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Devin Burghart

is vice president of IREHR. He coordinates our Seattle office, directs our research efforts, and manages our online communications. He has researched, written, and organized on virtually all facets of contemporary white nationalism since 1992, and is internationally recognized for this effort. Devin is frequently quoted as an expert by print, broadcast, and online media outlets. In 2007, he was awarded a Petra Foundation fellowship. more...

IREHR in Greensboro IREHR
June 19, 2016

IREHR in Greensboro

IREHR’s Leonard Zeskind and Devin Burghart visited Greensboro, North Carolina for an important conference that brought together organizers in the fight for $15 from across the South to tackle questions of racial justice. The conference, “Organizing Poor and Working-Class Whites: The Challenge of Building a Multiracial Movement,” was held June…
Point of the Spear: Oregon Militia Standoff Enters Second Week Featured
January 9, 2016

Point of the Spear: Oregon Militia Standoff Enters Second Week

For more than a week, the tranquility of the snow-swept terrain of the southeast Oregon high desert has been disrupted by a small group of white, armed, self-described militia members who forcibly invaded the buildings of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Ostensibly about defending two local ranchers, the armed standoff…
Seattle Rallies Against Neo-Nazi Hammerskin Presence FeaturedFight the Right
December 7, 2015

Seattle Rallies Against Neo-Nazi Hammerskin Presence

Last night, nearly 500 people turned out in rain to rally and march on Seattle's Capitol Hill against a planned march by the violent neo-Nazi group, the Hammerskins. Photo: @MonsieurFlamel The Hammerskins did not make an appearance on Capitol Hill. Unconfirmed reports suggest that the white power concert, which the Hammerskins…
IREHR with Kansas City Workers Organizing Committee IREHR
December 7, 2015

IREHR with Kansas City Workers Organizing Committee

On December 6, IREHR’s Leonard Zeskind conducted a three-hour workshop for members of the Kansas City Workers Organizing Committee, which mobilizes fast food and other low-wage workers.  The workshop included a discussion of the rapidly developing current situation, a critical discussion of fascism, and an analysis of the three-cornered battle…