The alienation behind the madness of Unite the Right

Published August 12, 2018 4:00am ET



One year after the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., turned violent and deadly, the organizers have planned a new event creatively dubbed Unite the Right 2. Denied a permit in Charlottesville, the white supremacists and their ilk will instead gather in Washington, D.C., with the main rally set to start at 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 12 in Lafayette Square.

According to Jason Kessler’s application to the National Park Service, planned speakers include former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke, neo-Nazi Patrick Little, as well as other white-supremacist notables.

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