This sense of solidarity of interconnectedness and radical empathy sets us apart from militias, and informs the other elements of our work. The Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club has also been a resource for journalists, as have related anti-fascist researchers, in identifying individuals who threaten queer and trans communities with violence. While Protect Texas Kids has been allowed back on twitter. They fit the description, so it was pretty hard not to include them". [11], In 2020, Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club provided armed security and patrolled the streets of the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ), a radical anarcho-communist takeover of six blocks of Seattle amid the wave of protests against police brutality following the murder of George Floyd. Accessed October 7, 2022. So some of these tweets will have broken links. I am doing the first report here. The reporting of the Dallas Voice is sympathetic to the Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club. [7][11] Van Sant wrote in March 2018 that "[t]hrough patient dialogue and popular education, several Redneck Revolt chapters have been able to challenge the white nationalist ideologies of these right-wing libertarian militias and flip them away from anti-immigrant and pro-capitalist positions". * Alan Buddug, The Great FB Purge of 2020, Mid-Missouri John Brown Gun Club, August 20, 2020, http://www.midmojbgc.org/2020/08/20/the-great-fb-purge-of-2020/; Natasha Lennard, Facebooks Ban on Far-Left Pages Is an Extension of Trump Propaganda, Intercept, August 20, 2020, https://theintercept.com/2020/08/20/facebook-bans-antifascist-pages/. Rather, our work springs from the understanding that liberation cannot rely on nonviolence alone, and from the reality that those who wish to harm us are both well-trained and heavily armed. 4:37 [22] Members also support the Black Lives Matter movement. [13][14][20] Redneck Revolt supports the rights of Muslims, immigrants and LGBT people and is opposed to economic inequality. x. John Brown was a 19th-century abolitionist who was part of the Underground Railroad and helped create the League of Gileadites, which helped protect escaped enslaved people from slave catchers. That same month, the chapter provided security for the 2019 Trans Pride March in Seattle, an event organized by the Gender Justice League. in their article called them the Elm Fork John Brown Club. what the Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club believes or does. https://twitter.com/EFJBGC/status/1561379764669218818, https://twitter.com/ctjbgc/status/1552703914943864835, https://twitter.com/dmv_jbgc/status/1549086534262996992, https://twitter.com/EFJBGC/status/1545915293758898176, https://twitter.com/dmv_jbgc/status/1545426444691484674, https://twitter.com/ctjbgc/status/1545585707518918656, https://twitter.com/dmv_jbgc/status/1542371539177332737, https://twitter.com/ctjbgc/status/1531317615402307585, https://twitter.com/cbjbgc/status/1431711121749299209. To date, Gun Club members have reportedly not engaged anyone with their weapons during one of these protests. The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is a not-for-profit, non-partisan, international policy organization formed to combat the growing threat from extremist ideologies. Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club, Twitter post, August 18, 2022, 8:23 p.m.. Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club, homepage, accessed August 19, 2020. On March 1, 2022, the Philippine army launched a predawn raid on a base belonging to the ISIS-linked group Daulah Islamiyah. WebJohn Brown Gun Club/Redneck Revolt. John Brown Gun Club On the Showdown in Virginia on Gun Control Filed under: Anarchist Movement, Interviews, Radio/Podcast, The State, US Red Strings and Maroons Red Strings and Maroons podcast speaks with a member of the Steel City John Brown Gun Club about the upcoming January 20th mobilization against new gun control legislation in Virginia. Steel City John Brown Gun Club. Twitter.com. We will bash back.. The reporting of the. Nov 22, 22 Report Back on Community Defense of Story Hour in Denton, TX Report from Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club on recent defense of a community event in so-called Denton, Texas. Van Spronsen was a resident of Vashon Island, Washington, who claimed to be affiliated with Antifa and who had written and distributed a political manifesto prior to the attack. *Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club, Twitter account, accessed August 31, 2022, https://twitter.com/EFJBGC.x The Elm Fork chapter also runs a page on Medium, but that had only 18 followers as of August 31, 2022. The original club sought to militarize the white working class and spur it toward a social-justice revolution. [a] During the George Floyd protests in June 2020, the group attended the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone in Seattle. https://protecttxkids.org/ This group is organizing the protests against drag shows in North Texas and any effort to make schools a more welcoming place for LGBT. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1550.html. Link at the very end of this report.). Accessed November 7, 2022. While most of its projects are centered around advocating for marginalized communities, the club offers community range days at a local conservation area. https://psjbgc.org/blog/say-hello-to-spokane-john-brown-gun-club/. John Brown was a famous abolitionist in American history and died fighting slavery. Redneck Revolt is a national network. We hope to incite a movement amongst working people that works toward the total liberation of all working people, regardless of skin color, religious background, sexual orientation, gender, country of birth, or any other division that bosses and politicians have used to fragment movements for social, political, and economic freedom. [9] They describe their purpose as follows:[9]. We have covered swastikas and racist graffiti on walls and under bridges. [6] Its first major mobilization was a protest against the 2005 national conference of the Minuteman Project. After pointing his rifle at four officers and refusing to drop his gun, the officers opened fire on Van Spronsen. [2] The original John Brown Gun Club was active from 2002 to 2008. [26], In May 2017, a member said that Redneck Revolt had reached out to groups such as the 3 Percenters, a predominantly right-wing group, with whom they have some common ground. Founded in Kansas in 2009, members were present at several protests against Donald Trump and against the far-right in 2017. Get the latest news on extremism and counter-extremism delivered to your inbox. [14] Also in June, members were part of a protest against the Christian conservative organization Focus on the Family in Colorado Springs, Colorado, which coincided with a speech by Mike Pence to celebrate the group's fortieth anniversary. A lot of times you can find it at the Internet Archive. (We have in our directory of anti-Gay groups a listing of who they are. While the CHAZ has instituted its own form of unelected security throughout the area, the John Brown Gun Club has been one of the groups to spearhead the effort. In addition to community defense, we participate in other forms of mutual aid, with the goal of limiting our reliance on oppressive state institutions. Something big happened on The Strip, the stretch of Cedar Springs with the Gay bars. [21] In September 2017, a member said: "It's not about seizing the gun culture or becoming obsessed about guns. Protestors have not been allowed inside https://t.co/zeTIpjvDLY, An armed group of defenders of LGBTQ+ marched down Cedar Spring on June 24, 2022 and there is no reporting of this significant event, watched by 218,000 people, by the, A seriously significant group has become an agent in the ongoing struggle about drag shows and. [50] Gabriel Kuhn responded to Ignatiev in a 2018 article. https://crimethinc.com/2019/07/14/on-willem-van-spronsens-action-against-the-northwest-detention-center-in-tacoma-including-the-full-text-of-his-final-statement. Keep informed on what the Dallas Voice wont or cant report. [3] [4] [5] [6] The club calls itself an " anti-fascist, anti-racist, pro-worker community defense organization". There are still some John Browns around, but most transitioned as the org fell apart. * John Brown 1800-1859, PBS, accessed September 1, 2020, https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1550.html.x The affiliates of the John Brown Gun Club have dedicated themselves to emulating Browns brand of direct action in support of ideals of freedom and equality. So what is the point of reporting all this? https://firepit.campstrategic.com/vm.cfm?i=4E4743CE98FDAB0D, This is the same webpage I had saved at the Internet Archive. * Devon Douglas-Bowers, WHITE WORKERS RESISTING CAPITALISM AND WHITE SUPREMACY: AN INTERVIEW WITH REDNECK REVOLT, Redneck Revolt, July 29, 2016, https://www.redneckrevolt.org/single-post/2016/07/28/WHITE-WORKERS-RESISTING-CAPITALISM-AND-WHITE-SUPREMACY-AN-INTERVIEW-WITH-REDNECK-REVOLT.x Gun Club chapters claim to promote racial equality and social justice while seeking to abolish the police and other perceived symbols of oppression. At that point it is unavoidable. Dirk Burhans has been a member of the club for two years. [27] Activities around racial justice and transgender rights are predominantly oriented toward rural white people, while firearms training events are oriented toward women and people of color. John Brown Gun Club is a name shared by dozens of groups who have similar goals, and who participate in similar activities, but we speak on behalf of only ourselves: we are not affiliated with any other John Brown Gun Clubs. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/11/redneck-revolt-guns-anti-racism-fascism-far-left. Members of the Antifa group John Brown Gun Club have started a GoFundMe after having their weapons stolen at the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ). Anderson Distillery and Grill hosted a drag brunch that gained national attention. WebJohn Brown Gun Club is an anti-capitalist, revolutionary-activist organization that advocates for gun rights from a left-wing perspective and seeks to radicalize the rural working class. The Elm Fork John Brown Club twitter has shown ongoing engagement in opposing Kelly Neiderts campaign of attacking drag shows. Accessed November 7, 2022. UPDATE: Their twitter account has been suspended. While the CHAZ has instituted its own form of unelected security throughout the area, the John Brown Gun Club has been one of the groups to spearhead the effort. The website also argues for the necessity of revolution. * Kim Kelly, If others have rifles, well have rifles: why US leftist groups are taking up arms, Guardian (London), July 22, 2019, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/22/if-others-have-rifles-well-have-rifles-why-leftist-groups-are-taking-up-arms.x New John Brown Gun Club chapters continue to emerge across the country. x It had increased to 4,281 followers by July 26, 2022. *Chauncey Devega, Doomsday? Formed in 2017, the Rhode Island John Brown Gun Club is a leftist working class community defense organization based in and serving the communities of Rhode Island. A mob of self described Christian Fascists tried to force their way into a gay establishment in the gayborhood of Dallas holding a family event while chanting Groomers. Accessed November 7, 2022. Redneck Revolt is a national network of community defense projects from a broad spread of political, religious, and cultural backgrounds. There are still some John Browns around, but most transitioned as the org fell apart. The Gun Club firmly supports members rights to bear arms for their own protection and as a safeguard against state overreach. This is the link to her website. WebThe group supports gun rights and members often openly carry firearms. [41][48] They argued: "There is a marked difference between the armed white supremacist groups who invaded Charlottesville with the intent to do harm and the armed anti-racist groups who came to Charlottesville to assist in supporting and protecting our most marginalized communities". [1] In a May 2017 interview, a member said the group uses guns only in self-defense and in "response to a rise in politically motivated violence and intimidation against vulnerable communities". Claudia Koerner, Police Shot And Killed An Armed Man Allegedly Attempting To Set Fire To An ICE Detention Facility, BuzzFeed News, last updated July 14, 2019. An ugly protest today. Firearms are a big part of the mid-Missouri chapter of the John Brown Gun Club. [4] Some of the group's activities are modeled after the Survival Programs pursued by the Black Panther Party and the Young Patriots Organization in the 1960s. Alan Buddug, The Great FB Purge of 2020, Mid-Missouri John Brown Gun Club, August 20, 2020. When anti-Gay individuals want to hide things that they said they delete pages. They havent done an article on the group itself. The masked, armed supporters of the drag show were from the Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club, an anti-fascism group. [41] In June 2018, a group of members of clergy asked the city and the other plaintiffs to remove Redneck Revolt from the complaint. Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club @EFJBGC Armed antifascists were met by cheers and were joined in marching by random patrons of the Gayborhoods famous Strip, which had been targeted by over 50 violent self-described Christian Fascists led by John Doyle and Kelly Neidert just three weeks before. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/19/ice-detention-center-attacker-killed-by-police-was-an-avowed-anarchist-authorities-say/, https://www.counterextremism.com/supremacy/john-brown-gun-club, https://www.redneckrevolt.org/single-post/2016/07/28/WHITE-WORKERS-RESISTING-CAPITALISM-AND-WHITE-SUPREMACY-AN-INTERVIEW-WITH-REDNECK-REVOLT, https://twitter.com/SteelCityJBGC/status/1337094441492951040?s=20&t=mmveGvb53xZhr1e8xmje7Q, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/22/if-others-have-rifles-well-have-rifles-why-leftist-groups-are-taking-up-arms, https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/08/20/patriot-prayer-rally-seattle-plenty-guns-and-shouting, https://web.archive.org/web/20190719191925/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/19/ice-detention-center-attacker-killed-by-police-was-an-avowed-anarchist-authorities-say/?utm_term=.fcc3353ea7a7, https://www.thedailybeast.com/seattles-capitol-hill-autonomous-zone-chaz-has-armed-guards. , but most transitioned as the org fell apart a protest against the national... 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