Kyle Chapman (American activist)

Kyle Chapman
Kyle Chapman
Born	1975 or 1976 (age 48–49)
Nationality	American
Other names	Based Stickman; Alt-Knight;
Organizations	Fraternal Order of the Alt-Knights; Resist Marxism; Proud Boys;
Movement	Alt-right

Kyle Chapman (born 1975 or 1976),^[1] also known by the nickname Based Stickman, is an American white nationalist and alt-right activist.^[4]^[3]^[5] He earned his nickname and prominence in the alt-right movement after he was recorded beating an anti-fascist counter-protester with a stick at the March 2017 March 4 Trump rally in Berkeley, California.^[1] Shortly after, he founded the Fraternal Order of the Alt-Knights (FOAK), a paramilitary group that is considered a partner or subgroup of the far-right, neo-fascist Proud Boys organization.^[1]^[6]^[3]^[7] He led the FOAK until later that year, when he faded from his leadership position following an assault conviction related to the March 4 Trump rally.^[8] In November 2020, Chapman announced an attempted takeover of the Proud Boys organization, as well as a plan to reform the group as an explicitly white supremacist organization.^[4]^[6]^[8] The attempted coup was not successful.^[8]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Feuer, Alan; Peters, Jeremy W. (June 2, 2017). "Fringe Groups Revel as Protests Turn Violent". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
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^ ^a ^b Palmer, Ewan (November 11, 2020). "Proud boys infighting sees leading member form breakaway group to fight "white genocide"". Newsweek. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
^ BondGraham, Darwin (July 6, 2018). "White Nationalist Kyle "Based Stickman" Chapman Arrested for Felony Assault with a Deadly Weapon". East Bay Express. Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
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- MacFarquhar, Neil; Feuer, Alan; Baker, Mike; Frenkel, Sheera (September 30, 2020). "Far-Right Group That Trades in Political Violence Gets a Boost". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 2, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- Shannon, Joel. "Who are the Proud Boys? Far-right group has concerned experts for years". USA Today. Archived from the original on October 2, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- HoSang, Daniel (2019). Producers, Parasites, Patriots: Race and the New Right-Wing Politics of Precarity. University of Minnesota Press. p. 2. ISBN 9781452960340. [...] groups such as the protofascist Proud Boys [...].
- McLaren, Peter (2020). "Are those whiffs of fascism that I smell? Living behind the orange curtain". Educational Philosophy and Theory. 52 (10): 1011–1015. doi:10.1080/00131857.2019.1672854. S2CID 210460061. [...] the hate-filled, far-right neo-fascist organization, Proud Boys.
- Kutner, Samantha (2020). "Swiping Right: The Allure of Hyper Masculinity and Cryptofascism for Men Who Join the Proud Boys" (PDF). International Centre for Counter-Terrorism: 1. JSTOR resrep25259 – via JSTOR. Conclusion: Proud Boys represent a new face of far-right extremism. [...] This study explored the pull factors surrounding recruitment, the ways members describe precarity, and the communicative features that mark the group as a violent, cryptofascist extremist organization.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cite error: The named reference Weill-TheDailyBeast was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Feuer-NYT-1] Feuer, Alan; Peters, Jeremy W. (June 2, 2017). "Fringe Groups Revel as Protests Turn Violent". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 11, 2020.

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[Palmer-Newsweek-4] Palmer, Ewan (November 11, 2020). "Proud boys infighting sees leading member form breakaway group to fight "white genocide"". Newsweek. Retrieved November 11, 2020.

[5] BondGraham, Darwin (July 6, 2018). "White Nationalist Kyle "Based Stickman" Chapman Arrested for Felony Assault with a Deadly Weapon". East Bay Express. Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2020.

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MacFarquhar, Neil; Feuer, Alan; Baker, Mike; Frenkel, Sheera (September 30, 2020). "Far-Right Group That Trades in Political Violence Gets a Boost". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 2, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020.

Shannon, Joel. "Who are the Proud Boys? Far-right group has concerned experts for years". USA Today. Archived from the original on October 2, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020.

HoSang, Daniel (2019). Producers, Parasites, Patriots: Race and the New Right-Wing Politics of Precarity. University of Minnesota Press. p. 2. ISBN 9781452960340. [...] groups such as the protofascist Proud Boys [...].

McLaren, Peter (2020). "Are those whiffs of fascism that I smell? Living behind the orange curtain". Educational Philosophy and Theory. 52 (10): 1011–1015. doi:10.1080/00131857.2019.1672854. S2CID 210460061. [...] the hate-filled, far-right neo-fascist organization, Proud Boys.

Kutner, Samantha (2020). "Swiping Right: The Allure of Hyper Masculinity and Cryptofascism for Men Who Join the Proud Boys" (PDF). International Centre for Counter-Terrorism: 1. JSTOR resrep25259 – via JSTOR. Conclusion: Proud Boys represent a new face of far-right extremism. [...] This study explored the pull factors surrounding recruitment, the ways members describe precarity, and the communicative features that mark the group as a violent, cryptofascist extremist organization.

[8] MacFarquhar, Neil; Feuer, Alan; Baker, Mike; Frenkel, Sheera (September 30, 2020). "Far-Right Group That Trades in Political Violence Gets a Boost". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 2, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020.

[9] Shannon, Joel. "Who are the Proud Boys? Far-right group has concerned experts for years". USA Today. Archived from the original on October 2, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020.

[10] HoSang, Daniel (2019). Producers, Parasites, Patriots: Race and the New Right-Wing Politics of Precarity. University of Minnesota Press. p. 2. ISBN 9781452960340. [...] groups such as the protofascist Proud Boys [...].

[11] McLaren, Peter (2020). "Are those whiffs of fascism that I smell? Living behind the orange curtain". Educational Philosophy and Theory. 52 (10): 1011–1015. doi:10.1080/00131857.2019.1672854. S2CID 210460061. [...] the hate-filled, far-right neo-fascist organization, Proud Boys.

[12] Kutner, Samantha (2020). "Swiping Right: The Allure of Hyper Masculinity and Cryptofascism for Men Who Join the Proud Boys" (PDF). International Centre for Counter-Terrorism: 1. JSTOR resrep25259 – via JSTOR. Conclusion: Proud Boys represent a new face of far-right extremism. [...] This study explored the pull factors surrounding recruitment, the ways members describe precarity, and the communicative features that mark the group as a violent, cryptofascist extremist organization.

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Kyle Chapman
Born	1975 or 1976 (age 48–49)^[1]
Nationality	American
Other names	Based Stickman^[1] Alt-Knight^[2]
Organizations	Fraternal Order of the Alt-Knights Resist Marxism Proud Boys
Movement	Alt-right^[3]