2025-05-19
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A Year of Hate.
What I Learned When I Went Undercover with the Far Right.
Written and read by Harry Shookman.
Charlie, the leader of a white nationalist group, leaned over the sticky pub table.
He pointed a big finger at me and locked eyes.
You better not turn out to be an infiltrator for hope not hate, he said.
I froze.
Flanked by several of his lieutenants, Charlie watched, waiting for my response.
His face softened into a smile.
He started laughing and yanked down his collar, pretending to talk into a hidden microphone.
Abort!
Abort!
he shouted.
I played along, lifting up my wrist like there was a wire stashed in my cuff.
Get me out of here, I yelled into my sleeve.