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The '''Unite the Right rally'''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/13/us/charlottesville-rally-protest-statue.html|title=The Statue at the Center of Charlottesville's Storm|last=Fortin|first=Jacey|date=August 13, 2017|work=New York Times|accessdate=April 3, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170826153230/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/13/us/charlottesville-rally-protest-statue.html|archive-date=August 26, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|url-access=limited}}</ref> was a [[:Category:White supremacist|White supremacist]] and [[:Category:Neo-Nazi|neo-Nazi]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/black-man-beaten-during-charlottesville-rally-acquitted-of-assault|title=Black man beaten during Charlottesville rally acquitted of assault|date=March 17, 2018|accessdate=August 1, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719225449/https://www.foxnews.com/us/black-man-beaten-during-charlottesville-rally-acquitted-of-assault|archive-date=July 19, 2019|publisher=[[Fox News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/21/us/jason-kessler-white-nationalist-rally.html|title='White Civil Rights Rally' Planned Near White House by Charlottesville Organizer|last=Haag|first=Matthew|date=June 21, 2018|work=New York Times|accessdate=August 1, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20191020083135/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/21/us/jason-kessler-white-nationalist-rally.html|archive-date=October 20, 2019|url-access=limited}}</ref><ref name="Unite the Right, the violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, explained">{{cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/2017/8/12/16138246/charlottesville-nazi-rally-right-uva|title=Unite the Right, the violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, explained|last=Lind|first=Dara|date=August 12, 2017|work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813150325/https://www.vox.com/2017/8/12/16138246/charlottesville-nazi-rally-right-uva|archivedate=August 13, 2017}}</ref><ref name="nyt-boost">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/15/us/politics/trump-charlottesville-white-nationalists.html|title=Trump Gives White Supremacists an Unequivocal Boost|last1=Thrush|first1=Glenn|date=August 15, 2017|work=New York Times|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20170816044744/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/15/us/politics/trump-charlottesville-white-nationalists.html|archivedate=August 16, 2017|last2=Haberman|first2=Maggie|author-link=Glenn Thrush|author-link2=Maggie Haberman|url-access=limited}}</ref> rally that took place in [[Wikipedia:Charlottesville, Virginia|Charlottesville, Virginia]], from August 11 to 12, 2017.<ref name="nationalview">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/13/us/far-right-groups-blaze-into-national-view-in-charlottesville.html|title=Far-Right Groups Surge Into National View In Charlottesville|last1=Fausset|first1=Richard|date=August 13, 2017|work=New York Times|accessdate=|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816015808/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/13/us/far-right-groups-blaze-into-national-view-in-charlottesville.html|archivedate=August 16, 2017|last2=Feuer|first2=Alan|url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40912509|title=Charlottesville: One killed in violence over US far-right rally|date=August 13, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910092140/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40912509|archive-date=September 10, 2019|publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> Protesters were members of the [[Wikipedia:far-right|far-right]] and included self-identified members of the [[:Category:Alt-Right|alt-right]],<ref name=":5">{{cite news|url=https://www.modbee.com/news/article167213427.html|title='This is a huge victory.' Oakdale white supremacist revels after deadly Virginia clash|last1=Stapley|first1=Garth|date=August 14, 2017|work=Modesto Bee|accessdate=August 17, 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815042856/http://www.modbee.com/news/article167213427.html|archivedate=August 15, 2017}}</ref> [[Wikipedia:neo-Confederates|neo-Confederates]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/neo-confederate-league-of-the-south-banned-from-protesting-in-charlottesville|title=Neo-Confederate League of the South Banned From Armed Protesting in Charlottesville|last=Weill|first=Kelly|date=March 27, 2018|work=Daily Beast|accessdate=August 12, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20191020084409/https://www.thedailybeast.com/neo-confederate-league-of-the-south-banned-from-protesting-in-charlottesville|archive-date=October 20, 2019}}</ref> [[Wikipedia:neo-fascists|neo-fascists]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-us-canada-40914748|title=A reckoning in Charlottesville|last=Gunter|first=Joel|date=August 13, 2017|accessdate=September 20, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505231945/https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-us-canada-40914748|archive-date=May 5, 2019|publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> [[:Category:White nationalism|white nationalists]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/state-emergency-charlottesville-va-fights-erupt-white-nationalist-rally|title=Three dead after white nationalist rally in Charlottesville|last=Kelkar|first=Kamala|date=August 12, 2017|work=[[PBS NewsHour]]|accessdate=June 24, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514120323/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/state-emergency-charlottesville-va-fights-erupt-white-nationalist-rally|archive-date=May 14, 2018}}</ref> [[:Category:Neo-Nazi|neo-Nazis]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2017/08/13/heres-what-a-neo-nazi-rally-looks-like-in-2017-america/|title=Here's what a neo-Nazi rally looks like in 2017 America|last=Wootson|first=Cleve R. Jr.|date=August 13, 2017|work=Washington Post|accessdate=August 12, 2018|url-access=limited}}</ref> [[:Category:Ku Klux Klan|Klansmen]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/11/us/charlottesville-white-nationalists-rally-why/index.html|title=Why white nationalists are drawn to Charlottesville|last1=Park|first1=Madison|date=August 12, 2017|accessdate=February 13, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170812032104/http://edition.cnn.com/2017/08/11/us/charlottesville-white-nationalists-rally-why/index.html|archive-date=August 12, 2017|publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref> and various right-wing [[Wikipedia:Militia organizations in the United States|militias]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbc29.com/story/38204693/settlements-from-unite-the-right-05-16-2018|title=3 Militia Groups Connected to Unite the Right Rally Settle Lawsuits|date=May 16, 2018|work=[[WVIR-TV]]|accessdate=August 12, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214121756/https://www.nbc29.com/story/38204693/settlements-from-unite-the-right-05-16-2018|archive-date=February 14, 2019|editor-last=Early|editor-first=John}}</ref> The marchers chanted [[Wikipedia:racist|racist]] and [[Wikipedia:Antisemitism in the United States|antisemitic]] slogans and carried weapons, [[Wikipedia:Nazi and neo-Nazi symbols|Nazi and neo-Nazi symbols]], the [[Wikipedia:Valknut|Valknut]], [[Wikipedia:Confederate battle flag|Confederate battle flag]]s, [[Wikipedia:Deus Vult|Deus Vult]] crosses, flags, and other symbols of various past and present [[:Category:Islamophobia|anti-Muslim]] and antisemitic groups.<ref name="nyt-boost" /><ref name="nationalview" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/local/charlottesville-videos/|title=Deconstructing the symbols and slogans spotted in Charlottesville|date=August 18, 2017|work=The Washington Post|accessdate=November 20, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170820164610/https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/local/charlottesville-videos/?utm_term=.e7e37395e0a7|archive-date=August 20, 2017|url-access=limited}}</ref><ref name="groups">{{cite web|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/08/12/flags-and-other-symbols-used-far-right-groups-charlottesville|title=Flags and Other Symbols Used By Far-Right Groups in Charlottesville|website=Hatewatch|publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center|date=August 12, 2017|url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813181324/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/08/12/flags-and-other-symbols-used-far-right-groups-charlottesville|archivedate=August 13, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/14/us/white-supremacists-right-wing-extremists-richard-spencer.html|title=Far Right Plans Its Next Moves With a New Energy|last=Feuer|first=Alan|date=August 14, 2017|work=New York Times|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20171009201548/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/14/us/white-supremacists-right-wing-extremists-richard-spencer.html|archive-date=October 9, 2017|url-access=limited}}</ref><ref name="HeimWaPo">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/fights-in-advance-of-saturday-protest-in-charlottesville/2017/08/12/155fb636-7f13-11e7-83c7-5bd5460f0d7e_story.html|title=One dead as car strikes crowds amid protests of white nationalist gathering in Charlottesville; two police die in helicopter crash|last1=Heim|first1=Joe|date=August 13, 2017|work=Washington Post|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170813080821/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/fights-in-advance-of-saturday-protest-in-charlottesville/2017/08/12/155fb636-7f13-11e7-83c7-5bd5460f0d7e_story.html|archive-date=August 13, 2017|last2=Silverman|first2=Ellie|last3=Shapiro|first3=T. Rees|last4=Brown|first4=Emma|url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/08/nazis-racism-charlottesville/536928/|title=Why the Charlottesville Marchers Were Obsessed With Jews|last=Green|first=Emma|date=August 15, 2017|work=The Atlantic|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817011443/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/08/nazis-racism-charlottesville/536928/|archivedate=August 17, 2017}}</ref> The organizers' stated goals included unifying the American white nationalist movement<ref name=":5" /> and opposing the proposed removal of the [[Wikipedia:Robert Edward Lee (sculpture)|statue of General Robert E. Lee]] from Charlottesville's former [[Wikipedia:Market Street Park|Lee Park]].<ref name="HeimWaPo" /><ref name="nyt94">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/12/us/charlottesville-protest-white-nationalist.html|title=Man Charged After White Nationalist Rally in Charlottesville Ends in Deadly Violence|last1=Stolberg|first1=Sheryl Gay|date=August 12, 2017|newspaper=New York Times|accessdate=August 13, 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812215453/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/12/us/charlottesville-protest-white-nationalist.html|archivedate=August 12, 2017|last2=Rosenthal|first2=Brian M.|author-link=Sheryl Gay Stolberg|url-access=limited}}</ref>