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Dustin Phipps isn't the first Leftist to flip from one side of the ideological spectrum to the other and he certainly isn't the first former Leftist to find their way into the membership of American Identity Movement (an American neo-Nazi and white supremacist organization recently referred to as "Identity Evropa"). Readers in the Houston, Texas area will recognize Dustin Phipps, most notably, as a former lead organizer of Occupy Houston during the later part of 2011 and the early part of 2012. After spending the bulk of his thirty and a half years in Texas volunteering with various social justice causes, Dustin now resides in Lehi, Utah (just south of Salt Lake City). He is a dues paying member and Utah Chapter Leader of a white supremacist organization, and serves as the group's Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Dustin Blake Phipps uses the alias "Gimlet." He is a patron donor to the organization and is responsible for building and maintaining the group's current communication platform on Mattermost which they call "Columbia."
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Stephen William Arnquist is a high school Japanese teacher and a member of the white nationalist group Identity Evropa. The group's internal chats were recently publicized by Unicorn Riot and antifascists have identified numerous members. Stephen graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) in December 2007 with a bachelor's degree in Japanese. Following graduation, he relocated to Japan, where he taught English for seven years. Stephen alludes to his time in Japan several times in the Discord chats. In one message, he writes that he "lived in Japan for 7 years, drove a kei-car." Stephen mentions Japan elsewhere, including on the infamous white nationalist forum and violence-hub Stormfront. Stephen posts on Stormfront under his last name, Arnquist, and reveals that he lives in Japan and teaches English at the time of the post (2015). Additionally, Stephen expresses that he wishes to leave Japan and "teach Japanese to whites instead of teaching English to Japanese." Stephen returned to the United States in 2017, settling in Dallas, Texas. A since deleted LinkedIn page lists his occupation as "private tutor," but he now works as a high school Japanese teacher.
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James Ambrose Meyer lives in Dallas, Texas and joined the white supremacist organization "Identity Evropa" in September of 2017. In order to be accepted as a full member, James had to electronically submit an application, undergo two video interviews, and virtually attend a "pledge" orientation. After becoming a full, dues paying member, James distributed Identity Evropa propaganda and participated in several "meet-ups" and "actions." Some of these actions included littering a Vietnam and a Confederate war memorial with white supremacist propaganda. James soon rose in ranks within the organization and almost a year later, in September of 2018, his Texas chapter hosted an Identity Evropa meet-up for the state. Around 50 adults and 12 children attended. The Executive Director of Identity Evropa, Patrick Casey, traveled down from his residence in Virginia to participate.
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Several weeks ago, the National Policy Institute (NPI) held its annual conference in Washington DC, which ended with NPI head Richard Spencer declaring, "Hail Trump! Hail our people! Hail Victory!" as people in the audience threw up their arms in fascist salutes. While images of white supremacists Sieg-Heiling went viral online, it did nothing to stem the tide of media spotlight that the mainstream bestowed upon Spencer. After the conference, white supremacists on the podcast, "Intersectional Alt-Right" with Andrew Anglin (of The Daily Stormer) and Jazzhands McFeels discussed the event and talked about how a gap was widening between the "older vanguard" (like Jared Taylor of American Renaissance and Peter Brimelow of V-DARE) and the "new generation," (headed by Richard Spencer and many others who grew out of the Alt-Right subculture of Neo-Nazi podcasts and memes). But another key player was emerging: Identity Evropa.