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IREHR in Right Wing Watch: “Right Wing Round-Up: Sue All the Machines” – March 8, 2022 IREHR Clips
March 8, 2022

IREHR in Right Wing Watch: “Right Wing Round-Up: Sue All the Machines” – March 8, 2022

IREHR's Research Director, Chuck Tanner, was cited in Right Wing Watch. His piece about America First Political Action Conference (AFPAC III), “A Deep Desire to Dominate Without Mercy” White nationalists gain friends in power at AFPAC III, was included in Right Wing Watch’s Round-Up. Continue reading here
IREHR in the Spokesman-Review: “Shawn Vestal: Harassment-by-document is latest stage in school board disruptions” – March 6, 2022 IREHR Clips
March 6, 2022

IREHR in the Spokesman-Review: “Shawn Vestal: Harassment-by-document is latest stage in school board disruptions” – March 6, 2022

Devin Burghart, executive director of Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights, was cited multiple times in Spokesman-Review. “It’s the same tactic,” said Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights. “That kind of paper terrorism approach to dealing with important public policy…
IREHR in The Guardian: “‘Key to white survival’: how Putin has morphed into a far-right savior” – March 5, 2022 IREHR Clips
March 5, 2022

IREHR in The Guardian: “‘Key to white survival’: how Putin has morphed into a far-right savior” – March 5, 2022

IREHR's Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was quoted a few times in The Guardian; Devin Burghart said: “In the world of the white nationalists, you are seeing a lot of support for Putin, as expressed by the cheerleading at AFPAC over the weekend.” Burghart said: “For almost a decade the work…
IREHR in Al Jazeera: “How US right-wing views Putin amid Russian war on Ukraine” – March 4, 2022 IREHR Clips
March 4, 2022

IREHR in Al Jazeera: “How US right-wing views Putin amid Russian war on Ukraine” – March 4, 2022

IREHR's Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was quoted in Al Jazeera; “The question of the American right’s support for Putin and Russia is a complex, many-layered issue,” Devin Burghart said to Al Jazeera. “There is an attraction to Putin’s hardline authoritarian stance and his aggressive foreign policy. Others are attracted to…
IREHR in Political Research Associates: “Review: Blood in the Face” – February 16, 2022 IREHR Clips
February 16, 2022

IREHR in Political Research Associates: “Review: Blood in the Face” – February 16, 2022

Leonard Zeskind and Daniel Levitas, board members of IREHR and long time experts on the far-right, received praise by Political Research Associates in a book review for “Blood in the Face” by James Ridgeway. Shane Burley, writer at Political Research Associates, writes “Ridgeway’s new book will stand alongside such journalistic…
IREHR in KNKX: “A WA company sells masks with air holes. Health experts say they offer ‘limited to no’ benefit” – February 14, 2022 IREHR Clips
February 14, 2022

IREHR in KNKX: “A WA company sells masks with air holes. Health experts say they offer ‘limited to no’ benefit” – February 14, 2022

Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, was quoted in KNKX. IREHR’s report, “Facebook and COVID Denial” was cited as well. Burghart says “It's not a surprise that the company is based in Washington state. In part because anti-masking and kind of COVID…
IREHR in Mother Jones: “Exclusive: White Nationalists and Anti-Vax Moms Plot Ottawa Copycat Convoys on Telegram“ – February 11, 2022 IREHR Clips
February 11, 2022

IREHR in Mother Jones: “Exclusive: White Nationalists and Anti-Vax Moms Plot Ottawa Copycat Convoys on Telegram“ – February 11, 2022

Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, was cited by Mother Jones. Kiera Butler, at Mother Jones, writes “Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, which monitors extremist movements, says his institute so far hasn’t seen any…
IREHR in the Guardian: “US anti-vaccine mandate campaigners aim to mimic Canadian convoy tactic” – February 4, 2022 IREHR Clips
February 4, 2022

IREHR in the Guardian: “US anti-vaccine mandate campaigners aim to mimic Canadian convoy tactic” – February 4, 2022

Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights was quoted by the Guardian a few times; “The far right uses big public events like this, particularly around Covid denial, as an opportunity to normalize their presence as well as an opportunity to recruit new…
IREHR in the Guardian: “Republicans to field more than 100 far-right candidates this year” – February 2, 2022 IREHR Clips
February 2, 2022

IREHR in the Guardian: “Republicans to field more than 100 far-right candidates this year” – February 2, 2022

The Institute for Research and Education on Human Right’s report, “Ammon’s Army Marches On,” was cited by the Guardian. Sergio Olmos, journalist for the Guardian, writes “Bundy’s group, the People’s Rights network, has now increased its national membership to 33,000 members and has at least 398 activists in 39 states,…