Some residents of Muscatine woke up this morning to find adhesive-backed fliers from a white supremacist group on their lawns and driveways. The anti-immigrant messages were wrapped around rolled-up copies of Little Village magazine from June 2019. This is the fifth time someone associated with the National Alliance has used copies of Little Village to […]
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White supremacist fliers distributed in Iowa City and Cedar Rapids neighborhoods
Over the past two days, residents in some neighborhoods in Iowa City and Cedar Rapids have been finding adhesive-backed fliers from a white supremacist group on their lawns and driveways. The anti-immigrant messages are wrapped around rolled-up copies of Little Village magazine from spring 2019.
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White supremacist fliers distributed in LeClaire (Updated)
Some residents of LeClaire, Iowa, woke up on Thursday morning to find fliers from the National Alliance, a neo-Nazi group, on their lawns and driveways. The fliers distributed in the city of 4,000, located near the Quad Cities, were wrapped around copies of Little Village. This is not the first time someone associated with the National Alliance has
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White supremacist flyers distributed on Iowa City’s north side
Flyers promoting the neo-Nazi National Alliance started appearing on Iowa City’s north side Monday night. A resident out for a walk along the 900 block of N Governor Street spotted one of the flyers on the sidewalk. It was contained in the sort of clear, plastic bag used to deliver newspapers, and wrapped around an […]
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Report finds massive increase in white nationalist propaganda — and leaked messages show support for Steve King
There was a massive spike in the distribution of white nationalist fliers, stickers, banners and posters last year, according to a new report from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). “The propaganda, which includes everything from veiled white supremacist language to explicitly racist images and words, often features a recruitment element, and frequently targets minority groups, including […]
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ICPD officer reportedly didn’t see a problem with the white nationalist flyers in the Dubuque Street Parking Ramp
As soon as Julie VanDyke saw flyers with a white nationalist message stuck on cars in the parking ramp at the corner of Dubuque and Burlington Street, she decided to take action. “You think about how many things have happened lately, where we now know there were signs of what was going to come, but […]
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White nationalist flyers placed on cars in Iowa City parking ramp
Drivers who parked in the Dubuque Street Parking Ramp have been finding flyers with a white nationalist message stuck on their windshields, according to the Iowa City Police Department. “Officers responded to the Dubuque Street Parking Ramp, 220 S. Dubuque St., on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018,” ICPD said in a statement on Friday. “There they […]
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Someone posted an ad for a white nationalist website at The Mill last week
About the size of a large business card, it directed people to a site whose writers advocate “advanc[ing] the cause of White Nationalism with the most extreme message possible.”
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Man who put up pro-white stickers on the Ped Mall identified
The Iowa City Police Department (ICPD) has confirmed that Jonathan Charles Koch was the man seen putting pro-white stickers on the Ped Mall during the Iowa City Women’s March on Jan. 20. After Little Village broke the news that someone in a hoodie had put “It’s Okay To Be White” stickers on Ped Mall property, […]
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Man arrested in Davenport carrying the same white supremacist fliers that were distributed in Iowa City
A Davenport man arrested Monday night while distributing white supremacist fliers in that city was carrying fliers identical to the ones distributed in Iowa City’s Wetherby Park neighbor earlier this month, OurQuadCities.com reported on Tuesday.
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Man puts up pro-white stickers on the Ped Mall during the Women’s March, then tries to hide in MERGE
Not everyone on the Ped Mall with a political message on Saturday morning was there to support the Iowa City Women’s March. There was also someone with plastering “It’s Okay To Be White” stickers on public property.
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White supremacist fliers distributed in Iowa City neighborhood
Residents of the Wetherby Park neighborhood in southeastern Iowa City woke up to white supremacist fliers on their front lawns on Wednesday morning. The racist message on the fliers was clearly visible through the clear plastic bags containing the fliers.
