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1/ On Saturday, June 27, 2020, a group of neo-Nazis joined Super Happy Fun America at a pro-police rally.
The group is the Nationalist Social Club.
Their names are Anthony Petruccelli, Cameron Anthony, Michael Moura, and Chris Hood.
The group is the Nationalist Social Club.
Their names are Anthony Petruccelli, Cameron Anthony, Michael Moura, and Chris Hood.
2/ Their leader is Chris Hood, a former teenage III%er turned Proud Boy, who spent the past three years attending rallies by Resist Marxism, the former name of Super Happy Fun America.
He's a former Patriot Front leader and member of The Base. https://twitter.com/AntiFashGordon/status/1248513779400400896
He's a former Patriot Front leader and member of The Base. https://twitter.com/AntiFashGordon/status/1248513779400400896
3/ Michael Moura is the former spokesman for Resist Marixsm.
He was recently released from jail, where he was awaiting sentencing for 34 counts of Criminal Harassment, after violating a restraining order from a woman he met at a Resist Marxism rally. https://twitter.com/GMonsterAntifa/status/1196836923031076866
He was recently released from jail, where he was awaiting sentencing for 34 counts of Criminal Harassment, after violating a restraining order from a woman he met at a Resist Marxism rally. https://twitter.com/GMonsterAntifa/status/1196836923031076866
4/ Anthony Petruccelli is a longtime member of the National Socialist Movement, and has been attending Super Happy Fun America events for almost a year now, beginning in August 2019, when he was the official t-shirt sales-Nazi at the Straight Pride Parade. https://twitter.com/GMonsterAntifa/status/1233481231439978496
5/ Cameron "Twisted Savage" Anthony is a former member of Aryan Strikeforce, a neo-Nazi gang that got caught on meth and gun charges in 2016. https://patch.com/massachusetts/arlington/arlington-white-supremacist-arrested-after-alleged-knife-threats
6/ It's worth noting that Super Happy Fun America claims they don't know how Nazis got into their protest, but Chris Hood has been connected to Resist Marxism/SHFA for years.
Last month, the NSC did security at a Reopen protest sponsored by SHFA. https://twitter.com/AntiFashGordon/status/1270353723940900865
Last month, the NSC did security at a Reopen protest sponsored by SHFA. https://twitter.com/AntiFashGordon/status/1270353723940900865
7/ Here's Hood in October 2017, at the inception of Resist Marxism, posing with founder Kyle Chapman. https://twitter.com/AntiFashGordon/status/1248513792557887488
8/ By January 2018, Hood was regularly attending Resist Marxism events as the northeast head of neo-Nazi group Patriot Front. https://twitter.com/AntiFashGordon/status/1248513801303085057
9/ In March 2018, Hood was even wearing Patriot Front gear (note the mask) to Resist Marxism events.
But far from being unwelcome, he was literally their standard bearer. https://twitter.com/AntiFashGordon/status/1248514011257286656
But far from being unwelcome, he was literally their standard bearer. https://twitter.com/AntiFashGordon/status/1248514011257286656
10/ But when the press took interest in Hood's open neo-Nazi ties, Resist Marxism claimed not to know who he was. https://thinkprogress.org/resist-marxism-front-for-far-right-organizing-9bd959325ae1/
11/ This is because members of the far-right lie.
Resist Marxism/Super Happy Fun America is a front group for far-right organizing.
They claim not to know the same Nazis who have been attending their events for years, selling their t-shirts and carrying their banners.
Resist Marxism/Super Happy Fun America is a front group for far-right organizing.
They claim not to know the same Nazis who have been attending their events for years, selling their t-shirts and carrying their banners.
12/ But by December 2018, Hood and his Patriot Front crew were doing security for a Resist Marxism "debate" on immigration.
Here's Hood with RM/Super Happy Fun America founder Mark Sahady. https://twitter.com/AntiFashGordon/status/1248514018572206082
Here's Hood with RM/Super Happy Fun America founder Mark Sahady. https://twitter.com/AntiFashGordon/status/1248514018572206082
13/ When the press covers these events and allows Super Happy Fun America organizers to repeat their lies verbatim, it helps far-right organizing, and hurts marginalized communities.
Nazis lie.
Don't believe them. Don't give them a platform.
Nazis lie.
Don't believe them. Don't give them a platform.
14/ If you're a reporter covering the far-right and want to do so responsibly, see this style guide from @elizabotking and Erin Corbett. https://docs.google.com/document/u/2/d/1f6K3qjNhQFszCKjCG8JxytV_zkPAyqs-BJgERQu-h6I/mobilebasic
15/ Irresponsible coverage of the far-right is not neutral journalism.
It helps hate spread, and helps far-right movements grow, and cover their true ideologies.
Know the groups you're covering, and know their ties to hate and violence.
It helps hate spread, and helps far-right movements grow, and cover their true ideologies.
Know the groups you're covering, and know their ties to hate and violence.
16/ P.S. I stole the photo in the opening image from a tweet by @GreggHoush. https://twitter.com/GreggHoush/status/1277018685127917569
