McInnes himself has ties to the racist right and has contributed to hate sites like VDare.com and American Renaissance, both of which publish the work of white supremacists and so-called “race realists.” He even used Taki’s Magazine — a far-right publication whose contributors include Richard Spencer and Jared Taylor — to announce the founding of the Proud Boys. McInnes plays a duplicitous rhetorical game: rejecting white nationalism and, in particular, the term “alt-right” while espousing some of its central tenets. For example, McInnes has himself said it is fair to call him Islamophobic.
“Extremist Files: Proud Boys,” Southern Poverty Law Center
Resources & links:
- “Extremist Files: Proud Boys,” Southern Poverty Law Center
- “Trump’s ‘stand by’ remark puts the Proud Boys in the spotlight,” Derek Hawkins, Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Craig Timberg, Washington Post, September 30, 2020
- “Who are the Proud Boys, ‘western chauvinists’ involved in political violence?” Jason Wilson, The Guardian, July 14, 2018
- “FBI now classifies far-right Proud Boys as ‘extremist group’, documents say,” Jason Wilson, The Guardian, November 19, 2018
Known members/affiliates:
- Tusitala “Tiny” Toese
