Extremists Links: Brazil’s Capitol Riot and the Proud Boys on Trial

The fallout continues from Bolsonaro supporters storming of Brazil's government institutions, and members of the Proud Boys are on trial for seditious conspiracy.

Proud Boys leaders Zach Rehl and Ethan Nordean walk toward the U.S. Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021. (Image: Carolyn Kaster / AP)

The latest reporting on extremist groups within the Radical Right.

Reporting and Analysis of Storming of Brazil Government Institutions

• Brazilian authorities vow to protect democracy, punish pro-Bolsonaro rioters [Associated Press]

• Lula government prepares for more anti-democratic protests in Brazil [Reuters]

• Come to the ‘war cry party’: How social media helped drive mayhem in Brazil [The Washington Post]

• How Trump's allies stoked Brazil Congress attack [BBC]

• Brazilian Protests Trigger Comparisons to Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol Riot [The Wall Street Journal]

• Brazil’s Capitol Riot Shows the Strength of Bolsonarism After Bolsonaro [Foreign Policy]

• What happened in Brazil was not a repeat of Jan 6 in the US [Al Jazeera]

• The pro-Bolsonaro ‘insurrection’ was pathetic – and, for now, has made President Lula stronger [The Guardian]

White Supremacists, Militia Movement, and Extremists

• Two years since the Jan. 6 insurrection, extremist groups are fragmented, but live on [USA Today]

• January 6th Report Exposes Ongoing, Converging Threat of Anti-Democracy Schemes and Paramilitary Violence [Just Security]

• Two Years Later, Prosecutions of Jan. 6 Rioters Continue to Grow [The New York Times]

• Insurrection: January 6, Up Close and Firsthand [Mother Jones]

• At Proud Boys trial, U.S. aims to win another seditious conspiracy case [The Washington Post]

• Jury chosen to hear Proud Boys Jan. 6 sedition trial [Associated Press]

• Opening statements Wednesday in Proud Boys Jan. 6 sedition trial [CBS News]

• Alex Jones' suspended lawyer asks court to let him defend client in Proud Boys sedition trial [Reuters]

• Proud Boys trial: Who is Zach Rehl, the right-wing group’s Philly leader charged in sedition case? [The Philadelphia Inquirer]