"no. NOT EVER." Notes on Fighting White Nationalism in the Northwest

In November 2017 some folks from JCIRA attended a workshop put on by If You Don’t They Will, called “no. NOT EVER.” This workshop focused on how white nationalists are using culture to grow their movement, and shared strategies for how we can fight back.

​Since the 1970’s white nationalists have made it their goal to have the Pacific Northwest become their new Aryan homeland. White nationalists are working on mainstreaming their ideas and creating a new normal of hate by using music, art and the internet to connect with women, professional men and youth. In order to challenge this mainstreaming and outreach, we need to be proactive in our work by:

• disrupting: separating white nationalist leaders from their bases of support
• diffusing: creating cross-movement coalition and solidarity
• competing: reaching out to folks and areas that might be targeted by white nationalists as a new place for recruits
• creating boundaries: blocking every attempt and platform that white nationalists use to recruit new members.

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