Around 150 students, professors, alumni, and community members gathered in front of South Building on the University of North Carolina’s campus Wednesday to protest the university’s suspension of Asian and Middle Eastern studies professor Dwayne Dixon.
Dixon was placed on administrative leave on September 29 following reports that he was involved in antifascist organizing through a group called Redneck Revolt, an “anti-fascist, anti-racist community defense formation,” according to the group’s website (a pop-up on the website notes that the group officially disbanded in 2019). Redneck Revolt chapters were an offshoot of antifascist organizations known as John Brown Gun Clubs and were sometimes referred to interchangeably; Dixon told The Daily Tar Heel that he had left the Silver Valley chapter in 2018, before Redneck Revolt disbanded.
On September 27, Turning Point USA (TPUSA) spokesperson Andrew Kolvet called for Dixon’s firing on X because of Dixon’s prior involvement in Redneck Revolt. Last week, John Brown Gun Club members had allegedly posted flyers at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., that read “Hey fascist! Catch!” in reference to messages the alleged shooter of TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk had written on his bullets, according to The Georgetown Voice…