"Mark Bray, a historian at Rutgers who specializes in Spanish history and radicalism, has been a far-right target ever since he published Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook in 2017. But after president Donald Trump issued an executive order seeking to designate antifa as a "domestic terrorist organization," social media posts from far-right figures and a petition promoted by conservative student activists demonized Bray as an "antifa member" who was "supporting terrorist behavior.""
"The threats, emailed from anonymous accounts and reviewed by WIRED, included a message that read: "I'll kill you in front of your students." Another message, with the subject line "your violent rhetoric is under investigation," listed Bray's home address where he lives with his wife and two young children."
"But at the airport, after they had already scanned their passports, received boarding passes, checked in their bags, and cleared security, Bray says he and his family were not allowed to board their flight. Upon arrival at their boarding gate, their reservations had suddenly disappeared from the United Airlines system."
Rutgers historian Mark Bray, who specializes in Spanish history and radicalism, became the target of an online campaign by far-right influencers and conservative student activists after a presidential executive order sought to designate antifa as a "domestic terrorist organization." Dozens of anonymous email threats followed, including death threats and disclosure of his home address where he lives with his wife and two young children. Bray decided to leave the United States for Europe and informed his students. At the airport, after clearing security, Bray and his family were prevented from boarding when their United Airlines reservations suddenly disappeared.
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