Tag Archives: Ku Klux Klan

And the Confederate monuments?

Posted on August 14, 2017 by David S. Meyer

About those statues? The Nazis and Klansmen and associated white racists said they were marching in Charlottesville to save the statue of General Robert E. Lee on horseback. Last year Charlottesville’s City Council voted to strike the statue and rename … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Charlottesville, commemoration, Confederacy, Durham, Jason Kessler, Ku Klux Klan, Meet the Press, Nazis, racism, Rich Lowry, Richard Spencer, Robert E. Lee, Southern Poverty Law Center, Stonewall Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Unite the Right, University of Virginia, Virginia | 1 Comment

Why Charlottesville?

Posted on August 12, 2017 by David S. Meyer

With the help of Donald Trump, a few hundred white nationalists captured national attention this weekend, eclipsing for the moment growing international dangers as well as the much larger sustained mobilization of the anti-Trump Resistance. Weapons, provocative symbols, counterprotest, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Adolf Hitler, antifa, Berkeley, California, Charlottesville, Confederate, countermovements, Donald Trump, guns, Illinois, Ku Klux Klan, Nazi, racism, resistance, Robert E. Lee, Skokie, Terry McAuliffe, Thomas Jefferson, Unite the Right, University of Virginia, Virginia, white nationalism | 6 Comments

Protest in the Trump era, part 2 of …..

Posted on January 22, 2017 by David S. Meyer

Donald Trump has provoked plenty of protest in his day, a period that, alas, will continue for at least a while. I’ve been trying to figure out which causes and constituencies are likely to be able to generate sustained, diversified, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Allies, alt.right, American Civil Liberties Union, Brown v. Board of Education, Donald Trump, Ku Klux Klan, Planned Parenthood, racism, Richard Spencer | 1 Comment

First responders to Trump’s election

Posted on November 11, 2016 by David S. Meyer

I turned down an interview request yesterday on what to say to make the “rioters” stop. I said I had nothing to contribute. Shortly afterward, I wondered if I’d made a mistake. I could have said: It’s understandable that young … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged counterinaugural, Donald Trump, inaugural, Ku Klux Klan, Million Women March, Nazism, Paul Ryan, president, protest, racism | 1 Comment

After the fall….what kind of protest follows?

Posted on November 9, 2016 by David S. Meyer

I wrote yesterday’s post about concession speeches when I assumed, having steeped myself in all the aggregators and prognosticators I could find, that Hillary Clinton was going to win, and that Donald Trump would face the dilemma of navigating the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, David Duke, Donald Trump, elections, Hillary Clinton, Irvine, Ku Klux Klan, protest, race, students, universities, University of California | 1 Comment

Tainted allies: The KKK weighs in

Posted on June 30, 2015 by David S. Meyer

The worst thing that’s happened to the avowedly non-racist heritage supporters of the Confederate flag this week is the appearance of unwelcome support: The Ku Klux Klan has been permitted to hold a rally in support of government display of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bree Newsome, Confederate flag, flags, Grand Dragon, James Tyson, Ku Klux Klan, murder, race, Robert Jones, South Carolina, violence | Leave a comment

Start with the flag

Posted on June 25, 2015 by David S. Meyer

The tragic racist killing of nine people at Charleston’s African Methodist Episcopal Church, following a year of activism around #blacklivesmatter, drew unusual attention to a range of issues around political and economic inequality. Striking the battle flag of the Army … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged #blacklivesmatter, African Methodist Episcopal Church, Alabama, American Civil Liberties Union, Charleston, civil liberties, civil rights, Confederacy, Dixiecrats, flag, free speech, Germany, Hogan's Heroes, Holocaust, Ku Klux Klan, Nazis, Nikki Haley, racism, Robert E. Lee, South Carolina, Strom Thurmond, swastika | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Ku Klux Klan

And the Confederate monuments?

Why Charlottesville?

Protest in the Trump era, part 2 of …..

First responders to Trump’s election

After the fall….what kind of protest follows?

Tainted allies: The KKK weighs in

Start with the flag

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