June Only Newspaper Articles For 2023
Texas, New York and PA
COBK NOTE : Our members are working overtime!! Great job, Brothers and Sisters. Keep it up. Legally, of course. lol - Odd that our flyering in Cleveland has recieved little attention outside of I believe two articles? But our Buffalo chapter is slamming that city good!!
Vandals deface public property with messages of hate
Published in the Pgh Union Progress
by David Rullo
June 19, 2023
Schenley Park was recently targeted by vandals.
For at least the third consecutive week, criminals have vandalized public property in the city’s eastern neighborhoods.
This time, white supremacist stickers were found in Schenley Park and Squirrel Hill affixed to public bulletin boards, city signage and trash cans.
Law enforcement is aware of the vandalism, which is a criminal violation of both state and city ordinances.
In Pittsburgh, vandalism is covered under the city’s public mischief statutes. It is a summary offense and carries a penalty of up to 90 days in jail if the damage is less than $150.
Shawn Brokos, director of security for the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, said the vandalism is meant to shock and generate attention.
“The stickers are a reminder of the hate that exists,” she said, but noted there are no known threats associated with the stickers.
The vandalism was reported by many members of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community, as well as non-Jewish community members.
The city is in the process of removing the stickers. Brokos said she expects the vandalism, which increased in frequency with the start of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter trial, to continue throughout the trial and urged anyone who sees any antisemitic or suspicious activity, flyers or stickers to report it to local law enforcement and the federation online at.......
This story is part of ongoing coverage of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial by the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle and the Pittsburgh Union Progress in a collaboration supported by funding from the Pittsburgh Media Partnership.
Vandals deface public property with messages of hate
Published in the Pgh Union Progress
by David Rullo
June 19, 2023
Schenley Park was recently targeted by vandals.
For at least the third consecutive week, criminals have vandalized public property in the city’s eastern neighborhoods.
This time, white supremacist stickers were found in Schenley Park and Squirrel Hill affixed to public bulletin boards, city signage and trash cans.
Law enforcement is aware of the vandalism, which is a criminal violation of both state and city ordinances.
In Pittsburgh, vandalism is covered under the city’s public mischief statutes. It is a summary offense and carries a penalty of up to 90 days in jail if the damage is less than $150.
Shawn Brokos, director of security for the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, said the vandalism is meant to shock and generate attention.
“The stickers are a reminder of the hate that exists,” she said, but noted there are no known threats associated with the stickers.
The vandalism was reported by many members of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community, as well as non-Jewish community members.
The city is in the process of removing the stickers. Brokos said she expects the vandalism, which increased in frequency with the start of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter trial, to continue throughout the trial and urged anyone who sees any antisemitic or suspicious activity, flyers or stickers to report it to local law enforcement and the federation online at.......
This story is part of ongoing coverage of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial by the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle and the Pittsburgh Union Progress in a collaboration supported by funding from the Pittsburgh Media Partnership.
COBK NOTE : Great job by our members in Buffalo and the Toronto areas. This artical was tken from three reports, the latest being June. So this goes in the JUNE ONLY section. Keep it up.
Buffalo community condemns white supremacist stickers on campus
Publiched in the Buffalo Gazette/Times
By Kyra
June 8, 2023
Antisemetic, anti-trans and white supremacist propaganda have appeared at multiple locations around Buffalo's UB Campus in recent weeks.
Stickers, posters and drawings on campus signs and lamp posts displayed messages such as “white unity” and “the way to victory: white solidarity.” The stickers promote the National Justice Party, which the Anti-Defamation League describes as “a virulently antisemitic white supremacist group.”
Rabbi Sara Rich of Hillel Buffalo — an on-campus Jewish organization — says she has seen several of these hateful antisemitic postings throughout campus. She says that while the stickers are likely posted by people outside the UB community, other recent incidents, such as swastikas drawn on chalkboards in the Student Union, are more likely to have been created by students.
“I am disappointed to see yet another instance of cruel and dangerous ideas being promoted on campus,” Rich said in an email to The Spectrum. “Hillel is here to support students who are upset about these incidents. We stand ready to work with the campus community to promote constructive dialogue that builds relationships and leads to tolerance and understanding.”
In a statement, UB spokesperson John Della Contrada denounced the stickers, as well as anti-trans posters that have appeared on campus.
“Unfortunately, the university periodically has to deal with this public display of hateful rhetoric and we in no uncertain terms denounce it — every time,” Della Contrada said. “Based on past experience, these postings are often the act of someone from outside the UB community. They were certainly not sanctioned by any recognized group at the university.”
These hateful messages aren’t the first to be seen on North Campus. UPD investigated a number of antisemitic and racist posters found on campus over the Hanukkah holiday in fall 2021.
In 2019, the New York State Police Hate Crimes Task force investigated racist, antisemitic and homophobic symbols and slurs found on a Knox Hall bathroom stall.
Buffalo community condemns white supremacist stickers on campus
Publiched in the Buffalo Gazette/Times
By Kyra
June 8, 2023
Antisemetic, anti-trans and white supremacist propaganda have appeared at multiple locations around Buffalo's UB Campus in recent weeks.
Stickers, posters and drawings on campus signs and lamp posts displayed messages such as “white unity” and “the way to victory: white solidarity.” The stickers promote the National Justice Party, which the Anti-Defamation League describes as “a virulently antisemitic white supremacist group.”
Rabbi Sara Rich of Hillel Buffalo — an on-campus Jewish organization — says she has seen several of these hateful antisemitic postings throughout campus. She says that while the stickers are likely posted by people outside the UB community, other recent incidents, such as swastikas drawn on chalkboards in the Student Union, are more likely to have been created by students.
“I am disappointed to see yet another instance of cruel and dangerous ideas being promoted on campus,” Rich said in an email to The Spectrum. “Hillel is here to support students who are upset about these incidents. We stand ready to work with the campus community to promote constructive dialogue that builds relationships and leads to tolerance and understanding.”
In a statement, UB spokesperson John Della Contrada denounced the stickers, as well as anti-trans posters that have appeared on campus.
“Unfortunately, the university periodically has to deal with this public display of hateful rhetoric and we in no uncertain terms denounce it — every time,” Della Contrada said. “Based on past experience, these postings are often the act of someone from outside the UB community. They were certainly not sanctioned by any recognized group at the university.”
These hateful messages aren’t the first to be seen on North Campus. UPD investigated a number of antisemitic and racist posters found on campus over the Hanukkah holiday in fall 2021.
In 2019, the New York State Police Hate Crimes Task force investigated racist, antisemitic and homophobic symbols and slurs found on a Knox Hall bathroom stall.
COBK NOTE : Naming us as third for flyering is an insult. I personally flyer Austin every bloody week!! As Hitler said, we are more important than third place. But great job to all of our members in Texas. We are the LEADERS of White Power activism in Texas, PA, Ohio and New York; with strong finishes in Florida, CALI, Utah (though I personally say we are #1 here), New England and ILL. Keep it up. Note, this was taken from two reports, one May one June. But the update was for the 1st + 9th June, so I am placing it in the JUNE ONLY page on the website.
Texas led the nation in white supremacist propaganda in 2022, study finds
Carly May
Houston
June 10, 2023
Texas led the nation in white supremacist propaganda incidents last year, according to a new report from the Anti-Defamation League.
All told, Texas accounted for 527 of the 6,750 incidents tallied by the ADL in 2022 — a 61% increase statewide and a 38% jump nationally since 2021. The total, which hit an all-time high last year, includes the distribution or display of antisemitic, racist or anti-LGBTQ stickers, banners, graffiti, posters and laser projections.
The rise corresponds with a wave of antisemitic and extremist violence that has steadily grown in recent years, driven by white supremacist groups and worldviews that have been increasingly popularized online and in conservative politics. Reported incidents of “explicitly antisemitic propaganda” more than doubled last year, according to the ADL.
The Texas-based extremist group Patriot Front was responsible for roughly 80% of all propaganda incidents nationally, according to the report. Two other groups — Goyim Defense League and the Church Of Ben Klassen — accounted for a bulk of the remaining propaganda incidents and were also active in Texas.
“Hardly a day goes by without communities being targeted by these coordinated, hateful actions, which are designed to sow anxiety and create fear,” said Oren Segal, vice president of the ADL’s Center on Extremism. “These actions are also being documented by the extremists themselves in order to signal back to their communities online, which provides an on-ramp to further engagement with white supremacy and hate.”
Extremism experts have warned for years that white supremacist groups have been targeting Texas communities for recruiting, particularly in urban areas where they believe they can exacerbate racial tensions and create a broader climate of fear among communities of color.
Last year in Austin, Dallas and Houston — the latter being one of the most diverse cities in the country — white supremacists repeatedly peppered Black and Jewish neighborhoods with antisemitic and racist flyers. They flew banners over major highways and defaced schools and homes with swastikas and other hate symbols. And they continue to coalesce around anti-LGBTQ events, including drag show protests, where they’ve sought to recruit and slowly mainstream their more radical views.
Extremism experts and longtime antifascist activists say such groups have been emboldened by the Republican Party and its amplification of things such as “great replacement theory,” a longtime white supremacist worldview that claims there is an intentional, Jewish-driven effort to destroy white people through immigration, interracial marriage and the LGBTQ community.
That conspiracy has been aided by frequent depictions of immigrants as “invaders” on the right, including by Gov. Greg Abbott and Fox News star host Tucker Carlson.
Meanwhile, Republican Party leaders continue to cozy up to outright fascists and white supremacists. Last year, former President Donald Trump met with Nick Fuentes, a Holocaust-denying Christian Nationalist who wants to expel Jews from the United States, and other top GOP figures — including U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene — have appeared at conferences with Fuentes and other extremists.
Texas led the nation in white supremacist propaganda in 2022, study finds
Carly May
Houston
June 10, 2023
Texas led the nation in white supremacist propaganda incidents last year, according to a new report from the Anti-Defamation League.
All told, Texas accounted for 527 of the 6,750 incidents tallied by the ADL in 2022 — a 61% increase statewide and a 38% jump nationally since 2021. The total, which hit an all-time high last year, includes the distribution or display of antisemitic, racist or anti-LGBTQ stickers, banners, graffiti, posters and laser projections.
The rise corresponds with a wave of antisemitic and extremist violence that has steadily grown in recent years, driven by white supremacist groups and worldviews that have been increasingly popularized online and in conservative politics. Reported incidents of “explicitly antisemitic propaganda” more than doubled last year, according to the ADL.
The Texas-based extremist group Patriot Front was responsible for roughly 80% of all propaganda incidents nationally, according to the report. Two other groups — Goyim Defense League and the Church Of Ben Klassen — accounted for a bulk of the remaining propaganda incidents and were also active in Texas.
“Hardly a day goes by without communities being targeted by these coordinated, hateful actions, which are designed to sow anxiety and create fear,” said Oren Segal, vice president of the ADL’s Center on Extremism. “These actions are also being documented by the extremists themselves in order to signal back to their communities online, which provides an on-ramp to further engagement with white supremacy and hate.”
Extremism experts have warned for years that white supremacist groups have been targeting Texas communities for recruiting, particularly in urban areas where they believe they can exacerbate racial tensions and create a broader climate of fear among communities of color.
Last year in Austin, Dallas and Houston — the latter being one of the most diverse cities in the country — white supremacists repeatedly peppered Black and Jewish neighborhoods with antisemitic and racist flyers. They flew banners over major highways and defaced schools and homes with swastikas and other hate symbols. And they continue to coalesce around anti-LGBTQ events, including drag show protests, where they’ve sought to recruit and slowly mainstream their more radical views.
Extremism experts and longtime antifascist activists say such groups have been emboldened by the Republican Party and its amplification of things such as “great replacement theory,” a longtime white supremacist worldview that claims there is an intentional, Jewish-driven effort to destroy white people through immigration, interracial marriage and the LGBTQ community.
That conspiracy has been aided by frequent depictions of immigrants as “invaders” on the right, including by Gov. Greg Abbott and Fox News star host Tucker Carlson.
Meanwhile, Republican Party leaders continue to cozy up to outright fascists and white supremacists. Last year, former President Donald Trump met with Nick Fuentes, a Holocaust-denying Christian Nationalist who wants to expel Jews from the United States, and other top GOP figures — including U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene — have appeared at conferences with Fuentes and other extremists.