Virginia authorities have arrested and charged a white nationalist once prominent in the “alt-right” for his involvement in a torchlit march the night before the deadly 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Hatewatch has learned.
Uncensored America (UA), a student organization sanctioned at three university campuses, plans to host Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes at Penn State University and far-right social media performer John Doyle at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in coming weeks.
Five years after white supremacists descended on Charlottesville, Virginia, the statue they came to protect is gone, and the “alt-right” coalition they embodied has imploded. At the same time, the existential threat that far-right extremism poses to the U.S. has arguably never been more severe.