On Saturday, August 17, 2024, three white nationalists held a demonstration in Dawsonville, Georgia. The trio displayed signs promoting racial “loyalty” and alleging that white people are being “replaced.” The theme of their demonstration—“the great replacement”—is a racist conspiracy theory which has inspired mass shootings. An onlooker photographed the three demonstrators, and the images were posted to Reddit later that day.
August 17, 2024 demonstration in Dawsonville. Photos from Reddit.
A Reddit commenter correctly identified one of the racist demonstrators as Stuart Nicholas DiNenno (born 1959) of Chamblee, Georgia. Through his posts on Reddit and elsewhere, DiNenno confirmed that he was involved in the demonstration. He was clearly the public face of this event. The signs displayed by the white nationalists featured a URL for DiNenno’s website, which advocates for a racist version of Christianity known as “Kinism.”
Stuart DiNenno
Kinism, the racist form of Christianity advocated by DiNenno, emerged from neo-Confederate circles—in particular, members of the League of the South—during the early- to mid-2000s. (Work formulating Kinist principles began some years earlier.) Kinists believe that God divided humanity into different racial groups; that these groups should be preserved separately; and that Christians have moral duties to their racial “kin.” Kinists therefore advocate for segregation and prohibit racial intermarriage. They are deeply opposed to egalitarianism and favor replacing democracy with theocracy. While Kinism as a term has been around for just a quarter century, adherents portray their beliefs as a return to traditional Christianity.
It is important to differentiate Kinism from another racist form of Christianity: Christian Identity. Christian Identity claims that whites are God’s true chosen people, and that Jewish people are evil imposters. In the case of “dual seedline” Christian Identity, adherents believe that Jewish people are literally descended from the serpent in the Garden of Eden. Such Christian Identity adherents also believe that people of color are subhuman. Kinists, on the other hand, claim that Christian salvation is available to those of any race. However, Kinists promote segregation and characterize white people as superior.
Both Kinists and Christian Identity adherents are extremely antisemitic, but there is a difference between how these two express and justify this antisemitism. Christian Identity proclaims that white people are descendants of the Biblical Israelites, and thus God’s true chosen people. Christian Identity offers theories about Jewish people and their bloodlines to portray this group as imposters or even Satanic in origin. DiNenno on his Kinist website argues that present-day Jewish people are not descended from the Israelites of the Bible. However, he does not speculate about the supposed actual lineage of Jewish people. Rather, DiNenno draws on much longer legacies of antisemitism within Christianity, asserting that “Being a Christ hater […] is the principal component of Jewish identity.”
DiNenno takes a positive view of Hitler and Nazi Germany. On his website, DiNenno reprinted an interview with Mildred Gillars, better known as “Axis Sally,” an American who made pro-Nazi broadcasts from Germany during World War II, and who was convicted of treason after the war. Another section on DiNenno’s site provides a lengthy quote from a 1934 speech by Hitler, reprinted under the heading “Hitler’s Surprisingly Biblical View of the Role of Women.” In a rant by DiNenno on the site, he claims that someone is a “victim of Jewish indoctrination” if the person “believe[s] the Jewish ‘Holocaust’ stories” or “the mainstream narrative of World War II.” DiNenno reprinted a lengthy article by Mark Weber, a major figure in Holocaust-denial circles, to his website.
2018 news story from 11Alive
Calling DiNenno homophobic would be an understatement. On his website, DiNenno portrays “sodomite relationships” as an “evil that is deserving of the death penalty,” and suggests that even approving of such relationships is worthy of punishment. In 2018, DiNenno made headlines after the landscaping company he operates, Botanica Atlanta Landscape and Design, refused to work for a gay couple. DiNenno claimed on Facebook: “I average about one or two calls per year [with my business] from sodomites or lesbians. I always turn them down.”
DiNenno (on left) protests the Pride Walk in Burlington, North Carolina, June 29, 2024
DiNenno was part of a group that harassed the “Pride Walk” in Burlington, North Carolina, in June of 2023 and 2024. The anti-LGBTQ+ protests were partially organized by Michael Spangler of North Carolina, who this year published a lengthy series endorsing “Christian Race Realism” and who broadly considers himself a Kinist. Earlier in the year (before the start of the “Race Realism” series) the Orthodox Presbyterian Church divested Spangler from its ministry.
Those targeting the Pride Walks aimed to make the gatherings as unpleasant as possible for participants, with Stuart DiNenno gloating this year:
We dogged them everywhere they went and they seemed to be disturbed by our presence. I won’t be surprised if next year’s event is canceled. Please pray for that to happen.
DiNenno also appears to have shown up against Alamance Pride in October 2023, also held in Burlington.
While DiNenno was only able to get two others to join him for his August white nationalist demonstration in Georgia, he is well-networked in Kinist circles and could potentially draw others to engage in public racist agitation. DiNenno’s intense antisemitism and the pleasure he takes from homophobic harassment are both concerning. For these reasons, we believe it is necessary to warn the public about DiNenno.
What you can do:
1) Warn others about DiNenno’s landscaping business, Botanica Atlanta Landscape and Design. Many potential customers would not wish to financially support a white nationalist who takes a fond view of Hitler and engages in homophobic harassment. Bringing DiNenno into contact with people of color, Jewish people, or LGBTQ+ individuals risks creating an unpleasant situation or worse.
2) Please get in contact if you can identify DiNenno’s two associates from the Dawsonville demonstration or have potentially relevant information. We would also like to hear from anyone who has further info about DiNenno.
3) Finally, share this article with friends in north Metro Atlanta who may encounter DiNenno. Please also share this article to contacts near Dawsonville in north Georgia, in case DiNenno and his associates attempt further agitation there.
Author antifa atlPosted on December 16, 2024Tags Antisemitism, Botanica Atlanta Landscape and Design, Burlington NC, Chamblee GA, Dawsonville GA, Holocaust denial, Homophobia, kinist, League of the South, Michael Spangler, neo-Confederate, Stuart DiNenno
William C. Fisher of Phoenix, Arizona is a longtime white supremacist who claims that “Hitler was right.” Under his online persona of “Preston Brooks,” Fisher references “the Day of the Rope,” a white supremacist fantasy of mass murder, and repeatedly calls for lynching. Fisher is also a grassroots Republican Party activist who serves as a committeeman with the Legislative District 20 Republican Party (LD20 GOP) in Arizona. Fisher’s wife, Kimberly K. Fisher, is also an LD20 GOP committee member. Kim Fisher is currently serving her second term on the Deer Valley Unified School District’s governing board, which is responsible for over thirty thousand students. As we discuss, Kim Fisher must be aware of her husband’s white supremacist agitation. She calls her husband “the smartest man I know” and consults with him on political issues.
Paul L. Townsend, a resident of LaFayette in north Georgia, born in 1964, is an active member of the League of the South (LoS), a white supremacist and Southern secessionist organization. Townsend attended the August 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia with the LoS contingent that was at the forefront of violence that day. Following the Charlottesville rally – in which one counter-protester was murdered and dozens more injured – Townsend stated that he was “proud that I participated in the Charlottesville rally” which he “knew […] would be epic.”
Townsend set up a profile on the Russian social networking site VKontakte (VK) the month before 2017’s “Unite the Right”. On VK, he is connected to many LoS members and other white supremacists. Townsend posted a photo of his younger self in camouflage fatigues in a desert environment, suggesting that decades ago he was in the US military.
Picture of Klan cross lighting on Townsend’s desk
Some of Townsend’s weapons
Townsend’s organization, the League of the South, is a longstanding white supremacist and secessionist organization. In recent years, LoS has moved in a paramilitary direction. During 2017-2018, LoS rallied alongside explicitly neo-Nazi organizations as part of the failed Nationalist Front alliance. The LoS leader, Michael Hill of Alabama, has also publicly moved closer to pro-Nazi positions, for example declaring in early 2019 that Hitler’s regime was “the only line of defense in Europe against the spread of Jewish Bolshevism.”
Townsend calls for the elimination of Jews and Muslims
Townsend outdoes even his violent white supremacist organization in genocidal hatred. In May 2018, Townsend proclaimed: “I have now come to the conclusion that ALL muslims, and ALL jews should be exterminated.” On October 27 of that year, a white supremacist murdered eleven people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The following day, Paul Townsend posted to social media: “What say we declare October 27 as ‘pop a jew day’?”
Cartoon celebrating the murder of Jewish people posted by Townsend.
As well as his involvement with the League of the South, Townsend has expressed interest in the “Creativity Alliance,” which promotes the white supremacist religion of “Creativity”. The main religious precept of Creativity (formerly the “World Church of the Creator”) is the advancement of white people, with its adherents believing in a “Racial Holy War” (or “RaHoWa”) against other races. On his VK account, Townsend uses the term “RAHOWA”. One of his photos includes a handgun placed on top of The White Man’s Bible, a Creativity scripture. Townsend is registered on the forum for the Creativity Alliance, one of the two organizations currently promoting the religion. The Creativity Alliance made headlines in February 2017, when Georgia resident William Christopher Gibbs who was active on their forum was arrested for attempting to manufacture ricin. (Stunningly, Gibb’s ricin charges were later dropped. The head of the Creativity Alliance told Paul Townsend that Gibbs was a “silly person”.)
User “PaulTownsend” on the Creativity Alliance web forum
His VK activity also shows Townsend to be a sympathizer of the National Alliance, which at one point was the largest neo-Nazi organization in North America. A poster named “PaulInGeorgia” matching Townsend’s age and his interest in survivalism registered on the National Alliance’s “White Biocentrism” forum last year, although it did not post beyond an introduction. On VK, Townsend is friends with Chester Doles, who organized the Georgia unit of the National Alliance in the early 2000s. Doles currently leads the Dahlonega, Georgia-based “American Patriots USA”.
Paul Townsend and Launa Townsend
Paul Townsend’s wife Launa Marie Townsend – employed as a cashier at the Walmart Supercenter in LaFayette – appears to share her husband’s white supremacist ideology. In an August 2019 message on VK, Paul Townsend stated that he and his wife had to miss the national conference for the League of the South “last year, but NOT THIS TIME!” Launa Townsend’s promised attendance at a white supremacist conference suggests sympathy with the cause.
Paul Townsend himself works or until recently worked in a large warehouse, which we believe is part of the Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Vincit Group. Vincit Group is comprised of several companies offering “chemical, sanitation, and engineering services”. One of these companies supplies safety and sanitation gear while other parts of Vincit Group focus on, for example, the food and beverage industry. Chattanooga, Tennessee is approximately forty minutes from LaFayette, Georgia where Townsend lives.
Workplace photos posted by Paul Townsend
On social media last year, Townsend complained about “ni[**]ers” on the warehouse floor where he worked, cheering when one was fired and celebrating that a “White brother” was hired instead. On his VK account, Townsend also noted when Vincit Group had an opening for a shipping/receiving clerk and stated: “It would be really nice to see a White Nationalist get this job.” In addition to advertising the Vincit Group job to his white supremacist associates, this March Townsend postedphotos of large quantities of hand sanitizer and isopropyl alcohol that had been “Goin’ like hotcakes” from his warehouse due to the COVID-19 crisis. This is consistent with Vincit Group’s business.
Paul Townsend should be fired immediately from any job he may have, since nobody should be expected to work around an active white supremacist who fantasizes about mass murder. We also hope that by publishing this information, those living near Townsend are warned of his violent agenda and can assess any danger.
If you have further information about Paul and Launa Townsend or their white supremacist associates, please get in touch.
Update: Kenny Schneck, a Georgia neo-Nazi mentioned in this article, died in late April 2020.
On October 4-5, 2019, the International Keystone Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (IKKKKK) held a two-day event on private property in Morgan County, Georgia (approximately half an hour south of Athens, GA). According to the Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy quoted by local media, a Friday KKK meeting was attended by approximately ten people. A related social event the next day attracted approximately thirty. The event also included a cross lighting, although electric lights rather than fire were used due to a law against burning after dark. An International Keystone Knights banner was displayed outside the property. Approximately sixty federal, state and local cops patrolled the area while the racist gathering took place, essentially giving the KKK free security at public expense.
The local Morgan County Citizen discussed the Klan gathering as happening at a residence “on Aqua Lane” with the nighttime cross lighting being visible “off of Aqua Road”. Although the paper did not print the name of the individual who hosted the Klan event, we can confirm that the event was hosted at John Richard Thompson’s property in Madison. While Madison County property records list his land as being on Aqua Road, Thompson’s property also borders Aqua Lane on the opposite side.
John Richard Thompson and wife Bonita Thompson
A look at John Thompson’s Facebook profile shows him to be deeply immersed in Klan networks. Among those connected to Thompson on social media are:
Greg Calhoun (“Thor Calhoun”), the Georgia grand dragon (main state organizer) of the IKKKKK who is also active in the racist/Southern secessionist League of the South (LOS)
Shealyn Winkler (“Shealyn Marie”) of Mississippi, Shaun Walker’s wife
Jeremy Walls, who appears to be tattooing in Memphis, Tennessee despite an earlier arrest in Mississippi for inappropriate contact with teenagers while giving them tattoos. Walls has been mentioned by the Southern Poverty Law Center as an IKKKKK “associate”.
John Thompson jokes with National Socialist Liberation Front Deputy Director Sharon Robinson (“Lea Symons”) about hanging those they consider as race traitors.
In addition to his many KKK friends, John Thompson is also connected online to members of the revived National Socialist Liberation Front (NSLF), a small neo-Nazi organization which endorses violent struggle against what it believes to be a corrupt, Jewish-controlled society. On Facebook, Thompson has joked with Sharon Robinson of Alabama (AKA “Lea Symons”, Sharon Symons Connell), the Deputy Director of the NSLF, about mass hangings of their enemies. This is an allusion to the “Day of the Rope” in The Turner Diaries, an infamous piece of white supremacist propaganda.
Thompson is also online friends with Kenneth Wayne Schneck (“Kenny Larkin”) of Centerville, Georgia, plus Kenneth’s wife Amanda Schneck (née Amanda Leigh Johnson). On the Russian social media site VKontakte, Kenneth Schneck boasted of being a Captain in the NSLF in 2018. On his “Kenny Larkin” Facebook, Schneck also claims to support the “PCK Brotherhood” – the Pacific Coast Knights, a Klan group mainly based on the US West Coast.
Schneck’s 2018 NSLF membership card with “Captain” rank
On his Facebook, Thompson has joked with Kenneth’s wife Amanda Schneck about making Nazi salutes.
Amanda Schneck and John Thompson joke about Nazi salutes
Thompson’s friendship with NSLF
members Sharon Robinson and Kenneth Schneck is not surprising, as the IKKKKK
and NSLF generally appear to be on good terms.
Morgan County resident alarmed by October 2019 cross-lighting on Thompson’s property
Since Thompson is committed to the Klan and jokes about the mass murder of supposed race traitors, we believe Thompson is a threat to those around him. Many Morgan County residents already know that John Thompson hosted the Ku Klux Klan gathering in October, but we are publishing this article for the benefit of those who may not have heard the news. Some of our documentation about the depth of Thompson’s Klan ties may be new, as well as our information on Thompson’s friendship with militant neo-Nazis. We hope this information is useful to those living in Thompson’s neck of the woods.
Please get in touch if you have further information on John Richard Thompson, other individuals mentioned in this article, or other Klan/white supremacist activity in our state.
Over the course of two years, Ethan Edward Jones of Cartersville, Georgia has gone from posting racist memes on the internet and fantasizing about the Confederacy, to membership in the white nationalist League of the South (LOS) and writing regularly for racist Southern secessionist websites. Jones is currently in his final year at Woodland High School in Cartersville. He is not only a prolific propagandist, urging others to join LOS, but he celebrates violence by white supremacists. Since Jones is now an adult and is deeply entrenched within the white nationalist movement, we are publishing this information to alert those around him.
Ethan Edward Jones
Ethan Jones operates under a number of online aliases. For example, on Facebook he is “Richard Ewell” – a reference to the Confederate general Richard S. Ewell – while on Twitter, Jones is “Georgia Nationalist”/@RichardEwell4. Jones’ accounts on various social media platforms have similar friendship circles, imagery, and propaganda style. Often, Jones uses images of white supremacist politicians for his profile pictures: Eugene Talmadge, a three-term governor of Georgia, is a favorite.
One of Ethan Jones’ Instagram accounts promotes Vanguard America / American Vanguard, 2017
While Jones was posting “Redshirts” content in 2017, he was not very savvy about what he shared online. Eventually, some of the photos Jones posted of himself on private accounts began circulating more broadly. As recently as 2018, Ethan Jones’ “Georgia Nationalist” Twitter account followed a number of Woodland High School (WHS) students, often members of the Class of ’19 – this further supports the identification of “Georgia Nationalist” and related accounts as WHS student Jones. Further, one old Instagram from his cluster of accounts included the phrase “Bartow County Redshirts” in its bio. We discovered that years earlier as a young teenager, Ethan Jones had a fantasy life based around an imaginary gang called the Bartow New Confederates, the Bartow Yankee Killers, or the Bartow Communist Killers – this was clearly the same person responsible for “Georgia Redshirts” a few years later. Sadly, Jones is now completely immersed within the white supremacist scene, and his activity can no longer be written off as playacting.
In late 2017 – just as his “Redshirts” period was drawing to a close – Ethan Jones joined the League of the South, a white nationalist and Southern secessionist organization whose ideology is increasingly close to neo-Nazism. Jones joined LOS only a few months after the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, where the LOS was at the forefront of street violence. It is clear that Jones is impressed by the LOS as a potential fighting force, even though in reality LOS’s capacity has diminished since Unite the Right. In his April 11, 2019 recruitment article for the League of the South, “Put on the Blackshirt”, Jones celebrated the “gallant men” of the League of the South, who took on the “Communist hordes” in Charlottesville. In an October 2018 post on the Vkontakte social network – written as Jones’ one-year anniversary with the LOS approached – Jones stated that he was “committed to advocate and promote the League and it’s [sic] mission.” The post was accompanied by a photo of graffiti stating: “Be a man among men – League of the South” and including a Southern nationalist Cushman flag. Jones may have left this graffiti in or near Cartersville.
Beyond his LOS membership and social media activity, Jones’ main contribution to the racist movement is submitting articles to two websites that combine Southern secession and white nationalism, “Identity Dixie” and “Southern Revivalism”. Jones began contributing articles to Identity Dixie in March 2018, beginning with a series celebrating Eugene Talmadge. Since then, Jones has been a regular contributor to Identity Dixie, submitting articles on topics such as race-mixing “white harlots” during Spring Break, or lauding the “united Southern resistance to integration.” In one article published by Identity Dixie in August 2018, Jones advocated for a “mass [white nationalist] event at Stone Mountain using only Southern styled optics”, claiming that “Antifa will be much less of a problem due to the anti-mask laws.” A few months later, “Rock Stone Mountain” white supremacists called for a racist rally at Stone Mountain Park outside Atlanta, but their efforts collapsed entirely with the denial of a rally permit by the Park and due to determined anti-racist organizing. It is unclear whether Jones’ article partially inspired the “Rock Stone Mountain II” debacle, or whether Jones was merely putting forward a proposal that had been circulating more broadly in the white nationalist scene.
Ethan Jones defends white supremacist murderer James Alex Fields Jr. after Fields’ Viginia conviction, December 2018. (Post from Gab website, popular with racists and far-Right.)
Jones’ constant white nationalist and Southern secessionist propaganda, as well as his glorification of racist violence and his membership in the League of the South, should concern those around him. We have mailed two hundred flyers to Jones’ neighbors, informing them of the militant racist in their area.
Flyer distributed to Ethan Jones’ neighbors in Cartersville. Click here for .pdf
If you have further information on Ethan Jones, the League of the South, or other white nationalists in our region, please get in touch.
Citing safety concerns and potential disruption to services at their Park, the Stone Mountain Memorial Association has denied a permit to the “Rock Stone Mountain II” white power rally advertised for February 2, 2019. However, at the time of writing Rock Stone Mountain organizers have not publicly canceled their event. Since it is possible that the event’s Klan and white supremacist organizers may try to proceed without a permit or make other plans for the day, we are still asking all anti-racists and community allies to be ready to respond on February 2.
“Precinct Chairmen are the hands-on GOP contacts within their designated precincts. They are responsible for knowing their precincts and helping to keep voters informed of GOP events and upcoming elections. The chairmen also are the ones who take on lead responsibility for getting out the vote in their precincts.”
Jeffares’ Concerns: Southern Nationalism, White Nationalism, and the Republican Party
Although Jeffares is connected to the white nationalist movement and has echoed that movement’s key themes, he is foremost a Southern Nationalist. Jeffares writes that for him, “Southern Nationalism > White Nationalism.” On his “SouthGents” blog linked from his Twitter, Jeffares sets out his Southern Nationalism in terms of three loyalties: to God, to family, and to soil. Jeffares states that deep Christian religiosity is “the bedrock of the Southern Gentleman.” By loyalty to family, Jeffares does not just mean ties to family in the present, but also defending the honor of one’s Southern ancestors. This loyalty is related to Jeffares’ third loyalty, to the soil. For Jeffares, the soil is what “we fought [for] so valiantly […] in Lincoln’s War of Tyranny.” Jeffares claims a near-mystical connection to Southern soil.
We conclude this piece with a selection of Dana Kyle Jeffares’ posts from his Twitter and Gab accounts. We believe these posts largely speak for themselves. They may be upsetting, but it is necessary to publish a selection of them, to show the extent of Jeffares’ bigotry. Most of the messages were posted to Jeffares’ Twitter account, which is followed by thousands. A few were posted to his Gab account, which has a much smaller following (over a hundred.) We believe that these messages demonstrate that dehumanization and scapegoating are at the heart of Jeffares’ politics.
If you have further information on Dana Kyle Jeffares or other far-Right racists in Georgia, please get in contact.
(a) Posts: Anti-Black Racism
(b) Posts: Antisemitism
Jeffares dog-whistles antisemitic conspiracy theory in wake of Las Vegas massacre.
Klansmen, neo-Nazis and white supremacists have announced their plan for a “resistance” rally at Stone Mountain Park outside Atlanta on February 2, 2019. The rally – “Rock Stone Mountain II” – is a sequel to the white power “Rock Stone Mountain” rally organized in April 2016 at the Park. In 2016, the organizers’ goal to have a white supremacist show of force was undermined by a multifaceted anti-racist mobilization of hundreds of counter-protestors. The white supremacists brought out just dozens, who were kept inside a police pen.
Is the upcoming “Rock Stone Mountain II” rally about “resistance to communism” as its current Facebook event page claims, or is it an overt white supremacist gathering? This article highlights a dozen individuals who marked themselves as “going” to the “Rock Stone Mountain” event outside Atlanta, which is scheduled for February 2nd, 2019. Although there is no guarantee that everyone listed will attend, looking at those who plan to show up gives a clear indication of the rally’s white supremacist and extreme-Right character.
We used two Facebook “going” lists for Rock Stone Mountain II for this article. First, we used the list of people who said they were “going” on the current Facebook event page. We also downloaded the “going” list for an earlier Rock Stone Mountain II event page, which was eventually deleted by Facebook. We used this earlier list as a source for the last few names discussed in this article.
Listed as “Going” on the Current “Rock Stone Mountain II” Facebook Event
John Michael Estes
John Michael Estes (Note that “88” on shirt is alphanumeric code for “H.H.” or “Heil Hitler.”)
John Michael Estes is the primary organizer for “Rock Stone Mountain II”, just as he was for the first “Rock Stone Mountain” in 2016. We have already discussed Estes’ worldview in an earlier article written before the first Rock Stone Mountain rally. Estes is a white supremacist who was radicalized by ordering books from the Aryan Nations while in prison. Estes has since that time moved through a variety of white power circles, from racist “Christian Identity” religion (which believes that whites are God’s true chosen people) to racially-charged versions of Odinism.
Estes (right) with Chester Doles (center), a longtime white supremacist and supporter of the notorious Hammerskin Nation bonehead gang. Also pictured is Chester’s wife Teresa Doles. Photo posted Jan 2016.
Calhoun, under the name “Mason Dickson”, writes about organizing the Rock Stone Mountain II event.
Prior to joining the International Keystone Knights, Gregory Calhoun was involved with the Aryan Nations Knights, the Klan wing of an Aryan Nations faction.
Calhoun in Aryan Nations Knights robes (used as Google+ profile pic circa 2015.)
Some Names Listed as “Going” on the Earlier Facebook Event
Below are some individuals who stated that they were “going” on the initial Facebook event for “Rock Stone Mountain II” before it was deleted by Facebook.
However, Owens’ RSVP that he is “going” to Rock Stone Mountain II – whose Klan and Aryan Nations-linked organizers Owens knows well – casts significant doubt on Owens’ claims to have left the white power scene behind.
John D. Martin at “Unite the Right” in Charlottesville, 2017.
Conclusion
The dozen people we discussed above indicate the extreme white supremacist nature of the upcoming Rock Stone Mountain II rally. However, this sampling of attendees is not intended as comprehensive documentation of the different white power groups who may attend the Rock Stone Mountain II rally in February. For example, two other representatives of Klan groups on the current “going” list for February may be found here and here.
Since Klan groups, neo-Nazis and white supremacists are organizing for early February on Stone Mountain, anti-racists and community members must organize too. Follow us on social media to keep up-to-date on efforts against Rock Stone Mountain II. Please also get in touch if you have more information on organizers or scheduled attendees for the February white power rally.
Patrick Little (holding flag) with members of Identity Evropa at a rally for Kate Steinle in San Francisco, December 2017
Much has been said about the several far-Right candidates running for political office across the United States in 2018. Given the increased level of white power activity occurring in Northern California in recent years, it’s not surprising that one of these candidates calls the Bay Area home.
Patrick Little is a neo-Nazi and member of the League of the South as well as a former marine. He currently lives in Albany (nestled right next to Berkeley) and is trying to replace Dianne Feinstein as a senator representing California. After interviewing Little, one journalist concluded that:
“[W]hat sets him apart is that on April 24, a SurveyUSA poll had him placing second in the Senate race, gathering more than twice as much support as any other Republican. If that turns out to be a correct predictor and he places second among the nearly three dozen candidates competing in the June 5 primary, he would face Feinstein in November’s general election.”
The fact that Little is polling in second place ahead of the June 5th primary is the result of the last few years of Alt-Right agitation as well as the way the media, liberals, and Republicans have all responded to the Alt-Right. These groups all in their own ways have participated in pulling fascist politics closer to the mainstream.
2018 news story from 11Alive
DiNenno (on left) protests the Pride Walk in Burlington, North Carolina, June 29, 2024 
