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March 24, 2019

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IREHR’s Leonard Zeskind Speaks at Unitarian Forum in Kansas City

By Devin Burghart | Featured, Fight the Right, IREHR | No Comments

January 28, 2019

<img width="500" height="500" src="http://web.archive.org./web/20190331222430im_/https://i2.wp.com/www.irehr.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/CAYellowVests.jpg?resize=500%2C500&ssl=1" class="attachment-regular size-regular skip-lazy wp-post-image" alt="" title="" sizes="(min-width: 1000px) 25vw, (min-width: 690px) 100vw, 100vw" srcset="http://web.archive.org./web/20190331222430im_/https://i2.wp.com/www.irehr.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/CAYellowVests.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, http://web.archive.org./web/20190331222430im_/https://i2.wp.com/www.irehr.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/CAYellowVests.jpg?resize=100%2C100&ssl=1 100w, http://web.archive.org./web/20190331222430im_/https://i2.wp.com/www.irehr.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/CAYellowVests.jpg?resize=140%2C140&ssl=1 140w, http://web.archive.org./web/20190331222430im_/https://i2.wp.com/www.irehr.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/CAYellowVests.jpg?resize=500%2C500&ssl=1 500w, http://web.archive.org./web/20190331222430im_/https://i2.wp.com/www.irehr.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/CAYellowVests.jpg?resize=350%2C350&ssl=1 350w, http://web.archive.org./web/20190331222430im_/https://i2.wp.com/www.irehr.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/CAYellowVests.jpg?zoom=2&resize=500%2C500&ssl=1 1000w" data-attachment-id="8611" data-permalink="http://web.archive.org./web/20190331222430/https://www.irehr.org/2019/01/28/yellow-vests-of-a-different-stripe-is-a-racist-nationalist-movement-taking-root-in-western-canada/cayellowvests/" data-orig-file="http://web.archive.org./web/20190331222430/https://i2.wp.com/www.irehr.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/CAYellowVests.jpg?fit=1200%2C586&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1200,586" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="CAYellowVests" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="http://web.archive.org./web/20190331222430/https://i2.wp.com/www.irehr.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/CAYellowVests.jpg?fit=300%2C147&ssl=1" data-large-file="http://web.archive.org./web/20190331222430/https://i2.wp.com/www.irehr.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/CAYellowVests.jpg?fit=1024%2C500&ssl=1"/>

Yellow Vests of a Different Stripe

By Magdelane Martel | App, Featured, International Dimensions, Treaty Rights & Tribal Sovereignty | No Comments

January 5, 2019

<img width="500" height="281" src="http://web.archive.org./web/20190331222430im_/https://i0.wp.com/www.irehr.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/checkpoint-image.jpg?resize=500%2C281&ssl=1" class="attachment-regular size-regular skip-lazy wp-post-image" alt="" title="" sizes="(min-width: 1000px) 25vw, (min-width: 690px) 100vw, 100vw" srcset="http://web.archive.org./web/20190331222430im_/https://i0.wp.com/www.irehr.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/checkpoint-image.jpg?w=501&ssl=1 501w, http://web.archive.org./web/20190331222430im_/https://i0.wp.com/www.irehr.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/checkpoint-image.jpg?resize=300%2C168&ssl=1 300w, http://web.archive.org./web/20190331222430im_/https://i0.wp.com/www.irehr.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/checkpoint-image.jpg?resize=500%2C281&ssl=1 500w" data-attachment-id="8518" data-permalink="http://web.archive.org./web/20190331222430/https://www.irehr.org/2019/01/05/international-call-to-action-for-gidimten-checkpoint/checkpoint-image/" data-orig-file="http://web.archive.org./web/20190331222430/https://i0.wp.com/www.irehr.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/checkpoint-image.jpg?fit=501%2C281&ssl=1" data-orig-size="501,281" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"people","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1546693484","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="checkpoint image" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="http://web.archive.org./web/20190331222430/https://i0.wp.com/www.irehr.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/checkpoint-image.jpg?fit=300%2C168&ssl=1" data-large-file="http://web.archive.org./web/20190331222430/https://i0.wp.com/www.irehr.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/checkpoint-image.jpg?fit=501%2C281&ssl=1"/>

International Call to Action for Gidimt’en Checkpoint

By Chuck Tanner | Featured, International Dimensions, Treaty Rights & Tribal Sovereignty | No Comments

November 13, 2018

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Pierce County (Washington) Men Linked to Olympic College Patriot Front Activity

By Chuck Tanner | Featured, Race, Racism, & White Nationalism | No Comments

November 2, 2018

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IREHR’s Zeskind on Tampa Radio

By Chuck Tanner | Featured, Fight the Right, IREHR | No Comments

October 30, 2018

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Harold Covington Dies

By Leonard Zeskind | Featured, International Dimensions, Race, Racism, & White Nationalism | No Comments

October 26, 2018

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Internationally Active Holocaust Denier Dead

By Leonard Zeskind | Featured, International Dimensions | No Comments

August 14, 2018

<img width="286" height="192" src="http://web.archive.org./web/20190331222430im_/https://i2.wp.com/www.irehr.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/kessler-image-e1534272728484.jpg?resize=286%2C192&ssl=1" class="attachment-regular size-regular skip-lazy wp-post-image" alt="" title="" sizes="(min-width: 1000px) 25vw, (min-width: 690px) 100vw, 100vw" data-attachment-id="7695" data-permalink="http://web.archive.org./web/20190331222430/https://www.irehr.org/2018/08/14/anti-racists-swamp-white-nationalists-in-d-c-racists-draw-mixed-lessons/kessler-image/" data-orig-file="http://web.archive.org./web/20190331222430/https://i2.wp.com/www.irehr.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/kessler-image-e1534272728484.jpg?fit=286%2C192&ssl=1" data-orig-size="286,192" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"people","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1534247299","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="kessler-image" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="http://web.archive.org./web/20190331222430/https://i2.wp.com/www.irehr.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/kessler-image-e1534272728484.jpg?fit=286%2C192&ssl=1" data-large-file="http://web.archive.org./web/20190331222430/https://i2.wp.com/www.irehr.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/kessler-image-e1534272728484.jpg?fit=286%2C192&ssl=1"/>

Anti-Racists Swamp White Nationalists in D.C., Racists Draw Mixed Lessons

By Chuck Tanner and Leonard Zeskind | Featured, Fight the Right, Race, Racism, & White Nationalism | No Comments

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