favorite; and more.
The Conversation: How the origins of the world’s oldest hatred – antisemitism – still hold sway today.
Washington Post: The inescapable anti-Semitism of Western nationalists.
AlterNet: Nationalist militias plan Saturday protest near Charlottesville to intimidate pro-immigrant-rights lawyers.
Cincinnati.com: In a suburban Cincinnati office park, white nationalists have found their lawyer, and an ally.
Daily Beast: The Instagram stars hiding their notorious, Muslim-hating mom, Pamela Geller.
Polygon: Discord is purging alt-right, white nationalist and hateful servers.
Motherboard: ADL says YouTube should delete neo-Nazi videos ‘immediately.’
Care 2: The tech industry continues to profit from white supremacy.
Media Matters: USA Today publishes op-ed from Jerome Corsi, a conspiracy theorist who works for Alex Jones.
Raw Story: Ex-Infowars staffers accuse Alex Jones of groping them and calling them racist and antisemitic names.
Right Wing Watch: NRA board member Ted Nugent discusses Parkland shooting with crackpot conspiracy theorist.
Rewire: An unprecedented abortion-rights attack led by ADF is moving fast through the Mississippi Legislature.
Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS): Mississippi has the third-largest list of hate groups per capita, report says.
Sky News (UK): Four far-right terror plots foiled in the past year as commissioner warns of rising threat.
Think Progress: Idaho wants to pass an anti-Shariah law bill, but doesn’t really know what Shariah is.
The Auburn Plainsman (AL): Auburn’s White Student Union group listed as a hate group on SPLC map.
The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA): Cornell College students reject group with ‘alt-right’ reputation.
Free Lance Star (Fredericksburg, VA): Orange police investigating racist vandalism of black resident’s car as a hate crime.
Register-Guard (Eugene, OR): Bail reduction denied for Creswell stabbing suspect who served time for hate crime.
Huffington Post: Far-right troll Chuck Johnson tried out for ‘Survivor.’ Here’s his audition tape.
