Thomas Dwayne Long, a police officer in East Ellijay, Georgia, is a clear supporter of the Ku Klux Klan. According to an online biography, Tommy Long has been with the East Ellijay Police Department since 2010. Before that, Long worked with the Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office.On social media, Tommy Long is linked to militants of the United Northern and Southern Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (UNSKKKK), an organization which Long also supports.
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#DanAndSpit Action Round Up
We put out the call, and you responded! Below is a round up of actions that took place across the country and the world in solidarity with Dan and Spit, the two Las Vegas Anti-Racist Action members murdered 20 years ago by neo-Nazis.
Spit’s headstone, ARA in life and death! Charlottesville, Virginia
Comrades in Charlottesville started things off with a release of contact information exposing organizers of Unite The Right 2.0, scheduled to take place August 12, 2018 in Washington D.C.
https://twitter.com/stopthenextutr/status/1014358170871959552
Richmond, Virginia
Antifa Seven Hills handed out memorial flyers and sparklers to spread the word about Dan and Spit in their local community. Later that night they unveiled a solidarity banner complete with fireworks to celebrate the day of action.
Today we honored the lives of #DanAndSpit by handing out memorial fliers and sparklers to families. The we played together while holding this beautiful banner and setting off fireworks! Remember to love your people. 💥 🖤#FuckTheFourth pic.twitter.com/DnKf0UghTQ
— AntifaSevenHills 🏴 (@ash_antifa) July 5, 2018
And of course an obligatory flag burn from some other friends 😉
https://twitter.com/burningrichmond/status/1014723278550831104
Portland, Oregon
Anti-fascists in Portland honored Dan and Spit with an impressive banner drop and messages of solidarity across the city.
Looks like some Portland Activists were out putting up posters for #DanandSpit today. 🖤❤🤘#NeverForget #NeverForgetNeverForgive pic.twitter.com/JhyT88pZzG
— PNWAWC (@PNWAWC) July 4, 2018
New York City, New York
Comrades from the Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement in NYC put up graffiti in solidarity with the call to action.
On this 20th anniversary of the murders of ARA comrades #DanAndSpit by fascists, we want to tribute these fallen fighters. Honor the dead and fight like hell for the living. #NeverForget #SupportOurTroops #Antifa #SmashTheFash pic.twitter.com/KJMtrJJPgN
— RevAbolitionNYC (@RevAbolitionNYC) July 4, 2018
Sydney, Australia
Comrades in Sydney brought the day of action down under with a powerful mural commemorating Dan and Spit.
https://twitter.com/IGD_News/status/1014599561262845952
Sacramento, California
Antifa Sacramento put up a banner in honor of Dan and Spit, and anti-racist activists lifted up their names while taking to the streets for an anti-4th of July party that included an action at the local ICE building and a noise demo at the county jail.
https://twitter.com/berkeleyantifa/status/1014661071955734528
San Diego, California
Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington ARA created a write up for the day of action.
#FourthofJuly2018 #NeverForget #DanAndSpit https://t.co/2DPbHHQUrs
— Lexington ARA (@LexingtonARA) July 5, 2018
Seattle, Washington
Comrades in Seattle showed up with an anti-fascist graffiti mural celebrating Dan and Spit.
https://twitter.com/NAmirite/status/1014688899170369536
Bloomington, Indiana
Friends in Indiana are gearing up for their memorial dance party tonight!
Remembrance in History
https://twitter.com/ruadh_x/status/1014515803184615424
A 1998 ARA News article on their killing Many thanks to everyone who participated in the day of action in remembrance of Dan and Spit. Our comrades may be gone, but they will never be forgotten. We will keep up the fight against white supremacy and oppression with their memory in our hearts!
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Remembering Charlottesville: August 11-12, 2018 Call for a Weekend of International Solidarity
Torch Network Endorses and Promotes the following call for international solidarity By CrimethInc. Ex-Worker’s Collective
Along with comrades in Charlottesville and around the Southeast, we are calling for a weekend of international solidarity for August 11-12, 2018 to celebrate the courage and sacrifice of those who fought the rise of fascism in Charlottesville last summer. This is an important time to renew the visibility of the struggle for real freedom and equality. The organizers of last summer’s far-right fiasco are attempting to organize “Unite the Right 2” rallies in Charlottesville and/or Washington, DC. While many in the Virginia area prepare to confront them, we invite you to join us in organizing local actions to spread the fight to every corner of the globe.
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Remembering Sacramento
2 years ago there were hundreds at the state capitol in Sacramento who prevented white supremacists from holding a rally. And now there are those who are facing charges stemming from that day. Check out http://Facebook.com/antifasac to see how you can plug in and show your support!
The below is a repost of an article originally submitted to It’s Going Down in July 2016
Blood in the Valley: Why People Put Their Lives on the Line to Run Nazis Out of Sacramento
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2018 Torch Network Conference
2018 Torch Antifascist Network Conference
Hosted by Antifa Seven Hills
September 1st & 2nd
Richmond, VirginiaThis Labor Day Weekend, the 5th Annual Torch Antifascist Network Conference will bring together antifascists and radicals from across the continent to share experiences, refine strategies, and
critically analyze ongoing liberation struggles we are engaged with. The conference will be a space of encounter and reflection as we continue to build sites of resistance, structures of counterpower, and networks of solidarity across the United Snakes of Amerikkka and the world.See more details on the Conference Page
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Your Milk Has Curdled: Anti-fascist Scouting Against League of the South Activity in Georgia, April 21, 2018
When considering the grandiose statements of white supremacists, it is hard to fathom that household dysfunction and Oedipus complexes can bring down entire organizations. Such moments highlight that oppressive, hierarchical organizations’ structure are rotten — and fragile — to the core. With the rottenness that permeates all white supremacist organizations in mind, we provide this communique on the abomination that is the League of the South. (more…)
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Remember Dan & Spit!
This year, the TORCH Network is calling on antifascists everywhere to take back July 4th from this legacy of white supremacy and instead fight back against fascism and oppression in celebration and remembrance of Dan and Spit’s life work. We urge you to join us in lifting up their names and making sure that their sacrifice isn’t forgotten. Drop a banner, table at a show, host an anti-fascist reading group, provide outreach and support to oppressed communities, write letters to anti-racist prisoners, burn an American flag, put up anti-fascist posters, organize a solidarity demo, or take action against local fascists in Dan and Spit’s names. The list goes on- get creative, get in the streets, and take action this July 4th! Dan and Spit may be gone, but we will continue to carry on this work without them. They will not be forgotten.#DanAndSpit #NeverForget -
April 21: Nazi Rally in Newnan, Georgia Resisted by Anti-Racists, Assisted by Militarized Police
Introduction
On April 21, 2018, the National Socialist Movement (NSM) held a small rally at the Greenville Street Park in Newnan, Georgia, 45 minutes southwest of Atlanta. The NSM’s application to use the Park — accepted by the City of Newnan for $50 — stated that the Nazi organization would bring fifty to a hundred participants for its white power rally. This was expected to be one of the largest displays of open white supremacists since the bloody “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia last year. In the end, the NSM attracted approximately half its minimum projected attendance and was protested by several hundred. To create conditions for the NSM event to take place, the entire City of Newnan was militarized, with approximately 700 police from various agencies swamping the City, mobilizing a large number of military surplus vehicles, then brutalizing and arresting anti-racist protesters. We are proud of the anti-racist protesters in Newnan on Saturday. Both “antifa” and other anti-racists continued to protest even as police pointed guns at them for no apparent reason, and repeatedly charged into the #NoNaziNewnan anti-racist assembly to violently arrest demonstrators. Further, the large organized presence from the Black community in Coweta County — visible directly across the street from the Nazi rally — was inspiring. The NSM event flopped. Anti-racists and anti-fascists have much to be pleased with from the 21st, despite the fresh instances of repression which we must now address. State displays of force such as we witnessed in Newnan seem increasingly likely as anti-fascists move forward in the South. The same is probably true throughout the US. In our conclusion, we will briefly discuss ramifications of this changed strategic situation.
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CORRECTION: Jack “Pale Horse” Corbin Previously Falsely ID’d
In October 2017, members and affiliates of the TORCH Network believed we had identified the individual known as Jack “Pale Horse” Corbin in the wake of active post-Charlottesville doxxing campaigns by alt-right trolls, especially on the 8chan /pol/ message board.
The person previously thought to be Corbin (Jake Loubriel), while incorrect, is still an alt-right troll helping to doxx antifascist comrades.
The real “Pale Horse” is Daniel W. McMahon of Brandon, FL as outlined in the original correction by Philly Antifa, which can be read here.
Thanks to the diligence of antifascists, McMahon’s internet activity (specifically doxxing efforts) has decreased significantly according to a recent report on Philly AntiCapitalist, and that McMahon has fled the continent and was summarily assaulted and/or mugged in a European red light district.
