The first two numbers, 14, refer to the 14 words, a slogan made popular in the 1980s by David Lane, a white supremacist and founder of a violent organisation known as The Order. The number one represents the first letter of the alphabet, “A”, and the number two represents “B”.ġ488: A popular number among neo-Nazi groups. A brief dictionaryġ2: A number often used as the numeric symbol for the Aryan Brotherhood, a white supremacist prison gang. Far-right users on Twitter and Facebook often speak in code, using an elaborate concoction of slang, coded language, memes and irony.Īl Jazeera has broken down some of the most important phrases, terms and numerology that is rampant on among far-right users of social media and online forums. Much of the online lingo these groups employ is hard to decipher. READ MORE: What is the alt-right and what does it stand for? Yet, long before the far right was flooding the streets of cities and towns across the US, the movement was building itself up on social media, online forums and in private chatrooms. Unite the Right participants descended on Charlottesville and clashed with community members, anti-racist activists and anti-fascists.īy the end of the day, James Alex Fields, a 20-year-old Ohio resident who had been photographed marching with neo-Nazis earlier in the day, allegedly murdered 32-year-old Heather Heyer, an anti-racist protester, and injuring several others when he rammed his car into a counterprotest.
Hundreds of white supremacists and neo-Nazis travelled to Charlottesville to protest against the city’s decision to remove a statue of Robert E Lee, the Confederacy’s foremost military leader during the US Civil War (1861-1865). These efforts culminated in the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12. With the simultaneous rise of anti-fascist groups across the country, the alt-right and others on the far right have focused their efforts on building a strong street presence, holding several rallies and marches in states like California, Oregon and Virginia. THE LISTENING POST: Charlottesville – White supremacy and the White House (25:45)
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