Anti-government reactionaries

There are weird tendencies on the left where people advance the idea of a tactical alliance with anti-government reactionaries just because some of the beliefs sound similar, but for fundamentally different reasons.

## **Anti-government reactionaries exist and are not allies**

* “The Boogaloo Movement Is Not What You Think” by Robert Evans and Jason Wilson https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/05/27/the-boogaloo-movement-is-not-what-you-think/ [EN]
* «Австрийский депутат обвинил США в попытке подорвать традиционные европейские ценности» http://www.interfax-religion.ru/?act=news&div=56435 [RU]
* "How the Far-Right Boogaloo Movement Is Trying to Hijack Anti-Racist Protests for a Race War" by Mehdi Hasan https://theintercept.com/2020/06/10/boogaloo-boys-george-floyd-protests/ [EN]
* "The 'Boogaloo' Started as a Racist Meme" by Cassie Miller https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/06/05/boogaloo-started-racist-meme [EN]
* "The Boogaloo: Extremists’ New Slang Term for A Coming Civil War" https://www.adl.org/blog/the-boogaloo-extremists-new-slang-term-for-a-coming-civil-war [EN] (pro-Israel)
* “The Sinking of MS Estonia: Swedish Radical Right’s Favorite Conspiracy” by Andreas Önnerfors https://www.radicalrightanalysis.com/2020/01/18/the-sinking-of-ms-estonia-the-swedish-radical-rights-favorite-conspiracy/ [EN]
* “The Russians and Ukrainians Translating the Christchurch Shooter’s Manifesto” https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/08/14/the-russians-and-ukrainians-translating-the-christchurch-shooters-manifesto/ [EN]
* “The ‘Hardcore’ Russian Neo-Nazi Group That Calls Ukraine Home” https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/09/04/the-hardcore-russian-neo-nazi-group-that-calls-ukraine-home/ [EN]
* “‘Calling Me A Nazi Is Racial Profiling’–inside Boogaloo Public Relations” by Abner Häuge https://leftcoastrightwatch.org/2020/06/calling-me-a-nazi-is-racial-profilinginside-boogaloo-public-relations/ [EN]
* “Who are the Boogaloo Bois? A man who shot up a Minneapolis police precinct was associated with the extremist movement, according to unsealed documents” by Benjamin Goggin and Rachel E. Greenspan https://www.insider.com/boogaloo-bois-protest-far-right-minneapolis-extremist-guns-hawaiian-shirts-2020-5 [EN]

### **News Articles**

* “Exposing the Canadian oil sector’s victim complex” by Sandy Garossino https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/11/29/analysis/exposing-canadian-oil-sectors-victim-complex [EN]
* “Tides is not the 'funding and co-ordination juggernaut' behind anti-pipeline activism” by Sandy Garossino https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/11/29/analysis/tides-not-funding-and-co-ordination-juggernaut-behind-anti-pipeline-activism [EN]
* “Alberta is the ‘whipping boy’ of foreign philanthropy and other myths” by Sandy Garossino https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/11/28/analysis/alberta-whipping-boy-foreign-philanthropy-and-other-myths [EN]
* “Jason Kenney foreign-funding conspiracy theory is false and we can prove it” by Sandy Garossino https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/11/28/analysis/jason-kenney-foreign-funding-conspiracy-theory-false-and-we-can-prove-it [EN]
* “Dismantling Jason Kenney's foreign-funding conspiracy theory” by Sandy Garossino https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/10/03/analysis/data-based-dismantling-jason-kenneys-foreign-funding-conspiracy-theory [EN]
* “Brothers in Arms: Why Russian ultranationalists confronted their own government on the battlefields of Ukraine” by Leonid Ragozin https://www.codastory.com/disinformation/armed-conflict/brothers-in-arms/ [EN]
* “Leaked Chat Logs Reveal Boogaloo Fantasies of Killing Random Civilians” by Kelly Weill https://www.thedailybeast.com/boogaloo-dreams-of-killing-cops-and-random-civilians-revealed-by-leaked-chats/ [EN] (owned by IAC)
* “Patriotwave’s Boogaloo: Engineering an Aesthetic of Violence” by Chris Schiano and Caroline Sinders https://unicornriot.ninja/2020/patriotwaves-boogaloo-engineering-an-aesthetic-of-violence/ [EN]
* "Jason Kenney’s Favourite Researcher Just Gave Him a Headache" by David Climenhaga https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2021/05/25/Jason-Kenney-Favourite-Researcher-Gave-Him-Headache/ [EN]
* "Far-right activist Ammon Bundy announces run for Idaho governor" by Edward Helmore https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/20/far-right-activist-ammon-bundy-announces-run-idaho-governor [EN]
* "Conservative conspiracy theorists no longer blaming antifa for Capitol riot—they now think the FBI carried it out" by Mikael Thalen https://www.dailydot.com/debug/revolver-news-fbi-capitol-riot-claims/ [EN]
* "4 Alleged 'Boogaloo' Members Charged With Obstructing Probe Into Police Killings" by Emma Bowman https://www.npr.org/2021/04/09/985872120/4-alleged-boogaloo-members-charged-with-obstructing-probe-into-police-killings [EN]
* "Police Clash With Trump-Supporting Proud Boys in Salem, Oregon, Arrests Made" by James Crowley https://www.newsweek.com/police-clash-proud-boys-trump-supporters-protest-salem-oregon-1558503 [EN]
* "On Telegram, Boogaloo Movement Looks to Enlist New Recruits" by Ryan Devereaux and Sam Biddle https://theintercept.com/2021/01/12/boogaloo-telegram-violence-recruit/ [EN]
* "Video: Cops ‘turn on’ Proud Boys, far-right group desecrates ‘Blue Lives’ flag in response" by Kahran Spearman https://www.dailydot.com/debug/police-proud-boys-salem-fight-videos/ [EN]
* "The death of the Russian far right" by Mariya Petkova https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2017/12/16/the-death-of-the-russian-far-right [EN]
* "This Is How The FBI Says A Network Of 'Boogaloo Boys' Sparked Violence And Death" by Salvador Hernandezhttps://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/boogaloo-bois-network-fbi-violence-extremism [EN]
* "What is the 'boogaloo'? How online calls for a violent uprising are hitting the mainstream" by Brandy Zadrozny https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/what-boogaloo-how-online-calls-violent-uprising-are-getting-organized-n1138461 [EN]

### **Magazine Articles**

* “Meet the Undercover Anti-Fascists” by Andy Kroll https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/antifa-proud-boys-militia-trump-insurrection-1121933/ [EN] (owned by Penske Media Corporation)
* "Ammon Bundy Announces Run for Idaho Governor" by Stephanie Mencimer https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/06/ammon-bundy-announces-run-for-idaho-governor/ [EN]
* "Convergence of Far-Right, Anti-Democratic Factions in the Northwest Could Provide a Model for the Rest of the Nation" by Frederick Clarkson and Cloee Cooperhttp://www.politicalresearch.org/2021/05/28/convergence-far-right-anti-democratic-factions-northwest-could-provide-model-rest-nation [EN]
* "After the Storm" by Matthew Lyons https://progressive.org/magazine/after-the-storm-lyons/ [EN]

### **Books**

* “The Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB” by Christopher Andrew and Vasili Mitrokhin https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=3FBC0D039FCC711B5EBC76EA38B9D5A0 [EPUB, 2MB, EN]
* "Up in Arms: A Guide to Oregon’s Patriot Movement" by Spencer Sunshine http://www.politicalresearch.org/sites/default/files/2018-10/Up-in-Arms\_Report\_PDF.pdf [PDF, 22.71MB, EN];nhttps://rop.org/uia/ [HTML, EN]
* "Insurgent Supremacists: The U.S. Far-Right's Challenge to State and Empire" by Matthew N. Lyons https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=EEE9EDD80CD27E8D09BA87537E4F3AFD [PDF, 32MB, EN]; https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=36A36F105CE9BF1C3183C8D5E1802700 [EPUB, 500kb, EN]

### **Videos**

* “I Read The Most Hateful Book Ever Written” uploaded by Thought Slime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67Rg8V4g3ak [25:21, EN SUB, EN] (white Canadian anarchist, member of the IWW)
* “What’s a VATNIK? (The Russian Boomer)” uploaded by NFKRZ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzKdMjTJ-AQ [14:42, EN] (Russian social democrat)
* “Meet the Russian neo-Nazis fighting for Ukraine” uploaded by Coda Story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V69wXtC\_tyU [1:27, EN SUB]
* “When White Supremacists Declared War on America“ uploaded by Step Back History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZlSZ4x21TQ [22:17, EN SUB, EN] (white Canadian anarchist)
* “The Boogaloo Boys: A meme that kills people“ uploaded by Thought Slime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TMBhcOca1g [17:38, EN] (white Canadian anarchist, member of the IWW)
* "Moving Beyond the Local" uploaded by Institute for Social Ecology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOIIe\_v-VP4 [1:42:41, EN]
* "Ruby Ridge, Waco, and the Apocalypse" uploaded by Step Back https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkL\_dsmMRLo [23:09, EN] (white Canadian anarchist)

### **Archived**

* https://archive.vn/wip/Q8AOc [EN] - Ukrainian reactionaries think the USA is funding the radical left
* http://archive.is/qiha8 [EN] - some believes BLM is a CIA-sponsored color revolution against the USA itself
* https://archive.is/DIvWr [EN] - explains why anti-government reactionaries are skeptical of the state
* https://archive.is/gt8lV [EN] - some neo-Nazis think Donald Trump is an Israeli agent
* https://archive.is/1hUit [EN] - QAnon started picking up on LaRouche-created, neo-Eurasianist and other red-brown variety conspiracy theories about the CIA
* https://archive.vn/wip/c1zKn [EN] - Patrick Henningsen of alt-right networks denies existence of Russian ethno-nationalists
* https://archive.vn/HxIFK [EN] - right-wing conspiracy theorist Patrick Henningsen goes on far-right Red Ice Radio
* https://archive.vn/0kovq [EN], https://archive.vn/USXHb [EN] - right-wing antics of WIlliam Craddick, who is commonly cited by red-brown fascists
* https://archive.is/ydlHd [EN] - tracing where Proud Boys are getting their ACAB rhetoric from
* https://archive.vn/bivrp [EN] - *American Herald Tribune* moved to a Canadian domain
* https://archive.is/GQ0Dh [EN] - third-positionism is becoming more popular with Proud Boys
* https://archive.vn/iYU6f [EN], https://archive.is/uop7P [EN], https://archive.is/ry996 [EN] - why Boogaloo Boys should be considered fascists

### **Notes**

* When Pierre Trudeau cracked down on the FLQ, a Quebecois Marxist-Leninist separatist group, KGB quickly spread the rumor the FLQ was funded by the CIA, which caused a lot of Canadian reactionaries and liberals to believe leftists are funded by the USA
* Despite making overtures to black radicals, the Boogaloo Bois are deeply racist and seek coalitions on subjects like Second Amendment only as opportunistic tokenism
* Right-wing accelerationists exploit crossover with police and prison abolition to gain entryism into leftist spaces
* Anti-government reactionaries only want to usurp the police to become the police; or worse, be able to carry out their violent fantasies without checks from autocrats