Extremists Links: Number of Hate Groups Decline, Proud Boys Membership Surges
The number of SPLC designated 'hate groups' in the U.S. decreased for a third straight year in 2021, however membership surged in the right-wing gang the Proud Boys.
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The latest reporting on extremist groups within the Radical Right.
White Supremacists, Militia Movement, and Extremists
Number of hate groups declined in 2021, but Proud Boys chapters surging, says SPLC [PBS NewsHour]
How far-right militia groups found a foothold in deep-blue California [The Washington Post]
Distribution of white supremacist propaganda is increasingly coordinated [NPR]
Building on anti-mask activism, far-right groups pivot from mandates to midterms [The Washington Post]
U.S. intelligence report details 'indirect' Russian government support for Western neofascist groups [Yahoo! News]
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