There’s been many “This is the last straw for the Alt Right!” articles, starting well before Trump took power. I’ve held my breath and said “Not yet” each time, but now I’m placing my bet. Post-Charlottesville there has a been, for the first time, a massive slew of arrests and firings, the loss of numerous internet platforms, movement leaders distancing themselves from the tarnished brand, the cancellation of two national rallies, Bannon’s departure from the White House and – for the first time – mass mobilizations against them, as we’ve seen in Boston and now San Francisco. They wanted to defend General Lee in Charlottesville, and I hope that what they got was their own private Gettysburg.

“The aftermath of the white nationalist ‘Unite the Right’ demonstration in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12 has dealt a major blow to the ‘alt-right,’ a far-right brand of politics that has coalesced around ideas based in white nationalism, xenophobia and misogyny. After many months of rapid expansion, the unfolding events seem to have broken the movement’s momentum. While the result of two new far right Bay Area rallies this weekend remain to be seen, if the left is lucky and the correct cards are dealt, this may turn out to be the Gettysburg of those who are called the ‘alt-right.'”

Read the entire article at Truthout

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