UNC community divided over professor’s Redneck Revolt involvement

the North Carolina University in Chapel Hill The community gathered in the center of the campus on Wednesday for-Ada-Professor participated in the anti-fascist weapons club.

Dowen Dixon He was placed on an administrative leave on Tuesday due to concerns about his affiliation with Redneck Revolt, an organization established in 2016 and described by the counter -extremism project as a “far left group” “standing against capitalism and the concept of the nation -state, including its symbols such as the police, walks and courts.”

In a video obtained by Fox News Digital, Dixon can see the 2018 painting addresses hosted by the Car-Ryan Center at Harvard University of Human Rights and speaks for about 30 minutes about the presence of Redneck Drovolt in 2017 UNITE The Right Rallly at Charlottsville.

Professor UNC on leave on relations with the Left Arms Club once was the title of Harvard Committee on armed activity

Professor of Asian studies Dwayne Dickson speaks on a march to combat fascism on the campus of North Carolina University in Chapel Hill, February 21, 2018. (Chichi Zhu/The Daily Tar Heel)

During this event, Dixon argued in favor of armed political action, while justifying him as self -defense against the Nazis, fascists and white excellence. He went on to describe the “extreme right” as “full of killer anger”, but failed to determine the term “extreme right”.

“Let the Nazis gather and speak publicly, and they will attack you, and then they will come to the people you love,” Dixon said. “To reformulate Robert F. Williams … Robert F

The video was initially posted on the YouTube page of the center on February 3, 2018, and it remained active even after the Fox News Digital report on Monday that Dixon was placed on an administrative leave pending an investigation into his participation with the organization.

The professor at Elite College belongs to a branch of the left -wing gun

A copy of a file not dated North Carolina University in Chapel Hill, Professor Dwayne Dixon. (Wraal)

The decision sparked a public protest throughout the campus, as members of society gathered in favor of Dixon on vacation.

“I am 100 % okay with this illustration here because I am a defender of freedom of expression, and I think that even if it is not something I agree with, I think everyone has the right to struggle for what they believe in,” Rale said. “But you are fighting in words, and do not fight with calls for violence or actual violence, and I think there is a great room for education here for all concerned.”

The crowd remained peaceful Throughout the march Dozens of demonstrators also gathered in front of the Southern School building, with many individuals who wear masks and carry flags, according to Rawwal.

Harvard faculty members expressed his support for potential left -wing political violence during the 2018 committee

People walk on the campus of North Carolina Chaplin Hill on June 29, 2023, in Chaplin Hill, North Carolina. (Eros Hoagland/Getty Images)

According to signs, “Renstate Dixon” and “UNC” stopped taking orders from the fascists “on the steps of the building where individuals from various campus organizations occur to the crowd.

A spokesman for UNC said in a statement to the constitution of the United States and Article 14 of the constitution of North Carolina State.

A transparent member, a group that focuses on institutional governance and affairs at the university, told Wraal that she does not trust the UNC administration “to have an objective and unbiased evaluation” regarding Dixon’s vacation, with reference to their dealings with protests on the Israeli war.

The professor at Elite College belongs to a branch of the left -wing gun

The student said, according to Rawwal: “We do not live in a current state where there is no political violence.” “We are in an area where we benefit, such as blood, sweat and tears.

This controversial step comes at a time when the violent political discourse remained in the wake of the mind in the wake of iron The assassination of Charlie Kirk And an attack on the Dallas ice facility by a gunman, the authorities said that the authorities had held left -wing views.

“The ordinary student [at UNC] “Maybe the support or not is not upset with what happened to Kirk, which is terrible. No matter his beliefs, you should not be killed because of your beliefs, especially” the actions of the cause were not good, all he did is talking to people. If you glorify it, people have the right to be upset with it. “

A member of the Republican Party at Georgetown College requires “the full investigation” of the left -wing clubs, referring to the death of Kirk

Dixon faced the charges of a misdemeanor of his participation as a member of Redneck Revolt, although he did not owe. He previously accused of the crime of weapons regarding the KKK protest in the nearby Durham in North Carolina, where KKK was present. In 2018, he was also accused of simple assault at night, the Confederation statue, called “Silent Sam” on the UNC campus. These accusations were dropped.

A copy of a file not dated North Carolina University in Chapel Hill Professor, Dwayne Dixon. (Wraal)

A lawsuit was filed against Dixon, along with the Redneck Revolution, by the city of Charlottesville after the correct gathering was united, as the city accused the violation of the anti -relationship law.

According to a message on its website in the middle of Wednesday, Redneck Revolt was resolved in 2019. A page that highlights the Dixon activity was removed under a tab called “Analysis”, but it was removed Archive.

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Harvard University did not immediately respond to the Fox News Digital request for comment. In a previous statement by Fox News Digital, UNC condemned political violence and pledged to investigate Dixon’s participation in the organization.

“North Carolina University has informed Dr. Dwayne Dixon, a professor of Asian and Middle East studies, that he was actually placed on administrative leave, immediately, in the wake of recent reports and expressions that concern about the alleged call of virtual violence of political motives.” “The position of Dr. Dickson on a vacation will allow the university to investigate these allegations in a way that protects the integrity of its evaluation.”