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The SPLC documented 1,430 hate and antigovernment extremist groups.
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The SPLC’s latest report, The Year in Hate and Extremism 2023: Decoding the Plan to Undo Democracy, shows a disturbing spike in hate and extremist groups. Out of 1,430 active hate and antigovernment groups tracked in 2023 (up from 1,225 in 2022), a record-breaking 166 were white nationalist groups.
In the last year, right-wing politicians have unabashedly organized with antisemites, conspiracy theorists and white nationalists to push their extremist, divisive agenda.
Our call to action is urgent – we must be prepared to counter their threats that attempt to both undermine our democracy and erase people of color. But we can only carry out our mission when we work together, joined by dedicated people like you who believe in a future free of hate.
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The report’s findings paint a disturbing picture — hate groups are organizing in droves to undermine democratic institutions, particularly at the local level. Their emboldened actions reflect their belief that the “great white South” will one day rise again.
In 2023 alone, white nationalists, neo-Nazis and far-right extremists made their presence known by holding 143 in-person demonstrations and protests across the country. One of these groups is the Blood Tribe, which garnered national attention by holding large protests where members often brandished swastika flags.
Another white nationalist group named Active Clubs grew to 39 chapters last year. This street fighting organization is creating subculture among young white men that focuses on physical fitness, brotherhood and participation in on-the-ground demonstrations.
By using effective organizing strategies, white nationalist groups have infiltrated municipal government, including school boards that placed a record number of book bans last year and normalized the censorship of topics ranging from real history to gender identity — all in an effort to erase people of color, Jewish communities, Muslim communities, immigrants and LGBTQ+ folks.
These communities are the most targeted, and they experience the negative effects of hate-filled rhetoric and antigovernment conspiracies through actions such influencing immigration policy, protesting gender-affirming care, decrying women’s bodily autonomy and using school boards as political battlegrounds.
We cannot allow for this dangerous resurgence of white supremacy to destroy all the progress we’ve made towards justice since the Civil Rights Movement, and we certainly cannot defend our democracy alone.
Caring people like you are the reason our leading team of experts can publish comprehensive reports like these. Together, we can dismantle white supremacy at its roots.
Please consider making a special gift today so our team of experts can continue dissolving white supremacist organizations that attempt to spread their hate in our country. Your donation will help us put power back into the hands of communities that have been long ignored and underserved.
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