Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club, Twitter account, accessed July 26, 2022. *Chauncey Devega, Doomsday? A lot of times you can find it at the Internet Archive. However, we've been an exploited people that further exploits other exploited people. 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. 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. Weve been here in Vermont for about five years. Steel City John Brown Gun Club, Twitter account, accessed July 26, 2022. https://protecttxkids.org/ This group is organizing the protests against drag shows in North Texas and any effort to make schools a more welcoming place for LGBT. The original club sought to militarize the white working class and spur it toward a social-justice revolution. It provides armed security to left-wing protestors and trains other leftist groups in the use of firearms. doesnt mention them in an article until Sept. 2, 2022 when it is basically unavoidable. "[52] Rothschild argued that while Redneck Revolt members see both anti-racism and bearing arms as part of a strategy of aiding marginalized people, media representations tend to depict them "as an oxymoronas if gun carrying and anti-racism are not two positions, but two opposing poles. Below will be a regularly updated list of fascist/racist violence and threats, police brutality, and the bigotry of public officials. [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". While Protect Texas Kids has been allowed back on twitter. We are teachers, loggers, artists, and farmers. Its political positions are anti-capitalist, anti-racist and anti-fascist. The man committed the assault after a protest at the ICE facility earlier that day in response to the Trump administration announcing a round of deportations. We dont refer here to the constitutional right to bear arms: we are anti-state and do not align ethically with the U.S. Constitution. The original club sought to militarize the white working class and spur it toward a social-justice revolution. So some of these tweets will have broken links. 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. 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. The following probably frightens the Dallas Voices advertisers. * Mawa Iqbal, Left-Wing Groups Take Up Arms in Name of Abolitionist John Brown, Flatland, July 23, 2020, https://www.flatlandkc.org/news-issues/left-wing-groups-take-up-arms-in-name-of-abolitionist-john-brown/.x The Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club in Texas, in particular, has taken a hard anti-police position, casting all police as mass shooters who harass minorities and seek out excuse to unload their weapons. In this tweet you can see they have taken up the road. This both invites violence on those attending and renders community aid ineffective., DMV John Brown Gun Club, tweet, July 8, 2022: The supreme court justices should not know a moment of comfort.&rdquo, Connecticut John Brown Gun Club, tweet, July 8, 2022: Randy Cox was brutalized by the New Haven PD and then, when he told them he couldnt move, they brutalized him some more. * Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club, Twitter account, accessed September 1, 2020, https://twitter.com/PugetSoundJBGC. It provides armed security to left-wing protestors and trains other leftist groups in He was killed after attempting to blow up the detention center. Your email address will not be published. *Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club, Twitter account, accessed August 31, 2022, https://twitter.com/EFJBGC.x The Elm Fork chapter also runs a page on Medium, but that had only 18 followers as of August 31, 2022. The subscription is FREE. Steel City John Brown Gun Club. Twitter.com. 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. Denton police are allowing the uniformed militia Texas Defense Force to take control of the government building where Christian Fascist Kelly Neidert is speaking. is sympathetic to the Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club. Unlike other groups under the Antifa umbrella, Gun Club members typically do not cover their faces to maintain the appearance of an open, lawful organization rather than a militia. We will not go back. [a] During the George Floyd protests in June 2020, the group attended the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone in Seattle. While we've been living in tenements and slums for centuries, we've also been used by the rich to attack our neighbors, coworkers, and friends of different colors, religions and nationalities. He eventually began leading guerilla raids in pro-slavery towns that resulted in multiple deaths. Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club @EFJBGC 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. [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. [21] The practice of openly carrying firearms and a shared interest in guns has led to dialogs with right-wing militias. *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. Chapters in Missouri, Pennsylvania, and Washington State. 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. [51], In March 2018, the geographer Levi van Sant argued:[18]. [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". Meet the Gun Club Patrolling Seattles Leftist Utopia. The Daily Beast, June 14, 2022. Patriot Prayer rally in Seattle: Plenty of guns and shouting. Southern Poverty Law Center, August 20, 2018. left". * Kim Kelly, If others have rifles, well have rifles: why US leftist groups are taking up arms, Guardian (London), July 22, 2019, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/22/if-others-have-rifles-well-have-rifles-why-leftist-groups-are-taking-up-arms.x One Gun Club member did engage in a violent attack on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in 2019. It is our mission to encourage, organize, and support these efforts throughout Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. This is the Dallas Voice reporting on what happened. Something big happened on The Strip, the stretch of Cedar Springs with the Gay bars. The history of the white working class has been a history of being an exploited people. To date, Gun Club members have reportedly not engaged anyone with their weapons during one of these protests. No mention of the Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club. Please. We may sound familiar you may have heard of other John Brown Gun Clubs in the news. We believe the 2nd Amendment is best defended through grass-roots organization, education, and advocacy centered around individual gun owners. [30][31], In August 2017, members participated in protests against Trump's speech in Phoenix, Arizona. We need armed community defense programs in every community. Redneck Revolt, homepage, accessed September 1, 2020. Redneck Revolt is a national network of community defense projects from a broad spread of political, religious, and cultural backgrounds. https://dallasvoice.com/protesters-hit-the-strip/. [1], The group's website includes statements in opposition to capitalism, the nation state, white supremacy and "the wars of the rich" and advocates a "right of militant resistance". https://t.co/L5dpDOhfr6, Pakistani-government forces and the Afghan Taliban traded cross-border fire yesterday, a day after Afghanistans mi https://t.co/t6GCNU0KAO. WebJohn Brown Gun Club is an anti-capitalist, revolutionary-activist organization that advocates for gun rights from a left-wing perspective and seeks to radicalize the rural working class. [7][11] Van Sant wrote in March 2018 that "[t]hrough patient dialogue and popular education, several Redneck Revolt chapters have been able to challenge the white nationalist ideologies of these right-wing libertarian militias and flip them away from anti-immigrant and pro-capitalist positions". In 1859, Brown was convicted of treason in South Carolina and executed for his role in the failed raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. Protestors have not been allowed inside https://t.co/zeTIpjvDLY, 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, A seriously significant group has become an agent in the ongoing struggle about drag shows and. This event is to publicly denounce the Klan, their beliefs, and show that we will not back down". 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). About Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club Helping marginalized communities in organizing community defense against white supremacists / fascism. We believe the 2nd Amendment is best defended through grass-roots organization, education, and advocacy centered around individual gun owners. We need to abolish the police., Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club, tweet, July 9, 2022: The John Brown Gun club is at it's core founded on abolitionist points of unity. Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club, Medium account, accessed August 31, 2022. The following is a screen capture incase the tweet disappears. [1], John Brown Gun Club is comprised of multiple local chapters allegedly without a national leadership or hierarchy. Their event training people to harass school districts runs until 130. The John Brown Gun Club is a leftist gun-rights group originally based in Kansas. * PSJBGC at the Seattle Anarchist Bookfair 2019!, Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club, November 16, 2019, https://psjbgc.org/blog/psjbgc-at-the-seattle-anarchist-bookfair-2019/; See Us Today at Debbie Bookchin's Speaking Tour!, Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club, November 2, 2019, https://psjbgc.org/blog/see-us-today-at-debbie-bookchin-s-speaking-tour/. x It had increased to 4,281 followers by July 26, 2022. [7], The group focuses on anti-racist organizing among white poor and working-class people,[1][14][17] although members are not exclusively white. 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. We still dont know much about them except as we might find out observing their Twitter feed. [21] The group's literature does not argue for prioritizing economic injustice over racism or vice versa, but rather argues that both should be fought simultaneously. [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. [Redneck Revolt] reminds us of the capacity for a single organization to hold a multiplicity of meanings, aims, and practices. WebThe Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club ( PSJBGC) is a Puget Sound Area gun club, formerly affiliated with Redneck Revolt. Weve recently been contacted by several journalists who want to learn more about us, so we thought it was time for a little introduction. https://dallasvoice.com/drag-in-the-suburbs/. Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club, tweet, August 21, 2022: Without cops, who would ignore heinous crimes and harass minorities?, Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club, tweet, August 21, 2022: Its a great day for @AFLCIO to recognize cops are the enemies of labor., Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club, tweet, August 18, 2022: Police are a danger to the community. [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. 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. There are still some John Browns around, but most transitioned as the org fell apart. Members of the Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club hold a memorial service for van Spronsen a year after his death. Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club, Twitter account, accessed August 31, 2022. Redneck Revolt's statement said the march aligned with their "belief in the right to community self-determination and self-defense". And it was important, an armed group had formed to defend the LGBTQ+ and had paraded down Cedar Springs. 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. Nazis Go to East Palestine Ohio to Exploit the Railroad Disaster, Bullsh*t on Parade: Fake Anti-War Rally a Flop, but Neo-Nazis were Fine with That, Portrait of a Punkass: How Joey Gibson Settled an Antifascist Lawsuit & Told the World He is a Damned Liar. We have cut and split cords of firewood for people in need. Redneck Revolt is a national network of community defense projects from a broad spread of political, religious, and cultural backgrounds. 4:37 However, it should be noted that the Dallas Voice in their article called them the Elm Fork John Brown Club, omitting the word Gun from their name. 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. [6], The group attributes their use of the word "redneck" to the time of the Coal Wars, a series of labor disputes in the United States occurring from around 1890 to around 1930, when the word became popular among coal-miners. 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. x The Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club in Washington state was founded in 2017 as part of the Redneck Revolt Network and broke away from Redneck Revolt in 2019. WebJohn Brown Gun Club is an anti-capitalist, revolutionary-activist organization that advocates for gun rights from a left-wing perspective and seeks to radicalize the rural working class. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. [23][32][33] In February 2018, Dwayne E. Dixon, a member of Redneck Revolt and a teaching assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was found not guilty of misdemeanour gun charges for his role in a protest against a Ku Klux Klan event in Durham, North Carolina, the previous August. 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