This report examines extremist and antisemitic trends and incidents across New York state during the two-year time period from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2021, and provides recommendations for combatting these threats.
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Every year, adherents of a variety of extreme movements and causes kill people in the United States; ADL’s Center on Extremism tracks these murders
Anti-immigrant fervor, once relegated to more extreme quarters, has been increasingly mainstreamed over the last ten years. Over the last two years, with the advent of a new administration focused on much stricter immigration policies and complementary executive actions, anti-immigrant and anti-refugee sentiment has made life substantially more difficult for all immigrants. Read ADL’s latest report.
Each year, ADL’s Center on Extremism tracks murders perpetrated by all types of extremists. In 2018, every single extremist killing — from Pittsburgh to Parkland — had a link to right-wing extremism. This report provides key insights into the crimes, including motivations behind these violent attacks.
ADL's Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents in 2018 found that anti-Semitic incidents remained at near-historic levels this year and assaults against the Jewish community nearly doubled.
White supremacists around the world are meeting online and in person at conferences, capitalizing on the digitalization of information, which has in turn accelerated the international exchange of ideas.
In 2019, domestic extremists killed at least 42 people in the United States in 17 separate incidents.
Over the past decade, domestic extremists of all kinds have killed at least 372 people in the U.S. Of those deaths, approximately 74% were at the hands of right-wing extremists, about 24% of the victims were killed by domestic Islamic extremists, and the remainder were killed by left-wing extremists.
In 2020, domestic extremists killed at least 17 people in the United States in 15 separate incidents, representing the lowest yearly total in ADL statistics since 2004.
This report is part of the ADL Belfer Fellowship series. The authors study the role of YouTube in recommending and promoting harmful videos on its platform using a comprehensive collection of behavioral data.
ADL’sCenter on Extremism (COE)tracked a near-doubling of white supremacist propaganda efforts in 2020, which included the distribution of racist, antisemitic and anti-LGBTQ fliers, stickers, banners and posters.
In 2021, domestic extremists killed at least 29people in the United States in 19separate incidents. This representsa modest increase from the 23 extremist-related murders documented in 2020 but is far lower than the number of murders committed in any of the five years prior (which ranged from 45 to 78.)
White supremacist propaganda, which allows extremist groups to disseminate hateful messages and gain attention with little risk of public exposure, has been on the rise for several years. In 2021, the overall numbers were down slightly, but paired with a 27 percent increase in antisemitic content and messaging.
The Nordic Resistance Movement, a major, violent, international neo-Nazi group harasses Jewish communities across Scandinavia and has links to US white supremacists. Learn more about its actions, ideology and how ADL recommends to counter it.
It is well documented that some extremists – and their beliefs– have made their way into the ranks of law enforcement and the corrections sector nationwide.
A number of extremist and hate groups are currently registered as tax-exempt organizations with theIRSand many of these groups appear to be abusing their tax-exempt status.
ADL's third annual survey on hate and harassment in online games, including a first-of-its-kind survey of teen online gaming experiences
The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) is an anti-government extremist group whose primary purpose is to recruit sheriffs into the anti-government “patriot” movement. Led by Richard Mack, the CSPOA increasingly seeks out law enforcement audiences, billing his extremist events as “trainings.” In a disturbing development, in 2021, Mack was able to win official state approval for his “trainings” in Montana and Texas, which allows attendees to receive continuing education credit for attending Mack’s events.
If there is a single thread that links QAnon’s origins, its current state, and where the conspiracy theory is likely to go in the short-to medium-term, it’s antisemitism. QAnon’s antisemitism has been most visible at two points: its beginnings – when it emerged from4chan – and the present, when the most popular QAnon influencer, GhostEzra, is an open Nazi who praises Hitler, admires the Third Reich, and decries the supposedly treacherous nature of Jews.