Clip on Twitter advertising antisemitic propaganda video. Screenshot taken on July 21, 2023.
Notorious Antisemitic Group Launches GiveSendGo Fundraiser to Pay for Attending “Unity” Neo-Nazi Demonstration
On July 17, the leader of the antisemitic group Goyim Defense League (GDL) launched a fundraiser on GiveSendGo to pay for food, transportation, and accommodations related to attending a Florida demonstration at an unknown September date. The rally has been billed as an “NS (national socialist) unity collab” between several groups, including the GDL, Blood Tribe, White Lives Matter, and at least one other Florida-based group. Previous demonstrations by the groups involved have involved approximately 15 individuals.
The GDL has protested outside synagogues seeking to intimidate attendees, spread antisemitic propaganda, conducted antisemitic banner drops, and encouraged others to engage in propaganda activities.
GiveSendGo’s Terms prohibit using “the Service to promote violence, degradation, subjugation, discrimination or hatred against individuals or groups based on race, ethnic origin, religion,” and other categories. CEP reported the fundraiser on July 18, but it was still online on July 24.
By July 24, the GDL leader had raised over $2,400 out of a $4,000 fundraising target on GiveSendGo. Donations were made by an individual who referenced fascism and a user who used a version of a racial slur as a display name. The GiveSendGo link was spread by at least 11 white supremacist Telegram channels, including an accelerationist channel and at least one channel affiliated with the active club movement.
CEP has found multiple examples of neo-Nazi groups fundraising on GiveSendGo, including a Scottish neo-Nazi group that fundraised to purchase a laser projector and the leader of the Blood Tribe group, Christopher Pohlhaus, who launched a fundraiser in September to raise money for a campground to “train.” There is no evidence that GiveSendGo has removed any of the campaigns CEP has reported on their site for violating their Terms.
Neo-Nazi Group Spreads Video Showing Members Harassing LGBTQ Event and Gathering Outside Jewish Federation of Toledo
CEP researchers located a video spread by members and supporters of a neo-Nazi group that showed a small number of group members seeking to intimidate attendees of an LGBTQ event in Toledo on July 15 and then gathering outside of the Jewish Federation of Toledo, where there were no planned events. The video was spread on Twitter, Telegram, Gab, and Odysee and showed at least one armed group member and multiple others yelling neo-Nazi slogans, marching with a swastika flag, and performing Hitler salutes. Despite the group’s appearance in their propaganda video, Sylvania Township Police Chief Paul Long stated that they were “pathetic and unorganized.”
Telegram Channel Tied to Neo-Nazi Website Praises El Paso Shooter
On July 17, a Telegram channel affiliated with a neo-Nazi website that promotes the work of James Mason and Atomwaffen Division successor groups praised the perpetrator of the August 3, 2019, El Paso shooting. In a short message, the Telegram post praised the attacker’s appearance. In February, the perpetrator pleaded guilty to 90 counts for the murder of 23 people and injuring 22 others during his attack targeting Latinos at an El Paso Walmart.
ISIS Bomb Making Video Shared By Neo-Nazi Accelerationist Telegram Channels
CEP researchers located a notorious ISIS bomb-making video shared by at least three connected neo-Nazi accelerationist Telegram channels. The video, which the channels posted on July 15, contains step-by-step instructions for making an explosive device using commercially available products. CEP reported the footage to Telegram on July 17, but it was still available on July 24.
