[8], In 2019 the sociologist Teal Rothschild wrote that "Redneck Revolt brings venerable activist traditions to bear on very contemporary issues, including 21st century identity politics. Its political positions are anti-capitalist, anti-racist and anti-fascist. Dee Ferrel & John Fournace have been spotted otg with Kelly Neidert at the Plano event center. Accessed November 7, 2022. Members of the Antifa group John Brown Gun Club have started a GoFundMe after having their weapons stolen at the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ). An ugly protest today. There are still some John Browns around, but most transitioned as the org fell apart. Get the latest news on extremism and counter-extremism delivered to your inbox. https://twitter.com/SPKJBGC/status/1292235389458173957. We need real formulated responses for the upsurge in reactionary and racist violence. Just like Miramar. ", "Kessler planning anniversary rallies in city, D.C.", "Jason Kessler, Redneck Revolt settle lawsuit with Charlottesville", "Multiplicity in Movements: The Case for Redneck Revolt", International Institute of Social Studies, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Redneck_Revolt&oldid=1126764417, We believe in true liberty for all people, We stand for organized defense of our communities, We stand against the nation-state and its forces which protect the bosses and the rich (police and military), We believe in the right of militant resistance, This page was last edited on 11 December 2022, at 03:19. John Brown Gun Club. Counterextremism.com. We recognize that while community defense includes firearms safety and training, it is a part of a bigger system, and it is only effective in conjunction with efforts to keep people sustainably housed, fed, healthy, and free. [a] During the George Floyd protests in June 2020, the group attended the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone in Seattle. [12] Local groups use both the Redneck Revolt and John Brown Gun Club names. Kelly, Kim. [7], The Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club is a chapter based in the Seattle and Tacoma areas of Washington state. Its unclear what he intended to do. Background[ edit] While the CHAZ has instituted its own form of unelected security throughout the area, the John Brown Gun Club has been one of the groups to spearhead the effort. Join the #1 community for gun owners of the Southwest. WebDonate to the John Brown Solidarity Fund, to support anti-fascist community defense groups nationwide. He eventually began leading guerilla raids in pro-slavery towns that resulted in multiple deaths. x By July 26, 2022, the account had 1,376 followers. [23] Redneck Revolt does not have leaders[12] and does not offer a detailed blueprint for political action. [17] A spokesperson for the Phoenix, Arizona John Brown Gun Club said in April 2017 that the group includes anarchists, communists, libertarians and Republicans. Meet Redneck Revolt", "A redneck revolt? (We have in our directory of anti-Gay groups a listing of who they are. The Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club changes positions to the start of the Trans Pride March near Cal Anderson Park in Seattle, Washington, on 28 June 2019. Join the #1 community for gun owners of the Southwest. John Brown Gun Club is a name shared by dozens of groups who have similar goals, and who participate in similar activities, but we speak on behalf of only ourselves: we are not affiliated with any other John Brown Gun Clubs. Weve been here in Vermont for about five years. [1], Silver Valley Redneck Revolt, a local chapter, organized a counter-demonstration against a Ku Klux Klan rally in Asheboro, North Carolina, in May 2017. It is about keeping the Gay community informed of what is happening. WebThe John Brown Gun Club is a leftist gun-rights group originally based in Kansas. Accessed November 7, 2022. Nov 22, 22 Report Back on Community Defense of Story Hour in Denton, TX Report from Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club on recent defense of a community event in so-called Denton, Texas. The original club was active between 2002 and 2008, but it has since given rise to spinoff groups such as the Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club. [6] Its first major mobilization was a protest against the 2005 national conference of the Minuteman Project. We still dont know much about them except as we might find out observing their Twitter feed. * Alan Buddug, The Great FB Purge of 2020, Mid-Missouri John Brown Gun Club, August 20, 2020, http://www.midmojbgc.org/2020/08/20/the-great-fb-purge-of-2020/; Natasha Lennard, Facebooks Ban on Far-Left Pages Is an Extension of Trump Propaganda, Intercept, August 20, 2020, https://theintercept.com/2020/08/20/facebook-bans-antifascist-pages/. [8] Van Sant concluded that "[t]he case of Redneck Revolt suggests there are promising alternatives to Trumpism emanating from the U.S. countryside too often ignored by the U.S. * About, Mid-Missouri John Brown Gun Club, accessed September 1, 2020, http://www.midmojbgc.org/about/; Say Hello to Spokane John Brown Gun Club!, Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club, accessed September 1, 2020, https://psjbgc.org/blog/say-hello-to-spokane-john-brown-gun-club/. On Friday, Paris criminal court found 3 men guilty of conspiring to prepare an act of terrorism against French Pres https://t.co/SNjBGUPlrm, The death toll in the ambush on a military patrol on Friday has reached at least 51. Its members train at a gun range regularly and holds workshops to train its members in firearm use. [48] Redneck Revolt and Kessler signed consent decrees to end paramilitary activity in Charlottesville to resolve the lawsuit when they were left as the only defendants in early July 2018. [14] Also in June, members were part of a protest against the Christian conservative organization Focus on the Family in Colorado Springs, Colorado, which coincided with a speech by Mike Pence to celebrate the group's fortieth anniversary. From a safety and ideological perspective we cannot support events where police have involvement in organizing. Its political positions are anti-capitalist, anti-racist and anti-fascist. https://psjbgc.org/blog/psjbgc-at-the-seattle-anarchist-bookfair-2019/; https://psjbgc.org/blog/see-us-today-at-debbie-bookchin-s-speaking-tour/. what the Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club believes or does. Therefore, beyond our roles in the GMJBGC, many of us participate actively in the greater community. [15] Although their goals are similar, Redneck Revolt members do not cover their faces and seek to be "as upfront about who [they] are and what [they]'re doing as possible". https://twitter.com/EFJBGC/status/1560422053605433345, https://twitter.com/EFJBGC/status/1560357990208782337. Accessed October 7, 2022. We need armed community defense programs in every community. Mid-Missouri John Brown Gun Club, Twitter account, accessed July 26, 2022. Redneck Revolt is a national network of community defense projects from a broad spread of political, religious, and cultural backgrounds. [7][44][45][46][47] The groups and individuals named as defendants which also included the white supremacist activist Jason Kessler were accused of unlawful paramilitary activity, falsely assuming the role of law enforcement officers and being a public nuisance. The reporting of the Dallas Voice is sympathetic to the Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club. One group, Redneck Revolt, came into existence after it split off from the gun club. We hope to incite a movement amongst working people that works toward the total liberation of all working people, regardless of skin color, religious background, sexual orientation, gender, country of birth, or any other division that bosses and politicians have used to fragment movements for social, political, and economic freedom. John Brown Gun Club is a name shared by dozens of groups who have similar goals, and who participate in similar activities, but we speak on behalf of only ourselves: we are not affiliated with any other John Brown Gun Clubs. x. Claudia Koerner, Police Shot And Killed An Armed Man Allegedly Attempting To Set Fire To An ICE Detention Facility, BuzzFeed News, last updated July 14, 2019. 3,167 likes. That same month, the chapter provided security for the 2019 Trans Pride March in Seattle, an event organized by the Gender Justice League. Of particular importance is their Gramscian effort to read for the 'good sense in the common sense' of right-wing populism through radical and grassroots engagement. Anderson Distillery and Grill hosted a drag brunch that gained national attention. It is affiliated with the Pittsburgh Union of Regional Renters and PGH Mutual Aid and fundraises with them. Every single one is a mass shooter in waiting. An armed group of defenders of LGBTQ+ marched down Cedar Spring on June 24, 2022 and there is no reporting of this significant event, watched by 218,000 people, by the Dallas Voice. They did a lot of reporting. https://psjbgc.org/blog/say-hello-to-spokane-john-brown-gun-club/. Armed Insurrectionary Anti-Racism [6][7] In the early 2000s, John Brown Gun Club members operated anti-racist stalls at gun shows in Kansas. [8][17][24][9][22] Chapters provide firearms and first aid training,[27] food and clothing programs[17] and community gardens[15][17][27] and host needle exchanges,[17] potlucks[15] and educational events. WebDonate to the John Brown Solidarity Fund, to support anti-fascist community defense groups nationwide. 4:37 It claims to be a public facing, above ground, armed community defense group that seeks to disrupt fascist activities. Accessed November 7, 2022. Their event training people to harass school districts runs until 130. I don't want to call out specific groups and create drama; but the one in the county south of us turned into an SRA chapter and the one to the north of us has banned any interactions with the SRA. Join us in Dallas to stand united against the escalation of violence by auth-right. Dirk Burhans has been a member of the club for two years. The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is a not-for-profit, non-partisan, international policy organization formed to combat the growing threat from extremist ideologies. Members of the Antifa group John Brown Gun Club have started a GoFundMe after having their weapons stolen at the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ). It is a pro-worker, anti-racist organization that focuses on working class liberation from the oppressive systems which dominate our lives. [30][31], In August 2017, members participated in protests against Trump's speech in Phoenix, Arizona. An individual that was handing out flyers for the group and who identified himself as Duke Aaron told the left-of-center Southern Poverty Law Center, If the far-right is going to show up with weapons, we show up with weapons. [10], In July 2019, a former member of the Puget Sound chapter, 69-year-old Willem Van Spronsen, was shot and killed by police officers after he allegedly hurled Molotov cocktails at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Tacoma, Washington. https://theintercept.com/2020/08/20/facebook-bans-antifascist-pages/. Its us, the Green Mountain John Brown Gun Club. WebDonate to the John Brown Solidarity Fund, to support anti-fascist community defense groups nationwide. *Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club, Medium account, accessed August 31, 2022, https://medium.com/@efjbgc.x The Gun Clubs presence at protests across the United States has garnered international media attention. WebAs the nationwide network of Redneck Revolt and John Brown Gun Club branches continues to grow, we are working hard to ensure each branch has training, resources, outreach materials, and the ability to help arm and outfit other liberatory community defense projects in When anti-Gay individuals want to hide things that they said they delete pages. x, The John Brown Gun Club chapters act independently and have no formal hierarchy. In June 2017, a spokesperson said that "[w]e don't have some grand plan for how we want to remake the world. They havent done an article on the group itself. Redneck Revolt was founded in 2009,[1][4][5] partly in response to the perceived contradictions of the Tea Party movement,[1] as an offshoot of the John Brown Gun Club, a firearms training and community defense project that was itself founded in Lawrence, Kansas, in 2004. This is the Dallas Voice reporting on what happened. Van Spronsen reportedly had an AR-15 rifle with him, set fire to a building on the complex, placed flares strategically around the area including underneath a 500-gallon propane tank, ignited his own vehicle to explode and threw Molotov cocktails at various buildings. Background[ edit] Nearly half of "strong Republicans" believe it's almost time for armed violence, Salon, July 27, 2022, https://www.salon.com/2022/07/27/doomsday-nearly-half-of-strong-republicans-believe-its-almost-time-for-armed-violence/.x, John Brown Gun Club chapters promote themselves as community defense organizations dedicated to direct action and mutual aid. [9], Following a hiatus, the group was re-formed as a national organization in summer 2016,[5][6] using both the Redneck Revolt and John Brown Gun Club names,[4] with the intention of responding to the growth of right-wing populism, particularly among rural, working-class white people. For the Puget Sound-area group formerly affiliated with Redneck Revolt, see, Last edited on 11 December 2022, at 03:19, protests against the Republican National Convention, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, "Redneck Revolt: the armed leftwing group that wants to stamp out fascism", "Kessler, Redneck Revolt agree to end paramilitary activity in city", "They're leftists with guns. [29] On June 23, armed members of Redneck Revolt attended a protest in Kalkaska, Michigan, in response to anti-Muslim comments made by Jeff Sieting, the village president. We believe the 2nd Amendment is best defended through grass-roots organization, education, and advocacy centered around individual gun owners. While the CHAZ has instituted its own form of unelected security throughout the area, the John Brown Gun Club has been one of the groups to spearhead the effort. It provides armed security to left-wing protestors and trains other leftist groups in the use of firearms. [16][17] The group sees itself as part of a tradition of white working-class "rebellion against tyranny and oppression". WebJohn Brown Gun Club/Redneck Revolt. WebThe group supports gun rights and members often openly carry firearms. https://twitter.com/SPKJBGC/status/1299637136996663297. While most of its projects are centered around advocating for marginalized communities, the club offers community range days at a local conservation area. The history of the white working class has been a history of being an exploited people. Van Sant has also identified three lessons that Redneck Revolt offers to the American left, namely that working-class white people "are not inherently conservative"; that the group's success is drawn from their critique of modern American liberalism, including on firearms issues; and that they do not employ the rhetoric of white privilege, diversity or inclusion, but instead "position themselves as part of working class and white rural communities" and "act in solidarity with oppressed peoples". And it was important, an armed group had formed to defend the LGBTQ+ and had paraded down Cedar Springs. Formed in 2017, the Rhode Island John Brown Gun Club is a leftist working class community defense organization based in and serving the communities of Rhode Island. Armed antifascists were met by cheers and were joined in marching by random patrons of the Gayborhoods famous Strip, which had been targeted by over 50 violent self-described Christian Fascists led by John Doyle and Kelly Neidert just three weeks before. * Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club Leaves Redneck Revolt Network, Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club, January 23, 2019, https://psjbgc.org/blog/puget-sound-john-brown-gun-club-leaves-redneck-revolt-network/.x Other independent John Brown Gun Clubs have since organized. It is our mission to encourage, organize, and support these efforts throughout Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. A very significant group has entered the affairs of the LGBTQ+ but the community doesnt learn of them until a little over 3 months later. About, Mid-Missouri John Brown Gun Club, accessed September 1, 2020. About Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club Helping marginalized communities in organizing community defense against white supremacists / fascism. He set his car on fire and threw incendiary devices at propane tanks on the facilitys grounds. It provides armed security to left-wing protestors and trains other leftist groups in On March 1, 2022, the Philippine army launched a predawn raid on a base belonging to the ISIS-linked group Daulah Islamiyah. [41] The lawsuit identified Redneck Revolt and the Socialist Rifle Association, an anti-fascist group that defends working-class people's right to bear arms, as "private militia groups [that] helped create and secure a staging area for counter-protestors". As of September 1, 2020, the Mid-Missouri chapter had 1,039 followers. [12][17] They advance a critique of white supremacy which they describe as "a system of violence and power that ensures that political, economic, and social power is withheld from people who aren't white". In 2019, an anarchist whom police claimed had previously associated with the Puget Sound chapter of the group attempted to carry out a terroristic act on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility before he was fatally shot by police officers. They Love Assault Rifles. July 13, 2019: 69-year-old Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club member Willem Van Spronsen snuck into the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcements Northwest Detention Center facility in Tacoma, Washington, with a rifle. It wont be a complete list, but it will show why solidarity is key., Willem Van Spronsen, final statement, July 2019: Fascism serves the needs of the state serves the needs of business and at your expense. WebThe Rhode Island John Brown Gun Club. Redneck Revolt is a national network of community defense projects from a broad spread of political, religious, and cultural backgrounds. The original club was active between 2002 and 2008, but it has since given rise to spinoff groups such as the Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club. We need to be ready to rapidly respond to the armed right wing threat that menaces our communities. Background[ edit] John Brown Gun Club On the Showdown in Virginia on Gun Control Filed under: Anarchist Movement, Interviews, Radio/Podcast, The State, US Red Strings and Maroons Red Strings and Maroons podcast speaks with a member of the Steel City John Brown Gun Club about the upcoming January 20th mobilization against new gun control legislation in Virginia. Accessed November 7, 2022. You can use the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive to save webpages which have a risk of disappearing so a permanent record will be kept. [3] Redneck Revolt issued a statement saying that it had chosen to end the lawsuit and to "focus our energies on the many important fights ahead". 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