Campus Antifascist Network

Two peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters were murdered in cold blood in Kenosha, WI. This vigilante suppression of anti-racist protest is the face of American fascism. Kyle Rittenhouse, a member of a white supremacist pro-cop militia called “Kenosha Guard,” shot three demonstrators point blank, two of them fatally: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2020/08/26/kyle-rittenhouse-charged-kenosha-protest-shootings-militia/5634532002/ He might have murdered more were it not for the heroic efforts of demonstrators like Anthony Huber, who literally died trying to wrest the weapon from his hands. It is time that…

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We are deeply concerned about the case of a graduate student in the English department at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, who is under attack by the alt-right, both on and off campus. On campus she has been the target of threats and harassment by a UMass undergraduate, Louis Shenker, whose Internet presence, including the “MinutemanBroadcast,” identifies him as an extreme alt-right personality who uses incel language. On November 12th at an event being held at a full-house crowd of…

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The Campus Antifascist Network mourns the brutal killing of eleven at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. Many of those killed were in fact older people in their 70s and 80s. They had grown up in a world still reeling from the effects of fascism, and anti-semitism. Yet that did not prevent them from working earnestly to help Muslim refugees. And for that they were killed by a man filled with the racism, fascism, and bigotry that is a…

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Dear faculty / students / staff / friends, In response to white nationalist posters found on the UCCS campus at the end of February, your friendly local chapter of the Campus Antifascist Network is holding a public meeting on Thursday, March 15th, at 12:30 at Sanatorium Grounds in the University Center. The question of the meeting… How do we create a campus culture that makes it difficult / uncomfortable / impossible for racism / sexism / homophobia / xenophobia /…

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Aren’t community colleges where a diverse array of students from all walks of life come together to start their pathway to higher education? Maybe. But at Folsom Lake College, located in a conservative suburb of Sacramento—home to white nationalist groups, like the Golden State Skinheads, Sacto Skins, Traditionalist Workers Party, and other alt-right boneheads—we have major problems. Despite the institution’s commitment to diversity and equity, we are a hotbed for ultra-nationalism and overtly racist activity. A lot of this new…

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President Phil Hanlon Dartmouth College Office of the President 207 Parkhurst Hall Hanover, NH 03755 The Campus Antifascist Network (CAN) stands in support of Prof. Mark Bray at Dartmouth College. In so doing, we join the over 100 Dartmouth professors who have already formally expressed solidarity with their colleague, and with the many other faculty and students who are expressing solidarity with Dr. Bray through other channels. Dr. Bray’s scholarship is a testament to Dartmouth’s reputation as a prestigious institution…

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The Campus Antifascist Network stands in solidarity with Dartmouth Professor Mark Bray, and the Dartmouth faculty defending him. Bray, the author of the book Antifa: The Antifascist Handbook, was rebuked by the Dartmouth administration for his scholarly treatment of the antifascist movement in the United States. The Administration wrote, “Statements made by Lecturer in History Mark Bray supporting violent protest do not represent the views of Dartmouth. As an institution, we condemn anything but civil discourse in the exchange of…

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On Sunday, August 27th, a broad and unprecedented coalition of over 100 campus, labor, interfaith, health, service, community justice, socialist and anarchist groups came together at the edge of the UC Berkeley campus to stand united against fascist hatred and white supremacy. Over 3,000 Bay Area students, teachers, and community members denounced with one voice the hatred and bigotry that has inflamed our society; on exhibit most graphically at Charlottesville, but represented broadly in our public life today—from Muslim bans…

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The election of Donald Trump has emboldened fascist and white nationalist groups nationwide, on campus and off, and their recent upsurge requires antifascists to take up the call to action once again. Since Trump’s election, fascists, neo-fascists, and their allies have used blatantly Islamophobic, anti-semitic, racist, anti-indigenous misogynistic, homophobic, transphobic, and ableist messaging and iconography to recruit to their ranks and intimidate students, faculty and staff. As we wrote this letter, hundreds of torch-bearing white supremacists were marching on the…

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