Key organizers for America First, the loose-knit crew of personalities that brought crowds of young white nationalists to “Stop the Steal” events following the 2020 election, publicly disavowed their leader Nick Fuentes in recent weeks.
Key organizers for America First, the loose-knit crew of personalities that brought crowds of young white nationalists to “Stop the Steal” events following the 2020 election, publicly disavowed their leader Nick Fuentes in recent weeks.
The man who allegedly shot dead at least 10 people at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket on Saturday may have been preoccupied by the so-called “great replacement” conspiracy theory. A sprawling propaganda document released online under his name in advance of the attack obsessively references that theory. Authorities have yet to confirm the authenticity of the document, but if it was indeed written by the killer, it further exposes the deadly consequences of white supremacy.
In leaked audio first reported by the U.K. outlet Byline Times, a voice that seems to belong to YouTube performer Paul Joseph Watson utters a string of racist and anti-gay epithets before stating that he wishes someone would “press the button to wipe Jews off the face of the Earth.”
A joint investigation by Hatewatch and Bellingcat has identified a former Marine who has cooperated extensively with Rob Rundo. Rundo, the founder of hate groups Rise Above Movement (RAM), Will2Rise (W2R), Media2Rise (M2R) and so-called active clubs, is a violent white power activist currently facing federal rioting charges.
Hatewatch has identified a ringleader of the Patriot Front group alleged to have destroyed a mural depicting famous Black Americans on a college campus in St. Louis, Missouri last December.
Jozef Victor Nathan Gherman, the founder of a company whose clients lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency investments, appears also to play an integral part in organizing the finances of white nationalist Nick Fuentes’ America First non-profit, Hatewatch found.
Hatewatch has identified seven members of white nationalist hate group Patriot Front who were involved in a fatal car crash near Wellington, Utah, on Feb. 28, 2021.
A top-ranking local Republican Party official in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, told a white supremacist making a propaganda film about his city that he “support[s] what you’re doing.”
The federal government program intended to support businesses throughout the COVID-19 pandemic awarded more than $20,000 in forgivable loans to a far-right livestreamer and treasurer for a white nationalist nonprofit, Hatewatch found.
“The Z Man” is a white nationalist internet personality who pulls in thousands of dollars per month churning out racist propaganda and rubs shoulders with white nationalists at conferences on both sides of the Atlantic – without ever showing his face. Based on research and analysis, Hatewatch believes it has identified the person behind the pseudonym.