by: Jessica Reaves November 11, 2016 In the week following Donald Trump’s election, there has been a sharp spike in reports of racist and anti-Semitic graffiti and vandalism, including widespread use of swastikas and other Nazi imagery.
This is a small sample of the graffiti, vandalism and harassment that has been reported since Tuesday.
Racist graffiti, vandalism and harassment
Signs outside a church in Silver Spring, Maryland, were defaced over the weekend of November 12…
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by: David Robbins November 11, 2016
By Jonathan Greenblatt
CEO of the Anti-Defamation League
As you may have seen, ADL welcomed President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to be a president for all Americans and to seek the common ground and reconciliation that has been the hallmark of all presidential transitions that follow American elections. We take the President-elect at his word and are prepared to engage optimistically with the new Administration.
That…
by: Jessica Reaves November 11, 2016 While most white supremacists are celebrating the election of Donald Trump as the next American president, some worry his campaign promises will go unfulfilled. Others, particularly Christian Identity adherents, who practice a virulently racist and anti-Semitic religion, believe or suspect Trump is merely part of a Jewish controlled system.
One ominous poster to the white supremacist website Stormfront using the screen name Vikingcelt wrote, “All…
by: Jessica Reaves November 10, 2016 Not surprisingly, an array of white supremacists, including those associated with the alt right, are celebrating Donald Trump’s win in the presidential election. These extremists are not just reveling in Trump’s victory, they feel they played a role in helping him achieve the highest office in the land.
Some, believing that they have been in the vanguard of promoting white interests, are rejoicing that whites working- and middle-class whites…
by: Mark Pitcavage November 10, 2016 Before November 8, many members of the militia movement, anticipating a “rigged” Trump defeat, had promised violence and revolution. “Oil em up, boys,” posted one anti-government extremist to Facebook, “the time grows near for revolution. By ballot or bullet we will make America great again.”
Save for those who supported Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, the militia movement—including traditional militia…
by: Jessica Reaves November 10, 2016 As the world weighs in on the results of the U.S. presidential election, media groups associated with foreign terrorist organizations are adding their voices as well.
Several propaganda outlets are exulting in Donald Trump’s victory, expressing hope that he will lead the U.S. toward destruction. Some hope he will force Muslims to choose extremism over a hostile West. Others have taken a more moderate stance, claiming that there is no difference…
by: Jessica Reaves November 08, 2016 It’s Election Day (finally!) and the Anti-Defamation League is monitoring extremist activity online and at the polls. While ADL is non-partisan and does not support or oppose candidates for office, we believe it is important to report on election-related extremist threats, as well as various conspiracy theories and calls to action. Our Center on Extremism team will be updating this blog throughout the day.
Note: Some of the “voter…
by: Jessica Reaves November 03, 2016
A social media campaign is calling for the boycott of Chobani yogurt and targeting Chobani CEO Hamdi Ulukaya for his support of refugees around the world. Ulukaya is a Muslim Kurd who grew up in Turkey and has built a hugely successful business that employs thousands of people in New York State and Idaho. The campaign against him reflects the twin threats of anti-immigrant bigotry and anti-Muslim extremism.
In 2015, the image of a Syrian…
Some 800 Reporters Targeted; 1,600 Accounts Responsible for Two-Thirds of Hateful Tweets New York, NY, October 19, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Task Force on Harassment and Journalism today released a report detailing a troubling, year-long rise in anti-Semitic hate targeting journalists on Twitter, with data showing that the harassment has been driven by rhetoric in the 2016 presidential campaign and identifying some of the groups and individuals responsible.
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New York, NY, October 14, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is joining forces with the artist who created “Pepe the Frog” in an effort to take back the popular internet meme from racists and use the frog’s likeness as a force for good.
Pepe artist Matt Furie reached out to ADL after a proliferation of hateful Pepe memes appeared on the internet and social media, prompting ADL to designate the frog as a calling card of racists in its online database of visual…
by: Oren Segal October 02, 2016
Approximately 25 members and supporters of the “White Lives Matter” movement protested Saturday, October 1, outside the Anti-Defamation League offices in Houston, Texas.
The small group of white supremacists gathered to voice their anger at the ADL for a multitude of perceived slights including not labeling the Black Lives Matter movement a hate group. In early September, the ADL published an article describing “White Lives Matter”…
by: Oren Segal | September 29, 2016 The Guardian Pepe the Frog originated as an innocuous cartoon character in 2005. This week, he was added to the Anti-Defamation League’s Center database of hate symbols. At first glance, it may seem more than a little strange that the image of a cartoon frog could end up alongside such infamous symbols as the Blood Drop Cross of the Ku Klux Klan. But the evolution of Pepe the Frog actually illustrates a key aspect of hate symbols:…
Highlights Rising Anti-Semitism and Issues of Cyberhate New York, NY, September 27, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) raised concerns about the growing threat of anti-Semitism within the 57 participating States of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and proposed a number of policy recommendations on cyber security and hate crimes.
At the annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) on September 26 in Warsaw, Poland, ADL presented…
by: Jessica Reaves September 22, 2016 ISIS supporters are attempting to capitalize on the September 17 and 18 attacks in the U.S. – bombs placed in locations in New York and New Jersey and a stabbing in a Minnesota mall – with a new hashtag campaign on social media. The campaign began on September 20 but has yet to achieve levels of participation seen in previous ISIS hashtag campaigns.
The campaign, which uses an Arabic-language hashtag that translates to “In the heart of…
by: Jessica Reaves September 21, 2016 Bombs in New York and New Jersey on September 17th and 18th and an unrelated stabbing attack on September 17th in Minnesota serve as reminders of the domestic threat posed by individuals motivated by Islamic extremism. These attacks come amid propaganda from groups including ISIS and Al Qaeda increasingly encouraging Westerners to commit attacks with any means at their disposal.
The bombs placed in Manhattan’s Chelsea…
September 20, 2016 Update – 10/03/2017: On the evening of October 1st, Stephen Paddock opened fire on a country music festival in Las Vegas from the 32nd floor of his Mandalay Bay hotel room, killing at least 59, and wounding more than 500. ISIS’ media outlet, Amaq, claimed Paddock was a “soldier of the Islamic State,” and that he had “converted to Islam months ago.” While such wording is reminiscent of claims for attacks inspired by the group, the FBI has…
Will Be Based in Silicon Valley, A First For ADL
New York, NY, September 19, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) announced today that it has hired Brittan Heller to serve as its first Director of Technology and Society. She will be based in Silicon Valley. In this new role, Heller will build on ADL’s three decades of work tracking cyberhate and working in partnership with tech companies and law enforcement to reduce online anti-Semitism and bigotry and ensure justice…
The following letter appeared in The New York Times on September 16, 2016. Letters to the Editor:
The New York Times
Re “Rid the World of Wahabbism” (Op-Ed, Sept. 14):
Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, raises a number of concerns about Wahabbism and the role it has played, particularly as an ideology that some in the Muslim world blame for inspiring terrorism.
Unfortunately, in making these important points, Mr. Zarif ignores the Iranian regime…
by: Mark Pitcavage September 15, 2016
In what may be the most recent attempt at violence against police officers by someone angry over the highly publicized police killings of black men across the United States in recent years, a Phoenix man allegedly rammed his vehicle into a trio of police officers standing outside a convenience store.
A police-obtained video from the incident, which occurred on September 12, shows a vehicle allegedly driven by Marc LaQuon Payne, 44,…
New York, NY, September 13, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today hailed the announcement of a military aid agreement between Israel and the United States, calling it “a resounding and tangible” demonstration of the enduring U.S.-Israel relationship. The new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) provides Israel with the largest defense aid package in American history - $38 billion over the next decade. The existing aid agreement expires in 2018. The agreement…