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Al Qaeda, Supporters Advocate for Lone Actor Attacks in the West

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AQ propaganda
May 10, 2021 On April 14, 2021, both Al Qaeda and the pro-Al Qaeda propaganda outlet Jaysh Al-Malahim Al-Electroni (Electronic Battle Army) released magazines that include articles about the cultural strife in America and the West more broadly. The articles touched on the January 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection, the racial justice protests in summer 2020, and the deepening of American political divisions. Both articles portray the West as declining and divided. The Jaysh Al-Malahim article,…
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Iran's Khamenei Exploits Twitter for Al Quds Day

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Khameni's Twitter feed
May 07, 2021 By David Andrew Weinberg On the last Friday of Ramadan every year, the Government of Iran organizes what it calls Global Quds (i.e. Jerusalem) Day, which it uses as an opportunity to spread horrific propaganda calling for the destruction of the State of Israel, as well as messages of support for terrorist organizations and a deluge of antisemitic hate speech.  This year was no exception. On Friday, May 7, the main English-language Twitter account attributed to Iran…
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Facebook upholds Trump ban; Former head of Neo-Nazi group sentenced for swatting; NYC synagogue vandal arrested on hate crime charges

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May 07, 2021 THE WEEK’S BIG 3 Four months after his ouster from Facebook and Instagram, the suspension of former president Donald Trump was upheld by the Facebook Oversight Board. A former leader in a violent neo-Nazi group was sentenced Tuesday to 41 months in prison for harassing journalists who reported on his activities and others. Police arrested a 29-year-old man on hate crime charges in connection with the vandalization of several Bronx synagogues, which included the…
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Okay Hand Gesture

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Okay Hand Gesture
A common hand gesture that a 4chan trolling campaign claimed in 2017 had been appropriated as a symbol meaning "white power." Used by many on the right--not just extremists--for the purpose of trolling liberals, the symbol eventually came to be used by actual white supremacists as well. Caution must be used in evaluating instances of this symbol's use.
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ADL Statement on Facebook Oversight Board’s Decision to Uphold Trump’s Suspension from Platform

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New York, NY, May 5, 2021 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) CEO Jonathan A. Greenblatt issued the following statement today regarding the Facebook Oversight Board’s decision to uphold Facebook’s suspension of former President Donald Trump from the platform: We did not need four months and an unaccountable, secretive process to tell us what we already knew: Donald Trump should be immediately and permanently banned from Facebook. Six months will not change the fact…
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Why Iran poses such a serious threat

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US negotiators must treat Teheran’s antisemitism, persecution of minorities, and backing for terrorism as integral issues in any nuclear talks MAY 4, 2021, 1:24 PM, by Jonathan Greenblatt As the number one state sponsor of antisemitism and a self-proclaimed threat to the survival of the State of Israel, Iran has long been a country of grave concern to ADL. Since the Iranian Revolution of 1979, ADL has advocated for the US government and the international community to address…
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It’s Time to End Systemic Racism in Policing Once and for All | Opinion

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JONATHAN GREENBLATT AND DAMON HEWITT , CEO AND NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE; ACTING PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE LAWYERS’ COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW ON 5/4/21 AT 1:32 PM EDT   Now that the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has ended with a guilty verdict on all counts for the murder of George Floyd, many are breathing a sigh of relief. Some are relieved to see a semblance of justice, with…
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White Lives Matter

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White Lives Matter
“White Lives Matter” is both a white supremacist slogan adopted after the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement as well as a loose movement of white supremacists who hold events to popularize the phrase.

ALTERNATE NAMES: WLM

“White Lives Matter” is a white supremacist phrase that originated in early 2015 as a racist response to the Black Lives Matter movement, which arose to protest against police brutality against African-Americans and garnered considerable publicity in 2014 for protests in Ferguson, Missouri, following the shooting death of Michael Brown at the hands of a Ferguson police officer.

Since 2015, white supremacists in several states, especially members of the Texas-based white supremacist group Aryan Renaissance Society, have promoted the slogan “White Lives Matter” with flyers and protests, forming a loose campaign to popularize the phrase.

By 2016 other white supremacist groups, including Ku Klux Klan groups, were also using the slogan, and it soon became a staple among white supremacist mantras, continuing even after the original campaigners ceased their activities.

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Foothill High School and East Career & Technical Academy Faculty and Administrators Participate in Building School Culture that is No Place for Hate®, Grant Funded by The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Foothill High School and East Career & Technical Academy Faculty and Administrators Participate in Building School Culture that is No Place for Hate®, Grant Funded by The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas   LAS VEGAS (April 29, 2021) – In response to hate-motivated behavior at Foothill High School in Henderson and East Career & Technical Academy in Las Vegas, the Anti-Defamation League has four professional learning…
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Pandemic gives rise to antisemitic ‘Zoombombing’; Federal hate crime charges filed in Ahmaud Arbery death; NY synagogues vandalized

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April 30, 2021 THE WEEK’S BIG 3 ADL counted 196 cases of antisemitic “Zoombombing” attacks in the U.S. last year, including 114 against Jewish institutions, according to its annual report released this week. Three Georgia men were indicted on federal hate crime charges in connection with the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was shot to death while jogging through a South Georgia neighborhood last year. Authorities in New York City are looking for the…
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Holocaust Education Bill Unanimously Passes Nevada Assembly

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For Immediate Release: April 29, 2021 Holocaust Education Bill Unanimously Passes Nevada Assembly  Carson City, Nevada – A bill strengthening Holocaust and Genocide education in Nevada unanimously passed the state’s Assembly today in a 42 to 0 vote. Assembly bill 231 is a bipartisan piece of legislation sponsored by Assemblywomen Lesley Cohen and Lisa Krasner and supported by Lieutenant Governor Kate Marshall. The bill will establish an educational…
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U.S. ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS REMAINED AT HISTORIC HIGH IN 2020, NEVADA REPORTS OVER 20 INCIDENTS FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR

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Annual ADL Audit tracks 2,000+ incidents across the U.S., third–highest yearly total on record   Las Vegas, NV, April 27, 2021 … Antisemitic incidents remained at a historically high level      across the United States in 2020, with a total of 2,024 incidents of assault, harassment and vandalism reported to ADL (the Anti-Defamation League). While antisemitic incidents declined by 4 percent after hitting an all-time high in…
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ADL Applauds Bipartisan U.S. Senate Passage of COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act and NO HATE Act

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Legislation would address rising hate crimes though increased funding and reporting mechanisms   New York, NY, April 22, 2021… ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) praised the U.S. Senate’s bipartisan passage of the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act as well as the Khalid Jabara and Heather Heyer National Opposition to Hate, Assault, and Threats to Equality Act (Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act), both of which ADL has supported extensively. The COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act would…
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White Supremacists Applaud Tucker Carlson’s Promotion of Replacement Theory

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April 22, 2021 Image: Fox News In the days following Tucker Carlson’s vitriolic, xenophobic commentary about demographic change, most white supremacist reactions were supportive of the Fox News personality and praised him for railing against “white genocide.” Some suggested that Carlson is finally showing his true colors and fully embracing white nationalism. One 4Chan poster wrote: “As predicted, Carlson is our guy.” Other extremists argued Carlson is not…
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Extremists React to Chauvin Verdict with Predictable Vitriol, Anger

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Chauvin
April 21, 2021 Screenshot: ABC News Extremists consistently use mainstream news stories as opportunities to share their racist, often violent, views on a range of social media and online platforms. The April 20, 2021 verdict in the Derek Chauvin murder trial was no exception. Chauvin was found guilty on all three charges in the May 2020 murder of George Floyd. Note: Many of the comments documented in this piece include racist, violent and otherwise disturbing language. Prior to the…
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NSM Leader Arrested While in Arizona for Neo-Nazi Event

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Burt Colucci at NSC annual event
April 21, 2021 Burt Colucci speaks during private NSM gathering on April 16, 2021 UPDATE: On January 4, 2022, the Maricopa County Attorney’s office indicted Colucci on two counts of misdemeanor disorderly conduct and one count of felony disorderly conduct. On April 19, 2021, police in Chandler, Arizona, arrested the leader of the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement (NSM), Burt Colucci of Kissimmee, Florida, for aggravated assault after he allegedly pointed a handgun at a Black…
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The Verdict is In: How to Talk with Young People about the Derek Chauvin Murder Trial Verdict

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Amongst a crowd of people, a person holds a "Justice 4 Mr. Floyd" sign outside City Hall in downtown Minneapolis
April 21, 2021 The verdict has come down. The jury found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of second-degree and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd.  On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a forty-six-year-old Black man living in Minnesota, was killed while being arrested by the police. Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, pinned Floyd to the ground while he was…
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ADL Statement on Verdict in Derek Chauvin Trial

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New York, NY, April 20, 2021 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) released the following statement regarding the guilty verdict reached today in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd: The jury’s decision to hold Derek Chauvin accountable for the murder of George Floyd is ​​​​a critically necessary first step in securing ​#JusticeforGeorgeFloyd. And yet, no guilty verdict…
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ADL Statement on Verdict in Derek Chauvin Trial

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New York, NY, April 20, 2021 ... ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) released the following statement regarding the guilty verdict reached today in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd: The jury’s decision to hold Derek Chauvin accountable for the murder of George Floyd is ​​​​a critically necessary first step in securing ​#JusticeforGeorgeFloyd. And yet, no guilty verdict can…
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