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1/ REOPEN MA is holding another rally on 5/30.
Meet Justin Cardoso, one of the neo-Nazis attendees, who wore a Nazi Reichsadler pin to a recent event.
He's a Red Devil, a 1% motorcycle gang, and a member of the IUEO Local 4.
You can contact them here: https://www.iuoelocal4.org/contact-us/
Meet Justin Cardoso, one of the neo-Nazis attendees, who wore a Nazi Reichsadler pin to a recent event.
He's a Red Devil, a 1% motorcycle gang, and a member of the IUEO Local 4.
You can contact them here: https://www.iuoelocal4.org/contact-us/
2/ Last week, I documented how the REOPEN MA Facebook page is run by David C. Morrissey, a neo-Nazi biker and member of the Red Devils.
Morrissey has a white supremacist Celtic Cross tattooed on his elbow, and a set of SS lightning bolts on his neck. https://twitter.com/AntiFashGordon/status/1262748167923105794
Morrissey has a white supremacist Celtic Cross tattooed on his elbow, and a set of SS lightning bolts on his neck. https://twitter.com/AntiFashGordon/status/1262748167923105794
3/ And Justin Cardoso, who's been attending the Reopen protests alongside Morrissey, loves Nazi gear, too.
He wore a Reichsadler pin, also called a "Nazi War Eagle" to a recent Reopen event.
He wore a Reichsadler pin, also called a "Nazi War Eagle" to a recent Reopen event.
4/ On his Facebook page, Cardoso also sports a "Support Your Local Whiteboy" t-shirt.
5/ For background on the use of "Support Your Local Whiteboy" by white supremacists, see this 2013 article from the Phoenix New Times. https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/about-that-that-damn-show-support-your-local-white-boy-vendor-6600826
6/ On his Facebook page, Cardoso shows off a t-shirt with the words "White Bikes Matter," stylized with a Nazi SS lightning bolt.
7/ The Hoodwoods online store where that t-shirt was purchased also sells a variety of neo-Nazi merchandise featuring the SS lightning bolts.
8/ For more on the SS bolts, see here. https://www.adl.org/education/references/hate-symbols/ss-bolts
9/ The Reopen MA protests are being co-organized by Super Happy Fun America, the same anti-gay far-right group that organized the Straight Pride Parade in August 2019.
And Super Happy Fun America has always welcomed Nazis into their ranks.
And Super Happy Fun America has always welcomed Nazis into their ranks.
10/ At the Straight Pride Parade, their official t-shirt salesman was Anthony Petruccelli, a longtime neo-Nazi and member of the National Socialist Movement, with ties to Patriot Front and The Base. https://twitter.com/AntiFashGordon/status/1243187103556648962
11/ For more on the far-right and hate group ties of Super Happy Fun American and the Straight Pride Parade, see this article from @thatcaseyquin. https://archive.thinkprogress.org/boston-straight-pride-means-more-far-right-abuse-of-trans-people-a4ed06427125/
12/ The Nazi involvement in the Reopen movement makes sense.
In the US, Black people are dying of COVID-19 at more than twice the rate of white Americans.
The push to reopen is nothing more than a thinly veiled attempt to kill Black people. https://www.apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-by-race
In the US, Black people are dying of COVID-19 at more than twice the rate of white Americans.
The push to reopen is nothing more than a thinly veiled attempt to kill Black people. https://www.apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-by-race
13/ So how can we fight back?
Tell the employers of the organizers and supporters that we don't tolerate hate.
Tell the IUOE Local 4 about Justin Cardoso's neo-Nazi ties. Nazis have no place in unions.
Contact them here: https://www.iuoelocal4.org/contact-us/
Tell the employers of the organizers and supporters that we don't tolerate hate.
Tell the IUOE Local 4 about Justin Cardoso's neo-Nazi ties. Nazis have no place in unions.
Contact them here: https://www.iuoelocal4.org/contact-us/
14/ The police won't protect us.
They protect the Reopen ralliers, and at the August 2019 Straight Pride Parade, the cops brutalized peaceful protesters, spraying crowds with mace and hitting them with bikes.
We need to protect each other from the rising tide of fascism.
They protect the Reopen ralliers, and at the August 2019 Straight Pride Parade, the cops brutalized peaceful protesters, spraying crowds with mace and hitting them with bikes.
We need to protect each other from the rising tide of fascism.
15/ Who protects us?
We protect us.
We protect us.
