Why did the White Lives Matter Huntington Beach rally fail?
Print When white nationalists failed to turn out in threatening numbers Sunday at a Huntington Beach rally, many counter-protesters viewed it as a victory. “We’ve won the day,” Los Angeles activist Najee Ali said several hours into the protest. “They’re not going to show up. They’re vastly outnumbered. The community of Huntington Beach won.” Yet those who track extremist movements say that the truth is more complex and troubling. Infighting, disorganization and other factors could have prevented neo-Nazis and other extremists from showing up in the kind of force seen during t...