John 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. 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). Kelly, Kim. We need to be ready to rapidly respond to the armed right wing threat that menaces our communities. Accessed November 7, 2022. Get the latest news on extremism and counter-extremism delivered to your inbox. [48] A lead attorney for the plaintiffs responded as follows: "The basis for this lawsuit is not about motives it's about engaging in paramilitary activity. x By July 26, 2022, it had increased to 14,100 followers. [13], Redneck Revolt is an anti-capitalist,[17] anti-racist[17] and anti-fascist group[5][20] that uses direct action tactics. WebJohn Brown Gun Club/Redneck Revolt. Dirk Burhans has been a member of the club for two years. The group has frequently been invited to demonstrations to serve as security against rightwing aggression by other left-wing protestors. Copyright 2023 InfluenceWatch. Over the past five years, we have run taillight clinics, where we check and (if needed) replace taillights. Steel City John Brown Gun Club, Twitter account, accessed July 26, 2022. * 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, https://psjbgc.org/ http://www.midmojbgc.org/, Facebook (Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club) (deleted), Twitter (Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club), Twitter (Mid-Missouri John Brown Gun Club), Twitter (Steel City John Brown Gun Club), Twitter (Spokane John Brown Gun Club), Twitter (Connecticut John Brown Brown Gun Club), Twitter (Bay State John Brown Gun Club), Twitter (Rhode Island John Brown Gun Club), Twitter (Elm Fork John Brown Club), Twitter (Green Mountain John Brown Club), Twitter (PDX John Brown Club), Twitter (Cedar Breaks John Brown Club), Twitter (DMV John Brown Club), Twitter (John Brown Mountaineer Gun Club), Medium (Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club), Gun Club chapters do not publish their membership numbers. It identifies itself to be anti-capitalist/-racist/-fascist/-patriarchy, pro-worker, and without a hierarchy, instead claiming to operate through direct democracy. The group additionally states it seek[s] the abolition of policing and prisons. [5], The chapter claims to operate a mobile soup kitchen and provide volunteer support at a local soup kitchen. [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". Weve been here in Vermont for about five years. [22] Speaking to Mark Bray, author of Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook, one of Redneck Revolt's co-founders said the group's membership includes veterans, former Republicans and former members of the 3 Percenters. Approximately 10 trad-catholic fascists / groypers and five Proud Boys at Haggard Park in Plano right now protesting North Texas Pride. Keep informed on what the Dallas Voice wont or cant report. https://dallasvoice.com/protesters-hit-the-strip/. 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. Steel City John Brown Gun Club. Twitter.com. 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. Firearms are a big part of the mid-Missouri chapter of the John Brown Gun Club. We are a collective of antifascist activists, mostly anarchists, who are passionate about community defense. We're at a crossroads between unrelenting violence against the queer community & the autonomy to live in peace. [3] [4] [5] [6] The club calls itself an " anti-fascist, anti-racist, pro-worker community defense organization". [3] [4] [5] [6] The club calls itself an " anti-fascist, anti-racist, pro-worker community defense organization". 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. [16][17] The group sees itself as part of a tradition of white working-class "rebellion against tyranny and oppression". [12]. [9] They also do not consider themselves an antifa group. [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. The Gun Club firmly supports members rights to bear arms for their own protection and as a safeguard against state overreach. This video, shared by Andy Ngo, shows the terrifying moment a man who stated: Im a Fascist, Not a Nazi charged at a family with two young children leaving the event. We need to be ready to rapidly respond to the armed right wing threat that menaces our communities. Denton police are allowing the uniformed militia Texas Defense Force to take control of the government building where Christian Fascist Kelly Neidert is speaking. 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. [4] The increased visibility of Redneck Revolt in 2017 has sparked debate among activists over the effects of armed protest and the possibility that the use of guns may lead to heightened violence. It provides armed security to left-wing protestors and trains other leftist groups in Dirk Burhans has been a member of the club for two years. I am doing the first report here. * Mid-Missouri John Brown Gun Club, Twitter account, accessed September 1, 2020, https://twitter.com/MidMoJBGC. John Brown was a famous abolitionist in American history and died fighting slavery. Its political positions are anti-capitalist, anti-racist and anti-fascist. The ensuing battle left two militants and one soldier dead, and wounded two troops. [10][16] In a Facebook post, the group said: "We need to let the Klan know that if they leave their enclaves there will be a broad response from the community. Something big happened on The Strip, the stretch of Cedar Springs with the Gay bars. Rather, our work springs from the understanding that liberation cannot rely on nonviolence alone, and from the reality that those who wish to harm us are both well-trained and heavily armed. Facebook (Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club), Twitter (Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club), Twitter (Mid-Missouri John Brown Gun Club), Twitter (Connecticut John Brown Brown Gun Club), Twitter (Rhode Island John Brown Gun Club), Twitter (John Brown Mountaineer Gun Club), http://www.midmojbgc.org/2020/08/20/the-great-fb-purge-of-2020/. * 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/. Join the #1 community for gun owners of the Southwest. 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. . John Brown 1800-1859, PBS, accessed September 1, 2020. It is affiliated with the Pittsburgh Union of Regional Renters and PGH Mutual Aid and fundraises with them. 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. They havent done an article on the group itself. 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). * 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/. [7] The group's name also refers to the 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain[11] and the red bandanas worn by members emulate those worn by striking coal-miners during that conflict. 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. [47], Mary McCord, a former federal prosecutor who played a leading role in the lawsuit, described the decision to include Redneck Revolt among the defendants as "painful" and said: "This case was not conceived of because of Redneck Revolt, that's for sure. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/11/redneck-revolt-guns-anti-racism-fascism-far-left. doesnt mention them in an article until Sept. 2, 2022 when it is basically unavoidable. Chapters in Missouri, Pennsylvania, and Washington State. 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. Mid-Missouri John Brown Gun Club, homepage, accessed September 1, 2020. #ACAB #JusticeforRandyCox, DMV John Brown Gun Club, tweet, June 30, 2022: ACAB, Connecticut John Brown Gun Club, tweet, May 30, 2022: Cops dont keep us safe. Members of the Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club hold a memorial service for van Spronsen a year after his death. A mob of self described Christian Fascists tried to force their way into a gay establishment in the gayborhood of Dallas holding a family event while chanting Groomers. It is our mission to encourage, organize, and support these efforts throughout Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. *Mid-Missouri John Brown Gun Club, Twitter account, accessed July 26, 2022, https://twitter.com/MidMoJBGC.x As of September 1, 2020, the Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club had 12,700 followers. [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. Accessed November 7, 2022. 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. He set his car on fire and threw incendiary devices at propane tanks on the facilitys grounds. [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". https://archive.org/, https://web.archive.org/web/20221031122236/https://firepit.campstrategic.com/vm.cfm?i=4E4743CE98FDAB0D. [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. 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. There are still some John Browns around, but most transitioned as the org fell apart. Join the #1 community for gun owners of the Southwest. *David Weigel, On the campaign trail, many Republicans talk of violence, Washington Post, July 23, 2022, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/07/24/republicans-civil-war-midterms/.x In November 2020, counterinsurgency and military strategy expert David Kilcullen told Salon that while groups such as Redneck Revolt and the John Brown Gun Club claim to be defensive and seek to protect people on the streets from violence, the fear they evoke can also be a trigger for violence. We need to be ready to rapidly respond to the armed right wing threat that menaces our communities. Every single one is a mass shooter in waiting. Learn how your comment data is processed. About, Mid-Missouri John Brown Gun Club, accessed September 1, 2020. Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club, Twitter post, August 21, 2022, 3:57 p.m., https://twitter.com/EFJBGC/status/1561442268388671488. 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. The Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club have taken up opposing the right-wingers attacking Drag shows. *Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club, Twitter post, August 18, 2022, 8:23 p.m., https://twitter.com/EFJBGC/status/1560422053605433345; Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club, Twitter post, August 18, 2022, 4:08 p.m., https://twitter.com/EFJBGC/status/1560357990208782337.x The Puget Sound John Brown Club in Washington state is one of the most visible chapters. They Love Assault Rifles. * Devon Douglas-Bowers, WHITE WORKERS RESISTING CAPITALISM AND WHITE SUPREMACY: AN INTERVIEW WITH REDNECK REVOLT, Redneck Revolt, July 29, 2016, https://www.redneckrevolt.org/single-post/2016/07/28/WHITE-WORKERS-RESISTING-CAPITALISM-AND-WHITE-SUPREMACY-AN-INTERVIEW-WITH-REDNECK-REVOLT.x Gun Club chapters claim to promote racial equality and social justice while seeking to abolish the police and other perceived symbols of oppression. The Dallas Voice did start reporting where they mention the Elm Fork John Club in this Sept. 2, 2022 article. Members of the Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club hold a memorial service for van Spronsen a year after his death. [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. what the Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club believes or does. 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