Author: Ben Lorber

• “We Have To Push the Envelope”: A Year After Storming the Capitol, White Nationalist “Groypers” Storm the Right

  On January 6, 2021, White nationalist Nick Fuentes stood outside of the U.S. Capitol, addressing a crowd of thousands, as rioters streamed into the building. Hailing the “American people rising…

• Brothers In Arms

  The Punisher skull — whether worn in the United States or Israel — has become a global icon of grievance, hypermasculinity, and violent efforts to assert supremacy. Read more at…

• “Hitler Youth, Without the Hitler”: At Gen-Z Camping Retreat 76Fest, Conservative Influencers Network with White Nationalists

  On August 20, 2021, a network of paleoconservative and White nationalist youth activists will gather at F.D. Roosevelt State Park outside of Atlanta, Georgia for a weekend camping retreat called…

• The Forgotten Gamers of America’: New Gen-Z Influencers Continue to Push White Nationalism for a Post-Trump Era

  On Monday, July 19, 2021 in Tampa, Florida, as the Student Action Summit of Turning Point USA (TPUSA) drew to a close, a new Generation Z group called the American…

• Standing Together: Against Antisemitism and for Justice in Israel/Palestine

  “This week, large-scale protests in support of Palestinian rights have unfolded across the United States and around the world. An overdue narrative shift is occurring across broad sectors of U.S.…

• Antisemitism Meets Transphobia

  My latest at The Progressive– with Heron Greenesmith, we look at the intersection between antisemitism and transphobia on the far-right. “We live in an age of conspiracy theories. In the…

• How to Not Fight Antisemitism

  My latest at Jewschool– I consider movement strategy for fighting antisemitism in the Biden era. “Throughout the four years of the Trump administration, the rising threat of right-wing antisemitism, and…

• How the Israeli flag became a symbol for white nationalists

  My latest at +972mag– I look at the differing perspectives on Israel and Zionism, held by the white nationalist movement and other sectors of the American far-right. “As thousands gathered…

• “America First Is Inevitable”: Nick Fuentes, the Groyper Army, and the Mainstreaming of White Nationalism

  My latest at Political Research Associates– an analysis of the white nationalist America First/groyper movement and its leader, Nick Fuentes. “Fuentes’ army of self-described “Groypers”—a name borrowed from their online…