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>> this week i'm in tacoma washington and i'm talking to white people that want to end white supremacy and hashtaging it. they're protesting a nazi owned tattoo shop. allegedly a nazi owned tattoo shop.
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i don't want to get sued by nazis. ♪ >> what can i do? now that's a question that i hear a lot from people in my travel during these hectic times but it's really a question i mostly hear from white people. specifically well meaning white liberal people. see we don't ask what we could do to help. we always had to figure out how to make the world a better place and also figuring out how to make it through the day. some white people are starting to realize things are pretty fed and they have taken to protesting, hashtaging, phone
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banking and a littcroseaing. these white people are the red neck revolt. they aren't revolting against equality. they're actually red necks revolting against the red necks that are revolting against equality. i'll explain. the red neck revolt was founded in 2009 in kansas and colorado which means they're exercising their second amendment rights so they can protect their neighborhoods from a wave of neo-nazis, white supremacists and whatever this guy has going on. >> get [ bleep ] out of here, now. >> you can basically identify it as the alt right. it's a community whose core belief is that white identity is under attack. which other than the cancellation of roseanne, i have
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no idea what they're talking about. they're marching with tiki torches in order to keep away black people, jewish people and mosquitos. the south isn't just a geographical location, it's a state of mind that extends from the deepest parts of texas all the way to the pacific northwest. in response to all of this the redneck revolt spread to the pacific northwest too. this guy is a good guy? wait a minute, that hat is a good sign. i'm heading to the john brown gun club in the backwoods doing their thing. [ gunfire ] >> today in the united states of america, this is happening.
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>> lucky more my already ringing ears they're taking a break from the shooting. >> what made you decide to want to join up? >> i grew up in a really rural area and that's kind of part of my identity. >> yeah. >> it's always been a hard thing to find a place because it's either you're against guns or you're against gays and black people -- >> humanity. >> that's sort of the trade off. i think this organization felt like a place that matched my politics and my history. >> because john brown gun club. he was certainly not right wing as we would define it now. let's talk about john brown. john brown was a 19th century abolitionist that was so committed to the freedom of black people that he decided to take out an armory at harpers
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ferry virginia with 21 of his friends. needless to say, it didn't go well. he tried to get more people to go with him but even harriet tubman was like i'm good luck with that. >> what member of the club were you? >> 11 or 12. i saw what happened in charlottesville and it made me feel compelled to actually do something. >> yeah. >> okay. wait. white jewish guy, white woman, i need to talk to a regular white guy. here we go. >> seattle is really white. i live in seattle. it's like norway. but my neighborhood is like 80% plus people of color and around election time all of a sudden there's white power slogans at my kid's park and down by the lake where i hang out with my family and all of this stuff
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starts swirling. this elderly african american couple a few blocks away someone painted the "n" word on their truck and that's just messed up so i was just like, well, time to get up and do something. >> yeah. why aren't more white people here? and i mean maybe not here in this frame of mind. >> that's the real question. that's part of what we're doing. can we create a space where we can do community defense of people who are trying to fight back against these elements of oppression and society. they have the space to do it. >> good job white people. >> so this is my membership card. >> can i see it? >> sure. >> so what happened? >> this is kind of like out of spite. >> these don't show how close he is to yogurt.
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these are bullet holes shot into his nra card in protest. >> so the nra membership is required to shoot at certain ranges. i begged them. is there any other second amendment organization that i can join and they said no, it is the only one. i hate the nra. i think they're a cowardly organization. i have no respect for them. >> that's clear. >> even from the standpoint of gun rights. because they failed to stand up for him after he was killed by police for exercising his second amendment rights. >> can i ask you a question? >> you can. >> how would you identify yourself racially? >> i'm from morocco. i'm an arab immigrant. >> i have to be honest. when i walked up to a lot of white guys and then i saw you, i was like, i think he's a double agent. i didn't want to say anything in front of your friends. >> most of the chapter is white men and i don't think anyone should be surprised by that because when you look at guns, or at least gun culture in the united states it's heavily dominated by white males and we
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want to change that. >> excuse me for one second. >> with the range hot again the group asked me if i wanted to shoot some of their big guns. and i was like, not really. >> a gun punched me in the nose. so i will be filing charges. >> when you're in there, it's hard to member. >> it's okay. those are good white folk, they are, but that's the sounds of the good white folks historically, if you know what i'm saying. >> you nighted shades of
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rewards reimagined. >> my people have been dealing with this stuff. while you hear my thoughts on this stuff all the time, i'm bringing in my friend, one of the directors of the workers alliance but you're probably more familiar with her work with -- >> black lives matter. >> black lives matter. >> black lives matter. >> it's anti-american and racist. >> oh, rudy, is there anything
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you know? >> the way the media puts her work is a monument to white supremacy. so like a confederate flag in south carolina, we're taking it down. >> this is awesome. >> i'm always happy to see you and talk to you. >> this is happening. this is good. there's so many places i can go with this conversation. for a lot of people they still think it's black lives matter against white lives. >> it's interesting, whenever black people declare unity in the midst of unmitigated chaos, somehow it is so threatening to white people. it's as if when black people say we love ourselves, white people be like but you hate me. wait a minute now, isn't this an opportunity for you to also declare that you also believe that black lives matter. >> that we can't all matter. >> matter is limited. >> it shows us a lot about where we have left to go.
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>> you get pointed at or recused of being anti-white. >> my dad is white. what are you doing right now? what are we doing right now? >> so i saw you at an event, it was a live podcast and there was a woman on stage. she was confused about the definition of racism. >> very confused. >> it would have been easy for you to -- >> pop off. >> yeah. it was like watching a jedi look at somebody and like you don't know how to use a light saber, like it's not worth it. >> not today. >> not today. >> it's not about white people. it's about white supremacy. and white people have to disinvest from this stuff and they're not going to if every time you have to pull out the light saber because at the end of the day, they're not going to come back and you need them to come back. but for the most part i think what is real is that white people are not taught about how
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they have been put in a position of power and that's exactly how it's allowed to fester and continue. and then from there, you don't stop there and be the most conscious and still not do it. >> i retain the highest levels of wokeness. >> exactly. now we have done this, we need to get in the trenches. >> what is your reaction when you hear about groups like the redneck revolt? >> they must be in a long tradition of anti-racist organizing amongst poor and working class white folks. i'm not as familiar with their work, but i can tell you that more groups like that are needed. >> yeah. >> white people have to get better at getting their people. >> that's right. >> we need, don't even say ally, how do you put it? >> co-conspirators. >> we need allies because
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co-conspirators go to jail with you. they're not like you'll be okay. >> black lives matter. >> thoughts and prayers. thoughts and prayers. >> i know a lot of white people are watching the show right now about that's a good segment, i don't know if i'm ready to get a gun and go deal with neo-nazis. well lucky for you she brought a co-conspirator with her. >> let me be clear. you're only here because of her. >> yeah. >> i don't mean that in a bad way. she was like, you need to book george. okay, okay. >> you know how we do. >> yeah. >> he's taking a lead by organizing america's working class, often targeted by the white supremacist movement. >> so start off and tell me about your organization. >> so people's action is a multiracial working class organization. we have hundreds of thousands of members. we're doing for better or worse the biggest rural organizing
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program in the u.s. the only one that is bigger is the alt right and we go out and community organize. go out and knocking on doors, listening to people, figuring out what they're upset about and say what if we all got together and work on that. we do that in cities and suburbs and rural communities. >> so what's the conversation that you're having with people about whiteness? >> we're not going to knock on a lot of doors and say do you want to come to an anti-racist meetings? or they would be meetings of the people already with us. >> it's like well we're all here again, everybody. nancy, thanks for bringing the cupcakes, we always loved your cupcakes, nancy. let's wrap this up. >> that's not what we're doing. we just finished knocking on 10,000 doors and asking people what is it you're upset about or what is it that you want to change? and move people into a campaign to win and then along the way we start to have the conversations around race.
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did muslims crash the economy? are black people pushing opioids into this part of the state or did undocumented immigrants stash a lot of money in corporate tax havens? no. the enemy is not each other. let's focus on the real villain in the story. we start where people are at. work on what they want to work on and build a foundation and relationship and then start to have a different conversation. >> what are the characteristics of white communities that people are missing right now? what's actually going on? >> it's really hard to imagine until you go there just how bad it is. it's like a different kind of poverty. it's ghost town poverty. it's like the buildings like have gotten knocked down but not taken away. it's got a desperateness to it. you know, considering the conditions and the environment they live in, pretty woke and most of these communities are mixed race.
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just to say -- >> wait, wait. so you're telling me that there are folks of all different races living together in these communities. >> yes. >> that are dealing with ghost town poverty? >> yes. >> we don't hear that story. >> it's a huge problem. >> what's at stake when we miss that story? >> if the primary portrayal of poor white people is as backward trump loving hill billys, like the people that are with us in these communities are going to be like if you don't want me on the team i'm going to stop trying out. i don't feel like you want me on the team. if we're not there, somebody else is going to be. and so i've got flyers that people have sent me that are, are you struggling with opioid addiction, it's not your fault. we can help you. give us a call. the white knights of the kkk. and there's a phone number. >> you know, we're totally being out organized by the other side
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redneck revolt talked about something i thought about in the seattle area for years. >> it's norway. >> but according to the stats the streets of seattle are changing. the white population declined to its lowest point in modern history and like many parts of america, ever since donald trump started making america great again, hate crimes are on the rise, doubling here over the last year. many incidents being tied to white supremacist groups. >> do you ever see that coming through seattle? those good old boys driving through here? >> you do. they're not always just regular people. they're sometimes in uniforms and sometimes people of power. >> yeah. >> let's be clear, she is talking about the cops. >> so you seem like a person if i say the words white supremacy to you, you didn't flinch. you just nodded.
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>> white supremacy is the standard in america and it's always been and we need to work on dismantling it. >> the north is the melting pot. >> yeah. >> so when they say -- >> they also pay my rent. >> cnn. >> i'll tell my kids. >> make america great again. >> you're doing a good job. love that sweater. >> yeah. >> there are people out there that would go even further. i'm headed to deal with what alt right twitter already thinks i'm doing, meeting up with antifa. they get all the headlines for confronting the alt right. while they're associated there's one big difference. the redneck revolt is about preventing violence while antifa
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is like we wish a nazi would. they wanted to meet up at the japanese american exclusion memorial. chances are right now you're feeling a nervous jolt of anticipation as i'm about to sit down with one of these legendary hardcore activists. >> today i was reading an article, antifa. >> not what you're expecting, huh? this is ariel and she is here to help us learn. >> full disclosure, tucker carlson from fox news labeled me a leader of antifa in the bay area which was new for me. >> wow. >> kamal bell is among other things a host on cnn and a supporter of antifa. they hate this country and want to tear it down. you are pedaling hate and bell is. >> it was funny to me because i've never been to a meeting. like, for example, does the pronunciation antifa or antifa?
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>> how would you describe yourself in relation? >> it's more like this, do you approve of fascism? >> no. >> then you could consider yourself antifa if you chose to. so if you're opposed to fascism. >> i am. >> then you are antifa because it's anti-fascism. that could be a lot of things. let's say they're a great programmer and they can build a website to educate children. do you think people deserve love? antifa. >> so it's anti-fascism but in the world of politics where does it land on the left-right spectrum? it doesn't. >> the political compass is more like a square. go down to the bottom left and that's where you find the political ideology i have now. >> anarcho-communism. >> no leaders. no hierarchies. the top right is where you find
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fasci fascism. >> where's i'm with her hillary democrat. >> probably the left of center a little bit as opposed to a right of center more, i'm trying to think of a moderate republican. abraham lincoln? >> exactly. that's the last time we had a true moderate republican. >> now stuff you see on the news. specifically you at times had to get out there and mix it up. what was it like? >> i went to visit this protest in portland. there was aisha group called act, that's anti-islamic and this guy just ran at these two girls. they were both wearing hijabs and he looked like he was going to hit them and jump on them. i didn't think about it. i jumped at him but i picked him up like off the ground and i threw him on the ground and i just jumped on him and i started
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punching him. >> it's not easy to imagine you in the streets punching a proud boy in the face. which doesn't mean i don't believe you would do it. do you know how you frame people. this is what i'm expecting? this is what this person is going to be? and then to sit with you now it's not what i would imagine. >> oh, i love that these are -- >> i like them. they're sparkly. >> wow. and this is a -- >> i usually have a couple of those on me just in case. >> just in case. >> i use it for whatever i need to use it for. >> point taken. ner in other words, stay in line. keep it friendly. so you have a bag of things. >> i do. >> let's see. let's do show and tell. and including the mask. >> i do. this is good for masking up. this is what a lot of people use. it's just like a black bandana. wear it like this. >> my heart elevated. i was like is something
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happening? >> here we go. these are some of the flyers. >> oh, so this is the thing you put up around neighborhoods? >> yeah, this guy works for i.c.e., grabbing kids, taking them away from their families, whatever. and so you post people's public information or you make them known to people. >> are you not afraid that somebody from the other side is going to see that and go well i'm going to dox you? >> they could go for it. >> you could have shown up today masked up so there's a little bit more plausible denyability. >> i could have. >> have you seen this person getting coffee on your neighborhood or your bus? they're modern day nazi putting people including children in concentration camps, be on the look out. some people are going to say like saying they're modern day nazi --
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>> it's inflammatory. >> concentration camps is too over the top. >> it is inflammatory. it's extreme. it's a terrible thing that's happening. >> the argument from people on the left and the right but even the left is going to be like these are just people that have jobs and they're trying to having a living and trying to support their families. >> i understand that but the thing is eventually fasists will come for you too and your privilege won't protect you forever even though it seems like it will. >> just before i wrap it up, i want to say [ bleep ] tucker carlson. i'm just a normal person who got an awful skin condition.
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the art and music scene is legendary for being anti-establishment so it's no surprise many of the people from that scene are also interested in dismantling one of america's oldest establishments, white supremacy. >> i think our role is explicitly in saying no. strong capital no to white nationalism. we call ourselves if you don't they will or we call our collaboration that. a big part of our work is generating and holding these people to cultivate anti-fascist
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dreams. >> i want to do this. >> we can be creative and snarky. there's so many ways to say no. everyone can do it. >> sometimes it can be like no and sometimes no. >> do you have a pocket guide? >> we did this, right? the little no is no this is bad and the not ever is really recognizing there's a social movement that is seeking to take ov over. >> so this is like i voted a straight democratic ticket and this is we have to hit the streets. >> the least we can do is say no to white nationalism. >> this is the power of art because this is a very intense message put in a fun little package, do you know what i mean? >> their pamphlet offers insight on things like how to diffuse white supremacy? part of their no not ever exhibition that also included interviews with activists in the pacific northwest that worked against white nationalism in the 1980s and 90s.
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while they might not identify as such i'm pretty sure this is antifa. >> there's two here, how do we solve the problem. >> when we think of white nationalism we think of a man. women are totally invisible and white women have gotten a pass. >> yeah, in the 20s, white women threw women of color under the bus for the vote. >> the women's suffrage movement was only about white women and the receipts show that some organizers got it through by reassuring white men that white supremacy would be strengthened if white women were given the right to vote. what in the name of mrs. mazel is going on. black women had to wait until
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the voting rights act of 1965 to go to the polls without harassment. >> how do you feel about the redneck revolt? the idea of progressive people also leading to take up arms and exercise our second amendment rights? >> it's great. >> great. >> look at this. one of my favorite things. grainy black and white footage of black and white people fighting for our civil rights. seattle's history of coming together to fight racism can provide lessons for people just showing up to the party. and these two have spent decades together fighting for the cause of justice. >> one thing i don't want to go too far without noting.
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there's a narrative that the black panthers didn't like white people and wanted to hurt white people. you two were already working together. >> malcolm x went through that evolution, you know? he went through a period of being a black nationalist. and after traveling not just around the world but in parts of america he began to realize that this struggle was not just about black people. it that the struggle was for the rights of all people. >> that was an enduring solidarity that i felt with the members of the party. it's a sense of duty and honor. we're going to look out for each other. >> and the fact that black americans are such a small population, how could we talk about changing the system in america, revolution in america, when we're such a small part of the pie. >> in the late 60s the panthers banded together with chuck's
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patriot party that organized poor rural white people in the appalachian south and pacific northwest. others were out of new york and chicago and young patriots organization also out of chicago. >> talk about the role that guns played back then, especially with the panther party. >> we carried our weapons everywhere we went. people always tried to say that the black panther party was violent. we weren't violent. we espoused self-defense. >> everybody was armed and everybody had a loaded weapon but during that period when the fbi got really active and found a way to bust me so i ended up being charged and convicted of a sawed off shotgun one quarter inch too short. they gave me ten years. no priors. >> no priors. >> i was a graduate student, man. >> as long as they are able to keep us divided and fighting amongst each other, the longer that this racist, capitalist, imperialist structure will
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i thought i'd give them a chance to sit down with one of the co-founders and really fan boy out. don't embarrass me white people. >> wait a minute. come on. >> you better have gotten that. >> it is honestly an honor to meet you. whenever we do actions out we wear black lives matter patches because we're perfectly aligned with the cause you help promote. >> excellent. thank you for saying that. so tell me more, why guns? why is guns the organizing principle? >> there's something to be said for being able to show up to a protest with highly armed and primarily violent far right activists and they don't anything when we're there and everything is peaceful and
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people get to speak their mind and protest and you showing up at a rally with a gun is different than me showing up at a rally with a gun and it's an obligation in this country at this point for me i feel i need to go and put my body in front of their guns. and i'm okay with that. my wife is less okay with that. >> yeah. >> well and i can use my white privilege to speed on the highway or i can use it to put my body in front of like other people's guns. >> the idea of white people with guns showing up to protect people like you out there to speak your mind. i'm like that sounds right. >> you know black lives matter already gets characterized as -- >> as gun toting even when nobody is toting guns. >> i never held a gun in my life. >> it allows us to start a conversation with them. so we put out literature at a second amendment rally that said
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gun control is racist and we identified and explained all of the different ways that gun control laws have been used to target black men specifically. >> all gun laws predominantly in america have been about disarming black people. white people are afraid of black people with guns. that is the root of gun law in america. >> that's an interesting point. >> before we wrap this up, i feel like i'll invite you to give them something to take to their white people. >> oh, man. i think y'all are doing it, honestly. the only other thing i can say is keep imbedding yourself in communities that people don't go to except for the alt right. >> on saturday a group we work with a lot is having a rally outside of a neo-nazi tattoo
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shop in my neighborhood and needs to be shutdown. >> so i'm going. >> are you going to go check it out? >> yeah. >> you're gangster. >> when alicia calls you gangster, you put that in your bio. put that on my wikapedia page. wrap it up there. >> the redneck revolt provide their own brand of community defense in many ways like protecting counter protestors and by teaching gun safety courses like this one. >> go ahead. >> there you go. >> hey. >> i never touched a gun in my life and watching this powerpoint presentation makes me want to pie ee my pants. >> this is haley. he's a spokesperson for tacoma against nazis. >> how did you get involved with
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this? >> there's a local tattoo parlor that's run by confirmed neo-nazis. they would tell you that they're not nazis but they deck themselves in nazi imagery. it's important to me that we have a group of people that stand up and send a public message that says it's a place we're not going to put up this with and we're not cool with nazis doing business in our community. >> these show tattoos of the number 88. and cording to the anti-defamation league that's a white supremacist code for hitler. on their shirts is the initial symbol for the nazi party and worn by the german ss. they got a lot of ways to show you that they're nazis. we get it. >> so far we had two protests outside of the tattoo parlor. and the second protest things
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got heated. there were a few moments that could have escalated into violence and it was these guys that shut it down. >> wow. >> so much about what we're trying to do is build a coalition and inspire people to actually take action so we they're not all going to be our tactics, but we all need to link our arms and agree that we have a common enemy. >> so i have a question. you have a wedding ring. do you have any kids? >> i have a baby. >> a baby? how old is the baby? >> he's 14 months. she just started walking. >> so you're a new mom, married, you have a job. just looking at you, you don't look like a nazi fighter. if i was to read a book called "tacoma nazi fighter," i would expect some grizzled muscled man or woman in fatigues, half a cigar. are you afraid? >> i imagine you're dollar with 4chan. there is a level deeper called 8chan. i learned that this summer. >> 4chan and 8chan are internet
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message boards that attract fringe groups that can post anonymously and share information without centership. they make the worst parts of twitter look like your grandma's etsy page. >> there are threads on 8chan of white supremacists are, like, trying to hunt down my address. my husband and i have been nervous. you know, we have a baby. >> mmm-hmm. mmm-hmm. >> we're not trying to be reckless, but we just feel so strongly it's time for us to show up with our faces and our reputations and our bodies and just take on a little bit of that risk that everyone else has been -- doesn't get to choose whether or not to have that safety. >> i think that's the important part for me because taking on that risk and with your skin, with your white skin. >> yeah, exactly. like i'm here to show my white face and show them that i'm here and i don't like what they're doing. it's an adventure. a test. [ grunting ]
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♪ so the day's arrived for tacoma against nazis' protest against the alleged nazi-owned tattoo shop. i'm still saying alleged. still don't want to get sued. >> it's always important to make sure that your afro is at its highest point when you're standing up to nazis. >> so once my fro was ready and this guy put on his bulletproof
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onesie, hallie got us off to the races. >> we are overindexing on safety. i think we're going to have a fun day if we can follow instructions. it's going to be a good time. >> just like a mom. have fun but be safe. >> i'm hosting my husband's and my brother's joint birthday party right after this protest. >> i love this. >> my husband is at home cooking his own birthday dinner for his own party. >> honey, i have to fight nazis. you also have to pick up some slack. ♪ >> the vibe here is very sort of pleasant, strangely and, like, you know, it feels like we could tailgate if we wanted to. it's nice. now, is that on the run ii hat from a couple of nights ago? >> yes. >> so you went to the jay-z and beyonce concert in seattle? >> yes. >> so you've really got a full, like, shot of, like, let's do this. >> yeah. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> put your signs up. up in the air to protest all the nazis.
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if you like it then you gotta kick the nazis out. i've probably already broken copyright violations singing this much of the song. it's covered under parody. i don't have to pay for this. ♪ i thought i would be across the street from the nazis. we're about to walk past the nazi tattoo shop right now. >> whose town? >> our town. >> nazi scum -- >> your time is done. >> whose town? whose down? >> our town. >> what's up, my man? >> what's up, man. >> how are you doing? >> good. how are you doing? >> good. so they got people coming in from the alley. that truck, i don't know if you notice, came from over here. >> so you're seeing some action happen. >> well, they're just showing up. we'll see how it goes, but it
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looks good. great crowd. >> yeah, it's a great crowd. >> nazi scum -- >> your time is done. >> nazi scum -- >> your time is done. >> while i was afraid something bad might happen, apparently when you show up with a bunch of committed and dancing community members and the gun toting revolt, white supremacy takes a knee. >> how is this going? >> fantastic. what do you think? >> it's weird. it seems good. when i was told earlier in the week i was going to go to a nazi protest, i didn't go, oh, that should be fun. >> but it's fun. >> it is. >> people love getting rid of nazis. >> i mean, what feels better than this, right? >> i didn't expect kids to be here. >> this is like an all-time picnic, right? it's like everybody in america should take a day off on the weekend and protest nazis. it should be just a thing. >> it's so cool to me to see the broad base of community support. the gun club, we have the moms. some representing the moms. we had a couple of neighbors come by and say, oh, my god, i
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didn't know anybody cared. thank you. somebody finally showed up. >> i think a lot of people are color are going to be surprised to know there are white people out there and a lot of white people like i thought i was doing enough. >> i hope so. we're not just allies, we're accomplices. >> coconspirators. i'll sleep better knowing you're out here. i'll let you get back to it. thank you. >> thanks a lot. >> what can i do? that was the question that started this whole thing. and unlike most episodes of this show when we ask questions, this time we definitely answered it. you can use your privilege to defend others and you can have fun while you're doing it. you can get directly in the fight and you can still make it home in time for that birthday party, and all the while you can learn from the people around you who have been doing this work for years. white people, we've seen what these folks are willing to do. what are you willing to do? it's not a rhetorical question. >> black lives mater. >> that's the first time i've ever heard a black lives mater chant that i didn't feel like i had to get in on.
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they got it. black lives mater. >> black lives mater. black lives mater. black lives mater. >> that's what you got to do, white people. >> black lives mater. ♪ a fiery scene on an airport runway near moscow. officials are investigating how this aeroflot passenger jet ended in an emergency hard landing and was quickly engulfed in flames. plus a threat from the u.s. president is shaking up the markets. asian stocks stumble as mr. trump says he could raise tariffs on $200 billion in chinese goods by the end of the week. and after the latest round of furious fighting, a cease-fire is restored between israel and gaza. hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and from all around the world. i'm rosemary church. >> i'm george howell from cnn world headquarters. "newsr

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