The slow march of Charlottesville justice continues as Jacob Goodwin has now been given 8 years in prison, 2 suspended. According to Tyler Hammel of the Pulitzer Prize winning Charlottesville paper The Daily Progress, “Goodwin, from Arkansas, was sentenced to 10 years in prison with two years suspended, as well as a $5,000 fine and…
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White Supremacist Richard Spencer Rejected by Hundreds of Protesters at Michigan State University
Hundreds of demonstrators convened near the Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education at Michigan State University’s campus in East Lansing, Michigan to protest a speech being given by white supremacist Richard Spencer. Protesters began assembling in a parking lot across the street as early as noon, though Spencer was not scheduled to speak until 4:00…
Watermelons, Nooses and Straight Razors – An Interview with David Pilgrim
This is the first in a monthly series where we feature a crowdfunded project. The projects will be ones that fit our goals for this website. The rise of white supremacy after Trump was never originally intended to be something that Visu.News considered one of the pillars of our coverage – but after Charlottesville that…
Murfreesboro Prepares for White Lives Matter
Murfreesboro boards up windows and prepares for the hurricane of white supremacists that will be descending on their town Saturday. I talked to multiple residents throughout the day and all of them were planning on staying home – and hoping for rain.
Visu.News Co-Founder on Democracy Now!
Co-founder of Visu.News, Zach D Roberts, appeared on Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now! discussing his work in Charlottesville, VA. Democracy Now! Transcript This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. NERMEEN SHAIKH: Another suspect in the brutal beating of a young African-American man during the recent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville,…
Tiki Torches And The Silent Resistance
A group of 30 or so skinny anarchists, and BLM activists stood to confront hundreds of white supremacists holding torches. They were pepper sprayed and his with fuel from the torches that the “alt-right” protesters were carrying. No members of political parties were there that I could see. I heard Cornel West was in…