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Chuck Tanner

Chuck Tanner is an Advisory Board member and researcher for the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights. He lives in Washington State where he researches and works to counter white nationalism and the anti-Indian and other far right social movements.

White (Nationalists) Whine Over Financial Woes Featured
November 6, 2019

White (Nationalists) Whine Over Financial Woes

Two prominent Northwest white nationalists are complaining about recent financial woes. Shortly before being arrested in Norway en route to a meeting of the Scandza Forum, Seattle-based white nationalist Greg Johnson wrote on November 1 that his Counter-Current’s Publishing had been “deplatformed from two more credit card processors.” Describing it…
Thwarted Anti-Semitic Bomb Plot Inspired by COTC’s Call for “Racial Holy War” Featured
November 6, 2019

Thwarted Anti-Semitic Bomb Plot Inspired by COTC’s Call for “Racial Holy War”

FBI agents arrested Richard Holzer, 27, on November 1 in connection to an alleged plot to blow up the Temple Emanuel in Pueblo, Colorado. A complaint filed that day charged Holzer with intentionally attempting to “obstruct persons in the enjoyment of their free exercise of religious beliefs, through force” and…
Greg Johnson Arrested in Norway, Falsely Claims to Have “Always” Condemned Violence Featured
November 4, 2019

Greg Johnson Arrested in Norway, Falsely Claims to Have “Always” Condemned Violence

Seattle, Washington-based white nationalist Greg Johnson, founder of Counter-Currents Publishing, was arrested this weekend by Norwegian authorities while en route to a meeting of the Scandza Forum in Oslo. Johnson was detained under the country’s immigration act because he was considered “to be a threat, not because of what he…
Freedom Foundation to Host Anti-LGBTQ Bigot Mike Huckabee Featured
October 31, 2019

Freedom Foundation to Host Anti-LGBTQ Bigot Mike Huckabee

Yesterday IREHR reported that the Olympia, Washington-based Freedom Foundation was expanding its operations to the State of Ohio amidst a campaign against public sector unions. At the press conference announcing the move, Freedom Foundation Ohio Director Lindsey Queen repeated the group’s refrain that it is committed to “individual liberty, free…
Freedom Foundation Expands to Ohio Amidst Anti-Union Campaign Featured
October 30, 2019

Freedom Foundation Expands to Ohio Amidst Anti-Union Campaign

The Olympia, Washington-based Freedom Foundation is expanding to the State of Ohio. At an October 23 press conference that included Ohio State Senator Kristina Roegner (R-District 27), Freedom Foundation National Director Aaron Withe stated: “I’m excited to officially announce today that we are open for business in the State of…
Negative Population Growth Launches Campaign Against 14th Amendment Featured
October 29, 2019

Negative Population Growth Launches Campaign Against 14th Amendment

The Alexandria, Virginia-based group Negative Population Growth (NPG) has announced a national campaign against the birthright citizenship provision of the 14th Amendment. In an October 24 press release, NPG wrote that the campaign is aimed at "getting Congress to debate and pass legislation that will end the practice of granting…
Citizen Journalism at Its Best: Noisy Waters Northwest and The Searchlight Review FeaturedFight the Right
October 25, 2019

Citizen Journalism at Its Best: Noisy Waters Northwest and The Searchlight Review

For readers and activists looking for quality, well-documented research on far right and nationalist efforts to undermine democracy and advance an agenda at odds with treaty rights, environmental justice and civil rights, IREHR recommends that you check out Noisy Waters Northwest and The Searchlight Review. Noisy Waters publishes the results…
Krisanne Hall Confers with Trump Official on Immigration Policy Featured
October 23, 2019

Krisanne Hall Confers with Trump Official on Immigration Policy

Yesterday IREHR reported that far right “constitutionalist” Krisanne Hall had met with Trump administration officials in the White House on October 9 and has been invited to a follow-up meeting in November. As details of Hall’s meeting emerge, the picture becomes even more troubling. Despite Hall’s radical assault on the…
Far Right “Constitutionalist” Krisanne Hall Headed to the White House, Again Featured
October 22, 2019

Far Right “Constitutionalist” Krisanne Hall Headed to the White House, Again

Wellborn, Florida-based “constitutionalist” KrisAnne Hall appears headed to the White House for the second time in recent weeks. On the heels of an October 9 meeting with Trump administration “Faith Leaders,” Hall announced in an October 20 email that she has been invited back for a November meeting.  During her…
Sons of Vanguardism: American White Nationalists at the Scandza Forum FeaturedUncategorized
October 15, 2019

Sons of Vanguardism: American White Nationalists at the Scandza Forum

On November 2 U.S.-based white nationalists Greg Johnson and Kevin MacDonald are slated to speak at a gathering of the Scandza Forum in Oslo, Norway. The event comes on the heels of an October 12 Scandza Forum in Copenhangen, Denmark. Anti-fascists protested the Copenhagen gathering and, according to participants, some…