On Monday night, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia ruled that the Proud Boys, a white supremacist organization formerly led by Enrique Tarrio, no longer controls the “Proud Boys” name nor its symbols without the consent of the historically Black Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Washington that its members vandalized during a violent pro-Trump rally in December 2020.
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The Proud Boys, a white supremacist organization instrumental in the organization and execution of the January 6, 2021 Capitol riots, appears to be going through a schism following the release of former national leader Enrique Tarrio, who was sentenced to 22 years in prison for seditious conspiracy for his role in the attack.
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On the evening of January 20, President Donald Trump’s first day in office, he announced pardons for more than 1,500 prisoners along with fourteen sentence commutations convicted of charges related to the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack. Charges for the offenders not yet adjudicated have been dismissed. The riots were deadly, killing five people. Notable figures granted pardons include former Proud Boys national leader Enrique Tarrio and the far-right Oath Keepers militia founder Stewart Rhodes.
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President-elect Donald Trump has spent the last few weeks making extremist appointments to his upcoming administration. Several of these nominees have made explicitly bigoted statements and aim to push an authoritarian and Christian Nationalist agenda which will dehumanize, and subsequently target, marginalized groups like immigrants, LGBTQ+ people, women, and religious minorities.
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At the BET Awards on June 30, Taraji P. Henson did the nation a great service and urged viewers to research the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, which is the far right’s plan for an “ideal” America if a conservative wins the 2024 presidential election. The Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE) has been sounding the alarm about Project 2025’s threat to human rights and democracy for months now. But with Henson’s warning, and calls by other prominent figures to “google Project 2025,” the plan has officially entered the conversation, with google searches outpacing Taylor Swift.
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The Proud Boys, a white nationalist and chauvinistic organization infamous for their role in the January 6 Capitol attack, didn’t sit out the election. They sent their endorsements to Trump, celebrated his wins, and, in one case, publicly organized at polls to ensure his victory.
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A confrontation in Portland, OR between Proud Boys and a neo-Nazi group sent ripples across the extreme-right movement causing hate groups to turn on each other and infighting among the Proud Boys.
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GPAHE’s statement on the Proud Boys requested by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol
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Global Project Against Hate and Extremism Co-Founder Heidi Beirich Served as Expert Witness in Metropolitan A.M.E. Church vs. Proud Boys International LLC
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This week: DHS recruitment posts echo neo-Nazi “fashwave” imagery, winning praise from Proud Boys and white nationalists. Moms for Liberty turns to lawsuits, a consultation app profits from labeling neo-Nazis “experts,” GPAHE calls out GQ for sanitizing Nick Fuentes, and global neo-fascist fight clubs.
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