Peter van Agtmael A attendee of the Boston Free Speech Coalition is chased from Boston Common by counter protestors. 50 members of the Boston Free Speech Coalition were met by 30,000-40,000 counter protestors, ga (...)
lvanized by the deadly rally in Charlottesville the previous weekend. The counter protestors feared that the event might be another pretext for expressing white supremacist views. Though the organizers billed themselves as libertarians, several prominent members of the "alt-right" were listed as speakers. The event was largely peaceful, though right wing and libertarian elements that entered the crowd to express their views were usually shouted down or chased off to the cry of "Nazi." Boston, Massachusetts. USA. 2017. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael Attendees at the Boston Free Speech Rally and counter protest on Boston Common. 50 members of the Boston Free Speech Coalition were met by 30,000-40,000 counter protestors, galvanized by the deadl (...)
y rally in Charlottesville the previous weekend. The counter protestors feared that the event might be another pretext for expressing white supremacist views. Though the organizers billed themselves as libertarians, several prominent members of the "alt-right" were listed as speakers. The event was largely peaceful, though right wing and libertarian elements that entered the crowd to express their views were usually shouted down or chased off to the cry of "Nazi." Boston Massachusetts. USA. 2017. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael Richard Spencer, American white nationalist, known for promoting white supremacist views and coining the term Alt-Right. Spencer advocates for a white homeland for a "dispossessed white race" and c (...)
alls for "peaceful ethnic cleansing."
Shortly after the election of Donald Trump, Spencer faced criticism after the annual conference of his organization the National Policy Institute. As Spencer proclaimed “Hail Trump, hail our people, hail victory!” the crowd erupted into cheers and Nazi salutes. He also referred to his critics using the term "Lügenpresse" (lying press) a word popularized by the Nazis. Clarendon, Virginia. USA. 2016. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Neo-Nazis and white supremacists at NordicFest, a yearly get-together for racists in Kentucky. The "Family Festival" includes three days of camping, drinking, racist speeches, cross burnings, and w (...)
hite Supremacy rock bands. NordicFest is organized by the IKA (Imperial Klans of America), an offshoot of the more well known KKK. Kentucky. USA. 2001. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Neo-Nazis and white supremacists at NordicFest, a yearly get-together for racists in Kentucky. The "Family Festival" includes three days of camping, drinking, racist speeches, cross burnings, and w (...)
hite Supremacy rock bands. NordicFest is organized by the IKA (Imperial Klans of America), an offshoot of the more well known KKK. Kentucky. USA. 2001. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Neo-Nazis and white supremacists at NordicFest, a yearly get-together for racists in Kentucky. The "Family Festival" includes three days of camping, drinking, racist speeches, cross burnings, and w (...)
hite Supremacy rock bands. NordicFest is organized by the IKA (Imperial Klans of America), an offshoot of the more well known KKK. Kentucky. USA. 2001. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen USA. Kentucky. 2001. Neo-Nazis and white supremacists at NordicFest, a yearly get-together for racists in Kentucky. The "Family Festival" includes three days of camping, drinking, racist speeches, (...)
cross burnings, and white Supremacy rock bands. NordicFest is organized by the IKA (Imperial Klans of America), an offshoot of the more well known KKK. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen USA. Kentucky. 2001. Neo-Nazis and white supremacists at NordicFest, a yearly get-together for racists in Kentucky. The "Family Festival" includes three days of camping, drinking, racist speeches, (...)
cross burnings, and white Supremacy rock bands. NordicFest is organized by the IKA (Imperial Klans of America), an offshoot of the more well known KKK. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Carl De Keyzer The Ku Klux Klan Rally. "Cross lighting" ceremony (don't say "Cross burning") of the KKK in the USA. The 10 meter high cross is lit by the Imperial Wizard Tom Robb from Harrison, Arkansas and burn (...)
s for about 20 minutes. The KKK members salute an walk around the cross as long as it burns. Hico. USA. 1990. © Carl De Keyzer | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen Neo-Nazis and white supremacists at NordicFest, a yearly get-together for racists in Kentucky. The "Family Festival" includes three days of camping, drinking, racist speeches, cross burnings, and w (...)
hite Supremacy rock bands. NordicFest is organized by the IKA (Imperial Klans of America), an offshoot of the more well known KKK. Kentucky. USA. 2001. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen USA. Kentucky. 2001. Neo-Nazis and white supremacists at NordicFest, a yearly get-together for racists in Kentucky. The "Family Festival" includes three days of camping, drinking, racist speeches, (...)
cross burnings, and white Supremacy rock bands. NordicFest is organized by the IKA (Imperial Klans of America), an offshoot of the more well known KKK. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen USA. Kentucky. 2001. Neo-Nazis and white supremacists at NordicFest, a yearly get-together for racists in Kentucky. The "Family Festival" includes three days of camping, drinking, racist speeches, (...)
cross burnings, and white Supremacy rock bands. NordicFest is organized by the IKA (Imperial Klans of America), an offshoot of the more well known KKK. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen USA. Kentucky. 2001. Neo-Nazis and white supremacists at NordicFest, a yearly get-together for racists in Kentucky. The "Family Festival" includes three days of camping, drinking, racist speeches, (...)
cross burnings, and white Supremacy rock bands. NordicFest is organized by the IKA (Imperial Klans of America), an offshoot of the more well known KKK. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Carl De Keyzer "Cross lighting" ceremony. The 10 meter high cross is lit by the Imperial Wizard Tom ROBB from Harrison, Arkansas and burns for about 20 minutes. The KKK members salute an walk around the cross as (...)
long as it burns. The Ku Klux Klan, KKK Rally. Hico. USA. 1990. © Carl De Keyzer | Magnum Photos
Carl De Keyzer USA. Hico. The Ku Klux Klan, KKK Rally. "Cross lighting" ceremony. The 10 meter high cross is lit by the Imperial Wizard Tom Robb from Harrison, Arkansas and burns for about 20 minutes. The KKK me (...)
mbers salute an walk around the cross as long as it burns. 1990. © Carl De Keyzer | Magnum Photos
Carl De Keyzer The Ku Klux Klan, KKK Rally. "Cross lighting" ceremony. The 10 meter high cross is lit by the Imperial Wizard Tom Robb from Harrison, Arkansas and burns for about 20 minutes. The KKK members salut (...)
e an walk around the cross as long as it burns. Hico. USA. 1990. © Carl De Keyzer | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael An attendee of the Boston Free Speech Coalition is chased from Boston Common by counter protestors. 50 members of the Boston Free Speech Coalition were met by 30,000-40,000 counter protestors, g (...)
alvanized by the deadly rally in Charlottesville the previous weekend. The counter protestors feared that the event might be another pretext for expressing white supremacist views. Though the organizers billed themselves as libertarians, several prominent members of the "alt-right" were listed as speakers. The event was largely peaceful, though right wing and libertarian elements that entered the crowd to express their views were usually shouted down or chased off to the cry of "Nazi." Boston, Massachusetts. USA. 2017. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael Attendees at the Boston Free Speech Rally and counter protest on Boston Common. 50 members of the Boston Free Speech Coalition were met by 30,000-40,000 counter protestors, galvanized by the deadl (...)
y rally in Charlottesville the previous weekend. The counter protestors feared that the event might be another pretext for expressing white supremacist views. Though the organizers billed themselves as libertarians, several prominent members of the "alt-right" were listed as speakers. The event was largely peaceful, though right wing and libertarian elements that entered the crowd to express their views were usually shouted down or chased off to the cry of "Nazi." Boston Massachusetts. USA. 2017. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael Attendees at the Boston Free Speech Rally and counter protest on Boston Common. 50 members of the Boston Free Speech Coalition were met by 30,000-40,000 counter protestors, galvanized by the deadl (...)
y rally in Charlottesville the previous weekend. The counter protestors feared that the event might be another pretext for expressing white supremacist views. Though the organizers billed themselves as libertarians, several prominent members of the "alt-right" were listed as speakers. The event was largely peaceful, though right wing and libertarian elements that entered the crowd to express their views were usually shouted down or chased off to the cry of "Nazi." Boston, Massachusetts. USA. 2017. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos