Mark Sahady

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Sahady in riot gear at a march
[1] Photograph of Sahady, armed, at a Pround Boys rally in Portland, Oregon, in 2018.
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Background:

Mark G. Sahady is the Vice President of Super Happy Fun America and a founding member of Citizens Organized to Restore Rights (CORR) North, the chapter of CORR based in Peabody, MA. He works in IT and he lives in Malden, MA with his mother. Sahady was arrested for his role in the January 6th Capitol Riot in Washington, DC, and his court case is ongoing (Lipkin, 2022). 

Sahady is a founding member of Resist Marxism. He attended the Second Boston Free Speech Rally (Sahady, n.d.) which took place one week after the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville and included multiple white supremacist and alt right speakers (DeCosta-Klipa et al., 2017). Later that year, in November 2017, Sahady organized the “Rally for the Republic” where he recruited white supremacist paramilitary groups including the Three Percenters, Oath Keepers, and American Guard to provide security (North Shore Antifa, 2017).  

In June 2018, Sahady was photographed [1] armed at a violent Proud Boys action in Portland, Oregon (Niewert, 2018). In December 2018, Sahady organized an immigration “debate” at Berklee College and recruited Patriot Front, a neo-Nazi organization, to provide security (Antifash Gordon, 2019). At the event, Sahady was photographed with Patriot Front’s then leader Chris Hood [2]. Hood would later go on to found the Nazi organization NSC-131. 

In 2019, Resist Marxism rebranded itself as Super Happy Fun America and Sahady, through SHFA, signed on as an organizer of the Straight Pride parade (Ruckstuhl and Chanatry, 2019). 

At the January 6th Capitol Riot, Sahady was photographed inside the Capitol building alongside fellow SHFA leader Sue Ianni, and was later arrested (Lipkin, 2022). Following his arrest, Sahady was ordered by the court to stay away from the Massachusetts State House and not attend protests without prior approval (Gavin, 2021). 

References

AntiFash Gordon [@AntiFashGordon]. (2019, June 5). 7/ In December 2019, Mark Sahady hosted a Resist Marxism “debate” on immigration. Patriot Front, a neo-Nazi organization, provided security. Here’s Mark with Chris Hood (tan hat), the head of the Massachusetts Patriot Front cell. Https://t.co/kGl0r9MVTZ [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/AntiFashGordon/status/1136283680190672897

DeCosta-Klipa, N., Dwyer, D., & Waller, J. (2017, August 15). What we know about the ‘free speech’ rally on Boston Common. Boston.Com. https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2017/08/15/what-we-know-about-the-free-speech-rally-planned-this-weekend-on-boston-common/

Gavin, C. (2021, January 21). Mass. Man arrested for role in Capitol siege ordered to stay away from State House. Boston.Com. https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2021/01/21/mark-sahady-ordered-stay-away-massachusetts-state-house/

Lipkin, M. (2022, September 16). Where do the Jan. 6 cases stand in Massachusetts? News. https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2022/09/16/where-do-the-jan-6-cases-stand-in-massachusetts

Neiwert, D. (2018, July 3). Portland far-right rally once again quickly turns violent as march becomes a riot. Southern Poverty Law Center. https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/07/03/portland-far-right-rally-once-again-quickly-turns-violent-march-becomes-riot

North Shore Antifa. (2017, November 16). Boston: Neo-Nazis to do Security for Nov. 18th ‘Resist Marxism’ Rally. It’s Going Down. https://itsgoingdown.org/boston-neo-nazis-security-nov-18th-resist-marxism-rally/

Ruckstuhl, L., & Chanatry, H. (n.d.). What To Know About The “Straight Pride Parade” Coming To Boston. Retrieved October 31, 2022, from https://www.wbur.org/news/2019/08/29/straight-pride-parade-boston-explainer

Sahady. (n.d.). Activism. Mark Sahady. Retrieved October 31, 2022, from https://www.marksahady.com/activism/

Affiliations:

Sahady speaking to a group of white men outside at a march
[2] Mark Sahady photographed with Nazi Chris Hood (tan hat) at the Resist Marxism “debate” on immigration in December 2018. He used Patriot Front, a neo-Nazi organization for security.
Mark Sahady, Sui Ianna, and Samson Racciopi standing at the front of an auditorium. Sahady and Iannai are wearing CORR hoodies, and Racciopi is wearing a grey suit. Racciopi is holding a microphone and appears to be talking. There is an American flag at the far right of the image, and in the background there is a large black and white CORR banner.
Mark Sahady (left) with Sue Ianni and Samson Racciopi at the first CORR North meeting in April, 2022.
Mark Sahady posing outside with another man. Mark wears a white American flag baseball cap and sunglasses and is smiling. His right hand is held up in a fist. The other man wears a blue American flag baseball cap and sunglasses and holds his hand up in the okay sign.
Mark Sahady at the Free Speech rally (May 2017). The man next to him is using the 3% symbol
Photo of a gathering of people in a park. Two white people in foreground, one in helmet and face mask, hold up a banner with United States flag and the text "Resist Marxism, resistmarxism.org."
Mark Sahady and John Camden are friends. John Camden is President of the New Hampshire American Guard. Camden has a neo-Nazi Wolfsangel tattooed on his neck

Screenshots of posts from Sahady:

Collage of Mark Sahady's Pinochet memes on Facebook, includes text like "Not being a Marxist is not enough, we must be anti-marxist" and "Pinochet's helicopter tours, communists ride free."
Free helicopter rides refers to the practice of the Chilean Dictator Augusto Pinochet whose
military would throw dissidents out of helicopters. It is also associated with the Argentinian
Dirty War (1976 – 1983) when the military executed or “disappeared” over 10,000 citizens. It is
a meme favored by the alt-right.
Three facebook posts by Mark Sahady. The first is undated and has a purple background with white text that reads, "ALL LIVES MATTER." A commenter Hont Honkington writes "WRONG!" and Mark Sahady responds "They matter until they become communists. Then they aren't really lives any more." The second and third posts are the same. It's from June 11. On a purple patterned background, black text reads, "Blockade Antifa's new nation in Seattle, let them die of starvation, remove the dead bodies, and then reclaim the land for America." A commenter called Jeremy Wood writes "Drone strike" and a commenter Paul McGillicuddy writes "Putting George Floyd in a gold plated casket is like putting a tuxedo on a garbage can." Mark Sahady liked that comment.
Mark Sahady displays his ideas about humanity here in these images from his facebook feed.
Notice the post from Paul McGillicuddy that Sahady liked.
Screenshot of a facebook post by Mark Sahady, reading: "Heavy did an article about me. It should be pointed out that while I support the Proud Boys and publicly defend them, I am not a Proud Boy. http://heavy.com/news/2019/06/mark-sahady/"

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Sahady at the Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021

Super Happy Fun America Leader, Charged In Capitol Violence, Ordered To Keep Away From Mass. State House WBUR

Two Massachusetts Residents Charged in Connection with Capitol Breach Justice.gov

Mass. man arrested for role in Capitol siege ordered to stay away from State House Mark Sahady is also prohibited from participating in rallies and demonstrations without prior approval. Boston.com

Sahady and Sue Ianni (Natick Town Meeting Member) inside the Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021

Role At Key Events:

  • August 31, 2019: Organizer of Boston Straight Pride Parade 2019
  • January 19, 2019: Attacked attendees at Boston Women’s March
    • Video captures Sahady attacking a trans woman
  • October 6, 2018: Organized the Providence Freedom Rally
    • Used Proud Boys for “security”. The Proud Boys crossed the police line to attack anti-fascists
  • March 24, 2018: Organized a counter protest against March for our Lives
  • [date unknown]: Sahady’s collection of firearms confiscated by Malden police after he neglected to maintain his license to carry. The police refused to renew his license calling him “unsuitable”