Kelly, Kim. *Chauncey Devega, Doomsday? *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. [11] Administrative and communications activities are divided equally along lines of gender. Background[ edit] A lot of people thought this was important. We have cut and split cords of firewood for people in need. The masked, armed supporters of the drag show were from the Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club, an anti-fascism group. Its political positions are anti-capitalist, anti-racist and anti-fascist. [4] Dave Strano, a founding member, has argued:[1]. WebJohn Brown Gun Club/Redneck Revolt. Meet the Redneck Revolt", "They Hate Racists. About Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club Helping marginalized communities in organizing community defense against white supremacists / fascism. Founded in Kansas in 2009, members were present at several protests against Donald Trump and against the far-right in 2017. * Mid-Missouri John Brown Gun Club, Twitter account, accessed September 1, 2020, https://twitter.com/MidMoJBGC. WebJohn Brown Brigades. 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. WebThe Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club ( PSJBGC) is a Puget Sound Area gun club, formerly affiliated with Redneck Revolt. Accessed November 7, 2022. There were no other casualties. [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". Its us, the Green Mountain John Brown Gun Club. Weve recently been contacted by several journalists who want to learn more about us, so we thought it was time for a little introduction. Hundreds rallied to demand police accountability and we were there promoting community defense. So some of these tweets will have broken links. It wasnt reported in the Dallas Voice. Your email address will not be published. [16][17] The group sees itself as part of a tradition of white working-class "rebellion against tyranny and oppression". 3,167 likes. Devon Douglas-Bowers, WHITE WORKERS RESISTING CAPITALISM AND WHITE SUPREMACY: AN INTERVIEW WITH REDNECK REVOLT, Redneck Revolt, July 29, 2016. In June 2017, a spokesperson said that "[w]e don't have some grand plan for how we want to remake the world. [1] For instance, around 30 percent are people of color. [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". [3], In September 2017, the historian Noel Ignatiev expressed concern regarding Redneck Revolt's commitment to "defense of our communities". *Steel City John Brown Gun Club, Twitter account, accessed July 26, 2022, https://twitter.com/SteelCityJBGC.x The Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club in Texas has one of the networks largest Twitter followings with 16,800 as of August 31, 2022. doesnt mention them in an article until Sept. 2, 2022 when it is basically unavoidable. It claims to be a public facing, above ground, armed community defense group that seeks to disrupt fascist activities. About, Mid-Missouri John Brown Gun Club, accessed September 1, 2020. It is a pro-worker, anti-racist organization that focuses on working class liberation from the oppressive systems which dominate our lives. WebJohn Brown Brigades. At that point it is unavoidable. Antifascists blocked his path and he attempted to barrel through them. #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. He also criticised the group for failing to challenge "institutions that reproduce white supremacyneither the criminal justice system, nor the schools, nor employment discrimination, nor real estate lending and renting policies" and concluded that "white people organized as whites are dangerous to the working class and to humanity, and white people with guns organized as whites are doubly soand this is true regardless of the intentions of the organizers". 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. The incident in northern Burki https://t.co/wumd9vTLSw, Singapores Internal Security Department reports the arrest of the youngest person to be charged for terrorism-rela https://t.co/PhimWufbBi, RT @StewGlobal: Ottawa-based ISIS recruiter has agreed to plead guilty to all counts. [51], In March 2018, the geographer Levi van Sant argued:[18]. 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. [10] The use of the term is also intended as a form of subversion or reappropriation. [T]he Redneck Revolt model of Libertarian Socialism reveals important things, and should be an important part of the U.S. Left. 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. Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club, Medium account, accessed August 31, 2022. He set his car on fire and threw incendiary devices at propane tanks on the facilitys grounds. Currently, we facilitate community defense by offering basic training to people who are a) often the targets of state, fascist, or white supremacist violence and b) left out of mainstream gun culture. In addition to firearms instruction, we occasionally provide community defense for events, protests, or individuals who are at risk of state, fascist, or white supremacist violence. 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. 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. https://crimethinc.com/2019/07/14/on-willem-van-spronsens-action-against-the-northwest-detention-center-in-tacoma-including-the-full-text-of-his-final-statement. 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 appears that earlier they were present and active against right-wingers attacking the drag show at Mr. Misster on June 4, 2022. left". It is a pro-worker, anti-racist organization that focuses on working class liberation from the oppressive systems which dominate our lives. Who benefits? We're tackling a specific problem, which is white supremacy, which we find to be built into capitalism". x, The John Brown Gun Club chapters act independently and have no formal hierarchy. * Redneck Revolt, homepage, accessed September 1, 2020, https://www.redneckrevolt.org/; Cecilia Saixue Watt, Redneck Revolt: the armed leftwing group that wants to stamp out fascism, Guardian (London), July 11, 2017, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/11/redneck-revolt-guns-anti-racism-fascism-far-left. [12] A member has said that the group tries "to acknowledge the ways we've made mistakes and bought into white supremacy and capitalism, but also give ourselves an environment in which it's OK to celebrate redneck culture". The Dallas Voice doesnt mention them in an article until Sept. 2, 2022 when it is basically unavoidable. *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. On its website, Redneck Revolt explains that John Brown Gun Club consciously conceived of itself as an outreach group to the white working class to prevent them from becoming foot soldiers of capitalism by adhering to a politics of white supremacy. [4], The Mid-Missouri John Brown Gun Club is one of the major chapters of the John Brown Gun Club. 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. We see this as part of our work, because this revolution is happening everywhere, every day, in every act of solidarity with our ever-intertwined communities. [11], In 2020, Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club provided armed security and patrolled the streets of the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ), a radical anarcho-communist takeover of six blocks of Seattle amid the wave of protests against police brutality following the murder of George Floyd. We need armed community defense programs in every community. The Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club was active in blocking the activities of Proud Boys protesting the drag show as shown in this tweet. Anderson Distillery and Grill hosted a drag brunch that gained national attention. WebThe John Brown Gun Club is a leftist gun-rights group originally based in Kansas. [6][7] In the early 2000s, John Brown Gun Club members operated anti-racist stalls at gun shows in Kansas. 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. WebThe group supports gun rights and members often openly carry firearms. 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. Accessed November 7, 2022. Below will be a regularly updated list of fascist/racist violence and threats, police brutality, and the bigotry of public officials. [23], Redneck Revolt is active in spaces in which white supremacist groups also often recruit, including country music concerts, flea markets, gun shows, NASCAR events, rodeos and state fairs. didnt approve of them and so didnt give them coverage. To reach the Green Mountain John Brown Club, email them here. [3][49] The consent decree prohibits members from returning to Charlottesville "as part of a unit of two or more persons acting in concert while armed with a firearm, weapon, shield or any item whose purpose is to inflict bodily harm, at any demonstration, rally, protest or march". [8] The John Brown Gun Club sought to "demystify" firearms and to distinguish their commitment to community self-defense from clandestine groups that advocated guerrilla warfare. A lot of times you can find it at the Internet Archive. Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffet, Elon Musk, Tim Cook, Bill Gates, Betsy de Vos, George Soros, Donald Trump, and need I go on? [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. The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is a not-for-profit, non-partisan, international policy organization formed to combat the growing threat from extremist ideologies. 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/. https://www.flatlandkc.org/news-issues/left-wing-groups-take-up-arms-in-name-of-abolitionist-john-brown/. The subscription is FREE. [4] Some of the group's activities are modeled after the Survival Programs pursued by the Black Panther Party and the Young Patriots Organization in the 1960s. . * 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. * 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/. 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. Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club. Psjbgc.org. We need armed community defense programs in every community. [1] The geographer Levi van Sant has argued that the group's ideology is a form of libertarian socialism. Mawa Iqbal, Left-Wing Groups Take Up Arms in Name of Abolitionist John Brown, Flatland, July 23, 2020. The following is a complaint about them by Protect Texas Kids which is organizing the anti-drag show protests. One group, Redneck Revolt, came into existence after it split off from the gun club. The following is a screen capture incase the tweet disappears. Background[ edit] We need to be ready to rapidly respond to the armed right wing threat that menaces our communities. [13], Redneck Revolt is an anti-capitalist,[17] anti-racist[17] and anti-fascist group[5][20] that uses direct action tactics. https://psjbgc.org/blog/say-hello-to-spokane-john-brown-gun-club/. Armed Insurrectionary Anti-Racism * 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/. Each local is unique, for better or worse. Ignatiev argued that "in this society those who share our material conditions, our neighbors, our family members, our friends, the people working alongside us, usually reflect which race they (and we) are assigned to" and contended that "[t]he goal is not to defend the white community but to abolish it, and along with it all communities defined by racial preference or oppression". . Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club, Twitter account, accessed September 1, 2020. Founded in Kansas in 2009, members were present at several protests against Donald Trump and against the far-right in 2017. According to that group, the John Brown Gun Club seeks to disrupt fascists and fascist organizations and events. Its political positions are anti-capitalist, anti-racist and anti-fascist. [1], Their political influences include the 19th-century abolitionist John Brown,[13] the Young Patriots Organization[1][5][14][15] the Deacons for Defense and Justice[7] and the Rainbow Coalition, an alliance formed in Chicago in the 1960s between the Black Panther Party, Young Lords and the Young Patriots. [26], In May 2017, a member said that Redneck Revolt had reached out to groups such as the 3 Percenters, a predominantly right-wing group, with whom they have some common ground. Here they are reporting on the attack on Plano Pride. [12] Local groups use both the Redneck Revolt and John Brown Gun Club names. 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. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/07/24/republicans-civil-war-midterms/, https://www.salon.com/2022/07/27/doomsday-nearly-half-of-strong-republicans-believe-its-almost-time-for-armed-violence/. WebJohn Brown Gun Club/Redneck Revolt. 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. [7] There is no official count of the number of chapters,[26] but as of December 2017 the group had around 45 such local chapters across more than 30 U.S. 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. WebThe group supports gun rights and members often openly carry firearms. [7], During the Dakota Access Pipeline protests in 2016, Redneck Revolt published a pamphlet addressed to members of right-wing militias that argued there was no reason why "the white working-class [should] find solidarity with rich white ranch owners against the government, but not working-class people of color defending their own land and community". Its no surprise the defense industry is full of fascists, but the fact theyre not hiding it anymore tells us they believe this is good marketing. 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. WebThe Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club ( PSJBGC) is a Puget Sound Area gun club, formerly affiliated with Redneck Revolt. 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. WebThe Rhode Island John Brown Gun Club. Its members train at a gun range regularly and holds workshops to train its members in firearm use. Redneck Revolt, homepage, accessed September 1, 2020. is sympathetic to the Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club. It provides armed security to left-wing protestors and trains other leftist groups in When anti-Gay individuals want to hide things that they said they delete pages. Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club Leaves Redneck Revolt Network, Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club, January 23, 2019, Kim Kelly, If others have rifles, well have rifles: why US leftist groups are taking up arms,. UPDATE: Their twitter account has been suspended. 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. * 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/. * Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club, Twitter account, accessed September 1, 2020, https://twitter.com/PugetSoundJBGC. Mid-Missouri John Brown Gun Club, Twitter account, accessed July 26, 2022. Let me say it again: rich guys (who think youre not really all that good), really dig government (every government everywhere, including communist governments), because they make the rules that make rich guys richer.. Its political positions are anti-capitalist, anti-racist and anti-fascist. This militia previously brought armed members and an armored Technical to UNT campus to intimidate students. Steel City John Brown Gun Club, Twitter account, accessed July 26, 2022. Patriot Prayer rally in Seattle: Plenty of guns and shouting. Southern Poverty Law Center, August 20, 2018. [22] Members also support the Black Lives Matter movement. Alan Buddug, The Great FB Purge of 2020, Mid-Missouri John Brown Gun Club, August 20, 2020. Anderson Distillery and Grill hosted a drag brunch that gained national attention. https://dallasvoice.com/drag-in-the-suburbs/. WebThe Rhode Island John Brown Gun Club. I think it is because the Dallas Voice didnt approve of them and so didnt give them coverage. He is consistently doing shitty things (because he is a cop), and now he has murdered a Black man. x By July 26, 2022, it had increased to 14,100 followers. [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". We have covered swastikas and racist graffiti on walls and under bridges. Chapters in Missouri, Pennsylvania, and Washington State. The Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club has also been a resource for journalists, as have related anti-fascist researchers, in identifying individuals who threaten queer and trans communities with violence. WebJohn Brown Brigades. Join the #1 community for gun owners of the Southwest. [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. When anti-Gay individuals want to hide things that they said they delete pages. Link at the very end of this report.). Its political positions are anti-capitalist, anti-racist and anti-fascist. 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". https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/19/ice-detention-center-attacker-killed-by-police-was-an-avowed-anarchist-authorities-say/, https://www.counterextremism.com/supremacy/john-brown-gun-club, https://www.redneckrevolt.org/single-post/2016/07/28/WHITE-WORKERS-RESISTING-CAPITALISM-AND-WHITE-SUPREMACY-AN-INTERVIEW-WITH-REDNECK-REVOLT, https://twitter.com/SteelCityJBGC/status/1337094441492951040?s=20&t=mmveGvb53xZhr1e8xmje7Q, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/22/if-others-have-rifles-well-have-rifles-why-leftist-groups-are-taking-up-arms, https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/08/20/patriot-prayer-rally-seattle-plenty-guns-and-shouting, https://web.archive.org/web/20190719191925/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/19/ice-detention-center-attacker-killed-by-police-was-an-avowed-anarchist-authorities-say/?utm_term=.fcc3353ea7a7, https://www.thedailybeast.com/seattles-capitol-hill-autonomous-zone-chaz-has-armed-guards. https://psjbgc.org/blog/psjbgc-at-the-seattle-anarchist-bookfair-2019/; https://psjbgc.org/blog/see-us-today-at-debbie-bookchin-s-speaking-tour/. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/claudiakoerner/tacoma-ice-shooting; https://psjbgc.org/blog/rest-in-power-will-one-year-later/. * 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/. 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. Required fields are marked *. [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". After pointing his rifle at four officers and refusing to drop his gun, the officers opened fire on Van Spronsen. *Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club, Twitter account, accessed July 26, 2022, https://twitter.com/PugetSoundJBGC.x The Steel City John Brown Gun Club had 3,248 followers as of September 1, 2020. It provides armed security to left-wing protestors and trains other leftist groups in the use of firearms. [3], The original John Brown Gun Club grew out of the Kansas Mutual Aid Collective in Lawrence, Kansas. ", "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. [17] A spokesperson for the Phoenix, Arizona John Brown Gun Club said in April 2017 that the group includes anarchists, communists, libertarians and Republicans. WebDonate to the John Brown Solidarity Fund, to support anti-fascist community defense groups nationwide. In July 2019, members of the chapter defended a Drag Story Time Hour event occurring at a library near Renton, Washington, against right-of-center protestors who allegedly included members of the Proud Boys and the Three Percenters. [6] Its first major mobilization was a protest against the 2005 national conference of the Minuteman Project. An ugly protest today. WebThe group supports gun rights and members often openly carry firearms. in their article called them the Elm Fork John Brown Club. So some of these tweets will have broken links. 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). Its no surprise the defense industry is full of fascists, but the fact theyre not hiding it anymore tells us they believe this is good marketing. PSJBGC at the Seattle Anarchist Bookfair 2019!, Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club, November 16, 2019. About Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club Helping marginalized communities in organizing community defense against white supremacists / fascism. While most of its projects are centered around advocating for marginalized communities, the club offers community range days at a local conservation area. 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. From a safety and ideological perspective we cannot support events where police have involvement in organizing. Approximately 10 trad-catholic fascists / groypers and five Proud Boys at Haggard Park in Plano right now protesting North Texas Pride. [42][43], In October 2017, Redneck Revolt was one of a number of groups named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed on behalf of the city of Charlottesville and several Charlottesville-based businesses and neighborhood associations which sought to prohibit militia and paramilitary activity in Virginia. . If others have rifles, well have rifles: why US leftist groups are taking up arms. The Guardian, July 22, 2019. Each local is unique, for better or worse. This isnt about approving or disapproving what the Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club believes or does. We may sound familiar you may have heard of other John Brown Gun Clubs in the news. This is the tweet by the Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club about their actions. https://twitter.com/SPKJBGC/status/1292235389458173957. Over the past five years, we have run taillight clinics, where we check and (if needed) replace taillights. [a] During the George Floyd protests in June 2020, the group attended the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone in Seattle. Firearms are a big part of the mid-Missouri chapter of the John Brown Gun Club. 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. All Rights Reserved. And it was important, an armed group had formed to defend the LGBTQ+ and had paraded down Cedar Springs. 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. 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