Identity Evropa

[[File:Identity-evropa.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Identity Evropa logo<ref name=deconstructing>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/local/charlottesville-videos/ Deconstructing the symbols and slogans spotted in Charlottesville] (August 18, 2017) ''The Washington Post''.</ref> a.k.a, 
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 [[dragon]]'s eye symbol]]
[[File:Replace-5.jpeg|thumb|left|165px|Identity Evropa banner with the [[Great Replacement|You Will Not Replace Us]] slogan]]

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'''Identity Evropa''' (IE)<ref group="note">In spite of its name, the organization is not based in Europe, nor is its founder European by any stretch of the imagination. Of course, they miss much more important facts than that.</ref> was a pretentiously-named [[identitarian]] [[white nationalist]] group based in the United States that was founded by '''Nathan Benjamin Damigo''' in 2016.<ref name=splc>[https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/nathan-benjamin-damigo Nathan Benjamin Damigo] Southern Poverty Law Center</ref> Damigo (b. May 12, 1986 as Nathan Lodge) is a former US Marine with an {{wpl|other than honorable discharge||,}}<ref name=clark>[http://www.modbee.com/news/local/turlock/article144886889.html White supremacist who created stir at Stanislaus State seen punching woman at Berkeley protest] by Brian Clark (April 15, 2017 11:43 PM) ''Modesto Bee''.</ref>{{efn|Although it is not publicly known why Damigo received an other than honorable discharge, reasons can include, "use of force or violence to produce serious bodily injury or death, abuse of a special position of trust, disregard by a superior of customary superior-subordinate relationships, acts or omissions that endanger the security of the United States or the health and welfare of other members of the Military Services, and deliberate acts or omissions that seriously endanger the health and safety of other persons."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170602050718/https://www.thebalance.com/military-justice-101-part-iii-4056918 Military Justice 101 - Discharges] by Stew Smith (Updated November 09, 2016) ''the balance''.</ref>}} and who served 5 years in jail/prison on a felony charge for armed robbery of a taxi driver whom he erroneously thought was an Iraqi immigrant.<ref name=splc/><ref>[http://eltecolote.org/content/en/features/alternate-reality-growing-acceptance-of-white-nationalism-in-trumps-america/ Alternate Reality: Growing acceptance of white nationalism in Trump's America] by Alexis Terrazas & Atticus Morris (December 15, 2016) ''El Tecolote''.</ref><ref>[http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-nathan-damigo-alt-right-20161115-story.html In diverse California, a young white supremacist seeks to convert fellow college students] by Hailey Branson-Potts (December 7, 2016, 6:00 AM) ''The Los Angeles Times''.</ref> He was also known as "[[Alt-right glossary#Fashy haircut|Fashy Haircut]]" for his Hitler Youth-style haircut on [[Twitter]] before being banned.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20151205062925/https://twitter.com/NathanDamigo "Fashy Haircut" or @NathanDamigo] on Twitter</ref> Damigo was one of the organizers of the August 2017 [[Unite the Right]] rally in Charlottesville, [[Virginia]] that left three people dead.<ref name=sepulvado>[https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/08/14/californian-who-helped-organize-charlottesville-protests-used-berkeley-as-a-test-run/ Californian Who Helped Lead Charlottesville Protests Used Berkeley as a Test Run] by John Sepulvado and Bert Johnson (August 14, 2017) ''KQED''.</ref> Previous to Charlottesville, Damigo also organized rallies that resulted in violence in Berkeley, [[California]], including one where he sucker-punched a woman holding a camera.<ref name=sepulvado/><ref>[http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/04/16/viral-video-shows-white-supremacist-sucker-punch-berkeley-anti-trump-protester/ Viral Video Shows Student White Supremacist Sucker-Punch Berkeley Anti-Trump Protester] by Christin Ayers (April 16, 2017 7:31 PM) ''CBS''.</ref><ref name=clark/> IE membership is not just entirely white, as one would expect, but also overwhelmingly male (2 of the 64 members appear female in their group photo).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20211120112415/https://www.identityevropa.com/ Identity Evropa] (archived from November 20, 2021).</ref>

Rightly considered as a hate group by the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]],<ref>[https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2017/active-hate-groups-2016 Active Hate Groups 2016] Southern Poverty Law Center</ref> IE was known particularly for targeting college campuses for recruitment,<ref>[http://lasvegas.adl.org/white-supremacists-on-campus-unprecedented-recruitment-efforts-underway/ White Supremacists on Campus: Unprecedented Recruitment Efforts Underway] (March 7, 2017) Anti-Defamation League</ref><ref name=shukman>[http://thetab.com/us/2017/02/15/nathan-damigo-identity-evropa-60697 Meet the neo-Nazi coming to put up white pride posters on your campus: Identity Evropa is a white supremacist student organization] by Harry Shukman (February 15, 2017) ''The Tab US''</ref> though its membership was believed to be relatively small (200-300).<ref name=shukman/><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161216174436/http://www.uniondemocrat.com/home/4904465-151/white-nationalist-leader-not-from-sonora White nationalist leader not from Sonora] by Alex MacLean (Dec. 14, 2016 at 09:51PM) ''San Diego Union Democrat''.</ref>

In 2019, following an exposé by Unicorn Riot revealing that they were carrying out an [[Entryism|entryist]] campaign within the [[Republican Party]] on Discord and later Slack, IE leader Patrick Casey formally rebranded Identity Evropa into the '''American Identity Movement (AIM)''', not to be confused with the American Indian Movement). It was not unlike how former members of Vanguard America rebranded as the Patriot Front, complete with the same American patriotic imagery as that group (i.e. the American flag, Lady Columbia, and the eagle) and a more America-centric focus in contrast to IE's usage of mostly [[Classical antiquity|Greco-Roman]] and [[Renaissance]] imagery and fixation on Europe. Regardless, the American Identity Movement/AIM was pretty much the same group with a new coat of paint, doing the same flyering and having most of the same leadership and members as the formally-defunct Identity Evropa.<ref>Hatewatch Staff. [https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/03/12/white-nationalist-group-identity-evropa-rebrands-following-private-chat-leaks-launches "White Nationalist Group Identity Evropa Rebrands Following Private Chat Leaks, Launches 'American Identity Movement'."] ''Southern Poverty Law Center'', 12 March 2019 (recovered 14 March 2019).</ref>

==Views==
*IE was opposed to anyone with progressive ideas, and refers to them with the [[snarl word]] of [[Cultural Marxism]].<ref name=edumacation>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170825231953/https://www.identityevropa.com/education.html "Education"] - Identity Evropa. Archived.</ref>
*IE was a racialist organization that tries to hide it under the guise of "[[human biodiversity]]".<ref name=edumacation/>
*IE claimed to be [[Censorship|censored]] because some companies have exercised their freedom to disassociate themselves with racist organizations.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170820021608/https://www.identityevropa.com/censorship.html "The Great Shuttening"] - Identity Evropa. Archived.</ref>
*IE was opposed to (non-white) immigration into the US.<ref name=edumacation/>
*IE did not allow [[Jews]] or other Semitic people to join, stating that its membership is open only to (in their own words) non-Semitic Europeans (read: whites).<ref name=join>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170825231954/https://www.identityevropa.com/apply.html "Join Us"] Identity Evropa</ref><ref name=shukman/>{{efn|Do they let {{wpl|Maltese}} people join then?}} Damigo has voiced anti-Semitic statements. While he has refused to state an opinion regarding the [[Holocaust]] and its [[Holocaust denial|denial]],<ref name=shukman/>, he has alluded to the [[International Jewish conspiracy]].<ref name=shukman/>
{{cquote|One of the other aspects that’s been really missed is Jewish power, Jewish influence. It’s been extraordinarily negative for people of European heritage, for our foreign policy, for our domestic policy. And there has been a lot that’s happened that’s been pretty hurtful that the Jewish community has advocated for that has been [[Deceit|very anti-white]].}}

==Elliott Kline==
[[File:Elliott-Kline.png|thumb|right|165px|Mugshot of Kline in 2020. Looks the very ''pinnacle'' of White Superiority™, doesn't he?]]
Elliott Kline (a.k.a. Elliot Kline or Eli Mosley or ''Judenjager''<ref name=weinstein>[https://taskandpurpose.com/news/leading-us-neo-nazi-turns-military-faker/ Leading US Neo-Nazi Turns Out To Be A Military Faker] by Adam Weinstein (Feb 5, 2018 6:56 PM EST) ''Task & Purpose''.</ref> — 'Jew hunter') {{lived|1991}} took over leadership of the organization on August 27, 2017.<ref>[http://archive.ph/ouHht A Renewal of Leadership] by Nathan Damigo (August 27, 2017) ''Identity Evropa'' (archived from 24 Oct 2017 22:17:06 UTC).</ref><ref>[https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/09/26/identity-evropa-and-arktos-media-%E2%80%94-likely-bedfellows Identity Evropa and Arktos Media — Likely Bedfellows] (September 26, 2017) ''Southern Poverty Law Center''.</ref> His alias "Eli Mosley" is a tribute to the pro-Nazi British fascist leader [[Oswald Mosley]]. He was supposedly a 
Gay Pride
 [[Alt-right glossary#Proud Boys|Proud Boy]] until December 2016.<ref>[http://archive.ph/1ZtIV Elliott Kline. Go to the ProudBoys page hit info it's all there. He had car problems on way to White Nationalist gathering today] by PROUDCAT‏ (9:06 PM - 20 Nov 2016) ''Twitter'' (archived from 24 Nov 2017 20:21:24 UTC).</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171009201126/http://onepeoplesproject.com/2017/07/08/elliott-kline/ Elliott Kline (July 8, 2017) ''One People's Project''.]</ref> Kline was the IE public representative for the Unite the Right rally, and also served as [[Richard Spencer]]'s right-hand man in 2017.<ref name=reeve>''Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics'' by Elle Reeve (2024) {{isbn|1982198893}}.</ref>{{rp|152}}

Kline has been regarded as a pathological [[liar]],<ref name=reeve/>{{rp|199,222}} and has been caught engaging in stolen valor (claiming that he [[Iraq War|served in Iraq]], but only serving in the National Guard in [[Pennsylvania]]).<ref name=weinstein/>

Following the Unite the Right rally in 2017, Kline was convicted of civil conspiracy and and engaging in race-based harassment or violence.<ref>{{wpa|Sines v. Kessler|''Sines v. Kessler''}}</ref> During Kline's trial, former IE member Samantha Froelich testified that Kline told her that after the [[Racial Holy War]], he wanted Spencer put against a wall and shot dead,<ref name=reeve/>{{rp|152-153}} reminiscent of [[Adolf Hitler#Night of the Long Knives|Hitler's Night of the Long Knives]].

The rally also led to the implosion of the alt-right as a whole, with for example [[Matthew Heimbach]] of the Traditionalist Worker Party thinking that Kline was exemplary of the alt-right trolling itself into thinking it was competent.<ref name=reeve/>{{rp|182}}

==Membership==
IE tried to present a superficially clean appearance: no visible tattoos, no [[swastika]]s and no felony convictions as well as women being allowed to join the organization and a secular approach to religion (such as Christianity and European neopaganism).<ref name=igd/><ref name=join/> This is [[ironic]] because Damigo himself is a felon.<ref name=splc/>

Known members:
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*William Clark<ref name=igd/>

*Peter Cvjetanovic, the infamous torch guy at the Charlottesville rally. He was wearing a shirt with the IE logo at the rally, and self-identified as a member.<ref>[http://mynews4.com/news/local/unr-student-who-attended-white-nationalist-rally-resigns-from-campus-job UNR student who attended white nationalist rally resigns from campus job] (August 2017)  ''News 4''.</ref>

*Federico Andres Dotti<ref name=igd/>

*Katy Galloway<ref name=igd/>

*John Hess<ref name=igd/>

*Jared Alexander Huggins (born September 16, 1994)<ref name=igd/>

*Shawn Michael, a.k.a. Shawn Mccaffrey<ref name=igd/>

*"Johnny Monoxide", a.k.a. John Ramondetta (b. June 14, 1972)<ref name=igd>[https://itsgoingdown.org/identity-evropa-mapping-alt-right-cadre/ Identity Evropa: Mapping the Alt-Right Cadre] (December 9, 2016 ) ''It's Going Down''.</ref><ref>[https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/johnny-monoxide-aka-john-ramondetta Johnny Monoxide AKA John Ramondetta] Southern Poverty Law Center</ref> has been arrested twice for drunk driving<ref>[http://www.pressdemocrat.com/csp/mediapool/sites/PressDemocrat/News/story.csp Sebastopol police arrest 3 on suspicion of DUI] (August 17, 2013) ''Santa Rosa Press Democrat''.</ref> and was a scheduled speaker at the Unite the Right rally.<ref>[https://www.politicalresearch.org/2017/08/10/a-guide-to-whos-coming-to-the-largest-white-nationalist-rally-in-a-decade/ A Guide to Who’s Coming to the Largest White Nationalist Rally in a Decade] by Spencer Sunshine (August 10, 2017) ''Political Research Associates''.</ref>

*Dan Morely was a police officer in Chesterfield Virginia until his ties to IE were revealed. He was removed from duty and told to never wear a uniform again.<ref name=igd/>

*Cory Reeves, Air Force master sergeant, was demoted but not discharged for his IE activities.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/11/20/air-force-airman-accused-white-nationalist-propaganda-identity-evropa-demoted/ An airman was accused of spreading white-nationalist propaganda. He’s been demoted but is allowed to continue serving.] by Katie Shepherd (November 20, 2019 at 2:52 a.m. PST) ''The Washington Post''.</ref><ref>[http://archive.ph/8F5RI Airman accused of white nationalist ties loses stripe after investigation — but still in the Air Force] by Stephen Losey (November 12, 2019) ''Air Force Times'' (archived from 18 Nov 2019 03:31:38 UTC).</ref>

*Evan Thomas<ref name=igd/> 

*Chad Turner<ref name=igd/>

*"Brunswick" Michael Vespa is a "social media coordinator" and Rutgers student.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190318215602/https://heupchurch.github.io/ie-entryism Identity Evropa's Social Media Coordinator & His Entryist Tactics] by H. E. Upchurch (14 March 2019; archived from 18 March 2019).</ref>

*Gabriel Wilson<ref name=igd/>

*Parker Anthony Wilson (born c. 1990), a.k.a. Mark Bidwell<ref name=igd/> admitted in 2011 to hitting someone with brass knuckles (assault with a deadly weapon) and took a plea bargain of 60 days in jail for misdemeanor "assault with a deadly weapon" that eliminated three felony charges ("possession of a deadly weapon", "possession of the ingredients to make a destructive device", and "possession of a destructive device"); police had found in his residence "numerous White Pride paraphernalia, firearms, ammunition and components to make a pipe bomb."<ref name=terrazas>[http://eltecolote.org/content/en/features/identity-revealed-bay-area-neo-nazi-hid-in-plain-sight/ Identity Revealed: Bay Area neo-Nazi hid in plain sight] by Alexis Terrazas (February 9, 2017) ''El Tecolote''.</ref> Fourteen months after his release from jail, police found he had violated the terms of his probation when they found a billy club in his vehicle's trunk.<ref name=terrazas/>

*"Reinhard Wolff" (a.k.a., Patrick Casey) is the leader of IE/AIM and a former [[Red Ice Creations]] employee.<ref name=igd/><ref>[http://thedailyaztec.com/79087/news/identity-evropa-clashes-at-san-diego-state/ Identity Evropa clashes at San Diego State] by Jamie Ballard (October 5, 2016) ''The Daily Aztec''.</ref><ref>[https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/12/05/patrick-casey-identity-evropa%E2%80%99s-new-leader-wants-ditch-alt-right-identitarianism%E2%80%94-another Patrick Casey, Identity Evropa’s new leader, wants to ditch the "alt-right" for "identitarianism"— another euphemism for white nationalism] (December 05, 2017) ''Southern Poverty Law Center''.</ref>

*Collin Wright<ref name=igd/>
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==See also==
*[[Classical antiquity]] — not what IE thinks it was
*[[Richard Spencer]] — fellow traveler

==External links==
*[https://www.identityevropa.com/ Identity Evropa]
*[https://twitter.com/nathandamigo Fashy Haircut] Nathan Damigo on Twitter (suspended)
*[https://www.americanidentitymovement.com American Identity Movement], official website
*[https://twitter.com/aim_america?lang=en AIM_America] American Identity Movement on Twitter

==Notes==
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==References==
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