Old Glory Club has at least 26 chapters with participants including military personnel, lawyers and civil servants

A nationwide US network of dozens of far-right, men-only fraternal clubs has what members describe as “literally hundreds” of participants who include past and currently serving military personnel, lawyers, civil servants, and prominent antisemitic influencers, a Guardian investigation can reveal.

The Old Glory Club (OGC) – which has at least 26 chapters in 20 US states and until now has drawn little attention – exemplifies the alarming rise of organized racist political groups in the past few years but especially during the rise of Donald Trump and his return to the White House.

The OGC network has held conferences, meetups and other events. Key members like podcaster Pete Quinones use their platforms to push far-right ideas about Jewish people and immigrants. Other members have used their platforms to respond to political events, and to advocate measures including “cancellation insurance” for members whose extreme political views might impede their professional lives.

  • breecher@sh.itjust.works
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    Another one? One would have thought it already was a competitive market for that sort of thing in the US right now.

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    If you turn your head, the letters OGC look like a man with his legs bowed out, jerking off.

    That’s what I’ll think of whenever I hear this name. A bunch of jerk-offs circle-jerking.

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    “Other key members advocated a strategy of decentralization for the far right to create enduring activist institutions.”

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    This is a real problem… because Israel accuses everyone who questions their government policies of being antisemitic, there’s no way to know whether to even believe articles like this or not…

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      I’m fairly confident these are the Nazi type antisemites, not the "anti-imperialist-genocide “antisemites.” Israeli fascists dislike both equally of course, as both would be against subsidizing their bombs and guns.