How A Mises Caucus Get Out The Vote Rally Got Little In Return

  • October 19, 2024 1:51 am

from Idavox

You know it was a bust if you have to search for anyone talking about this thing they laughingly called “The Power of Unity”!

NEWTOWN, PA – It seemed to be more of an effort to build momentum for supporters of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the Mises Caucus, the  so-called “paleolibertarian” arm of the Libertarian Party currently running it, than it was an effort to get Donald Trump reelected President. Nevertheless, Trump was a means to an end for the moderately-sized crowd who attended an underreported rally they called “The Power of Unity” at a local athletic center organized by neo-fascist activists Scott Presler, Tim Pool and Jack Posobiec to get out the Republican vote.

While there was some media attention given to the event as the date neared, there were few reports on the event after it took place nor was there much discussion about it from even the promoters or the attendees.

The Mises Caucus was formed within the Libertarian Party in the wake of the tragic 2017 Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Va after the then-leadership of the Party was critical of the White nationalist statements and advocacy expressed in the weeks prior to the rally by the leaders of the Mises Institute think tank. Within five years, the Caucus was able to take over the Libertarian Party and since then further advanced the neo-fascism they had been advocating, prompting splits and departures within the Party.

Sunday’s event was held at the Newtown Sports & Events Center which is owned by GOP Delegate Jim Worthington and where Trump’s running mate J.D. Vance made a campaign stop Sept. 29. It was organized by Ellen Cox, a member of the Doylestown (PA) Republicans who was at the rally on Jan. 6, but it is not known if she participated in the riot that ensued that day. Another organizer was the Mises Caucus Board member and Libertarian Party Chair Angela McArdle, who was not present and is currently facing a lawsuit filed on Oct. 3 that seeks to remove her from her position on the grounds of having a disloyalty to the party with the support of Trump, the Republican Party presidential candidate, over that of Chase Oliver, the Libertarian Party candidate. At this rally there was support heard from speakers and attendees of Trump but virtually none for Oliver. The Mises Caucus had a table for their effort to prevent National Guard members from being deployed overseas. It was being overseen by Mises Caucus Chair Michael Heise.

After a number of music tracks played – including the seemingly ironic 1982 club song “Murphy’s Law” by Cheri – attendees stood for “Justice for All,” a rendition of the National Anthem with Donald Trump reciting the Pledge of Allegiance spliced in various parts of the song.

Sunday’s event most well-known faces were Presler, Pool and Posobiec, all known for their associations with neo-fascist activity. Presler was an associate of the anti-Muslim hate group ACT for America, Posobiec has worked with known White Supremacists such as Richard Spencer, Kevin DeAnna and onetime Identity Evropa leader Nathan Damingo and Pool passes himself off as a moderate that has frequently used his podcast to promote the Proud Boys as well as neo-fascist positions, once attempting to hold a conference of such individuals along with sympathizing liberals in New Jersey before it was shut down and sent to a casino in Philadelphia, the afterparty being held at a venue a block away from the original location.

At the rally Presler attempted to energize the crowd by suggesting that they can take over long-held Democratic strongholds in voter drives and encouraged them to find votes in conservative circles. “Could hunters save Western Civilization by literally voting in this year’s election?” he asked to cheers, using a term that is often employed by White Supremacists as a code phrase for European culture. He ended his presentation by addressing Democrats with a bizarre declaration: “I want you to know that we are coming peacefully, not with bullets, but with ballots!” Pool, meanwhile, said that is wasn’t until 2020 that he was active in politics, even though he has been a well-known figure among political far right circles for over a decade, but said Trump inspired him to get involved enough to push his candidacy. “This time around, I’m here out of the studio back outside because we all have to do something,” he said. Posobiec aired out a number of grievances, from his family having to leave his hometown of Norristown, PA because “they made it a sanctuary city” to lamenting how America is a country of political prisoners, citing right wing figures such as those convicted for their roles on January 6, Trump advisor Steve Bannon, currently in prison on a contempt of congress conviction and someone that Posobiec he says he speaks to regularly, 2020 Election Conspiracy theorist Peter Navarro and White Supremacist troll Doug Mackey, who under the Twitter handle “Ricky Vaughn” attempted to diminish turnout in the 2016 election. He then said that he is going to encourage a future Trump administration to respond in kind and go after those that have gone against the things he supports. “When they took Steve Bannon away, when they took him away and put him in jail and they put him in chains, I said, ‘You know what? I’m not going to rest until I do it to you too. I’m going to do the same exact thing that you did.’”

Many of the other, lesser known speakers came from the abandoned campaign of Robert F. Kennedy who were now expressing support for Donald Trump. A number of speakers, including Posobiec noted how the different camps came together for that event hoping that it will mean a win for Trump. Meanwhile on Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris was in Washington Crossing, PA also in Bucks County for a rally before her interview on Fox News where she met with Republicans expressing support for her. In her remarks, she noted that divisive politics should not be supported by anyone who wants to lead the nation. Bob and Kristina Lange, two Republicans who hosted the campaign stop on their farm, had been receiving death threats for supporting Harris.

Shut Down “The Power Of Unity”

  • October 13, 2024 1:24 am

from Twitter

On Sunday October 13, the Doylestown Sports and Events Center (northern Philly suburbs) is hosting an event called Power of Unity featuring Scott Presler, Tim Pool, and Jack pieceofshitbiec. Shut this shit down and send Angela packing back to Cali. 120 Pheasant Run Newtown, Pa

Wax-ing Pathetic: UPenn Professor Suspended for Racist Remarks, Activism

  • September 28, 2024 1:56 am

from Idavox

Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequence. Amy Wax is out after years of racist demagoguery.

PHILADELPHIA, PA – The University of Pennsylvania published a public reprimand against racist professor Amy Wax announcing her suspension from teaching for a year and other sanctions. This comes less than two months before she is scheduled to speak at this year’s American Renaissance (AmRen) Conference, a White Supremacist event organized by Jared Taylor, the publisher of American Renaissance who Wax had invited to speak at the university last year and has done so again for her classes this December.

“The Board recommended sanctions including a one-year suspension from the University at half pay; the loss of your named chair; the loss of summer pay in perpetuity; the requirement that you note in public appearances that you speak for yourself alone and not as a University or Penn Carey Law School faculty member; and a public reprimand,” Provost John L. Jackson wrote in the reprimand to Wax, which cited a history of not just making derogatory generalizations about groups by race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and immigration status but also in doing so breaching the requirement that student grades be kept private. An example of this was a 2017 interview with Brown University professor Glenn Loury a prominent Black conservative who regularly places the blame on Black people for racism leveled against them, she claimed Black students practically never graduate at the top of their law school classes. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Black student graduate in the top quarter of the class, and rarely, rarely, in the top half,” Wax, who has often attributed this observation to genetics, said on his show. In 2018 citing this statement and claiming that it was false, Dean Ted Ruger barred Wax from teaching mandatory first-year law courses. The next year, Wax spoke at the Edmund Burke Foundation’s National Conservatism conference in Washington D.C. and declared while discussing a immigration policy that favored European nations over others that she agreed with Donald Trump’s description of non-European countries as “shithole countries,” argued for a “cultural distance” approach to immigration that “preserves the United States as a Western and First World nation,” and that “our country will be better off with more whites and fewer nonwhites.

Wax particularly stoked anger on campus by inviting Jared Taylor, himself a eugenicist who believes in the inferiority of Black persons to Whites, to speak to her classes in 2021 and 2023. During last year’s invitation, Wax photographed those protesting the event as Taylor disparaged the students assembled against him. According to Philadelphia Magazine, Taylor was invited by Wax to speak to her class in December but due to her sanction it is not known if this will still take place. Wax meanwhile will be speaking during the AmRen conference Nov. 15-17 at Montgomery Bell Park Inn in Burns, TN. The conference, which was attended by organizers of the tragic Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville two weeks before that event and promoted there, has seen a decline in numbers in recent years even though they have featured more prominent figures such as former House Rep. Steve King, former columnist Michelle Malkin, Laura Loomer, a neo-fascist podcaster recently seen in the company of Donald Trump, and this year Anthony Cumia the onetime radio host best known for his “Opie and Anthony” program.

Upon hearing of the sanctions imposed on Wax, Taylor angrily ranted on his podcast, saying it sent a bad precedent. “What has happened to Professor Wax is absolutely disgusting and lamentable and who knows? Maybe she will sue!” Taylor also complained that none of the news articles he read on her case noted her upcoming AmRen conference address. Meanwhile, members of Penn’s Black Law Students Association, regarded the sanctions an “overdue step” but “far from sufficient.” The group called on the administration to fire Wax and ban Taylor from campus. It is indeed rare to punish a tenured faculty member, this being the first such occurrence under Faculty Senate processes in at least 20 years.

Wax is slated to participate on a panel this Saturday in McLean, Virgina at the fall meeting of the Philadelphia Society alongside Trump-appointed Judge David J. Porter of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Helen Andrews, editor at Pat Buchanan’s American Conservative, who once wrote a fluff piece about eugenicist Steve Sailer, and J. Joel Alicea a law professor at the Catholic University of America.

Three Way Fight

  • September 21, 2024 1:19 am

from Instagram

A discussion with local activists and contributors to the book,
Three Way Fight: Revolutionary Politics and Antifascism

What’s the relationship between combating the far right and working for systemic change? Three way fight politics argues that the far right grows out of an oppressive capitalist order but is also in conflict with it in real ways, and that radicals need to combat both. A three way fight approach says we need sharper analysis of these different opponents so we can fight them more effectively. This discussion aims to support people in current movements and help us strategize.

[Sept 28, 7pm
704 South St
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InJekt Division and Its Local Membership

  • September 20, 2024 1:40 am

from Philly Fash Watch

In Collaboration with Jersey Counter-Info

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InJekt Division is a lesser known neo-nazi accelerationist crew styled similarly to Atomwaffen Division (AWD), that was founded by Texas native Coleman Thomas “Korb” Blevins. (More reading about far-right accelerationism can be found here). Blevins was radicalized on “Terrorgram”, a loose connection of Telegram accelerationist nazi and white supremacist channels that encourage and plan decentralized violence attacks across the globe, and founded InJekt Division shortly after. Blevins was later arrested by the federal government in 2021 for plotting a mass shooting at a Texas Walmart and was sentenced to 60 months prison for the plot.

Blevins, the founder of InJekt Division, featured in a post from one of the group’s public Telegram channels.

InJekt Division is decentralized and operates in a loose cell structure. They are active nation wide in the United States, with membership concentrated in certain areas like Texas, New Hampshire, Louisiana, Massachusetts, California, and the NY/PA/NJ tristate area. Their goal is to cause the decline of civilization/society through nazi accelerationism; provoking a race war and causing general violence. Their logo is a shield with a needle, referencing Blevins’ prior history as a heroin addict. Their slogan “Pray for Rain”, which references their hope for nuclear war, is often accompanied by their logo and a militarized nazi figure.

A post from one of InJekt Divisions Telegram channels which features their logo.

 

A stylized propaganda piece created by a group member.

 

One InJekt Division member got this corny back piece with the group’s slogan “pray for rain”.

InJekt Division has at least five semi-public facing Telegram channels, their InJekt Division (ID) Channel, Chernobyl Media (CM) Channel, Embrace Division (ED) Channel, Rev Quotes (RQ) Channel, and their Esoteric Thoughts (ET) Channel. Each channel focuses on a different topic, from recruitment/flashy propaganda, to “education” based national socialist materials, memes, inspirational quotes, or doxxes of other national socialists they have issues with. Each channel is also connected to several different private chats, meaning what InJekt puts out to the public is strategic with some security practices in mind.

InJekt Division Telegram channels. Their “ED”, or Embrace Division channel, is a sub crew that was created from the larger InJekt Division group. The “94” mentioned in the post specifically applies to the ED crew.

 

InJekt Division’s “RQ” or Rev Quotes Telegram channel. This channel features quotes from Blevins and other notorious neo-nazis.

 

InJekt Division’s “CM” or Chernobyl Media channel. This channel produces the majority of InJekt’s propaganda.

InJekt Division also has a cult of personality around their founder Blevins, who is featured across all channels. Blevins is believed to be in direct contact with a few close members given the rate in which propaganda is being produced. Blevins is still serving his 60 month sentence in federal custody.

 

Some of the Blevins fan art from InJekt Division.

InJekt Division has long-running beef with several fascist occult branded Terrorgram crews, such as Order of 9 Angels (O9A), Harm Nation, and 764. These crews are often covered on their ET, or Esoteric Thoughts channel. InJekt Division is opposed to these emerging online fascist occult groups, due to the fact that they often pose as a front for child exploitation rings.

InJekt Division posts about their hatred of the many Terrorgram occult fascist groups.

InJekt Division has made a point of denouncing these groups and doxxing their members, in addition to exposing pedophiles within the larger national socialist scene. They even doxxed local nazi and sexual predator Ben Ryder. Understanding the differences between InJekt Division and the nazi occult groups is vital to understanding how both groups operate. They may have commonalities on the surface but their respective principles, goals, tactics, and organizational strategy differ greatly.

Despite their decentralized structure, InJekt Division has key individuals who help run the organization and disseminate propaganda. One such individual is an unidentified Telegram user that goes by the handle 126/edits-props-quotes.(archive). Their main role is to create the groups graphics and disseminate them anonymously through their account and the 126 ID Productions Telegram Channel.

A primary aspect of InJekt Division’s Telegram presence is to bring attention to their crew, recruit new members, and build a loyal base of young followers prepared to follow their accelerationist ideology to its logical conclusion. InJekt’s propaganda reflects this goal, being flashy and topical. Young adults and minors are their prime target for recruitment.

A collection of propaganda geared towards InJekt’s target audience of minors and young adults. They typically feature a militia styled nazi figure with a firearm, 90’s vaporwave aesthetic images with a nazi twinge, and edgy graffiti.

 

Additional propaganda which plays on young fascists’ feelings of powerlessness.

It is well known within US national socialist spheres that InJekt Division allows and recruits minors within its membership. Evidence of which can be seen below.

 

Nazis in a S14 chat discussing InJekt Division’s recruitment policies.

One major way InJekt Division targeted young adults and youth for recruitment in 2023 was by hacking adult film star Riley Reid’s social media accounts via a SIM swap attack. In doing so they were able to use Reid’s accounts to advertise InJekt Division to millions of her followers. It is not known if there are any current members who are minors, but while they target those in their teens and 20’s, there is no age requirement for membership, meaning they have a large potential recruiting pool.

InJekt Division has a sizeable fan base amongst the far-right, with all sorts of white nationalists reposting their content, including local crews like S14 and the now defunct Embrace Struggle Social Club.

An S14 member promoting InJekt Division in a main chat.

 

Embrace Struggle reposting InJekt Division content on their Telegram page before it was wiped in July 2024.

Within the far-right however, the ratio of fans vs. actual members is not proportional. This is because InJekt Division is exclusive about who they let in and gaining membership is an involved process. Membership is not something that can simply be claimed. Prospective members go through an extensive vetting process and must prove themselves and their commitment to InJekt Division/nazi accelerationism in the real world.

So far antifascists have identified well-known neo nazis Scotlyn Schmitt and Mathew Bair, both of PA, as official members of InJekt Division.

Scotlyn Schmitt, confirmed InJekt Division member.

 

Mathew Bair, confirmed InJekt Division Member.

Schmitt, while very young at 20 years old, made a massive impression on InJekt Division’s leadership. Like other nazi accelerationist crews, InJekt Division, follows a paternalistic set of fascist principles, generally viewing women in a chauvinistic way, meaning White women are typically barred from membership. Due to Schmitt’s involvement in running different Terrorgram accounts, her commitment to nazi accelerationism, and connections to Dallas Humber, Blevins, and AWD’s founder Brandon Russell, InJekt Division made an exception for Schmitt and allowed her to join.

Schmitt after joining InJekt Division, holding a firearm.

 

Schmitt trolling people online as a member of InJekt Division.

Schmitt has also been instrumental to the group given her background and is considered a major player. She has connections to nazis on the East coast, West coast, Mid-West, and the South. Schmitt was last spotted around the York PA area in July 2024 and has reportedly been bouncing around the continental US since then.

Bair, with a far less impressive resume, joined Injekt Division in 2022 as his opportunities with other nazi accelerationist groups like Blood Tribe fizzled out. While against InJekt Division’s internal security protocols, Bair has been promoting his involvement all over Telegram.

Bair’s personal Telegram account. He recently updated his profile pic to him posing with his InJekt Division flag.

 

Bair, a resident of South Eastern PA, runs a personal nazi shit post account called the Sons of Pennsylvania. Note Bair’s InJekt Division hat on top of a series of firearms.

These pictures from Bair’s personal Telegram account and his Sons of Pennsylvania account, confirm his general membership status within InJekt Division.

Bair took these photos while visiting Falling Waters, a famous Frank Lloyd Wright house in PA.

Bair cross posted several photos from his trip to Falling Waters to different Telegram accounts, including the ED InJekt Division channel, as evident by the photo in the top right corner. Bair’s brazen actions also confirm his position as a leader of the ED sub crew within InJekt Division. Given Bair’s attitude and status in the ED sub crew, the cringe worthy back tattoo pictured earlier in the piece is more than likely his.

With the recent arrests of high level Terrorgram nazis, Dallas Humber and Matthew Allison, the state is closing in on fascist accelerationist groups. Allison and Humber had no sense of operational security (opsec), which enabled the federal government to trace their illicit activities and arrest them. In comparison, Schmitt and Bair have worse opsec, so it’s a wonder how they have been able to escape a federal indictment up until this point. Regardless, Bair’s, Schmitt’s, and InJekt Division’s time of acting with impunity ends here. Every single one of you will be held responsible.

Three Way Fight: Revolutionary Politics and Antifascism

  • September 15, 2024 1:22 am

from Making Worlds Books

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Three way fight politics argues that the far right grows out of an oppressive capitalist order but is also in conflict with it in real ways, and that radicals need to combat both. We’ll discuss the history of this perspective and how it can help us navigate today’s struggles, from anti-police riots to confronting the MAGA movement, drawing on the new collection of essays and interviews from PM Press and Kersplebedeb Publishing.

Matthew N. Lyons is the author of Insurgent Supremacists: The U.S. Far Right’s Challenge to State and Empire and coauthor with Chip Berlet of Right-Wing Populism in America. He has been a contributor to Three Way Fight since 2005, and his writings have also appeared in several other leftist and mainstream publications. Matthew is co-trustee of the Lorraine Hansberry Literary Trust, which stewards the literary legacy of the late playwright and activist Lorraine Hansberry.

Arturo Castillon is a writer and substitute teacher living in Philadelphia. With Shemon Salam, he is the coauthor of The Revolutionary Meaning of the George Floyd Uprising (Daraja Press, 2021) and has published work in The George Floyd Uprising (PM Press, 2023) as well as in Black Quantum Futurism: Space-Time Collapse II (The AfroFuturist Affair/House of Future Sciences Books, 2020).

Christian Dominionism, The New Apostolic Reformation and the American Fascist Movement

  • August 16, 2024 1:36 am

from Philly Fash Watch

The purpose of this text is to provide anti-fascists with the necessary background to understand the beliefs, organizing model and radiant influence of The New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), as well as the particular threat it poses as an emerging center of gravity for the developing American Fascist movement.

 

There are many denominations and movements cultivating authoritarian political beliefs amongst Christian Americans, but the New Apostolic Reformation is unique in terms of its inherently authoritarian politics, theological flexibility, networked organizational structure and ability to influence Christians from different traditions. Furthermore, the NAR was the first Christian group to promote Trump, and have taken on the role of his spiritual advisors and links to the Evangelical community. This was originally a controversial move, but was justified by comparing the obviously godless Trump to King Cyrus of Persia, the virtuous pagan who ended the Babylonian Captivity and allowed the Jews to return to Palestine. This rather impressive theological bullshit has paid back in dividends as more and more Christians have accepted the idea that modern Prophets are guiding the Christians of America.

 

Christian Dominionism is defined as the belief that Christians should take control of the State. While the term has entered the mainstream of many parts of the American Left, many antifascists tend to see it as just another incarnation of  evangelical politics, if a more totalitarian one, and not particularly worthy of much attention when compared to the deluge of white supremacist shooters and would be terrorists currently threatening our communities. While neo-nazis represent the most advanced terrorist threat within the far right, the New Apostolic Reformation is the most advanced Social threat. By this we mean that they have an extraordinary power to shape the very experience of reality of massive communities of American Christians. Most neo nazis are skeptical of Mass Politics, due to the long history of federal infiltration of their movements. The New Apostolic Reformation is devoted to mass politics; their faith revolves around the concept of revival, or mass conversion to their cause. Currently, the NAR is dedicated to winning power via the legitimization of the American political process. THey have already had a good deal of success on this front. Representatives Lauren Bobert and Marjorie Taylor Green are deeply affiliated with the movement, as is the Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson. Pennsylvania State Senator Doug Mastriano and Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito are also connected, in addition to scores of state and local level office holders. When Donald Trump, contrary to the prophecies of the movement, lost reelection, networks of “Prophets” and “Apostles” were some of the main forces in galvanizing the January 6th Capitol riot. This act demonstrated the movement’s willingness to seize power by non-democratic means and should be understood as a sign of things to come.  The New Apostolic Reformation is changing America, and if we want to prevent them from achieving the power they desire, we have to understand them on their own terms.

 

There is no such thing as the New Apostolic Reformation

 

To call the NAR a denomination would be inaccurate, as it specifically emerged from the world of non-denominational charismatic Christianity. It would also ignore the vectors by which they are able to push their political theology into other Christian groups, Charismatic and otherwise.

Charismatic Christianity is an outgrowth of Evangelicism, particularly the Pentecostal Tradition, best known for its spectacular practices of snake handling and speaking in Tongues. To be a Charismatic Christian is to seek a kind of constant mystical experience of reality, to be filled with the Holy Spirit and to see God’s divine plan manifest in everyday life. It is a rather extraordinary tradition, because organized religion tends to put careful guardrails around mystic practices, and carefully guide mystics to incorporate their work into the pre established orthodoxy of their religion. When this doesn’t happen, mystics and their followers have a tendency of being destabilizing forces in society.

The roots of the NAR traces back to the work of a C Peter Wagner at Fuller seminary in southern California. Wagner was the student of John Wimber, of Grapevine ministries. Wimber brought the practices of independent non-denominational Charismatics to the more mainstream audience of Fuller, and Wagner was his student and successor. These were literal courses in miracles, and helped spread the Charismatic idea that belief in Jesus and the presence of the holy spirit gave Christians supernatural powers.

Around the same time Wagner did graduate work in sociology studying Church growth. The Study of Church growth is a very involved discipline, and Wagner was focusing on Church Governance as a factor. In his later writings he proposed a new structure. He rejected denominational rules and bylaws, democratic structures and individual autocracy in favor of a networked ecosystem of Churches ruled by Charismatic leaders. Now many of these leaders who came into Wagner’s emerging network had already begun to call themselves Apostles and Prophets. These extraordinary titles are literal. These people genuinely believe they are receiving messages from the divine and being told to enact divine will. Their claims are justified using a concept called fivefold ministry which is extrapolated from Ephesians 4:11-13 “So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers,  to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up  until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.” While for the vast majority of more Orthodox Christians the Prophets are a thing of the past and the Apostles passed on their authority to the Church (or the Bible, if you are Protestant) Prophesy and Apostleship are alive and well for the Charismatics of the NAR.

This is the most extreme development away from Christian Orthodoxy since Martin Luther split from the Catholic Church, it is also the fastest growing form of Christianity in America as well as world wide. Furthermore, there is evidence that ideas from the NAR are finding influence in more traditional Churches. A (unreplicated, so inconclusive) study by Paul Djupe from Dennison University suggests that the Core of NAR theology (beleif in modern Apostles and Prophets) is extremely contagious, influencing the theology of much more mainline Churches. In fact he suggests that as many as 25% of the American Christians he polled believe it.

While the NAR was a highly organized project, the nature of the networked structure and its spiritual Oligarchy has tended towards a denial of its unified nature. The influence of a Church growth scholar doesn’t give the group legitimacy  and the nature of Charismatic Spirituality has a preference for the organic and spontaneous. Camouflaging themselves also allows for members of the NAR to recruit more traditional christians slowly, rather than presenting their non-traditional nature for all to see. The American evangelical world is changing rapidly, and the NAR has set itself up to catch those who are looking for something new. This piece from writer Holly Pivec gives tips on how to find if Churches are concealing their NAR affiliations.

Many Progressives and leftists have told themselves that secularization is an inevitable process that will destroy the influence of the Christian right. The reality appears to be that the number of Christians will shrink, but grow in fanaticism and thirst for political dominance. The fact that the NAR puts so much stock in elections is due to their desire to be act in accordance with what they believe to be the divinely inspired principles of America. When the NAR takes extra-legal steps, it will be with the excuse that their enemies have contaminated The failed insurrection at the capital demonstrated that if they cannot win at the ballot box, they will try by other means. Their ultimate belief is that a precondition of the rapture is the triumph of the church over the earthly governments of the world.

NAR leaders like Sean Fuecht (a harmless looking, guitar playing youth minister) have used Proud Boys as their personal security.  They have deep connections to  “Christian” and “Patriotic” militias around the country. Furthermore, they urge their congratulations to arm themselves and train for war against secular Americans who they beleive are out to get them. The most famous of these is probably Matt Shea, the former Washington State Representative for Spokane. Shea was removed from office for distributing a text he wrote called “The Biblical Basis for War” which contains the memorable line “Kill all males who do not submit”. Shea maintains extensive networks of extremist Churches across Idaho and Eastern Washington. These networks exist across the country.The most important thing to remember about these networks is that many participants in them have been preparing for an American civil war for nearly 50 years. These are people who read the Turner Diaries but are more concerned with oppressing people for not being Christian rather than not being white, though racism is often a hidden part of Christian Supremacism.

 

As capitalist crisis and the general dysfunction of the American political system accelerates, new powers will emerge to fill in the cracks. The NAR will be amongst them, and the rest of us need a plan to counter them. They have been able to grow to the point of having millions of members with powerful representation in government. While effectively being a fascist organization, a church is not something that can be treated like a clique of boneheads. I would urge all antifascists to meet this threat with the utmost urgency and caution. No matter where you live in the US these people are making moves. The first course of action is to find out who locally is already mapping the apostolic networks. This will likely mean working with liberals and even other Christians. We need these people as allies. There are theologians who’s work consists of preventing churches from being taken over by NAR theology. The old slogan of the Anti-Racist action network was expose, oppose and confront. We need to have local exposes of apostolic networks, their relationships in government and business and the threat to our communities that they constitute. When they try to take over school boards we need that to be publicized. When groups like Moms for Liberty pull their stunts we need people to understand exactly what they are confronting. We are well past the point that small group action can have an effect on a group of this scale. As this piece is being written it looks like the Trump campaign is sinking before our eyes. This could mean that the NAR will attempt another extra-legal attempt at seizing power like January 6th. Even if they accept defeat, they will not do so forever. They are building durable institutions to take power, and we need a long term plan to stop them.

NJ Hate Watch: S14 and NJEHA Member Jonathan Misura of Milltown, NJ

  • August 8, 2024 1:54 am

from Jersey Counter-Info

Over the past few months NJ/PA/NY fascist crews have been feeling the heat. Between Mark Kauffman getting arrested the day before his wedding for old drug and gun charges in Massachusetts, former Philly anarchist Alex “Nar” Chubbuck being identified as a nazi, PA nazi Ben Ryder being revealed as a predatory sex offender, and Andrew “Cossack” Takhistov being entrapped by the feds into plotting an electrical substation attack, they have seen their organizations flounder and have been faced with a mass exodus of members.

While this can be considered a victory for antifascists, it cannot be ignored that there are still active and unidentified Nazis in the Tristate area. One such Nazi that recently came to the attention of antifascists was “JJ” or “@reject_sin” on Telegram, because of his close connection with Takhistov and the now defunct project “White Legion”. Antifascists have identified JJ as 18 year-old Jonathan Misura of Milltown, NJ.

Misura circa 2023 and 2024. Misura shaved his head in early 2024.
Misura’s Telegram profile along with a recent picture of him from social media. A side-by-side comparison of both pictures confirms Misura’s identity as “JJ/@reject_sin”.

Misura was radicalized online when he was a minor in 2023. At this time, Misura was a junior at St. Thomas Aquinas, a private Christian High School in CNJ, and a star athlete on the baseball team.

From his junior through senior year of high school Misura maintained polished and compartmentalized social media accounts, that were devoid of anything having to do with far-right politics. Unlike many young Nazis, Misura has a forward facing online presence which focuses on typical teen life events, like going to prom and down the shore for holidays.

 

As his social media content highlights, Misura is a dedicated lifelong baseball player. In 2023 Misura accepted a scholarship offer to play at East Stroudsburg University in East Stroudsburg, PA upon graduation from high school. More information is listed at the end of this article about how to contact East Stroudsburg University about Misura.

Misura became active on Telegram in 2023 and 2024 with the goal of connecting with other white nationalists. He joined several different Nazi Telegram channels, with one channel exclusively focused on exposing Paul Miller aka “G*psy Crusader” as a fake white nationalist and pedophile.

The following evidence has been minimally edited to not take away the impact of the Neo-Nazi views that Misura and others are expressing. There is misogynistic, racist, homophobic, and other dehumanizing phrasing used. Misura’s profile picture within the different chat threads on the channel also verifies his identity as “JJ”.

The channel that Misura joined exposing Paul Miller as fake white nationalist and all around creep.

 

The first post that Misura commented on, in “G*psyCrusader Exposed”.

 

Misura’s first comment upon joining the channel, where he is laughing over a racist comment about one of Miller’s ex-girlfriends.

On this channel, Misura would get involved in verbal spats with other white nationalists for seemingly no reason. For example, in one incident Misura claimed he had connections to violent Neo-Nazis and flew off-the-handle when people doubted him. In other comment threads Misura would randomly accuse others of being Jewish.

In this exchange Misura said he had connections to the notorious Neo-Nazi prison gang, the Aryan Brotherhood.

 

Misura going off on other Nazis for questioning his supposed connection to the Aryan Brotherhood. Misura’s Nazism is very much on display.

 

A thread in which Misura accuses a Nazi of being Jewish.

As time went on, Misura’s frustration in online Neo-Nazi spaces swelled, and he decided to broaden his connections offline by linking up with Nazis in NJ. Misura first connected with Takhistov aka Cossack, and became close friends with him, bonding over fascism, their shared age and Ukrainian heritage, and living in Central New Jersey (CNJ). The White Legion page has since been wiped, but at its height, it had almost 100 members, including Misura. Misura regularly engaged on White Legion posts with Takhistov.

The White Legion page at the height of its activity.

Takhistov quickly brought Misura into the fold of the different Neo-Nazi crews he was in, like NJEHA and S14, and partnered with him on future White Legion endeavors. Soon Misura began popping up at S14 and NJEHA actions with Takhistov. The two were joined at the hip and did not attend any Nazi actions without each other.

With Misura initiated into the groups, he was essentially living a double life. On any given day Misura appeared to be an average NJ teen, heavily involved in academics (3.75 grade point average), sports, hanging out with his friends, and preparing for college. Unbeknownst to most people in his life he was also a Neo-Nazi, forging connections with violent white nationalists.

One Nazi outing they participated in together was a hiking day-trip up to Mt. Tammany that was organized by NJEHA and S14 in the Fall of 2023.

A hiking trip that NJEHA and S14 members took in the fall of 2023. Misura and Takhistov were present, as was Dan D’ambly and Mark Kauffman.

Misura also participated in a memorial service/hang out for a dead Nazi and a other pop-up style rallies with Takhistov and other NJEHA and S14 members.

Misura circled in red at the memorial event and a rally in December 2023

Misura also tried to help Takhistov launch his White Legion project offline and they did a few propaganda activities in CNJ. It was discovered that Misura is the formerly unidentified Nazi pictured with Takhistov in a propaganda photo series that was taken at a baseball diamond. Takhistov and Misura posed with road flares and Ukrainian fascist flags, a reference to their identity as Ukrainian nazis.

Takhistov boosting his and Misura’s White Legion project in an S14 chat.

 

Misura circled in red on the left, and Takhistov on the right.

Takhistov and Misura remained close and continued to work with each other under the banners of NJEHA and S14 and in unofficial capacities through the Summer of 2024, as revealed by the recent federal criminal complaint filed against Takhistov. The details within the federal complaint reveals that another Nazi, in addition to Takhistov, was a participant in the plan to attack the electrical substation. While Misura’s identity was concealed by the federal government, as “Individual-1”, simple context clues about Takhistov and Misura’s close friendship, their shared Ukrainian heritage and fascist identity, and tendency towards accelerationism leaves little room to doubt it could be anyone but him.

An excerpt from the federal complaint against Takhistov which references Individual-1 aka Misura.

Misura intended on joining Takhistov on his scheduled July 2024 trip to the Ukraine where he planned to join Russian fascists fighting against the Russian invasion. This was verified by the undercover federal agent when Takhistov and Misura met with him.

Another excerpt from the federal complaint against Takhistov. Misura is referenced again as (Individual-1) the person joining Takhistov in Ukraine.

 

This section of the federal complaint shows Misura was aware and supportive of the plot to blow up the electrical substation.

Misura was roped into the plot by the federal government, which became clear when Takhistov discussed a plan for the federal agent to blow up an electrical substation in New Brunswick. On July 10, Misura and Takhistov made their way to the Newark airport for their flight. Takhistov was arrested en route and his arrest was covered by local and national media. It’s unclear if Misura was detained or questioned, but based on the media coverage and Misura’s actions on social media after the fact, it’s probable that the government did not arrest/charge him at that time. Whatever happened on July 10 was enough to spook Misura and he made all his social media accounts private and became inactive on Telegram.

Misura’s Instagram account before and after Takhistov’s arrest by the federal government in July 2024.

Misura’s heavy involvement in NJEHA, S14, and the plot to blow up the electrical substation brings up many questions. How was Misura able to participate in these different groups and activities without his parents, friends, or mentors noticing? Why wasn’t Misura arrested by the federal government for his role in the plotted electrical substation attack? Has Misura been brought in by the feds and compelled to snitch against his close friend Takhistov in exchange for immunity/not revealing his identity? Are his parents aware that he knew about a plan to attack NJ public infrastructure and not only did nothing to stop it, but supported it fervently?

Misura’s past and current behavior proves he poses a danger to those around him. Misura is scheduled to begin college as freshman on a baseball scholarship at East Stroudsburg University in East Stroudsburg, PA in just a few weeks.

Misura must be held responsible for his actions and those around him deserve to know who he really is. Concerned community members are encouraged to reach out to his school administration directly in addition to the athletics department with the following script. (This article can be linked as evidence of Misura’s actions): “Hello I am reaching out to contact you about an enrolled student named Jonathan Misura. He is an incoming freshman who is on a baseball scholarship. Misura is a self professed Neo-Nazi and racist. I have provided the following evidence which displays Misura’s disconcerting behavior and actions. Misura’s behavior violates both East Stroudsburg University’s Student Code of Conduct (the Harassment policy) and the Student Athlete Handbook (its Sportsmanship Policy and Social Networking Website Policy). His behavior also violates current the NCAA Division II Handbook and, the 3.3.1.3 Standards and 3.3.4.5 Standards. As a student athlete Misura is supposed to embody the values and codes governing East Stroudburg University and its athletic department. I would like to request a review of Jonathan Misura’s enrollment as an incoming freshman and a review of baseball scholarship and placement on the team. Thank you.”

To contact the athletic department directly about Misura’s behavior, his baseball scholarship, and membership on the team, contact Athletic Director Dr. Allen G. Snook at (570) 422-3689 and asnook@esu.edu or Associate Athletic Director for Student Success/SWA Sarah Ross at (570) 422-3795 and sross14@esu.edu.

To contact the school administration and request a review about Misura’s behavior via the University Conduct Board, call (570) 422-3461 or email SCCS@esu.edu.

A Note From NJ Hate Watch: S14 members, with addition of Jonathan Misura, 10 of your people have been identified and doxxed including Andrew Takhistov, Alex Chubbuck, Benjamin Ryder, Jackson Bradley, Paul Minton, Daisy McGowan, Mathew Bair, Mark Kauffman, and Sara Sheaffer. If you continue to operate, more of your members will be exposed.

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The Fascists of the Heritage Foundation

  • July 21, 2024 1:24 am
[This post only contains information relevant to Philadelphia and the surrounding area, to read the entire article follow the above link.]

The Fascists of the Heritage Foundation

Shine a light on the fascists who wrote Project 2025 . Full list of authors and staff members of the heritage foundation.

AUTHORS OF PROJECT 2025

Robert P. George
371 Prospect Ave, Princeton, NJ 08540

LEADERSHIP

Victoria Coates
132 Bethlehem Pk
Philadelphia PA 19118

 

Scotlyn Schmitt of York Pa

  • July 17, 2024 1:22 am

from Philly Fash Watch

June of 2024 was a busy and dismal month for area nazi’s. There was the arrest of Mark Kauffman at his own wedding, multiple new identifications of local nazis by antifascists, and a small WLM day of action on June 15th in PA. Antifascists also noted a short female in a group picture from the June 15th action and clocked her as the same individual from a photo that S14 posted earlier in the month under the Love Park sign.

As antifascists reviewed footage from the WLM action on June 15 it was discovered that there was footage of her with her mask off. The individual has now been identified as Scotlyn Elyse Schmitt of York, PA.

The photograph from Love Park revealed a connection to none other than Benjamin Ryder. In closed WLM chats, Ryder mentioned having a girlfriend several times, discussing her telegram usernames and her many “accomplishments”. Ryder provided additional context about his girlfriend and how he actually rejected her from WLM-PA previously when they first met over a year ago.

18 months ago, Lynn reached out to WLM-PA and wanted to be vetted and become a member. At the time Ryder was the admin for the state chapter. Ryder was in the middle of rocky patch with a different girlfriend at the time, and suspected Lynn of being this girlfriend’s sock account. Lynn was using her @RileyCat and @RileyPilled2.0 telegram accounts at the time. While Lynn was living in Pittsburgh, she attended the Pennsylvania Gunsmith School where she met members of WLM-OH and became friends. WLM-OH members were able to provide her with a vouch to join WLM-PA. Despite their vouch, Ryder was too paranoid to let her join the PA chapter. Ryder’s relationship issues eventually led to his ex-girlfriend revealing his paranoia, leading to his removal from WLM-PA for a time. Ryder was soon allowed back in the organization by the admin and defacto leader, Evan Plumlee. With this, Ryder was officially back in WLM-PA (telegram profile NAME- Max).

In the spring of 2024, Ryder and Scotlyn Schmitt officially met in person for the vetting process to begin. He informed her that her YouTube channel where she also used the “RileyPilled” username showed her face and could be traced back to her telegram account. In response, Lynn removed the matching telegram account as well as her YouTube channel which contained personal content like her school details.

With Lynn as a full WLM-PA member, Ryder gave membership details on her background. He informed them how Lynn was a member of Injekt Division, admins a few BTC channels on terrorgram, and admins a channel with the “the dildo saleswoman” Dallas Humber. Antifascists were able to confirm most of this information, largely from Lynn herself. Lynn posted a video of herself drunk sharing her telegram handles and posts she made in the WhiteNeighborhoodWatch channel. Screenshots from these videos have been provided as evidence. The videos have not been provided as Lynn does not deserve a platform.

Injekt Division and Terrorgram, the groups and virtual space that Lynn is a part of, are well known for their accelerationist ideology and patriarchal structure. Typically to join Injekt Division one has to be a white male, but notably, they made an exception to the rule for Lynn. This marks Lynn as a unique addition and how much Injekt Division values the reach she has to people like BTC and Brandon Russell and Dallas Humber. Lynn can be can found under her current Telegram profile @massrapist.

Another member of WLM-PA Mathew Bair, is also a self-confirmed member of Injekt Division. Matt Bair was recruited to Injekt after very publicly joining any group he could in the past two years . Although he failed many times (kicked from Blood Tribe soon after touching Pohlhaus’s stick, crashed his Harrisburg Proud Boy chapter, member of the defunct Embrace Struggle Active Club, part of the split between 2119- yes he was in a group with mostly minors), Matt has stayed consistent in his fedposting. Bair is the only known Injekt Division member openly showing his face in terrorgram spaces. There soon will be an update on what he’s been doing recently.

Recently arrested Andrew Takhistov, member of NJEHA and Atlantic Nationalist Club (wannabe NSC131 types who formed from WLM-NJ by Claudino Petrucelli ) was in some Injekt Division chats and channels using his @cossack18 telegram account. Although not a member of Injekt, he is someone who agreed with their worldview. As listed in the DOJ release, he wanted to take down power stations in New Brunswick. This is the type of worldview people like Lynn, Cossack, Bair and many others in the terrorgram spaces share.

Lynn and Ryder have been up to typical dumbass nazi activities, spray-painting a swastikas and posting Injekt Division stickers around Philadelphia. Not long after connecting in person, Lynn moved in with Ryder and their nazi activities escalated. Due to Ryder and Lynn’s escalations antifascists discovered their presence in PA and Ryder’s neighborhood was flyered exposing him as a registered sex offender on the Megan’s Law website. Reportedly, after Ryder’s neighborhood was flyered and an extensive dox was dropped, Lynn moved out quickly. Lynn is reportedly bouncing bouncing around living with different Injekt members

Scotlyn take this as a warning- you just turned 20, you don’t have to live like this. All of your friends end up in jail or dead. Reach out to us phillyfashwatch@riseup.net

NJ Hate Watch: S14, NJEHA, and WLM Member Andrew Takhistov of East Brunswick, NJ

  • July 17, 2024 1:22 am

from Jersey Counter-Info

Takhistov, aka Cossack, upon his arrest. Takhistov is pictured here without glasses, although he typically wears them.

Just a few days ago Andrew Takhistov, an 18 year old from East Brunswick, was arrested in a federal sting operation where he allegedly solicited an undercover federal agent to blow up two different electrical substations in Central NJ (CNJ). Takhistov is now facing one count of soliciting another individual to engage in criminal conduct, which could result in a maximum prison term of 10 years and a $125,000 fine if convicted. Idavox covered Takhistov’s arrest and charges in depth, more about the specifics can be read here.

Since the release of the federal complaint, Takhistov has been positively identified as a very active neo-nazi that has been a part of the Tristate (NYC, PA, NJ) nazi scene for at least the last two years. Takhistov who goes by the Telegram handles “Cossack” and “Taraz”, is highly dedicated, holding membership in WLM NJ/PA, S14, NJEHA, Atlantic Nationalist Club, and Embrace Struggle, among running his own projects dubbed “White Legion” and “Defend Europe” respectively.

Takhistov’s main Telegram handles. Prior to his arrest a few days ago he was primarily using the “Taraz” account, while his “Cossack” account was on the back burner.

Takhistov first became involved with the tristate nazi scene when he was 16 years old, starting off virtually and connecting with group leaders like S14’s Mark Kauffman and NJEHA’s Dan D’ambly. He quickly became immersed and began to get involved in-person during 2023. Throughout 2023 and 2024 Takhistov was a regular presence at actions and became closer with older more senior members and leadership.

Takhistov, circled in red, during a late December 2023 nazi rally. Mark Kauffman is to his right.

 

Takhistov at the December 2023 nazi rally. He is standing and is the second individual from the left. Nazis Mark Kauffman and Dan D’ambly are also pictured on the right hand side.

With Takhistov’s further entrenchment he began to reveal more information about himself in public Telegram chats. Specifically, Takhistov discussed his Ukrainian heritage and nationalism at length, often going on long diatribes.

Takhistov’s rant about Ukrainian nationalism. He also reveals personal details about his family history and status as a Ukrainian.

During this time Takhistov attempted to move his project, White Legion, offline into the real world but had limited success. Largely White Legion functioned as a showy propaganda group claiming to do physical conditioning and supporting nationalists in Ukraine. This is also verified by the press release from the federal government about his arrest.

Takhistov’s now dormant White Legion project.

Other than a few propaganda based photo ops across CNJ White Legion was not involved in or planned any independent actions, nor did it become its own individual group focused on recruiting or centralized goal like S14 or NJEHA.

Takhistov boosting his White Legion project. The pictures depict one of the few in-person activities the group did.

 

Takhistov further bragging about his White Legion project in an S14 chat.

 

A photo from one of the few activities White Legion did in CNJ at a baseball field in the middle of the night. Takhistov is pictured on the left with another taller (unidentified) nazi on the right.

 

Commentary from the federal government about Takhistov’s project White Legion.

In early 2024, Takhistov began to get more involved in nazi accelerationist ideology, reposting pictures from Injekt Division, a nazi accelerationist crew similar to Atomwaffen Division, and other Terrorgram channels. Takhistov also expressed his desire to go and fight in Ukraine and assist fellow nazis in propelling the country towards national socialism. It was at this juncture he created his other project/Telegram channel “Defend Europe”.

Takhistov’s new “Defend Europe” project he started in 2024.

Takhistov used this new Telegram channel to produce Ukrainian nationalist/fascist content. He centered Defend Europe around his supposed journey to Ukraine and claimed he was shipping out soon to help fight against the Russian invasion and push for a national socialist Ukraine. Takhistov’s Defend Europe content read more as a LARP fantasy than something that he was actually doing, given the way he went about posting and bragging.

Takhistov pictured holding a Ukrainian nazi flag “prior to shipping out”.

Throughout 2023 and 2024 as Takhistov was engaging in nazi accelerationist activities, he began to connect more with those on Terrorgram, and ended up connecting with an undercover federal agent. Takhistov was essentially catfished by the federal government in early 2024 when he was trying to organically connect with other NJ-based neo-nazis. Takhistov met up with the federal agent several times, with other currently unidentified NJ neo-nazis.

This massive security blunder led to Takhistov being entrapped by the feds in a plot to blow up two different electrical substations in CNJ. The federal agent that Takhistov was in contact with from Terrorgram pushed for a way to get further involved, joining Takhistov and other nazis for a March 2, 2024 action in New Brunswick, NJ. Takhistov and the federal agent met up a few times after this and discussed different tactics used by national socialists, including electrical substation attacks. Takhistov told the agent that he had a trip booked for July 2024 to visit Ukraine and intended to join up with a pro-Ukraine Russian fascist volunteer group fighting against Russia. The agent asked for more details locally and Takhistov passed them off, noting that the agent could plan on doing an attack when Takhistov was over in Ukraine. For several months after that Takhistov sent the agent guides on industrial sabotage, further information on local electrical substations, and details on how to make homemade weapons. Takhistov, the agent, and another unidentified NJ nazi, then went around and scouted out different electrical substations, with the agent providing in-depth insight on how to access the buildings.

An excerpt from the criminal complaint filed by the federal government against Takhistov.

While the federal briefing detailed that Takhistov was arrested at Newark International Airport on his way to Ukraine, it is unclear if Takhistov was accepted into any kind of formal fascist volunteer force. Despite Takhistov’s bravado that he was set to join a group of pro-Ukrainian Russian fascist separatists fighting against Russia it has not been confirmed that Takhistov had solidified plans prior to his arrest. It is more likely that Takhistov intended to forge concrete connections on the ground once he got to Ukraine and try to meet up in-person with the group in an effort to join.

The federal government is famous for trying to entrap the far right, the far left, religious groups, and everyone in between often trying to convince individuals to engage in illegal activities. In this case, Takhistov was duped by the feds to help plan an attack on CNJ infrastructure to be theoretically executed by the federal agent. By no means is this a defense of Takhistov, he is nazi scum who was dumb enough to contact random accounts on a highly surveilled platform (Terrorgram) and got wrapped up in a would be terrorism plot. It is important however to acknowledge that it was the state who pushed the alleged crime and Takhistov.

S14 members: With addition of Andrew Takhistov, 9 of your people have been identified and doxxed including Alex Chubbuck, Benjamin Ryder, Jackson Bradley, Paul Minton, Daisy McGowan, Mathew Bair, Mark Kauffman, and Sara Sheaffer. If you continue to operate, more of your members will be exposed and the pressure will increase. You will be held responsible for the nazi filth that you are.

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Next on the White Power Chopping Block: Two MORE Members of the Same NJ Group!

  • July 16, 2024 1:36 am

from Idavox

Andrew Takhistov and Steve V. Koshlyak (mugshot from Nov. 2021)

The Atlantic Nationalist Club (we are SO not calling them the ANC!) doesn’t have a lot of members and it seems like they won’t have a lot of members on the outside before long! Also, we have written about one of these guys before!

An 18-year-old member of a New Jersey White Supremacist group was arrested on charges that he solicited others to destroy energy facilities. A few days later, another member of the same group who has had run-ins with law enforcement in the past was also arrested on unknown charges.

On Andrew Takhistov, 18, of East Brunswick, New Jersey was picked up at Newark Airport as he was about to board a flight enroute to fight in Ukraine for the Russian Volunteer Corps, an organization he said was “openly National Socialist,” according to a Department of Justice press release. The release further stated that Takhistov was communicating on a social messaging platform with an individual who he did not know was an undercover law enforcement employee. In those discussions, Takhistov expressed a desire to advance his neo-Nazi ideology through violent means and said another reason why he wanted to join the Russian Volunteer Corps was not just gain paramilitary training but particularly because they specialized in assassinations, attacks on power grids and other infrastructure sabotage.

Takhistov’s arrest came after two visits in June and July to two different electrical substations in North Brunswick and New Brunswick, New Jersey where he instructed the undercover employee on numerous aspects of how to conduct an attack on an electrical substation. It was on July 5, during one of these visits that Takhistov reportedly instructed the undercover employee to take several photographs of the electrical substations so that Takhistov could send them to his Russian friend for additional advice on how to best sabotage the stations.

Takhistov, who was known online as “Cossack,” is a member of the Atlantic Nationalist Club (AnaC, not to be confused with the African National Congress of South Africa), a group with a small handful of members that started in May 2023 as a breakaway from the New Jersey chapter of White Lives Matter (WLM) The group is led by Claudino G. Petruccelli, who in November 2021 was caught by antifa, including members of One People’s Project, attempting to post WLM stickers around Princeton, New Jersey and the following week by police as he tried to do the same thing in Somerville, New Jersey with two others, Zackerji I. Ivanovic, who is reportedly currently with the neo-Nazi group Blood Tribe, and Steve V. Koshlyak, who is currently a AnaC member. The three were arrested.

On Saturday, an online notification indicated that Koshlyak, who celebrated his 37th birthday two days prior, had been arrested that day and online jail records note that he is currently being held at the Burlington County (NJ) Detention Center in Mount Holly, New Jersey with a jail ID of 117724. There is no further information about his arrest including the department that arrested him or when his first appearance will take place. In addition to his November 2021 arrest, Koshlyak also has a DUI arrest going back to 2014.

While AnaC have been attempting to be known for their flash mob rallies and stickering, often associating with Dan D’Ambly’s New Jersey European Heritage Association (NJEHA), they have been particularly displayed a violent over the past two years both as a WLM chapter and its current incarnation. A group of them including Petruccelli and another member Nicholas G. Mucci participated in the fights at Penn State University in October 2022 when Proud Boy founder Gavin McInnes and internet troll Alex Stein attempted to have an event there. It was shut down after those fights, where Mucci and Petruccelli allegedly pepper sprayed those protesting the event, got out of hand. Last month, Mucci pled guilty to attempting to smoke bomb and pepper spray a benefit show for One People’s Project at a church in Asbury Park, New Jersey three months  after Penn State, the smoke bombs purchased in Pennsylvania the day of the event there, and is scheduled to be sentenced on August 16. These latest two arrests will make three members of the small hate group currently imprisoned.

According to the Department of Justice press release, Takhistov is charged with one count of soliciting another individual to engage in criminal conduct that involved destroying a public service enterprise group circuit breaker and substation. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $125,000 fine. Charges are still pending for Koshlyak at the time of this posting.

Nazi Alex Chubbuck of Boyertown, PA

  • July 9, 2024 1:06 am

from Philly Fash Watch

Almost a year ago to the day, antifascists shut down a joint action between NJEHA, Embrace Struggle, Garden State Nationalists, and others in the Princeton, NJ area. Local antifascists received a tip from a concerned Princeton area resident that white supremacists were at a Walmart on the outskirts of Princeton. Based on this tip, the fascists soon found themselves unexpectedly surveilled. All fascists present were visibly taken by surprise, as they were caught with their masks down and were not expecting anyone other than their own comrades to be present.

Some nazis on site at the Princeton area Walmart were known to antifascists, such as Dan D’ambly and Ron Sheehy, but others were not, and remained unidentified- until now. One of these unidentified nazis has now been positively identified as former Philly anarchist punk Alex Chubbuck of Boyerstown, PA.

Alex Chubbuck. The photo on the left of Chubbuck was taken at the Princeton area Walmart as NJEHA and other NJ-based nazis were gathering for a rally. The photo on the right is a recent photo of Chubbuck in every day street wear.

Chubbuck was recently identified by those in the Tristate area (NJ, PA, NYC) punk scene who recognized him from his former days as an anarchist and lead singer of the now defunct Philly punk band, Iron Wind. Chubbuck went by the front name “Nargoth” or “Nar” for short and was a part of the Philly punk and anarchist scene from 2016 to 2020/2021. He was also a part of a few other punk bands and had a personal anarchist music project called N.E.G.

Documentation of Chubbuck’s time as an anarchist in the Philly punk scene. This includes the band he fronted, Iron Wind, and other bands he was in at the time like Instinct? and Aresholes. His one-man anarchist music project N.E.G. is also featured.

Chubbuck has been a hard line neo-nazi for the last two years, becoming a full member of S14, WLM PA/NJ, NJEHA, and an associate of other nazi crews like Embrace Struggle in 2023. In 2023 he created the Telegram handle “@AgeofIron”, likely a reference to his former band Iron Wind, when he became a full fledged member of the different local nazi crews.

Chubbuck’s Telegram handle.

 

When Chubbuck was added as a formal member to one of the S14 chats. Note the 2023 date at the top of this picture.

Reports indicate that Chubbuck was radicalized into a neo-nazi sometime in 2021 after he was kicked out of both the Philly punk scene and anarchist mutual aid spaces for a litany of bad behavior.

Tracing Chubbuck’s online footprint reveals much about his past and current beliefs/activities. In the mid 2000’s when Chubbuck was 15 years old he created the online handle “abomb990” and applied it across all of his different accounts. At this time, Chubbuck was very active online through sites like Deviant Art, Flickr, and YouTube, displaying his art, talking about his day to day life, and sharing his interest in music. During this time, Chubbuck appeared to be very apolitical, with no discernible political tendencies, and instead was interested in music, art, video games, school, and cannabis.

Chubbuck’s Flikr and Deviant Art profiles. He used his full legal name along with his “abomb990” handle, solidifying the connection between his actual identity and his well saturated username.

Chubbuck was involved in the Philly punk scene for several years, starting in 2016 when he moved from his hometown of Ambler, PA to the city proper and began to immerse himself in the local scene. Chubbuck took on a visage similar to other punk anarchists, decking himself out in piercings, homemade tattoos, and DIY clothing.

Chubbuck during his time as a Philly punk. In the two photos on the left he can be seen wearing an iron cross. While iron crosses can be used to signify national socialist beliefs, it is not a symbol used exclusively to reflect this, and has been adopted by biker, punk, and goth subcultures. Due to Chubbuck’s well documented anarchist politics at this time in his life it is not believed that his usage of it here reflected national socialist beliefs.

Chubbuck also became involved in different anarchist mutual aid spaces at this point and participated in day-to-day work and larger events to provide the Philly community with different resources. His band, Iron Wind, played a number of different anarchist and punk events, further solidifying his politics at this time.

Some of the anarchist and punk scene events that Chubbuck’s band played when he was an anarchist.

Once Chubbuck was kicked out of the scene in 2020/2021 he slowly began to radicalize towards the far right. At the time of publishing it is not clear what caused Chubbuck’s radical shift from the far left to the far right. Unlike another former antifascist turned neo-nazi, Paul Minton, Chubbuck had no prior history as a white nationalist to possibly explain his shift to fascism. Evidence of his shift can be seen from his more recent online activity.

Chubbuck’s YouTube account, which bares his username “abomb990” along with the logo of his now defunct Philly punk band Iron Wind.

As seen in the photo above Chubbuck commented 8 months ago on a Screwdriver video, a well known white nationalist band, with not so subtle white nationalist sympathies. This also occurred well after the Princeton area Walmart incident where he was unmasked by antifascists.

Chubbuck currently lives in Boyerstown, PA and runs his own licensed business Skyline Interiors, where he installs custom window installations and blinds. The business serves the greater Philadelphia area.

Facebook details about Chubbuck’s business Skyline Interiors.

Based on customer reviews, social media activity, and overall online presence it appears Chubbuck’s business has either greatly slowed or may be dormant for the last two years. Regardless, concerned individuals are encouraged to report Skyline Interiors, reach out directly to the business through secure means, and post reviews informing the public of Chubbuck’s neo-nazi ties. Other than Facebook, Chubbuck’s business has a website, a build zoom account, and a home advisor account. This article can be linked and used as evidence.

Chubbuck has betrayed anarchism, antifascism, and his former community in the most disgusting way possible. The militant left must handle him and he must be held accountable for his actions.

S14 members: With addition of Alex Chubbuck, eight of your people have been identified and doxxed including Benjamin Ryder, Jackson Bradley, Paul Minton, Daisy McGowan, Mathew Bair, Mark Kauffman, and Sara Sheaffer. If you continue to operate, more of your members will be exposed and the pressure will increase. You will be held responsible for the nazi filth that you are.

This Week in Fascism #137: Antifascists Sentenced in San Diego, Pushing Back Against Far-Right Attacks on Palestine Solidarity

  • July 1, 2024 1:13 am

from It’s Going Down

[This post only contains information relevant to Philadelphia and the surrounding area, to read the entire article follow the above link.]

Welcome back fellow antifascists!

As always, we have a lot to cover in this column, especially important analysis and lots of roundups of antifascist research and action. With lots to talk about, let’s dive right in!

Research Roundup

Other reports from Idavox you may have missed include write-ups on “prominent [Pennsylvania] neo-Nazi Mark Kauffman,” who was arrested by law enforcement at his own wedding on weapons and methamphetamine charges, Nicholas G. Mucci, a neo-Nazi involved in White Lives Matter plead guilty to attacking an antifascist benefit show in New Jersey, and Ebrahim and Mathew Yehounatan, far-Right Zionists in New York who are harassing pro-Palestinian solidarity demonstrations.

Lastly, Idavox also noted that a small group of neo-Nazis held a tiny demonstration in Philadelphia that included Benjamin Franklin Ryder, a “registered sex offender with a long criminal history as well as a history of neo-Nazi activism,” and Stephen Thomas Farrea, a member of the Nationalist Social Club 131, became the second member of the group to be arrested “for possessing child pornography.” Faith, family, and folk!

July 25th and Antifascist Prisoners

Currently there is a call to rally support for antifascist prisoners across the world on July 25th. From the call:

Across the world, fascist and far-Right movements are trying to advance their agendas of bigotry, ultra-nationalism and authoritarian control. The establishment–no matter who is in power–does not and cannot offer solutions for deepening economic inequality or any of the numerous crises we are living through. Instead, those in power continue to advance the militarization of police and the hardening of borders as the rich have become richer than they have ever been before. As the world burns and our lives become harder and harder, the fascist and far-right menace offers only lies and scapegoats–demonizing and attacking migrants, refugees, LGBTQ+ people, as well as racial, religious, and ethnic minorities.

The July 25th International Day of Solidarity with Antifascist Prisoners originated in 2014 as a Day of Solidarity with Jock Palfreeman, an Australian man who served 13-years in prison in Bulgaria for defending two Romani men from an attack by fascist football hooligans. In 2015, J25 expanded into a global day of solidarity with all antifascists facing State repression. The friends and comrades we are celebrating on J25 were on the frontlines of this fight against fascism and the far-Right, and we will not forget them behind prison walls as we continue the struggle for liberation.

As revolutionary antifascists, we believe that building movements of defense and solidarity with those locked behind the prison walls is fundamental in the three-way fight against both the far-right and the State. This July 25th, we call on antifascists worldwide to take part in the International Day of Solidarity with Antifascist Prisoners!

Find out more info on how to support, places to donate, and materials for printing, go here.

Cover Photo: Alissa Azar

NJ Hate Watch: S14, WLM, and Embrace Struggle Member Benjamin Ryder of Hatboro, PA

  • June 25, 2024 1:02 am

from Jersey Counter-Info

Benjamin Ryder.

Last week Idavox identified Benjamin Ryder as “one of handful of individuals that held a protest on an overpass going over Roosevelt Blvd. in support of a White child allegedly murdered by a Black woman in Ohio“. Ryder, a registered sex offender and pedophile, has been a known associate of PA area nazis for some time, having been involved in several instances of vandalism, and targeting of anarchist and Queer spaces in Philadelphia and New Jersey. Specifically, Ryder first came onto antifascists’ radar last year when he was caught stealing stickers at the Wooden Shoe, an anarchist bookstore in Philadelphia, and when he was arrested for pulling a weapon on a group of people outside the Supreme Court.

Ryder’s arrest, and consequent identification, in front of the Supreme Court in April 2023.

Ryder has been loosely associated with different nazi crews but his exact ties have been hard to pin down- until now. Antifascists have positively identified Ryder as a long-time member of S14, NJEHA, WLM PA/NJ, and Embrace Struggle Social Club (formerly a part of the Active Club network but the group has since disassociated).

Ryder’s Telegram profile in 2023. His membership in S14 is confirmed here well, circled in red.

 

Ryder’s Telegram profile as of June 2024.

Ryder who uses the Telegram handle @cancerousparanoia and “NAME” as his display name, has been a member of S14, NJEHA, and WLM PA/NJ since 2022/2023 when he became increasingly active in-person and friends with fellow neo-nazi Mathew Bair. Ryder has attended many in-person actions including hangouts in PA with Kauffman, Bair, Cossack, and other general members.

One of the hangouts that Ryder attended, alongside Bair, Kauffman, Cossack and others.

 

Ryder is circled in red in front of the NY S14 chapter flag. Note that he is wearing the same shirt as one of his Telegram profile pictures pictured earlier in this piece.

 

Ryder, circled in red, poses in front of the S14 flag.

 

Ryder, again circled in red, poses in front of Cossack’s Azov Battalion flag.

Below, Bair and Ryder can be seen joking around about their attendance and NJ Hate Watch’s coverage of this same hang out in 2023.

Ryder has also openly discussed his membership in the regional White Lives Matter crews, specifically mentioning their organizational structure and past collaborations. WLM PA/NJ has been in hot water with the state over the past year and a half. They have tried to distance themselves away from other WLM members like Evan Plumlee who was caught up in the J6 “insurrection” and helped invade the capitol building and Nicholas Mucci, who very recently plead guilty to a host of charges stemming from a WLM action in New Jersey.

Ryder providing details about his membership in WLM and the chapter’s prior work with a PA Proud Boy crew. Ironically, Ryder mentions to Bair that the chat they’re in is not secure.

S14, and its leader Mark Kauffman, likes to posit the group and their collaborators such as Embrace Struggle and WLM, as moralistic and disciplined crews that are against pedophilia, respect white women, and are against all forms of “degeneracy”. In the past Kauffman has booted prior members for violating these terms, but the irony here is that Ryder’s long-term membership in the crew flies in the face of these supposed principles.

Ryder has had a very public and well documented case of being a compulsive sex offender who targets both women and children. Starting in 2015 when he was 20 years old, Ryder was arrested and convicted of indecent exposure and open lewdness when he stripped naked in a McDonald’s women’s bathroom and exposed himself and followed a woman using the restroom. After this incident he served jail time and was forced to register as a sex offender; he is currently listed as a Tier 1 sex offender in PA.

An excerpt from a 2015 article about Ryder’s first conviction. He served jail time for this incident.

Later in 2017/2018 when he was 23, he was picked up in PA for multiple instances of exposing himself to women and girls in public. In one incident his victims were as young as 12 years old, something Ryder admitted in open court.

Details from a 2018 article about his second arrest for exposing himself.

 

Further details on the 2017/2018 incident that lead to Ryder’s arrest.

 

Horrific details about Ryder’s assault on two 12 year old girls, for which he was arrested. In addition to other instances that prompted calls to police.

So why does Kauffman, S14, WLM, NJEHA, and Embrace Struggle associate with Ryder and allow him membership within their crews? Despite Kauffman’s bravado, he doesn’t actually stand by any of his supposed principles by hanging out with and befriending someone who sexually assaults little girls. Most likely Ryder doesn’t view himself as a pedophile, but what do you call someone who compulsively targets children as young as 12 years old and shows them their genitals? Ryder gains sexual satisfaction from exposing himself to women and children and there are no other labels that come to mind other than “sex offender” and “pedophile”.

For the public’s safety, especially women and girls, the following information is being released: Ryder, is a 29 year old white male who lives in Hatboro, PA on Lancaster Avenue. He is 6′ 3″, 185 lbs, has brown hair, brown eyes, several arm tattoos, and wears ear gauges. He owns and drives a black 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee with a PA license plate “KDK5085”.

A reference photo of a 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee. It is the same color, make, and model of Ryder’s Jeep Grand Cherokee, but is not a picture of his exact vehicle.

S14 members: With addition of Benjamin Ryder, seven of your people have officially been identified and doxxed including  Jackson Bradley, Paul Minton, Daisy McGowan, Mathew Bair, Mark Kauffman, and Sara Sheaffer. If you continue to operate, more of your members will be exposed and the pressure will increase. You will be held accountable for the nazi pedophile supporting filth that you are.

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