Identity Evropa Defends Against Racism, Neo-Nazi, White Supremacy Charges

In the past six months or so, Identity Evropa, which has been widely described as a fascist group aligned with the white-supremacist movement, has ratcheted up its presence in Colorado via propaganda displays up and down the Front Range and a so-called flash demonstration against immigration at Civic Center Park. "Merry Christmas from Identity Evropa" signs even popped up in Cherry Creek over the days prior to the holiday.

Sam Harrington, a spokesman for the organization based on the East Coast, confirms that a recruitment effort is ongoing, though he says the Colorado events are simply an example of a national campaign, as opposed to an indication that the state has been made a special target by organizers.

Likewise, Harrington rejects possible links between Identity Evropa and Ingress, a popular location-based video game that was a precursor to Pokémon Go, and decries the ways in which he feels IE has been unfairly depicted by critics — though the heavily coded language he uses in its defense is unlikely to win over the heart and mind of anyone other than a person with a predisposition toward race-based prejudice.

For Harrington, "the issue is that European Americans — Americans of European heritage — are being demographically displaced as a result of mass immigration and globalization. The idea that we should pretend this isn't happening or that we should find it desirable is unacceptable."

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