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January 23, 2017

Seattle: Anti-fascist Activist Shot at Protest Against Neo-Nazi Milo Yiannopoulos
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And in Seattle, an activist is in the hospital recovering after being
critically shot during a protest against a speech by white nationalist
Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos hosted at the University of
Washington. The 32-year-old activist, who has not been named, is an
anti-racist organizer and a member of the Industrial Workers of the
World. Milo Yiannopoulos is a leading white supremacist who has a long
history of making racist, sexist and xenophobic statements. He has faced
protests at multiple university speeches in recent months. The shooter
was released by police on Saturday after he claimed the shooting was in
self-defense.


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