New Brunswick, NJ: Identity Evropa Posters Spotted, Trashed on Rutgers Campus

Antifascist report from Rutgers Campus in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Easton Ave. is a popular locale for Rutgers students, with a plethora of bars, apartments, hang-out spots, and late-night eats. This Sunday morning, it was also the home of neo-Nazi propaganda, with Identity Evropa stickers and posters spotted on a number of the telephone poles lining the busy street. After spotting one sticker, an anti-fascist comrade scouted the neighboring blocks, finding six stickers and two posters in all. All were placed in the trash where they belong.

For those unaware, Identity Evropa is a white nationalist group who are upfront about their Nazi sympathies – former leader Eli Mosley stated that the group hoped to usher in a “new era in the Nazification of America.” Their members were a part of the infamous Unite the Right Rally in 2017 in Charlottesville, which resulted in the murder of Heather Heyer. They have strategically attempted to recruit white male college students, which makes it crucial for students, campus workers, and community members in the vicinity of college campuses to remain vigilant in order to stamp out their organizing.

Actions like this may be small, especially given the violence our brave comrades in Portland, Berkeley, and elsewhere have endured this weekend. But fascist rallies and marches don’t come out of nowhere–they’re the result of countless hours spent recruiting and organizing, and propaganda like the stickers we destroyed today may be someone’s first contact with a fascist organization that they eventually end up joining. The quicker we can snuff out their attempts at organizing, the less we’ll have to fight them in the streets.

¡No pasarán!